Alpine CDE-9850Ri any good?

[thecremeegg]

As above really.....comes with ipod adaptor and everything for £160
Does it sound ok? are alpinea any good head unit wise? I dont want anything too fancy, buying it mainly for the ipod feature really, so any thoughts would be appreciated

Cheers

Tom

 

[len_beach]

Quality. I paid £185 6 months ago including all the gubbins necessary for remote/display useage. A vast improvement.

 

[thecremeegg]

Oh rite, if i want the stalk adaptor and things it comes to £200 :-S
Where'd you order from out of interest?

Tom

 

[len_beach]

I ordered from Pixmania.com and used 2-3 various discount codes. That worked out at 151.50 delivered then I bought the adaptors from caraudiodirect IIRC.

 

[thecremeegg]

Ah i see.....dont happen to still have those discount codes/know if any still work do you? if not then it'll have to be caraudiodirect

cheers

Tom

 

[len_beach]

Here are the stalk/display adaptors: http://cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=147288&highlight=9850ri+stalk.

I've just checked Pixmania and it would appear they no longer stock the 9850ri. Have you tried Froogle etc? Certain places may appear more expensive but if you can get a decent discount code from the likes of hotdealsuk.com then you can bring the price right down.

 

[len_beach]

I've just forund a code for Caraudiodirect: 7e6e57. Not sure if it works but free carriage apparently.

 

[thecremeegg]

grr code doesnt work, says invalid credit card for some reason lol
i'll check froogle and failing that i'll stick with original plan

Cheers

Tom


Edit.Code DOES work, cheers

 

[len_beach]

What did you get it all for in the end? Did you get the stalk adaptor as well?

 

[thecremeegg]

£196 delivered including stalk adapter and the other bit you need thats brand dependent. Not too bad i dont think. thanks for that code.....where'd u get it?
Quick question, what shows up on the in car display when u use the stalk adaptor? does it just say Alpine?

Cheers

Tom

 

[len_beach]

Not a bad price there. I don't think you would get it for much less in 6 months time. I found the code in the members section of a S2000 forum LOL.

The display says Alpine when music is playing, seek up/down when you change track and volum up/down IIRC.

 

[thecremeegg]

cool, as long as it says something - i hate looking at a blank screen, does my head in - too much grey lol
Seems like a good buy and seeing as ur satisifed then shud be ok

Cheers again for that code - just gotta work out how to install it now lol. I know how to install a standard aftermarket HU, its just the stalk adaptor that i'll be confused by :S

Cheers

tom

 

[len_beach]

N'eh worries. I hate to see people spend money they don't need to.

The stalk adaptor is easy, it simply plugs in line between the standard stalk loom and the headunit with a headphone style jack in the back of the headunit as well. The hard part is hiding all of the wires and arranging them so that the unit slides back.

I found the best way to tackle this was to re-jig the loom so that it came out at the other side of the openeing, when you get the Renault unit out you will see what I mean.

 

[thecremeegg]

Brilliant, thats what i hoped for, something easy. I hope it doesnt go the same way as fitting my rear light clusters today - need 2 new indicator bulbs lol

Cheers

Tom