Alpine CDA-9853 Titling Discs/Stations, Erasing Disc Title/Station Title, Displaying Time, 24-EN

Titling Discs/Stations

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

1Press TITLE and select the Title Display.

For details, see asterisk 1 of “Displaying the Title/Text” (page 22).

2Press and hold TITLE for at least 2 seconds. The first character will blink.

3Press BAND to select the characters/symbols.

Upper case → Lower case → Numeral/Symbol* → Upper case

* Press g or f to change pages. (CDA-9855 only.)

4Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired letter/numeral/symbol available for naming.

5Press Rotary encoder 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.

Correcting the title (CDA-9855 only)

In the title input mode, press SOURCE/POWER to move the cursor to the input title line. Turn the Rotary encoder to move the cursor to the portion to be corrected. Press SOURCE/POWER again to return to the title input mode, and perform the correction.

6Repeat steps 3 and 5 above to complete the titling. Pressing the Rotary encoder after entering the 8th character (for CDA-9855 16th character) automatically stores the title into memory.

When entering a title of less than 8 or 16 characters (for example, 3 character title):

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

7Press TITLE to record the title.

•If you cancel while entering a title, selected characters are not written.

•You can enter 18 radio station titles (24 for the CDA-9853 model) 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. To input a new title, one of the previously inputted titles must first be deleted.

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

•When you want to erase a title, enter a space (and symbol “ ” for the CDA-9853 model).

•The operations described in steps 3 to 6 must be made within 10 seconds. The input mode will be canceled if no action is taken for over 10 seconds.

Erasing Disc Title/Station Title

1Press TITLE to select the Title Display. Then, press again and hold for at least 2 seconds.

• For details, see asterisk 1 of “Displaying the Title/Text” (page 22).

2Within 10 seconds, press and hold -/Jfor at least 2 seconds.

The title in the display will blink.

3Within 10 seconds, press g or f repeatedly until the title you want to erase is displayed.

4Within 10 seconds, press and hold -/Jfor at least 2 seconds to erase the title displayed.

5Press TITLE to cancel the title erasing mode.

•You cannot erase CD-TEXT.

•"TITLE NO DATA" ("NO DATA") is displayed for 2 seconds if the title is not input in step 2, or if all titles are erased in step 4.

Displaying Time

Press TITLE repeatedly until the time is displayed.

Each press changes the display.

For details, see “Displaying the Title/Text” (page 22).

•Selecting any tuner or CD function while in the clock priority mode will interrupt the time display momentarily. The function selected will be displayed for about 5 seconds before the time returns to the display.

•When the power is off but the ignition key is on, press TITLE to display the time (CDA-9853 only).

Blackout Mode On and Off (CDA-9855 only)

When Blackout mode is turned on, the display will turn off to reduce power consumption. This additional power enhances the sound quality.

Press and hold FUNC. for at least 2 seconds to activate the blackout mode.

The display will turn off.

•If any button on the unit is pressed during the blackout mode, the function will be displayed for 5 seconds to show the operation before returning to Blackout mode.

To cancel Blackout mode, press and hold FUNC. for at least 2 seconds.

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