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Overview: The Alpine iDA-X303 is an in-dash
digital media receiver with an AM/FM tuner, a rear-panel USB input, and a 2.2"
two-color LCD screen, but no CD slot. You can connect and control an
iPod, a USB "thumb" drive, and a CD changer; and the unit is HD Radio ready,
Bluetooth ready, and Satellite radio ready. The iDA-X303 is a dedicated
receiver that provide seamless control of your iPod, iPhone and many other
popular digital devices right from the head unit. The iDA-X303 receiver offers
enhanced features for a more robust iPod-listening experience that meets the
specifications for "Made for iPod" and "Works with iPhone" compatibility.
Display Features
Audio Section
Sound Processing
Radio Functions
Aux/USB/iPod Connectivity
Bluetooth/Remote Control
Display Features
Detachable Face: The head unit's front-panel detaches from the
chassis to deter theft. The unit comes supplied with a hard plastic face case to
protect the detachable face when you have it off the chassis. A face-fixing screw
is supplied for making the face non-detachable, if desired.
Two Color LCD Display: Select from four different screen view
options:
- Song number and elapsed time
- Song title and artist name
- Song title and album title
- Calendar/Clock display
Calendar/Clock Display: Using
the View button, you can select the calendar/clock display on the front panel
LCD. The clock can be set to 12 or 24 hour display, and the calendar can be
displayed as M/D/Y (month/day/year), D/M/Y, or Y/M/D. When the calendar/clock
display is given display priority, the time and date are displayed even after
the unit is turned off. The calendar/clock display can be turned on or off with
the View button when the unit is powered off.
Display Dimmer: The LCD screen
and the button illumination will dim when the vehicle's headlights are
turned on. You can also turn the dimmer off in the menu if you prefer.
The orange illumination wire in the
supplied wiring harness must be connected to the vehicle's headlight circuit in
order for the dimming feature to work. You can also set the illumination of the
head unit manually.
Double-Action Rotary Encoder Knob: The iDA-X303 comes with a
large Double-Action Rotary Encoder Knob for maximum control over all music
search functions like QuickSearch for finding your songs or adjusting your
volume.
Angle Mounting: Alpine recommends mounting the iDA-X303 no
more that 35° above horizontal.
Audio Section
CEA-2006 Compliant: The
specifications given by Alpine for the built-in amplifier comply with the
CEA-2006 mobile amplifier power testing and measurement standards from the
Consumer Electronics Association. All manufacturers who comply with the standard
can display the CEA-2006 logo on their product.
- CEA-2006 Power Rating: 16 watts x 4-channel
- Max Power Output: 50 watts x 4-channel
Sound Quality: The
iDA-X303 uses clean digital connections and a 24-bit
Burr Brown DAC (digital-to-analog converter).
Bass and Treble Controls: The head unit features independent
Bass and Treble controls that allow you to adjust each setting +/-14 dB in 2 dB
steps. The center frequencies are adjustable (60, 80, 100, and 200 Hz for bass
and 10, 12.5, 15, and 17.5 kHz for treble) and the bass bandwidth is adjustable
(from narrow to wide in four steps).
Loudness: Loudness introduces a special low and high
frequency emphasis at low listening levels to compensate for the ear's decreased
sensitivity to bass and treble sound at low volume.
HPF: The high pass filter (HPF) removes the lower bass from the front
and rear speaker and line level outputs. HPF options are 80 Hz, 120 Hz, 160 Hz,
and off.
Subwoofer Pre-out: In addition to the front and rear 2-volt
preamp outputs, there is a dedicated 2-volt subwoofer preamp output with
variable level adjustment of 0 to 15. You can select either System1 or System2
for the desired subwoofer effect:
- Subwoofer System 1: subwoofer level changes according
to the main volume setting
- Subwoofer System 2: subwoofer level change is different
from the main volume setting; even at low volume settings, the subwoofer is
still audible
Power IC Off: When an external amplifier is powering all the
speakers in the system, you can turn the internal amp off, which will improve
the sound quality.
Interrupt Feature: When a device having the interrupt
feature (such as a cellular telephone) is connected to the receiver, the audio
signal will be automatically muted whenever the interrupt signal is received
from the device. The supplied wiring harness contains a pink/black Interrupt
lead that needs to be connected to the device's interrupt signal connection.
