Customer Reviews

Alpine KCE-422i iPod Connection Cable

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Great product when you get the genuine artile Alpine KCE-422i. Unfortunately I bought mine from Discount Jungle who advertise Alpine cables, then send cheap fakes to all of their customers. I tested one of them and it didn't even work properly. They told me they'd give me a refund if I sent them back. I returned the cables and was given only a partial refund. After a great deal of effort, I got some more of my money back, but they refused to fully refund me. Fortunately Amazon refunded me the rest of the money after I made an Amazon A-Z Guarantee claim. Thank you very much Amazon! I would never ever under any circumstances buy anything from Discount Jungle.

The title really says it all, it's just a cable and it works. It's a very expensive cable by modern standards, you'd think there was more to it than two connectors and a length of wire, but there isn't. All the smarts are in the compatible head unit and the iPod. This is a much better solution than the previous Alpine attempt, which I also have, the user interface on the new head units is also much better than previously and almost as usable as the iPod itself. A good solution for my 8,000 tracks on several hundred albums.

Been using this for about a year, and it works fine w/ my CDA 9857. It does work with the original iPhone, but I writing to warn you...

This does *not* work with an iPhone 3g. Can't charge the iPhone, can't control the iPhone.

Bought this used works great. Did some scouting prior to buying and thought this was supposed to charge the ipod aswell, well it does just not the Gen3 which happens to be what I have. No Alpine ipod cord will charge the 3rd gen ipod.

I had used an FM transmitter with my IPOD for some time. It was not very satisfactory. The cable connection is great. Sound is greatly improved and control of the IPOD is much improved.

Easy to use, easy to install. Great product. I definatelly recommend it to everyone who apreciates sound quality and easyness when operating an iPod on the car.

must have for alpine ipod ready cd players. supper long cord so placement was easy. ipod response time is great also

We received a truck with an Alpine stereo recently installed. We got this cable so we can plug the iPod into it. Works great.

Personally, I find it rather appalling that Alpine produces a line of "made for iPod" head units and then requires you to purchase a separate and rather expensive cable to actually use the features of those head units.

However, that's the way it is, and this cable works as described. I see that there is a newer version which allows for control and charging of the iPhones. Oddly, my older cable (which definitely does not have a converter on it) actually allows me to access my iPhone 3G music in the exact same fashion as on my iPod Nano (gen 2), as used with my Alpine IDA-X200 head unit. I haven't checked to see if it actually charges the phone, but it would seem to be the case that it does not, unless my cable is a magic exception (unlikely...)

Anyways, it's a cable, it works, and you should probably just buy the newer version.

Bought a car with the Alpine stereo in it that has a mp3 connection. This cable allows me to use my ipod without having to use an fm transmitter. It allows me to control the ipod from the radio so that I can put the ipod out of site and safe. Very satisfied.