Instruction Manual for ALPINE models including: PXE-M640-4, PXE-M640-4 6 Sound Track Audio Processing Amplifier, 6 Sound Track Audio Processing Amplifier, Track Audio Processing Amplifier, Audio Processing Amplifier, Processing Amplifier, Amplifier
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DocumentDocumentPXE-M640-4
6-Sound Track Audio Processing Amplifier
· For iPhone users, please search "Alpine Music" in APP Store to download and install it; for Android users, please scan the QR code on the right to download and install it directly.
· Or you may use a wired controller sold separately for easy
Alpine Music
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Table of Contents
Operating Instructions Type of precautions...............................................2
Copyright notice Copyright notice.................................................... 2
Repair tool Tools that may be required (depending on the vehicle) .............................................................................. 3
Description of APP Description of mobile APP - General................... 7 Description of mobile APP - Professional............ 8 Description of mobile APP - Homepage .............. 9 Description of mobile APP - EQ .......................... 10 Description of mobile APP - Channel .................. 11 Description of mobile APP - Delay...................... 12 Description of mobile APP - Frequency combination .............................................................................. 13
Accessory list Accessory list ........................................................ 3
Device description Diagram of device interfaces ................................ 4 Description of device interfaces and their functions 5
Wire pin arrangement Wire pin arrangement ........................................... 6
Description of PC software Interface of PC software....................................... 14 Description of PC software .................................. 16
Technical parameters Specifications parameters..................................... 17 Functional parameters .......................................... 18
Operating Instructions
Type of precautions
Indicates a prohibited action (must not be Prohibited performed).
Indicates that disassembly is prohibited.
Prohibited
Indicates a mandatory operation (must be Mandatory performed).
Indicates that it should draw your close attention.
Any device function that may influence your attention must be used only when the vehicle is stopped completely. To use these functions, make sure to stop your vehicle in a safe area first. Otherwise, it may result in an accident.
During driving, you must maintain the volume at a level such that the noise outside can still be heard.
It is very dangerous not to clearly hear an emergency vehicle alarm and road warning signal (such as a railway crossing) and may result in an accident. Moreover, a too large volume may damage your hearing.
Warning
Caution
In case of problems, please stop using the device immediately.
Otherwise, it may result in personal injury or damaged product. Please return the product to the authorized Alpine dealer or nearby Alpine service center for repair.
The product is only suitable for the 12V negative-grounded vehicles.
Otherwise, it may lead to an accident like fire, etc.
Please call a professional for wiring and installation
It needs professional expertise and experiences to wire and install the product. Please contact the dealer from whom you bought the product to install it for safety.
Please do not disassemble or refit.
Otherwise, it may result in an accident, fire or electric shock.
Small items like bolts or screws should be kept out of the reach of child.
If ingested, it may result in severe damage. Once ingested, please seek medical attention immediately.
Please do not use any function that may distract you during driving.
Product cleaning
Please clean the product regularly with a soft dry cloth. For any dirt difficult to clean, only water can be used to soak the cloth. Any other solvents may lead to dissolution.
Temperature
Before starting the device, please ensure that the temperature inside the vehicle is between +60°C and 20°C.
Repair
In case of problems, please do not repair them by yourself. Please return the product to the authorized Alpine dealer or nearby Alpine service center to repair.
System matching
When PXE-640E-EL is used with active division mode to assign signals for speakers, please ensure that the frequency division point of high pitch is above 1500 Hz to avoid damage to high pitch speakers
Installation site
The device cannot be installed at the following locations: · Under direct sunlight and near a hot source. · With high humidity and near a water source. · Dusty sites. · Environments with violent vibration.
Copyright notice
The text mark and logo of Bluetooth® are the registered trademarks held by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Alpine Electronics has been authorized to use these text marks and logos. Other trademarks and names all belong to their holders.
* Electronic products should be discarded via an appropriate recycling channel to reduce electronic waste pollution.
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Tools that may be required (depending on the vehicle)
Panel removal tool
Socket
Electric drill
Torx screwdriver
Phillips screwdriver
Sleeve wrench
Wrench
Wire cutter
Wire crimper
Wire stripper
Spectrum analyzer
Oscilloscope
Accessory list
USB 2.0 cable
Self-tapping screw ×2
Mounting bracket × 2 Host machine
Machine tooth screw × 4
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Diagram of device interfaces
Vehicle audio player (sold separately)
Wired controller or Alpine media player (sold separately)
* The device is embedded with Bluetooth.
External power amplifier (sold separately) 4
Description of device interfaces and their functions
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High voltage level input / output and power interface
The high voltage level input is connected to the power output of the vehicle audio player and the high voltage level output is connected to the loudspeaker.
