inputs.text: not good - bought alpine 9847 ipod interface works totally hijacks ipod beautiful intuitve fast controls ipod locked control ipod car stereo therefore hard deal especially large music catalog ipod slow not intuitive even getting used no good info artist album song title imports ipod slowly turning volume knob equivalent circling ipod one turn eqauls 3 spots list unlike one circle ipod equals dozens spots list therefore large catalog spin volume knob 100 times get thru long catalog list takes foreververy annoying slow cumbersome not deactivate normal controls ipod better much cheaper solution find car stereo form line either stereo mini plug rca jacks connect directly use ipods controls infinitely better replace old stereo get ipod option sorry