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ENGLISH
Contents
Sound Setting
Operating Instructions
Adjusting Balance (Between Left and Right)/
WARNING
Fader (Between Front and Rear)/Defeat...... 14
Adjusting and Storing the built-in
WARNING ..................................................3
Crossover ..................................................... 14
CAUTION ...................................................3
Recalling the Stored built-in
PRECAUTIONS .........................................3
Crossover Settings ....................
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i-Personalize™ Operation MobileHub™ Link Operation (CDA-9831 only) (Optional) About i-Personalize™ ..................................... 23 About MobileHub™ Link............................... 28 Data Downloading .......................................... 23 Telephone Mode ON/OFF .............................. 28 Incoming Calls ................................................ 28 SETUP Setting the Automatic Calling ......................... 28 Sound Customizing Calling ...........................
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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-9831/CDA-9830 will not be installed in a location subjected to: Product Cleaning Use a soft dry cloth for periodic cleaning of the product. For •Direct sun and heat more severe stains, please dampen the cloth with water only. •High humidity and water Anything else has the chance of dissolving the paint or damaging •Excessive dust the plastic. •Excessive vibrations Never Attempt the Following Correct Handling Do not grip or pull out the disc whi
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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-R
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Opening and Closing the Movable Display Getting Started Press c. The movable display will open. SOURCE/ DISP/ Rotary POWER B.OUT TITLE encoder To close the movable display, press c again. The movable display will close. • Do not apply shock to the movable display when it is open as it may result in malfunction of the unit. • The display may be dim during low temperatures and immediately c g MENU f MUTE RESET TILT 98 after turning on the power. The brightness will return to normal as time elapse
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Adjusting Volume Detaching and Attaching the Front Panel Detaching Turn the Rotary encoder until the desired sound is obtained. 1 Turn off the unit power. 2 Press (Release) at the upper left side until the Lowering Volume Quickly front panel pops out. Activating the Audio Mute function will instantly lower the volume 3 Grasp the left side of the front panel and pull it out. level by 20 dB. Press MUTE to activate the MUTE mode. The audio level will decrease by about 20 dB. Pressing MUTE again wil
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4 Press g or f to tune in the desired station. Radio Holding down g or f will change the frequency continuously. • The ST indicator appears on the display when a stereo FM station BAND/ SOURCE/ TUNE/ is tuned in. TEL. SEARCH POWER A.ME Manual Storing of Station Presets 1 Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in the preset memory. 2 Press and hold, for at least 2 seconds, any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) that you want Rotary Preset buttons g MENU
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Station Title Search Function CD / MP3 / WMA If the title of a radio station is entered, you can search for that radio station by its title while listening to the currently received radio station. SOURCE/ . TITLE POWER -/J 8 SEARCH 1 Press SEARCH in Radio mode to switch to Title Search mode. The first title input blinks in the display. Select the desired title by turning the Rotary 2 encoder within 10 seconds. Press the Rotary encoder to receive the 3 frequency of the selected title. f Rotary
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• The CD-player can play discs containing audio data, MP3 data Playing back a Playlist and WMA data. •A WMA format file that is protected by DRM (Digital Rights You can play playlists you have prepared in advance on the computer. Management) cannot be played back on this unit. Both MP3 and WMA playlists can be played. • "MP3" is displayed during MP3 playback. • "WMA" is displayed during WMA playback. Playlists that can be played back by this device have the file extension • The track display for
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Repeat Play M.I.X. (Random Play) Press 4 ( ) to play back repeatedly the track being Press 5 ( ) in the play or pause mode. played. The tracks (files) on the disc will be played back in random The track (file) will be played repeatedly. sequence. Press 4 ( ) again and select OFF to deactivate repeat play. To cancel M.I.X. play, press 5 ( ) again. CD mode : CD mode : ↓ RPT : Only a track is repeatedly played back M.I.X.: Track are played back in ↓ *1 random sequence. RPT :A disc is repeated
