Alpine CDA-9855, CDA-9853 owner manual Tuner Setting, Audio Setting, 29-EN

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 front and rear pre- amplifier of the unit are used to drive an external amplifier connected to the speakers. In this setting, the head unit’s internal amplifier has no output to 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.

Setting the Steering Position

STEERING RIGHT / STEERING LEFT (Initial setting)

According to the car's steering position, set to left or right.

LEFT : Set to LEFT for a left-hand drive. The right switch has priority when two switches on the GlideTouch bar are pressed.

RIGHT : Set to RIGHT for a right-hand drive. The left switch has priority when two switches on the GlideTouch bar are pressed.

Tuner Setting

Tuner is selected on the setup main menu in step 3.

Switching the Tuner Mode

CDA-9855:STABLE / NORMAL (Initial setting) / HiFi CDA-9853:STABLE / NORMAL (Initial setting) / HI-FI

This unit incorporates the MAX TUNE PRO for the highest quality tuner audio. Moreover, you can choose between three settings to suit your own personal sound preferences and usage.

NORMAL : Standard setting

HI-FI : Sound quality priority setting

STABLE : Noiseless priority setting

•If you find the sound is very noisy while listening to the tuner in Hi- Fi mode, we recommend you change to Normal mode.

Audio Setting

Audio is selected on the setup main menu in step 3.

Subwoofer On and Off

SUBWOOFER ON (Initial setting) / SUBWOOFER OFF

When the subwoofer is on, perform the steps below to adjust the subwoofer output phase and level.

1Press the Rotary encoder repeatedly to select the SUBWOOFER mode.

SUBWOOFER → BALANCE → FADER → DEFEAT → VOLUME → SUBWOOFER

•If you set the 2WAY/3WAY switch (pages 45 to 47) to 3WAY, you cannot adjust the FADER mode.

2Press g or f.

The subwoofer output phase is toggled SUBWOOFER NORMAL (0°) or SUBWOOFER REVERS (180°).

To adjust the level, turn the Rotary encoder.

Setting the Subwoofer Output

CDA-9855:SUBW CH ST (Initial setting) / MONO CDA-9853:SUBW CH STEREO (Initial setting) / MONO

You can set the subwoofer output to stereo or monaural. Make sure to set the correct output for your subwoofer type.

STEREO : Subwoofer stereo (L/R) output

MONO : Subwoofer monaural output

Setting the Subwoofer System

CDA-9855:SUBW SYS1 (Initial setting) / SUBW SYS2 CDA-9853:SUBW SYSTEM1 (Initial setting) / SUBW SYSTEM2

Select either SYSTEM1 or SYSTEM2 for the desired subwoofer effect.

SYSTEM1 : Subwoofer level changes according the main volume setting.

SYSTEM2 : Subwoofer level change is different from the main volume setting. For example, even at low volume settings, the subwoofer is still audible.

Setting the Response Slope for the High Range Speaker (TW SETUP)

MAKER’S (Initial setting) / USER’S

Depending on the response characteristics of the speaker, care should be taken when setting the response slope of the high range speaker to FLAT in 3-way mode (see “Adjusting and Storing the Crossover Settings” on page 18), as speaker damage may result.

MAKER’S : As protection from possible speaker damage, FLAT cannot be set for the response slope of the high range speaker in 3-way mode.

USER’S : The FLAT setting is possible in 3-way mode.

•A message is displayed when the response slope for the high range speaker is set to FLAT in 3-way mode (CDA-9855 only).

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