Alpine CDE-9870R manual

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    Y AMA GA T A (W uxi) Co., Ltd. Block 28-25, Changjiang Nanlu, WND, jiangsu, China Designed b y ALPINE J apan Printed in Chin a (Y) 68-05946Z90-A EN DE FR ES IT SE 01GB01CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) FOR C AR USE ONL Y/NU R FÜR A UTOMOBIL GEBR A UCH/POUR APP LIC ATION A U TOMOBILE UNIQU EMENT/ P ARA USO EN A UT OMÓVIL ES/SOLO P[...]

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    ENGLISH 1 -EN 01GB03CDE-9 870RT OC.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Contents Operating Instr uctions WA R N I N G W ARNING ... ................ ............. ................ . 3 CA UTIO N ................. ................ ................ . 3 PRECA U TIONS .......... ............. ................ . 3 Getting Started Accessory List . ......[...]

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    2 -EN 01GB03CDE-9 870RT OC.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Installation and Connections W arning .................. ................ ................ 24 Caution ............. ................ ................ ...... 24 Precautions ......... ............. ................ ...... 24 Installation .......... .............. ............ .........[...]

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    3 -EN 01GB04CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Operating Instr uctions DO NOT OPERA TE ANY FU NCTION THA T T AKES YOUR A TTENTION A WA Y FROM SAFEL Y DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE. Any function th at requires your prolonged attention should only be performed after coming to a complete stop. Always stop the vehicle in a safe location before pe[...]

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    4 -EN 01GB04CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Never Attempt the Following Do not grip or pull out the disc wh ile it is being pulled back into the player by the automatic reloading mechanism. Do not attempt to insert a disc in to the unit when the unit po wer is off. Inserting Discs Y our player accepts only one disc at a time for p[...]

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    5 -EN 01GB04CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) On handling Compact Di scs (CD/CD-R/CD-RW) • Do not touch the surface. • Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight. • Do not affix stickers or labels. • Clean the di sc when it is dusty . • Make sure that there are no bumps around the disc. • Do not use commercially available[...]

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    6 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Accessory List • Head unit ........... .................. .............. .................. .............. .1 • P owe r cable ..................... .................. .................. .............. .1 • Mounting slee ve......................... .............. .................. [...]

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    7 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Listening to Radio 1 Press SOURCE/ to select TUNER mode . 2 Press BAND/T A repeatedly until the desired radio band is displayed. F1 (FM1) F2 (FM2) F3 (FM3) MW L W F1 (FM1) 3 Press TUNE/A.ME to select the tuning mode . DX SEEK (Distance mode) SEEK (Local mode) OFF (Manual mode) DX SEEK ?[...]

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    8 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Setting RDS Reception Mode and Receiving RDS Stations The RDS (Ra dio Data Syste m) is a radi o informat ion system using the 57 kHz subcarr ier of regular FM b roadcast. The RDS allows you to recei ve a v ariety of information su ch as traf f ic informa tion, station names, and t o auto[...]

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    9 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) PI SEEK Setting 1 Press and hold FUNC./SET UP for at least 2 seconds to activate the SETUP mode. 2 Press or to select the PI SEEK mode, and then press / / ENT . 3 Press or to select ON or OFF . 4 Press and hold FUNC./SET UP for at least 2 seconds to return to normal mode . • Pr ess A U[...]

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    10 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Playback 1 Insert a di sc with the label side facing up. The disc will be pu lled into the u nit automati cally , and the “DISC IN” indicator lights up. When a disc is already ins erted, press SOURCE/ to switch to th e DISC mode. The mode will cha nge ever y time the butt on is pres[...]

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    11 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) M.I.X. (Random Play) Press 5 in the play or pause mode . The tracks (f iles) on the d isc will be playe d back in rand om sequence . T o cancel M.I.X . play , press 5 again. CD mode : MP3 mode : Searching from CD T ext Tracks can be searched and played by using the CD t ext on the disc [...]

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    12 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) About MP3 What is MP3? MP3, whose offic ial name is “MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3”, is a compression standar d prescribed by the ISO, the International Standar dization Organ ization and MPEG which is a joint activi ty institution of the IEC. MP3 files contain compressed audio data. MP3 enc[...]

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    13 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Bit rate This is the “sound” compression rate specified for e ncoding. The higher th e bit rate, the hi gher the s ound quality, b ut also th e larger the file s. Sampling ra te This valu e shows how m any times per second the data is sampled (recor ded). F o r example, music CDs us[...]

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    14 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Setting the Bass Control Y ou c an change th e Bass Frequ ency emphasis t o create you r own tonal preference . 1 Press and hold A.SEL for at least 2 seconds to activate the Sound Setting mode. 2 Press A.SEL repeatedly to select the BASS mode. BASS TREBLE HPF BASS 3 -1 Press BAN D/T A t[...]

