Setting The Opening Screen Update; Display Setting; Changing Lighting Color; Dimmer Control - Alpine CDE-163EBT Owner's Manual

Setting the Opening Screen Update

You can customize the unit's Opening Screen as following steps.
 Setting item: OPENING
Setting contents:
UPDATE NO (Initial setting) / UPDATE YES
1
Create a new Text file in USB memory (preferably in the
root directory) via PC.
It's better to remove all other files from the USB memory.
2
Rename the Text file with the desired displaying font
(maximum 10 bits), and change it's suffix to ".bin".
(For example: SOUND HU.bin)
3
Switch this unit to USB source, then select "OPENING" 
"UPDATE YES" in SETUP, and then press ENTER.
4
Insert the USB memory into this unit.
After a successful update "UPDATED" will be displayed.
Notes
• Turn the ignition key to off and on to validate this setting.
• Please create Text file in English/Chinese or Japanese system.
• For non-supported characters, the display is blank.
• When paired with a Bluetooth compatible device, the font set above
(e.g. SOUND HU) will be displayed on the Bluetooth compatible device.

Display Setting

DISPLAY is selected on the setup main menu in step 2.

Changing Lighting Color

You can change the lighting color of the unit's keys/display.
 Setting item: ILLUMINATI
 Further setting items: KEY & DISP( Key & Display ) /
*
KEY ( Key ) / DISP ( Display )
Setting contents:
OPTION / CUSTOMIZE
OPTION:
A total of 30 colors can be selected.
CUSTOMIZE:
If there is no color you prefer in OPTION, you can customize the
color as follows.
* You can change the lighting colour of keys and display
simultaneously or respectively by selecting KEY&DISP or KEY/
DISP.
1
After entering CUSTOMIZE, turn the Rotary encoder to
select a color (RED, GREEN, BLUE) you want to adjust, and
then press ENTER.
2
The adjusted color will blink, turn the Rotary encoder to
select a value (0-60).
R is red, G is green and B is blue.
3
Press ENTER or t to finish the color setting.
4
Repeat steps 1 to 3 to set another color.
Notes
• In step 2, you can switch to another color setting mode by pressing 
or .
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• The setting values in OPTION mode and CUSTOMIZE mode are
linked, when the setting value in CUSTOMIZE is different from the one
in OPTION, "USER" will be displayed in OPTION mode.
• During CUSTOMIZE setting, at least one setting value should be
greater than 20.

Dimmer Control

Set the Dimmer control to AUTO to decrease the illumination
brightness of the unit with the head lights of the vehicle ON. This mode
is useful if you feel the unit's backlighting is too bright at night.
 Setting item: DIMMER
Setting contents:
AUTO (Initial setting) / ON / OFF
Note
• For CDE-163EBT, you can also adjust this item by pressing and holding
DIM..

Adjusting the Dimmer Level

After set "DIMMER" to "AUTO" or "ON", you can adjust the brightness
of the display & button lighting at night with the dimmer.
 Setting item: DIMM LEVEL
Setting contents:
LEVEL 1~ LEVEL 4
Note
• The initial setting is "LEVEL 1".

Scroll Setting (TEXTSCROLL)

This CD player can scroll the disc and track names recorded on
CD-TEXT discs, as well as the text information of MP3/WMA/AAC
files, folder names and tags.
 Setting item: TEXTSCROLL
Setting contents:
SCR MANUAL (Initial setting) / SCR AUTO
SCR MANUAL:
The display is scrolled when a disc is loaded or when a track is
changed, etc.
SCR AUTO:
The current text information of CD, folder, tag, etc. is scrolled
automatically.
Note
• The unit scrolls CD text names, folder names, file names or tag display.

Scroll Type Setting

Choose from two scrolling methods. Select the type you prefer.
 Setting item: SCROLLTYPE
Setting contents:
SCR TYPE1 / SCR TYPE2 (Initial setting)
SCR TYPE1:
The characters scroll from right to left, a single character at a time.
SCR TYPE2:
Words are built up from left to right, a single character at a time.
When the display is filled, it is cleared and the remaining words are
displayed the same way until all words of the title have been
shown.