Alpine CDA-117 manual

Designe d by ALPIN E Japa n 68-1447 0Z51- A R R • O WNER ’S MANU AL Please read befo re us ing this equi pmen t. • MODE D’EM PLOI V euillez lire av an t d’ utiliser cet ap pare il. • MAN U A L DE OP ERACIÓN Léalo antes de u t ilizar e ste equi po . ALPINE EL ECTRONICS MARKETING, INC. 1-1- 8 Nish i Gotan da, Shinagawa-ku, T okyo 141-0 [...]

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1 -EN Contents EN GLIS H Op er a tin g In st ructi o ns WA R N I N G W ARNING ......... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... 4 CA UTION . ...... ...... ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... 4 PRECA UT IONS ....... ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ...... 4 Ge tting Sta rte d Accessor y List .......... ............[...]

2 -EN Contents EN GLIS H Set ting the L anguage F ont .. ...... ...... ........ ...... ...... ... 23 Demon strati on . ...... ...... ........ ...... ...... ...... ........ ...... ...... .2 3 Display Se tting .... ................ ............. ............ ......... 23 Dimme r Control ... ...... ...... ........ ...... ...... ........ ...... ...... [...]

3 -EN Contents EN GLIS H Sett ing the MX Level ......... ............. ............ ......... 37 Sett ing EQ mode .... ................ ............. ............ ..... 37 Sett ing the Time Correc tion Unit ( TCR P arameter) ...... ............ ................. ............ ..... 38 Soun d F ield Adjustme nt...... ............. ............ ..... [...]

4 -EN Opera ting Instruc tions  WA RN IN G This sym bol me ans imp ortant instruc tio ns. F ailure to heed t hem can re sult in seri ous in jury or dea th. DO NOT OPERA TE ANY FUNC TION THA T TA KES YOUR A T TENTION A W A Y FROM SAFE L Y DRIVIN G Y OUR VE HICL E. Any func t ion t hat re qui res yo ur prolon ged attent ion s hou ld on ly b e perf[...]

5 -EN disc ha s been in serted c orr ectl y , push th e RE SET swi tc h wit h a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen. Playing a disc while driving on a ver y bump y road may resul t in skips, but th is will n ot scratch the dis c or damage th e player . New D iscs T o prevent the CD from jamming, “Er ro r” is displayed if discs with irregular[...]

6 -EN Protect ing the US B connec tor • Only a USB Memory , iPho ne/iPod or P ortable audio player can be connected to the USB connector on this unit. Correct performance using other USB products cannot be guaranteed. • If t he USB c onne ctor is used, be sur e to use a USB ex tens ion ca ble (suppl ied). A USB h ub is not suppor ted. • Depen[...]

7 -EN Accessory List • Head u nit ...... ................. ............. ............ ............. ................. ....1 • Pow er cable ....... ................. ............. ............. ................. ............ 1 • USB Cable ...... ............ .................. ............ ............. ................. ....1 • Inter face c[...]

8 -EN Initial System Star t-Up Be sure to p r ess th e RESET swit ch when u sing t he unit fo r the firs t time , after changing t he car batter y , etc. 1 T urn off the u nit power . 2 Press  (OP E N) to op en the fron t panel, a nd then remove it. 3 Press RESET with a ballpoint pen or similar point ed object. Adjusting Volume 1 Tu rn t h e Rot[...]

9 -EN Thi s unit cann ot recei ve HD Rad io si gnal s (dig ita l ter restri al r adio ). In order to activa te the digital radio functions described belo w , an optional HD R adio T uner module must be connec ted through the Ai -NET bus. iT u n es T agging lets you tag so ngs you h ear on HD Radio statio ns with your new CD A -117 and then pr eview[...]

10 -EN Receiving a Multicast St at ion (HD Radio™ mode only ) Multicasting is the Ability to broadcas t m ultiple program stream s o ver a single F M freq uency . This incr eases the amo un t an d div ers ity of co nt en t choices. A maximum of eight multicast station channels can b e selected on thi s unit. When m ulticast sta tion is receiv ed,[...]

