Thank Kim that's great. I'll get it sorted

 

I and a few others on here have a Alpine CDE-178BT and it works very well with my 5S which I have upgraded to iOS 8.0.2. The USB connector has been routed to the secret compartment and it came with a separate USB to lightning connector charging cable. There is supposed to be a vtuner app for internet radio, but I think it has been removed from the app store, and I can't find it anywhere. It also has a patch cable to use the in-car stereo control. Pressing CH changes up a track and when you hold in CH it skips to the next folder. I load up a USB stick with MP3's. The bluetooth feature seems to stream music ok too.

This is the digital media version without the CD - Alpine iDE-178BT

Strangely, there is a vTuner app for Panasonic, but not for Alpine. Not sure if it'll work, and I'm too cheap to spend the £1.49 to find out!

 

Hi Kim. One last question. Does it still charge the phone when it's connected?

 

Yep. All modern Alpine HUs will charge the phone when connected.

 

Yes it does.

 

Thanks guys, now ordered