Winner of a 2004 Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Award for excellence in design and engineering, Alpine's groundbreaking IVA-D300 DVD receiver offers PulseTouch™ technology, a system of vibrations and sound that simulates the feel of real buttons and sliders on a screen that's completely flat. It even simulates different sizes and contours for different buttons, so you'll be able to whip through the system without taking your eyes off the road.

When you're parked (with the emergency brake engaged), you can use the 7" LCD as a display for your DVD movies and videos (it'll play DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs, as well as your conventional, store-bought discs). PulseTouch offers direct control of DVD menu options — pop a DVD in, and you'll be able to navigate through its options by simply touching the screen. Talk about convenience!

On the musical side of things, it supports a wide variety of formats, including discs loaded with MP3 or WMA files. The receiver features plenty of power, as well as the potent Bass Engine® Plus, which lets you adjust the tone of your music and movie soundtracks until it sounds just right. MediaXpander restores vitality and fullness that's often lost in the compression process, especially in your music files.

To get your system sounding perfect, use Alpine's exclusive i-Personalize™ feature. It allows you to create customized, vehicle-specific Bass Engine setups on Alpine's website, burn them to a disc, and upload them onto the IVA-D300.

The IVA-D300's hideaway box (which houses most of the inputs and outputs) provides a set of audio/video inputs, so you can connect another source, such as a video game console. Connect a rear-seat monitor and wireless headphones to the set of audio/video outputs, and expand the fun. While you're driving, you can listen to one source (such as the radio), while your backseat passengers play video games or watch movies.

The IVA-D300 also will control an optional Alpine DVD/CD changer for even more variety, and features a dedicated input for an Alpine navigation system. There's also an input for a backup camera, in case you'd like to up your safety quotient. The receiver also controls an XM Satellite Radio tuner; add an antenna and subscription for more than 100 channels of the best radio entertainment around. The IVA-D300 also accepts SIRIUS satellite radio via the SIR-ALP1 tuner (not included).

Read a review of the IVA-D300 on CrutchfieldAdvisor.com!

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