Blaupunkt ALICE SPRINGS 500 Installation Instructions

CAR MULTIMEDIA

ALICE SPRINGS 500

Operating and Installation Instructions

CAUTIONS

Safety Notes

This car radio has been manufactured according to
established safety guidelines. However, dangers may still
occur if the safety notes in this manual is not observed.
This manual is intended to familiarize the user with the
car radio’s important functions. Read this carefully, prior
to using the car radio. Keep this manual in an easily
accessible location. In addition, do observe the
instructions of the devices used in conjunction with this
car radio

Road Safety

Always observe the following notes for road safety:

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Car radio must be used in a way that compliments
safety of the user when driving the vehicle. It is
recommended for the user to park at an appropriate
location when operating the car radio. While
driving, user is not recommended to use
applications that can be prone to distraction e.g.
streaming to medias etc.

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Radios with Navigation : User is recommended to
proceed with proposed driving routes only if it does
not violate any trac regulations. Local trac signs
and regulations always prevail over the routes
proposed.

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User is advised to keep the volume of the car radio
to a moderate level for the protection of the ears
and to increase the ability to hear any emergency
warning signals (e.g. police and ambulance sirens).
Do not increase the car radio volume while the car
radio is muted as it is not audible. The car radio
volume can be too loud when the car radio is
unmuted.

General Safety Notes:

Observe the following for protection against injuries:

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This car radio is intended for installation and
operation in a vehicle with 12V vehicle system
outage, hence the radio unit must be installed in a
DIN slot. Observe the output limits of the car radio.
Do not dismantle or modify the car radio.
Installation and repairs, if necessary, should be
performed by a specialist. We are not liable for any
loss or damage caused or resulting from
unauthorized disassembly or modication to the
product.

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This car radio’s core components may result to
damage when the car is driven on bumpy roads for
a prolonged period of time or if it is used to play
non-standard or severely damaged discs.

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Please do not operate the car radio under extreme
temperature conditions (extremely high
temperature or extremely low temperature); make
sure that temperature within the car ranges from

-20°C to 80°C before you connect the car radio to
the power supply.

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For abnormalities, please refer to the
“Troubleshooting” section. If the problem cannot be
resolved, please press the Reset button to recover
its factory settings. Otherwise, please contact
respective installer/seller directly for help.

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As SD/USB le formats, codecs, bitrate, resolution
and other parameters available in the market are
not all the same, there is no guarantee that this car
radio can play all media le formats.

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Dierent cars may have dierent congurations. It is
normal that some CAN-Bus functions cannot be
enabled because it is not supported by the user’s
car or this car radio.

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Solvents, cleaning and scouring agents as well as
dashboard spray and plastics care products may
contain materials which can damage the surface
and screen of the car radio. Use only dry or slightly
moistened cloth to clean the car radio surface and
screen.

This manual may be updated from time to time without
any notice.

Disclaimer

In no event shall Blaupunkt be liable for any direct,
indirect, punitive, incidental, special consequential
damages to property or life and whatsoever arising out
of or connected with the use or misuse of our products.

USA & CANADA: This product is not intended for sale in
the United States and Canada. If purchased in the U.S. or
Canada, this product is purchased on as-is basis. No
warranty, whether expressed or implied is provided in
the U.S. or Canada.

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CAUTIONS

Disposal Notes

Do not dispose of your old unit in the
household trash!
Use the return and collection systems
available to dispose of the old device.

Radios with Detachable Panel - Damage to the
control panel

Never drop the control panel.

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Transport the control panel so that it is protected

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against impacts and the contacts cannot become
dirty.
Do not expose the control panel to direct sunlight

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or another heat source.
Avoid direct skin contact

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Scope of Delivery

Car sound system

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Operating / installation instructions

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Remote control (include battery)

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Connecting cable

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KEY FUNCTIONS

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Functions

Microphone

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Power Button

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• Press and hold turn on or turn o

• Press to mute or unmute

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Eject

4

Home Page

5

Increase Volume

6

Decrease Volume

7

IR

8

AUX IN

9

USB

10

RESET Button

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MicroSD Card Slot

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REMOTE CONTROL

REMOTE CONTROL

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Press to switch between media RADIO-DISC-USB-

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SD-AUXIN

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2

Press to turn on or o

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Press to switch between media RADIO-DISC-USB­SD-AUXIN

Up button

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4

Radio mode : Press to select radio band FM1-FM2­FM3-AM1-AM2. Press and hold for automatic radio
stations scan and save

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Playback mode :

- Band : Press to enter manual selection

- System : Press to switch the system

Press to Enter to select the preferred option

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Left button

6

Down button

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Playback mode :

- Replay : Press to repeat the track/ chapter

- Stop : Press to stop

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Playback mode :

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- Stereo : Press to switch between mono or stereo
mode

- Programme : Press to select the programme

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Playback mode :

- Automatic music search : Press and hold to search
stations

- Repeat : Press to repeat 1/All

11

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Radio mode : Press to decrease radio frequency
manually. Press and hold to decrease radio
frequency automatically

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Playback mode : Press to skip to previous track/
chapter. Press & hold to fast reverse current track.

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Playback mode :

- Localizer : Switch between Local (reduce receiv
ing sensitivity when searching stations) or Remote
(receive weak stations signal) searching.

