Alpine CDA-7998 owner manual Titling Discs/Stations, Elapsed Time Display

Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired letter/ numeral/symbol available for naming.

Press and hold the TITLE button for at least 3 seconds. The first character will blink.

Radio mode

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Calendar/Clock Display

(CDA-7998 only)

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Clock Display

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Title

Display

Frequency Display

Frequency Display

Frequency Display

(CDA-7897 only)

CD mode

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Calendar/Clock Display

(CDA-7998 only)

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Clock Display

Text Display (Disc Name)∗1

Elapsed Time Display

Elapsed Time Display

Elapsed Time Display

(CDA-7897 only)

Title Display

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Text Display (Track Name)∗1

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Elapsed Time Display

Elapsed Time Display

MP3 mode

Titling Discs/Stations

It is possible to title your favorite CD's or radio stations. You cannot input titles on MP3 discs.

1 Press the TITLE button and select the title display mode.

For details, see “Displaying the Title/Text” (page 14).

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3 Press the BAND button to select the characters/ symbols.

→Upper case → Lower case → Numeral/Symbol

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Elapsed Time Display

Frame Display∗3

Elapsed Time Display

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Calendar/Clock Display (CDA-7998 only)

	→		Clock Display		→			Folder Name Display
		Elapsed Time Display					Elapsed Time Display
			(CDA-7897 only)
←		ID3	Tag Display∗2	←		File Name Display			←
		Elapsed Time Display				Elapsed Time Display

5 Press the MODE button to store the first character. The first character will stop blinking and the display will automatically advance to the next character. When that character begins to blink, you may choose the next letter or symbol of your title.

6 Repeat the steps 3 and 4 above to complete the titling.

∗1 Displayed during playback of a disc with CD Text. “NO TEXT” will be displayed when the CD contains no Text data.

∗2 If an MP3 file contains ID3 tag information, all the ID3 tag information is displayed (e.g., track name, artist name, and album name). All other tag data is ignored.

“NO TAG” will be displayed when an MP3 file contains no ID3 tag information.

∗3 The recording sampling rate and bit rate of the MP3 file are displayed.

NOTES

•Some characters may not be displayed correctly with this device, depending on the character type.

•The CD changer must also be CD Text compatible for the Text information to be displayed.

•When the Scroll Setting (refer to page 18) is set to “SCROLL MANUAL”, press and hold the TITLE button for at least 3 seconds to scroll the Text information only once (TEXT

DISPLAY, FOLDER NAME DISPLAY, FILE NAME DISPLAY or ID3 TAG DISPLAY mode).

•“NO SUPPORT” is displayed when the desired text information cannot be displayed on this unit.

•If the title was not previously input, “NO TITLE” is displayed.

Pressing the MODE button after entering the 8th character, automatically stores the title into memory.

When entering a title of less than 8 characters (for example, 3 character title):

After entering 3 characters to complete your title, the 4th character space will be blinking. Go to step 7 to complete the title.

7 Press the TITLE button to record the title.

NOTES

•You can enter 24 radio station titles and 18 CD titles on this unit. If you try to store beyond the limit, the display will show “FULL DATA.” At this point, no more titles can be stored.

•The CD Changer title length or memory capacity varies depending upon the model being used.

•To input a new title, one of the previously inputted titles must

first be deleted.

•When you want to erase a title, enter the “ ” symbol into all spaces.

•The operations described in steps 3 to 5 must be made within 10 seconds. The input mode will be cancelled if no action is taken for over 10 seconds.

•Removing power from the unit may delete these titles. Use caution when manipulating the power cord.

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