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Alpine Touchscreen Digital Media Station w/iPod Connection
$199.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

Product List:
- 1 Alpine IXA-W404 Double DIN Touchscreen Car Digital Media Station w/iPod Connection

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cnet review

how do i know if this fits in me car?

iPod connect... sweet! Assume that works with iPhone 3GS!?

Here it is at Amazon

Is this compatible with Sansa?

My Alpine 9853 worked well for about a year. Then the faceplate started acting up and would stop working because it would vibrate going down the road so it'd lose connection. Then the remote control (same one on this Woot) has to be smacked against something 10-15 times before it'll work. New batteries don't help it.

here is a video of it in action

Product Website

http://www.alpine-usa.com/product/view/ixa-w404/

Link to Manufacturer's product page

Wow, 1st time ever I've seen something like this on woot. I'd so be in if it fit my car.

"Double DIN" means it's the standard size for "oversize" car audio/video (4"Hx7"W). It's 2x the size of a "standard" car radio (2"Hx7"W). It should fit exactly in the dash of many (more or less) upscale European cars. (Japanese cars, YMMV. 'Merkin cars, all bets are off.)

The beauty of standard DIN sizes: once, I had a VW Golf, and literally pulled off the dash fascia, pulled out the junky radio, and pushed in a Blaupunkt, and pushed the dash fascia back on. No tools required, and it looked like it was made for the car. Of course, some months later, the thieves took it out even faster.

Any suggestions for the best speaker system to utilize with this device?...

I was thinking of going to best buy to replace the stereo in the truck, and then I saw this pretty thing on Woot!, but I think with installation, getting new speakers, etc... this may actually cost a lot more to do separately.

It is pretty though...

PEACE

its so shiny!

Will this actually charge your iPod while it is plugged in, or does that require additional cables?

There is NO CD or DVD drive, just so you all know. I bet someone b!tch@s about it later.

Demo video at YouTube

and Crutchfield video

before you buy, make sure that this head unit is compatible with your car.

http://signature.crutchfield.com/app/car/carselector.aspx?vb=Y&ss=Y&sl=Y&lp=%2fApp%2fProduct%2fItem%2fDefault.aspx%3fi%3d500IXAW404%26tp%3d27783&

I noticed a usb slot does it recognize a directory structure and allow you cycle through folders on the drive?

PDF Manual...

Linkie

Uhhh.. Radio tuner sold sep.?!
Something this big should have CD, radio, mp3 storage and make me toast in the morning...

for the majority of cars, you'll need to buy a wiring harness to install it. that requires crimping/soldering together the given wiring harness and the one for your make/model. you can check whether it fits your car by going to Crutchfield and seeing if code DD fits your car.

does this have powered outputs for speakers or is an external amp required?

A lot of times I refresh my page at midnight only to be severely disappointed: another buyer fail.

Often I sigh and close my browser after seeing a medium-sized, middling-brand 720p tv or a refurbed de-branded monitor or a computer my grandparents would be ashamed to use etc.

This is one of the coolest items I have ever seen on Woot. If I had a car that could use this, I would buy one.

You know, this really isn't that great a deal. For just a little more you can walk into a store and buy one that already has Bluetooth and GPS. Add those on to this one and it costs more than $600.

And, really, $320 is not a 'deal' on a GPS add-on.

plim809 wrote:does this have powered outputs for speakers or is an external amp required?

Nope its 50w x 4

no amp needed

Everyone, PLEASE make sure this will fit in your vehicle BEFORE you buy it! Use the Crutchfield link a few posts up.

Not all vehicles have double-DIN slots and this headunit REQUIRES it.

If you have a Civic, it's probably not going to fit. :P

Also keep in mind the deck does NOT have a deatchable face and cannot be removed without unscrewing it from your dash, so if you live in the city and theft is an issue because you park on the street or whatever, I recommend you pass.

$200 gone 'cos your deck gets jacked and ~$200 on a new window. Womp womp.

None of the embedded links in the blog part to
https://woot.audiovideoproduct.com are working for me.

jackwilliambell wrote:You know, this really isn't that great a deal. For just a little more you can walk into a store and buy one that already has Bluetooth and GPS. Add those on to this one and it costs more than $600.

And, really, $320 is not a 'deal' on a GPS add-on.

exactly. This thing just looks perrdy, thats it.

Seems like it would just be easier to buy a new car

finally; an alpine that won't skip...actually, alpine car audio units are the only ones i'll put into my cars; love the ergonomics of the controls...the brand is money...

turf12 wrote:before you buy, make sure that this head unit is compatible with your car.

http://signature.crutchfield.com/app/car/carselector.aspx?vb=Y&ss=Y&sl=Y&lp=%2fApp%2fProduct%2fItem%2fDefault.aspx%3fi%3d500IXAW404%26tp%3d27783&

Thanks for the link - just saved me two hundred bucks!!

Very helpful post!

lakersfanman33 wrote:for the majority of cars, you'll need to buy a wiring harness to install it. that requires crimping/soldering together the given wiring harness and the one for your make/model. you can check whether it fits your car by going to Crutchfield and seeing if code DD fits your car.

The wiring harness doesn't require crimping or soldering... a simple twist of the cables and some electrical tape will suffice as will cable "couplers" (sold for about $2 for a box of 20 at your local Hardware store). I've done 6 stereo installs for myself and my friends and only used the twist and tape method and all six are still playing music today.

hmmm... the sweetheart deal seems to be a dead link.. whats the Spiecal deal?

hmm i would be in for one if it still played those old fashioned round shiney things..... what are they called... oh yeah.. CD's..



or i could just buy a 16GB flash drive and USB extension cable...

What to do!

darcotter wrote:Uhhh.. Radio tuner sold sep.?!
Something this big should have CD, radio, mp3 storage and make me toast in the morning...

this is for hd radio or satellite radio this unit has an am/fm built in you can clearly see the antenna in on the rear of the unit

pass. No cd/mp3, dvd, player. This deck only has the ability to play music off a mp3 player. I would like to have the option to play mp3's off a cd or dvd.

good woot item, just not for me at this time.

SWEET I think this is worth more than my whole car.

Should get this and new speakers - then I'd have a sweet system in a crappy car.

Beware the touch screen isn't all that great on this Alpine.