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I bought one of these in Jan 2002 as it interfaced directly with the OE Head unit in my Alfa 156 [which I had just bought 2nd hand]. It is a brilliant bit of kit - excellent sound quality, hardly ever skipped or missed a beat. But something fell against it and the sliding door broke about 1 year ago (or so I thought) but this seemed OK as well, until the boot leaked last Autumn. The moisture found its way into the unit and the head unit started flagging up 'no disc'. Eventually it would't read a single disc. Alpine wanted £75.00 for a service exchange but I bought another on e-bay for about £30. Oh - and when I took the old one apart, the door had just come off the runners - should have dont that sooner and kept the moisture out!
I compared the Alpine CD in a Jeep with Chrisler radio with a Sony installed on a Aston Martin DB7, a factory installed JBL on a Peugeot 406 coupe and a Porsche cr21 radio with a Becker Silverstone cd changer. Sony delivers the poorer sound quality. JBL has an excellent sound but shows difficulties reading on bumps and poor road quality. Alpine and Becker sound the best altough I personally prefer the clearer and more bodily sound of the later giving the high setup sensitivity of the Alpine,
Basic but functional CD changer, plugs into Ford CD Compatible Cassette head unit. If you manage to get a good long cable with it you could fit the unit in the boot of the car. Brackets should come with the item when sold but you may need to buy a seperate Ford Box unit (5 pin DIN).
Summary: This is the only changer that was compatible with my car's Alfa Romeo head unit, but I was pleasantly surprised with the sound. Excellent build quality. Strengths: Fantastic sound quality. Never skips. Can be installed in a variety of configurations. Weaknesses: Changing CD's is much easier with Pioneer's cartridge.
I fitted this unit to my 1990 jaguar xj6, just plugged straight in, no wiring required, and no need to change the radio in the dash. So much cheaper than the jaguar branded one! The sound is excellent and I've experienced no skipping even over the bumpiest of roads. The only downside is no mp3 playback, but hey, what do you want for the price?
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