Alpine iXA-W404 Digital Media Station

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Alpine iXA-W404 Digital Media Station

Digital Media Experience
For the ultimate in-vehicle experience with your iPod® or iPhone®, Alpine's new generation 2-DIN iPod Digital Media Station is the answer. The iXA-W404 features a brand-new touch-screen graphical user interface (GUI) for easy access to your music and more. This head unit is a dedicated media station that provides seamless control of your iPod, iPhone and many other popular digital devices right from your dash. The iXA-W404 Digital Media Station offers new and enhanced features for a more robust iPod-listening experience that meets the specifications for "Made for iPod" and "Works with iPhone" compatibility. Plus, you won't need any additional cables to get your iPod or iPhone connected, the cables come packaged with the iXA-W404.

You're in Control of your Music and Videos
The iXA-W404 gives you a new way to navigate and access iPod/iPhone music and video content. Tuck your iPod or iPhone out of sight, and view and control all your content through the iXA-W404. Control your music and videos by using Alpine's classic double-action encoder knob in conjunction with the high-resolution 4.3-inch QVGA color touch-screen display. Through touch control, change sources by gliding your finger across the screen. Scroll through your music on your iPod or iPhone, simply with a click and scroll of the knob. Click on the knob once to initiate "Quick Search" giving you full access to all the content on your iPod or iPhone. Under music, view and search by Playlists, Artists, Albums, Podcasts, Audio Books, Genres, and Composers. Under video, view and search by Video Playlists, Movies, Music Videos, TV Shows, Video Podcasts, and Rented Movies. Simply rotate the knob to scroll, and push the knob in to select.

In multi-info mode, you can select 4 panels of info to show on your screen from the following:

* AV Info: Album Art plus abbreviated song and track information
* AV Control: Fast forward, Rewind, Play/Pause from your screen
* Sound Control: Adjust your treble, bass, and sub levels.
* Clock: View the current time and up to 4 more times in different time zones in the world.
* Calendar: View the current calendar date
* Calculator: Access to a handy calculator


CEA-2006 Power Ratings
* CEA-2006 Power Rating: 4 I? @14.4 V C%THD+N, S/N 80 dBA (ref.1 W into 4 I?), 18 W x 4

Max Power Output Ratings
* Max Power Output: 50W x 4

FM Tuner
* Tuning Range: 87.7-107.9 MHz
* Mono Usable Sensitivity: 9.3 dBf (0.8 V/75 ohms)
* 50dB Quieting Sensitivity: 13.5 dBf (1.3 V/75 ohms)
* Alternate Channel Selectivity: 80.0 dB
* Signal-to-Noise (S/N) Ratio: 65.0 dB
* Stereo Separation: 35.0 dB
* Capture Ratio: 2.0 dB

AM Tuner
* Tuning Range: 530-1,710 kHz
* Usable Sensitivity (IEC Standard): 22.5/27.0 (V/dB)

* Screen Size: 4.3 Screen
* LCD Type: Transparent Type TN LCD
* Operation System: TFT Active Matrix
* Number of Picture Elements: 400 RBG x 234
* Effective Number of Picture Elements: 99% or more
* Illlumination System: LED

Connection for iPod
* USB Requirements: 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: ACC-LC format ''/m4a'' file
* Number of Channels: 2-Channel (Stereo)
* Total Harmonic Distortion: 0.008% (at 1 kHz)
* Dynamic Range: 95 dB (at 1 kHz)
* Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 105 dB
* Channel Separation: 85 dB (at 1 kHz)

Sound Tuning
* Subwoofer Level Adjustment: 0 to 15
* High Pass Filter: OFF/60/80/100Hz (Selectable)
* Bass Center Frequency: 60/80/100/200Hz (Selectable)
* Bass Band Width Adjustment (Q): 4 choices (1 =narrow, 4 =wide)
* Bass Level Control Range: 14
* Treble Center Frequency: 10/12.5/15/17.5kHz (Selectable)
* Treble Level Control Range: 14

Remote Control
* Included/Ready: Included
* Model Number: RUE-4202
* Battery Type: AAA Batteries (2 pcs.)
* Dimension (WxHxD) mm: 42mm x 121mm x 23mm
* Weight: 50 g (1.8 oz.)

* Din Size: 2
* Chassis Size (W x H x D) mm: 178mm x 100mm x 141mm

* Power Requirement: 14.4 (11-16) V.DC
* Pre Output Voltage (Before Clipping): 2 V
* Operating Temperature (C/ F): 45C (113F) to 0C (32F)
* Maximum Mounting Angle: 35 from Horizontal
* Weight: 1.6kg (3 lbs. 8 oz)

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