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Reviews of the Alpine IVA-W205

  • 7.7

    CNET Review

    October 2, 2007

    The Good: The Alpine IVA-W205 makes use of an innovative design to combine portable- and in-dash navigation with real-time traffic capabilities. Its intuitive digital audio navigation interface and advanced audio customization options make it an attractive standalone media playback device.

    The Bad: When used with the Blackbird PMD-B200, the IVA-W205 suffers from some minor usability glitches as the portable can be difficult to extract. Map quality is less than state-of-the-art.

    The Bottom Line: The innovative in-dash Alpine IVA-W205 provides a decent range of media playback options as well as a useful navigation service and a good Bluetooth calling interface when connected to Alpine's portable Blackbird GPS device.

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Manufacturer: Alpine Electronics, Inc.

Part number: IVA-W205

General

  • Product Type DVD player with LCD monitor and AM/FM tuner
  • Width 7 in
  • Depth 6.5 in
  • Height 3.9 in
  • Weight 7.1 lbs

System

  • Product Type:Form Factor In-dash
  • Enclosure Type Double-DIN
  • Supported Devices Digital player, CD changer, HD radio, Satellite radio receiver
  • Digital audio format Dolby Digital output, DTS digital output
  • Control Features Touch panel, Rotary encoder
  • Features:Additional Features Built-in clock, IPod compatible, ID3 tags support, CD text, Rear-facing camera capability

Audio System

  • System Control Bus Ai-NET
  • Audio system controls Treble, Bass, Subwoofer level, Volume, Loudness
  • Amplifier max output power / channel qty 50 Watts x 4
  • Amplifier continuous power / channel qty 18 Watts x 4
  • Crossover type Active crossover

Equalizer

  • Equalizer type Digital graphic
  • Type Digital graphic

Built-in Display

  • Button backlight color Blue

Monitor

  • Type LCD monitor - In-dash unit integrated - Motorized
  • Technology TFT active matrix
  • Monitor:Diagonal Size 6.5 in
  • Total Pixels 280,800
  • Resolution 1200 x 234
  • Widescreen Modes Normal, Wide, Cinema
  • Features:Additional Features Touch screen

Radio

  • Radio Radio tuner - In-dash unit integrated - AM/FM
  • Station preset qty 18
  • AM station preset qty 6
  • FM station preset qty 12
  • Radio signal-to-noise ratio 80 dB
  • Additional radio features DX/LO switch, Auto Store (AS)

DVD

  • Type DVD player - In-dash unit integrated
  • Media load type Slot-load
  • Media type DVD+R, CD, Video CD, CD-RW, DVD-RW, CD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-Audio, DVD, DVD-R
  • Dynamic Range 95 dB
  • Signal-To-Noise Ratio 105 dB
  • Response Bandwidth 5 - 20000 Hz
  • Total Harmonic Distortion 0.008%
  • Multi-Camera Angle Select Yes
  • Multi-Language Select Yes
  • MP3 Playback Yes
  • Features:Additional Features WMA playback

Amplifier

  • Amplifier:Form Factor In-dash unit integrated

Remote Control

  • Remote control type Remote control
  • Remote control technology Infrared

Crossover

  • Crossover Active crossover - In-dash unit integrated
  • Crossover slope 12 dB/octave

Connections

  • Connector Type 1 x Remote control - Rear, 1 x Subwoofer output ( RCA phono x 2 ), 1 x Composite video/audio output ( RCA phono x 3 ), 1 x Composite video/audio input ( RCA phono x 3 ), 1 x Camera connector - Rear, 1 x Navigation system input - Rear, 1 x System components control bus, 1 x SPDIF output ( TOSLINK ) - Rear, 2 x Audio line-out ( RCA phono x 2 )

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