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    15 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Adjusting the High Pass Filter The High Pass Fi lter on this unit can be adjusted to suit your personal taste. 1 Press and hold A.SEL for at least 2 seconds to activate the Sound Setting mode. 2 Press A.SEL repeatedly to select the H PF mode . BASS TREBLE HPF BASS 3 Press or to select t[...]

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    16 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) About the indicatio n display When displaying T ext, the following indi cators ar e lit according to the mode. * 1 T ag information If there is no tag info rmation, “AR TIST”/“ALBUM”/“ SONG” is displa yed. * 2 The ro ot folder i s displayed as “FOLDER”. * 3 If ther e is [...]

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    17 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Subwoofer On and Off When the subwoof er is on, pe rform the s teps below to adju st the subwoofer outp ut level. 1 In the normal mo de, pr ess AU D I O / RT N repeatedly to select the SUBW mode. 2 Adjust t he level by pressing or . Setting the Subwoofer System Select eit her SYS 1 or S[...]

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    18 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Setting the A UX+ Mode Y ou c an input th e audio of a connected external device, (such as a portable p layer) to th e iPod Dir ect connector of this u nit, using an iPod Dir ect/RCA Int erface cable. An external device and an iPod cann ot be connec ted at the same time. An iPod ® can [...]

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    19 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Searching for a desired Song An iPod can co ntain hundr eds of songs. By using f ile tag info rmation and keeping th ese songs organis ed in playl ists, this unit’ s search functio ns will ease song sear ches. Each music ca tegory has its o wn indi vidua l hierarch y . Use the Playlis[...]

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    20 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Random Play Shuffle (M.I.X.) The Shuf fle fun ction of the iP od is displaye d as M.I.X. on th is unit. Shuffle Albums: The songs on ea ch album are played ba ck in proper order . Upon completion of all the songs on the album, the next album is selected ra ndomly . This continues until [...]

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    21 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) In Case of Difficulty If you encou nter a prob lem, please turn the power off, then o n again. If the unit is still no t functioning n ormally , please re view the items in the follo wing chec klist. This g uide will help you isolate th e problem if th e unit is at faul t. Otherwis e, m[...]

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    22 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) The sound is not ou tput from the speakers. • Unit has no output signal of the inter nal amplifier . - PO WER IC is switched to “POW ON” (page 17). iP od does not play and no sound is output. • The iPod has no t been recognized. - Reset this unit and the iPod. Refer to “Initia[...]

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    23 -EN 01GB05CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Specifications FM TUNER SECTION MW TUN ER SECT ION L W TUNER SECTION CD PLA YER SECTION PICKUP GENERAL CHASSIS SIZE NOSEPIECE SIZE • Due to cont inuous pr oduct impr ovement, sp ecif ications and design are subject to change without notice. CA UTION T uning Range 87.5-108.0 MHz Mono U[...]

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    24 -EN 01GB06CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Installation and Connections Before installing or connecting the unit, please read the follo wing and pages 3 and 5 of this m anual thoroughly for p rope r use. Wa r n i n g MAKE THE CORREC T CONNECTIONS. Failure to make the proper connectio ns may result in f ire or product damage. USE[...]

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    25 -EN 01GB06CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Installation • The main un it must be mounted wit hin 35 degr ees of the ho rizontal plane, back to front. R emov al 1. Re move the detac hable front panel. 2. Us e a small screwdriver (or similar tool) to push the locking pi ns to the “up” posit ion (see above drawing). As each p[...]

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    26 -EN 01GB06CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) Connections Antenna (Pink/Black) A UDIO INTERRUPT IN (Blue/White) REMOTE TURN-ON (Red) IGNITION (Black) GND (Blue) PO WER ANT BA TTERY (Green) (Green/Bl ack) (Gre y/Blac k) (White/Black) (Gre y) (Violet/Black) (Violet) JASO Antenna Plug ISO Antenna Plug T o vehicle phone T o amplif ier [...]

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    27 -EN 01GB06CDE-9 870R.fm ALPINE CDE-9870R 68-05946Z90-A (EN) iP od Direct Connector Control iPod signal s. Connect this to an iPod by usin g the FULL SPEED TM Connectio n Cable (KCE-422i ) (sold sepa rately) or co nnect this to an ext ernal de vice (such as a por table player) by using iPod Direct/R CA Interf ace cable (sol d separatel y). * Refe[...]

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    PS Card Euro - 4 Appendix Product Inf ormation Card Produkt-Inf or mationskar te Car te d’informations sur le produit T arjeta de información del producto English Filling in this Product Information Card is voluntary . If you fill in this card and send it to Alpine, your data will be tabulated into reference data for future Alpine product dev el[...]

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    PS Card Euro - 5 Scheda inf ormazioni prodotto Italiano La compilazione di questa formulario è volontaria. Se compilate questo formulario, ritornandolo ad Alpine, i V ostri dati saranno racc olti in un file di riferimento per lo sviluppo dei nuovi prodotti Alpine. In aggiunta V oi potrete ricevere in futuro informazioni riguardanti i nuovi prodott[...]

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