Alpine CDE-175BT Bluetooth 1-DIN CD Receiver

This is an AMAZING radio for the price. I grew up in the "golden age" of car audio (the 90's and early 00's), so I am always looking for features like high preout voltage, low distortion (thd) numbers, and high signal to noise ratio. The fact that this deck has 3 sets of 5 volt pre-outs is amazing. Also, it has generally low thd and not bad signal to noise ratio. Functionally, it is a beautiful radio. It has all the modern day conveniences that you'd want while also being easy to use. The handsfree microphone setup works perfectly and is easy enough to install. I have spent plenty of time riding around since I installed it listening to my spotify playlist. Overall, for the quality that is synonymous with this brand, it lives up to expectations. But, when you add in the price... it FAR exceeds expectations and becomes an incredible bargain. If you are in the market for one of these decks, do your self a favor and purchase one of these, you will not regret it!

If your looking for upgraded sound and an expanded stereo system you should focus in your head unit first. Spend all the money you want on amps and speakers, but if you don't have a clean signal feeding them they are going to crap out sloppy sound. 5 volt preamp outputs like this unit has is absolutely necessary. The Bluetooth works flawlessly if you set up the NFC on your phone. Also a CD player is pretty rare on units these days so that is a nice addition. Remember to stream the highest bit rate possible if your listening via Bluetooth for the best sound. Like I said before. Good signal in, good sound out. It's loaded with features that are relatively easy to use. It should be noted that it does NOT COME WITH A REMOTE CONTROL. At this price point it should. If your building a system or are a freak about sound quality, this is a great choice. If these things don't matter to you save some bucks and by a simple boss unit with Bluetooth connection and save yourself the money. A good one can be purchased for under $50 bucks all day long. This is a high end single DIN head unit for top quality sound.

Sounds great. Easy to navigate menus. NFC for bluetooth connection works great. Pleased with this purchase. Update: Have had this unit about 3 months and absolutely love it. That 5V output makes a huge difference. I thought I had a nice stereo before and only replaced my Pioneer because the menus stunk. It is much nicer with this head unit. Totally recommend.

The only bad thing so far is it is hard to see the screen during the day with shades on. But at night the head unit is beautiful! I have a single 12" p2, two JL 6x9's and two infinity kappa 6.5's. The head unit I had before was an alpine but it was one of the economy versions. Like a 169...something. It did the job. But the 6x9's & 6.5's were dying for an amp. The old unit started to distort pretty bad once you started to crank it up. MAN! This head unit made a night and day difference! I can turn it all the way up and it's crystal clear! It made my sub hit so much harder and gave my other speakers the juice they were craving for. It really is a great sounding unit. Very impressed! As for the bluetooth conectivity, there is no problems with it cutting in and out. Within 5 seconds of starting my truck my phone connects to the unit automatically. Very glad I purchased it.

My old 148BT single DIN unit had the capability to control all aspects of my iPod / iPhone Apple Playlists. This unit (175BT) cannot do this. You need to use the device to change playlists. Not sure why Alpine removed this feature. Now I need to begin a return of this unit, in favor of the Pioneer DEH-X880BHS, a single DIN unit that DOES control playlists and more directly from the face plate screen. This is terrible. Unit sounds amazing otherwise.

It’s an alpine what do you expect the best this unit is great head unit would recommend it already have three of my friends have already purchased the unit great price and again it’s an alpine perfection Kenwood can’t say that Pioneer can say that

In another car of mine I had a kenwood bt518h along with alpine speakers front and rear with the alpine mrv-m500 amp and that set up was nice all around and hit hard like I had a sub in the trunk. That car is gone now but anyway I bought this stereo to but into my daily (97 Camry) and I am overly impressed by this unit. Even with everything stock it puts those speakers to work and hits hard with no distortion. Almost as hard as my other set up BUT EVERYTHING COMPLETELY STOCK. If you want a new stereo this is the guy you want and not just that but if you want to add any front and rear speakers with an amp and/or a sub, it’s already set up to up grade. 10/10 recommend

Love the 5V preouts. The BT is amazing for playing music and taking calls. The clarity of BT is amazing. When I tell you the 5V pre-outs matter they definitely do. I took a prelim video after initial install and the signal is so clean and loud. You need this head unit.

Well - what else to add - it is Alpine. YES - it is double price than other no-name units - but you get what you pay for - no whining once engine on, good design and quality - as expected from Alpine. Mounted in quite older car - so yes it is a lot of money to spend on that car - but it is me who is listening the music - not a car. Definitely would recommend.

Excelente calidad en audio, otros autoestereos al subirle el volumen se distorsionan, sin embargo este modelo Alpine entre más le subes mejor se escucha. Vale la pena el precio.

Excelente estereo lo mejor que puede haber en audio

Looks great installed in my car, sounds great with separate bass, treble and mids adjustments or you can set Equalizer to Rock, Jazz, Country Etc. Also has bass boost if you want crazy deep low's.

I will be installing it this summer I have not yet had the chance to test it. I know that this is a great sound system.