£249.95

Alpine IDA-X305S MP3, WMA, and AAC Player
[IDA-X305S]

Alpine IDA-X305S MP3, WMA, and AAC Player

Listen to Pandora Internet radio in your car:

Pandora lovers rejoice — now you can dial in your favorite Pandora stations right on your car stereo. Alpine's iDA-X305s digital media receiver works with your iPhone® to deliver everything Pandora has to offer, letting you control the action just like any other radio station.

Pandora's box:

Setting up the iDA-X305s for Pandora is straightforward — simply connect your iPhone to the receiver's USB input and turn the stereo on. Follow the prompts to download Alpine's free PandoraLink app, and you're good to go. Album art and song info show up on the big 2.2" display. The USB connection gives you sound quality that's superior to an auxiliary input, plus your iPhone stays charged as you drive.

The stereo's controls work like a Pandora command center — push and rotate the main knob to the right to give a song a "thumbs up," or rotate to the left for "thumbs down." The iDA-X305s also lets you pause the current song, or tag it for later purchasing in iTunes®. Tap the middle of the large jog dial to activate a QuickSearch of your Pandora stations, and you can even skip up to six songs an hour per station.

Simple iPod navigation and control:

Alpine also designed the iDA-X305s to make it easy to use an iPod in your car. The big jog dial in the middle works just like an iPod's click wheel. Turn it a little to access Search mode, then scroll line-by-line. Turn and hold the knob to move to Alphabet Search mode — now you can scroll through the alphabet to blaze through your lists of artists, albums, or songs.

The current song keeps playing, so you won't interrupt the music while you're searching. The convenient "Back" button lets you backtrack through the menus, instead of starting over from the top.

Play your other digital files, too:

Put your favorite MP3, WMA, and AAC files on a thumb drive, and you've got an easy way to stock up on tunes for your next road trip. Or play another USB-equipped music player through the USB slot. A premium Burr-Brown digital-to-analog converter delivers your music files with the highest fidelity possible.

Flexible system-building options:

This versatile stereo works with all of Alpine's peripheral gear, including satellite radio, auxiliary input adapter, add-on USB input, or CD changer. Add an HD Radio™ tuner, and you can "tag" songs you hear on an HD Radio broadcast for purchasing later in iTunes®. With Alpine's optional KCE-400BT Bluetooth® interface, you'll be able to answer or place a call with a touch of a button. You can also stream music from a music phone or Bluetooth-capable music player.

Three sets of preamp outputs simplify setting up a system with external amplifiers and subs, and you'll appreciate the ability to control the subwoofer's output level from the stereo. For the best possible sound quality, add Alpine's PXA-H100 IMPRINT sound processor and KTX-H100 tuning kit — the IMPRINT measures your car's acoustics and adjusts the stereo's settings automatically to create a perfect audio environment.

Features:

• Digital media receiver (no built-in CD player)
• Built-in amplifier (18 watts RMS CEA-2006/50 peak x 4 channels)
• Plays MP3, WMA, and AAC music files from external sources
• 2.2" full-color TFT display
• Detachable face
• ITunes tagging with Alpine's optional TUA-T550 HD Radio™ tuner
• Optional remote control
  

• Works with Alpine's free PandoraLink iPhone app
• Controls for thumbs up/down, skip, pause, QuickSearch, plus tagging for purchasing in iTunes
• Skip up to 6 songs per hour per station
• Shows album art and song info on the screen
• Direct USB connection for better sound than an auxiliary input
  

• 2-band parametric equalizer
• Burr-Brown 24-bit digital-to-analog converter
• compatible with Alpine's PXA-H100 IMPRINT audio processor and KTX-H100 tuning kit
  

• IPod control: direct connection to USB input for newer iPods (older iPods will need Alpine's KCE-422i interface cable)
• Compatible with Alpine's HD Radio tuner, Bluetooth adapter, CD changer, satellite radio
• Inputs: rear USB input
• Outputs: 6-channel preamp outputs (2-volt front, rear, subwoofer) — subwoofer output has bass level control