Got it...kind of.

Had to move a pin in the scoche wiring adapter to match up with the amp turn on wire. took me a while to line up wire by wire.

The issue I have now is the radio works great, but having issue with I-pod.
I used the USB cord and the scoche adapter. The alpine recognizes the IPOD no problem. the display shows the song playing on the IPOD, but I have no sound! I made sure the volume was all the way up on the IPOD itself, but still nothing - very frustrating!

Radio works great and looks good - just not for the reason I bought it.

any ideas?