Alpine IVA-W200 & 205: iPod usage?

[528hz 10+ year member]

I'm looking into either the Clarion MAX675VD or the Alpine IVA-200 or 205. The

Clarion has me so far because of the iPod controls; haven't seen one better on

any DD. But how are the controls for the iPod on the Alpine units? What does

the screen display look like?

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[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

W205: Screen display looks just like your iPod. Touch the screen to access playlists, artists, songs, etc. Very quick and easy. I love it.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

is it the same with the w200, i just bought one?

 

[quality_sound 10+ year member]

W205: Screen display looks just like your iPod. Touch the screen to access playlists, artists, songs, etc. Very quick and easy. I love it.

Mine didn't. It had all the same info but it was NOT laid out like my iPod. My Pioneer D3 looks like my iPod and even had a virtual thumbwheel. Clarion's iPod screen takes it a step further and even the font is like the iPod.

Now, that doesn't mean the Alpine iPod interface is bad in the least. In fact, it's VERY easy to use. The ONLY downsides are you can't back one step out of menu like on the Pioneer and Clarion units and there's no iPod video capability with an Alpine but the Alpine has a slightly faster interface and you can do percentage searches.

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

Alpine has the fastest interface hands down pioneer and clarion have nice ones but not as fast as the alpine.

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

What about the Elipse AVN 6600? I'm about to buy the one in the classifieds, but was holding out for an Alpine here locally before.

 

[Bassballer5 10+ year member]

you can do percentage searches.

what do you mean by that?

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

http://reviews.cnet.com/in-dash-car-stereos/alpine-iva-w200-multimedia/4505-6729_7-31807223.html

vid has some info on it, cant wait till mine comes

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

W205: Screen display looks just like your iPod. Touch the screen to access playlists, artists, songs, etc. Very quick and easy. I love it.

weird, my w205 looks nothing like my ipod display...

still easy as hell to navigate though. and fast, and never messes up. i like mines //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

But what about the Eclipse? Anyone know or know where I could see a demo?

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

lol u know u can try searching for it too

http://reviews.cnet.com/gps/eclipse-avn6600/4505-3490_7-31966694.html?tag=prod.txt.1

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

Yeah but I need to add to my post count....lol

Thanks a lot for the link though.

 

[528hz 10+ year member]

lol u know u can try searching for it too
http://reviews.cnet.com/gps/eclipse-avn6600/4505-3490_7-31966694.html?tag=prod.txt.1

That link doesn't show anything about the iPod usage.

 

[BringDaBoom 10+ year member]

weird, my w205 looks nothing like my ipod display...
still easy as hell to navigate though. and fast, and never messes up. i like mines //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

What I mean by that is on my nano, when you press menu you get a list that appears on the screen that looks kust like this:

Playlists

Artist

Album

Title

Search

When I got the iPod as my source and I press the little page looking button at the bottom that cues the menu, that list pops up with a button at the end of each choice. Touch the button and the next menu pops up, just like on my iPod (I.E. touch play list and all the play lists pop up.)

It navigates just like my Nano, and is pretty quick.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

What I mean by that is on my nano, when you press menu you get a list that appears on the screen that looks kust like this:
Playlists

Artist

Album

Title

Search

When I got the iPod as my source and I press the little page looking button at the bottom that cues the menu, that list pops up with a button at the end of each choice. Touch the button and the next menu pops up, just like on my iPod (I.E. touch play list and all the play lists pop up.)

It navigates just like my Nano, and is pretty quick.

its shown in the video i posted up