Alpine IVA-W200 review

I recently sold my IVA-D300 deck to get one of the newer models. I decided to get the new Alpine IVA-W200 Double din with touchscreen. Here are my my impressions of the deck. Great styling of the unit, very simple, most controls are on the touchscreen. The screen is 6.5" compared to the 7" i had before which is not that notecable for just using the deck functions. I like the double din instead of the flipout since my car has a double din slot, you dont have to wait for it to flip out. The menu and graphics are more like the lower end models from last year, no frills, just your basic settings. Has the iPod full speed capability, which i love, you can do searches for the songs, artists, ect.. and all information about the track is displayed on the screen, alot better interface than the D300 hands down. The dvd you can control using the touchscreen just like the D300/D310 There is no seperate control box, it is all built into the unit, i didnt like plugging the amp rca's directly into the back of the unit, i can see most cars having problems with the clearance. The volume control is two buttons now unlike the knob, so you have to keep pressing them to change the volume, there is a mute button which is very nice. Overall im very impressed with the deck, it has great expandability, the bluetooth adapter and also HD radio can be added at a later time. There are 10 types of people in the world, ones that understand binary and ones that dont.

Thanks for the review, lots of good info. Any plans to use the NAV add-on capability? I'm interested in hearing some first-hand reviews of the navigation interface.

well im getting the blackbird, and the dock when its available to hook up to the w200, so will post as soon as i get it.There are 10 types of people in the world, ones that understand binary and ones that dont.

I have the iva-w200. I hooked up my ipod video to the full speed cable and it worked fine. I conected my wife's 4th gen ipod to it so she could listen to it, and it worked fine then also. When I connected my Ipod Video back to it, it says its connected, but that its searching for the Ipod. If I reconnect hers, it works fine. Any suggestions would be soooo helpful.

The iPod Video should be compatible. The only thing I can suggest is making absolutely sure you have the latest firmware/update (using iTunes I believe)

it started working a few days later. I had to completely drain the Ipod Video's battery, not reset, for the IVA-W200 to see all of the information. I won't be connecting her Ipod again. Thanx for the input though.

Oh the one thing I didn't like was they used the 6.5" and I was hoping for a full 7" but for what it is you can't complain.

hi. how do u think this unit compare with the kenwood ddx 7017? thanks!