Receiving Traffic Information While Playing Usb Audio Or Radio; Displaying Radio Text; Cd/Mp3/Wma/Aac; Playback - Alpine CDE-183BT Owner's Manual

Notes
• If the traffic information broadcast signal falls below a certain level, the
unit remains in the receiving mode for 1 minute. If the signal remains
below a certain level for over 1 minute, the "G" indicator blinks.
• If you do not want to listen to the traffic information being received,
lightly press  or  to skip that traffic information message. The
TA mode will remain in the ON position to receive the next traffic
information message.
• If the volume level is changed while receiving traffic information, the
changed volume level will be memorized. When traffic information is
received next time, the volume level will be automatically adjusted to
the level memorized.
• In the TA mode, the SEEK tuning selects only the TP stations.
Receiving Traffic Information While Playing
USB Audio or Radio
1
Press and hold BANDTA for at least 2 seconds so that the
"G" indicator lights up.
2
Press  or  to select a traffic information station if
necessary.
When a traffic information broadcast starts, the unit
automatically mutes the audio source (such as CD, regular FM
broadcast, USB AUDIO, etc.).
When the traffic information broadcast finishes, the unit
automatically returns to the original source play before the
traffic information broadcast began.
When traffic information stations cannot be received:
In other audio source mode:
When the TP signal can no longer be received, the traffic
information station of another frequency will be selected
automatically.
Note
• The receiver is equipped with the EON (Enhanced Other Networks)
function in order to keep track of additional alternate frequencies to
the AF list. If the station being received does not broadcast the traffic
information, the receiver automatically tunes in the related station that
broadcasts the traffic information when it occurs.
3
Press and hold BANDTA for at least 2 seconds to
deactivate the Traffic Information mode.
The "G" indicator goes out.

Displaying Radio Text

Text messages from a radio station can be displayed.
Press VIEW while receiving FM in the radio mode to select
the Radio Text display.
The display will change every time the button is pressed.
For details, refer to "Displaying the Text" on page 19.

CD/MP3/WMA/AAC

Rotary encoder
/ENTER
/SOURCE
/ II

Playback

1
Insert a disc with the label side facing up.
The disc will be pulled into the unit automatically.
Note
• When a disc is already inserted, press VSOURCE to switch to the
DISC mode.
2
While playing back MP3/WMA/AAC, press  or  to select
the desired folder.
3
Press  or  to select the desired track (file).
Pressing and holding  or  will fast backward/fast
forward track continuously.
4
To pause playback, press .
Pressing  again will resume playback.
5
To eject the disc, press .
Notes
• Do not remove a CD during its eject cycle. Do not load more than one
disc at a time. A malfunction may result from doing either.
• Three-inch (8 cm) CDs can not be used.
• Any file protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) copy
protection, cannot be played back on this unit.
• The track display for MP3/WMA/AAC data playback 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.

5

4
Preset buttons
(1 through 6)
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