Hey guys,

So i have an alpine cda-9851 laying around and i figured i minus well put it to good use. I have a 2005 non-nav TSX and was wondering if it were even possible to maintain functionality of the factory CD changer AND XM (although the alpine is XM ready) while ALSO being able to connect an iPod to the alpine unit. I have a huge kicker amp (multi chan) which I imagine I'd have to use, which is fine.

so basically, how do i connect all this? lol

Alpine CDA-9851
keep stock headunit's CD changer and XM functionality (or at least be able to connect the XM to the alpine unit)
be able to connect an iPod to the alpine unit

 

First thing to do is decide which unit you want to be the main controller, OEM HU or Alpine. You can pipe either output to the AUX in of the other.