| CDA-9856 is a smart addition to your sound system. Equipped with Full Speed Connection for iPod, now you can hook up directly to your iPod, for full control and access of all your favorite songs. Need more music? This unit is SAT Radio ready, so that you can subscribe to either Sirius or XM Satellite Radio, for a wider selection of music in clear digital quality, in addition to stations with nationwide instant traffic, sports, talk, and weather. New for 2006, this unit features HD Radio, for less static and clearer sound quality. Bring your music to life with these features and more! |
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 ALPINE ALL THE WAY!! |
| Review Date: April 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: M. Joseph, Detroit, MI |
I used to have a Pioneer deck DEH-P7600MP and i thought that was a pretty good deck...but compared to this Alpine 9856 this thing blows it out of the water...by far the best deck i've ever owned...vocals are clear and precise, the lows are tight and responsive, and the treble is right on as well!! the controls aren't that hard to get used to either...BUY IT you will not regret it...be prepared though this thing is powerful!
I won't buy anything but alpine from now on that's how good it sounds... |
just what i ordered
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| Review Date: February 21, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Wayne C. Wilson Jr., |
| the item i rivieved is just what i ordered from amazon. THANKS |
Replacement Unit
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| Review Date: April 2, 2009 |
| Reviewer: AustinSS, Austin, Tx |
| I bought this as a replacement for the same model that was stolen from car. I decided to purchase this unit over a newer model because of the BBE feature. The newer Apline head units no longer have this feature. It enhances the bass specturm and I really enjoyed the sound it produced without a powered subwoofer. |
The best of the cheap
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| Review Date: October 31, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Edward A. Waterman, Long Beach, CA United States |
| For $200 I guess you can't beat this head unit for IPod compatibility. Still, there's some shortfalls... The first is that the menu interface system is completely non-intuitive and outright wacky. I hate to admit it, but I have yet to figure out how to use either Album MIX or Song MIX to shuffle songs. The second drawback is the large size of the display characters/font. If your album has a long title, and you happen to have multiple volumes or discs of the same album... forget it. The display will only show part of the title, and the end is cut off. Makes it a real pain. Because of this, I might recommend you go for the Alpine CDA-9857 for $100 more. The CDA-9857 has an allegedly superior display (and it has a percentage search feature that helps you speed through song lists I hear), but I haven't seen the HU, so can't really say. Check it out. |
Almost impossible to use with large-capacity iPods
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| Review Date: January 29, 2007 |
| Reviewer: N. Sheetz, Berkeley, CA |
I have this cable installed on a CDA-9856 deck, using a 60GB iPod Photo. The interface completely circumvents everything that is good about the interface on the iPod itself.
1. The controls and display on the iPod are disabled when connected the head unit. You MUST use the head unit to control the iPod, and you cannot see information about the currently playing track on the iPod.
2. When searching through artists, albums, songs, or playlists on the deck, only one item is viewable at a time (contrasted with 5 or 6 items viewable on the iPod screen itself). This makes it extremely dangerous to browse through your music while driving if you don't already know exactly what you want to listen to.
3. One "tick" of the control knob on the deck scrolls through 1 item (artist/album/song/playlist) on the iPod. Scrolling does not speed up as you continue to turn the knob. If you want to scroll through 200+ artists, expect to spend fully 2 minutes or more twiddling the knob. While driving. I can't even begin to describe how frustrating this is.
4. There is absolutely no way to speed up the process: there is no fast scrolling mode that skips through 10+ artists at a time, there is no way to scroll by letter of the alphabet, no nothing.
5. When scrolling through items, the menu returns to the beginning of the list each time you pull it up. If you spend 90 seconds scrolling to "New Order", then next you want to listen to something by Nirvana, have fun scrolling for another 90 seconds.
It's as if Alpine didn't bother to user test this system AT ALL with large-capacity iPods. It's a complete embarassment and I will be returning it as soon as possible. |
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