Alpine ILX-F905TRA Halo9 Multimedia System for Ford Transit Custom

The Alpine ILX-F905TRA Halo9 for the Ford Transit Custom (model year 2018 and newer) is the second generation of Alpine’s award-winning Halo product line. This advanced system features a 9-inch WXGA high-resolution capacitive touchscreen and includes every part needed for installation — plug-and-play wiring harness, CAN interface, fascia frame, brackets, and antenna adapter.

Its ultra-slim display design appears to hover elegantly above your dashboard and can be adjusted for optimal height and distance, ensuring the perfect fit in any driving position.

Enjoy wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto (wired), DAB+ digital radio, Bluetooth hands-free and streaming, USB video and Hi-Res Audio playback, and HDMI input support. Access popular navigation apps such as Google Maps or Waze directly through CarPlay and Android Auto, giving you advanced connectivity without sacrificing safety or simplicity.

The ILX-F905TRA is also the world’s first head unit with a built-in Class-D amplifier, delivering 4 × 50 W of clear, dynamic sound. Advanced sound tuning features include digital crossovers, parametric EQ, time correction, Bass Engine SQ, and 6 V PreOuts for audiophile-grade performance. Designed specifically for the Transit Custom, it integrates seamlessly with factory steering wheel controls and vehicle electronics.

PLEASE NOTE: this product is not compatible with vehicles with original Ford navigation system. Vehicles with original radio and e-call system: the e-call system remains functional, but in some cases an error message may be displayed (vehicles with radio preparation will not encounter this problem).

Alpine ILX-F905TRA Product Features

iLX-F905TRA: Made for Ford Transit Custom

The Alpine Halo series has become one of the world’s most popular Head Units and won many industry awards for its outstanding concept and design. We continued to improve upon this successful product and make it even better. The 2nd generation XXL model - the Alpine Halo9, features a high-res display, Wireless Apple CarPlay, two USB ports, further improved sound quality and tuning options and many more innovations and improvements and is now available as a complete set for the Ford Transit Custom (model year 2018 and newer). The iLX-F905TRA includes all necessary installation parts and interfaces to fully integrate in the vehicle’s system.

9-inch WXGA HD Display

The super-large, 9-inch WXGA touch-screen display features a resolution of 1280 x 720p and includes over 2.7 million pixel elements - making icons, menus and visual content extremely crisp and vibrant in your dash. The screen is attached to an adjustable mount connected to the vehicle’s radio dock and leaves a free 1DIN pocket below for storing smaller items such as cigarettes, etc.

Wireless Apple CarPlay

The iLX-F905TRA “Works with Apple CarPlay” wirelessly and lets iPhone users make and receive calls, access and write text messages, play music, and get direction in a way that allows them to stay focused on the road. Apple CarPlay is accessed through the capacitive touchscreen or the mic button to activate Siri voice control. Due to the WiFi connection, you can keep your iPhone in your pocket and do not need to plug it in all the time (except for charging).

Easy Control From The Steering Wheel

If your Ford Transit Custom is equipped with control buttons on the steering wheel, you can use them with the iLX-F905TRA as well. The Alpine system is fully connected to the vehicle’s electronics and accepts all steering controls such as volume control, telephone, voice control and audio mute.

Wide Entertainment & Online Navigation Options

The all new DAB/ radio tuner allows DAB – FM switching and lets you enjoy seamless radio reception without interruptions. Next the increased USB video playback formats (MP4, MOV, FLV, MKV), the Alpine Halo9 features many additional entertainment options: the built-in Bluetooth module allows audio streaming from your phone and the HDMI input enables the connection of an external video playback device. You can of course use Android Auto with any compatible smartphone running Android (wired connection).

World’s First Head Unit With Built-in Class-D Amplifier

The iLX-F905TRA is the world’s first aftermarket Head Unit featuring a built-in 4x 50 Watts Class-D amplifier – allowing excellent, high-end sound reproduction with highly reduced noise or phase shift. The key benefit of Class-D amplification technology is its high efficiency of about 90%, compared to 50 - 70% of Class AB amplifiers. New high-speed fans with internal heat sinks keep your Alpine Halo9 cool - and the music playing.

Enjoy Excellent Sound Quality

Featuring a 56-band Parametric EQ in the advanced mode, a 2-way digital X-over, 6-channel digital time correction and several Bass Engine SQ and MediaXpander sound tuning options, you have excellent tools at your disposal to tune your Alpine Halo9 and the attached amp / speaker system to perfection. But we didn’t stop there: The Alpine Halo9 is Hi-Res Audio certified and can decode and playback Hi-Res Audio files up to 96kHz / 1.536 kbps from USB sources in uncompressed supported formats such as FLAC, WAV and APE.

