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MP3/WMA CD Receiver
CDA-9855
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CDA-9853
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• OWNER'S MANUAL
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• MODE D'EMPLOI
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• MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN
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ALPINE ELECTRONICS MARKETING, INC. ALPINE ELECTRONICS FRANCE S.A.R.L.
ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD.
1-1-8 Nishi Gotanda, 161-165 Princes Highway, Hallam (RCS PONTOISE B 338 101 280)
Shinagawa-ku, 98, Rue de la Belle Etoile, Z.I. Paris Nord Il,
Victoria 3
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ENGLISH Contents Quick Search ................................................... 13 About MP3/WMA .......................................... 13 Operating Instructions Sound Setting WARNING Adjusting Balance (Between Left and Right)/ WARNING ..................................................3 Fader (Between Front and Rear)/Defeat...... 15 CAUTION ...................................................3 Equalizer Presets ............................................. 15 PRECAUTIONS ...................
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Demo Setting SETUP Demonstration ................................................. 30 General Setting Setting the Clock display (CLOCK MODE) SAT Radio Receiver (Optional) (CDA-9855 only) ......................................... 28 Receiving Channels with the SAT Radio Playing MP3/WMA Data (PLAY MODE) ..... 28 Receiver (Optional) ..................................... 31 Sound (Beep) Guide Function ........................ 28 Checking the SAT Radio ID Number ............. 31 Turning Mute Mode On/
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Operating Instructions WARNING CAUTION This symbol means important instructions. Failure to heed them can result in injury or material WARNING property damage. This symbol means important instructions. Failure to heed them can result in serious injury or death. HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM APPEARS. Failure to do so may cause personal injury or damage to the DO NOT OPERATE ANY FUNCTION THAT TAKES YOUR product. Return it to your authorized Alpine dealer or the nearest Alpine Service Center fo
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Installation Location PRECAUTIONS Make sure the CDA-9855/CDA-9853 will not be installed in a location subjected to: Never Attempt the Following Do not grip or pull out the disc while it is being pulled back into • Direct sun and heat the player by the automatic reloading mechanism. • High humidity and water Do not attempt to insert a disc into the unit when the unit power • Excessive dust is off. • Excessive vibrations Correct Handling Do not drop the disc while handling. Hold the disc so you w
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On handling Compact Discs (CD/CD-R/CD-RW) • Do not touch the surface. • Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight. • Do not affix stickers or labels. • Clean the disc when it is dusty. • Make sure that there are no bumps around the disc. • Do not use commercially available disc accessories. Do not leave the disc in the car or the unit for a long time. Never expose the disc to direct sunlight. Heat and humidity may damage the CD and you may not be able to play it again. To customers using CD-R/CD
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About the GlideTouch™ Bar Operation 1 Touch or press the desired position on the GlideTouch bar. Function guide ON OFF GlideTouch bar Press any one of the 6 positions on the GlideTouch bar to which a function has been assigned in the guide display. For example, to select ON, press the GlideTouch bar directly below where ON is indicated in the guide display. The manual expresses this as follows: “Change the setting by pressing the GlideTouch bar below either the ON or OFF function indicators.” Mo
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7 Adjust “Month”, “Day”, “Hour” and “Minute” by Getting Started turning the Rotary encoder by repeating steps 5 and 6. 8 After setting, press and hold MENU for at least 2 SOURCE/ POWER RESET Rotary encoder seconds to return to normal mode. • To synchronize the clock to another clock/watch or radio time announcement, press and hold the Rotary encoder 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 ad
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Opening and Closing the Movable Display Adjusting Volume Press c. Turn the Rotary encoder until the desired sound is The movable display will open. obtained. Lowering Volume Quickly Activating the Audio Mute function will instantly lower the volume level by 20 dB. Press MUTE to activate the MUTE mode. To close the movable display, press c again. The audio level will decrease by about 20 dB. The movable display will close. Pressing MUTE again will bring the audio back to its • Do not apply shock
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3 Press TUNE/A.ME to select the tuning mode. Radio CDA-9855: DX (Distance mode) → LOCAL (Local mode) → MANUAL (Manual mode) → DX SOURCE/ TUNE/ CDA-9853: POWER A.ME BAND DX SEEK (Distance mode) → SEEK (Local mode) → OFF (Manual mode) → DX SEEK • The initial mode is Distance mode. Distance mode: Both strong and weak stations will be automatically tuned in (Automatic Seek Tuning). Local mode: Only strong stations will be automatically tuned in (Automatic Seek Tuning). gf GlideTouch bar MENU FUNC. M
