User manual ALPINE KCE-635UB

[. . . ] Content from websites with user generated content, such as YouTube become also more popular these days. We will give you an idea how to get such content into your car with the KCE-635UB. Finally, we will show you how to analyze a video file in order to be able to determine if KCE-635UB can play it back without prior conversion. [. . . ] Higher bitrates don't necessarily improve the image quality, but inflate file sizes and may cause problems in playback. 2. 4 Compatibility Guideline The chart below (taken from the KCE-635UBs Owner`s Manual) gives an indication about files which can be played back by the KCE-6335UB. Sometimes encoders add invalid data to the header of a video file that prevent playback on KCE-635UB although all parameters seem to be within specification. 2. The answer to this question depends on what you are going to do with your video files. If you are going to use them with the KCE-635UB only, you might want to stick to DIVX, if you use another portable device, MPEG4 or Windows Media might be better for you. However, it is likely that you are required to process separate files for your KCE-635UB and another portable device. The resolution you choose for your video files shall not be higher than the resolution of the screen. This may sound low compared to a PC monitor which won't do anything less than 1024x768. But nobody will disagree that a DVD delivers a pretty good image quality. Typical in-dash screens are around 7 inches, any resolution from 320x480 will deliver good results. If the resolution of the video material differs from the `native' resolution of the screen, the image will be electronically scaled to fit. As a rule of thumb, try to match the screen's number of lines (234 or 480). Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 ipod MPEG-4 Movie DivX 3 DivX 4 DivX 5 Xvid MPC-MPEG-2 WMV1 (WMV v7) WMV2 (WMV v8) WMV3 (WMV v9) Bitrate 3Mbit/s 3Mbit/s 3Mbit/s 3Mbit/s 3Mbit/s 1. 5Mbit/s 2. 8Mbit/s 3Mbit/s 3Mbit/s 2Mbit/s 2Mbit/s 2Mbit/s Max. Resolution HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 HxV = 414720 720x480 720x480 720x480 File Extension (Container) *. mpg, *. MPEG *. mpg, *. MPEG *. avi, *. mp4 *. mp4 *. avi *. avi *. avi *. avi *. avi *. wmv *. wmv *. wmv Remark Max. Resolution HxV = 414720 For Example: H720xV576 = 414720 H800xV518 = 414720 Max. Resolution : H720xV576 Playback Compatibility Model IVA-D100R/RB IVA-D105R IVA-D106R IVA-D310R IVA-D511R/RB IVA-W200Ri IVA-W202/205R IVA-W502/505R iXA-404R Horizontal 400 400 480 480 800 400 400 800 400 Vertical 234 234 234 234 480 234 234 480 234 Model iXA-W407BT PKG-1000 PKG-2000 PKG-850 TME-M680 TME-M740BT TME-M780 TME-S370 TMI-M990 Horizontal 400 800 800 480 400 800 800 800 800 Vertical 234 480 480 234 234 480 480 480 480 Resolution of ALPINE screens 4 5 KCE-635UB 3. Converting DVDs 3. 1 Commercial Solution 1: allDJ Video Converter Platinum Download from: http://www. alldj. com/video_converter/video_converter. htm Cost: ca. [. . . ] The use is pretty simple: - paste the YouTube link(s) into the Import URLs field. - select Apple iPod 5G as device - select MP4 - High Quality Video (700kbit, MPEG4; Stereo) - click , Download` KCE-635UB 4. Downloading and converting videos from websites with user generated content (YouTube etc. ) 4. 2 Freeware solution 2: DownloadHelper (Add-On for Firefox Browser) Download via the browser`s Add-On search (more information here: http://www. downloadhelper. net/) Whenever video content available for download is detected, the symbol in the browser's navigation line will indicate so. [. . . ]