Sound Processing (with optional PXA-H100)
Imprint: With the addition of
the optional PXA-H100 Imprint box (500PXAH100, sold separately) and KTX-H100 tuning kit (500KTXH100, sold separately) a car's
inherent acoustic shortcomings can be overcome with the MultEQ feature. Imprint
also gives you much more sound adjustment flexibility as detailed below.
MultEQ: MultEQ, developed by Audyssey Labs, automatically
optimizes the audio for the listening environment inside your vehicle. The
Imprint kit includes the hardware, software, and microphone necessary to measure
multiple positions in the car and capture frequency and time domain information
from the vehicle's actual acoustical environment. Once the car's speaker
location delays are measured, along with the frequency peaks and dips caused by
the absorptive and reflective materials in the interior, MultEQ creates a set of
equalization filters to correct the frequency response and time domain problems
for each speaker in the vehicle. It also removes sound distortion caused by the
specific acoustical problems in the vehicle. This
optimizes the sound reproduction to the specific vehicle listening environment
with much greater precision than can be achieved using typical graphic or
parametric equalization. The result is a more accurate soundstage and smoother,
more natural sound optimized to match your vehicle.
Equalizer: 10 typical equalizer settings are preset for a
variety of musical source material. Select from Flat, Pops, Rock,
News, Jazz & Blues, Electrical Dance, Hip Hop & Rap, Easy Listening, Country,
and Classical. You can also save six custom EQ curves you create by
adjusting the parametric or graphic EQ:
- 5- Band Parametric EQ: The Parametric EQ allows you to
adjust the following 5 frequency bands in 1/3 octave steps from -6 to +6 dB
at a bandwidth Q factor of 1, 1.5, or 3
- Band 1:
20 Hz to 80 Hz
- Band 2:
50 Hz to 200 Hz
- Band 3:
125 Hz to 3.2 kHz
- Band 4: 315 Hz to 8 kHz
- Band 5:
800 Hz to 20 kHz
- 7-Band Graphic EQ:
The built-in Graphic EQ allows you to adjust the
following 7 frequencies from -6 to +6 dB
- Band 1:
63 Hz
- Band 2:
150 Hz
- Band 3:
400 Hz
- Band 4:
1 kHz
- Band 5: 2.5 kHz
- Band 6:
6.3 kHz
- Band
7: 17.5 kHz
Crossover: The active crossover can be used as a 2.2 channel (3-way;
low-pass subwoofer, band-pass midrange, high-pass tweeter) or a 4.2 channel
(2-way; high-pass front and rear, low-pass subwoofer). A crossover limits the
frequencies delivered to a given speaker, so you send only the frequencies for
which the speaker is well suited. The crossover adjusts the high pass filter or
low pass filter of each band along with the slope and output level. You can
adjust the following crossover settings:
- 4.2 Channel:
- High Pass Filter:
the front and rear outputs are individually adjustable; crossover from
20 to 200 Hz in 1/3 octave steps with a slope of Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24
dB/oct, additionally you can adjust the output level from -12 to 0 dB
- Low Pass Filter: the subwoofer output can be stereo
or mono; crossover from 20 to 200 Hz in 1/3 octave steps with a slope of
Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB/oct, additionally you can adjust the output level
from -12 to 0 dB
- 2.2 Channel:
- Tweeter/High Pass
Filter: crossover from 1 kHz to 20 kHz in
1/3 octave steps with a slope of 6, 12, 18, or 24 dB/oct, additionally
you can adjust the output level from -12 to 0 dB
- Midrange/Band Pass
Filter: a band pass has both high pass
and low pass filters; HPF 20 to 200 Hz in 1/3 octave steps with a slope
of Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB/oct; LPF from 20 Hz to 20 kHz in 1/3 octave
steps with a slope of Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB/oct, additionally you can
adjust the output level from -12 to 0 dB
- Subwoofer/Low Pass
Filter: the subwoofer output can be
stereo or mono; crossover from 20 to 200 Hz in 1/3 octave steps with a
slope of Flat, 6, 12, 18 or 24 dB/oct, additionally you can adjust the
output level from -12 to 0 dB
Time Correction:
The time correction feature delays the audio signal to
the speakers closer to the listener. This effectively creates a perception of
increased distance for those speakers. Time Correction allows the listener to be
placed at an equal distance from all speakers for optimum staging. You can
adjust the distance of each speaker and subwoofer (6-channel) to the listener
from 0 to 132.7 inches.
Media Xpander: The MX (Media Xpander) function makes vocals or instruments sound distinct by
restoring sound quality typically lost during recording or transmission; this
function helps restore audio information that becomes obscured when audio is
compressed. The MX function can be applied to all sources, except AM radio.
