No sir.
It's compatible with any HU. You don't see the RCA inputs or the digital inputs? There's plenty of people using them with Eclipse HU. It's just that You'll need the controller if you went that route. Alpine's high:greedy: HU with screens just have the ability to control that processor w/o the the remote.
He asked for a processor under $500 with the ability of remote, and I showed him one.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif There's absolutely nothing wrong with the AC piece, it's awesome and I'm sure you'll enjoy going that route.