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Folder Name Search mode Scanning Programs Turn the Rotary encoder within 10 seconds to 2 Press 6 ( ) to activate the Scan mode. select the desired folder or playlist. The first 10 seconds of each track (file) will be played back in succession. Press the Rotary encoder to play back the first 3 file in the selected folder or playlist. To stop scanning, press 6 ( ) and deactivate the Scan mode. • Search mode is canceled by pressing and holding SEARCH for at least 2 seconds in Folder Name Search m
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Method for creating MP3/WMA files Order of tracks Audio data is compressed by using MP3/WMA specified The unit plays the files in the order that the writing software software. For details on creating MP3/WMA files, refer to the writes them. Therefore, the playing order may not be the same user's manual for that software. as the order you input. The playback order of the folders and MP3/WMA files that can be played back by this device have files is as follows. However, the folder and file playbac
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4 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Sound Setting setting. HPF (Setting the High Pass Filter): FLAT (OFF) ↔ 80Hz ↔ 120Hz ↔160Hz SOURCE/ BAND/ All frequencies above the selected cutoff are output. POWER Rotary encoder TEL. LPF (Setting the Low Pass Filter): FLAT (OFF) ↔ 80Hz ↔ 120Hz ↔160Hz All frequencies below the selected cutoff are output. (Only available when using the subwoofer output from this unit.) To store the adjusted contents 1) Press and hold, for at least 2 seconds, the p
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6 Press SOURCE/POWER to select your desired Equalizer Presets band width (Q). 10 typical equalizer settings are preset at the factory for a variety of Adjustable band width: BAND1 : 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, musical source material. BAND2 : 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 BAND3 : 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 1 Press MENU to select Factory's EQ (P-EQ for BAND4 : 1.0 (fixed band width) CDA-9830). To store the adjusted curve 1) Press and hold, for at least 2 seconds, the preset 2 Press either g or f. buttons (1 or 2) into which you wish to s
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Example 2. Listening Position: All Seats About Time Correction Adjust the time correction level of each speaker to almost the same The distance between the listener and the speakers in a car vary level. widely due to the complex speaker placement. This difference in the distances from the speakers to the listener creates a shift in the sounds Sit in the listening position (driver’s seat, etc.) and 1 image and frequency characteristics. This is caused by the time delay measure the distance (in me
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Time Difference Table 8 After setting, press MENU to select RETURN. The unit returns to normal mode. Time Time Delay Distance Delay Distance Pressing and holding MENU for at least 2 seconds will Difference Difference Number cm (inch) Number cm (inch) (ms) (ms) return to normal mode. • Any manual time correction adjustments will also affect 0 0.0 0.0 51 5.1 174.9 (68-7/8") corrections made in Bass Focus. 1 0.1 3.4 (1-3/8") 52 5.2 178.4 (70-1/4") • Bass Focus mode is automatically canceled if no o
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Adjusting and Storing the Time Correction Setting the MX Mode Before performing the following procedures, refer to "About Time MX (Media Xpander) makes vocals or instruments sound distinct Correction" (page 16). regardless of the music source. The FM radio, CD, and MP3, will be able to reproduce the music clearly even in cars with a lot of road 1 Press and hold MENU for at least 2 seconds. noise. 2 Press MENU to select T.CORR (T-CORR for 1 Press MX to select MX ON. CDA-9830). 2 Press SOURCE/POWE
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About the indicator display Other Functions When displaying Title/Text, the following indicators are lit according to the mode. SOURCE/ BAND/ DISP/ CDA-9831 -/J TITLE POWER TEL. B.OUT These indicators are constantly lit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 g MENU f Rotary Preset buttons When selection is encoder (1 through 6) This indicator shows the strength available by turning of the telephone signal. the Rotary encoder, an indicator is lit in When selection is available by the display. Displaying the Title/Text pr
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About “Title” and “Text” Erasing Disc Title/Station Title Title: With this device, it is possible to input the CD/Station name 1 Press TITLE to select the Title Display. Then, (this page). This inputted name is referred to as a “title.” press again and hold for at least 2 seconds. You cannot input or display titles on MP3/WMA discs. Text: 2 Press and hold -/J for at least 2 seconds. Text compatible CDs contain text information such as the disc The title in the display will blink. name and track
