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01GB03CDEW203E.fm

ALPINE CDE-W203E 68-14470Z10-A (EN)

Never Attempt the Following

Do not grip or pull out the disc while it is being pulled back into the 
player by the automatic reloading mechanism.
Do not attempt to insert a disc into the unit when the unit power is 
off.

Inserting Discs

Your player accepts only one disc at a time for playback. Do not 
attempt to load more than one disc.
Make sure the label side is facing up when you insert the disc. 
“ERROR” will be displayed on your player if you insert a disc 
incorrectly. If “ERROR” continues to be displayed even though the 
disc has been inserted correctly, push the RESET switch with a 
pointed object such as a ballpoint pen.
Playing a disc while driving on a very bumpy road may result in 
skips, but this will not scratch the disc or damage the player.

New Discs

To prevent the CD from jamming, “ERROR” is displayed if discs 
with irregular surfaces are inserted or if discs are inserted 
incorrectly. When a new disc is ejected immediately after initial 
loading, use your finger to feel around the inside of the centre hole 
and outside edge of the disc. If you feel any small bumps or 
irregularities, this could inhibit proper loading of the disc. To 
remove the bumps, rub the inside edge of the hole and outside edge 
of the disc with a ballpoint pen or other such instrument, then insert 
the disc again.

Irregular Shaped Discs

Be sure to use round shape discs only for this unit and never use 
any special shape discs.
Use of special shape discs may cause damage to the mechanism.

Installation Location

Make sure this unit will not be installed in a location subjected to:

• Direct sun and heat
• High humidity and water
• Excessive dust
• Excessive vibrations

Correct Handling 

Do not drop the disc while handling. Hold the disc so you will not 
leave fingerprints on the surface. Do not affix tape, paper, or 
gummed labels to the disc. Do not write on the disc.

Disc Cleaning 

Fingerprints, dust, or soil on the surface of the disc could cause the 
CD player to skip. For routine cleaning, wipe the playing surface 
with a clean, soft cloth from the centre of the disc to the outer edge. 
If the surface is heavily soiled, dampen a clean, soft cloth in a 
solution of mild neutral detergent before cleaning the disc.

Disc Accessories 

There are various accessories available on the market for protecting 
the disc surface and improving sound quality. However, most of 
them will influence the thickness and/or diameter of the disc. Using 
such accessories can cause the disc to be out of standard 
specifications and may create operational problems. We 
recommend not using these accessories on discs played in Alpine 
CD players.

Centre Hole

Bumps

Centre Hole

New Disc

Outside 
(Bumps)

CORRECT

INCORRECT

CORRECT

Transparent Sheet

Disc Stabilizer

01GB00CDEW203E.book  Page 4  Monday, November 10, 2008  11:11 AM

Summary of Contents for CDE-W203E

Page 1: ...00 ALPINE 1 1 800 257 4631 ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 161 165 Princes Highway Hallam Victoria 3803 Australia Phone 03 8787 1200 ALPINE ELECTRONICS GmbH Frankfurter Ring 117 80807 München Germany Phone 089 32 42 640 ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF U K LTD Alpine House Fletchamstead Highway Coventry CV4 9TW U K Phone 0870 33 33 763 ALPINE ELECTRONICS FRANCE S A R L RCS PONTOISE B 338 101 280 98 R...

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Page 3: ...r Level Bass Level Treble Level Balance Between Left and Right Fader Between Front and Rear Defeat 12 Setting the Bass Control 12 Setting the Treble Control 13 Adjusting the High Pass Filter 13 Turning Loudness On Off 13 Other Functions Displaying the Text 14 Displaying Time 14 Using the Front AUX Input Terminal 15 SETUP Bluetooth Setting Setting the Bluetooth Connection BT IN 16 Sound Customizing...

Page 4: ... Memory 18 iPhone iPod Optional Playback 19 Searching for a desired Song 19 Quick Search 19 Direct Search Function 20 Select Playlist Artist Album Genre Composer 20 Random Play Shuffle M I X 20 Repeat Play 21 Displaying the Text 21 Information In Case of Difficulty 22 Specifications 24 Installation and Connections Warning 25 Caution 25 Precautions 25 Installation 26 Connections 27 ...

Page 5: ...e and may result in fire USE THIS PRODUCT FOR MOBILE 12V APPLICATIONS Use for other than its designed application may result in fire electric shock or other injury DO NOT PLACE HANDS FINGERS OR FOREIGN OBJECTS IN INSERTION SLOTS OR GAPS Doing so may result in personal injury or damage to the product HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM APPEARS Failure to do so may cause personal injury or damage to t...

Page 6: ...ther such instrument then insert the disc again Irregular Shaped Discs Be sure to use round shape discs only for this unit and never use any special shape discs Use of special shape discs may cause damage to the mechanism Installation Location Make sure this unit will not be installed in a location subjected to Direct sun and heat High humidity and water Excessive dust Excessive vibrations Correct...

