Alpine PXA-H701 Questions

**Caelric** · 01-21-2007, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Caelric

Ok, here's a question for all the PXA H701 experts. I haven't found the answer to this, even after a search. I may have missed it somewhere, if so, please forgive me.

Here's what I would like to change my system setup to:

Alpine DVA-9965 head unit ( here which says that it can control the H701

Alpine PXA-H701, controlled by head unit

Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX USB sound driver, using digitial out, into the PXA-H701

So, the DVA-9965 should be able to control the H701, and select between the Sound Blaster input, and the other inputs from the DVA-9965, including it's internal CD/DVD player, and anything else it has.

Does this make sense?

Dave

Ok, going back to this question.

Instead of the digital output from my soundcard, I will use a short RCA output straight to the PXA=H701.

The head unit is still the DVA-9965.

I haven't been able to tell from the manual if it will be easy to switch between inputs, or difficult (deep into menus)

Right now, the soundcard is going through a long RCA straight to the head unit, (no PXA-H701) and the headunit is outputting to the amps. I would rather use the PXA-H701's output to the amplifiers, run the output from the soundcard to the PXA, and still be able to easily switch to the head units output to the PXA, through the AI-Net cable.

Any idea if this is possible?

Dave

**JasonWW** · 01-21-2007, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by ready2play

Can anybody tell me if the color change thing is possible with the RUX-C701? I am doing all lighting for show with my car, and would really hate to have this be the only different color. But I do really want the setup.

What color change thing do you mean?
The H700 controller has red/green buttons and the H701 has blue buttons (generally speaking), but the display has always been blue with the negative or positive image. Tell us what you are wanting.

Caelric, I can't answer the main part of your question, but using the analog out from the sound card to the H701 is going to cause a slight hit in the sound quality and noise floor. It may not be enough to notice so you might have see for yourself.

**ready2play** · 01-21-2007, 01:04 PM

I want to change as much as I can red on it.

**JasonWW** · 01-21-2007, 01:17 PM

Red is not so bad as my H700 can do red, but it is a little orangish as well. Not a pure red like you may be looking for. You might be able to add a little piece of red flim over the top of each LED to make it more red, though. I don't know enough about how the display is made to know if the color can be changed. Turbocad6 may know a bit more becuase he's tore down various Alpine parts before for custom installs, but I can't say for sure.

Have you tried contacting Alpine support and asking them, yet? They may know something. There might be a Japan version already in red or something. You never know.

**ready2play** · 01-21-2007, 01:28 PM

Haven't thought about that really. Hell, the amber would be fine with me. It would come closer to matching my custom red lighting throughout the car than blue or green. Now....you say the H700???? I thought that the only thing with color I needed to worry about was the actual controller, You don't even see the manager do you?

**JasonWW** · 01-21-2007, 02:06 PM

The PHA-H700 is the brain and controller. It was the only way you could buy it when they first came out. Later on, they decided to break them up into the brain (PXA-H701) and controller (RUX-C701).

The reason they did that was because they came out with new headunits that can control the brain part so some folks did not need the controller.

At about the same time they also decided to convert the buttons to blue only, at least for the US market.

**ready2play** · 01-21-2007, 03:13 PM

Good to know man. SO actually, I'd be better off getting the H700? Are there any other major differences?

**JasonWW** · 01-21-2007, 03:40 PM

The H700's aren't made anymore. You'd have to get one used. The brains have a few tiny changes as far as a couple more dB SNR or something or was it that the processor was a little faster? I can't remember. Nothing that you could actually hear or tell a difference about. So they are basically the same. I think we may have talked about that in this thread. Turbo has both the H700 and H701 and said they were basically the same.

You know, I might be wrong about the C701 colors. I just found a pic of them lighted up. They all have the blue clear buttons (6 on left, 2 on right) but in some the 6 preset buttons are blue and in some those buttons look green. The MX button on the lower left is red only, but I have seen both red and green indicators to the right of it.

I took some pics of the inside of my controller in post 61 and I know we talked about this before somewhere in this thread.

I also have this small picture of a completely red controller that I know nothing about.

If you end up getting a blue one I might swap you for my red/green one. Mine will be hidden and I think I like the blue better anyway. Oh well, something to think about.

**ready2play** · 01-21-2007, 03:51 PM

Damn....that red one is SWEET!!!! That is what I need, lol. Look at my car. It's getting a $15K job done on the interior right now, with tons of red lighting. That thing would look SICK in there. I need to find out about that, lol.

Which model do you have? I'll keep you in mind if I end up getting a green/blue one. I just found a brand new H700 on ebay...but the guy was asking too much. I sent him an offer. Maybe he'll accept it :shrug:

And yeah, I was reading over the thread pretty much to get an idea on things. I caught omst of the stuff you mentioned in there too...just trying to get full clarification.....since all this stuff is going to be custom glassed in, there's no turning back, lol.

**JasonWW** · 01-21-2007, 03:58 PM

I have the H700 (red/green controller). I looked on ebay as well. That guy wants $900. Rediculous. You can get the 701 brian for $400 and the controller for less than $200. So that's only $600 or less. I bought my H700 used for about $450 roughly a year ago.

I'm re-looking into that red controller to see what can be done.