I installed an Alpine 9856 and Ipod this evening....Looks and SOUNDS AMAZING even with the stock speakers. The hardest / most time consuming part was finding a good grounding point (which for the record is to the right of the OBDII port). I ran the Ipod interface cable behind the dash (easy) and into the glove box. The Ipod sits (velcro'd to) in the glovebox very nicely.

I think this will last me a bit and then I will add good amp, nice components up front, maybe rears, and a small but nice sub.

Pictures to follow...

 

The Alpine kicks azz! I did the same thing you did with the 9857 +Ipod except, I grounded it with one of the 4 screws holding it inplace and I relocated the radio.

 

2 10mm bolts right behind the radio on a metal bar..always been a good ground. BTw, 9856 is good, full speed FTW.

 

yep thats where mines at

 

So for all of you Alpine / Ipod users ....here is the question -- can you leave the Ipod overnight?? It appears to be still drawing power after the car is off, so I am concerned that this will over time kill my car battery...Thanks

 

Really? I been leaving it connected for the last month and I haven't see power draw. I better double check!

 

Sweet!!!

I just bought that deck 2 days ago and it's going in in a few hours

Alpine FTMFW!

 

Got the same setup (9856 + IPod) in Mrs. LayinLo's Camry. I put in about 2 weeks ago as an early Christmas present.

Cij911: I don't think you'll have any problems with power consumption. Even with a mini battery.

 

 

I just installed this deck tonight in my IX and I love it. I need to replace the shat-o-licious factory speakers now. The deck power from this thing is a lot stronger than I expected!

 

Got the same here, loving it.

 

Can you use a Zune instead of an ipod for this deck?

 

you can use any mp3 player if the deck has Aux input port. it won't get charged and you'll have to controll it from the mp3 player.

 

it doesn't draw power after like 5 minutes, the ipod shuts down. . .at least it should. . .did u wire it wrong?!

 

Do I need an installation kit to install my Alpine 9857? or is it a direct swap?