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MP3/WMA/AAC CD Receiver
CDE-9873
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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 OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. ALPINE ITALIA S.p.A.
1-1-8 Nishi Gotanda, 161-165 Princes Highway, Hallam Viale C. Colombo 8, 20090 Trezzano
Shinagawa-ku, Victoria 3803,
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 2 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM ALPINE CDE-9873 68-05946Z84-A (EN)
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 1 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM ENGLISH Other Functions Contents Displaying the Text ......................................... 14 Displaying Time ............................................. 14 Operating Instructions SETUP WARNING Sound Customizing Subwoofer On and Off .....................................15 WARNING ................................................. 3 Setting the Subwoofer System .........................15 CAUTION ................................
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 2 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Installation and Connections Warning .................................................. 23 Caution ................................................... 23 Precautions ............................................ 23 Installation ......................................................24 Connections ....................................................26 LIMITED WARRANTY 2-EN 01GB02CDE9873TOC.fm ALPINE CDE-9873 68-05946Z84-A (EN)
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 3 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Operating Instructions DO NOT PLACE HANDS, FINGERS OR FOREIGN OBJECTS IN WARNING INSERTION SLOTS OR GAPS. Doing so may result in personal injury or damage to the product. WARNING CAUTION This symbol means important instructions. This symbol means important instructions. Failure to heed them can result in serious injury Failure to heed them can result in injury or or death. material property damage. DO NOT OPERATE ANY FUNCTION
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 4 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Never Attempt the Following Installation Location Do not grip or pull out the disc while it is being pulled back into the Make sure this unit will not be installed in a location subjected to: player by the automatic reloading mechanism. Direct sun and heat Do not attempt to insert a disc into the unit when the unit power is High humidity and water off. Excessive dust Excessive vibrations Correct Handling Do not drop the di
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 5 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM 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 an
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 6 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Attaching Getting Started 1 Insert the right side of the front panel into the main unit. Align the groove on the front panel with the projections on the main unit. Rotary encoder 2 Push the left side of the front panel until it locks //ENT SOURCE/ firmly into the main unit. (Release) (MUTE)/ A.SEL/SETUP Before attaching the front panel, make sure that there is no dirt or RTN dust on the connector terminals and no foreign obje
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 7 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Lowering Volume Quickly Radio Activating the Audio Mute function will instantly lower the volume level by 20 dB. TUNE/A.ME SOURCE/ BAND Press (MUTE)/RTN to activate the MUTE mode. The audio level will decrease by about 20 dB. Pressing (MUTE)/RTN again will bring the audio back to its previous level. Setting Time Preset buttons (1 through 6) 1 Press and hold A.SEL/SETUP for at least 2 seconds to activate the SETUP mode. 2 Turn t
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 8 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Presetting Stations Manually CD/MP3/WMA/AAC 1 Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in the preset memory. /ESC Rotary encoder // 2 Press and hold, for at least 2 seconds, any one of the SOURCE/ ENT preset buttons (1 through 6) into which you wish to store the station. The selected station is stored. The display shows the band, preset number and station frequency memorized. A total of 18
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 9 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM 5 To eject the disc, press . M.I.X. (Random Play) Do not remove a CD during its eject cycle. Do not load more than one disc at a time. A malfunction may result from doing either. Press 5 in the play or pause mode. If the CD does not eject, press and hold for at least 2 seconds. The tracks (files) on the disc will be played back in random The “DISC IN” indicator lights up when a disc is inserted. sequence. The CD-playe
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 10 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM File/Folder Name Search About MP3/WMA/AAC (concerning MP3/WMA/AAC) CAUTION Folder and file names may be searched and displayed during playback. Except for private use, duplicating audio data (including MP3/WMA/AAC data) or distributing, transferring, or copying it, 1 During MP3/WMA/AAC playback, press /ESC to whether for free or for a fee, without permission of the copyright activate the search mode. holder is strictly prohibit
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 11 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Supported playback sampling rates and bit rates Order of files Files are played back in the order that the writing software writes MP3 them to the disc. Therefore, the playback order may not be what Sampling rates: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz, 24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, is expected. Verify the writing order in the software’s 16 kHz, 12 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 8 kHz documentation. The playback order of the folders and files is as Bit rates: 8 -
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 12 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Setting the Bass Control Sound Setting You can change the Bass Frequency emphasis to create your own tonal preference. Rotary encoder (AUDIO/LOUD) 1 Press A.SEL/SETUP repeatedly to select the BASS BAND SOURCE/ mode. BASS TREBLE HPF BASS Setting the Bass Center Frequency 2-1 Press BAND to select the desired bass center frequency. A.SEL/SETUP 80Hz 100Hz 200Hz 60Hz 80Hz /ESC Emphasizes the displayed bass frequency ranges. Se
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 13 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Setting the Treble Control Turning Loudness On/Off You can change the Treble Frequency emphasis to create your own tonal Loudness introduces a special low- and high-frequency emphasis at low preference. listening levels. This compensates for the ear’s decreased sensitivity to bass and treble sound. 1 Press A.SEL/SETUP repeatedly to select the Press and hold Rotary encoder (LOUD) for at least 2 TREBLE mode. seconds to activate o
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 14 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM About the indication display Other Functions When displaying Text, the following indicators are lit according to the mode. Indicator/ MP3/WMA/AAC CD Mode iPod Mode Mode Mode 2 Folder Name* –– –– being displayed 1 1 Artist Name* Artist Name* TITLE –– being displayed being displayed 1 1 Text (Disc Album Name* Album Name* 3 Name* ) being being displayed being displayed Displaying the Text displayed 1 1 Text information, such as t
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 15 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Sound Customizing SETUP Subwoofer On and Off You can flexibly customize the unit to suit your own preferences and SUBW ON (Initial setting) / SUBW OFF usage. From the SETUP menu, Sound Customizing, Visual When the subwoofer is on, perform the steps below to adjust the Customizing, etc., can be modified. subwoofer output level. 1 In the normal mode, press Rotary encoder repeatedly to //ENT Rotary encoder select the SUBW mode.
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 16 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM Scroll Setting (TEXT SCR) External Device SCR AUTO / SCR MANU (Initial setting) This CD player can scroll the disc and track names recorded on Connecting to an External Amplifier (POWER IC) CD-TEXT discs, as well as the text information of MP3/WMA/AAC POW ON (Initial setting) / POW OFF files, folder names and tags. When an external amplifier is connected, sound quality can be improved SCR AUTO: The CD text information, the text
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 17 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM ® Searching for a desired Song iPod (Optional) An iPod can contain hundreds of songs. By using file tag information and keeping these songs organized in playlists, this unit’s search /ESC Rotary encoder functions will ease song searches. // 1 2 Each music category has its own individual hierarchy. Use the Playlist/ ENT SOURCE/ 45 6 Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/Genre/Composer search mode to narrow searches based on the table bel
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01GB00CDE9873.book Page 18 Friday, September 22, 2006 5:17 PM 5 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired Song, and then press / /ENT. Direct Search Function After pressing and holding / /ENT for at least 2 seconds while The unit’s direct search function can be used to search for an album, in each hierarchy (except SONG hierarchy), all songs of the selected song, etc., more efficiently. In Playlist/Artist/Album/Song/Podcast/ hierarchy are played back. Genre/Composer mode, you can qu