11 -E N Receiving T raffic Inform a tion 1 Press and hold TA for at least 2 s econds so that the “ T A” indicator lights up. 2 Press  or  t o select you r desir ed tr affic inf ormation station. Whe n a tra ffic i nform ation s tatio n is tu ned in , the “TP” indic ator lights up . T raff ic inf ormati on is h eard only w hen it is be[...]

12 -EN • When an iPod that does n't support the tagging function is connected, “Non-T ag ging iPod” may be displayed. • When the iPhone/iP od is disconne cted from t he un it d uring t agging, its tag inform ation will be s tored i n the unit. • If ther e is store d ta g informa tio n on the uni t, when a n iPhone/iP od supportin g t[...]

13 -E N • T he playbac k time may not be correc tly displayed when a VBR (V ariable Bit Ra te) r ecor ded file is pla yed bac k. •P r e s s VIEW to switch t he displa y . F or detai ls, refer to “Displayin g the Te x t ” o n p a g e 1 8 . Repeat Pla y 1 Press  4 . The so ng is pl ayed back repe atedly . RPT *1  RPT  *2  RPT  [...]

14 -EN Qui ck Se a r c h Y ou can s earch for track s (file s). 1 Press and hold ENTER  for at least 2 se conds in the CD/ MP3/ WMA/AAC mo de to ac tivate Quick S earch mode. 2 Tu rn t h e Rotary en c oder to sel ect a desir ed track (file). The selected track is played back immediately. Note s •P r e s s   ESC in the search mode to c[...]

15 -E N Verify the writing or der in the software ’ s documentation. The playback order of the folders and files is as follo ws. * The folder N o ./ fol der Na me will not be disp lay ed if no file is conta i ned in the f older . Bit rate This is the “sound” compre ssion rate specified for encoding. The hig her the bit rate, the higher the so[...]

16 -EN Soun d Se tti n g Y ou can fl exibly c ustomize the un it to suit your own preference and usag e. F ro m the S OUND S ET UP men u, A udio Settin g can be modified . 1 Press and hold SOUND SETUP for at le ast 2 sec onds to ac tivate the So und Settin g mode. 2 Tu rn t h e Rotary en c oder to se lect the desire d sound setting menu, and t hen [...]

17 -E N DVD (Vid eo CD ) (M OV IE M X le ve l 1 t o 2) : The dialogue portion of a video is r eproduced more clearly . (DVD MUS IC): A DVD or Video CD cont ains a large quantity of data suc h as music clip. MX uses th is data to reproduce the sound accurately . A UX (M X le ve l 1) : Choose the MX mode (CMP M, MOVIE, or MUSIC) th at corre sponds to[...]

18 -EN Stor ing th e So und Fiel d Adju stment Set ting s The Sound Field Settings containing Parametric EQ/Graphic EQ and T .C orrecti on set tings can be stored in th e preset memor y . 1 When the settings of Soun d Field have been completed, select any one of the preset buttons (1 t hrough 6) in any item of the Sound Fi eld mode (e .g. P arametr[...]

19 -E N The di splay in HD Rad io mode: The di splay in CD m ode: The di splay in M P3/WMA/AAC mode : *1 Pr ess a nd h ol d VIEW fo r at least 2 se conds if PS is displayed in the r adio mode, f requenc y w ill be displayed fo r 5 se conds. If ther e is no text info rmation, no thi ng will be displa yed. *2 Displ ayed during playback of a disc with[...]

20 -EN T ex t co mp at i bl e CD s co nt ai n te x t i n fo rm at i on s uc h as t he d is c n am e a n d track name. S uch text info rmation is ref erred to as “ text” . Note s • S ome characters may not be dis played correctly with this d evice , depending on the charact er type. • T he CD change r mus t also be C D T e xt comp atible for[...]

21 -E N *4 Only when XM Radio is connect ed. F or th e XM Radio setti ng, refer to “SA T Radio Receiver (optional)” o n page 26. *5 Onl y w he n S IRI US R ad i o is c on nect ed . *6 Refer to “Sett ing th e T ime an d Calenda r” on page 8. *7 D ispl ayed only whe n Blue toot h IN i s OFF . *8 Displayed o nly when A UX+ S etup is ON. *9 Dis[...]

