Customer Reviews

Alpine KCE-422I Full Speed Apple Ipod - To - Headunit Mobile Connection Cable

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

Ordered the Alpine cable that was advertised and got some crappy knockoff that doesn't work as expected. So no I am not happy and no this is not a ding against Alpine.

Alpine KCE-422i iPod Connection Cable arrived quickly and in a plastic pouch. The cable connects somewhat loosely into my Ipod Video and wiggles around. The cable must be pushed upwards slightly to enable stereo output. When it is not being pushed up, only my right speakers work. Broken wire or bad connectors are my guess.

I now have an Ipod with a rubber banded cord wrapped around it to supply constant pressure on the loose connection. Works, but for a simple connector that costs this much I would hope that it least worked all the time.

Connector connects poorly. Perhaps shipping with better packaging would help.

Would not suggest this item to a friend.

I purchased an Alpine 9886 Head unit, which already comes with a REAL Alpine KCE-422I cable, although I was led to believe by the good people at Amazon that it did not, so I followed their lead in the optional accessories line to this product, which unfortunatly I bought. I recieved the car stereo and Discount Jungle's cable the same day. I noticed the difference in the two cables immediatly. The Knock-offs connections are looser and the cable is stiff and unflexible. On the other hand, the REAL 422i has tight and smooth connections, with nice limber cable.
Make no mistake.THIS IS NOT AN ALPINE PRODUCT! Nowhere is the word Alpine to be found on the shipping envelope, and since the cable is just wound up and thrown in the the bag without any store-type pakaging(like the one I saw at Best Buy,which is also a Real Alpine Cable) The only place that says this is an Alpine product is on Amazon's site. I will Never buy from Discunt Jungle again!

I purchased this cable to use with my CDA-105 HU, as was recommended by Amazon. The plug on this cable was similar, but not compatible with the one on the HU. The CDA-105 has the Ai-Net plug, and a USB plug on the back. After I found that this cable would not plug into the connector on my HU I took both to a local stereo shop and was told to just use a USB cable like the one that comes with your iPod. I inquired if I could also use a USB extension so that I wouldn't have to buy another iPod USB cable, and was told that they had previously tried this in an installation and it would not work. I ended up buying another iPod USB cable from WalMart for $18.95. I wish I had known that I needed this beforehand so I could have ordered the cable from Amazon, since they have it for around $1.00 + shipping. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Dock-Connector-Cable-iPhone-White/dp/B0007RV3IE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1260762778&sr=8-1

Wow, I can't blv I'm saying this. I'm very dissapointed with Alpine. I dished out the money to buy this cable to use on my new Alpine 9887. I planned to hide my Ipod in my glove compartment and just use the remote and head-unit to operate it.

However, I noticed that when I park my car my ipod remains powered on, which is very problematic, because it means the battery will end up being drained.

I hope Alpine recalls these cables and released a new improved version. I'm going to keep my cable but next time I'll think twice before buying another alpine product and so should you.

I'm very happy with this adaptor, it provides great sound and fast playback from my Ipod, definately a great buy

This is exactly the same cable that came with my cda-9886 alpine and works perfect.

I contact seller when i received product to let him know i it didnt work and that i purchased one locally to verify it was the cable and not the head unit. He agreed to send me a ipod adopter for charing the i pod made by Alpine. Im stilling waiting on my part.

didn't get five stars because it won't work with my new 3gs iphone, but work great with my older ipod.

This connector is a must if you would like to connect your ipod to the respective Alpine deck. The installation is a breeze...cable connects to the back of your Alpine deck and the other to your ipod. It cannot get any easier than that unless of course if blue-tooth is one day introduced as a connection option. Sound quality is great, but keep in mind sound quality is dependent upon the format and quality in which your music is stored within your ipod, as well as the features and performance of your head-unit. It pays to be fully informed as to whether a cable is supplied with your head-unit, which is usually not the case with Alpine products.