Alpine DVA-9860 Car DVD Player
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- Included Units: In-Dash Player
- Supported Media Types: DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW
- Number of Audio Channels: 4 Channels
- Supported Video Formats: Video CD (VCD), DVD
- Supported Audio Formats: Audio CD, MP3, WMA
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Great sound, so-so on DVD MP3 playing
Pros
Plays MP3s on DVD-R, very good radio reception.
Cons
DVD MP3 problems. That's it.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
If you don't need video in your dash but you have lots of MP3s, I highly recommend it.
I bought this DVD player exclusively for the MP3 music on DVD option - up to 78 hours of music on one DVD-R. Well, that's a mixed bag. I've created about a half-dozen DVD-R discs with MP3 music on them and, so far, only one of them has played consistently. All of them will play when you first put them in with no problems. The problems start when you switch from radio to CD or turn the unit on with the DVD already in. Then it won't play and just gives an ERROR message. The one that does play, however, plays flawlessly.
I had the thought that maybe I was putting too many MP3s on the DVD (it only allows 1024) but, when I checked, the one that plays has 513 and one of the ones that doesn't has 760.
The radio reception is very good and the sound is very good. It has lots of adjustments for sound, variable crossover freqs for subwoofer and front/rear speakers.
It also does cool things, like when you turn it on, it doesn't just start off with the volume where you left it last time but starts low and, over the course of a couple of seconds it raises the volume up to where you left it last giving you time to turn it down if necessary. Same thing taking it off attenuate (sort-of mute). It has a pause button, which all cd/dvd player should have but some don't. It's easy to get around in the MP3 DVD with a button to start directory search and then turn the volume knob to scroll through the directories. When the unit is off, pressing almost any button on it will turn it on.
Things that could be better:
The remote control is almost useless for me because it is aimed at DVD video playing more than MP3/CD or radio playing - I almost never use my remote.
In order to turn the unit off you need to press the source button for longer than I think it should take - at a guess, 4-5 seconds.
The owner's manual, like just about all of them, isn't much help - just minimal information on what the controls do.
I had the thought that maybe I was putting too many MP3s on the DVD (it only allows 1024) but, when I checked, the one that plays has 513 and one of the ones that doesn't has 760.
The radio reception is very good and the sound is very good. It has lots of adjustments for sound, variable crossover freqs for subwoofer and front/rear speakers.
It also does cool things, like when you turn it on, it doesn't just start off with the volume where you left it last time but starts low and, over the course of a couple of seconds it raises the volume up to where you left it last giving you time to turn it down if necessary. Same thing taking it off attenuate (sort-of mute). It has a pause button, which all cd/dvd player should have but some don't. It's easy to get around in the MP3 DVD with a button to start directory search and then turn the volume knob to scroll through the directories. When the unit is off, pressing almost any button on it will turn it on.
Things that could be better:
The remote control is almost useless for me because it is aimed at DVD video playing more than MP3/CD or radio playing - I almost never use my remote.
In order to turn the unit off you need to press the source button for longer than I think it should take - at a guess, 4-5 seconds.
The owner's manual, like just about all of them, isn't much help - just minimal information on what the controls do.
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