iLX-507 7" Multimedia Receiver Compatible with Wireless Apple CarPlay & Wireless Android Auto

I purchased this head unit for my Lotus Evora 400 (a rare car that is very picky about its electrical system). This head unit has wireless CarPlay, which was the main requirement, and the usual hands-free calling, HD tuner and equalizer. It does not offer native maps, but CarPlay is what I use for navigation, so not an issue. The Alpine 507 offers a featureset that is unrivaled in head units from name brand manufacturers. The problem I had with the replacement head unit I originally bought was that it caused a weird (very weird) issue where the taillights didn't work when it was hooked up. I tried two different head units, both exhibiting the same problem. The Alpine 507 worked great and didn't cause the taillight issue--so this baby is a keeper!

Very nice unit. Alpine delivers again. Don’t listen to the nay sayers this unit is easy to install and looks and works great. You do have to push or turn the blue tooth know synced up every time but if you do that is connects flawlessly. I wanted the apple wireless CarPlay. I installed in an 2007 STI. The old alpine unit finally got a CD stuck in it after 17 years of use. Back then had all these seperate boxes, imprint, Bluetooth, xm, gps with I bet I shed 20lbs from boxes and wires. If you don’t buy a parking brake bypass then you can rig up a switch for parking brake to ground. Start it up flip the switch back and forth like PB set/reset. Worked great until my bypass came in. Now just a quick twist or push to Bluetooth knob and fire it up everything’s sync’s flawlessly. Kept the PDX600 and PDX1000 hooked up just a head unit upgrade and wow the sound is so much brighter. The 4v preouts must have gained some output. Back up camera is super clear now too.

Nice radio, does a lot more than my 05 F150 can do. Added backup camera, nice upgrade. Quick note you have to connect the gps antenna to make wireless carplay work. Also if you have a mic, its only takes 3.5mm. Mine was 2.5mm so had to buy an adapter.

I'd give this radio a 4.5 if I could. I really like everything about this radio except for the lack of a simple feature on the SiriusXM portion of the radio. I previously had an aftermarket Pioneer radio in my car, but I wanted a radio with Apple Car Play. The wireless Apple Car play was the deciding factor over purchasing something less expensive. I've also had Alpine radios in the past, and I've really enjoyed every one of them. I do not have any aftermarket amplifiers and I'm not using iDatalink features. I'm have an aftermarket rear camera and a module that works with my steering wheel controls. The sound quality is excellent. Going from the Pioneer to this is a big upgrade. This unit has an extensive menu to customize the sound, or you can use the preloaded presets. The OTA radio and HD radio work great. The one feature I wish they put on the SiriusXM radio is on the standard radio. They have the option to scroll the presets, auto seek, or manually seek on the standard radio. On SiriusXM, you can only scroll to the next station and you can't scroll by the presets. I'd like to take advantage of my steering wheel controls to scroll the presets, while driving. Now on SiriusXM I must manually hit the presets if I don't want to scroll though all stations. As far as Apple Car Play, it works as expected, wired or wirelessly. I used a Lightning to Digital AV adapter to hook up my phone through the HDMI in. The screen looked great streaming from apps and playing videos on my phone. I didn't test the HDMI out since I had no need to hook up. I'm not quite sure what the GPS does for this radio, other than it uses it for the clock and maybe assist with navigation. If it's doing more, I don't know what it is. Alpine did put out a software update that is available through their website. It was easy to install and added TIDAL and was supposed to fix some wireless connectivity. Overall, if you don't see the need for wireless connectivity or some of the other special features, you might find what you need for a little less money. I still purchased this model knowing this, and I'd do it again.

I bought this for my 2019 4Runner. I replaced a 2-year old Kenwood unit that was a piece of junk. I wanted something with wireless Apple CarPlay and that wasn't a floating screen and this fit the bill. I've had Alpine products in the past, and they've worked well for me. I'm using it with a stock audio system and an iDataLink Maestro. I bought this June of 2022. It's now March of 2023 as I write this. Installation was a little hairy because the annoying lock-out safety features of the Alpine unit, but there are hacks to bypass them. Once that happened, it's run very well. There's an occasional hiccup (freeze, no audio, etc) but they resolve themselves with the car restart, and months go buy without issues. All in all, I'm quite pleased with the product. It just works and works well for my needs.

Excellent Product, coming from and old Keenwood it's a great improvement

I put this in myself and this was the first one in 40 years I have put in. I went the plug and play route with the wiring, so the installation was fairly easy in my vehicle. Just use AI if you run into trouble with the install. The features were as advertised and the unit worked well. I would recommend an alternative way to handle the ground needed to get to certain setup features. I used a push button in my setup.

