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    Designed b y ALPINE J apan 68-09359Z28 -B EN DE FR ES IT SE NL RU PL GR FOR C AR USE ONL Y/NUR FÜR A UTOMOBIL GEBRAUCH/POUR APPLIC ATION A UTOM OBILE UNIQUEMEN T/P ARA USO EN A UTOMÓVILES/S OLO PER L ’UTILI ZZO IN A UTOMOBILE/ENDAST FÖR BILBRUK/ALLEE N V OOR GEBRUI K IN DE A U T O/ ТО Л ЬКО ДЛЯ ИСП ОЛЬЗ ОВ АНИЯ В АВТ [...]

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    ENGLISH 1 -EN Contents Oper ating Ins tr uctions W ARNING W ARNING ..... ................... .................... ..... 3 CA UTION ...... ................... .................... ..... 3 PRECAUTIONS ............... .................... ..... 3 Getting Started Accessory List ................ ............................ ...... 6 T urning Power On an[...]

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    2 -EN iP od ® (Optional) Playback ...... ................. ....................... ............ 19 Searching for a des ired Song .............. ........... . 19 Quick Search (CDE-987 4 Series only) ........... 20 Direct Search Function ................. ................. . 20 Select Playlis t/Artist/Album/Genre/ Composer ...... ................. .[...]

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    3 -EN Operating Instr uctions DO NOT OPE RA TE ANY F UNCTIO N THA T T AKES YOU R A TTENTION A WA Y FROM SAFEL Y DRIV ING YOUR VEHIC LE. Any functio n that requ ires your pro longed atten tion should on ly be performe d after co ming to a co mplete stop. Alw ays stop the veh icle in a safe lo cation befo re perform ing these fu nctions. Failure to d[...]

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    4 -EN Never Attem pt the Followin g Do not grip or pu ll out the disc w hile it is being pul led back into the pla yer by th e auto matic reload ing me chan ism. Do not at tempt t o insert a disc into the unit when t he unit power is of f. Inserting Dis cs Y our p layer accepts o nly one d isc at a time for play back. D o not attempt to lo ad more [...]

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    5 -EN On handling Co mpact Discs (CD/C D-R/CD-RW) • Do no t touch the surface. • Do not expose the disc to direct sunlig ht. • Do no t affi x stickers or label s. • Clean the disc when it is dusty . • Make s ure that th ere ar e no bumps around the disc. • Do n ot use commerc ially av ailable disc acces sories . Do n ot leave the d isc [...]

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    6 -EN CDE-9874 Series CDE-9872 Series Accessor y List • Head un it ...... ........ ........ ......... ........ ......... ..... ......... ........ ...... 1 • P ower c able .... ......... ........ ......... ........ ...... ........ ........ ......... ...1 • Mounting sleeve................................. ............................ ....1 • [...]

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    7 -EN CDE-9874 Series CDE-9872 Series Listening to Radio 1 Press SOURCE/ to select TUNER mode . 2 Press BAND/T A repeatedl y until t he desired r adio band i s displ ay ed. F1 (F M1) F2 (FM2) F3 (FM3) * MW LW F1 (FM1) * When CDE- 9872RE is connected, the received frequency band is F3 (LO W BAND). 3 Press TUNE/A.ME to select the tuning mode . DX SEE[...]

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    8 -EN CDE-9874 Series CDE-9872 Series Setting RDS Reception M ode and Receiving RDS Stations The RDS (Rad io Data Sys tem) is a ra d io in formation sys tem using the 57 kH z subcarrier of regular F M broadca st. The RD S allows you to recei ve a v ariety of informati on such as traf fic inform ation, stat ion names, a nd to automatic ally re-tun e[...]

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    9 -EN PI SEEK Setting 1 Press and ho ld FUNC./SETUP for at least 2 seconds to activate the SETUP mode . 2 Tu r n t h e Rotary encoder (CDE-9874 Series only) or press and (CDE-9872 Series only) to select the PI SEEK mode, an d then press / /ENT . 3 Tu r n t h e Rotary encoder (CDE-9874 Series only) or press and (CDE-9872 Series only) to select ON or[...]

