Alpine Complete Guide to Ent Features for MRD-M300 and MRD-M500

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Tables related to MODE and FUNCTION

 

MODE

 

FUNCTION

No.

Contents

No.

Contents

1

INPUT MODE

1-1

SELECT

 

 

1-2

INPUT LEVEL

2

LPF

2-1

ON/OFF

 

 

2-2

FREQUENCY

3

SUBSONIC

3-1

ON/OFF

 

 

3-2

FREQUENCY

4

PARAMETRIC EQ

4-1

ON/OFF

 

 

4-2

FREQUENCY

 

 

4-3

WIDTH (Q)

 

 

4-4

LEVEL

5

BASS COMP.

5-1

ON/OFF

6

TIME CORR.

6-1

ON/OFF

 

 

6-2

DELAY TIME

7

PHASE

7-1

0/180

8

AMP SET

8-1

ID No.

 

 

8-2

TURN ON DELAY

9

SAFE MODE

9-1

ON/OFF

0

MEMORY

0-1

WRITE

 

 

0-2

READ

STEP 1. (1) INPUT

MODE SELECT

FUNCTION SELECT

 

1

1–1

1–2

BUTTON

 

 

 

MODE

2

2–1

2–2

FLOW

 

3

3–1

3–2

 

4

4–1

4–2

4–3

5

5–1

 

 

6

6–1

6–2

 

7

7–1

 

 

8

8–1

8–2

 

9

9–1

 

 

0

0–1

0–2

 

1

 

 

 

ENT

(DOWN) (UP)

4–4

INPUT menu setup is critical for achieving a proper signal match with your source while minimizing distortion. INPUT SELECT (mode 1-1) determines how many signal connections to the amplifier are made. If you are running one channel (one mono RCA connection), set the amplifier’s input mode to “1ch”, and plug the RCA into the left/white signal input. If you are running a stereo bass signal to the amplifier (both left and right channel RCA’s), set the amplifier’s input mode to “2ch”, and plug both RCA connectors into the appropriate jack. INPUT LEVEL (mode 1-2) allows the A/D converter’s input signal range to be optimized for the best possible signal clarity and output level. Setting this overly sensitive (severely clipping the input) can result in very high distortion with musical peaks, so use the clipping indicator as an additional guide in setting this level. If additional gain is still required, return to this adjustment again later after continuing through the remaining setup steps.

SETTING THE INPUT

Push "MODE" to access "1" (INPUT).

Push "ENT" enter "1". Push "ENT" to enter "1-1" (SELECT).

Toggle to select "1ch" or "2ch". Push "ENT".

Push "ENT" to enter "1-2" (INPUT LEVEL).

Toggle to the input level that will properly match the source unit output to the amplifier input. Severely clipping the input will result in high distortion, so use the clipping indicator as a guide to set this level.

Press "MODE" to advance to step 2 below.

START HERE

MODE

ENT

ENT

Toggle

ENT

ENT

MODE

Toggle

dB

T

O

S T E P

2

STEP 2. (2) LPF (Low Pass filter)

Eliminating unwanted higher frequencies is essential for optimizing subwoofer performance and integration with the rest of the system. Selecting the appropriate cut off frequency of the low pass filter will depend upon the application, so a wide frequency range (30Hz- 200Hz) is provided to choose from. Please note however, that if the selected frequency is very close to or overlaps with the subsonic filter, it will result in little or no output. Also, if an external crossover is used, the internal filter can be turned off.

1 Lower Frequency (LP)

Higher Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

 

80Hz Sample Adjustment

0dB

10Hz

20

30

40

60

100K

1000K

 

 

 

 

 

80

 

ADJUSTING THE CROSSOVER

You should be in mode "2" (LPF) now from the previous step.

Push "ENT" to enter "2".

Push "ENT" to enter "2-1" (ON/OFF).

Toggle to "ON". Push "ENT".

Push "ENT" to enter "2-2" (FREQUENCY).

Toggle to desired frequency.

Push "MODE" to advance to step 3 below.

START HERE

ENT

 

 

 

Toggle

 

 

Toggle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENT

 

 

 

ENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hz

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

 

ENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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