There are three settings and each source can have its own setting.
Radio Functions
AM/FM Tuner: The Alpine
iDA-X303 features a built-in AM/FM tuner with manual, seek, and preset tuning.
Satellite Radio Ready: There
are several options for connecting an optional XM or SIRIUS Satellite Radio
receiver to this receiver:
- XM Satellite Radio:
To receive XM Satellite Radio connect the optional CNP2000UCA XM
Tuner and the Alpine CNP-ALP1 adapter cable (package item number
700XMALP2, sold separately).
- SIRIUS Satellite Radio: There a two ways to connect a
SIRIUS tuner to the iDA-X303:
- Universal SIRIUS Tuner: you can connect
the optional SIRIUS SC-C1 SIRIUS Connect Universal Vehicle Tuner, along
with the Alpine KCA-SC100 Sirius Satellite Radio interface (700SIRALPC, sold separately) directly to the head unit
- SIRIUS Plug and Play: the KCA-SC100 Sirius
Satellite Radio interface and the SCVDOC1 SiriusConnect vehicle
docking kit (700SIRALPP, sold separately) allows you to integrate many SIRIUS plug and play
receivers; compatible tuners include the Sportster, Starmate, Stratus,
and Stiletto; you can control the satellite receiver from your head unit
and use the Quick Search feature to browse all artists and songs
currently playing on all channels; the SIRIUS text information also
appears on the head unit display
- Auxiliary Input: A portable satellite radio receiver,
such as the XM Delphi SkyFi3 or SIRIUS Sportster, can be connected to the
head unit via an auxiliary input adapter
(500KCA121B, sold separately). You cannot connect this auxiliary input and a CD-changer
at the same time.
Note: A subscription is also required
to receive satellite radio programming from SIRIUS or XM.
HD Radio Ready: The iDA-X303
can receive HD Radio signals, including multicast broadcasts, when the
TUA-T550HD HD Radio Tuner Module (
500TUAT550, sold separately) is connected via the Ai-NET
connector. The digital seek function allows you to search for only HD Radio
stations if you prefer.
Aux/USB/iPod Connectivity
USB Memory Mode: The
iDA-X303 can play MP3, WMA, and AAC files stored on a USB Memory device (also
known as a "thumb drive") formatted in FAT 12, 16, or 32. MP3 files can be
recorded with bit rates of 32-320 kbps, WMA files with bit rates of 16-320 kbps, and AAC files
with bit rates of 8-576 kbps. The unit has a Bank function that
automatically divides every 1,000 songs stored in USB memory into individual
banks to make searching and playing back a song easier. Each bank contains 1,000
songs, in the order they are stored in the USB memory; up to 10 banks (10,000 songs) can be recognized. The
unit's display shows song, album, and artist title, and elapsed time. If no tag
information exists, the display shows the track number and elapsed time. During
MP3/WMA/AAC playback from a USB memory device, you can activate the search mode to locate a specific
folder or file by name. You can repeat the current track or current folder, and
play the tracks in the current folder or all of the tracks in the current memory
bank in random order. Additionally you can connect and control MP3 players like
the iRiver Clix, Creative Zen, or Toshiba Gigabeat, using the MTP protocol.
Built-In iPod/iPhone Interface: The iDA-X303 uses a rear-panel USB
connection (80" USB cable included) and comes supplied with a 6" iPod dock
connector cable to connect select iPods and provide ultra-fast digital data
transfer so songs are loaded instantly through the receiver. The iDA-X303 allows
direct connection, high-quality audio playback, music navigation, information
display, and charging of your iPod/iPhone using a USB
connection.
- iPod/iPhone DAC Bypass: With the USB connection you get the fastest speed available and
a direct digital connection to the unit's 24-bit DAC. Sound quality is maximized
by using USB along with the 24-Bit D/A converter, allowing for an incredible
Signal to Noise ratio of 105dB.
- Information Display: You can view Artist, Album, Song Information
and Song Number right on the head unit's display. You can choose between
three display modes (Track Number/Elapsed Time, Song Name/Artist Name, or
Song Name/Album Name).
- Music Navigation: The iDA-X303 provides various music navigation
controls so you can find the music you want stored on your iPod or iPhone.
- iPod/iPhone Playlists: You can quickly and easily search
through all of the music contained on your iPod/iPhone through Playlist,
Artist, Album, Song, Genre, Podcasts, Audiobooks, or Composer searches.
