Alpine IVA-W505 Review
Note We will produce a separate, comprehensive review for Blackbird PMD-B200.
With the launch of the IVA-W205, Alpine becomes the second manufacturer of spare parts for combine mobile- and navigation in-dash Unlike Eclipse AVN2210p which uses a similar combination of dock in the dashboard connected to a TomTom GPS unit cell, the IVA-W205 can be purchased - and used - regardless of their mobile component Blackbird PMD-B200 Blackbird portable No, the IVA-W205 is simple - but versatile - multimedia player in the vein of Alpine IVA-W200.
The autonomous system in the dashboard, which comes with a 6 5-inch touch screen, can support a range of media formats, including DVD audio video codecs and digital compressed with the PMD-B200 Blackbird installed, IVA-205 is useful in the dashboard navigation system and a ready-made Bluetooth hands-free calling device we love the innovative design in two parts and the way in which the system can be used both components separately, although we have a few problems with some of its ease of use.
Design In physical appearance, the IVA-W205 uses a design similar to that of his predecessor in the Alpine range, the IVA-W200 A number of hard buttons at the bottom of the bezel can be used to switch between sources and the various screens and to control volume and power most other controls are available of 6 5 inch LCD touch screen system, which, like that of the IVA-W200 offers PulseTouch Alpine tactile feedback - vibration physical designed to allow users when they have made a selection in general, we like the size of the touch screen and large well-labeled soft buttons, making it easy to make selections while driving along or stopped traffic PulseTouch the function may take some getting used to We found that it works very well if you press a button quickly, but if vou s held down, the screen throbs with disconcerting noise like machine guns.
The appearance of the unique design of the IVA-W205 is its ability to swallow all the separate GPS device, portable self Blackbird PMD-B200, which turns into a navigation system on the dashboard with a touch of the eject button, the LCD screen rolls down revealing a large dock, where the Blackbird is inserted head first we managed to get the Blackbird without difficulty make sure that you push to make the connection, but get it using the mechanical eject button is more difficult, and we often had to use a deal hard to get out the laptop.
Playing Media For media playback, the IVA-W205 provides a very intuitive selection interface, with a direct source selection menu called using the Source button on the bottom disk of the facade In each of the three source modes standard radio support, disk, to the display shows two soft keys on top visual right to switch the display between the media and shipping, and installation for audio tweaking program with the Blackbird PMD-B200 inserted, the audio becomes less simple selection as pressing the music button on the screen activates navigation mode music playback from the SD portable device rather than the audio source to the dashboard - this weird design defect confuse us more than once trying to switch between navigation and audio disk.
For audio playback on disc IVA-W205 supports Red Book CD and MP3- and WMA-encoded discs, which are inserted in every single disc slot behind the motorized front panel dropdown for compressed audio format discs, the screen displays full ID3 tag information for track, artist and album one of our favorite features of the playback feature of the system is its media list function files, which displays folders on a disc five at a time with a selected folder, the screen then displays a list of tracks on the record, also five at a time; a single scroll key function allows drivers to browse their entire music libraries with ease For those who want to jump without using the folder list songs and folders one at a time, there are also dedicated buttons for flexible disk navigation the IVA-W205 can also be used to play audio files from iPod and USB drives with optional accessories connection modules.
We love function Folder List's IVA-W205 which allows drivers to navigate their digital audio libraries.
The IVA-W205 impressed us with her audio customization features standard output of 18 watts per channel can be improved with separate front-, the against-and subwoofer bass and treble preouts 2 volts can be adjusted depending on the level and the frequency, and a high -pass filter setting for front and rear allows users to refine their EQ graphic touch screen for setting fade and balance is also an interesting feature.
For visual media, you can play DVD-Video and VCD on the IVA-W205 To use the video function, pilots must perform an elaborate procedure designed to ensure that the device can t be used to play DVDs first of displacement press the foot brake; then engage the parking brake; Then, with the pedal brake still depressed, release and re-engage the parking brake; finally let go of the foot brake viewers can tune the video output using a number of visual EQ settings including adjustments for hue, brightness and contrast, as well as settings for -15 to 15 for softness and image sharpness.
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