The alpine interface sucks. I took it back after 2 weeks. Trying to get thru a long list or artist or albums could take several minutes. I switched to a set up similar to the first one in this thread. I used a Belkan charger with a line in. I have the plug coming in the 4X4 shifter boot. I let the Ipod sit on the leather boot. It fits perfect and I can easily see the screen and use the great ipod inface rather then the Alpine hack job interface.