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    10 -EN CDE-9874 Series CDE-9872 Series Playback 1 Insert a disc with the label side facing up. The disc will be pulled into the uni t automatically , and the “DISC IN” indi cator li g hts up. When a disc is alr eady inserted, pre ss SOURCE/ to switch to the DISC mode. The mode will chan g e e very time t he button is pr essed. TUNER DISC AUX * [...]

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    11 -E N M.I.X. (Random Play) Press 5 in th e play or pa use mo de . The trac ks (files) on the disc will be pla yed back in random sequence. T o cancel M.I. X. play , pre ss 5 again. CD mode : MP3 mode : Searching for CD T ext On discs uti lizing CD T ext, so ngs can be searched an d played by using their rec orded titles. For disc s without CD T e[...]

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    12 -EN Quick Search (CDE-9874 Se ries only) Y ou can sea rch for tracks (f iles). 1 Press and ho ld /ESC for at least 2 seconds i n the CD/MP3 m ode to activate Quick Search mode . 2 Tu r n t h e Ro tary encod er to select a desired track (fil e). The select ed track i s played back immed iately . • Pr ess an d hold /ESC for at least 2 seconds in[...]

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    13 -E N Bit rate This is the “so und” compression rate specified for encod ing. The higher the bit rate, the higher the sound qual ity , but also the lar ger the file s. Samplin g rate This v alue sh ows h ow man y times per sec ond th e data is sam pled (recor ded). F or example, musi c CDs use a sampl ing rate of 44.1 kHz, so the sound is sam[...]

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    14 -EN 2 Tu r n t h e Rotary encoder (CDE-9874 Series only) or press and (CD E-9872 Series only) until the desired sound is obtained in each mode. By setting DE FEA T ON, previous ly adjusted settings of BASS and TREBLE will return to the factory defaults. Press and ho ld Rot ary encode r (LOU D) f o r at least 2 seconds to activ ate or deactivate [...]

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    15 -E N Adjusting the High Pass F ilter The High Pass Filte r on this unit can be adjust ed to suit your person al tast e. 1 -1 Press an d hold SOUN D for at least 2 secon ds to activ ate th e Sound Setting m ode (CDE-9872 Ser ies only ). 1 -2 Press / SOUND (CDE-9874 Series only) or SOUND (CDE-9872 Series only) repeatedly to select the HPF mode. BA[...]

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    16 -EN PRES ET NO. ARTIST NAME * 3 ALBUM NAME * 3 SONG NAME * 3 PR ESET N O. * 1 If VIEW is pressed and held for at least 2 second s in the PS display mode, frequency will be display ed for 5 seconds. * 2 Displayed dur ing playback of a disc with CD text. * 3 ID3 tag If an MP3 file cont ains ID3 tag info rmation, the ID 3 tag informatio n is displ [...]

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    17 -E N Y ou c an flexibly customiz e the u nit to s uit your own preferences and usage. From the SETUP menu, Sound C ustomizing, V isual Custom izing, etc., can be m odified. CDE-9874 Series CDE-9872 Series 1 Press and ho ld FUNC./SETUP for at least 2 seconds to activate the SETUP mode . 2 Tu r n t h e Rotary en coder (CDE -9874 Series only) or pr[...]

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    18 -EN Scr oll T ype Set ting Choose from two scrolling methods. Select t he type y ou prefer. Scr oll Setting (T EXT SC R) This CD player ca n scroll the disc a nd track names re corded on CD-TEXT dis cs, as well as the text information of MP 3 f iles, folder names a nd tags . • The unit scr olls CD text names, fo lder names, file nam es or tag [...]

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    19 -E N CDE-9874 Series CDE-9872 Series An iPod ® can be con nected t o this u nit b y using the proprietary ALPINE FULL SPE ED ™ Connectio n Cable (KCE- 422i) (sold separa tely). When this unit is connected by using the cable, the co ntrols on the iPod are not funct ional. • Set A UX + SETUP to OFF when an iP od is connecte d (r efer to “Se[...]

