Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product iXA-W404 Alpine
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Designed b y ALPINE J apan 68-14470Z12 -B EN FR ES Digital Media Station iXA -W404 • OWNER ’S MANU AL Pleas e read before usin g this e quipmen t. • MODE D’EMPLOI V euillez lire avant d’ utiliser ce t appareil. • MANU AL D E OPERACIÓN Léalo an tes de utiliza r este equipo.
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1 -EN ENGLISH Contents Operating Instr uct ions W A RNING W ARNIN G .................. ................... ............ 4 CA UTION ...... ............. ................... ............ 4 PRECAUTIONS ............... .................... ..... 5 Double Action Encoder Operation Normal operation .
2 -EN MultiInfo Setup MultiInfo Setup Operation ....... ................. ...... 25 Visual EQ V isual EQ S etting Operation ... ........... ........... . 26 Black Richness Functio n (BK RICH) ......... 26 Selecting the V isual EQ Mode (Factor y setting) .
3 -EN Storing fa v orit e Sports T eams (SIRIUS mode only) ............ ........... ........... . 52 Receivin g the stored inf ormation (SIRIUS mode only) ............ ........... ........... . 52 Deleting the sto red Song/Artist/Spor ts team information (SIRI US mode only) .
4 -EN Operating Instr uctions INSTALL THE PRO DUCT CORREC TL Y SO T HA T TH E DRI VER CANNOT W A TCH TV /VIDEO UNLESS T HE VEHIC LE IS STOPPED AND TH E EMERG ENCY B RAKE IS A PPLIE D. It is d angero us (and ille gal in man y states ) for t he dri ver to watch TV/ V ideo wh ile drivi ng a veh icle.
5 -EN PRE CAUT IONS Prod uct Clean ing Use a soft dry cl oth for peri odic clean ing of the produc t. For more sev ere stai ns, plea se damp en the c loth with water o nly . Anything else has the c hance of dissolv ing the paint or da maging the plastic.
6 -EN • Files prote cted by DRM (Digital Rights Mana gement), cannot be played back on thi s unit. Thes e include A A C, WMA or ot her files with some form of copyri ght protection .
7 -EN There ar e 2 ways to operat e the Doubl e Actio n encode r . Normal operation Rotate th e Double Ac tion encoder to the left o r right. The adjust volume and scroll through a list of items. Alternate operation Press in the outer ring and rotate the Double Ac tion encode r to the left or right.
8 -EN Accessor y List • Head un it .... ........ ......... ..... ......... ..... ......... ..... ......... ........ ...... 1 • Power ca ble ..... ......... ..... ......... ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ ......... 1 • Mounti ng s leeve .
9 -EN T urning Power On or Off Some of this unit’s functions ca nnot be perform ed while t he vehicle is in motion. Be sure to stop your vehicl e in a safe locatio n and apply the parking br ake, before attemp ting these operat ions. 1 Press SOURCE to turn on the unit.
10 -EN 4 Press /ENTER . The Rad io sour ce is activ ated an d the display chang es to the Rad io m ain s creen . Displ ay example for FM Rad io main screen Displays the s ource name, such as radi o band, etc., that is selected. Display time, missed call * 1 , signal strength * 1 , etc.
11 -E N Displ ay example for FM Rad io main screen [DX SE EK] * 1 button: Displays the tuning mode selection list. Displays the p reset number * 2 /fr equency . * 1 The button displays the cur r ent tuni ng mode. * 2 Displayed only w hen the cu rre nt stat ion is t he preset one.
12 -EN Presetting Sta tions Automatically The tun er can automati cally se ek and store 6 str ong sta tions in the selected ba nd in order of signal str ength.
13 -E N Adjusting the Audio 1 Press and ho ld SETUP for at least 2 seco nds, the SETUP selection screen is displayed. 2 T ouch [ ] of Audio Set up. The AUDIO SETUP sc reen appears. Displ ay example for Audio Ad justment S creen • T ouc hin g [ ] or [ ] will scroll the list one line at a time.
14 -EN Adjusting Bass/T reble Y ou can change the Bass/T reble frequency emphasis to create your own tonal p reference. T ouch [ ] to display the Bass/T reble adjusting screen. T ouch [ ] or [ ] on the scr oll bar to scr oll th e setup items line by line.
15 -E N This uni t can displa y the time s in 4 major citi es of th e world. T o show the time in th e desired ci ty , pe rform the following op erations. 1 T ouch one of the 4 cl ocks in area (see on the prev ious pa ge). The City select ion scr een will be displayed.
