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Notes on Sound Management System

The KDC-9026R allows you to set up the best sound
field to your car using the audio setup. This is the
Sound Management System.
There are two types of audio setup mode:
Easy audio setup (called Easy mode) and
Professional audio setup (called PRO mode).

Audio setup (Easy mode)

When you select the cabin size and the speaker
type you are using in the easy audio setup (Easy
mode), you can set the best sound field to your
car automatically.
Refer to 'Audio Setup (Easy mode)' (page 24).

Audio setup (PRO mode)

While in the professional audio setup (PRO
mode), you can fine-tune and memory the
X’Over (Cross-over), DTA (Digital Time Alignment),
and EQ (Equalizer), controls in addition to the
sound quality you have set in the audio setup
(Easy mode).
Refer to 'Audio Setup (PRO mode)' (page 24).
First, set up the sound field in your car by 'Audio
setup (Easy mode)' (page 24). Proceed to the
following steps for sound field setup.
1. Enter Audio Setup mode.
Press the [NEXT] button.
Repeatedly press the button until "AD SET" is
displayed above the [3] button.
Refer to 'Notes on Multi-function Key System'
(page 10).
2. Set the cabin size of your car.
Press the [2] ("CABIN") button.
3. Select the cabin size of your car.
Press the [4] or [¢] button.
4. Select a speaker
Press the [3] ("SP-SEL") button.
5. Set up the speaker
Press the [2] — [5] button.
For the speakers you can set up using buttons [2] to
[5], see the 'Audio setup (Easy mode)' (page 24).
6. Select the speaker size.
Press the [4] or [¢] button.
7. Exit Audio setup mode
Press the [6] ("RTN") button.
Now, you can create the best sound field to your
car.
For the detailed speaker setup, see the 'Audio Setup
(PRO mode)' (page 24).