Just hooked up the dealer optional video-in wire to the back of the Alpine HU and connected a Apple composite video out wire to new cable and now you can watch videos and many more things like web browser, email, twitter, GPS on your Alpine HU.

See video below....

 

how much did that setup cost you? I'm guessing it was just the vga-ipod cable and the vga-alpine HU cable u needed?

 

Apple composite wire $39 at store and
Alpine wire from parts counter,

who ordered it from
http://www.optomizescion.com/
$29 for Alpine wire

This wire adds an composite input to your HU.... So anything with a composite out, portable DVD, Xbox, PS3 etc. will work

 

I finished the install (tucked and wire tied and ran the wires) and was just playing Pandora through my iPhone into the HU seeing the Album Art/Info on the screen using the composite wire/Aux In....

 

Ordered my cable today. Took forever for someone to find the damn thing. I think there was 2 or 3 people looking for it.

I hope that the unjail broken iphone 4 can do some of that or maybe i will just jailbreak it.

 

thanks, i'll prob be picking the parks up in a few weeks, waiting for my new alpine HU to come in first. won't take too much effort to jailbreak my 1G ipod touch. whats the app you're using?

 

You don't need anything special for the info to show on the HU. The video out cable is it. Now I just need to find a micro-HDMI to component cable so I can do that with my Droid X. Once I get that figured out, I can watch streaming TV on my HU.

 

Black,
I was wondering what did you do with the USB connetction on the Apple Cable? Did you plug it into something or just leave it loose?

 

Basically it will work at first, the sound will go through USB input. But, when you switch back to AUX input you have no sound. So I ran two wires, a regular iPod/iPhone wire into the cars USB connector (which I relocated under the panel). And I use the Apple Composite wire for Audio/Video into the AUX input. See video below...

 

So in your new video you said you added another USB for sound where did you plug that one into? The back of the head unit?

 

The USB connector that used to be located next to the shifter is now under the plastic panel. And I filled in the vacant hole with a blank plug. The USB connector is now hidden under the plastic panel next to the shifter. This is where I have a regular iPod USB/30 pin wire connected. The other wire is a Apple Composite wire that connects to the new Alpine wire coming out of the back of the HU. So I only get Sound with the USB wire and Sound/Video through my HU by having it connected to the Composite wire. Hope that helps.

 

With MightyP's help, I was able to get my dealer to order this cable (took 3 phone calls and 2 mildly heated arguments. He dident like me "telling him how to do his job") but they told me 4 days, 14 days ago. I talked to anouther dealer that said the part is backordered and wont be availible till mid July. Anyone eles heard of this? Furthermore, anyone know of a dealer that has the part on hand? I dont mind paying shipping if I dont have to wait anouther month....Thanks all!

 

went to order mine last week, said it'd take a month but I dont mind waiting since I'm waiting til august for my phone contract to expire and get an iphone over my crappy bb bold

 

Call this number ask to speak to Jesse +1 (410) 761-9000. Tell him you want to order the Alpine wire from optomizescion.com. He will remember me. Nice guy.

 

Jesse at the parts counter

 

They dont have it on hand, they have to order it, which will get backordered. Guess im waiting for mid July : (

 

I would be willing to sell you mine, I bought it about a month ago, and still haven't bothered to install it. PM me your zip and i can figure out a shipped price for you.

 

By any chance do you still have that cable? I would be willing to buy it. I cant seem to find it anywhere. No one knows what I am referring to when I call dealerships.

 

I tried to buy one thru dealerships last summer but they were discontinued. This was back in July 2011