Alpine must have shipped these in late August. I had a preorder in for one through Crutchfield, and I received it the first week of September. It works awesome with the IVA-W205, and I haven't experienced any of the major letdowns that plagued the reviews of the B100.
I am about to buy the 200 and the W205 if you have them I would like to know how well they work? Does the bluetooth work through the hole system for phone usage?
Beware--- if you have verizon as your cell carrier. Because of their Vcast music product, they have locked out certain bluetooth features. Consequently you can't accept an incoming call on the touch screen of the 200 or the 205 head unit if it is docked. You have to flip open your phone to answer the call. The touch pad does work however for placing outgoing calls. I verified that with verizon tech support, and they really don't care either.
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Alpine must have shipped these in late August. I had a preorder in for one through Crutchfield, and I received it the first week of September. It works awesome with the IVA-W205, and I haven't experienced any of the major letdowns that plagued the reviews of the B100.
I am about to buy the 200 and the W205 if you have them I would like to know how well they work? Does the bluetooth work through the hole system for phone usage?
Beware--- if you have verizon as your cell carrier. Because of their Vcast music product, they have locked out certain bluetooth features. Consequently you can't accept an incoming call on the touch screen of the 200 or the 205 head unit if it is docked. You have to flip open your phone to answer the call. The touch pad does work however for placing outgoing calls. I verified that with verizon tech support, and they really don't care either.