Got this Alpine head unit and suddenly my 2009 beater thinks it’s a spaceship. The touchscreen is so clean I tried to swipe it with a tortilla (don’t ask). Bluetooth connects faster than my brain does in the morning. And the sound? Crisp enough to hear parts of songs I didn’t even know existed — like backup tambourines and emotional sighs. Now every drive feels like I’m DJing my own Fast & Furious spin-off — Fast & Frequently Late to Work. Only downside? My wife won’t let me touch the radio anymore. She’s taken over. It’s her Alpine now. I just pay the car note. 10/10 would ignore road signs again.

Es el mejor autoestereo que he tenido, después de usar uno con calidad HD de video (le instalaron un swicht que desbloquea el límite de tener que tener el freno de mano para ajustes o ver videos). Tiene ajustes de audio que un instalador valora, casi como traer un DSP, cortes de frecuencias, ecualización de 13 bandas independientes para canales traseros y delanteros, es muy rapido para cambiar de un archivo a otro, un jvc anterior que tenía se tardaba en adelantar los archivos. Traigo 1 amplificador no tan potente y el audio es muuuuuy bueno. Con el HDMI puedes replicar la pantalla de tu cel para ve apps de peliculas (aunque también las puedes descargar en una usb). La recepción de señal de radio es la mejor que he tenido aunque la uso poco. El poder usar waze o maps inalámbricamente (porque no requieres conectarlo por cable para android auto) es muy cómodo.

Amazing sounding radio, People say this head unit lags, but my experience it is very responsive and I love the interface and the tons of futures.

En mi adolescencia en los 90s fui un arduo entusiasmado del Alpine. Desde fijos, extraibles o carátula tuve muchos. Ya en mi madurez Temprana compré algún kenwood, pioneer y JVL. Ahora para mi Passat quería algo más sofisticado y volver a mi afición por Alpine. Tiene todo lo que quisieras tener (y otras cosas que no). Su calidad en la fabricación es la misma, unidades de buenos acabados, pantalla touch de cristal como la de tu iPhone, capacidad para conectar dos cámaras (trasera y frontal). Ecualizador con un montón de bandas ( que solo puedes usar mientas el vehículo está detenido y con el freno de mano puesto). Niveles de mejora de audio como antes era el BBE, una antena GPS que hace conflictos con el GPS de tu celular. Y, seamos honestos ¿quién usa el GPS de los autos hoy en día en lugar de Google maps, Waze o Apple Maps? En EEUU puede que funcione mejor el GPS interno por la gran cantidad de información que envían las radiodifusoras que, al menos aquí en México no (gracias a las radiodifusoras por todavía vivir en el siglo pasado) El RDS de las memorias en FM reconoce el título de las canciones pero no reconoce bien los nombres de las radiodifusoras, y el problema no son en este ejemplo ellas, sino el ILX-570 ya que tengo un pioneer en otro vehículo como de hace 7 años y si las reconoce bien. Las funciones de Sirius y Pandora son bienvenidas aunque no creo usarlas. Es más, no sé si en México tengamos cobertura. Pero bueno, las semillas de la sandía. Soporta la conexión de controles al volante a través de Maestro Datalink y trabaja muy bien, solo asegúrate de configurarlo bien ( que no es precisamente barato pero en fin, es como comprar un V8 y quejarse de que gasta mucha gasolina). Supuestamente leí ( y eso fue en lo que basé mi decisión de compra) que soporta dos teléfonos simultáneamente a través de Bluetooth. Existen en el mercado audífonos que lo soportan, por lo que asumí que éste equipo de la gama que es lo haría. Pues, NO, los puedes conectar bien sea por cable o Bluetooth, pero solo te mantiene una sola conexión, si te llaman al teléfono por el cual no tienes conectado no funciona: tendrás que desconectar el 1 y conectar el 2 y, cuando lo hiciste, quien te llamaba ya colgó. Con lo que si he batallado muchísimo es con la cámara de reversa. No he podido encontrar ninguna cámara de reversa que trabaje con éste equipo, simplemente no se ven. Están las Alpine, pero el formato que necesito, no lo manejan y tendría que hacer agujeros en mi coche y eso es algo que no quiero hacer. Pensé en que podría ser un problema de versión de software, le bajé una actualización DE 1 GB, y no vi cambio alguno. Tanto los JVC y los Pioneer que he manejado, han trabajado perfectamente con cualquier cámara de reversa. La calificación que estoy dejando es por 3 cosas: 1.- La cámara de reversa universal, no está dentro del universo de alpine. 2.- No hay dos conexiones simultáneas a dos teléfonos. 3.- Es demasiado restrictivo con las configuraciones.