ALPINE PXE-R80-8 8 Sound Track High Sound Quality Audio Processing Amplifier Owner’s Manual

ALPINE PXE-R80-8 8 Sound Track High Sound Quality Audio Processing Amplifier

Specifications

• Model: PXE-R80-8
• Product Type: 8-Sound Track High-Sound-Quality Audio Processing Amplifier
• Compatibility: iPhone and Android devices
• Power Supply: 12V negative-grounded vehicles

Product Usage Instructions

Installation
To install the PXE-R80-8 amplifier, follow these steps:

1. Ensure the vehicle is turned off and disconnect the battery.
2. Mount the amplifier in a suitable location within the vehicle, ensuring proper ventilation.
3. Connect the amplifier to the vehicle’s power supply according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
4. Connect the audio input and output cables to the appropriate ports on the amplifier.
5. Secure all connections and cables properly to avoid interference.

App Installation:
To control the device using the mobile app, follow these steps:

1. For iPhone users, download the “Alpine Music” app from the App Store.
2. For Android users, scan the QR code provided or download the app directly.

Usage:
After installation and app setup, you can use the amplifier as follows:

• Adjust sound settings using the mobile app for EQ, channel selection, delay, and frequency combination.
• Maintain a safe volume level while driving to ensure external noises are audible.
• If any issues arise, stop using the device immediately and seek professional assistance.

FAQ

• What should I do if I encounter problems with the amplifier?
  If you experience issues with the amplifier, stop using it immediately to prevent any personal injury or damage. Contact an authorized Alpine dealer or service center for repair.
• Can I wire and install the amplifier myself?
  It is recommended to have professionals handle the wiring and installation of the product due to safety reasons. Contact your dealer for professional installation.

Operating Instructions

Type of precautions 

• Prohibition 
  Indicates a prohibited action (must not be performed).
• Prohibition 
  Indicates that disassembly is prohibited.
• Mandatory 
  Indicates a mandatory operation (must be performed).

Warning

• 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 to repair.
• The product is only suitable for the 12V negative-grounded vehicles.
  Otherwise, it may lead to an accident like fire, etc.
• Please call the professionals to wire and install.
  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.
  Any function that may influence your attention should be used only when the vehicle is stopped completely. To use these functions, please first stop your vehicle in a safe area. 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.

Caution

• 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-R80-8 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 that Bluetooth SIG, Inc. Alpine Electronics has been authorized to use these text marks and logos. Other trademarks and names all belong to their holders.

Tools that may be required (depending on the vehicle)

Accessory list

Diagram of device interfaces

1	External Bluetooth input interface	Select HD Bluetooth as the input signal, or connect to the PXE-R80-8 mobile tuning APP. After the APP is successfully connected, the Bluetooth icon is constant on.
2	USB 2.0 interface	A USB2.0 cable can be used to connect the computer and perform tone tuning and setting in detail.
3	Wired controller interface	Volume adjustment, audio source selection and data recall can be performed by connecting the wired controller.
4	Ambient light interface	Connecting the ambient light interface to control the operation of ambient light.
5	RCA audio input	One set of RCA audio signal input which can connect the RCA audio signal output of the vehicle audio player.
6	High-voltage-level input interface	Connected to the high-voltage-level output of the vehicle audio player.
7	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 H1-/H1+.
8	Power lamp	Power lamp.
9	Protection display lamp	Protection display lamp.
10	High-voltage-level output interface	Connect the power amplifier output of the device to speakers.
11	RCA audio out	Four sets of RCA audio signal output which can be connected to the external power amplifier.
12	Vehicle audio player	Connect the vehicle audio player.
13	External power amplifier	Connect the external power amplifier

Wire pin arrangement

Description of mobile APP

Start page

1	Master volume	Drag and rotate the volume adjustment fader or click “+” and “-” to adjust the master volume. The volume adjusting range is 0 ~ 35.
2	Mute button	Mute the master volume
3	Connection indicator	When the Bluetooth icon is red, the mobile phone Bluetooth is not connected; when it is green, the mobile phone Bluetooth is connected.
4	Menu bar	You can encrypt data, protect DSP treble, set built-in power amplifier, share sound effect, save sound effect, select online effect, select local effect, set shutdown delay, check X- Over divider data (with channel setting data available), reset device parameters, set EQ gain step size, set channel gain step size, check device temperature, check device voltage and check version number.
5	Interface selection	Five pages of different functions of tuning, namely Homepage, EQ, Channel, Delay and Frequency combination.

