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Other Functions

CDE-9874E

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CDE-9872E

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Displaying the Text

Text information, such as the disc name and the track name, will be displayed if playing a CD text compatible disc. It is also possible to display the folder name, the file name and the tag, etc., while playing MP3/WMA/AAC files.

Press VIEW.

The display will change every time the button is pressed.

When the TEXT SCR is set to SCR MANU, press and hold VIEW for at least 2 seconds, the current text will be scrolled one time (except Radio mode).

The display in Radio mode:

FREQUENCY CLOCK FREQUENCY

The display in CD mode:

TRACK NO./ELAPSED TIME TRACK NO./CLOCK TEXT (DISC NAME)*1 TEXT (TRACK NAME)*1

TRACK NO./ELAPSED TIME

The display in MP3/WMA/AAC mode:

FILE NO./ELAPSED TIME FOLDER NO./FILE NO. FILE NO./CLOCK FOLDER NAME FILE NAME ARTIST NAME*2 ALBUM NAME*2 SONG NAME*2 FILE NO./ELAPSED TIME

The display in AUX mode (CDE-9874E only):

AUX NAME AUX NAME/CLOCK AUX NAME

The display in BT AUDIO mode:

The Following display will be shown only when a telephone or Bluetooth Streaming device with Metadata capabilities is correctly connected with a Bluetooth Interface Module (Alpine KCE-300BT) (sold separately). (For details on Bluetooth Box, refer to the Owner’s manual of KCE-300BT).

PRESET NO. PRESET NO./CLOCK ARTIST NAME*2 ALBUM NAME*2 SONG NAME*2 PRESET NO.

*1 Displayed during playback of a disc with CD text. *2 ID3 tag/WMA tag

If an MP3/WMA/AAC file contains ID3 tag/WMA tag information, the ID3 tag/WMA tag information is displayed (e.g., song name, artist name, and album name). All other tag data is ignored.

About the indication display

When displaying Text, the following indicators are lit according to the mode.

Indicator/

CD Mode

MP3/WMA/AAC

iPod Mode/

Mode

Mode

BT Audio

 

 

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Folder Name*2

––

 

being displayed

 

 

 

 

––

Artist Name*1

Artist Name*1

 

being displayed

being displayed

 

 

 

Text (Disc

Album Name*1

Album Name*1

 

Name*3) being

being displayed

being displayed

 

displayed

 

 

 

Text (Track

Song Name*1/

Song Name*1

 

Name*3) being

File Name being

being displayed

 

displayed

displayed

 

*1 Tag information

If there is no tag information, “ARTIST”/“ALBUM”/“SONG” is displayed.

*2 The root folder is displayed as “FOLDER”.

*3 If there is no Text (Disc Name or Track Name), “DISC TEXT”/ “TRACK TEXT” is displayed.

About “Text”

Text:

Text compatible CDs contain text information such as the disc name and track name. Such text information is referred to as “text.”

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

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

The text or tag information may not be correctly displayed, depending on the contents.

Displaying Time

Press VIEW repeatedly until the time is displayed.

Each press changes the display.

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

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.

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CDE-9872E, CDE-9874E specifications

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