Hey,

Anyone heard of this thing. When will it be avail? Can I use any HU that has Ai-net or any HU out this year?

This sounds like an answer from the heavens if it lives up to my expectations.

http://www.alpine-usa.com/driveyouripod/

-Mark

 

It says in the specs 2004 headunits only.

 

Looks like a new HU for me. I heard that this KCA thing is lightyears ahead of the BMW version (also made by Alpine, i believe).

 

It has been on Alpines web site for several months. It supposed to be out at the end of the month. I plan on getting one myself, I have the Alpine 9835.

 

the demo part makes seem easy to use, plus it charges it for you. i'm pulling out my cd changer out of my trunk. changer w/12 cds vs. ipod 10000 songs.

 

Yup the Kca should ship to us by the end of the month. it is going to be able to charge the ipod as well as display everything onto the radio.

 

seems like a waste of money to me. Cause by the time you learn how to control your I-Pod through the Alpine deck you could have just manually selected what tracks you wanted on the i-pod itself. Kool product though!

Ant

 

push a couple buttons on the deck and you are listening to your desired song... not too tough for me. no need to juggle your ipod while driving (you can even use your HU remote!) plus it gets charged and you dont loose audio quality. is there a better way to use your ipod in your car? if so, please let me know before i spend my $$ on the KCA.

 

Ya it really isnt that tought, the display will show up on the radio and the Alpines also have a search function where you cans earch folders, song title, artist name and so on so in reality it will be a whole lot easier than running the ipod plus you can hide the ipod in the glove box out of the way.

 

is it avail yet? anyone know when?

 

I called Crutchfield, they say it comes out october 10th

 

I heard it is out now but in limited supply.

 

thats pretty sweet,...if i had an ipod id consider getting that deck.. is it terribly expensive?

 

so where's the pics?

 

They are being shipped now. They should be available next week.
You can see a pic at www.alpine-usa.com/driveyouripod

 

i think the site is cool. alpine is the ish!!!

 

Well they arrived yesterday and are ready for installation!

 

Everywhere i went there was a waiting list, a lonnnnnng one.