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Input select switch interface
If the switch is put to "ACC," the device will be started by ACC. If put to "HOST," the device will be started by the high voltage level input signal FL-/FL+.
4 Power lamp
Power lamp.
5 Wired controller interface System extension interface
6 RCA audio out
One set of RCA audio signal output which can be connected to the external power amplifier.
7 USB 2.0 interface
A USB2.0 cable can be used to connect the computer and perform tone tuning and setting in detail.
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Wire pin arrangement
White 20AWG ................ Front left channel output + Purple 20AWG............... Rear right channel output + White / Black 20AWG .....Front left channel output Purple / Black 20AWG ... Rear right channel output Grey 20AWG ................ Front right channel output + Green 20AWG .................Rear left channel output + Grey / Black 20AWG.... Front right channel output Green / Black 20AWG ..... Rear left channel output Grey 20AWG ................. Front right channel input + Grey / Black 20AWG...... Front right channel input White 20AWG ................. Front left channel input + White / Black 20AWG ......Front left channel input Green 20AWG ..................Rear left channel input + Green / Black 20AWG ...... Rear left channel input Purple 20AWG................ Rear right channel input + Purple / Black 20AWG .... Rear right channel input Blue / White 20AWG........ REM OUT Black 18AWG................... GND Red 20AWG...................... ACC Yellow 18AWG ................ +12V
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Description of mobile APP - General User
Master volume
About
Not connected Homepage
Professional user
Please type in a six-digit password Password:
Cancel
OK
1 Master volume 2 Mute button 3 Connection indicator 4 Menu bar 5 Mode switch
6 Homepage
Drag and rotate the volume adjustment fader or click "+" and "-" to adjust the master volume. The volume adjusting range is 0~35.
Mute the master volume
When the Bluetooth icon is red, the mobile phone Bluetooth is not connected; when it is green, the mobile phone Bluetooth is connected.
Check device version.
Switch between General User mode and Professional User mode (General User is selected by default).
General User mode only supports quick operations including audio source switch, pre-set sound effects recall and saving, and device version check.
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Description of mobile APP - Professional User
Master volume
Not connected Homepage
General User
Encryption Shutdown delay Share sound effect Save sound effect Online sound effect Local sound effect Device temperature EQ gain step size About
Channel Delay Frequency combination
1 Menu bar 2 Mode switch 3 Interface selection
You can encrypt data, set shutdown delay, share sound effect, save sound effect, select online effect, select local effect, check device temperature, set EQ gain step, and check version number.
Switch between General User mode and Professional User mode. Type in 6-digit password "888888" to enter Professional User mode, which supports professional tuning operation.
Profession User mode has 5 pages of different functions of tuning, namely Homepage, EQ, Channel, Delay and Frequency combination.
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Description of mobile APP - Homepage
Homepage Master audio source
High level
Bluetooth
Master audio source attenuation
Auxiliary audio source
High level
Bluetooth
Pre-set sound effects
Pre-set 1
Pre-set 2
OFF Pre-set 3
Pre-set 4
Pre-set 5
Pre-set 6
Pre-set operations Recall Save Delete
1 Master audio source Select master audio source (High Level and Bluetooth).
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Master audio source The higher the attenuation of master audio source, the lower the master volume is. The range of
attenuation
attenuation is 0% ~ 100%.
3 Auxiliary audio source Select auxiliary audio source (High Level, Bluetooth and OFF).
4 Pre-set sound effects Save or recall multiple pre-set sound effects.
Caution: If the current audio source mode is selected, this mode cannot be superimposed any more. Otherwise, the auxiliary audio source will be invalid.
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Description of mobile APP - EQ
Graphic EQ
Parametric EQ
Reset EQ
Restore EQ
1 Output channel
Slide left and right to select the output channel for EQ adjustment. There are 6 channels to choose from.
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Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ
Switch between Parametric EQ mode and Graphic EQ mode. Mode switch would lead to loss of all settings.
3 Gain
Pull the fader up and down to adjust the gain. The adjustable range is: -12.0dB ~ +12.0dB.
Adjust the frequency, Q value and gain of the output channel. The gain is adjustable but the 4 Frequency, Q value, Gain frequency and Q value are fixed in the Graphic EQ interface. The frequency, Q value and
gain are all adjustable in the Parametric EQ interface.
5 Reset EQ
Reset EQ setting.
6 Restore EQ, Direct EQ
Switch the tuned EQ data to direct state, click it again to restore the EQ data before Direct EQ setting.
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Description of mobile APP - Channel
Debugging prompt Please select the debugging mode
Copy channel EQ / volume from Left to Right Copy channel EQ / volume from Right to Left
Cancel
OK
Lock prompt Please confirm if the output configuration is locked?
