inputs.text: great hu despite market evolving strangely - alpine cde9852 head unit since bought car 2006 liningin ipod critical back primary select button ceased work thought \\oki guess time buy years model no problem\\ start poke around little begin see landscape changed apparently gone days rear ipod input commonly available everything frontinput get convenience inelegant solution im supposed idevice wires hanging around console time setup would also necessitate getting mount idevice lest leave cupholder ashtray normally keep ipod storage sleeve head unit wouldnt able close door tethered cable lookfront usb awesomely convenient especially fly say passenger wants get playlist going whim longterm logistically got lot flaws nonetheless found cde123 last front rear input solution price range alpine awesome one problem last years model theres hardly left market great dug around everywhere finally landed one direct order alpine via something call shopatron whateverthey located local retailer one left thought perfect ending quest replace head unit ive thing installed days im noticing oddities first glaring thing another reviewer referred displays song information shows one attribute time hit view button cycles song timer clock time artist album song info press button however unlike cde9852 6 years old doesnt cycle artistalbumsong info automatically meaning without user hit view button every time example im listening track ive never heard lets say song called \\accordion\\ ive set display view song name ive even set display autoscroll text ill see word \\accordion\\ incessantly flashing song done lets say im interested see artist album id hit view button several times cycle information get info im looking get artist name flash \\mf doom\\ song done heckif leave artist \\mf doom\\ flash repeatedly stop listening artist im not sure feature regresses course six years rear input thing either reminds article read home stereo tech remaining virtually unchanged since 80s manufacturers play techy feature sets no real bearing sound quality wonder applies mobile stereo game tweaking inane features keeps consumers toes buy \\latest\\ stuff rear ipod inputs text automatically scrolls artistalbumsong make miraculous comebacks couple years touted brandnew musthave features ranting 4star rating well trying find answers puzzling problems found little way websites dialogue things maybe wasnt looking right places lot product categories authoritative sources vast information 1st 2nd hit google search case wanted leave lot information lightly touched upon around internet flipside sound quality output hu quite nice quick search features indeed evolutionary way one would expect course 6 years 9852 consisted rigorous knob turning order find artist album fancy though trend frontonly ipod integration particular unit inputs ends might gone differentiated playpause button well rewindadvance buttons im sure time ill instinctively know farbottomright button 6button cluster playpause middletwo buttons rewindadvance also enjoy pandora supported box undoubtedly entice use pandora often suppose bluetooth sirius radio musts optional upgrades probably nice would highly recommend hu despite headscratchers may industryrelated company one last thing anyone know theres \\f\\ flanked two arrows constantly display song text tiny reference online manual [ ] comes page 32 reference \\interruption alerts\\ sirius dont sirius radio certainly never programmed preferences interruption alerts yet f indictor stays time inputs except radio