16 -EN T ouch [D X SEEK] * 1 to choose the tuning mode. * 1 The button displays the cur r ent tuni ng mode. * 2 F or de tailed operation of the buttons, r efer to “Liste ning to the Radio” on page 11 . By this function, you can a djust Treble level, Bass l ev el and S ubwoofer level directly .
17 -E N Switching Display Modes While y our ve hic le is par ked, touc h [WIDE] on the visual source screen. Each touch chan ges the disp lay modes as follows: In Mode 1 (Wide) , the monitor displays a normal pic ture wid er to fit in a wide-s creen mon itor by ev enly str etchin g out the pict ur e horizontally .
18 -EN Blueto oth Se tup: Pair ed Device / Device Searc h / Clear Device / Servic e Provi der / Visible M ode / Au to Answer / Spea ker Sel / M ic Input / Firmware V ersio n / Firmwar e Update • F or Blu etooth Setup details, refer to “Blu etooth S etup” (page 42).
19 -E N Display Setup Operation 1 Press and ho ld SETUP for at least 2 seco nds. The SETUP selec tion screen is displayed . 2 T ouch [ ] of Display Setup. The DISPLA Y SETUP screen appears. 3 T ouch [ ] , [ ] or [ ] etc ., of the desired item to change its setting.
20 -EN The backgr ound texture will auto matically ch ange each time the ignition key is turned off and turned back on agai n. Setti ng item: A uto Bac kgr ound Setti ng conte nts: O FF / ON * W allp apers down loaded from “Downloa ding the Backgr ound data” (page 27) a r e recalle d.
21 -E N Setting item: Calen dar Adjust Furt her settin g items: Y ear / Mo nth / Day Settin g cont ents: 20 08-2099 / 1-12 / 1 -31 The clock ind ication on the monit or display is turne d on or off respecti vely .
22 -EN System Setup Operation 1 Press and ho ld SETUP for at least 2 seco nds. The SETUP selec tion screen is displayed . 2 T ouch [ ] of System Setu p. The SYSTEM SE TUP screen appears. 3 T ouch [ ] , [ ] or [ ] etc., of the desired item to change its setting.
23 -E N Wi th a rear camera connected, rear view video is outpu t to the monit or . Setting item: Ca mera IN Setting contents: OFF / DIRECT / R CA • By shifti ng to r everse (R), the rear picture s are output. This funct ion is ef fective when the r ever se wir e is pr oper ly connect ed.
24 -EN Outputs the pict ure of the source sel ected on the iXA-W 404 connected to the rear monito r . Setting i tem: A UX OUT Setti ng conte nts: O FF / ON Setti ng item: Blueto oth I N Setting contents: OFF / ADAPTER / NA V . • When this unit is connected to the optional BLUETOO TH INTERF A CE (KCE-400BT), Bluetoo th IN is not set to NA V .
25 -E N MultiInfo Setup Operatio n 1 Press and ho ld SETUP of the unit for at least 2 seconds. The SETUP selec tion screen is displayed . 2 T ouch [ ] of MultiIn fo Se tup. The MUL TI INFO SETUP scr een appears. • While i n Multi I nformatio n mode, you can als o recall MULTI IN FO SETUP sc r een directly b y pressing SET UP .
26 -EN Visual EQ Setting Operat ion 1 After steps 1 and 2 in “D ispl ay Set up O perat ion” (page 19) have been performed, touch [ ] of Visual EQ. Vis ual EQ scre en appears.
27 -E N Setti ng item: Contr ast Settin g cont ent: -15 to +1 5 Contrast a djustme nt rang e is - 15 to +15. Setting i tem: Sharp Settin g cont ent: -15 to +1 5 Sharpness adju stment ran ge is -15 to +15.
28 -EN A compatibl e, external aud io processor is oper able from this unit when connecte d. Some audio proc essors may re quire a wired controll er . The explanations below use the PXA-H700/ PXA-H701 as an example. Refer to the operating instr uctions of the aud io processor for more deta ils.
29 -E N Setting the A.Processor 1 Check that Defeat mode is off ( page 13 ). 2 Press and ho ld SETUP for at least 2 seco nds. The SETUP selec tion screen is displayed . 3 T ouch [ ] of A udio Setu p. The AUDIO SETUP sc reen appears. • The AUDIO SETUP scr een can also be activated di r ectly by pressing SOUND/IMPRINT .
30 -EN Pro Logic proc essing can be cond ucted on the music signals recorded on two channels to achieve Dolby P ro Logic II surr ound sound. For two-channe l Dolby Digital and DT S signals, there is also a “REAR FILL” func tion for out putting the signals o f the front c hannel to t he rear channel .
