TuneIt is an easy-to-use sound-tuning app that also offers Facebook notifications. Download the free app or the TuneIt with TTS app onto your iPhone or Android smartphone and create a user profile about your vehicle and Alpine sound system.

Follow the simple TuneIt graphical instructions to adjust sound settings for your specific vehicle or choose from pre-made settings in the database. Settings that can be adjusted include Parametric EQ, Crossover, and Media Xpander.

You can make and save up to 100 different sound settings in your account, which is helpful if you want various settings to use for specific types of music. Share your settings and get rated on your tuning skills, plus try out and rate settings made by others. The more active you are, the higher your profile status progresses within the app.

Now in its second generation, new features added to TuneIt® 2.0 include increased vehicle choices for easier profile set-up, an expanded database of Alpine speakers and subwoofers for more precise sound system tuning and Bass Engine SQ tuning to tailor the in-vehicle bass characteristics.

Bass Engine SQ: Bring Balance to Your Music

Use the Bass button on the faceplate or the TuneIt app to get the best tonal balance and efficient power distribution to all (front, rear, and sub) speakers independently.

Bass Engine SQ tuning provides tonal balance by automatically adjusting different combinations of EQ, Sub Level and Crossover settings through the choice of five bass profiles (Standard, Punch, Rich, Mid Bass, Low Bass).

Don’t fuss or fiddle with your phone and say goodbye to uncomfortable headsets and earpieces. Most importantly, stay focused on safe driving. The CDE-163BT is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology so you can carry on your phone conversations in the car without additional adapters.

Easy Audio Streaming, Even with iPhone iOS 8

Do you have a large music library on your phone? The Alpine CDE-163BT can stream and control your phone’s music via Bluetooth.

Want to listen to your iPhone without plugging-in? Stream your music via Bluetooth.

Whether you have music on your iPhone locally, on iTunes Match or select third-party audio apps, the Alpine CDE-163BT can stream your tunes!

Microphone Included

This unit comes with all that’s needed for Bluetooth convenience. The Alpine CDE-163BT comes with a tuned microphone that’s engineered to reduce noise interference and feedback.

This allows optimal placement in your car, for the best possible sound quality.

Making, Taking Calls & Call Waiting

Making and taking phone calls has never been more convenient. Use the supplied microphone to speak, and then listen through your car’s speakers.

When a call comes in, your music mutes to carry the phone call. View caller information including Caller ID, Missed, Dialed, and Received calls right from the head unit display.

If you receive a second call, you can have the first caller wait momentarily by pressing “2” for call waiting mode. Once both calls are finished, the mute for music is deactivated.

This truly makes the transition from your phone calls to music enjoyable and convenient. You can even use the Alpine CDE-163BT’s preset buttons to quickly jump through your phone book, making navigation through large phone books much faster.

Hands-Free Calling Sound Customization

To bring sound balance to your hands-free experience, you can adjust the Alpine CDE-163BT’s mic gain, phone output and ringtone volume.

If that’s not enough, there are five sound quality settings to choose from to get the balance just right for you. This flexibility will make your phone calls a pleasurable experience.

Steering Wheel Control

If your car has factory Bluetooth steering wheel controls, then it will also control your new Alpine CDE-163BT’s built-in Bluetooth. Or, control your head unit right from your factory installed steering wheel controls by adding a third party adapter.

Use an adapter from popular brand names such as Axxess or PAC to add this feature.

It’s convenient to control your iPod or iPhone music in the car – enjoy seamless operation of your iPod in addition to full control of all your favorite media sources. Control all search options of your iPod directly from the CDE-163BT via Playlist, Artist, Album, Song, Genre, Podcast or Composer. The USB connection allows for high-quality iPod playback and delivers an even faster access speed so you’ll find songs as quickly as you expect to find them on your iPod.

Find it Fast with Quick Search and Alphabet Search

Get access to and control of all the songs from your iPod or iPhone right from the head unit! Large music libraries are no problem with a faster connection speed. With Quick Search featuring Alphabet Search, you can easily scroll through long lists of music by skipping through the letters of the alphabet. Once you find the letter you want, you can jump to the exact song! With so many ways to listen to thousands of songs, now you can get super-fast access to Playlist, Artist, Album, Song, Podcast, Genre and Composer.

App Direct Mode

Listen to even more music from your iPhone or iPod with App Direct Mode. This new feature offers basic app control (Play, Pause, Track Forward, Track Back) and displays metadata directly on the head unit from numerous third-party apps so that you can enjoy your drive even more and expand your listening choices without fumbling with your phone.

Standard in-vehicle solutions may drain the battery of your phone, but with the CDE-163BT, your phone charges via the USB cable (sold separately), so you can enjoy nonstop music and power your phone at the same time.

Whether you have an iPhone or Android smartphone, Alpine gives you full control of Pandora straight from your dash.

Whether you choose to connect through USB or stream wirelessly, you can enjoy your favorite Pandora channels with Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down buttons directly on the faceplate, QuickSearch features, and even the ability to create a new Pandora station and bookmark your favorite tunes on the go.

Alpine’s DSP-Sound Expansion circuitry ensures the best possible sound from the Pandora connection.

Note: Third party services may not be available in all areas; please contact an authorized retailer for coverage in your area.

With Alpine, expect the premium sound your ears deserve. This head unit allows you to customize your crossover adjustments so you can control where you send high and low frequencies, for the best sound from yourAlpine  CDE-163BT.

For a true power upgrade, just add-on the Alpine KTP-445A Power Pack to instantly increase your head unit’s power from 18W x 4 RMS to a true 45W x4 RMS (based on CEA-2006 power ratings).

Now we’re talking about some serious sound!