Need some info on alpine h/u's

[digital-d]

I'm looking at Alpines 1.5 din h/u's, but not to buy right now. The CDA D852, 53, 55 and 57. Does anyone know what the difference is between them?

[ndgofast]

honestly you might want to check alpines website. but mostly you will find options like theft deterants, video, dvd surround sound, xm , etc..... one thing to keep in mind is that alpines have the reputation for underating there signal to the line outs. if it says 2V it may be 3V or higher. (least that is what alot of shops say. personally i don't know for sure.)

[Deptacon]

dude those all suck.... get a standard single din headunit from alpine... they are mostly all good... just remember, you get what you pay for..and if you play cd's with mp3's on em... you want an alpine unit with MX or Media Xpander option.. this fills in the sound from mp3's.. makes it sound fuller..

[digital-d]

I would really like to get the Alpine CDA 9833. It's got 60 watts per channel and you can change the colors on the display. It's a more than I can afford right now, but I can't wait to get the stock cd player out of there. Can I keep the steering wheel controls with the Alpines? I know there is a way to with the sony's, but I wasn't that happy with the sound quality on the sony h/u I got for the GA.

[BobGAGT]

You can keep the steering wheel controls if you buy an aftermarket control module. I believe it is compatible with Alpine, though I forgot the brand name of it. Anyways you wire it up (to the four wires behind the stock deck that are for the steering wheel controls) then tell it what function you want it to perform. The module has a wired iR remote eye that you need to mount somewhere inside the vehicle with a clear shot at the head unit. Sound simple? Its not too bad. Oh the module is like $50.

-Bob

[digital-d]

It all sounds simple except for the part about the remote eye. Finding a place to mount it will be the most complicated part about the whole thing. lol, Thanks though.