31 -E N Becaus e of the particular conditions in side the vehicle, the re can be major dif ferences i n the d istances betwee n the v ario us speak ers and the listen ing positi on. It is possi ble to calculate the op timum co rrection values and elim inate the time error at the listening position yourself using th is func tion.
32 -EN Adjusting the Level T ouch [ ] or [ ] of the desired frequency to adjust the level. • When the speak er is set to th e “OFF” mode, th e graphi c equali zer for that speaker can not be set.
33 -E N Setting item: Mult i CH Setup Adjusting the a coustic image ( Bi-Phantom) In most installati ons, the center speaker m ust be pla ced direc tly betwe en the front pass enger and driver . Using thi s functio n, the center channe l informat ion is distri buted to t he lef t and ri ght sp eakers.
34 -EN The volume (signal lev el) for Dolby D igital, Dolby PL II, DTS a nd PCM mod es can be set. • A void stopping, paus ing, switching the disc, cueing, fast-forwa r ding or swit ching the audio chann el of this unit while making t his adjust ment.
35 -E N Adjusting Sound Setting in M anual Mode Y ou c an ch ange these sound se ttings t o create yo ur own prefer ence when th e MultE Q mode is set to OF F (Manu al Mode). 1 Check that Defeat mode is off . 2 Press and ho ld SETUP for at least 2 seco nds.
36 -EN • When OFF is selected , MX effe ct of each MX mode will be OFF . • Each music source, such as r adio, CD and MP3 /WMA/AAC can have its ow n MX se tting. • MX mode does not function when MX is ON for AM radio. • MX CMPM is appl ied for MP3/W MA/AAC and iPhone/iP od.
37 -E N Before performing t he following pr ocedures, refer to “ A bout Time Correction” (page 39). Setti ng item: T .Corr 1 T ouch [ ] of T .Corr . The T . Corr a djustme nt scr een ap pears. 2 Adjust the d istance (0.0 to 336.6 cm) of a desired speaker by touching the respective [ ] or [ ] button .
38 -EN Adjusting the Level T ouch [ ] or [ ] of Lev el, then adjust the HPF or LPF level. Adjustable output leve l: –12 to 0 dB. Adjusting the Slope T ouch [ ] or [ ] of Slope, then adjust the HPF or LPF slope. Adjustable slope: FLA T * , –6 dB/oc t.
39 -E N About Time Correction The dist ance bet ween th e listener and t he speak ers in a car va ry widely due to the co mple x speak er pl acement . This dif ference in th e dis tances from the speak ers t o the liste ner creat es a s hift in the s ounds i mage an d frequency chara cteristics.
40 -EN About the Crossover Crossover (X-Over): This uni t is equippe d with an ac tiv e cros sover . T he crossover lim its the frequenc ies delivered to the ou tputs. Eac h channel is co ntrolled independe ntly . Thus, ea ch speaker pair can b e driven by the fre quencies for which they have been optim ally designe d.
41 -E N About IMPRINT All good musi c starts as an arti st’ s vision. After count less hours of rehearsi ng, recordin g and mixing, that visi on is ready for us to hea r on discs, radio and other medi a.
42 -EN When the opt ional BLUETOOTH I NTERF A CE (KCE-400BT) is connecte d to this unit, the following operatio n can be performe d. Setup Before Using Bluetooth is a wireless tec hnology allowing comm unication betwe en a mobile device or persona l compu ter over short di stances.
43 -E N Setting the Bluetooth D evice Select one of 5 conne cted Blu etooth c ompatib le devices tha t you previously registere d. Sett ing it em: P aired De vic e T ouch a B luetooth compat ible device to use ( change connec tion) from the P aired Device list.
44 -EN Adjusting the volume for the mi cr ophone input Y o u can emphasize or wea ken the microphon e input volume level. Setting item : M ic Inpu t Turn the Rotary e ncoder to select the de sired volume lev el (0 ~1 5). • The settin g cannot be adjust ed during a phone call .
45 -E N Call Switching Operation While making a call, th is functi on allows you to initiate the transfer of the audio bet ween the mobil e phone and the spea kers in the car. Whil e c allin g, touch [ ] to s witc h the c all sound between th e unit and mobil e phone.
46 -EN T ouch t he per son name or the t elephone num ber y ou want to call from the Phone Book list. The call is pla ced. * The n ames in Phone Book are listed alphab etically . The l isting can be skippe d to the next a lphabetical character . e.g. touch [ ] to move to th e names beginning wit h B from tho se beginning w ith A.
