I just went out and checked. I don't see alpine anywhere on the unit or in the super special radio operations manual, but I assume that's what it is. The manual says the connection off the back of the head unit is "I-bus".

My sterio, I've discovered is the high end one with all the speakers. I don't know if that affects the bus type.

If there's anything I can do to help, let me know.
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Elvis