- Percentage Search: For especially large music libraries,
Alpine created the Percentage Search function to use the head unit's
preset buttons for quick jumps to specific parts of the list. You can
skip through your music in 10% increments.
- Alphabet Search: You can even use Alphabet Search to jump
through your lengthy list of music by skipping through the letters of
the alphabet. Once you have the letter you want, simply scroll to the
exact song.
- Shuffle & Repeat: During iPod playback, you can activate any
of the following playback modes: Shuffle Album (an album in the iPod is
selected at random, and is played back in the album song order), Shuffle
Song (all songs in the currently selected mode are played back in random
order), or Repeat Play (a single song is repeatedly played back).
- Back Button: Instead of starting all over from the search
menu, you can simply press the Back button on the receiver to go back
one step (works just like your iPod). When you are playing a song if you
press the back button it will take you back to the place in the menu
where you selected the song.
- Charging: The Alpine iDA-X303 charges your connected iPod/iPhone
when the unit is turned on.
iPod/iPhone Compatibility Chart: The Alpine iDA-X303 is "made for iPod/iPhone" compatible and supports
the following Apple iPod & iPhones (as of Sept. 2010):
|
iPod/iPhone Model |
Gen. |
Software |
Media Type |
Control
Type |
Display
Type |
Charge |
| Audio |
Video |
Headunit |
iPod/iPhone |
Song/Artist
Text |
Track Info |
| dock
connector |
3rd |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
clickwheel
color |
4th |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| mini
|
1st |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
| 2nd |
N/A |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
|
video |
5th |
1.3.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
classic |
80GB |
1.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 120GB |
2.0.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 160GB |
1.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
nano |
1st |
1.3.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 2nd |
1.1.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 3rd |
1.1.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 4th |
1.0.3 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 5th |
1.0.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 6th |
1.0 PC |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
touch |
1st |
3.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 2nd |
3.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 3rd |
3.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 4th |
4.1 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
iPhone |
2G |
3.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 3G |
3.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 3GS |
3.1.2 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
| 4 |
4.0 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Note: You must use the supplied cable for iPod/iPhone
operation (the USB/iPod dock cable which comes with your iPod/iPhone will
not function). The controls on the iPod are not functional when connected.
This unit does support the iPod Full Speed connection. Apple iPod/iPhone
software updates may change functionality results. If you download a newer
software version, you may need to reset the headunit and your iPod/iPhone to
regain functionality. If this doesn't work, you may need to revert to the
older software version or wait until an newer software update is available.
iTunes Tagging: When you add Alpine's HD Radio module (500TUAT550, sold separately), and you hear a song you like, simply press and
hold the iTunes Tagging button on the iDA-X303. This iTunes Tagging feature lets
you Tag songs you hear on HD Radio stations and stores the info on your connected
iPod. The next time you connect your iPod to iTunes, you will be able to preview
your selections and then purchase and download them from directly from iTunes.
Optional Auxiliary Input: With the optional KCA-121B
Ai-NET/RCA interface cable (500KCA121B, sold separately) you can input audio from an auxiliary source unit, such as a
TV, VCR or portable unit through the head unit's AI-Net port.
Note: When using this auxiliary adapter,
you cannot connect a CD-changer to the head unit.
Bluetooth/Remote Control
Bluetooth Interface Ready: With
the optional KCE-400BT Bluetooth adapter (500KCE400B, sold separately), you can make
and receive calls hands-free on your Bluetooth-capable cellular phone, and
communicate through a microphone (included with the Bluetooth interface) and
your vehicle's speakers. In addition to the wireless connection and hands-free
operation, you also get caller ID, phone book access, and on-screen call
information. With select compatible phones with streaming audio capability, you
can listen to and control music stored on your phone and have it stream through
your Alpine system.
Optional Wireless Remotes: The
iDA-X303 does not include a remote control. It is compatible with two optional
wireless remotes; RUE-4190 (
500RUE4190, sold separately) and RUE-4202 (500RUE4202, sold separately).
Steering Wheel Remote Compatibility: The unit also features
an OEM steering wheel remote control input on the rear of the unit that lets you
keep your vehicle's factory radio steering wheel remote controls when used with
the optional PAC SWI-JACK Steering Wheel Control Interface Adapter (127SWIJACK,
sold separately); or the optional Metra ASWC Steering Wheel Control Interface
Adapter (120ASWC,
sold separately).
Note: Please consult the
Crutchfield Car Selector to see if your vehicle is compatible.
