Alpine CDE-9852 owner manual IPod Optional, External Device, 16-EN

MP3/WMA

Playing MP3/WMA Data (PLAY MODE)

CDDA (Initial setting) / CDDA/MP3

This product can playback CDs containing both CD and MP3/WMA data. However, in some situations (some enhanced CDs), playback may be difficult. For these special cases, you can select playback of CD data only. When a disc contains both CD or the MP3/WMA data, playback starts from the CD data portion of the disc.

CDDA: Only CD data can be played back.

CDDA/MP3: Both CD data and MP3/WMA file tracks can be played back.

•Perform this setting before inserting a disc. If a disc has already been inserted, perform the setting after you remove the disc.

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 front 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

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.

iPod™ (Optional)

Rotary SOURCE/POWER

encoder /

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An iPod™, iPod™ mini or iPod™ nano can be connected to the CDE-9852 by using the proprietary ALPINE FULL SPEED™ Connection Cable (KCE-422i). When the CDE-9852 is connected by using the cable, the controls on the iPod™ are not functional.

About iPods™ usable with this unit

The unit can be used with third generation and above iPod™ photo, iPod™ minis or iPod™ nano. iPod™ Shuffle cannot be used, however.

•Touch wheel or scroll wheel type iPods without the dock connector cannot be connected to the unit.

•The unit can be used with the following iPod versions. Correct function of earlier versions cannot be guranteed.

Third generation iPod:Ver. 2.3 Forth generation iPod:Ver. 3.0.2 iPod photo:Ver.1.0

iPod mini:Ver. 1.3 iPod nano:Ver. 1.0

•The unit cannot be used with the software versions earlier than 22nd Feb.2005. For details about “iPod Software Update”, refer to the iPod Instruction Manual.

Playback

1Press SOURCE/POWER to switch to the iPod mode.

2Press or to select the desired song.

Return to the beginning of the current song:

Press .

Fast backward:

Press and hold .

Advance to the beginning of the next song:

Press .

Fast forward:

Press and hold .

3To pause playback, press / .

Pressing / again will resume playback.

•If a song is playing on the iPod when it is connected to the CDE-9852, it will continue playing after the connection.

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