Page 7: ...rosive substances are present Fix the USB memory in a location where driver operation will not be hindered USB memory may not function correctly at high or low temperature The USB flash memory supports only 512 or 2 048 bytes per sector Use only certified USB memory Note that even certified USB memory may not function correctly depending on its type or state USB memory function is not guaranteed U...

Page 8: ...t Up Be sure to press the RESET switch when using the unit for the first time after changing the car battery etc 1 Turn off the unit power 2 Press RESET with a ballpoint pen or similar pointed object Adjusting Volume Turn the Rotary encoder until the desired sound is obtained Lowering Volume Quickly Activating the Audio Mute function will instantly lower the volume level by 20 dB Press MUTE to act...

Page 9: ...until the desired radio band is displayed F1 FM1 F2 FM2 AM F1 FM1 3 Press TUNE A ME to select the tuning mode DX SEEK Distance mode SEEK Local mode OFF Manual mode DX SEEK The initial mode is Distance mode Distance mode Both strong and weak stations will be automatically tuned in Automatic Seek Tuning Local mode Only strong stations will be automatically tuned in Automatic Seek Tuning Manual mode ...

Page 10: ...tion No 1 If no stations are stored the tuner will return to the original station you were listening to before the auto memory procedure began Tuning to Preset Stations 1 Press BAND repeatedly until the desired band is displayed 2 Press any one of the station preset buttons 1 through 6 that has your desired radio station in memory The display shows the band preset number and frequency of the stati...

Page 11: ...ack is the file numbers recorded on the disc The playback time may not be correctly displayed when a VBR Variable Bit Rate recorded file is played back MP3 WMA AAC Play Display The folder number and file number will be displayed as described below Press VIEW to switch the display See Displaying the Text page 14 for information about display switching Repeat Play Press REPEAT 4 to play back repeate...

Page 12: ...s and hold ENT for at least 2 seconds in the CD MP3 WMA AAC mode to activate Quick Search mode 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select a desired track file The selected track is played back immediately Press ESC in the search mode to cancel Or the search mode is cancelled if no operation is performed for 10 seconds About MP3 WMA AAC What is MP3 MP3 whose official name is MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 is a comp...

Page 13: ...re played back in the order that the writing software writes them to the disc Therefore the playback order may not be what is expected Verify the writing order in the software s documentation The playback order of the folders and files is as follows The folder No folder Name will not be displayed if no file is contained in the folder Bit rate This is the sound compression rate specified for encodi...

Page 14: ...uency 80 Hz 100 Hz 200 Hz 60 Hz 80 Hz Emphasizes the displayed bass frequency ranges 2 2 Press SOURCE to select the desired bass bandwidth Changes the boosted bass bandwidth to wide or narrow A wider setting will boost a wide range of frequencies above and below the centre frequency A narrower setting will boost only frequencies near the centre frequency 2 3 1Turn the Rotary encoder to select the ...

Page 15: ... be made by pressing Rotary encoder Refer to Adjusting Subwoofer Level Bass Level Treble Level Balance Between Left and Right Fader Between Front and Rear Defeat page 12 Adjusting the High Pass Filter The High Pass Filter on this unit can be adjusted to suit your personal taste 1 Press SOUND repeatedly to select the HPF mode BASS TREBLE HPF BASS 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired HPF ...

Page 16: ...as BT AUDIO lights up when switching to the TIME display mode About the indication display When displaying Text the following indicators are lit according to the mode 1 Tag information If there is no tag information ARTIST ALBUM SONG is displayed 2 The root folder of disc is displayed as FOLDER The root folder of USB memory is displayed as ROOT 3 If there is no Text Disc Name or Track Name DISC TE...

Page 17: ...ge From the SETUP menu Sound Customizing Visual Customizing etc can be modified 1 Press SETUP to activate the SETUP mode 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired SETUP menu and then press ENT e g Select SUBWOOFER BT IN 1 CLOCK ADJ 2 PLAY MODE INT MUTE 3 AUX SETUP AUX NAME 4 AUX NAME POWER IC DEMO SUBWOOFER SUBW SYS 5 DIMMER SCROLLTYPE TEXT SCR BT IN 1 Displayed only when INT MUTE is set to ...

Page 18: ...c contains both CD and MP3 WMA AAC data playback starts from the CD data portion of the disc Perform this setting before inserting a disc If a disc has already been inserted remove it first Turning Mute Mode On Off INT MUTE If a device having the interrupt feature is connected audio will be automatically muted whenever the interrupt signal is received from the device Connecting to an External Ampl...

