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May 31, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
tombuon
from Westmont, IL
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This product worked well in every regard except for its most important one -- the mic. It interfaced very nicely with the HU, it transitions from audio to call through my iphone very smoothly and callers sounded very clear on my end. But the mic, even after optimizing it's position relative to the user, picked up a terrible amount of electronic interference. I tried two separate units and both exhibited identical problems. Callers heard an obnoxious amount of buzzing. I've returned them and substituted a headset with a car charger. I don't know whether this problem was the unit itself, or poor shielding elsewhere in the car, but nothing else is currently picking up such terrible interference.
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May 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer:
James
from Wellington, CO
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It pairs with all of my
cell phones just fine, but doesn't work correctly. Sometimes the audio
works, other times no. When it does work, it's bad. There just isn't
anything good to say about this unit at all. Called Alpine tech support
mulitple times and the final answer: All 7 of the cellphones I tried to use it
with are bad. I welcome you to do the math on that probability before
purchasing this unit. I am selling off all my brand new alpine stuff,
headunit, this product, USB interface and switcher unit and buying another
brand. After 15 years of owning nothing but Alpine, I sadly have to say
these latest units are terrible.
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Alpine Bluetooth |
December 10, 2006 |
| Reviewer:
Len
from Phoenix, AZ
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I am running an Alpine 9857, four channel and mono amps, component speakers and sub. I researched hands free units and decided the dedicated Alpine was the most trouble-free way to go, ( no hard wiring). I was aware of the negative reviews, as well as the limitations of this unit before purchasing. I use my head unit in conjunction with an I-Pod and don't have a CD changer or satallite radio. My job involves a lot of driving and phone communications enroute.
My phone is a Samsung SCH-a870 with voice command. If I ever need to investigate a call or the phone display screen, I'll stop the car and use the phone. This has not been an issue in the past. Bottom line, unit works on the fly, no frills, and works great for my purposes. Installation is a piece of cake and reception is good, (both ways). Only thing that shows is the face of the remote custom mounted in dash panel.
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Poor design, |
October 29, 2006 |
| Reviewer:
James
from Barrington, RI
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Same as others. Killed my Sirius radio on my IVA-D901. Sound quality is horrible.
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For Alpine, this one falls short. |
September 25, 2006 |
| Reviewer:
iwasnevy
from Denver, Co
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Considering Alpines impeccable track record in the high-end mobile audio arena, the KCA-100BT Bluetooth module is a sore disappointment.
I purchased the KCA-100BT specifically because it interfaced with my Alpine head unit. Although the instructions were minimal, Installation was a breeze - I simply plugged it into the back of the stereo, hooked up a mute wire, clipped the microphone to the sunvisor and mounted the remote button. Pairing to my Motorola RAZR went as smoothly as the rest of the installation. I soon discovered, however, that its performance and features were limited.
Coming from Alpine, one would expect at least the caller ID to be displayed on the radio face, but "Interrupt". Is all that shows when the phone is in use. The microphone was very weak and seemed to pick up too much background noise, which was confirmed by several test calls and subsequent research on the internet. When speaking loudly, preprogrammed numbers from the telephones address book could be voice dialed, but it oftentimes took two or more attempts to get it to recognize a name. The receiving parties repeatedly had trouble hearing the conversation and occasionally heard their own voice echoing. Alpine released a software update in mid-summer to fix a voice echoing problem, and even though this was one of the updated units, it still didnt perform well enough to carry on a reasonable conversation.
The only thing accomplished by purchasing this integrated unit was to pipe the telephones sound to the vehicles speakers via a connector instead of a few extra speaker wires. This unit did nothing that any other hands free kit could do, and its performance was worse than its counterparts
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