Alpine CDA-9820XM Car CD Player

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Average User Rating

(3.80 out of 5) from 5 reviews

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Great, except it always resets on me.

(3.00 out of 5) by chrislehr on Jul 27, 2005

Pros: Great sound, love the built in XM
Cons: Wish it had a remote, reseting issues SUCK

I seriously LOVE this unit, but have one MAJOR complaint about it. If you are slipping through sourc ...
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Great compact XM head unit

(4.00 out of 5) by jspahn on Oct 19, 2004

Pros: Controls are intuitive. Media Xpander is plus
Cons: Lack of face color choices No remote.
The Bottom Line: I would buy this to take the tedium out of long drives.

I don't know how much you like listening to local radio stations but if you are like me and have wee ...
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Nicely featured XM/FM/AM/CD head unit

(4.00 out of 5) by mskvarenina on Sep 23, 2004

Pros: Great sounding, feature rich head unit with the world's first built in XM tuner.
Cons: Mediocre XM quality, not enough buttons for easy use.
The Bottom Line: This is a great head unit, just be warned, don't buy this radio if your only objective is to add high quality XM radio to your car.

Hello everyone. I'm thrilled to be able to write this review. I'm also a bit scared to write this re ...
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Great XM all-in-one in-dash..but horribly dim display

(4.00 out of 5) by anyconsumer on May 5, 2004

Pros: Excellent sound quality; superb build quality; Alpine knows car audio!
Cons: Very dim display that could not handle full daylight in my experience
The Bottom Line: Buy this if your car has a very dark cabin with heavily tinted windows otherwise try it out first to see if it will work in your automobile's lighting conditions.

I bought this unit at Crutchfield's because of Alpine's reputation for excellence in sound quality a ...
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Display to dim for daytime use

(4.00 out of 5) by jimbo1169 on May 3, 2004

Pros: Excellent reception for both XM and FM. Easy to use.
Cons: Lack of adjustable display brightness.

I bought this unit for my wifes car. We picked the Alpine because it didn't require a separate XM tu ...
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