Alpine CDA-9833 Sound Setting, Equalizer Presets, Adjusting and Storing the Equalizer Curve

Sound Setting

SOURCE/	BAND/
POWER	TEL. Rotary encoder

g MENU MX f Preset buttons (1 through 6)

Adjusting Balance (Between Left and Right)/ Fader (Between Front and Rear)/Defeat

1 Press Rotary encoder repeatedly to choose the desired mode.

Each press changes the modes as follows:

SUBWOOFER*1 → BALANCE → FADER → DEFEAT → VOLUME → SUBWOOFER*1

Subwoofer : 0 ~ +15

Balance : L15 ~ R15

Fader : R15 ~ F15

Defeat : ON/OFF

Volume : 0 ~ 35

Press gor fafter selecting the Subwoofer mode, and the subwoofer output phase is toggled NORMAL (PHASE 0°) or REVERS (PHASE 180°).

•If the Rotary encoder is not pressed within 5 seconds after selecting the BALANCE, FADER, DEFEAT or SUBWOOFER mode, the unit automatically returns to normal mode.

•If you set the 2WAY/3WAY switch (pages 40 to 42) to 3WAY, you cannot adjust the FADER mode.

*1 When the subwoofer mode is set to OFF, its level and phase cannot be adjusted.

2 Turn the Rotary encoder until the desired sound is obtained in each mode.

By setting Defeat ON, previously adjusted settings of EQ will return to the factory defaults and MX is turned off.

•Depending on the connected devices, some functions and display indications do not work.

Equalizer Presets

3 typical equalizer settings are preset at the factory for a variety of musical source material.

1 Press MENU to select Factory's EQ.

2 Press either gor f.

With each press of the button, the equalizer mode will display the selected equalizer characteristic.

FLAT(OFF) ↔ ROCK ↔ POPS ↔ NEWS ↔ USER'S 1 to 6

↔FLAT(OFF)

FLAT (OFF) : Flat frequency

ROCK : Emphasize lows and highs

POPS : Emphasize midrange

NEWS : Boost midrange and suppress highs and lows

USER'S 1 to 6 : Recall the stored preset number in "Adjusting and Storing the Equalizer Curve."

3 Press MENU to select RETURN.

The unit returns to normal mode.

Pressing and holding MENU for at least 2 seconds will return to normal mode.

•This function is inoperable when DEFEAT is set to ON (this page).

•EQ mode is automatically canceled if no buttons are pressed within 15 seconds.

Adjusting and Storing the Equalizer Curve

You can modify the Equalizer settings to create a response curve more appealing to your personal taste.

1 Press and hold MENU for at least 2 seconds.

2 Press MENU to select USER EQ (USER'S EQ for CDA-9833).

3 Press BAND/TEL. to select your desired frequency band.

BAND1 → BAND2 → BAND3 → BAND4 → BAND5 →BAND1

4 Press gor fto select your desired frequency.

Adjustable frequency bands: 20Hz to 20kHz(in 1/3 octave steps)

5 Turn the Rotary encoder to adjust the level.

6 Press SOURCE/POWER to select your desired band width (Q).

Adjustable band width: 1.0, 1.5, 3.0

To store the adjusted curve

1)Press and hold, for at least 2 seconds, any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) into which you wish to store the adjusted curve.

7 To set another channel, repeat steps 3 to 6.

8 Press the Rotary encoder to confirm the adjusted contents.

The adjusted contents are not stored if the Rotary encoder is not pressed.

9 After setting, press MENU to select RETURN.

The unit returns to normal mode.

Pressing and holding MENU for at least 2 seconds will return to normal mode.

•The frequencies of adjacent bands cannot be adjusted within 4 steps.

•EQ mode is automatically canceled if no buttons are pressed within 15 seconds.

•This function is inoperable when DEFEAT is set to ON (this page).

Indicators for sound setting

Lights when MX is on.

Lights when the Equalizer, Crossover and Time Correction (Bass Focus) are set to anything other than factory default.

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