Alpine CDE-9881 owner manual External Device, 16-EN

Setting the Language Font

LANGUAGE 1 (Initial setting) / LANGUAGE 2

Two types of font can be selected.

LANGUAGE 1: Normal font

LANGUAGE 2 : European font

Adjusting Display Contrast

CONTRAST

You can adjust the display contrast for better visibility.

You can adjust in a range of -5 and +3

•The initial setting at the factory is “0.”

Demonstration

DEMO ON / DEMO OFF (Initial setting)

This unit has a demonstration feature for the display.

•To quit Demo mode, set to DEMO OFF.

MP3/WMA/AAC

Playing MP3/WMA/AAC Data (Play Mode)

CD-DA (Initial setting) / CD-DA&MP3

This unit can play back CDs containing both CD and MP3/WMA/AAC data (created in Enhanced CD (CD Extra) format). However, in some situations, playback of an enhanced CD may be difficult. In this case, you can select playback of a single session only, containing the CD data. When a disc contains both CD and MP3/WMA/AAC data, playback starts from the CD data portion of the disc.

CD-DA: Only the CD data in Session 1 can be played back.

CD-DA&MP3: CD data, MP3/WMA/AAC files in mixed mode, and multi-session discs can be played back.

•Perform this setting before inserting a disc. If a disc has already been inserted, remove it first.

External Device

Connecting to an External Amplifier

POWER IC ON (Initial setting) / POWER IC OFF

When an external amplifier is connected, sound quality can be improved by stopping the power supply of the built-in amplifier.

POWER IC OFF: Use this mode when the line output of this unit is used to drive an external amplifier. In this setting, the head unit’s internal amplifier is turned OFF and cannot drive speakers.

Front

left

Amplifier

Front right

Rear

left

Amplifier

Rear right

POWER IC ON : The speakers are driven by the built-in amplifier.

Speakers

SPEAKER

RIGHT FRONTFront right

SPEAKER

RIGHT REARRear right

SPEAKER

LEFT REARRear left

SPEAKER

LEFT FRONTFront left

•No sound is produced by the system when the power output is set to OFF.

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