New headunit photos!

[gearheadE30]

I usually have my ipod on shuffle, so what I did with my old Alpine CDM is get the rear aux input jack, run the wire to the glovebox, add a 12v outlet to the glovebox using the flashlight charger prongs, wire up a switch, and bought a cheapo remote on ebay to control the ipod wirelessly. Its definitely the cheapo way to go ;)

[Lyrred]

hey.. i know this thread was created a few months ago but i have a few questions if any one can help me. I have an '87 e30 325is and i just bought an alpine ida-x200 and 5.25" spr-13c alpine component speakers. I just removed the factory stereo and i'm about to install these. I have the premium sound in my car and I heard that the factory amp can be a bitch.. so is there any way to take the amp out of the circuit? Also will i need anything else than what came in the alpine box for installing the headunit?

[TexasTerp]

I just purchased the iDA-X300. I think it's an awesome system! I haven't installed it yet but I hooked everything up power wise just to turn it on and mess with it. I pulled a 30gb hdd from an old laptop that was laying around and loaded it up with music. The deck instantly recognized all the files and did a great job of organizing and making it super easy to search through. Same with the ipod, all controls are great, took a minute or two to get used to it but I love the system! Can't wait to install it next week! (waiting to finish my sub box and get new front speakers in)

[SamE30e]

I don't like that alpine model, they just made that button enormous when they could have made the screen bigger for easier searching.

[Turf1600]

If anyone is interested I just bought the alpina CDA-9886 the other day and it's awesome. It doesn't adjust to amber but I have it set to "black out" - when the screen is inactive it just turns off. I like this idea better than adjusting colors.

The Ipod controls are super easy, it had 3 sets of 4v pre-outs as well as usb in the rear.

Oh, and it plays CDs.

[Lyrred]

my previous question still exists... i'm thinkin about rewiring the whole system as well..