Alpine releases its first receiver with Bluetooth support and adds Pandora

16th January, 2010 by adina
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Alpine has presented at CES its new products, some of them already released, and others being on the way.

Alpine’s first single –DIN car audio receiver featuring built-in Bluetooth support, the CDE-103BT, is powered by Parrot and users needed to previously use a $180 separate accessory to add Bluetooth support to their head units. A “Phone” button that is situated on the faceplate of the receiver allows users to connect to their phones. Missed calls, received calls and dialled calls can be shown on the head unit’s LCD display and the caller ID appears for saved numbers. Alpine made sure that software upgrades would be delivered over Bluetooth in the future. A USB port as well as an auxiliary input connection is present on the front panel of the head unit. The integrated amplifier is rated according to CEA-2006 specifications at 18W RMS over four channels.

Alpine has also updated its line of mechanical drive-less car audio head units with the iDA-X303, and the double-DIN iXA-W404 and iXA-W407, designed for connecting to digital music sources with support for Pandora streaming Internet audio, such as iPhones and iPods. Pandora was also brought by Pioneer to its AVIC-X920BT, through a docked iPhone and a dedicated application.

The all-in-one navigation unit INA-W900 is also new. It has a 7-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 800×480 and provides information about over six million preloaded points of interest for the United States and Canada, including gas stations, hotels or ATMs. Alpine’s GuideView feature will flash an alert on the audio screen before the next turn comes up, so you it is no need to interrupt your entertainment in order to get accurate directions. Bluetooth support is missing but can be added with a kit.

The CDE-103BT is already available and costs $250, while the INA-W900 will be released in February and the suggested price is $1,100.


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