Notable Products and Technologies
- 1981 world's first automotive navigation system, created for Honda as the Electro Gyrocator
- 1982 world's first in-car computerized equalizer
- 1983 Alpine introduces their first remote control auto security systems
- 1984 Alpine introduces the Model 9500 Mobile Cellular Telephone
- 1990 7909 CD Tuner
- 1991 5700 DAT headunit
- 1993 7980 world's first in-dash 3-CD Changer/Tuner
- 1994 world's first speaker utilising DDDrive Technology
- 1998 world's smallest CD Auto Changer
- 2001 world's first swivel in-dash monitor
- 2004 world's first Dolby Digital EX aftermarket in-car product
- 2004 Alpine introduced the BioLite display technology in their 2004 receiver lineup
- 2004 world's first company to manufacture a component which can interact with an iPod
- 2005 First full Class D MOST bus amplifier for the Volvo XC90
- 2007 introduction of the iDA-x001, the first headunit developed in partnership with Apple to utilise the iPod
- 2008 introduction of the Imprint sound processor Technology,which allows individual car audio system tuning
- 2008 introduction of the IVA-W205R Mobile Media Station,which can house a portable Blackbird Navigation device
- 2009 introduction of headunits which have integral bluetooth handsfree capability with an additional module.
- 2011 introduction of ICS-X8 worlds first MirrorLink enabled Mobile Media Station
Other innovations have included the Alpine F#1 Status systems and V12 AccuClass-D power amplifiers.
At the Alpine Museum in Japan there is a model "7307" radio/tape recorder (circa 1981) shot by an American (Roger Holdaway of SpeakerWorks in Orange Ca) using a .45-caliber pistol at a distance of 4 feet. The owner, frustrated with the performance of the product, shot the unit and returned it to Alpine. This gesture brought home to Alpine the importance of product quality, and as a result they spent US$25 million on a testing and evaluation centre in Iwaki-city, Japan.
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