Cancel
OK
Channel (CH-1)
Debugging Gain
Locking
Reset
Channel phase Channel type
Normal Reverse phase phase
Front left full frequency
High pass
Low pass
Type
Empty
Type
Empty
Slope
Slope
Frequency
Frequency
Reset prompt
After system reset, the output mode of the power amplifier will change. Please confirm that the channels of the high pitch speakers after system reset are the same with those of the current system, then increase the volume and listen, so as to prevent the speakers from burning out.
Cancel
Clear
Default
Channel type
Rear-middle high-frequency Left ultralow frequency Ultralow frequency
Cancel
Confirm
Linkwitz-Riley Butterworth Bessel
1 Debugging
The debugging modes to choose from include "Copy channel EQ / volume from left to right" or "Copy channel EQ / volume from right to left".
2 Locking
You can lock the current channel type.
3 Reset channel type
Select "Clear" to set the current channel type as Empty; select "Default" to set the current channel type as Factory setting.
4 Channel gain
Push the fader left and right to adjust the channel volume in the range of -60dB ~ +6dB; click the speaker button to mute.
5 Channel phase
Select the channel phase (normal phase or reverse phase).
6 Channel type
Select the output channel type in the pop-up window.
7 Divider
Turn on or off the low-pass filter.
8 Filter type
Select filter type (Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth or Bessel). Caution: If the slope is -6dB/Oct, the type is not settable.
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Frequency divider slope
Select the divider slope (-6dB/Oct, -12dB/Oct, -18dB/Oct, -24dB/Oct, -30dB/Oct, -36dB/Oct, -42dB/Oct, or -48dB/Oct).
10 Divider frequency
Select the divider frequency (between 20Hz and 20kHz).
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Description of mobile APP - Delay
Delay
Delay setting (CH-3)
Millisecond
Centimeter
Delay group
Inch
None
Cancel
Delay group
OK
Front left full frequency
Normal Reverse phase phase
Normal Reverse Front right full frequency phase phase
Rear left full frequency
Normal Reverse phase phase
Rear right full frequency
Normal Reverse phase phase
Left ultralow frequency
Normal Reverse phase phase
Right ultralow frequency
Normal Reverse phase phase
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Speaker
Select the speaker of the corresponding channel, click the speaker to mute it, click it again to cancel mute.
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Delay setting
Select the corresponding speaker, push the fader left and right on the pop-up window to adjust the delay, or click "+" and "-" to adjust the delay.
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Unit of delay
Units of delay to choose from include ms, cm, and inch. Adjusting range: 0.000 ~ 7.354 milliseconds, 0 ~ 254 centimeters, and 0 ~ 100 inches.
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Delay group
There are 3 delay groups to choose from for each channel.
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Description of mobile APP - Frequency combination
Frequency combination (CH-1)
Switch prompt
If you switch mode, the set data will be cleared. Are you sure to continue?
Cancel
OK
Active input High level 1
Passive input
High level 2
High level 3
High level 4
Bluetooth Left
Bluetooth Right
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Active or passive output
Keep the default setting as "Passive". Warning: if changed, you will lose the sound mixer setting of this channel.
2 Input channel
Push the fader left and right or press "+" and "-" to adjust the volume of each audio source in the channel to achieve the purpose of sound mixing and frequency mixing.
Caution: It is strongly recommended to set the total volume of a channel to 100 to avoid clipping.
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Interface of PC software
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EQ Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
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File Options Encryption Temperature Master volume Homepage Delay Frequency combination Front left full frequency Front right full frequency Rear left full frequency Rear right full frequency Left ultralow frequency Right ultralow frequency EQ gain step size Band Frequency Q value Gain Direct Reset EQ Restore EQ Channel setting Debugging Locking Reset Gain Phase Normal phase High-pass filter Type Frequency Slope Empty Low-pass filter Graphic EQ Parametric EQ Master audio source selection Auxiliary audio source selection High level Bluetooth Master audio source attenuation OFF Pre-set sound effects Online sound effects Pre-set 1 Pre-set 2 Pre-set 3 Pre-set 4 Pre-set 5 Pre-set 6 Click the right mouse button to delete pre-set sound effects Normal phase Delay group High level 1 High level 2 High level 3 High level 4 Bluetooth Left Bluetooth Right Passive input Active input
Description of PC software
1 Temperature display Detect the temperature on the device surface.
2 File
Load or save scene files on PC, load or save all scene files.
3 Options
Firmware update, noise gate, restore factory settings, shutdown delay, switch between English and Chinese, check the version number.
4 Encryption
Enter a 6-digit encryption password to encrypt the tuned sound effect data.
5 EQ gain step size
Step size can be chosen from the range: 0.1dB ~ 0.5dB ~ 1.0dB.
6 Mute button
Mute the master volume
7 Master volume
Push the fader left and right to adjust the master volume in the range of 0 ~ 35.