22 -EN T u rning Mute Mo de On/O ff (INT Mute) If a device having the interrupt fea ture is connected, a udio will be auto matically m uted whenever the interrupt signal is r eceived from the device.  Set ti ng it em : INT Mute Sett ing conten ts: ON / OFF (Initial se tting) Se tting t he A UX+ S etup Mo de Y ou can input the audio of an externa[...]

23 -E N Note • No sound is produce d by the system when the P ower IC is set to OFF. Set tin g th e L ang u age F ont T wo types of fon t can be selected.  Set ti ng it em : Langua ge Set Sett ing conten ts: Language 1 (Initial setting) / Language 2 Lang uag e 1 : Normal Font Lang uag e 2 : Europe an Font Demonstra tion This unit has a demo ns[...]

24 -EN Opening Message ON/OFF Setti ng This unit incl udes a s pecia l me ssage feat ure with va rious patt erns, which when enabled disp lays opening messag es for certain occasion s. Fo r exa m ple, when y ou t urn thi s uni t o n Decemb er 25th (a cco r ding t o th e unit’ s d ate se ttin g), a Chr istm as g reet ing is disp layed i f the Op e[...]

25 -E N 1T u r n t h e Rotary encod er to set S-Seek Aler t to On or Of f, and then press ENTER  . If On is set, the aler t for all stored Artists/So ngs is set. If O ff is set, no announcements wi ll be made. Delete All The operation will delete all aler ts (artists, songs and team) stored in memory . After access to thi s item, operate the [...]

26 -EN SA T Receiver: XM or SIRIUS Receiver * When an optional X M or SIRIU S Receiver Box is connec ted via t he Ai-NET bus, t he following operations may be per formed. How ever , the XM Receiver and S IRIUS Receiver cannot be connected at the same time. * V e rify the feat ur es of the co nnecte d SIRIUS Receiver Box . No t all SIRIUS Receiver s[...]

27 -E N • A total of 1 8 channel s can be s tored i n the preset memo ry for e ither XM or SIRIUS. 6 Chan nels a re st or ed in eac h band (XM1, XM2 and XM3 for XM; SIR IUS1, SIRIUS 2 and SI RIUS3 for S IRIUS). • If you s tore a cha nnel in a pres et me mor y which already has a station , the curren t cha n nel will be clea red and rep lac ed w[...]

28 -EN • Sports tea ms/Artist name and Song ti tle which you have stor ed and which are cur rently pl aying will be dis played in a categor y called “M y Game Zone”/“S-See k” in sear ch mode. F or details, r efer to “Se arc h Fu ncti on ” on p age 28. Sear ch F uncti on Y ou can s earch for programs by C atego r y , Ch annel. 1 Press [...]

29 -E N 3 Press   ESC for at least 2 seconds to cance l the INST ANT REPLA Y mode . The uni t returns to usual SIRIUS broadcastin g mode. Time disp lay example duri ng REPLA Y playback (In stant Repl ay Mod e o nl y) Chan ging the Disp la y T ext informa tion, suc h as the cha nne l name, artist name/featur e and s on g /p ro g ra m t it le ,[...]

30 -EN Connec ting the USB Memor y (option al) If a USB Mem ory device /Portable aud io player i s connec ted to t he unit , MP3/WMA/AAC files can be played back. Note • In the USB mode, when this un it is rese t, ACC is switched from OFF to ON, or when the USB is connected to this un it, “Ba nkin g” is disp layed for severa l seconds. Using [...]

31 -E N 2 T o c ancel repeat p lay , select (off ) w ith the above procedur e. Note • During repeat play , s ettin g M.I. X. to ON wi ll cancel the repeat play . M.I. X. (R an dom Pl ay ) 1 Press 5  . Th e song s ar e play ed ba ck in r and om s equ enc e . MIX *1  MIX ALL *2  (off )  MIX *1 Song shuffle randoml y pla ys back songs wi[...]

32 -EN Alph abet Skip Fu nction The in itial skip fu nctio n is sk ip ped to th e next nu mber , symbo l or lett er such as f ro m A to B, B to C. Y ou can skip in reverse order such as B to A by pressing  . 1 Du ring se arch mode, press  or  to per form th e Alphabe t Skip Function. A list is skipped t o the next number , symbol or lett e[...]

