Alpine CDM-7858R manual

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    EN DE FR ES IT SE R ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC. Tokyo office: 1-1-8 Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8501, Japan Tel.: (03) 3494-1101 ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF AMERICA, INC. 19145 Gramercy Place, Torrance, California 90501, U.S.A. Tel.: 1-800-ALPINE-1 (1-800-257-4631) ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF CANADA, INC. Suite 203, 7300 Warden Ave. Markham, Ontario L3[...]

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    CHM-S620 CD changer for CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/CDM-7856R CD-W echsler für CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/ CDM-7856R Changeur CD pour CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/ CDM-7856R Cambiador de CD para CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/CDM-7856R Cambia CD per CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/CDM-7856R CD-växlare för CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/CDM-7856R CHA-S624 CHA-1214 Y ou cannot connect to CDM-7859R/CDM-78[...]

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    1 -EN Contents Operating Instructions W ARNING W ARNING .................................................. 2 CA UTION ................................................... 2 PRECA UTION ........................................... 2 Basic Operations Detaching the Front Panel .................................. 4 Attaching the Front Panel ..............[...]

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    2 -EN WARNING The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle and "W ARNING" are intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating instructions. Failure to heed the instructions will result in severe injury or death. DO NOT OPERA TE ANY FUNCTION THA T T AKES YOUR A TTENTION A WA Y FROM SAFEL Y DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE. An[...]

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    FR ES DE SE IT 3 -EN Never Attempt the Following Do not grip or pull out the disc while it is being pulled back into the player by the automatic reloading mechanism. Do not attempt to insert a disc into the unit when the unit power is of f. Inserting Discs Y our player accepts only one disc at a time for playback. Do not attempt to load more than o[...]

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    4 -EN Detaching the Fr ont P anel 1 Press and hold the PO WER button f or at least 3 seconds to turn off the power . 2 Press the (Release) button at lo w er left corner until the front panel pops out. 3 Grasp the left side of the front panel and pull it out. NO TES • The fr ont panel may become hot in normal usage (especially the connector termin[...]

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    FR ES DE SE IT 5 -EN T urning P ower On and Off 1 Press the PO WER button to turn on the unit. NO TE The unit can be turned on by pr essing any other button except the eject c b utton. The volume le vel g radually increases to the pre vious level y ou were listening to bef ore the unit was turned off. Press and hold the POWER b utton again f or at [...]

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    6 -EN Basic Operation B AND f UP g DN BASS C. TREBLE C. SETUP 1 2 Setting the Bass Contr ol Y ou can change the Bass F requency emphasis to create your o wn tonal preference. 1 Press the B ASS C. button to tur n on the Bass setting mode. 2-1 Setting the Bass frequency: Press the g DN or f UP button to select the desired Bass centre frequency . 60Hz[...]

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    FR ES DE SE IT 7 -EN 3 Press the B AND button to toggle the mode between A UX ON and A UX OFF . 4 Press the SETUP b utton to retur n to nor mal mode. 5 T o adjust the volume, etc., first press the SOURCE b utton and select the AUX mode , then make the necessary adjustment. → TUNER → CD → AU X NOTE When AUX ON is selected, a CD Chang er cannot[...]

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    8 -EN Radio Operations TUNE / A.ME SOURCE F f UP g DN B AND Preset b uttons (1 through 6) Man ual T uning 1 Press the SOURCE button to select the r adio mode. 2 Press the B AND button repeatedly until the desired radio band is displa yed. Each press changes the band: 3 Press the TUNE button repeatedly until "DX SEEK" and "SEEK" [...]

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    9 -EN Manual Storing of Station Presets 1 Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in the preset memory . 2 Press the F b utton so that the F (Function) indicator light goes out. Then press and hold any one of the preset b uttons (1 through 6) for at least 2 seconds until the station frequency on the displa y blin[...]

