Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #7988 in Car Audio or Theater
- Brand: Alpine
- Model: INE-S920HD
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x
10.00" w x
10.50" l,
8.05 pounds
Features
- Personal Setting Synchronization
- One-Look Audio-Navi Split Screen
- Compatible with Pandora Application for iPhone
- Built-in HD Radio Tuner
- 9-Band Parametric EQ / 6-Channel-Time Correction / MediaXpander
INE-S920HD - Alpine In-Dash 6.1" GPS Navigation Receiver with Bluetooth
Product Description
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
By Devestator
I have been using Alpine decks for over 2 decades. I have always been a happy Alpine customer until my experiences with the IVA-205. Till then, they made good sounding lower end decks, and amazing sounding higher end decks with lots of processing. When they got into the integrated video/bluetooth/nav head units, they had problems. Most Alpine-philes know this. The IVA-205 had the separate/removable internal nav unit. This caused unreliability issues with the nav (blank screen for nav, basically the nav unit could not effectively communicate with the head unit). It almost made me purchase my first non-Alpine head unit in over 2 decades. Then I heard about the new INE line from Alpine. Waited till a local shop had one on the show board, and was blown away.Visual Interface:Alpine visual user interface looked dated when it came out. When Pioneer, Kenwood, etc were pumping out sexy user interfaces with sexy splashes and visuals, alpine was still in the 90's. However, the INE line is totally revamped, and you would never think that this would be the next evolution after the INA-W910, which was their flagship until recently. It is way beyond that. Atleast 2-3 generations ahead in terms of visual user interface. Slick, smooth, high resolution, icons look fantastic, nav screen looks amazing.Speed:Alpine has always had some of the fastest start up times, and continues. I like Kenwood product, but man do their units take forever. Not the biggest deal, but if you have a backup camera you like to you, I bet lag on the top end DNX line from Kenwood would frustrate to no end. Most importantly, I hate lag time to input, i.e. physical or virtual button pressing. I hate pressing buttons only for the head unit to respond 2-3 seconds later. That's bullshit considering how much processing is in most people's pockets in the form of their cell phones. So you'll be glad to know the INE-S920HD responds very quickly, and only ever lags slightly when entering letters in searches where it is working in the background to reduce the options of letters to input as your entering say a street name. Basically, noticeably much more processing than the INA-W910 generation.Media Sources:Basically supports what everyone uses. Vid/audio through USB memory stick, iPod, iPhone, CD, Pandora, bluetooth media, HD and satellite radio ready. The only additional component you would need that doesn't come with it from the list I just made is the iPod that requires a cable. The previous gen INA-W910 came with the iPod cable, but not the USB cable. Says a lot about how ubiquitous USB media has become. You can tag stuff on Pandora, to make it easy to buy/download off iTunes.Sound:Classic super clean, full, tactile sound. Lots of processing like other high end Alpine. Crossovers, parametric EQ, time correction, phasing, etc.Bluetooth hands free:Comes with a separate mic, with a long cord. Works very well even in my convertible with the top down. Better than even some high end Plantronics bluetooth head sets (I could hear callers, they couldn't hear me).Navigation:Comes with a GPS antenna. Very quick to fix position, newest maps and POIs since it's a brand new unit, and a tonne of features like the typical calculating fuel used, warning you if you're speeding beyond a certain percentage, or speed, but also has all kinds of warning systems, i.e. you can load up a bunch of known speed camera locations, and it can warn you with audio, or just visual or both, etc. Fast to reroute, reads out names of streets, many voices to choose from, can have just a warning "bung" and no voice, while it brings up the next manouvre, or no noise at all.Interesting:The small button panel is detachable . . . like a throw back to old days of detachable faceplates for security.Alpine made some pretty mediocre (some strong points, but some serious weak ones too) stuff for a while throughout the IVA generation. But they definitely went above and beyond with this generation, and prices are reasonable as well.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By BobbyG/PS
Did a home install in my FJ Cruiser, not exactly for a novice but resources on the internet to get everything going such as connecting the Toyota wiring to the Alpine harness. In my vehicle, a 2 day job. I'm a perfectionist and to even get the unit to fit exactly right and adjust the Toyota brackets took hours. Need good tools to get the job done. Mine looks like a factory install with the Metra single DIN face plate kit which I had to cut and glue. I'm used to my Android phone with voice recognition but I'm pushing buttons again going down the road. 4 out of 5 stars with voice recognition on the wishlist.Pros: solid unit, all components are of good quality, does everything as advertised.Cons: slow processor, no crisp screen changes, it's sluggish but acceptable for the price.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By oi oi
i think this is probably the fastest head unit out there right now after seeing other units like pioneer and kenwood i had to go with this unit alpine has really revamped the nav part of it as well so far i cant even say anything bad about it the way it splits your music and nav is completely awesome the other guy who wrote the last review really nailed it it was really helpful in my decision do it
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