Homepage

1	Master audio source	Switch master audio source (Bluetooth, high voltage level and low voltage level).
2	Master audio source attenuation	The higher the attenuation of master audio source, the lower the master volume is. The range of attenuation is 0% ~ 100%.
3	Auxiliary audio source	Switch auxiliary audio source (Bluetooth, high voltage level, low voltage level and off).
4	Pre-set sound effects	Save or recall multiple pre-set sound effects.

EQ

1	Output channel	Slide left and right to select the output channel for EQ adjustment. There are 8 channels to choose from.
2	Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ	Switch between Parametric EQ mode and Graphic EQ mode. Mode switch would lead to loss of all settings.
3	EQ curve	Display the current EQ curve status, set the frequency, Q value and gain.
4	Gain	Pull the fader up and down to adjust the gain. The adjustable range is: -12.0dB ~ +12.0dB.
5	Allpass, Frequency, Q value, Gain	Adjust the frequency, Q value and gain of the output channel. The frequency and Q value are adjustable in the Allpass mode. The gain is adjustable but the frequency and Q value are fixed in the Graphic EQ mode. The frequency, Q value and gain are all adjustable in the Parametric EQ mode.
6	Reset EQ	Reset EQ setting.
7	Restore EQ, Direct EQ	Switch the tuned EQ data to direct state, click it again to restore the EQ data before Direct EQ setting.

Channel

1	Mute control	Select mute or unmute all channels with just one key.
2	Channel volume	Push the fader left and right to adjust the channel volume in the range of -60dB ~ +6dB; click the speaker button to mute.
3	Channel phase	Select the channel phase (normal phase or reverse phase).
4	Channel type	Select the channel type in the pull-down menu.
5	Bass phase	Adjust the low pitch phase of output channel in the range of 0° ~ 360°.
6	Reset channel type	You can set the current channel type as Factory setting.
7	Debugging	Select the debugging modes, including “Copy channel EQ / volume from left to right” or “Copy channel EQ / volume from right to left”.
8	Divider	Turn on or off High-pass/Low-pass.
9	Filter type	Select filter type (Linkwitz-Riley, Butterworth or Bessel).
10	Frequency divider slope	Select the divider slope (-6dB/Oct, -12dB/Oct, -18dB/Oct, -24dB/Oct, -30dB/Oct, – 36dB/Oct, -42dB/Oct, or -48dB/Oct).
11	Divider frequency	Select the divider frequency (between 20Hz and 20kHz).

Delay

1	Speaker	Select the speaker of the corresponding channel, click the speaker to mute it, click it again to cancel mute.
2	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.
3	Unit of delay	Units of delay to choose from include ms, cm, and inch. Adjusting range: 0.000 ~ 8.000 milliseconds, 0 ~ 277 centimeters, and 0 ~ 109 inches.
4	Delay group	There are 4 delay groups to choose from for each channel. You can mute the channels and adjust the normal phase and reverse phase.

Frequency combination

1	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.

Description of PC software

Homepage

1	Temperature display	Detect the temperature on the device surface.
2	File	Load or save scene files on PC, and load or save all scene files.
3	Options	DSP treble protection, firmware update, noise gate, built-in power amplifier, X-Over divider data (with channel setting data available), restore factory settings, shutdown delay, switch between English and Chinese, check the version number.
4	Encryption	Enter a 6-digit password to encrypt the tuned sound effect data.
5	Device voltage display	Detect the system operation voltage.
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	Clipping                    distortion indicator	When the clipping distortion indicator shows yellow, it reminds the user to adjust the device to make the signal balanced and in a distortion-free state. When the adjustment is completed, the indicator shows gray (gray by default).
9	Master audio source attenuation	The higher the attenuation of master audio source, the lower the master volume is. The range of attenuation is 0% ~ 100%.
10	Pre-set sound effects	Multiple sets of pre-set sound effects can be saved or recalled, and recall of online sound effects is supported.
11	Auxiliary audio source selection	Switch auxiliary audio source (Bluetooth, high voltage level, low voltage level and off).
12	Master audio source selection	Switch master audio source (Bluetooth, high voltage level and low voltage level).
13	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.

