Just fitted a alpine 2-din CDE-W235BT unit to my mk4 golf the radio doesn't turn off when I turn the ignition off so turn it off by the button no problem but it leaves l.e.d clock on in the display is there a way round this to make the unit off completely

SOURCE: SET CLOCL

Hold in title button on the bottom right hand corner

SOURCE: Alpine CDE-9843

Page 16 of the manual:
http://vault.alpine-usa.com/products/documents/CDE-9841,%2043,%2045%20OM.PDF

Setting Time
1 In the Clock priority mode, press and hold
TITLE for at least 2 seconds while the time is
displayed.
The time indication will blink.
2 Turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9845/CDE-9843
only) or press 4 and 3 (CDE-9841 only) to adjust
the hours while the time indication is blinking.
3 When the hour has been adjusted, press the
Rotary encoder (CDE-9845/CDE-9843 only) or
press MODE (CDE-9841 only).
4 Turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9845/CDE-9843
only) or press 4 and 3 (CDE-9841 only) to adjust
the minutes while the time indication is blinking.
The time is automatically set 5 seconds after the minute
adjustment. The time can also be manually set by
pressing the Rotary encoder (CDE-9845/CDE-9843 only)
or press MODE (CDE-9841 only).
• To synchronize the clock to another clock/watch or radio time
announcement, press and hold the Rotary encoder (CDE-9845/
CDE-9843 only) or press and hold MODE (CDE-9841 only) for at
least 2 seconds after setting the “hour.” Minutes will reset to 00. If
the display shows over “30” minutes when you do this, the time
will advance one hour.

SOURCE: can't set the clock

Pasted from the manual:
1 In the Clock priority mode, press and hold
TITLE/ for at least 2 seconds while the time is
displayed.
The time indication will blink.
2 Turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9846 only) or
press up or down arrow (CDE-9842 only) to adjust the
hours while the time indication is blinking.
3 When the hour has been adjusted, press the
Rotary encoder (CDE-9846 only) or press MODE
(CDE-9842 only).
4 Turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9846 only) or
press up or down arrow (CDE-9842 only) to adjust the
minutes while the time indication is blinking.
The time is automatically set 5 seconds after the minute
adjustment. The time can also be manually set by
pressing the Rotary encoder (CDE-9846 only) or press
MODE (CDE-9842 only).

SOURCE: CHANGE CLOCK ON MY ALPINE CDE-9852

push title button til time comes up, then push and hold title button again til time flashes, when it does you can turn the dial til time you want comes up,then hit mode button below dail to switch to minutes , then repeat

SOURCE: i am getting a DC error on my alpine cde-102 head

Hello christo12385,

The DC error is most likely caused by a shorted or grounded speaker wire. Check all speaker wires, correct the problem, and then go into the sound setup settings and reset the POWER IC to ON.

Hope this helps.