47 -E N When th e optional rearview camera HCE-C 107D is connect ed, rear view video can be output to the monitor . • Be sure to set “Came ra IN” to DIRECT before using the rearview camera HCE-C107D, r efer to “Setting the Rear Camera Input” on page 23.
48 -EN Operating Auxiliar y Devices (Optional) T o opera te your devices connected to the AUX terminals on the rear panel of iXA-W404 (A UX mode) or to the Bluetooth interface connecto r by using an optional Conversion cable (KCE-237B ) (A UX+ mode), foll ow the procedure describe d below .
49 -E N SA T Receiver: XM or SIRIUS Re ceiver When an option al XM or SIRI US Receiver Box is connected via the Ai-NET b us, the follo wing operat ions may be performed. However , the XM Recei ver and SIRIUS Re ceiver cannot be connected at t he same time.
50 -EN Changing the Display T ext i nfor mation , suc h as t he c hanne l na me, ar tist name/ featu re, and song/pr ogram title, is av a ilable with e ach XM or SIRIUS channe l.
51 -E N Search Function (XM mod e) 1 In XM mode, tou ch [ ] . The cat egory se arch l ist is disp layed. Displ ayed only when the cur rent s tation i s the pr eset on e The list scr olls one line at a time by touching [ ] or [ ] . Scroll the list one page at a t ime by touching [ ] or [ ] .
52 -EN Receiving Weather or T raffic information from SA T Radio 1 T ouch a nd hold [NO.] or [NAME] f or at least 2 seconds in the XM or SIRIUS mode . The r eceived weath er or traf fic chan nel is stor ed. 2 Press and ho ld BAND f or at least 2 seco nds.
53 -E N Deleting the stored Song/ Artist/Sports team information (SIRIU S mode only) The stored Song/Artist/S ports team inf ormation ca n be deleted. After this, it wil l no longer annou nce when the delete d Song/Artist/ Sports team i s being broadcast.
54 -EN Selecting a Disc (Changer) (Optional) When a Disc CD Changer is connected: T ouch DI SC [ ] / [ ] or press BAN D button to select the desired DISC. When an M P3 compatible CD chang er is connected: 1 T ouch [ P1/2] to c hange the Function Guide display .
55 -E N A USB memo ry or Portable audio player ca n be con nected t o the iXA-W404 throu gh the USB Con nector of this unit. If a USB memor y device or Portable audio player is connecte d to the unit, MP3 /WMA/AAC f iles of USB memor y and MP3/WMA files of Portable audi o player can be p layed b ack.
56 -EN Repeat Play Only Repeat One is av ailable for this mod e. Repeat On e: A si ngle song is repeate dly played back. 1 T ouch [ ] . The file will be played repeate dly . 2 T o cancel repeat pla y , touch [ ] . • When set Re peat to off, turns to gray .
57 -E N Selecting Play lists/Artists/Albums/ Genres/Composers Playlist s/Artists/Al bums/Genres/Co mposers can be easi ly changed. For e xample, if y ou listen to a song from a selected albu m, the alb u m can be changed. T ouch [ ] or [ ] to select the desired Playlists/Ar tists/ Albums/Genres/Composers.
58 -EN ID3 tags/WM A tags This device su ppor ts ID3 tag v1 an d v2.2.0, v2.3.0 and WMA tag. The follow ing files do no t suppor t comp ression, co ding, grouping or non -synchroniz ation. If tag d ata is in an M P3/WMA/AAC file, this d evice can di splay the tit le (trac k title), arti st name, an d albu m name I D3 tag/ WMA tag dat a.
59 -E N Playback 1 Press SOURC E to activate mod e switching screen. 2 Slide the display horizontally with y our finger to select Audio/Visual mode. Each time you s lide the displa y , the mode switch.
60 -EN T o play back the artist directly 1 T ouch and hold the artis t’ s name for at least 2 seconds. All s ong s of the se lecte d ar tist are played back . T o search for the alb um of an artist 1 T ouch the artist’ s name. The Albums se arch screen of the selected artist is displayed.
61 -E N Random Play Shuffle (M. I.X.) The Shuffle functio n of the iPhone/iP od is displayed as on the iXA-W404. Shuffle AL L: All songs in th e iPhone/i Pod ar e played back in random sequence. Any one song does not play back agai n until all songs have b een played back .
