The trick of turning on the EQ for the line out worked! I just left all the settings at 0 - but it still worked. All my amps are buried behind back seats that do NOT fold down. It's annoying how buried and inaccessible everything in my install is.

Interesting. I have the output into the headphone jack now - I experimented with turning the headphones up to 120 (full) and it doesn't clip there either. I guess I will test it back with Line Out - and turn on the EQ - just leave it flat! UPDATE: I plugged back into Line Out and turned on the...

Does the EQ work over line out?

Sorry, I realize that was confusing. I have an OLD alpine car head unit, model 7897. It has no way to hook up AUX sources to it, aside from an add-on that Alpine sold that allows two RCA Aux inputs to be used over the Ai-Net connection. If I recall correctly, that add on had a gain knob on it as...

Thank you very much for the in depth answer! I will continue to use the headphone output! PS - there is an add on box for my head unit that allows for AUX inputs, and this box has a gain knob. The next time the car is torn down (yes, this box is buried behind the dash) I will adjust that knob...

Headphone VS Line Out question. I use my X3 in my car. I have always had it connected to my car amps with the Line Out. The Line out sends a very strong/loud signal. As such, some of my electronic tracks (which are extremely loudly encoded) have started to glitch/clip. So today I tried...

I just did the replacement - seems to be working! The old battery was SO swelled that it had pushed up on the front of the unit so hard that it had an IMPRINT of the circuit board on it.... wow... I keep the unit in my car permanently hooked up as part of my car audio setup - so I didn't notice...

Well I ordered the battery, so I will make sure to update this thread with my progress when I get it. It ships from china, so who knows when I will get it.

How did you make out? Was that the correct battery? How long did it take for you to receive it? How was installation?

I am most excited about the feature to KEEP playing onto the next CD in order. This is something I have been on the forums moaning about since I got my X3.   When I flash the firmware, is this the default playback setting? Or do I have to SET it that way? If so, is there a new button? I looked...

Hey guys, I JUST got an email for the thread about firmware 3.34b - but it looks like its been out since november!   Is this the most current firmware/beta still?   If the sound is as good as 3.21b and 2.14b - and gapless works fine - then the other features look GREAT!

Anyone know roughly how long the x3 will last on battery if I turn off idle timeout?   E.g. the player sitting there paused with the lcd off.

Are you serious??? You can turn idle time out OFF??   I remember asking this a YEAR ago when I first got the player with firmware 2.xx and nobody responded directly to it.   That I can handle...... Leaving the player on all day is fine by me - since it charges when the car is on, it...

With 3.21b - I tried Last Song AND Last Position - both failed.   With 3.22 - I have just tried Last Position - which worked about 60% of the time on 3.0 - and now only about 10% of the time.   Some people suggested that the way files are TAGGED can cause issues with this working.   But...

Installed 3.22b this morning.   Happy to see gapless fixed.   Very sad to see that the X3 STILL FORGETS what song I was playing when I turn it off.   I tried many different things: Player plugged in, turn off then on - forgot. Player on battery - same thing.   The only track it...