A20 LEE 0 Posted December 22, 2004 Just got a new Alpine Headunit, thinking about going the hard disk route rather than 6CD changer. Is it better to go with an Alpine HD or can anyone suggest a better alternative? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted December 23, 2004 I'd go for an aux input lead and a decent portable MP3 player. It'll probably cost you about the same and you can take it with you to enjoy as well as avoiding theiving fingers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 23, 2004 Just get an ipod and plug it into the Alpine HU. Needs to be an Ai-net Alpine tho. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolrado 0 Posted December 23, 2004 depends what you want if you want to spend the extra and get the alpine one which would be fully controllable from the headunit and probably display track info on the screen and probably sound and look better or go the cheaper route and use an mp3 player, i-pod or a seperate hard drive system they do a car kit for the i-pod dont they Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 23, 2004 Yeah that's what I was getting at.... the Ai-Net Alpine Head units with an I-pod. Alpine have formed a collaboration with Apple and produced a controller lead. When the ipod is connected to the Alpine, all the pod's song information is displayed on the head unit and you skip and FFW/REV tracks on the pod via the head unit.... it's all very nifty 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted December 23, 2004 Yeah that's what I was getting at.... the Ai-Net Alpine Head units with an I-pod. Alpine have formed a collaboration with Apple and produced a controller lead. When the ipod is connected to the Alpine, all the pod's song information is displayed on the head unit and you skip and FFW/REV tracks on the pod via the head unit.... it's all very nifty 8) Ooooh very 8) Shame you have to use it with the girly looking white iPod... I guess it goes with the nice gay violet tho ;) :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolrado 0 Posted December 23, 2004 can't you get different colours of i-pod? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 23, 2004 I think the iPod minis come in a range of girly pastel shades (ICE gay not being one of them :lol: ) but you could always strip it and spray the case black or whatever, or get a nice billet alloy case made 8) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted December 23, 2004 I think the iPod minis come in a range of girly pastel shades (ICE gay not being one of them :lol: ) but you could always strip it and spray the case black or whatever, or get a nice billet alloy case made 8) You might have trouble changing the colour of the touch jog dial tho... mind you a permenant marker will probaby do it :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrishill 0 Posted December 23, 2004 I think they're bringing out (or have already brought out) a black ipod Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Musicman 0 Posted December 23, 2004 I think they're bringing out (or have already brought out) a black ipod Yes, they have. It's the U2 special edition model Costs £248.99 from the Apple Store. http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects ... .2.0.0.1.0 :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrishill 0 Posted December 23, 2004 i'd take that back mate, someones scratched the back.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Campaign 0 Posted December 23, 2004 Bloody Irish hooligans ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites