Apple Adds Ford, GM, Mazda To Car iPod Lineup

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Most of the 2006 line of aftermarket alpine car stereos has what is called Full Speed Connection for Ipod. With a head unit for as little as $200.00 MSRP and a $30.00 connection cable you have full control of your Ipod from the stereo as well as data display. It also has a quick search function. I have the Alpine DVA-9861 with my Ipod mini. It works great! Keep in mind this is second generation Ipod control for Alpine. From what I have read the first generation was very slow. This is neary as good as having your finger on the Ipod.

http://www.alpine-usa.com/en/products/product.php?model=KCE-422i

I had a look at the alpines when I wanted to connect my ipod to my car, while its a decent setup I find it weak that someone has to go buy a expensive piece of hardware to use their ipod, I did all the reasearch and my conclusion, these car integration kits in general have some sort of flaw, are expenive and dont really do their job... Im still saying apple should have some sort of rating systems for these kits, level 1 - you have to control the input via your ipod..... level 30, you can completely control you ipod from your sterio and see everything on the radio screen.