EQ

1	EQ gain step size	Step size can be chosen from the range: 0.1dB ~ 0.5dB ~ 1.0dB.
2	Output channel display	Display the output channel curve.
3	EQ curve	Display the current EQ curve status, adjust EQ graphics, set the frequency, Q value and gain.
4	Allpass, Frequency, Q value, Gain	Adjust the frequency, Q value and gain of the output channel. The frequency and Q value are adjustable in the Allpass mode. The gain is adjustable but the frequency and Q value are fixed in the Graphic EQ mode. The frequency, Q value and gain are all adjustable in the Parametric EQ mode.
5	Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ	Switch between Parametric EQ mode and Graphic EQ mode. Mode switch would lead to loss of all settings.
6	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).
7	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).
8	Channel phase	Select the channel phase (normal phase or reverse phase).
9	Bass phase	Adjust the low pitch phase of output channel in the range of 0° ~ 360°.

10	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.
11	Debugging	Select “Copy channel EQ / volume from left to right” or “Copy channel EQ / volume from right to left”.
12	Reset channel type	You can set the current channel type as Factory setting.
13	Mute control	Select mute or unmute all channels with just one key.
14	Reset EQ	Reset EQ setting.
15	Restore EQ, Direct EQ	Switch the tuned EQ data to direct state, click it again to restore the EQ data before Direct EQ setting.
16	Output channel	There are 8 output channels to choose from. Configure the type of output channel. Click the speaker button to mute.

Delay

1	Delay setting	Select the corresponding speaker, push the fader left and right to adjust the delay, or just enter the value to adjust the delay.
2	Unit of delay	Units of delay to choose from include ms, cm, and inch. Adjusting range: 0.000 ~ 8.000 milliseconds, 0 ~ 277 centimeters, and 0 ~ 109 inches.
3	Speaker, phase	Select the speaker of the corresponding channel, and click the speaker to mute it; and you can click it again to cancel mute. You can also adjust the normal phase and reverse phase.
4	Delay group	There are 4 delay groups to choose from for each channel.

Frequency combination

1	Active or passive output	Keep the default setting as “Passive”. Warning: if changed, you will lose the sound mixer setting of this channel.
2	Channel type	The settings of channel type selection are supported.
3	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.

Specification parameters

Dynamic range	≥100dB
SNR (RCA)	≥100dB
Background noise	High-voltage-level: 95uVrms; RCA: 15uVrms
Channel resolution	≥80dB
THD	≤0.01%
Input voltage	High-voltage-level: 28Vpp; RCA: 6Vpp
Output voltage	RCA: 6Vpp
Rated power	8CH×35W (4Ω, 14.4V, 1kHz, 10%THD)
Maximum power	8CH×70W (4Ω, 14.4V, 1kHz, 10%THD)
Input / output sensitivity (RCA)	1:1 (no power amplification)
Frequency response	20Hz ~ 20kHz
System sampling rate	48kHz/24bit
Input impedance	RCA: 15kΩ; high voltage level: 4.7Ω
Output impedance	51Ω
Operating voltage	9 ~ 16V
Quiescent current	≤3mA (in off state)
Stand-by power consumption	≤0.1W
REM startup input	High voltage level (H1-/H1+), ACC optional
REM startup output	12V (0.2A)
Startup time	10s
Operating ambient temperature	-20 ~ 70℃
Storage temperature	-40 ~ 85℃
Net weight	2.4kg
Dimensions	216mm×204mm×47.5mm

Functional parameters

Input signals	6 channels of high-voltage-level, 2 channels of RCA audio and high resolution Bluetooth
Output signals	8 channels of high voltage level, and 8 channels of RCA audio
Signal gain of output channel	Range: mute, -60.0dB ~ +6.0dB
Output signal equalizer	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
Output signal frequency divider	Each output channel is equipped with independent multi-order high-pass filter, Filter type: Linkwitz-Riley, Bessel or Butterworth Filter cross-over frequency: 20Hz ~ 20kHz; resolution: 1Hz Filter slope (gradient): -6dB/Oct ~ -48dB/Oct
Output phase	Normal phase or reverse phase (0° ~ 360°)
Output delay	0.000 ~ 8.000ms, 0 ~ 277cm, 0 ~ 109inch
Pre-set sound effects	Multiple sets of pre-set sound effects data can be saved in the device, call of online sound effects is supported

Documents / Resources

ALPINE PXE-R80-8 8 Sound Track High Sound Quality Audio Processing Amplifier [pdf] Owner's Manual PXE-R80-8 8 Sound Track High Sound Quality Audio Processing Amplifier, PXE-R80-8, 8 Sound Track High Sound Quality Audio Processing Amplifier, Sound Quality Audio Processing Amplifier, Audio Processing Amplifier, Processing Amplifier

References

• User Manual