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URBAN TRUCK Member Since: 24 Jan 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 150

Double Din - Apple CarPlay I know there was few people interested in Carplay but dubious about its performance. We have been testing the Alpine Carplay unit that we have standardised on as our install offering and I have to say, if you are an Apple iPhone 5/6 user who only uses digital music it is an absolute winner ! Sound - Simply Excellent for a Standard Stereo. We have 4 x R series Alpine speakers and an 1200 slimline sub running from the head deck (no amp) and the sound is great. 4.5 Stars Nav - We had concerns on the Map Data coming from the phone but it uses the route replication perfectly there is no drop outs at all on your journey. It uses the GPS module in the phone and not the Data signal like a lot of people thought. 5 Stars Screen - almost as good as an iPhone, Alpine have put a lot into this making sure the scrolls and screen touches are similar to using the iPhone.. 5 Stars ! Apps - Apple music and Spotify are excellent, excellent user interface, replication of albums and playlists is great, album and track pictures come through again 5 Stars ! Bluetooth - It doesn't have it ... Which is great ! Messages - Reads messages back when they come through ... Brilliant ! Message comes through : Siri says "You have a message from ........." (Then Reads Message) Siri Says " Do you Want to Reply ?" You say "Yes" Voice recognition allows you to speak your reply into the mic Siri - As above , one press of the siri button allows you to do a host of things like "Call Blah Blah" " Navigate to" etc etc .. Only downside is you have to shout when at speed (because of the road noise) other than that , very very good. 4.5 Stars Overall you can see why Alpine took their time to get this right .. 100% the future of Car Audio/Media. Below are a few screen shots : Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge

14th Jan 2015 8:42pm

Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087	^ ^ ^ Will this fit into my Heritage 90 Simon... When and if...  Rog... The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color]
14th Jan 2015 8:46pm

URBAN TRUCK Member Since: 24 Jan 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 150	It would Roger ... But it would be a shame to open up the Dash of one of the run out models
14th Jan 2015 8:48pm

Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087	^ ^ ^ So that's not a double din space they have in the dash then? ... Just looked to be much bigger than a normal radio slot from the pics...  Rog... The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color]
14th Jan 2015 8:53pm

SGH Member Since: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Hellingly-Sussex Posts: 1527	Shame no Bluetooth as you cannot use without phone wired to unit am I correct ? Cannot decide over this or the Parrot double din.
14th Jan 2015 9:35pm

ken Member Since: 18 Aug 2009 Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !! Posts: 4328	Detho a DD in the bowler I'm after the same answer as Si
14th Jan 2015 9:41pm

URBAN TRUCK Member Since: 24 Jan 2014 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 150	It's designed for the iPhone only so there is no need for Bluetooth. All of the iPhones main features are active when the phone is connected. (Navi , phone , messages , music and radio)
14th Jan 2015 9:43pm

SGH Member Since: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Hellingly-Sussex Posts: 1527	Full run down on unit here...
14th Jan 2015 9:43pm

SGH Member Since: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Hellingly-Sussex Posts: 1527	Neat wireless add on here might get one if I go Alpine route..
14th Jan 2015 9:45pm

Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2760

SGH wrote: Shame no Bluetooth as you cannot use without phone wired to unit am I correct ? Cannot decide over this or the Parrot double din. The parrot one is truly great. They also just announced their prototype next generation double din unit with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, DAB, OBD diagnostics built in via cable, built in NAV and included forward recording/dash camera! Not sure how far off though.... The alpine looks ok as you said, but for me just lacking BT. Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.

14th Jan 2015 9:50pm

Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2760	here it is for anyone interested... http://blog.parrot.com/2015/01/05/ces-2015...nt-system/ URBANTRUCK, must be an interesting time for you! Technology is moving fast and nice to see you doing so well. Your 6spd auto conversion looks lovely  Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.
14th Jan 2015 9:52pm

SGH Member Since: 27 Sep 2010 Location: Hellingly-Sussex Posts: 1527	David Yes BT would be good as I use Garmin app on my iphone for nav as it works great with my Parrot Asteriod I want to replace with double din unit. Alpine one would be good as I can add slimline Alpine amp I have behind the unit as it will not work with the Parrot. Decisions, descisions
14th Jan 2015 9:56pm

Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2760

Yeah they're all good options. I went for the parrot purely because say a year down the line i can just download the latest tomtom or spotify app etc, or really any android app, and because it was cheap to be honest! The alpine would probably be more restricted in capability but very well designed and reliable, and CarPlay is very cool. Just don't know what happens when uou need NAV but don't have signal? TomTom on mine has the data stored on an SD card rather than over the air. Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8.

14th Jan 2015 10:00pm

mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6769	What are the dimensions of the alpine unit?
14th Jan 2015 11:09pm

custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20453	I'd probably agree with David here, if I had to choose it would likely be the Parrot. My biggest concern with the current units is just how 'future proof' they actually are. Tech is moving so fast especially with Apple that it can leave you in either a costly position or with an obsolete unit.
14th Jan 2015 11:22pm

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