A:AnswerHere is the owner's manual in pdf form.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://vault.alpine-usa.com/products/documents/OM_UTE-42BT_CDE-SXM145BT_CDE-143BT_EN.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj8jIewu6rmAhUY7J4KHeC_BPwQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1IRnawfIGVfCW6dzifQe1o
A:AnswerYou probably have your remote turn on wire hooked to the power antenna wire. The power antenna wire is solid blue
the Remote turn on wire for your amplifier is the blue with a white stripe
A:AnswerIt reads CDs well, no issue there. The sound quality is fair at best. Older CDs and CDs with old music don't sound good at all. Newer CDs and those with recent, digitally created/recorded music sound better but still not all that great. It gets a C for CD sound playback quality.