Car stereo Alpine CDE-178BT, USB, AUX, BLUETOOTH, vTuner

INFORMACIJA

Car stereo with CD/USB and conveniently integrated Bluetooth Plus wireless technology. Connect your iPod or iPhone via USB and control music playback and search directly from the digital media receiver. Share settings data with other users and receive the latest Facebook notifications. BassEngine Pro with 24-Bit DAC will ensure the highest sound quality.

• Maximum power: 4 x 50W
• Integrated: Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, hands-free function
• USB and AUX connections
• Weight: 1.5 kg
• USB Playback: MP3, WMA, AAC
• Front panel size: 168 x 45 x 24 mm
• If the car has an engine Start-Stop system, the player will continue to operate even during short stops when the engine is off.
• Steering wheel control and OEM screen connection pre-installation ensure easy integration of the player in most cars.

DESCRIPTION

Adjust sound, get Facebook news
Download the Alpine TuneIt App for your smartphone and connect your iPhone via USB cable or Android phone via Bluetooth. Now you can adjust the sound system settings using your phone. If you are logged into Facebook, the app will show notifications about incoming news on both your phone and the player screen. More information can be found in the Alpine TuneIt App section.

Internet radio - now in your car
Want tons of internet radio stations in your car? It's easy with the CDE-178BT and iPhone. Download the vTuner app from iTunes, connect your iPhone to the player, and launch the downloaded app. Internet radio stations of your choice! You can choose radio stations in a variety of ways – by country, city, music genre, etc., controlling all settings with your iPhone or directly with the Alpine player.

Integrated Bluetooth® offers many advantages
The player has integrated Bluetooth®, allowing you to use hands-free and other convenient and useful functions: hold or switch incoming calls, update your phone's address book data or quickly find a desired contact, stream music and switch desired songs.

Competition-level sound reproduction technology and functions
The Alpine CDE-178BT player uses the best components and technologies, such as digital time correction, 9-band parametric equalizer, preset equalizer combinations, frequency filters, 24-Bit DAC, 3 pairs of 4V line outputs. These functions make up the BassEngine Pro package.

Listen to your favorite music using smartphone apps!
App Direct - the next level of Alpine player / iPhone integration. Connect your iPhone via USB and use App Direct to hear the sound of many smartphone apps through your car's audio system. Choose music streaming, internet radio stations or game sounds - all this can be heard through your car's audio system, while fully controlling your iPhone.

Enjoy all the benefits of iPod and iPhone
The CDE-178BT player uses a high-speed USB connection, allowing you to enjoy the benefits of iPod and iPhone. This means not only excellent sound quality and easy control, but also fast music search by song title, artist, album or other criteria.

Large, bright high-resolution display
The Alpine high-resolution display is large and clearly visible. You will find that this display is more visible and safer for driving. The display occupies a large part of the control panel, text and graphic readings are clear and bright. All menus and music information are easier to read, whether during the day or at night.

Choose your favorite color
Choose the Alpine player button backlighting that best suits your car's dashboard - red, green, blue or amber.

FEATURES

• Radio station memory: (FM:18/MW:6/LW:6)
• Automatic memory storage
• Search: Local / DX

• RDS functions: TA, TP, AF, PTY, News, Radio Text

• Integrated BLUETOOTH module
• Hands-Free Profile, Head Set Profile (HSP) only works with phones that support this function.
• Music streaming: A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
• Streaming music control: AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile) compatible with ver.1.4
• BT Plus advanced BLUETOOTH technology
• Connection: SSP (Secure Simple Pairing)
• Phone book synchronization
• Contact search: alphabetical (3 letters)
• Speed dial: 6 number memory
• Multiple phone registration: up to 4 phones can be registered
• Display of phone number type (mobile, home, office, other)
• Voice dialling
• Automatic answering
• Call waiting
• Call history display: dialled/received/missed
• Adjustable speaking volume for incoming and outgoing calls
• 5 echo cancellation settings
• GSM signal level display
• Phone battery charge level display
• Menu language selection: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian
• Software update capability
• Microphone included

• Compatible with iPod/iPhone: iPod touch 4th/3rd/2nd/1st Gen., iPod nano 6th/5th/4th/3rd/2nd/1st Gen., iPod classic 160GB/120GB/80GB, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPhone
• Connection: KCU-442i required (sold separately)
• Available options: playlist, artist, album, song, podcast, genre, composer, audiobook, genius mix
• Alphabetical search
• Percentage search
• vTuner Internet radio: vTuner compatible with Alpine
• "vTuner for Alpine" is currently not available on the iTunes store.
• App Direct function
• Direct control up / down: selectable playlist / artist / album / genre / composer / episode
• M.I.X. (shuffle) options: song, album, all
• Repeat
• Battery charging

• Sound settings adjustment and settings data sharing
• Transfer sound settings data to "cloud" server (data sharing)
• Facebook notifications
• Works with iPhone and Android smartphones
• Downloadable from Apple App Store and Google Play Store

