Re: Alpine iDA-Xnnn : "blurry artwork" with latest iPods
Did a bit more digging on this and can't add much, other than confirm it is a known issue. Someone even mentioned they had discussed it with Alpine who said they knew about the issue but it could only be resolved by an iPod firmware upgrade. That comment was 6 months or more old I seem to recall and clearly subsequent firmware upgrades have not fixed the issue.
Other comments echoed my hunch that it's an issue with the new thumbnails that come with coverflow on the newer iPods.
So, in a nutshell, if you have an iPod with coverflow and hook it to one of the Alpine iDA-Xnnn head units the artwork looks pants on the head unit. If you have a pre-coverflow iPod, the artwork looks fine and dandy.
This was a public service announcement.
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Re: Alpine iDA-Xnnn : "blurry artwork" with latest iPods
A short Apple support discussion about this issue. Seems this guy fixed it using the black Alpine usb cable, provided with the deck. Maybe it works for the x100 series? I've always had that cable installed, so no luck for me and my x305.
Re: Alpine iDA-Xnnn : "blurry artwork" with latest iPods
Just spoke to Alpine customer support (non-technician). They have no answer as to why this is happening. A tech is supposed to follow up with me. The rep suggested experimenting with different sizes and resolutions for the time being. Apparently the artwork is tweaked twice before it hits the screen; Compressed as it gets pushed through the usb cable, and then upres'd to be displayed on the screen. Wish I had more details to report, or if there was a correlation to firmware versions, but I'll keep you guys posted when I hear back from them.
Re: Alpine iDA-Xnnn : "blurry artwork" with latest iPods
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Originally Posted by finkle
A short Apple support discussion about this issue. Seems this guy fixed it using the black Alpine usb cable, provided with the deck. Maybe it works for the x100 series? I've always had that cable installed, so no luck for me and my x305.