The Newly Released Alpine System is In... Woohoo...!!!!!

[Storm-Troll]

Got the IDx 305S System fitted yesterday with my 3rd Gen Ipod Link Up... so far got 2000 tracks on it... just ripping all my Cds as we speak to add more.... sound is amazing. real happy with the outcome in the end.... and the Audio Centre only charged £35 to fit it all..... niiiice...

[MIKESC70T5]

It's plug and play so would of only taken 10 minutes to fit. Why do you need the ipod on display?

Lovely head unit though.

[Storm-Troll]

because the ipod shows the album art for whatever is playing.. be pointless having it in the glovebox where cant see what its displaying lol took about 20 mins to fit and trace the usb wire etc etc.

[Crazy_C]

Oooh, very nice!!

I personally always like having the iPod hidden away, but that's just me.

[Storm-Troll]

Oooh, very nice!!

I personally always like having the iPod hidden away, but that's just me.

I did think about it but when im sat in stationary traffic or parked somewhere. I can access the internet or the hundreds of apps etc etc. also having it there makes the facia panel look less plain as the headunit is on the right of the facia and the left where the cup holder used to be is blank and rather bland. so having the pod there takes away from the massive empty space that looks like it should be doing something lol.

[Jamest5r]

Ipod???...only got my cd fitted last week lol looks very nice though s/t

[Storm-Troll]

Ipod???...only got my cd fitted last week lol looks very nice though s/t

Yeah... didnt fancythe Iphone as already got 2 mobiles lol. so thought id get the new 3rd Generaton Ipod which goes with this head unit.. then in future when i get my next phone free upgrade ill get the iphone as the headunit has a new feature on this new release called Pandora.. all about internet radio and internet access into the headunit from the phone... but the Pod will do for now for apps and will take me a while to top up the 64 Gb storage on the pod lol..

[Vikingxl]

That big black hole needs a blue LED troll

[Wobbly Dave]

That big black hole needs a blue LED troll

He's not wrong. Strip style light? in the back perhaps?

[LiamT4]

When copying your music what bit rate do you use? as there aint much point in having a top sound system and then ripping your music at standard mp3.
Does anybody know if you can get super audio car systems (i know that there aint many SA-cds out, but would still like 1).

[Storm-Troll]

When copying your music what bit rate do you use? as there aint much point in having a top sound system and then ripping your music at standard mp3.
Does anybody know if you can get super audio car systems (i know that there aint many SA-cds out, but would still like 1).

I use a super high standard for ripping.. normal mp3 is about 144 i think. I rip and 196. does sound crisp and sharpe

[Storm-Troll]

That big black hole needs a blue LED troll

do it troll ..lol.... i know some white square LED blocks that would glow nicely from t back in there lmao....

[MIKESC70T5]

because the ipod shows the album art for whatever is playing.. be pointless having it in the glovebox where cant see what its displaying .

Doesn't the head units display show the album artwork? I had the earlier model to yours sometime ago and it did. It was a fantastic unit especially going threw the upgraded Volvo speakers in the c70. Only changed it because i wanted a dvd unit. This is my current one showing the album artwork so allowing the Ipod to stay in the glove box.

[Dangerous Dave]

Nice, like the install, nice and simple. And nice legs too there ST. LOL

[Storm-Troll]

Doesn't the head units display show the album artwork? I had the earlier model to yours sometime ago and it did. It was a fantastic unit especially going threw the upgraded Volvo speakers in the c70. Only changed it because i wanted a dvd unit. This is my current one showing the album artwork so allowing the Ipod to stay in the glove box.

yeah the headunit shows the album artwork but its rather small to read when driving.. the pod has a big screen and i can see what album in playing at the time. also when i get the iphone soon it will fit straight into the same cradle and it will need to be there so I can use the new pandora Internet radio feature thats new to this latest headunit, then ill be able to get radio stations from all over the world and others that arent availible on standard car sterieo radio. so its all there ready and waiting for the iphone too... I used to have a dvd headunit in my previous S70 R but got fed up in the end as I was spendin more time lookin at it than where I was meant to be goin lol...

[LiamT4]

I use a super high standard for ripping.. normal mp3 is about 144 i think. I rip and 196. does sound crisp and sharpe

Most people still tend to download songs at 128, which is fine when you are out using an ipod, etc, but on a decent sound system lacks depth imo. Maybe a bit late now but try using 256 for some music, on a good system it can give you just that little bit more.

[Storm-Troll]

Most people still tend to download songs at 128, which is fine when you are out using an ipod, etc, but on a decent sound system lacks depth imo. Maybe a bit late now but try using 256 for some music, on a good system it can give you just that little bit more.

I will do that mate. cheers. im doin some more music later so ill rip it 256. im just converting dvds to ipod format at moment and sorting some podcasts.

[LiamT4]

I will do that mate. cheers. im doin some more music later so ill rip it 256. im just converting dvds to ipod format at moment and sorting some podcasts.

It don't make much difference on my cars system (it's still the original, so 12 years old), but as yours has a much more up to date system hopefully you'll be able to tell the difference to make it worthwhile.

Some people will say the difference aint worth the extra space it takes up, but depends on how much your into your music, i look at it as a way of very simply making it sound better, after all, people spend money on getting better speakers, wiring, amps, headunits etc, to get better sound, well this is a free and simple way to get better sound.

[volvokid]

I've found music that is ripped at a lower level sounds crap on a stereo with surround all the sound that comes out the back speakers just warbles and sounds stuppid.

[t5_monkey]

256 all the way - can definitely tell the difference on dyna-audio - go 384 if you can