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Tuning to Preset Stations CD / MP3 / WMA 1 Press BAND repeatedly until the desired band is displayed. SOURCE/POWER TITLE 2 Press FUNC. to activate the preset mode. -/J 8 Source select mode → Preset mode → Source operation mode* → Source select mode * CDA-9855 only 3 Select any one of the preset numbers (1 through 6) by sliding your finger to the left or right on the GlideTouch bar. Press the GlideTouch bar under the selected preset number. The display shows the band, preset number and f FUNC. 9
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• The CD-player can play discs containing audio data, MP3 data Repeat Play and WMA data. • A WMA format file that is protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be played back on this unit. 1 Press FUNC. to activate the audio function mode. • “MP3” is displayed during MP3 playback. (CDA-9853 only) Source select mode → Audio function mode → Source • “WMA” is displayed during WMA playback. (CDA-9853 only) operation mode* → Source select mode • The track display for MP3/WMA data playback is
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M.I.X. (Random Play) Scanning Programs 1 Press FUNC. to activate the audio function mode. 1 Press FUNC. to activate the audio function mode. Source select mode → Audio function mode → Source Source select mode → Audio function mode → Source operation mode* → Source select mode operation mode* → Source select mode * CDA-9855 only * CDA-9855 only 2 Press the GlideTouch bar under MIX to select the 2 Press the GlideTouch bar under SCAN to select Random Play mode. the Scan mode. The tracks (files) wi
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Folder Name Search mode About MP3/WMA Within 10 seconds, select the folder to play back by 3 CAUTION sliding your finger on the GlideTouch bar to the Except for private use, duplicating audio data (including MP3/ left or right. Press -/J to play the selected folder. WMA data) or distributing, transferring, or copying it, whether for The first file in the selected folder is played back. free or for a fee, without permission of the copyright holder is To search for a file in the selected folder, p
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Corresponding File Systems Terminology This device supports discs formatted with ISO9660 Level 1 or Bit rate Level 2. This is the “sound” compression rate specified for encoding. The Under the ISO9660 standard, there are some restrictions to higher the bit rate, the higher the sound quality, but also the larger remember. the files. The maximum nested folder depth is 8 (including the root directory). The number of characters for a folder/file name is Sampling rate limited. This value shows how m
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Equalizer Presets Sound Setting 9 typical equalizer settings are preset at the factory for a variety of musical source material. SOURCE/ POWER BAND Rotary encoder (MODE) 1 Press MENU. 2 Select the Factory’s EQ mode by sliding your finger on the GlideTouch bar to the left or right. Press the GlideTouch bar under the Factory’s EQ mode. 3 Select the desired equalizer characteristic by sliding your finger on the GlideTouch bar to the g MENU f FUNC. GlideTouch bar left or right. • By selecting USER’S
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Adjusting and Storing the Parametric Adjusting and Storing the Graphic Equalizer Equalizer Curve Curve You can modify the Equalizer settings to create a response curve more You can modify the equalizer settings to create a response curve more appealing to your personal taste. appealing to your personal taste. To adjust the graphic equalizer To adjust the parametric equalizer curve, set the EQ mode to PEQ. curve, set the EQ mode to GEQ. For details, refer to “Setting User's For details, refer to
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3 way mode Recalling the Stored Equalizer Curve Cut-off frequency 1 Press and hold MENU for at least 2 seconds. Slope (1/3 octave steps) Level 2 Select the EQ mode by sliding your finger on the GlideTouch bar to the left or right. HPF LPF HPF LPF Press the GlideTouch bar under the EQ mode. 3 Press FUNC. or the GlideTouch bar to activate FLAT, 6, Low range 20 Hz - 0 to the preset mode. ---- ---- 12, 18, speaker 200 Hz − 12 dB 24 dB/oct 4 Select any one of the preset numbers (1 through 6) by slidi
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3 WAY System Adjusting and Storing the Crossover Settings Press BAND to select the band to be adjusted. 3 LOW → MID-L → MID-H → HIGH → LOW Before performing the following procedures, refer to “About the Crossover” (Page 17). 4 Select the desired cut-off frequency (Crossover Point) by sliding your finger on the GlideTouch 1 Press and hold MENU for at least 2 seconds. bar to the left or right. Adjustable frequency bands: 2 Select the Crossover (X-OVER) mode by sliding LOW: 20Hz to 200Hz (in 1/3 oc
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Here we calculate the time correction value for the front left Recalling the Stored Crossover Settings speaker in the diagram on the above. Conditions: 1 Press and hold MENU for at least 2 seconds. Farthest Speaker – listening position : 2.25 m (88-9/16") Front left speaker – listening position : 0.5 m (19-11/16") Calculation: L = 2.25 m – 0.5 m = 1.75 m (68-7/8") 2 Select the Crossover (X-OVER) mode by sliding 1 Time correction = 1.75 ÷ 343* × 1000 = 5.1 (ms) your finger on the GlideTouch bar t