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    10 -EN Setting RDS Reception Mode and Receiving RDS Stations The RDS (Radio Data System) is a radio inf or mation system using the 57 kHz subcarrier of regular FM broadcast. The RDS allows y ou to receiv e a variety of information such as traffic inf or mation, station names, and to automatically re-tune to a stronger transmitter that is broadcasti[...]

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    11 -EN Receiving RDS Regional (Local) Stations 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3 seconds to activate the setting mode. 2 Press the g DN or f UP button to select the REG mode. 3 Press the BAND button to tur n on or off the REG (Regional) mode. In the REG OFF mode, the unit automatically keeps receiving the related local RDS station. 4[...]

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    12 -EN Priority News This function allows you to preset to giv e priority to the News prog ramme. Y ou will nev er miss the News progr amme as the unit automatically gives priority to the News programme whene ver it begins broadcasting, and interrupts the programme y ou are currently listening. This f eature is functional when your unit is set to a[...]

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    13 -EN CD Player Operation Normal Play and Pause 1 Inser t a CD . The CD pla yer begins pla yback from the first track on the disc. The displa y shows the track number and elapsed time of the track being pla y ed. When the last trac k is play ed back the play er retur ns to the first trac k and begins playbac k from that point. 2 If a disc is alrea[...]

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    14 -EN M.I.X. F SOURCE - / J TITLE SCAN Preset buttons (1 thr ough 6) CD Player Operation Music Sensor (Skip) 1 Momentarily press the g DN button once during CD play to return to the beginning of the current track. If you wish to access a track further back, repeatedly press until you reach the desired track. Press the f UP button once to advance t[...]

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    15 -EN Scanning Programmes 1 Press the SCAN button to activate the Scan mode. The first 10 seconds of each track will be pla y ed back in succession. T o stop scanning, press the SCAN b utton to deactivate the Scan mode . NO TE In case a 6-disc CD changer is connected: Pr ess the F button so that the F (Function) indicator lights up, then go to ste[...]

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    16 -EN Informations In Case of Difficulty If you encounter a prob lem, please re view the items in the f ollowing checklist. This guide will help y ou isolate the problem if the unit is at fault. Otherwise, mak e sure the rest of your system is properly connected or consult your authorized Alpine dealer . Basic No function or displa y . • V ehicl[...]

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    17 -EN Indication for CD Changer • Protecti ve circuit is activ ated due to high temperature. - The indicator will disappear when the temperature returns to within operation range. • Malfunction in the CD Changer . - Consult your Alpine dealer . Press the magazine eject button and pull out the magazine. Check the indication. Insert the magazine[...]

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    18 -EN Installation and Connections Before installing or connecting the unit, please read the following and pages 2 and 3 of this manual thoroughly for proper use. W arning MAKE THE CORRECT CONNECTIONS. Failure to mak e the proper connections may result in fire or product damage. USE ONL Y IN CARS WITH A 12 VOL T NEGA TIVE GROUND. (Check with your [...]

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    19 -EN Lock pin 3 Slide the CDM-7859R/CDM-7858R/CDM-7856R into the dashboard. When the unit is in place , make sure the loc king pins are fully seated in the down position. This can be done by pressing fir mly in on the unit while pushing the locking pin down with a small scre wdr iver . This ensures that the unit is properly locked and will not ac[...]

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    20 -EN + , - . ~ ) ( / : $ & " # 6 8 Rch Sig Gnd Lch Data Ground Data Bus Battery Shield Ground lgnition Power Supply Ground % 1 ! ; A 3 5 9 7 4 2 Installation and Connections Ignition Ke y Battery CD changer (Sold separately) Speakers Rear or Subwoof ers ∗ Rear Left Front Left Front Right Rear Right Speakers A DIN Connector PIN Configur[...]

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    21 -EN 1 ISO Antenna Conv er tor Plug 2 Audio Interrupt In Lead (Pink/Blac k) Connect this lead to the Audio Interface output of a cellular phone which provides ground shorting when a call is receiv ed. If a device ha ving the interrupt feature is connected, audio will be automatically muted whenev er the interrupt signal is receiv ed from the devi[...]

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