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Just want to confirm that if I buy the intravee switch I will be able to connect an Ipod AND keep my 6 cd changer connected?

Nope - the Intravee uses the loom from the CD changer

You can still use the single CD in the head unit though

Darn, just got my cd changer unjammed (after a month of trying) and not sure whether to get the intravee after all.

I thought you could stuill use it if you got one of the Intravee switch units, allows up to 3 things to be connected.

It is halfway down this page: http://www.toysinyourcar.com/acatalog/intravee.html

It is the Alpine unit that allows additional hardware to be attached - and reading through it they need to be Alpine AiNET devices. You definitely need to use the CD changer loom, and unplugging it stops it working because it is no longer powered or connected to the head unit.

Bing wrote:It is the Alpine unit that allows additional hardware to be attached - and reading through it they need to be Alpine AiNET devices. You definitely need to use the CD changer loom, and unplugging it stops it working because it is no longer powered or connected to the head unit.

Glad someone knows the a more correct answer.
I knew i remembered reading somewhere in the Intravee/Alpine that more than one could be used with another box, i just guessed the wrong one.

You have reached the limit of my technical expertise, but pleased to be of assistance

Don't listen to Bing, he is talking out of his arse
(unless that what Bing was trying to say)

The intravee switch will allow you to connect three inputs, such as a CD changer (might need to be alpine), KCA-420i (iPod) and a alpine DAB unit.

Normal Intravee still required though.

srhutch wrote:Don't listen to Bing, he is talking out of his arse
(unless that what Bing was trying to say)

The intravee switch will allow you to connect three inputs, such as a CD changer (might need to be alpine), KCA-420i (iPod) and a alpine DAB unit.

Normal Intravee still required though.

To quote myself Mr Hutch...

Bing wrote:It is the Alpine unit that allows additional hardware to be attached - and reading through it they need to be Alpine AiNET devices. You definitely need to use the CD changer loom, and unplugging it stops it working because it is no longer powered or connected to the head unit.

If you read the page you can indeed connect an Alpine CD changer, plus Intravee plus A N Other Alpine unit. The Intravee is not AiNET, so I got that bit slightly wrong... Point is, you cannot continue to use the OEM CD changer, right ?

Talking out my arse indeed

An Intravee is a gateway device - it hooks into the car's iBus using the existing CD changer connections and allows the connection of Alpine Ai-Net devices

The Intravee alone will allow the connection of a single Ai-Net device such as the Alpine KCA-420i (the iPod adapter)

The Intravee Switch allows you to connect multiple Alpine Ai-Net devices to your Intravee - so one of those could be an Alpine CD changer (although I fail to see the point if you have an iPod connected)


If it helps, imagine the Intravee as a single USB port in a laptop, you can only connect a single USB device to that port.
The Intravee switch is then like a USB hub with multiple sockets, you connect the hub to the USB port in the laptop and then plug multiple USB devices into the hub and the laptop can see them all

Ah, different things then... But still limited to Alpine 'accessories', not OEM right ?

Bing wrote:Ah, different things then... But still limited to Alpine 'accessories', not OEM right ?

Yes, OEM equipment is iBus (on E85/6 cars), Intravee provides a way to plug Ai-Net equipment into the car - you can't plug the OEM changer into the Ai-Net side of the Intravee

Thanks for all the info chaps, I did of mean the OEM cd changer, I doubt I'd buy and alpine one. Since my cd changer is working now I might just get an aux cable instead for my iphone 4s, anything to look out for with them?