I have an Alpine 9851 HU with and XM radio attached to a 3.5 mm to RCA then an RCA to AI-net. When I purchased this about 8 months ago, the retailer mentioned that i could an iPod adapter for under $100 bucks if I bought it then. I dodn't but am begining to change my mind. Originally he mentioned a cheap splitt for the Ai-Net so i could have two accesories. I just went back for other work and brought it up again and he said I would need the iPod box(~$100, KCA-420) and the Ai-Net splitter (~$150, KCA 410) is this the cheapest way to do this because if so I changed my mind.

 

cheapest way would be a fm modulator.

 

F that. If I want to go for inferior quality and inconvienience (sp ?) I can just plug the iPod in throught the XM output, But that is kindof a hassel when driving, let alone dangerous. I want to go throug Ai-net because I dont want to have to mess with my iPod and my HU at the same time.

 

yea i agree w/ jtstudley on that one if i were you i wouldnt even mess with it really. just go get a kenwood jp harddive and download your songs on to it from your comp. then plug it in to a cd input rca on the back of your headunit and directly get the songs that way. with this u only have to mess with the head unit.

 

it is true. but do not waste your money on the kca-420i just pick up a new CDA-9856 and the full speed ipod cable 229.00 for the 2 and you will be able to reuse your rca to Ainet cable for XM. Hope this helps

 

If you are in NJ call SR Audio they just did the same thing for me.

 

They did what? Alpines have 1 input on the back which is AI-Net. It can be converted into RCA which I have, and then that RCA cable goes to a 3.5 mm jack in the side of the radio. My basic problem is I need two inputs but am only given one.

That would cost me >230 for the head unit plus whatever the cable costs, plus an extra wasted perfectly good HU. The way I was looking at was about $250, so they would be the same price about, except I would have a wasted HU

 

damn dude, I just answered yer question..