Alpine KCA-420i iPod adapter question

[m***@jungle.com]

Hi,

I'm getting an Alpine CDA-9812RB and eventually an Alpine KCA-420i to
connect an ipod.

My question is do I have to have everything on the ipod in MP3 format?

I assuming the interface doesn't add AAC compatibility.

The official web site makes no mention of audio format other than the head
units MP3/WMA compatibility.

Thank you for any info.

D

[robert]

Post by m***@jungle.com
Hi,
I'm getting an Alpine CDA-9812RB and eventually an Alpine KCA-420i to
connect an ipod.
My question is do I have to have everything on the ipod in MP3 format?
I assuming the interface doesn't add AAC compatibility.
The official web site makes no mention of audio format other than the head
units MP3/WMA compatibility.
Thank you for any info.
D

if the ipod outputs in other file formats the headunit should also just
output it

[skid00]

Post by m***@jungle.com
Hi,
I'm getting an Alpine CDA-9812RB and eventually an Alpine KCA-420i to
connect an ipod.
My question is do I have to have everything on the ipod in MP3 format?
I assuming the interface doesn't add AAC compatibility.
The official web site makes no mention of audio format other than the head
units MP3/WMA compatibility.

The head unit or interface should not need to know or care what the ipod is
outputting since they simply take the audio feed and the ID3 tags that the
ipod supplies. The ipod does all the file decoding and playback. You can
play anything from uncompressed AIFF, to AAC, MP3, ALAC, etc..

I tend to have a lot of full bandwidth AIFF stuff on mine since there's so
much room on the HD and not much reason to step down to mp3.