Alpine iXA-W407BT Digital Media Station – watch iPod video in your car
Envious of the futuristic entertainment systems found in modern cars? Want a piece of the action? Don’t fret — Alpine has just unveiled a touchscreen head unit that’ll drag your old banger kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
The iXA-W407BT Digital Media Station lets you play music and video stored on your iPod and is controlled via a swanky 7-inch touchscreen display. As well as poking at the full-colour menus with nature’s stylus to select options, Alpine says you can swipe across its surface with gesture controls to navigate menus, just like on the iPod touch or iPhone.
Alpine Digital Media Station
This functionality isn’t strictly restricted to iPods. Those who aren’t suckling from the Apple teat can connect MP3 players and memory keys via USB, as well as standard AV equipment (such as games consoles and TV tuners) via one of the iXA-W407BT’s two additional AV inputs.