62 -EN / Button Audio Pr ocessor Button Press the button to d isplay AUDIO SETUP screen. Press the button to display A.PROCESSOR list screen when the exte rnal audio pr ocesso r is connec ted. * * F or the operation of external audio pr ocessor , refer to the Owner’s Manual of the external audio processor you purc hased.
63 -E N List of World Clock (For d etai ls, s ee page 14 .) Inf or mation.
64 -EN In Case of Difficulty Basic No funct ion or displa y . • V eh icle’ s ignition i s off. - If conne cted ac cordi ng to th e inst ruction s, the u nit wi ll not operat e with the vehicle’ s ignition off. • Impr oper power lead conne ctions.
65 -E N • A di sc is le ft ins ide th e CD Cha nger. - Press the eject b utton to act i va te t he ejec t fu nctio n. When th e CD Ch anger finishes the ejec t fun ction, inser t an emp ty CD magazi ne int o the CD C hange r to re cei ve the disc left inside the CD Chan ger .
66 -EN • Com munica tion error. - Turn the ignition key off, and then set to ON aga in. - Che ck the display by recon necting between the i Phone/i Pod and the un it, usi ng the iP hone/ iPod cable. • Cause d by the i Phone/iPo d Software V ersio n not b eing compat ible wit h thi s unit.
67 -E N Specifications MONIT OR SECTION FM TUNER SECTION AM TUNER SECTION USB SECTION REMOTE CONTR OL GENERAL CHASSIS SIZ E (Monitor section) • Due to continuo us pr oduct improvement, specifications and design are subject to change without not ice.
68 -EN Installation and Connections Before installing or connecting the unit, please read the followi ng an d pages 4 to 6 of thi s man ual thor oughly for pro per use. Wa r n i n g MAKE T HE CORR ECT CONN ECTION S. Failure to make th e proper conn ections may result in fire or product dama ge.
69 -E N Installation Caution c oncerning the inst allation lo cation 1 Remove the mounting sleeve from the main unit (see “Remo val ” on page 69 ).
70 -EN Foot Brake Lead / P arki ng Brake Lead Connection Connecti on Diagra m of SPST Swi tch (Sol d Separate ly ) (If the ACC power supply is not available) • If your vehic le has no ACC power supply , add an SPST (Single-P ole, Single-Throw) switch (sold separately ) and fuse (sold sepa ra te ly).
71 -E N Connections • Set the syst em switch to “NORM” when only a changer is connecte d (when the Ai-NE T compatible equal izer is not used) . When the I MPRINT audio processor is connecte d, set to EQ/DIV pos ition. * The two s yst em swit c hes ar e loc ate d on th e bot tom of the unit.
72 -EN Radio Antenna Receptacle Video In put Connect or (A UX INPUT) (Y ellow) Input the v ideo. A udio Inp ut Conne ctors (A UX INPUT) RED is right and WHITE is left input the audio. Video Output Conn ector (A UX OUTPUT) (Y ellow) Output the vide o. A udio Output Connector s (A UX OUTPUT) RED i s rig ht and WHIT E is left ou tput the au dio.
73 -E N Foot Brake Lead (Y ellow/Black) Connect to the v ehicle’ s foot brake lead or bra ke lamp lead. Switched Po wer Lead ( Ignition) (Red) Connect thi s lead to an open terminal on the vehicl e’ s fuse box or anothe r unused power sour ce which provides (+) 12V only whe n the igniti on is turned on or in the acc essory positi on.
74 -EN System Example Connect the Ai-NET compati ble audio processor (Fiber optic d igital compatible), Na vigation system, D V D player and changer . • When the NVA-N751AS is connected fo r the Navigatio n System, use th e RGB con version cable KW E-503N (Sold Separate ly).
75 -E N RGB Cable (Included with NV E-N852A/NVE-N 872A, not included with NVE-N 871A) RGB Input T erminal Connect thi s to the RGB output te rminal of the Nav igation System. System Switch When con necting an equ alizer o r divider using Ai-NET featur e, place the t wo s witches in the EQ /DIV po sitio n.
76 -EN When Connec ting Exter nal Equ ipment T o V ideo Ou tput term inal System Switch When conne cting an equa lizer or divider us ing Ai-NET featur e, pla ce the two switches in the EQ/DIV position. When n o devi ce is c onnected, leav e the s witches in t he NORM posit ion.
LIMITED WARRANTY ALPIN E EL ECTRONIC S OF AMER ICA, INC. AND A LPIN E OF C ANADA INC. (“Al pine” ), are dedi cated to qu ality craftsm anship and are ple ased to off er this W arrant y .
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