33 -E N Pla yb ack 1 Press SOUR CE  to switch to the US B iPod mode. 2 Press  or  to s elect the desir ed son g. Pr essing and holding  or  will f ast backward/fast forw ar d the cur rent song. 3 T o pause playback, press  . Pr essing  again will resume playback. Note s • A song playing on the iPhone/iPod while it is conn [...]

34 -EN Dire ct Sear c h F un ction The unit’ s direct se arch function can b e used to s earch for an album, son g, etc. , mo re efficien tl y . In Playl ist /Artis t/Al bu m/Son g/P o dcas t/ Genre/Composer/Audiobook mode, you can quickly target any song. 1 In the search mode , pr ess any on e of the preset buttons (1 through 6) to quickly skip [...]

35 -E N Note • Depending on the c onnect ed iP od, tr ack up/do wn may be not a vaila ble during Repeat play . Displ a yin g th e T ext Y ou can displa y the tag info rmatio n of a song in the iPho ne/iP od. 1 Press VI EW . Each pre ss changes the display . Note • Wh en the T ext Scroll is set to Ma n ual, p re ss a nd hol d VIEW for at leas t [...]

36 -EN Adjusting Su bw oofer Lev el/Bass Lev el/ T r eble Lev el/Fader (Between F ront and Rear)/Balance (Between Left and Right)/ Bla ck Out i n Mu ltEQ mod e Y ou ca n cha ng e these s ett ings to crea t e yo ur o wn pr eference in M ul tEQ (Curve 1 or Cu rve 2) mode. 1 Press AUDI O repeatedly to select the Mult EQ adjustment item. SUBWOOFE R LEV[...]

37 -E N The subwoofer output phase i s togg led SUBW OOF ER NORM AL ( 0°) or SUB W OOFER REVERSE (180°). T o adjust the level, turn the Rotary encoder .  Set ti ng it em : SUBW . Phase Sett ing conten ts: PHASE 0° (Initial setting) / PHASE 180° Y ou can set the subw oofer outpu t to stereo or monaural. M ake sure to set the correct ou tput f[...]

38 -EN Y ou can ch ange the unit, (c m or inch) of time c orrection.  Set ti ng it em : TCR Pa ra m et er Sett ing conten ts: cm (Initial setting) / inch The setting of P ara metric EQ/Grap hic EQ, T i me Correction a nd X-Over can be adju sted in this mode. Adjustin g the P ar ametri c Equaliz er Cu rve Y ou can mo dify the Equalizer se ttings [...]

39 -E N *1 When F ACTOR Y’ S is se lected, refer to “Setti n g the Response Slope for the H igh Range S peak er (TW S etup)” on page 37. *2 When USER ’S is selected, refer to “ Setting the Response Sl ope f or the Hi gh Range S peaker (TW Setup)” on page 37. 3 Press SOUR CE  to adjust the slope. Adjustable slope: FLA T * , 6 dB/oc[...]

40 -EN Ad j ust the ti me co rr ectio n lev el o f th e fro nt left speak er to a hi gh val ue and the rear right to zero or a low value. The so und is n ot bal anc ed beca use the dista nce betw een th e li sten ing position and the vario us speakers is differ ent. The di ffer enc e in di sta nce bet ween the fr on t le ft speak er a nd the rea r [...]

41 -E N About the Cro sso ver Crossover (X -OVER): This unit is eq uipped with an ac tive crossov er . The crossover limits the frequencies de livered to the outputs. Each channel is control led independently. Thus, each speaker pair can be driven by the frequencies for which they have been optimally designed. The crossover adjusts the HPF (high pa[...]

42 -EN * Only when TW Setup is set to USER ’ S (refer to “Setti ng the Respo nse Slope fo r the H igh Ra nge Speak er (TW S etup )” on page 37). Note s • HPF (high pass filt er): C uts the lo wer freq uencies a nd all ows the h igher frequenci es to pass. • LPF (low pass filt er): Cuts the higher fr equenc ies and a llows t he lower frequ[...]

43 -E N Note • After sel ectin g the desi r ed disc, you ca n opera te i n the same w ay as fo r the CD play er of this un it. F or det ails, see the CD/MP3/WM A/AA C section. Playing MP3 Files with the CD Changer (optional) If you connect a changer compatible w ith MP3, you can play CD-ROMs, CD-Rs , and CD-R Ws containing MP3 files on t his unit[...]

