Nabil's Alpine 3da-w882 Review
Name: Nabil Jamali
Email: [email protected]
Product: /////Alpine
Model: 3DA-W882
Store: Smile Electronics
Price: $750 US with shipping
Car: 1990 240sx
Worth_it: Yes
Difficulty_Rating: 4
Date: 09 Sep 1999
Problems
Got it professionally installed.
Tips
Since its a double din, Alpine throws in a little black rubber ring to be mounted around the unit. Just make sure you fit this properly so the dash looks "original". Ofcourse you're gonna need the Alpine adapters and wiring.
Thoughts
This was the top of the line unit from ////Alpine when i got it two years ago. Its a double din unit which has a 3 CD changer, a cassette player, a sound field processor, digital equalizer, 15 band spectrum analyzer and on and on. It comes with a remote and a single CD cartridge. The best thing about it is that when turned on, at night time, the display color matches the 240's interior light blue illumination. This gives the the "original" look. You have to see the cool light show to believe it. Its truly amazing i mean the large 15 band spectrum analyzer you can actually stare at for hours and follow the course of the music. When changing CDs the unit ejects and pulls back in the cartridge. This, plus to access the cassette, the whole screen slides down and you hear all these gadgets working inside. Comments like "hey its like you're in the future".
*Sometimes the cartridge doesnt wanna come out....this happens if you load the CDs upside down, in this case, just kind of flick the cartride while its sliding out and in. Its only 3 cd changer not 10 or 12, so I suggest you buy some spare cartidges from alpine (they're cheap) to help loading more efficient.
Other
I looked around quite a bit and i believe this is the ultimate unit for the 240. Now you can get the MDA-W882 for $300 more and it has an MD instaad of the cassette. When people sit in your car, these decks literally get you respect!! Only drawback is the price....but then it depends on what you call expensive. Comes with a remote....its nasty!!!