• Disc type: CD
• Playable discs: CD, CD-R/RW
• Playable formats: CDDA, MP3, WMA, AAC
• M.I.X. (shuffle): track / folder / all
• Repeat
• CD Text display
• CD Text title search
• Percentage search

• USB connection at the rear of the player
• (USB cable included)
• Playable formats: MP3, WMA, AAC
• USB type: mass storage
• File / folder name search
• Folder up / down switching
• M.I.X. (shuffle): folder, all
• Repeat

• Bass Engine™ Pro:
• Subwoofer volume control
• Subwoofer phase selection
• Subwoofer level adjustment
• 4V line outputs
• Preset equalizer settings: Flat, Pops, Rock, News, Jazz, Electrical Dance, Hip Hop, Easy Listening, Country and Classical
• 9-band graphic equalizer
• Digital time correction
• Digital frequency filters
• App volume control
• MediaXpander
• Power IC control system

• Maximum power: 4 x 50W
• High-resolution display
• Illumination system: white LED illumination
• Button illumination: selectable blue/green/red/amber color
• 3 pairs of line outputs (4V, front / rear / subwoofer)
• DAC: 24-bit DAC
• AUX-In input: 3.5mm mini jack connector on the rear panel
• Steering wheel control readiness
• OEM display connection readiness
• Remote control readiness
• Menu languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian
• Clock / Calendar
• Software update
• Removable DIN bezel
• Removable control panel
• Input for dimming signal connection
• Automatic antenna control output
• Amplifier turn-on control output
• Eliminated shutdown due to car engine Start-Stop function
• vTuner

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Power

• Maximum power: 4 x 50W

• Frequency range: 87.5-108.0 MHz
• Sensitivity in mono mode: 0.7 µV
• Channel separation: 80 dB
• Signal / noise ratio (S/N): 65 dB
• Stereo separation: 35 dB
• Capture ratio: 2 dB

• Frequency range: 531-1,602 kHz
• Sensitivity (IEC Standard): 25.1 / 28 (µV/dB)

• Frequency range: 153-281kHz
• Sensitivity (IEC Standard): 31.6 / 30 (µV/dB)

• Frequency response: 5 - 20k Hz (±1 dB)
• Total Harmonic Distortion (at 1kHz): 0.008 %
• Dynamic range (at 1kHz): 95 dB
• Audio signal / noise ratio: 105 dB
• Channel separation (at 1kHz): 85 dB
• Wow & Flutter (%WRMS): B.M.L.

• USB requirements: 1.1/2.0
• Current limit: 1,000 mA
• USB type: mass storage
• File system: FAT 12/16/32
• MP3 decoding: MPEG Audio Layer-3
• WMA decoding: Windows Media™ Audio
• AAC decoding: AAC-LC Format ′′.m4a′′ File
• Number of channels: 2-channel (Stereo)
• Frequency response: 5-20 k ±1 dB (frequency response may vary depending on encoding software and compression ratio)
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.008% (at 1 kHz)
• Dynamic range: 95 dB (at 1 kHz)
• Audio signal / noise ratio: 105 dB
• Channel separation: 85dB (at 1kHz)

• BLUETOOTH version: Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR
• Output power: +4 dBm Max. (power class 2)
• HFP: (Hands-Free Profile)
• HSP: (Headset Profile)
• A2DP: A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
• AVRCP: AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile) V1.4

• Subwoofer volume control from 0 to +15
• Subwoofer phase selection 0° or 180°
• Bass boost adjustment range: ±9.1dB at 100Hz
• Treble boost adjustment range: ±9.1dB at 10kHz
• Time correction: 0.0 to 336.6cm (3.4cm step)
• Parametric equalizer (1 band): 20 - 100 Hz
• Parametric equalizer (2 band): 63 - 315 Hz
• Parametric equalizer (3 band): 125 - 500 Hz
• Parametric equalizer (4 band): 250 - 1k Hz
• Parametric equalizer (5 band): 500 - 2k Hz
• Parametric equalizer (6 band): 1k - 4k Hz
• Parametric equalizer (7 band): 2k - 7.2k Hz
• Parametric equalizer (8 band): 5.8k - 12k Hz
• Parametric equalizer (9 band): 9k - 20k Hz
• Parametric equalizer (gain): -7 to +7 dB
• Parametric equalizer (bandwidth): 3, 4, 5
• Frequency filter settings: HPF + LPF 20, 25, 31.5, 40, 50, 63, 80, 100, 125, 160, 200 Hz
• Frequency filter slope: off, 6, 12, 18, 24 dB/oct.
• Frequency filter gain: -12 to 0 dB
• App volume control: ±14 dB

• Power supply voltage 14.4 V DC (allowable 11 - 16 V)
• Line audio output voltage (before distortion): 4V / 10k ohms
• Aux input: 1.4V / 10k ohms
• Maximum mounting angle: 35° from horizontal
• Weight: 1.5 kg

• DIN size: 1 DIN
• Chassis size (W x H x D) mm: 178 x 50 x 162 mm
• Front panel size (W x H x D) mm: 168 x 45 x 24 mm

DOCUMENTS

User manual