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Monday, January 7, 2008
It’s Christmas in January and Santa has come to Vegas dropping off a load of new Alpine swag. From a slew of new CD receivers to some slamming double-DIN head units (pictured) to GPS’ that will slip into your shirt pocket, Alpine has been working the elves all through New Years. Showing off the CDA-9887, CDE-9874, CDA-9884, and the CDA-9886, all units have built-in CD players that will play digitally formatted music in either MP3, AAC, or WMA (Windows Media) off of CD-R and CD-RW. These receivers also allow iPod playback with the KCE-422i (sold separately.)
Also announced was the IVA-W205 and IVA-W505 the super multimedia receivers that requires the 2-DIN space in your dash. Most common in GM, Ford, and Chrysler cars, these full touch-screen unit display iPod artwork nice and large along with track information so well that those in a Caravan will be able to see from the third row! Nice.
You won’t get lost if you have the PND-K3 or PND-K3msn on your dashboard. If you have the IVA-W205 or the IVA-W505, why not just dock the 4-inch LCD GPS unit right into one of the “mobile multimedia station” units? Very nice.
Also announced was a rear-view camera, Bluetooth devices for Alpine units as well as stand-alone, a full-blown marine line, along with a new HD Radio module. In all, Alpine’s booth was definitely busy.