Hi all

Just ordered one of these from Ebay for a good price but have realised that it is the US version and not the 9835R UK version. I assume the R stands for RDS but will lack of RDS be the only difference? For a £200 saving I can live without it!

Question is do I re-sell it and order a UK one and pay the extra or keep it?

Paul

 

If it is from the states it wont have RDS but worse that that you wont be able to recieve all the uk stations as i think the us ones move up .5 at a time eg 99.5 so if you have a station on say 99.7 you cant recive it . well some thing like that .

 

And to add to the woes you might get stung by Customs and charged VAT on top. You might be lucky.

 

can't you get an fm adapter for about £10 to fit a stereo, as you can for jap stereos. don't know if american ones are different its worth a try yhough, try [url]www.sva-soloutions.co.uk[url] don't know if thats the right site but there number is 01934417222 hope that helps

 

I got my 9835R with 420i for £424 inc. Its a brilliant headunit but because of lack of RDS and other "unknown" problems I went for the UK spec.

Steve

 

Decicion has been made.... UK spec 9835R ordered with the ipod adapter and US version re-sold on Ebay for the same price I paid for it

Steve
Where do you keep your ipod when it is plugged into the adapter and where is your 420i mounted?

Cheers
Paul

 

Chucked them both in the glove box as they fit rather nicely in there.

I'm looking at setting up smart play lists as scrolling thru 25GB of music using the wheel on the head unit is proving time consuming.

Steve

 

OOer

I take it the multi speed searching on the ipod wheel doesn't transfer to thewheel on the HU?!

I've got 40gig

Ouch

Paul

 

True, there's no RDS, but you can change it to .1 increments. Also, the retailer marked it as < $50 so customs never stung me.

Steve

 

I a word no, and it also doesn't make any difference how fast you rotate the wheel on th HU it moves at a fixed speed.

Steve

 

So can you still search by artist, album, song etc.?

I usually search by artist then track if I want to put something specific on which shortens the search load hugely but to be honest 99.999% of the time it just plays randomly from the whole 6000 track library (almost everything encoded at 320kbps) and I just skip any track that starts which I don't want to listen to.

Paul

 

Yes you can serach by artist, album play list track etc etc. And random works as well. Have a look on the alpine Europe site for the 420i manual that explain everything.

Steve

 

Best bet is to set all your favourite albums as playlists-I have around 10-15 albums which I change every once in a while when I dock to the P.C. Its a great tool and saves having cds fumbling around all over the place.

 

I got the UK headunit with RDS (9835 R) and bought the Ipod adaptor. Fitted the control box under the handbrake / arm rest and the ipod in the centre console, with the cup holder open. I always use the leather case. Don't like leaving it in the car overnight, as I've found my Ipod doesn't like the cold.

Arrange all your music on the PC into playlist and let the PC do all the work with a sync Make sure you learn I-Tunes as it can be a little difficult to understand

The headunit is absolutely superb compared to a high end Sony I had before. The control is fantastic once you've sussed it out, and reading the manuals do help.

I however managed to spill a can of redbull over the front, and couldn't get it apart to clean. Had no display or functions and buttons very sticky, so had no alternative then to tip neat alcohol over the front and dry out Seems to work now, but wonder how / where I could get a replacement front cover?

Phill

PS Drying out on the Radiator after the second alcohol clean Don't use the cup holders in the dash with the HU and redbull

 

Searching or fast forwarding is on the < and > buttons, not on the thumb wheel.

There is a delay on the display while searching for a song with the playlists (you've edited on the PC) but you can live with it

Phill

 

On a Clarion 835 i purchased from America, when setting it up, in the menu it gave the option of the increments i wanted to use.


I think you will find most models are international nowadays.