Alpine 4-Channel Car Deck with Built-in Bluetooth UTE-73BT

With advanced Bluetooth® wireless technology, audio streaming, and FLAC support, the UTE-73BT mech-less digital receiver delivers quality phone calls and playback of various digital music files so you stay in touch and in tune.

This one-stop music player has an LCD display with one-line, RGB illumination for your choice of display color. The new high-contrast LCD display has five times the contrast of a conventional screen, so the display is always easy to read.

Alpine's signature rotary knob makes controlling all your music a breeze. This unit also comes with a convenient front panel auxiliary input - so you or your passenger can plug in a portable media player as an additional source.

For unrivaled sound quality, expect nothing less than the best. This car stereo uses a 24-Bit DAC for ultimate sound quality with all your digital media sources. The 3-band parametric EQ and high pass/low pass crossover lets you do fine-tune your sound system. This car stereo can playback FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files via USB, for a more accurate listening experience.

Don't get caught holding your phone while driving. This car stereo is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology so you can carry on your phone conversations without additional adapters or headpieces.

This unit comes with all that's needed for Bluetooth convenience. This car stereo 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 and taking phone calls has never been more convenient. You can set up your cell phone/head unit to automatically answer your calls. 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 UTE-73BT’s preset buttons to quickly jump through your phone book, making navigation through large phone books much faster.

To bring sound balance to your hands-free experience, you can adjust the car stereo'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.

Do you have a large music library on your Bluetooth-enabled smartphone? This car stereo can stream and control your smartphone's music via Bluetooth wireless technology. Want to listen to music from your iPhone without plugging-in? Stream your music via the Bluetooth connection. Whether you have music on your iPhone locally, on iTunes Match, or select third-party audio apps, the stereo can stream your tunes. If you have an Android smartphone, the car stereo is compatible with Android AOA (Android Open Accessory) 2.0. Use the USB connection to access AOA for better sound and control over basic Bluetooth® audio streaming. These functions are delivered through the faceplate keys.

If your car has factory Bluetooth steering wheel controls, then it will also control your stereo's built-in Bluetooth functions. Or, control the UTE-73BT 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. The car stereo is also compatible with the RUE-4204 Wireless Remote Control (sold separately).

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 UTE-73BT 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.

Listen to even more music from your iPhone or iPod with App Direct Mode. This 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.

This car stereo can display song name, artist name, and radio station name if this data is broadcasted by the radio station.

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

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 your car stereo. For a true power upgrade, add-on the 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).