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reply to earlier post |
April-14-11 |
| Reviewer:
charlie
from Overland Park, KS
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The earlier reviewer said the sound on this unit was terrible. Some head units its true come with sound shapers with a mic or with presets to fit various cars included. Alpine is into everything being separates like hd radio, blu tooth, everything is usually an add on. etc. The sound needs to reach your ear at the same time from all the various speakers to sound encompassing. The imprint audessey eqXT available from Alpine is a very high end sound shaper. You may in effect rent one from Crutchfield with their encouragement returning it after you have used it for a $50 restocking fee. Any alpine installer would be able to do this imprint set up for you for a small fee also. After that the setups your create are stored in the head unit permanently i believe, so you don't need the imprint after that initial set up and you can just return it to Crutchfield. yay!
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Dont Waste your money |
November-04-10 |
| Reviewer:
joecat
from jackson ms
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good unit if you use it as standalone. but if you add BT , Nav,XM get ready for some trouble resets more often then it works . over all poor offering by ALPINE the nav voice is sub par at best if you use BT adapter so long i pod video so with that being said stay clear of this one you can do better for cheaper
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Mistake to buy for audiophiles |
June-27-10 |
| Reviewer:
XPL_MAN
from St.paul MN
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I replaced my Clarion Vrx935vd with this. I used to be an Alpine fan and after I installed this, never again..
Cons
RCA Pre-outs - Need more voltage Only 2V
GUI - The user interface is that of a 1970s sci fi touch screen.
Ipod - The menus forget where you are so you have to re-navigate after each artist.
With the screen closed There is no text allowing you to see track number, volume level, time.. anything.
Remote amplifier turn on needs a capacitor or a time delay so you don't pop your speakers.
Remote control is the size of a potato chip.
Sound quality is tin canish.
In order to get into setup, you have to have your car in park with the e brake, pressed, or buy a programmable controller to do the series of on and offs.
Alpine why make it impossible for us.
I called Alpine and they told me to buy the Imprint module to make it sound better, I figured a $1000 dollar deck should sound good, but no you have to buy bolt ons to make it sound like a sony xpload!
For the money run and find a JVC or anything other than this. My friends commented on how horrible the sound quality had changed. and all i did is replace head unit from a Clarion to a Alpine.
I think my next deck will be an older model clarion or eclipse, the thd is terrible with this unit.
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Very dissapointed... |
June-03-10 |
| Reviewer:
Patrick
from Chester
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What a dissapointment! I had purchased this as a replacement for a 6 year old Alpine IVA-D901 that was starting to have issues. Anyway, not even close to the IVA-D901. I am very surprised at Alpine, how they've gone toward the cheaper sub-par decks compared to the quality builds and audiophile-like features that they used to offer. This unit only offers noisy 2V preouts, unless you buy the IMPRINT(that I had no luck with). Even with that, everything sounded flat and tinney. Picture quality is grainy with only 400,000 pixel elements as compared to the industry standard of 1.15 million. Screen is plain and dull with no selectable wallpapers. All you get is a blue, white, & dull gray color screen. Also, the screen is wobbly while the vehicle is moving. The few positive things I will have to say is, there is no giant hideaway "brain-box" that you have to hide with all of the wiring. This one is pretty simplified in a single unit DIN chassis. It is also very iPod friendly. However, I returned this the next day for an Alpine CDA-117. It was like a night and day difference.
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CHEAP |
May-16-10 |
| Reviewer:
Anonymous person
from Pittsburgh
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I thought for this price I'd get a much better deck. Don't get me wrong its nice but its like a 400 dollar deck in my book its kinda cheap and flimsy. I'm surprised at Alpine. Personally I like my Jensen flip up better and it was 350. Maybe its because I don't have the imprint system but I'm sending this back.
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