44 -EN IMPRINT a udio p ro ces sor (PXA- H100) (sold sep ar ate l y) is con nected, refer t o “IMPRINT Opera tion (op tiona l)” on page 35.  Po wer Button Press this button to t urn the power on /off .  Band Butt on Radi o mode : BAND Bu tton . Press this button and the band wi ll change. Changer mode: T o switch the changer.   UP B[...]

45 -E N In Case of Difficulty If yo u enc oun ter a pr oble m, t urn the pow er off , then o n aga in. I f the un it is still not functioning no rmally , review the items in the follo wing checklist. This guide will hel p you isola te the pro blem if the unit is at fault. Otherwise, make sure the rest of your syst em is pro perly connected or consu[...]

46 -EN •M e c h a n i s m e r r o r . 1 Press the  button and eject the CD . If not ejecting , consult your Alpin e dealer . 2 When the error indication rema ins after ejecting, press the  button again . If the err or indica tion stil l does not tu rn off afte r pressi ng the  bu tto n fo r a few ti mes , co ns ul t yo ur Alp ine de al e[...]

47 -E N • The subscribed program is being updated . During update, audio will be muted un til updat e is com pleted. – W ait until the update is comp leted. After comple tion, follow the indicatio n “SUB U p date d Press An y K ey” to pre ss an y key on the unit to contin ue, the unit re-tune to pr evious channel. • T he Re ce iver is up [...]

48 -EN Specific ations FM T UN ER SEC TIO N AM TUNER SECTION CD PLA YER SECTI ON USB SECTI ON * Fr equency r esponse ma y di ffer dependi ng on the enco der softwar e/bi t rate. PICKUP REMO T E C ONT RO L GENERAL * Prima ry amp li fier r at in gs per CEA -2006 S ta nda r d • P ower output: measured at 4 Ohm s and ≤ 1 % THD+N • S/N: 80 dBA (re[...]

49 -E N Installation and C onnec tions Before installi ng or connecting the u nit, please rea d the follow ing and refer to “Oper ating Instructions” on pa ge 4 for proper use.  War n in g MAKE TH E CORREC T CONN ECTI ONS. Failure to make th e pro per connections m ay r esult in fire or produ ct d amage. USE ONL Y IN CARS WITH A 12 VOL T NEG[...]

50 -EN Installat ion  Cau ti on When you install this unit in your car , do not remove the detachable front panel. If the detachable front p anel is removed during installation, you might press too hard and warp the metal p late that holds it in plac e . The main unit must be mounted within 35 degrees of the horizontal plane, back to front. 1 Re[...]

51 -E N Connect US B ca ble t o a n iPho ne/ iP od wi th In te rfac e cabl e fo r iP o d. Remov e the iPhone /iP od Remo ve the iP h one/i P od fro m I n terfac e ca ble f or iP od. Note s • After cha ngin g the uni t to a sou rce o ther t han the USB iP od, r emove the iPhone/iPod . If the iPhone/iP od is remove d in the USB iPod mode, data may [...]

52 -EN Connec tions * The system swi tch is loca ted on th e bottom of th e uni t. To amplier or equalizer Amplier Amplier Amplier To BLUETOOTH INTERFACE (KCE-400BT) (sold separately) Antenna POWER ANT Blue To power antenna REMOTE TURN-ON Blue/White AUDIO INTERRUPT IN Pink/Black To vehicle phone ILLUMINATION Orange To the instrument clu[...]

53 -E N  Antenna Receptacle  Po wer Antenna Lead (Blu e) Connect this lead to the +B terminal of your power antenn a, if applicable. Note • This lead shou ld be us ed only for controllin g the vehicle’ s pow er antenna. Do not use this lead to turn on an ampli fier, or a signal processor , etc.  Remote T urn-On L ead (Blue/White) Conne[...]

LIMITED W ARRANTY ALPINE ELEC TRONICS OF AM ERICA, INC. AND ALPINE OF CANADA INC. (“ Alpine ”), are dedicated to quality craftsmanship and are please d to offer this W arr anty . W e suggest that you r ead it tho roughly . Should you have any que stions , please co ntact your De aler or con tact Alp ine at one of the telephon e numbers listed b[...]