- Random : Press to turn on or o shue play

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Press to enter on screen display

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Playback control mode : Press to go to main menu
(subject to media le’s setting)

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Digit button

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Pause/Play

17

Mute/ Unmute

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Press to go to title (subject to media le’s setting)

19

Press to select the media’s subtitle (subject to
media le’s setting)

20

Right button

21

Press to go to setting

22

Press to change the viewing angle (subject to media
le’s setting)

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Press to slow play the track/chapter

23

Increase volume

24

Press to adjust screen ratio

25

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Press to access to BAS/ TRE/ BAL/ FAD setting

26

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Press to conrm option

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Radio mode : Press to increase radio frequency

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manually. Press and hold to increase radio frequen
cy automatically
Playback mode : Press to skip to next track/

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chapter. Press & hold to fast forward current
track.

Decrease volume

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Press to select audio sound track

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Press to skip to next 10th track/ chapter

30

Press to fast search track by entering desired

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track number

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OPERATION

HOME PAGE

BLUETOOTH

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Pre-pair Bluetooth

Ensure mobile phone supports Bluetooth function
before pairing. Dierent mobile phone will have
dierent emissive power. To get the best
connection, the recommended distance range is
3m without any object obstruction.

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Pairing

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Turn on mobile phone’s Bluetooth to set up.
(Please refer to the instruction manual of the
mobile phone on how to operate Bluetooth)
“ALICE SPRINGS 500” should appear on your
available Bluetooth scanning list.

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Select “ALICE SPRINGS 500” then insert password
“0000”, if password is required. Select conrm but
tons when pairing prompt message appear. will
appear in white colour in the Home Page
when pairing successful.

PHONELINK
Android - Support iOS & Android

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Pre-pair PhoneLink

iOS : Supported 1 way control

Go to mobile phone’s Settings to turn on the

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personal hotspot.

Android : Supported 2 way control

Go to mobile phone’s Settings to connect to car

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radio’s Bluetooth (for audio output) and enable
USB debugging (Please refer to the instruction
manual of mobile phone on how to operate USB
debugging and Bluetooth setting).

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Pairing

Connect the unit with smartphone using USB
cable. The unit will begin to project smartphone’s
display when pairing successful.

GENERAL

Power supply (12V)
Current consumption
Max. power output
Dimension (WxLxH)
Weight

......................................................................................1.52kg

Operation temperature
Screen size

.......................................................................... 6.2 inch

Resolution

.......................................................... 1024 x 600 pixel

Aspect ratio

FM Stereo Radio

Frequency range
Preset memory stations

AM/MW Radio

Frequency range
Preset memory stations

Audio Specication

Frequency response

Input

CD/ DVD/ VCD/ USB 2.0/ MicroSD

Aux-in

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Bluetooth

Prole 4.2

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..................................................................... 4:3 / 16:9

................................................. 87.5 - 108MHz

................................................. 522 - 1620kHz

........................................................................................... RCA

.............................HFP, PBAP, A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, SPP

.............................................10 V ~ 16 V DC

................................................. max. 15 A

.......................................................... 4 x 50W

.....................................178 x 164 x 97mm

........................................ -20°C ~ 60°C

........................................................... 18

........................................................... 12

.............................................. 63Hz-16kHz

...........Audio : MP3, FLAC

Video : AVI, MP4

Image : JPG

TROUBLESHOOTING

If any of the following problem occur, please resort to Troubleshooting for the possible solutions. Consult Blaupunkt
authorized dealer if problem persist.

Problems

Unable to start up

No sound

Dim screen or
black-&-white screen
while playing video
Slow in SD card
reading

No rear-view reverse
image

Unable to search
radio stations

Possible Causes

The car key is not inserted into the
ignition; ignition is o
Power Cable is not inserted into the
main body.
Burnt power fuse .
Drained car battery.
Audio cables are not properly connected
to the unit.
Mute setting is on.
Low volume.
No sound from front, rear, left & right
speakers due to Fade-Balance settings.
Brightness, contrast ratio and color
values are excessively adjusted.

The pixel of the picture le exceeds this
system’s capacity.
SD card may contain corrupted les or
virus.
The rear camera is not appropriately
connected with power supply.
Camera’s signal line not plugged in.

Radio’s antenna is not well inserted.

Solutions

Insert the car key and turn on the ignition.

Insert the power cable.

Replace it with a new fuse.
Charge or replace the car battery.
Ensure proper connection of the audio cables.

Unmute the volume.
Adjust the volume.
Select Equalizer from Home Page to adjust setting.

Ensure brightness, color and contrast ratio values
are in normal range.

Replace it with a new audio/video SD card with
compatible le formats.

Examine the camera’s power supply connectivity.

Insert the camera’s signal line into the interface
port of this unit.
Ensure radio antenna is properly installed.

WIRING DIAGRAM

WIRE

BROWN
GREEN
BROWN
YELLOW
WHITE
WHITE
YELLOW
WHITE
RED
RED
YELLOW
RED

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-

C

FRONT CAM
SUB
REAR CAM
AUX-V-IN
A-OUT_FL
A-OUT_RL
V-OUT2
AUX-A-IN_L
A-OUT_FR
A-OUT_RR
V-OUT1
AUX-A-IN_R
RADIO ANT
TV ANT

A

B

NO.

WIRE

1

PURPLE

2

GREY

3

WHITE

4

GREEN

5

PURPLE/BLACK

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GREY/BLACK

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WHITE/BLACK

8

GREEN/BLACK

NO.

GPSKEY2

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A

RR+
FR+
FL+
RL+
RR­FR­FL­RL-

C

1

5

9

NO.

WIRE

1

PINK

2

BROWN

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BLUE

4

RED

5

ORANGE/BLACK

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YELLOW

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ORANGE

8

BLACK

2

3

4

6

7

8

10

11

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B

BRAKING
KEY
AUTO ANT+
12V+ACC
REAR CAM
BATTERY+
ILL
GND

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