Freely Adjustable Display Angle

You can adjust the iLX-F905TRA’s display angle from +45 degrees to -20 degrees to match a wide range of dashboard angle. You can freely adjust the display angle at any time, to achieve best visibility and to avoid sunlight glare.

Adjustable Display Height and Distance

The display height can be adjusted +/- 3cm from the center position. This allows fully standing or hanging display configurations as well as everything in between. You can also adjust the distance of the display to your dash in a 20mm range. After the display height and distance to the dash are selected, everything gets locked into place to be very solid.

Drive-Assist Cameras

A rear view camera is a great way to make reversing safer. The camera image automatically comes on when you shift into reverse and distance guides that can be adjusted to match your car size will appear on the screen to help you safely park your car. Alpine offers a wide variety of front and rear facing cameras, including multi-view cameras with selectable viewing angles. You can even view the camera screen and parking sensor screen simultaneously, if your car supports it.

Includes All Required Installation Parts

The iLX-F905TRA includes a custom-fit frame, installation brackets, wiring harness with CAN interface and an antenna adapter. The CAN interface retains usage of the steering wheel remote control buttons.

Bluetooth Hi-Res Audio Streaming

Wireless Bluetooth connection to your smartphone or Bluetooth-enabled digital audio player is also possible, thanks to the built-in high-end LDAC standards. With LDAC, you can stream your audio content, including high-resolution (Hi-Res) audio, at a maximum bit rate of 990 kbps via Bluetooth. This makes this Alpine Head Unit ideal for hi-res audio and streaming services with high sound quality. The transmission bit rate is constantly adjusted with this technology to ensure a stable connection even in harsh environments, depending on the network conditions.

For full details and specifications please visit the Alpine website

Product Specifications

Screen

• Screen Size: 9-inch Capacitive WXGA
• Number of Picture Elements: 2,764,800 pixels (1280 x 3 x 720)
• Illumination System: White LED Backlighting
• Effective Number of Picture Elements: 99.99%
• Colour System: NTSC, PAL

Max Power Output Ratings

• Max Power Output: 4x 50 W

Radio / DAB Tuner

• FM Tuning Range: 87.5 - 108.0 MHz
• AM Tuning Range: 531 - 1,602 kHz
• DAB band III: 174 – 240 MHz
• Alternate Channel Selectivity: 80 dB
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 65 dB / 90 dB
• DAB audio format: DAB/MPEG 2, DAB+/AAC, DMB Profile 1/BSAC/DMB profile 2/AAC

WiFi

• Reception Frequency: IEEE 802.11 B/g/n (2.4 GHz)
• Channels: 1 – 13 ch (2.4 GHz)
• Security Protocols: WPA3/WPA2-PSK (TKIP, AES)

USB

• USB Requirements: USB 2.0
• USB 1: data port / 2,400 mA (Mass Storage Class)
• USB 2: charging port / 1,500 mA (CDP support)
• USB Class: Mass Storage Class, Play From Device
• File System: FAT16 / FAT32 / exFAT
• FLAC, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, APE Decoding
• Video Playback: MP4, MOV, FLV, MKV compatible
• Supported Video Coding: MPEG-4/H.264 (MPEG-4/AVC)/MPEG-1/MPEG-2
• Number of Channels: 2-Channel (Stereo)
• Frequency Response: 5 - 40 kHz ±1 dB *Frequency Response may differ depending on the encoder software/bit rate
• Total Harmonic Distortion (at 1 kHz): 0.005%
• Dynamic Range(at 1kHz): 95 dB
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 95 dB

GPS

• GPS compatible navigation antenna included
• GPS frequency: 1575.42 +/- 1.023 MHz
• Reception sensitivity (search): - 136 dB max

BLUETOOTH®

• BLUETOOTH® Version: Bluetooth V4.2
• Output Power: +4 dBm Max. (Power class 2)
• HFP (Hands Free Profile)
• OPP (Object Push Profile)
• PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile)
• HSP (Head Set Profile)
• A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
• AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control Profile)
• SPP (Serial Port Profile)
• Supports LDAC Audio Codec

Sound Tuning

• Subwoofer Level Adjustment: 0 to +15
• Subwoofer Phase Setting: 0° or 180°
• BASS ENGINE SQ: 5 Modes, Level 0 to +6
• For detailed sound setting bands and frequencies please see the owner’s manual PDF below in the SUPPORT section

HDMI Section

• Input Format 720p / 480p / VGA

General

• Power Requirement: 14.4 V. DC (9-16V allowable)
• Pre Output Voltage (Before Clipping): 6 V / 10k ohms

Dimensions

• Weight: 2.3 kg
• Chassis Size (W x H x D) mm: 178 x 50 x 150 mm
• Display Size (W x H x D) mm: 232 x 151 x 55 mm

Alpine iLX-F905TRA - Owners Manual (PDF)

Alpine iLX-F905TRA - Product Specifications (PDF)

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