--- product_id: 26151298 title: "Alpine CDE-163BT Advanced Bluetooth CD Receiver" brand: "alpine" price: "฿594" currency: THB in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/26151298-alpine-cde-163bt-advanced-bluetooth-cd-receiver store_origin: TH region: Thailand --- # Alpine CDE-163BT Advanced Bluetooth CD Receiver **Brand:** alpine **Price:** ฿594 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Alpine CDE-163BT Advanced Bluetooth CD Receiver by alpine - **How much does it cost?** ฿594 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.th](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/26151298-alpine-cde-163bt-advanced-bluetooth-cd-receiver) ## Best For - alpine enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted alpine brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Alpine CDE-163BT Advanced Bluetooth CD Receiver Review: Awesome unit! Helpful install hints for 2002 Tacoma - Watch this video to remove Toyota Tacoma dash. [...] This will make it easy. Once dash is removed and old head unit, remove the old brackets screwed into old head unit. Remove the dash sleeve on the Radio for this model. Mount old brackets onto radio. I bought the Metra 88-00-8000 Toyota Lexus Radio Replacement Pocket 1982-2004. Now remove trim plate from radio face. (Small plastic clips top and bottom). I didn't and had to do it later when trying to seat dash back into clips. It wouldn't snap back in with it on. Seat the Metra pocket under head and seat the holders. Screw in with old screws. Take new Metra 70-1761 Radio Wiring Harness For Toyota 87-Up Power 4 Speaker wire harnesses and snap into one that went directly into old unit. Now take the wiring harness from Alpine and make color coded connections using the red butt connectors. Refer to back of owners manual for specifics. Thread microphone to wherever you want. I threaded mine through th dash and placed on steering cover directly in front of me. Plug in antenna, microphone, clean up wires with zip ties or tape, and connect battery. Make sure unit powers up. Disconnect battery. Reinstall radio and dash. Now your rockin'. I'm stoked! Everything works great! Excellent sound and features. Easy to use. Bluetooth connected to iPhone, Pandora, and the clarity of the calls are good. Happy I bought this. Took me 3 hours to install, but would have taken about 2 if I didn't have to fumble around a few small issues with following Metra instructions to secure to the replacement pocket first and having to install the radio twice to remove the head unit/trim cover. No installation instructions from Alpine and the ones from Metra were vague. I hope this helps. Great unit. Quality made in Thailand.. Next best thing to America. Review: USB interface not what I was expecting - It sounds great, especially the FLAC playback, but it has a poor interface for USB drives. It uses the same interface for both USB drives and MP3 CDs, which makes it very limited in how you can search or browse. Playback and searching (browsing really - there is no alphabetical search for USB) is done in the order the files are stored on the device, which is useless if you have a lot of files and they aren't in order. You can search either by folder name or file name, not artist, album, or song title. On a CD-R, the files are usually burned in order when you create the disc, but not on a FAT filesystem. As a workaround, I downloaded a FAT file sort program, which helps, but I still needed to re-work my music to collapse artist/album/song into artist/album_song as the extra layer of folders just made things worse. This makes it as usable as possible. I regularly used the iPod interface on my 10 year old Alpine and it was wonderful. I never thought about it being the iPod's interface and not the Alpine's, so I expected the USB interface to be similar, not the same old MP3 CD interface from 10 years ago. Apparently, this is not unusual for USB playback in cars, which is why there are FAT file sorting utilities available. Having said all that - this really only affects the USB device part of the device. I have not yet used my iPod with it but the manual seems to suggest it is about the same as my old unit. Bluetooth music through my Android phone works great. I was just wanting to leave a low profile USB thumb drive with most of my music plugged in at all times and not worry about leaving my iPod in the car. Also, my old unit had a rear connection for the iPod cable (and a rear aux-in), so I could route devices from the glovebox, leaving them nicely hidden and locked away. This unit only has a front USB connection and a front aux-in. If the USB feature isn't something you care about or if you're OK with it being somewhat limited, it sounds great (that's why I'm giving it 3 rather than 2 stars). If you're buying it for the USB or FLAC playback, hopefully this helps you make an informed decision. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B01ATU6IVA | | Audio Output Mode | Mono , Stereo | | Brand | Alpine | | Color | BLACK | | Compatible Devices | Smartphone | | Connectivity Technology | Bluetooth | | Connector Type | 3.5mm Jack , USB | | Control Method | Remote | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 71 Reviews | | Format | WMA | | Item Weight | 4.1 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Alpine | | Mfr Part Number | 79380 | | Model Number | 79380 | | Number of Channels | 4 | | Other Special Features of the Product | Built-In Bluetooth, FM Tuner | | Output Wattage | 50 Watts | | Special Feature | Built-In Bluetooth, FM Tuner | | Supported Internet Services | SiriusXM | | Surround Sound Channel Configuration | 4 Channel | | UPC | 793276210913 | | Wattage | 200 watts | | Wireless Technology | Bluetooth | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Alpine - **Connectivity Technology:** Bluetooth - **Special Feature:** Built-In Bluetooth, FM Tuner - **Compatible Devices:** Smartphone - **Connector Type:** 3.5mm Jack, USB - **Audio Output Mode:** Mono, Stereo - **Surround Sound Channel Configuration:** 4 Channel - **Color:** BLACK - **Item Weight:** 4.1 Pounds - **Wattage:** 200 watts ## Images ![Alpine CDE-163BT Advanced Bluetooth CD Receiver - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Fcinec9BL.jpg) ![Alpine CDE-163BT Advanced Bluetooth CD Receiver - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81KsPITs31L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Awesome unit! Helpful install hints for 2002 Tacoma *by M***H on August 10, 2016* Watch this video to remove Toyota Tacoma dash. [...] This will make it easy. Once dash is removed and old head unit, remove the old brackets screwed into old head unit. Remove the dash sleeve on the Radio for this model. Mount old brackets onto radio. I bought the Metra 88-00-8000 Toyota Lexus Radio Replacement Pocket 1982-2004. Now remove trim plate from radio face. (Small plastic clips top and bottom). I didn't and had to do it later when trying to seat dash back into clips. It wouldn't snap back in with it on. Seat the Metra pocket under head and seat the holders. Screw in with old screws. Take new Metra 70-1761 Radio Wiring Harness For Toyota 87-Up Power 4 Speaker wire harnesses and snap into one that went directly into old unit. Now take the wiring harness from Alpine and make color coded connections using the red butt connectors. Refer to back of owners manual for specifics. Thread microphone to wherever you want. I threaded mine through th dash and placed on steering cover directly in front of me. Plug in antenna, microphone, clean up wires with zip ties or tape, and connect battery. Make sure unit powers up. Disconnect battery. Reinstall radio and dash. Now your rockin'. I'm stoked! Everything works great! Excellent sound and features. Easy to use. Bluetooth connected to iPhone, Pandora, and the clarity of the calls are good. Happy I bought this. Took me 3 hours to install, but would have taken about 2 if I didn't have to fumble around a few small issues with following Metra instructions to secure to the replacement pocket first and having to install the radio twice to remove the head unit/trim cover. No installation instructions from Alpine and the ones from Metra were vague. I hope this helps. Great unit. Quality made in Thailand.. Next best thing to America. ### ⭐⭐⭐ USB interface not what I was expecting *by J***N on November 2, 2016* It sounds great, especially the FLAC playback, but it has a poor interface for USB drives. It uses the same interface for both USB drives and MP3 CDs, which makes it very limited in how you can search or browse. Playback and searching (browsing really - there is no alphabetical search for USB) is done in the order the files are stored on the device, which is useless if you have a lot of files and they aren't in order. You can search either by folder name or file name, not artist, album, or song title. On a CD-R, the files are usually burned in order when you create the disc, but not on a FAT filesystem. As a workaround, I downloaded a FAT file sort program, which helps, but I still needed to re-work my music to collapse artist/album/song into artist/album_song as the extra layer of folders just made things worse. This makes it as usable as possible. I regularly used the iPod interface on my 10 year old Alpine and it was wonderful. I never thought about it being the iPod's interface and not the Alpine's, so I expected the USB interface to be similar, not the same old MP3 CD interface from 10 years ago. Apparently, this is not unusual for USB playback in cars, which is why there are FAT file sorting utilities available. Having said all that - this really only affects the USB device part of the device. I have not yet used my iPod with it but the manual seems to suggest it is about the same as my old unit. Bluetooth music through my Android phone works great. I was just wanting to leave a low profile USB thumb drive with most of my music plugged in at all times and not worry about leaving my iPod in the car. Also, my old unit had a rear connection for the iPod cable (and a rear aux-in), so I could route devices from the glovebox, leaving them nicely hidden and locked away. This unit only has a front USB connection and a front aux-in. If the USB feature isn't something you care about or if you're OK with it being somewhat limited, it sounds great (that's why I'm giving it 3 rather than 2 stars). If you're buying it for the USB or FLAC playback, hopefully this helps you make an informed decision. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An incredible value for a head unit. *by J***T on November 13, 2016* It's not a pretty touch screen double din unit, but it's got features a few years ago that would command at least three times what this cost and you would have had to buy AI Net accessories to fill the gaps. I am completely amazed with what this unit comes with for the price. The sound quality is great running an Alpine PDX 4.100 and 6 1/2 + tweet Focal speakers. The call quality is just as good on both ends as any modern factory unit if not better. The adjustability for each input is a great idea to have a normalized volume across all inputs, the color combinations for display and buttons are nearly limitless and it can auto dim too. I would buy a second one if I needed it on another car. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/26151298-alpine-cde-163bt-advanced-bluetooth-cd-receiver](https://www.desertcart.co.th/products/26151298-alpine-cde-163bt-advanced-bluetooth-cd-receiver) --- *Product available on Desertcart Thailand* *Store origin: TH* *Last updated: 2026-06-17*