New Alpine IVA-W505 7" Double-din Headunit!
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Originally Posted by G35Ian
this thing seems awesome...I have grown accustom to the steering wheel controls for the factory stereo...maybe I have just become lazy but that is the main reason I haven't changed the stereo...To all you guys that have after market stereos...Do you miss your controls and is their a way to keep the controls with an after market setup?
However if you're crazy about your screen being really clean then maybe you should consider it. I'm not sure if there are buttons for volume adjusting on this particular model but if you have to touch the screen for it, it might get dirty more often.
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Originally Posted by G35Ian
this thing seems awesome...I have grown accustom to the steering wheel controls for the factory stereo...maybe I have just become lazy but that is the main reason I haven't changed the stereo...To all you guys that have after market stereos...Do you miss your controls and is their a way to keep the controls with an after market setup?
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Originally Posted by rookie
So close to buying one the other day.
Got confirmation the N872A and the H701 are compatible so that blackbird and the new imprint aren't required pieces.
Got confirmation the N872A and the H701 are compatible so that blackbird and the new imprint aren't required pieces.
Im an audio noob here, so bear with me but what is the N872A and the H701 and the new imprint? Are these supplemental Alpine pieces to their double din units? Any clarification would help. Thanks again guys
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I have this unit installed in my G and it's great. Did the installation myself. I had bought the JDM dash kit, the Pac for steering wheel control and the Pac for video bypass a few months ago saving them for the unit to be released because I knew the W505 was the HU I wanted. I'm very pleased with the sound and control. I even have two ipod connection, one is with the USB which I can play my videos (in top glove box) and the other is throught FullSpeed cable coming from the arm rest. So far the only complant I have is when I'm playing the iPod through the USB, which is the only way the album art cover show up on the screen, the album cover look blurry. Needs to be sharper, I haven't found a way to fix this. Read on another board of other with the same problem. But besides that I love it and it was worth the wait.
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#54
Originally Posted by serturbo
Im an audio noob here, so bear with me but what is the N872A and the H701 and the new imprint? Are these supplemental Alpine pieces to their double din units? Any clarification would help. Thanks again guys
The H701 is the last gen EQ.
Alpine stuff is never really bang for buck. The extra boxes and components needed vs the competition is hard to justify. In my opinion the Alpine interfaces have always been a bit easier to learn and use.
They have made some really dumb decisions in the past and will probably continue to do so, but I'm an Alpine headunit fanboy. H701 control through the HU is nice, the external display allowing for 1 touch switching between eq presets is nice to check if the changes made are actually any better.
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I finally got the clock trim piece out......(the whole pinching thing that everyone does i guess didnt work on my car) ....... The metal clips were like bent open so it wouldn't come out....but after using 2 putty knife scrappers wrapped in cloth i went it from each side and pried it out
but now after removing all the bolts (1 by clock and 2 down by shifter at the bottom of the clock)
i have a 2004 with bose...have all the bolts removed but cant seem to get access to the wiring harnesses and get it to come loose
should i remove the lower panel and side panels also ??? where the 12v power sources are??? and the glove box???
I dont know what else its stuck on.....i got the bolt on by the clock and the 2 at the bottom.....it seems to wiggle but its still stuck in there
but now after removing all the bolts (1 by clock and 2 down by shifter at the bottom of the clock)
i have a 2004 with bose...have all the bolts removed but cant seem to get access to the wiring harnesses and get it to come loose
should i remove the lower panel and side panels also ??? where the 12v power sources are??? and the glove box???
I dont know what else its stuck on.....i got the bolt on by the clock and the 2 at the bottom.....it seems to wiggle but its still stuck in there
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heres the guide to remove a 03-06 g35 double din
http://www.autotalk.com/content/view/214/2/
and heres another site also
http://g35ipod.com/installHW.php?skin=1
thanks again everyone
http://www.autotalk.com/content/view/214/2/
and heres another site also
http://g35ipod.com/installHW.php?skin=1
thanks again everyone
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