About the Alpine KCE-250BT Bluetooth® Adapter
Add the convenience of hands-free calling to your compatible 2009-up Alpine car stereo. Alpine's KCE-250BT Bluetooth® adapter, powered by industry leader Parrot, lets you answer incoming calls, place outgoing calls, and scroll through your phone book entries without ever touching your phone. You can leave your phone in your pocket or purse when you get in the car it connects automatically when you turn on your stereo.
When a call comes in, your stereo mutes the music and you'll hear the caller over your speakers. The included microphone uses Active Echo Cancellation technology to ensure that you'll be heard loud and clear on the other end.
The KCE-250BT also works with select 2008 Bluetooth-ready Alpine stereos with the help of the KWE-460 connecter cable. Check the "Details" tab for compatible models.
Note: Compatibility of this device may vary, depending on your phone and service provider.
Product highlights:
- Bluetooth interface adapter for 2009-up Alpine stereos
- send and receive calls with the stereo's controls (includes microphone)
- Active Echo Cancellation technology ensures noise-free conversations
- dimensions: 3-3/4"W x 1-11/16"H x 4-3/16"D
- warranty: 1 year
- MFR # KCE-250BT
What's in the box:
Alpine KCE-250BT Bluetooth® Adapter owner's manual
- Bluetooth interface module
- Microphone with attached 13' cable terminated by a 2-pin connector
- 59"' DIN cable with a proprietary 13-pin connector on each end
- 6.5' Power/Ground harness with a 4-pin molex plug on one end and male and female bullet-connectors on other end
- Visor clip
- Self-adhesive foam pad
- 2 Strips of velcro
- Owner's Manual (Eng/Fre/Spa)
- Customer Care Registration Card
- "To Customers" note
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Overview: The Alpine KCE-250BT enables your Bluetooth compatible cell phone to sync up with your 2009-up Alpine Bluetooth ready head unit. You get full control and full hands-free functionality from your compatible Alpine head unit for your Bluetooth compatible cell phone. The interface includes a microphone and the other party's voice is played through your car stereo speakers.
Bluetooth Technology: Bluetooth is a wireless technology allowing communication between a mobile device over short distances. This enables a hands-free call or data transmission between Bluetooth compatible devices. Bluetooth transmission is available in the unlicensed 2.4GHz spectrum if the distance between devices is within 33 feet (10 meters).
Bluetooth Compatibility: The KCE-250BT supports Bluetooth version 2.0 and the following Bluetooth Profiles.
- HFP: Hands Free Profile
- HSP: Head Set Profile
Note: This adaptor does not have A2DP audio streaming capability.
Headunit Compatibility: The Alpine KCE-250BT is compatible with 2009-up Alpine Bluetooth ready head units and multimedia units.
Note: 2008 carry-over Alpine Bluetooth ready head units are also compatible with the KCE-250BT in conjunction with the Alpine KWE-460E adapter cable ( 500KWE460E, sold separately). You will lose iPod connectivity for these 2008 carry-over Alpine head units.
Phone Compatibility: The Alpine KCE-250BT is powered by Parrot for expanded compatibility for many Bluetooth enabled cell phones. The KCE-250BT supports select Apple, AU, BenQ-Siemens, Blackberry, and Casio Bluetooth enabled cell phones. New software can be downloaded and installed via Bluetooth connection to your laptop to support future cell phone models.
Note: Not all Bluetooth-capable phones will be compatible.
Pairing: The KCE-250BT can be paired to up to five Bluetooth enabled mobile devices (only one device can be used at a time).
Bluetooth Phone Operation: The KCE-250BT features full phone book access, call history, voice tag dialing and auto answer with compatible phones. You can make a phone call from a contact listed in your phone book using any 2009 Alpine Bluetooth ready head unit's user interface. You can even use direct 12-key dialing from 2009-up Alpine Bluetooth ready multimedia head unit's with touchscreen controls.
- Placing Calls: The KCE-250BT provides
a variety of functions for placing a phone call without using
your mobile phone.
- Redial: press the phone button within 5 seconds of ending a call
- Call History: the 10 previously dialed, received or missed numbers can be retrieved and dialed from memory
- Phonebook: up to 1,000 entries can be downloaded from your phone
- Voice Dialing: if you have a voice-dial capable phone, you can dial a phone contact just by speaking the name of your contact
- Direct Dial: direct 12-key dialing from a 2009-up Alpine Bluetooth ready multimedia head unit's touchscreen
- Receiving Calls: The KCE-250BT provides a
couple ways to answer your phone calls without picking up your
mobile phone. Incoming call are announced by the received call
ring tone through your vehicle's speakers and a displayed message
(Caller name/Phone No.) across your Alpine head unit's display.
- Manual Answer: manually answer an incoming call by pressing the "Phone" button on your Alpine head unit
- Automatic Answer: set your Alpine head unit to answer the incoming call automatically; when a call is received, it is answered automatically after about 5 seconds
Note: Display of Phonebook, Received Calls, Missed Calls and Dialed Calls varies from phone to phone and by your service provider.
Microphone: The supplied microphone allows you to speak to the other party on the telephone call hands-free. The microphone comes with a visor clips for mounting purposes. The microphone measures 0.5625" in diameter and 1.375" long. The microphone has an attached 13' cable which plugs into the Bluetooth interface module. The microphone's volume can be adjusted from 0-15.
Echo Cancellation: The KCE-250BT's Active Echo Cancellation technology ensures the highest-quality, noise-free sound when you are on the phone.
Mute: When you make or receive a call, the audio from the stereo is muted. When using the Bluetooth interface, no other device can be used with the mute (interrupt) function.
Speaker Output: You can select which connected speakers in your vehicle to output the sound signal of your Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. You can choose from All, Front Left, Front Right, or Front Left/Right. You can also adjust the volume level of a received call.
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