Alpine CDE-100 CD MP3/WMA/AAC Receiver

I installed the player a year ago. It's a fairly basic player, but the sound is good. It has enough power to run 4 speakers with decent bass. I bought it for the MP3 player attachment through the AUX input, and it works fine with my iPod. The player looks good, and the display is a pleasant blue color. Some units have too many flashing lights and scrolling displays for me, this one has a simple straightforward look that I appreciate. The face plate comes off to deter thieves from taking your stereo.The one downside is the volume knob also adjusts the balance and music tone, bass and treble when you depress the center button. That's all fine and good except when you're driving it's kind of easy to try to adjust the volume and inadvertently push the button and then you have to cycle through all of the player adjustments to get back to the volume. But that's a minor complaint.If you're in the market for an inexpensive, quality car stereo, this one should fit the bill.

If you just want great clean sound with good stereo separation and sensible non-complicated controls, look no further. I bought this unit to replace a Pioneer DEH-p7000BT that had all the bells and whistles, bluetooth, etc.,that cost me $250. I have owned about 4 Pioneers, 1 Clarion, and 1 Panasonic car stereo, but never tried Alpine yet. This stereo sounds better than them all, and better than the expensive Pioneer. After owning that Pioneer with the uniknob thing, the simple controls of the Alpine are a blessing. No more menus, submenus, sub sub menus to navigate through to adjust something. Seriously consider hooking up your mp3 player through the aux. port, you will find it produces outstanding sound. If you want bluetooth, just buy one of those $30 units that mount on your visor (can be taken with you to another vehicle also!) You don't really need an iPod compatible car stereo, just hook it up with the aux port and control the music with your iPod. I don't think this radio shows the name of song playing on its display. FYI, I have a sedan with Kenwood 6" triaxles in front doors, Pioneer 6x9's in rear, and a 12" sub with amp. I found it to sound fairly good even without the sub hooked up. Another positive with this unit is that you don't have to rotate the volume knob as much as on my last Pioneer to achieve desired changes in volume. Negatives that I can comment on: very tiny hard to see instructions.Update: I am still happy with it after a few weeks. I decided I don't really need my amp and subwoofer I have taking room in my trunk anymore since this receiver puts out enough sound for my tastes. I'm selling and putting the money into a powered home subwoofer instead for 5.1 sound!

This head unit is simple to operate and sounds very good but the problem is that for an aftermarket radio it is pushing less power to the speakers then my stock head unit was. that was kind of disappointing, but the rest of the features/functions are very nice accept for the fact it doesn't have a separate low/mid/high note control. it only has a bass and treble control.

The stock Alpine radio/tape deck in my '97 BMW 328i finally died and I chose the CDE-100 as an inexpensive upgrade. I like that it plays MP3s, has CD, USB, and audio inputs providing maximum media flexibility.Installation requires 2 extra parts: a BMW wiring harness and an antenna adapter. I bought the following:+  Metra 70-8590 Radio Wiring Harness for BMW 90-02 Power/4 Speaker +  Metra 40-VW12 VW Antenna Adapter The BMW harness wires match all but one wire from the Alpine harness. NOTE - match the blue wire on the BMW harness to the blue/white wire on the Alpine harness. This is the Remote Turn On wire/Amp wire.I soldered the harness wires and wrapped them in electrical tape. Once complete, the rest of the installation took about 5 minutes (the old radio had already been removed). I powered it up and inserted a CD full of MP3s. The stock speakers sound better than ever. I am very happy with this unit! The total upgrade cost about $110.

I bought this to replace a pioneer stereo that stopped working after one year. It was installed in my 65 vette. This stereo works perfect, has alot of power, is simple to use, and the price makes it an exceptional value. Even though the manufactuer recommends not installing this vertically, if you are familiar with C2 vettes, you know that the mounting is vertical not horizantal. I did not expect the cd player to work, but was astonished to find out that it works great. Only real hard bumps in the road make it skip. I am very pleased with the radio. I have always been a pioneer fan, but not any more. Hats off to Alpine!

I bought this to replace my mother's head unit in the Nissan altima, and it was very straight forward in it's install. I would recommend using bullet crimps for the speaker wires and a good crimper. the cde-100, is a cheap inexpensive solution to getting a radio up in a car, without spending too much. the sound quality is clear and clean. i have it hooked up to the stock bose system in the car. Plus its easy to use and very easy to program. if you're looking to just get a radio and cd player up with a usb port for ipod, this is your head unit.

The alpine works fine but the only reason I purchased this is because of the USB n aux, which the USB DOES NOT WORK at all. Am so upset from this n it was a gift too. Next time maybe need more detailing for the consumers to know the facts on what their really buying.

I had an alpine cassette deck before this. Tape deck died years ago. THe sound of the new one is great. I love the flash drive player. My entire cd collection one one small thumb drive over 1000 songs. Some of my old music on disc has come back to life. It is a great deck in my opinion. I can also play cassettes using the audio in jack from my walkman.