Page 19: ...ode will change every time the button is pressed TUNER DISC USB AUDIO iPod 1 AUX 2 BT AUDIO 3 AUX 4 TUNER 1 Displayed only when the iPhone iPod is connected and AUX SETUP is set to OFF refer to Setting the AUX SETUP Mode page 17 2 Displayed only when the AUX SETUP is set to ON refer to Setting the AUX SETUP Mode page 17 3 Only when BT IN is set to ADAPTER refer to Setting the Bluetooth Connection ...

Page 20: ...he iPod are not functional Set AUX SETUP to OFF when an iPhone iPod is connected refer to Setting the AUX SETUP Mode on page 17 If the Bluetooth INTERFACE KCE 400BT and an iPhone iPod are connected at the same time be sure to disconnect the iPhone iPod from the Bluetooth INTERFACE KCE 400BT while turning ACC to OFF Internet and telephone functions of iPod touch or iPhone etc can also be used when ...

Page 21: ...th press and hold ENT for at least 2 seconds to play back all songs in the iPhone iPod or selected search mode While in the search mode if you press and hold ESC for 2 seconds or no operation is performed for 10 seconds the search mode is cancelled In the search mode pressing ESC will return to the previous mode When search is made during M I X play the M I X play mode will be cancelled NO SONG wi...

Page 22: ... is inactive If an album is selected during an artist search other albums by that artist are searchable This function is inactive during shuffle playback Random Play Shuffle M I X The Shuffle function of the iPhone iPod is displayed as on this unit Shuffle Albums The songs on each album are played back in proper order Upon completion of all the songs on the album the next album is selected randoml...

Page 23: ...IEW for at least 2 seconds the current text will be scrolled one time TAG information ARTIST ALBUM SONG is displayed if there is no tag information Only alphanumeric characters ASCII can be displayed If the artist album or song name created in iTunes has too many characters songs may not be played back when connected to the adapter Therefore a maximum of 250 characters is recommended The maximum n...

Page 24: ...out 1 hour CD insertion not possible A CD is already in the CD player Eject the CD and remove it The CD is being improperly inserted Make sure the CD is being inserted following instructions in the CD Player Operation section Unable to fast forward or backward the CD The CD has been damaged Eject the CD and discard it using a damaged CD in your unit can cause damage to the mechanism CD playback so...

Page 25: ...d by the unit is used Use a sampling rate bit rate that is supported by the unit A copy protected WMA file was played back You can only play back non copy protected files Text information that is not recognizable by the unit has been input Use a USB memory device with input text information that is supported by the unit The iPhone iPod is not connected Make sure the iPhone iPod is correctly connec...

Page 26: ...e 95 dB at 1 kHz Signal to Noise Ratio 105 dB Channel Separation 85 dB at 1 kHz Wave length 795 nm Laser power CLASS I USB requirements USB 1 1 2 0 Max Power Consumption 500 mA USB Class Mass Storage File System FAT 12 16 32 MP3 Decoding MPEG 1 2 AUDIO Layer 3 WMA Decoding Windows Media Audio AAC Decoding AAC LC format m4a file Number of Channels 2 Channel Stereo Frequency Response 5 20 000 Hz 1 d...

Page 27: ...he dealer where you purchased this product to have the work done USE SPECIFIED ACCESSORY PARTS AND INSTALL THEM SECURELY Be sure to use only the specified accessory parts Use of other than designated parts may damage this unit internally or may not securely install the unit in place This may cause parts to become loose resulting in hazards or product failure ARRANGE THE WIRING SO IT IS NOT CRIMPED...

Page 28: ...hboard Face Plate Included This unit Pressure Plates 2 Reinforce the head unit with the metal mounting strap not supplied Secure the ground lead of the unit to a clean metal spot using a screw 1 already attached to the vehicle s chassis For the screw marked 2 use an appropriate screw for the chosen mounting location Connect each input lead coming from an amplifier to the corresponding output lead ...

Page 29: ...k White Black Grey Violet Black Violet To iPhone iPod sold separately To power antenna To amplifier To the instrument cluster illumination lead Ignition Key Battery Speakers Rear Left Front Right Rear Right White SPEAKER RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER RIGHT REAR SPEAKER LEFT REAR SPEAKER LEFT FRONT Front Left REMOTE TURN ON Front or Subwoofers AUDIO INTERRUPT IN Pink Black Red IGNITION Grey Black To vehicle ...

Page 30: ...e Fuse Holder 10A Steering Remote Control Interface Connector To steering Remote control interface box Front Subwoofer Output RCA Connectors RED is right and WHITE is left RCA Extension Cable sold separately RED is right and WHITE is left Full Speed connector Control iPhone iPod signals Connect this to an iPhone iPod or to an optional Bluetooth INTERFACE KCE 400BT To use a hands free mobile phone ...

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