Alpine Electronics of America is now shipping what it calls “the culmination of the Alpine Halo Display lineup.” It’s new iLX-F409 Halo9 receiver has a 9-inch floating display at a minimum advertised price of $699.
Alpine said,”The launch of the iLX-F409 and the iLX-F411 signals a new generation of the Alpine Halo models that are a culmination of all the fan-favorite features, including customizable home screens, media expandability with HDMI connectivity, and iDatalink Maestro Module compatibility.”
The single DIN receiver offers CarPlay and Android Auto, and SiriusXM capability. It is mechless (no CD/DVD) but you can connect a CD or DVD via HDMI.
Tech specs:
- 9-inch WVGA display with a capacitive touchscreen
- Tapered display housing and silver trim for a clean, modernized fit and finish
- Floating style display with adjustable height, depth, and angle mounting bracket
- Standard 1-DIN chassis designed to fit aftermarket ISO DIN dash kits for various vehicle applications
- Customizable user interface (3 pages with 22 available widgets)
- Customizable wallpaper (user photos)
- Works with Apple CarPlay®
- The Google Assistant is available on Android Auto™
- Bluetooth® built-in for hands-free calling and audio streaming
- SiriusXM-Ready® (SXV300 Connect Vehicle Tuner Kit sold separately; SiriusXM subscription required)
- 1 HDMI input and 1 HDMI output
- iDatalink® connectivity for vehicle information and parking assist display on compatible vehicles
- FLAC/MP3/WMA/WAV/AAC music playback via USB
- AVI/MP4/MPG/MOV/WMV video playback via USB
- JPG/PNG/BMP USB photo viewer
- Rearview RCA camera input with distance guide display
- KCX-C2600B Universal Front and Rear Camera Selector ready
- Steering wheel remote control ready
- External microphone included
- Built-in amplifier (16-watts RMS/45 peak x 4 channels)
- 3 preouts (True 4V)
- 5-band graphic EQ
- 6-channel time correction
- 24-bit DAC
- High pass crossover/low pass crossover
- CTA-2006 compliant
