Alpine CDA 7894RB ipod connection question.?

Question

I am due to buy a used one from my friend.

How does the head unit find the music on the ipod using the additional cable?

Does it find the music the 'removable media' way like the computer and just reads the music from the ipods hard drive?

If so will I be able to adapt a hard drive to work with the ipod adapter as in ipod adapter > USB >hard drive connectors but without all the cableing mess.

Or would I just be better buying an ipod with a broken screen or somehting similar

Answer 1

it works with the software on the ipod i have one my self it does not pick up stuff backed up on the ipod but the things that are on your ipod to listen to an ipod with a broken screen would work finei only take the ipod out of my car to put more **** on it i love how you can scroll threw all your music without touching the ipod as for a harddrive working they make other cd decks that have usb on them that you could use an external harddrive and look threw the songs saved on there but alpine is none best for the ipod