Advice needed

dantheram · Post by **dantheram** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:25 pm

Has anyone brought a head unit that is designed for the Ipod? im looking to get one and dont know which is best, any suggestions?

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:03 am

Alpine or pioneer

1der · Post by **1der** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:09 am

ive got an alpine one

model= cde-9850ri

had it about a year.no complaints so far.is also a single cd player

CraigMK4 · Post by **CraigMK4** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 1:52 pm

I agree with Pioneer or Alpine, I have a pioneer one which i bought from argos for Â£65 (half price offer), all i had to do was buy an extra cable which enabled me to control the ipod menu from the HU. The cable for the alpine one is Â£15 i believe, and the Pioneer one was about a fiver from good old fleabay.

coup · Post by **coup** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:44 pm

i got a kenwood 1 that cost 180. its pretty cool, u want ipod interface? or just ipod compatiable?

dantheram · Post by **dantheram** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:10 pm

Preferably i want one to interface with my ipod. I dont want to buy one and find out that the sound quality is rubbish or it is too hard to use in terms of accessing songs.

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:08 pm

This is the one to get:

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine- ... -4679.html

The full-speed iPod connection is seamless and works very well. I have the CDE-9881R in my car with the full-speed cable, and it's silky-smooth.

If you fancy splashing out a bit, the Alpine iDA-X001 is simply the best for full iPod integration:

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine- ... 5091dca0c8

Steer well clear of ones made by Sony. Their Xplop range is not very well regarded within car audio circles

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:34 pm

This is a very good one:

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/products/25/1 ... index.html

Its on my list of things to get for my new project within the next few months - looks gorgeous too!!