Anyone have this combo setup? We all know the iPod interface is supposed to be a selling point for the 9857 but how's the interface for other MP3 players i.e. full control or any restrictions?

Thanks in advance.

 

I'm wondering - has anyone successfully interfaced a Creative ZVM with the Alpine 9857? If possible is there any special adapter required to use them together?

Thanks for any help...

 

To the best of my knowledge, there is no interface whatsoever for any sort of MP3 player (other than IPOD) on any brand of radio. Certainly no one would build an interface for a Creative product.

The best you can do is use an analog input from the headphone jack into an AUX input on the radio and control the MP3 player from its own controls. This of course, is really not a bad option, though. Should work and sound just fine.

If anything, someone like Sony may have had some sort of interface with their own hardware (does Sony even make an MP3 player?) but I doubt it.

 

I thought there was some type of USB interface available for the alpines, but I'm not sure. I have an ipod and it works great so I haven't spent much time looking at the other options.