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"With roughly 61 million Americans regularly downloading music from the Internet, there is an emerging market for systems that let them easily enjoy those libraries in the vehicle," said Steve Witt, Alpine's vice president of Brand Marketing. "Alpine's HDA-5460 is a premium in-dash playback solution that defines itself with industry-leading features that address the particular challenges online music enthusiasts face, including the need to more intuitively navigate through large libraries to easily find the music they're looking for."

The HDA-5460 is designed for an in-dash installation, putting all the system controls in front of the user. The HDA-5460 features a three-line text display and Quick Search functionality for genre, artist, album, song or playlist search using a simple "paddle switch" on the front panel. The system's faceplate, which pulls off for security and accessing the removable hard disk drive, features Alpine's Biolite(TM) technology delivering brighter visuals to help punch through sun glare, as well as wider horizontal and vertical viewing angles for easier operation. The player also features a unique selectable DJ function that personalizes 10 genre selections with different DJ voices and sound effects and Alpine's Music Visualizer(TM), which provides accompanying graphics on the display.

The HDA-5460's removable hard disk drive features a USB port for easy connection to PCs for fast transfer of music files. The system comes complete with Alpine's Mobile Multimedia Driver software, providing powerful desktop tools for managing large libraries of MP3, WMA or .WAV files. The software allows people to easily create customized playlists for playback on the HDA-5460. An "auto-synch" function allows people to quickly update their hard disk drive with the latest music they've downloaded to their desktop.

The HDA-5460 is expected to be available through Alpine authorized dealers this summer.

About Alpine Electronics

Alpine Electronics is the world's leading mobile electronics system supplier and an ISO certified corporation. Alpine specializes in an integrated platform concept for mobile multimedia with premium components for digital audio/video media playback, digital broadcast reception, security and satellite linked navigation. With research and development facilities in Asia, Europe and the U.S., Alpine is the global leader for mobile sound systems and in-vehicle navigation for both after-market and OEM factory installations. Alpine Electronics is a consolidated subsidiary of Alps Electric Co., Ltd., one of the world's premier manufacturers of electronic components for computer, communications and car electronics equipment. In 2003, Alpine celebrates 25 years of bringing premium mobile electronics systems to consumers under the Alpine brand. Visit www.alpine-usa.com to learn more about Alpine products or to find an authorized retailer.