Who made this again, Alpine… or Apple? The missing CD drive is not ok to most people, maybe if you cut the price in half and give it a aux jack in front. At this price (suggested $450 US) it should not only have a cd drive that plays mp3/wma/etc but be able to rip to the iPod. What kind of "media receiver" (for the car) doesn’t have an AUX jack and at least a CD player; or by buying this can I only be friends with people in the “iPod network”, which brings me to… will it work with the Apple iPhone? Want CD, Bluetooth, Sat Radio, HD Radio, or something else, well fork out $200+ extra for each item! 5th Gen iPods’ ONLY unless apple updates firmware for other iPods’; sorry ipod nano majority, you will need to use the analog cable, no fancy screen or album art for you… hold your breath and think about the iPod FM Radio integration. Then to top it off, although the speed has been improved with digital music transfers, the Alpine controls are still non-intuitive to ipod users (so I read from other CES go’ers reviews), so it seems no improvements in the navigation area either; I guess Alpine R&D doesn’t own an iPod. Wait for next years iPod/MP3 Player compatible stereos, or at least wait for the price to drop, a lot.
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Who made this again, Alpine… or Apple?
The missing CD drive is not ok to most people, maybe if you cut the price in half and give it a aux jack in front.
At this price (suggested $450 US) it should not only have a cd drive that plays mp3/wma/etc but be able to rip to the iPod.
What kind of "media receiver" (for the car) doesn’t have an AUX jack and at least a CD player; or by buying this can I only be friends with people in the “iPod network”, which brings me to… will it work with the Apple iPhone?
Want CD, Bluetooth, Sat Radio, HD Radio, or something else, well fork out $200+ extra for each item!
5th Gen iPods’ ONLY unless apple updates firmware for other iPods’; sorry ipod nano majority, you will need to use the analog cable, no fancy screen or album art for you… hold your breath and think about the iPod FM Radio integration.
Then to top it off, although the speed has been improved with digital music transfers, the Alpine controls are still non-intuitive to ipod users (so I read from other CES go’ers reviews), so it seems no improvements in the navigation area either; I guess Alpine R&D doesn’t own an iPod.
Wait for next years iPod/MP3 Player compatible stereos, or at least wait for the price to drop, a lot.