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    20 -EN 5 Tu r n t h e Rotary encoder (CDE-9874 Series only) or press and (CDE-9872 Series only) to select th e desired Song, an d then press / / ENT . • After pressing and holding / / ENT for at least 2 seconds while in each hiera r chy (e xcept SONG hiera r chy) , all songs of th e select ed hierarc hy ar e played back. • After se lecting [ALL[...]

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    21 -E N Random Play Shuffle (M. I.X.) The Shuffle functio n of the iPod is displ ayed as M.I.X. on thi s unit. Shuffle Albums: The songs on eac h album are p layed back i n proper or der . Upon completio n of all the songs on t he album, the nex t album is selected ran domly . This conti nues until all albums have be en played. Shuffle Songs: Song [...]

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    22 -EN In Case of Difficulty If you encounte r a problem, please turn th e power of f , then on again. If the un it is still not f unctionin g normall y , plea se review the item s in the following check list. This guide will help you isolat e the problem if the unit is a t fault. Oth erwise, make su re the rest of your system is properly connecte [...]

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    23 -E N The sound is not output from the speakers. • Un it has no outp ut sig nal of th e inte rnal ampl ifier . - POWER IC is swit ched to “POW ON ” ( page 18 ). iP od does not play a nd no sound is out put. • The iPod has not been reco gnised. - Reset this unit an d the iPod. Ref er to “I niti al Syst em Start-Up” ( page 6 ). T o rese[...]

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    24 -EN Specifications FM TUNER SECTION MW TUNER SECTION L W TUNER SECTION CD PLA YER SECTIO N PICKUP GENERAL CHASSIS SIZE NOSEPI ECE SIZ E • Due to continuo us pr o duct impro vement, specifications and design are subject to change without not ice. CA UTION T uning R ange 87.5-108 .0 MHz 65.0-74.0M Hz (Low band, CDE-9 872RE only) Mon o Usa ble Se[...]

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    25 -E N Installation and Connections Before installing or connecting the unit, please read t he followi ng an d page s 3 to 5 of t his man ual thor oughly f or pro per use. War ni n g MAKE T HE CORR ECT CONN ECTIONS. Failure to make th e proper connec tions may resul t in fi re or produc t dama ge. USE ONL Y IN CARS W ITH A 12 VOL T NEGA TIVE GROUN[...]

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    26 -EN Installation • The ma in unit must be mount ed within 35 degr e es of the ho rizontal plane, back to front. Caution When you ins tall this unit in your car , do not remove the detachable front panel. If the detachable fr on t panel is removed during installat ion, you might press too hard and warp the metal plate that ho lds it in place. 1[...]

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    27 -E N Removal 1. Remove the deta chable front panel. 2. Use a small screwdriver ( or similar tool) to push th e locking pi ns to the “up” pos ition (see ab ove drawing) . As eac h pin is unlock ed, gently pul l out on the unit to make sur e it does not re-l ock before unl ocking the second pi n. 3. Pull the unit ou t, keeping it un locked as [...]

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    28 -EN Connections * 1 When S ubwoofer i s OFF: Ou tput is for Rear spe akers. When Su bwoofer is ON: Output is for Subwoofer . * 2 When Subwoof er is OFF: Output is for Fr ont speakers. When Subw oofer is ON: Out put is for Subwoofe r . F or detai ls on how to set the Sub woofer to ON/OFF , see “Subwo ofer On and Off ” on page 17. Ante nna (Pi[...]

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    29 -E N iP o d Direct Connecto r Contro l iPod signal s. Connect thi s to an iPod or to an optional Blu etooth Box. T o use a hands-f ree mob ile phone, an optional Bl uetooth Bo x connectio n is re quire d. For detail s on connection, refer t o the Owner’ s Manual of the Bluetooth Box. Y ou can also connect th is to an ext ernal device (s uch as[...]