It does work on my Alpine head unit with the iPod connector. However, the phone displays a message that the connector was not designed for the iPhone, and asks if I want to place the phone in airplane mode to avoid interference.
I choose "no," or just ignore the question, and it works fine, with minimal interference. Just a once in a while burst of static. Still, if Alpine releases a new version of the cable for iPhone, I'll probably upgrade.
Not sure what happens when the phone rings when connected, as I haven't had that happen yet.
I depends on which Alpine stereo you are talking about. Some of the older models work fine. Ironically, the newer 2007 models don't. I can tell you from PERSONAL experience the 9885 deck with high speed iPod connection does NOT work. You can see the music info on the head unit, but the sound comes out of the iPhone speakers, not the car speakers. Folks with 985X units report it working just fine. Go figure.
I have an Alpine CDA-9855 with iPod adapter. When I connected the iPhone the current song played fine. The display correctly identified the song/artist etc.
Unfortunately it would not play any other songs on the iPhone!
I have the Alpine IVA-W200. Here's what I have experienced so far:
1. The iPhone will work with the iPod adapter.
2. Create Music Playlists first before using the iPhone if you have Video on your iPhone - Very important!
3. After you connect your iPhone, it will bring up a dialog box about switching to Airplane Mode - Select 'No', otherwise your phone features will be turned off.
4. Switch your Alpine Deck to iPod mode (music may play right away), however, you will want to select a Playlist (If you just let the iPhone shuffle through songs it will also try to play Videos as songs and this will give you a message on the Alpine deck Error 01 and shut down)
5. If you get the Error 01 message, you will need to disconnect your iPhone, go to the iPod mode on your iPhone and select a song before reconnecting. If you disconnect and reconnect it will remember what was last played and go right back to the Video and give you the Error 01 message again.
6. All my Playlist, Artist, Song and shuffle features worked on my deck (Again be careful to remember that your Video tracks will show up as Artist and/or Song tracks, so don't select them by mistake. ie Foo Fighters Video will look the same as a Foo Fighters song)
7. The iPod adapter will charge the iPhone (Save you from having to get a cig lighter adapter).
If you have a Bluetooth enabled Deck:
If the iPhone is or is not connected to the Alpine iPod adapter and you have Bluetooth turned on your iPhone, it will turn off the music and allow you to answer the phone call, speak through the Alpine mic and listen through your car speakers.
For those with a Bluetooth earpiece but no Bluetooth Deck:
When I have my Bluetooth earpiece connected to my iPhone with my iPhone connected to my Alpine iPod adapter. If I get a phone call, the iPhone will stop the music, I can answer or ignore the call. If I answer the call, when the call is complete, the music will start right up where it left off. If I ignore the call, again the music will start up where it left off.
So for those of you that do not wish to spring for the $120 Alpine Bluetooth adapter + installation, you can still get the convenience of the music shutting down when the iPhone rings and starting up after the call is complete, if you use a Bluetooth earpiece.
