WTB: Alpine KCA-420i

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

Like the title says i would like to buy a Alpine KCA-420i.

i am watching a bunch of them on ebay too but would like to know what you have

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[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

No you don't, they ****.

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[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

No you don't, they ****.
nG

really? how so? i have never used the alpine one. is it similar to the one on the older pioneers?

I want it for my 9815. i dont plan to use the ipod much(they sound like crap in car anyway) i would just like to have it available

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Well, expecially on the 9815 that only has the dot matrix display.

They're laggy, not easy to navigate, no way to search, and just slow in general.

This was long before Alpine perfected their iPod integration, might as well just get a KCA-121b and use it via aux-in...

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[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

hmm. i guess that the KCA-121b wouldnt be horrible to do. im use to it anyway with my current deck

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

bump

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

possibly found

 

[Zeuslicious 5,000+ posts]

Got one in good condition but I dont have the ai-net cable... $43 shipped?

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

purchased one over on diy. thanks guys

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

I had one there not bad but you are not going to be able to search by album. artists and all all you are going to be able to do is unplug your ipod select the play list and plug it back in. That is why I would go with a newer model head unit. But if you have an older ipod like a ipod mini they will work without a flaw. Just wanted to give you the heads up.

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

i have the 30 gig video. i only need to search by artist anyway, so i'll be fine. i just wanted it like this so i wont have to look down anymore to play with ipod.

plus im tired of having an in dash and having the screen block my vents. i usually leave screen folded in however if i want to make any adjustments on radio i have to fold screen out so it just annoying