Marine Remote Control Question

I just purchased and am installing a Alpine cde-164bt head unit ( http://www.crutchfield.com/p_500CDE164B/Alpine-CDE-164BT.html?search=CDE-164BT&skipvs=T ) and am looking for a remote similar to this where it is mounted on the boat http://www.crutchfield.com/p_020MW1/Clarion-MW1.html?tp=61747 . I have had no luck for anything that is compatible with Alpine and would like to have a screen/search function like this clarion unit. Any thoughts or help?

I have a few Alpine "pucks"... They are in Havasu so I don't know the specs. I bought them off SHEP...
Let me see if I can find the old thread. It may have the specs.

yopengo said:

I have a few Alpine "pucks"... They are in Havasu so I don't know the specs. I bought them off SHEP...
Let me see if I can find the old thread. It may have the specs.

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Thanks, but I have a few of those as well. It sucks as that looks like the only option for Alpine. Just figure it's time to move forward in technology instead of just using the + and - until you find the song you want. :beer

Return Alpine and by the new Rockford.

Wizard 29 said:

Return Alpine and by the new Rockford.

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I'm not against that, but what remote do they offer?

Alpine makes a wireless one that floats and is waterproof.

Was going to post a pic but tapatalk is picky tonight.

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Alpine makes a wireless one that floats and is waterproof.

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I searched for a new one but all is see is the 50 year old version that has source, power, mute, left, right, up, down.... Is there another???

The one I have is oval, about 1" wide, 1/2" thick, 2"long. Sits in a holder and controls everything from two boats away.

Alpine RUE-M1RF that's the part number and can be found between $75-100 I think.

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Alpine RUE-M1RF that's the part number and can be found between $75-100 I think.

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Thanks, but I have a too many of those.

Mine is the updated version I guess, same shape but different in looks. Works for me, switch between, sat, Bluetooth, and iPod and can control everything from that little bugger.

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Mine is the updated version I guess, same shape but different in looks. Works for me, switch between, sat, Bluetooth, and iPod and can control everything from that little bugger.

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Thank you, but looking for something along these lines.

The Fosgate source units are way sick but offer no remote that I know of, they are making a push on the marine end so that may change in the future. Most marine units are a thing of the past so what ever you find for now is it. At least that's how it seams, I'm not in the industry as much as I used to be.

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The Fosgate source units are way sick but offer no remote that I know of, they are making a push on the marine end so that may change in the future. Most marine units are a thing of the past so what ever you find for now is it. At least that's how it seams, I'm not in the industry as much as I used to be.

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And that is where is sucks for me... I normally would not care if it was marine or not, but my daughter and all her friends can climb and play all over this boat as much as they want and it bites me in the ass as everything is exposed and WILL get wet. I just want to be able to control one thing on the boat and that is the radio, remotely... :grumble:

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I'm not against that, but what remote do they offer?

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This is all there new stuff.

http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/products/selector/marine-source-units/punch-series

This is the one I have of Rockfords from 2014

I just got the new JL head unit from Ron's In Your Ear. Still waiting on the remote. The JL remote has the same footprint as the old Alpine Marine remote. Nice option for those of us who have the old Alpine, fits in the existing hole, no new cuts or anything to fill. The JL is a bad ass head unit BTW.

the fosgate units are pretty sweet. i thought about one for my daytona, but didnt want to cut another hole in the dash. i ended just replacing the old head unit with a preamp eq and added a bluetooth adaptor to connect my phone to it for a source.

Use the new Kicker marine head units and remotes. Im in the process of putting them in a couple Eliminator boats as we speak. Otherwise Clarion is your best bet for head unit and remotes and has never failed in the boats.

I would look for a head unit with a remote you like and buy it for that reason. Just about all head units have the same power output, dynamic range and distortion characteristics. I had a JBL in the boat I sold last year, backed up by JL Audio amps. The remote was similar to the Clarion unit pictured above. It sounded great. Who can tell the difference in distortion and dynamic range that a more expensive unit has?

I put an alpine head unit, amp and dash mounted mounted remote in my boat a couple of years ago. The remote was this -

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-uhTnxYxNLeI/p_500MC10/Alpine-MC10.html

Works great, just a little lag in response time. I see they are discontinued but I bet you can find one on some retailers shelf.