Alpine ILX-007

ChaseZ

I'd be all over this one.... if it had Bluetooth

Their CarPlay is supposed to be much less buggy than others though.

VABAM

I think you missed the point of this hu. It is meant to be streamlined.

I thought the lack of Bluetooth would be con but I realized I always have my phone plugged in so having to plug it in vice using Bluetooth is a non-issue for me.

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ChaseZ

I came to the same conclusion until I remembered that I wanted to run DashCommand on it, which needs a Bluetooth dongle in the OBDII port.

Ended up ordering Pioneer SPH-DA120 instead. If that was a good move or not is yet to be determined however.

VABAM

Wouldn't the OBDII Bluetooth dongle be talking to your phone, not the head unit? Apps that can be run via CarPlay (like DashCommand) are being run on the phone not the head unit. I remember seeing an iLX-007 review where the guy reviewing it was using DashCommand. Well, I have an OBDII Bluetooth dongle and use DashCommand so I guess we'll find out after I install mine.

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ChaseZ

I'm tempted to agree with that. Not sure if I was over or underthinking the Bluetooth problem. It does make sense. I already order the da120 yesterday, so if you confirm DashCommand works I can always out the da120 in the DD and grab the ILX.