Anyone know when the 9857 will actually be in stores?

I went to my usual shop (friend from high school owns it) and had to educate his salesman on the full-speed connection. He didn't even know that there was a 9857 model.

I need to play with it and the full-speed connection before I commit to it.

I am going to go 9857 because of the wired remote option (plug and play DCI)

In SoCal if you know of a shop that has one.

Thanks,
Rad

 

Mid-march I believe.

 

Dont quote me on this, but I thought Modifry came out with a wired DCI that was compatable with IR model HU's. He offered for me to change my IR DCI for my 9851 for a wired one for like $40. It just plugs into the 3.5mm jack on the back of the unit. (Not sure how it works, or if I am even recalling correctly, but I think you can get a wired DCI for an IR Alpine HU).

John

 

I pre-ordered one from Crutchfield, it's supposed to ship out around 10 March.

 

I have the 9856 and the Fast connection works well. My modifry DCI works perfectly with it

 

Which version of the DCI do you have?

I have a 9856 and the Modifry IR DCI and it works perfectly.

 

Yeha mine actually works perfectly with it; the IR thingy wasn't in the right place!! In fact I took the harness wired up and connected to my 9813 and plugged it into the 9856 and it all worked...I didn't even have to rewire it! Now all I need to do if figure out how to make the Ipod Cable and connection stealthy...any ideas there guys?

 

Whoa, I was about to run out and get the Alpine 9856!! Should I hold out for the 9857?? What's the difference?

 

i have the 9856 in my 4Runner. it is bad @ss. i have the cable routed to the glove box - but there's plenty of cable, i could have routed it to the center console if i wanted to.

i want to go 9857 in the S2000, only because of the nicer display that i'll probably never see, and i think it has built in bluetooth.

i'm going to be browsing the forum to clarify the Infrared DCI install before pulling the trigger on this

 

both the 9856 and 9857 say that they are blue tooth ready...