8 Homepage
Master audio source selection (High Level and Bluetooth), auxiliary audio source selection (High Level, Bluetooth and OFF), master audio source attenuation adjustment, pre-set sound effects recall and saving, and recall of multiple sets of online sound effects are supported.
9 EQ
Enter the EQ interface to go to the professional tuning interface.
10 Delay
Enter the Delay interface, set the delay value, unit of delay and delay group.
11 Frequency combination Enter the Frequency combination interface, Sound mixing and Frequency mixing setting.
12 Output channel display Display the output channel curve.
13 EQ curve
Display the current EQ curve status, set the frequency, Q value and gain.
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Frequency, Q value, Gain
Adjust the frequency, Q value and gain of the output channel. The gain is adjustable but the frequency and Q value are fixed in the Graphic EQ interface. The frequency, Q value and gain are all adjustable in the Parametric EQ interface.
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Parametric EQ, Graphic Switch between Parametric EQ mode and Graphic EQ mode. Mode switch would lead to
EQ
loss of all settings.
16 Low-pass filter
Turn on or off the low-pass filter to cut off high frequency. Select filter type (Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth or Bessel). Select the divider frequency (between 20Hz and 20kHz). Select the divider slope (-6dB/Oct, -12dB/Oct, -18dB/Oct, -24dB/Oct, -30dB/Oct, 36dB/Oct, -42dB/Oct, or -48dB/Oct).
17 High-pass filter
Turn on or off the high-pass filter to cut off low frequency. Select filter type (Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth or Bessel). Select the divider frequency (between 20Hz and 20kHz). Select the divider slope (-6dB/Oct, -12dB/Oct, -18dB/Oct, -24dB/Oct, -30dB/Oct, 36dB/Oct, -42dB/Oct, or -48dB/Oct).
18 Channel phase
Select the channel phase (normal phase or reverse phase).
19 Channel gain
Push the fader left and right to adjust the channel gain, that it, to adjust the volume of the output channel; the adjustable range is: -60dB ~ +6dB.
20 Reset channel type
Select "Clear" to set the current channel type as Empty; select "Default" to set the current channel type as Factory setting.
21 Locking
You can lock the current channel type.
22 Debugging
The debugging modes to choose from include "Copy channel EQ / volume from left to right" or "Copy channel EQ / volume from right to left".
Switch the tuned EQ data to direct state, click it again to restore the EQ data before Direct 23 Direct EQ, Restore EQ EQ setting.
24 Reset EQ
Reset EQ setting.
25 Output channel
There are 6 output channels to choose from. Configure the type of output channel. Click the speaker button to mute.
26 Connection indicator
Connect the PC and the host machine with a USB cable. Open the software to connect the device. Click it again to turn off the connection.
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Specification parameters
Dynamic range SNR (RCA) Background noise Channel resolution THD Input voltage Output voltage Rated power Maximum power Input / output sensitivity
Frequency response System sampling rate Input impedance Output impedance
Operating voltage Quiescent current Stand-by power consumption REM startup input REM startup output Startup time Operating ambient temperature Storage temperature Net weight Dimensions
98dB 95dB High level: 75uVrms; RCA: 12uVrms 75dB 0.01% High level: 28Vpp High level: 28Vpp; RCA: 6.5Vpp 4CHX25W (4, 14.4V, 1kHz, 10%THD) 4CHX50W (4, 14.4V, 1kHz, 10%THD) 1:1.25 (no power amplification)
20Hz 20kHz
48kHz/24bit High level: 20 51
916V
2.3mA (in off state) 0.1W High level (FL-/FL+) or AAC optional 12V (0.2A) 10s -20~60°C -40~85°C 1.2kg 160mmX140mmX38mm
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Functional parameters
Input signals Output signals Signal gain of output channel
Output signal equalizer
Output signal frequency divider
Output phase Output delay Pre-set sound effects
4 channels of high level, high resolution Bluetooth
4 channels of high level, 2 channels of RCA audio
Range: mute, -60dB ~ +6dB
Type: parametric EQ, graphic EQ Frequency: 20Hz ~ 20kHz, resolution: 1Hz Q value (slope or gradient): 0.404~28.852 Gain: -12.0dB ~ +12.0dB, resolution: 0.1dB ~ 0.5dB ~ 1.0dB
Each output channel is equipped with independent multi-order high-pass filter, Filter type: Linkwitz-Riley, Bessel, Butterworth Filter cross-over frequency: 20Hz ~ 20kHz, resolution: 1Hz Filter slope (gradient): -6dB/Oct~-48dB/Oct
Normal phase or reverse phase (0°/180°)
0.000~7.354ms, 0~254cm, 0~100inch
Multiple sets of pre-set sound effects data can be saved in the device, call of online sound effects is supported
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