Alpine cda-7873 manual

EN FR ES ES IT SE R 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 [...]

CD changer for CD A-7977/ CDA-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-7873 Changeur CD pour CD A-7977/ CDA-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-7873 Cambiador de CD para CD A-7977/ CDA-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-7873 CHA-S624 CD changer for CD A-7977/ CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CDA-7873 Changeur CD pour CD A-7977/ CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CDA-7873 Cambiador de CD para CD A-7977/ CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CDA-[...]

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

2 -EN WARNING This symbol means important instructions. Failure to heed them can result in serious 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. Any function that requires your prolonged attention should only be performed after coming to a complete stop. Alw ays stop the vehicle[...]

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 one disc. Make s[...]

4 -EN Basic Operation PO WER MODE/BBE/ A udio Control RESET MUTE CLK ANGLE 8 9 Detaching the Fr ont P anel 1 Press and hold the PO WER button f or more than 3 seconds to turn off the power . 2 Press the (Release) button at upper left side until the front panel pops out. 3 Grasp the left side of the front panel and pull it out. NOTES • The fr ont [...]

5 -EN Displa y Angle Adjustment Mov able displa y The mov able displa y may be adjusted to 3 different angles depending upon user pref erence. 1 Press the ANGLE 89 button to adjust the angle of the mov able displa y . NOTES • The display will close a half minute after the ignition ke y is turned to the OFF position. • The adjusted angle of the [...]

6 -EN Basic Operation SETUP CLK TUNE g DN f UP MODE/Audio Contr ol Dimmer Contr ol Set the DIMMER control to A UTO to decrease the illumination brightness of the unit with the head lights of the vehicle ON. This mode is useful if you feel the unit's bac klighting is too br ight at night. 1 Press and hold the SETUP button f or at least 3 second[...]

7 -EN 3 Press the TUNE button to toggle mode between SUB-W ON and SUBW OFF . 4 Press the SETUP button after setting the SUB - W ON. 5 Press the MODE button repeatedly to select the SUB-W mode. Press the g DN or f UP b utton after selecting the SUB-W mode, and the subwoof er output phase is toggled SUBW NOR (0 °) or SUBW REV (180 °). 6 Rotate Audi[...]

8 -EN Basic Operation 5 T o adjust the v olume, etc., first press the SOURCE button and select the A UX mode, then make the necessary adjustment. NOTE When using the V ersatile Link T erminal (KCA-410C), you can connect two external inputs. T o select the mode, pr ess the BAND b utton on the unit. Demonstration This unit has a Demonstration feature[...]

9 -EN → 60Hz ↔ 70Hz ↔ 80Hz ↔ 90Hz ← → 180Hz ↔ 150Hz ↔ 130Hz ↔ 100Hz ← 2-1 Setting the treb le Center frequency: Press g DN or f UP b utton to select the desired treble Center frequency . → 10kHz ↔ 12.5kHz ↔ 15kHz ↔ 17.5kHz ← Emphasizes the displa yed T re ble frequency ranges . 2-2 Setting the treble Le vel: Rotate the[...]

10 -EN Basic Operation f UP g DN B-FWD/DEFEA T DISP/B.OUT Setting Bass Forwar d The Bass F orward function shifts the lo w frequency's energy component to the front. This mov es the high energy , dynamic bass sound to the front sound stage. 1 Press the B-FWD b utton to activate the Bass F orward setting mode . 2 Press the g DN button or f UP b[...]

11 -EN Black out Mode On and Off CD A-7977 only When the Black out mode is tur ned on, the display will turn off to reduce power consumption. This additional power enhances the sound quality . 1 Press and hold the B.OUT button f or at least 3 seconds to star t the blac kout mode . By doing so the display will turn off . NOTE If any button on the un[...]

12 -EN Displa ying the Title/T ext It is possible to displa y the CD/Station title if the title has been pre viously inputted. For details, see Titling Disc/Stations (page 13). T ext inf or mation, such as the disc name and the trac k name, will be display ed if playing a CD te xt compatible disc. 1 Press the TITLE button. The mode will change e ve[...]

13 -EN Titling Discs/Stations It is possible to title y our f av orite CD's or radio stations. 1 Press the TITLE button and select the title display mode . F or details, see Displa ying the Title/T ext (page 12). 2 Press and hold the TITLE b utton for at least 3 seconds. The first character will blink. 3 Rotate the A udio Control knob to selec[...]

14 -EN Radio Operation SOURCE B AND g DN f UP TUNE/A.ME Preset buttons (1 thr ogh 6) A utomatic Seek T uning 1 Press the SOURCE button until a r adio frequency appears in the displa y . 2 Press the BAND button repeatedly until the desired radio band is displa yed. Each press changes the band: → FM1 → FM2 → AM 3 Press the TUNE button to illumi[...]

15 -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 and hold any one of the Preset b uttons (1 through 6) f or at least 2 seconds until the station frequency on the displa y blinks . 3 Press the Preset button into which y ou wish to store the station w[...]

16 -EN CD Player Operation SOURCE c - / J Insert a disc with the label side facing up. → TUNER → CD → CD CHANGER ∗ f UP g DN M.I.X. REPEA T SCAN Pla ybac k 1 Press the c button. The mov able display will open. 2 Inser t a disc with the label side f acing up . The disc will be pulled into the unit automatically . The mov able display will cl[...]

17 -EN Music Sensor (Skip) 1 Momentarily press the g DN button once during CD play to return to the beginning of the current trac k. If you wish to access the beginning of a track further back, repeatedly press until you reach the desired tr ack. Press the f UP b utton once to advance to the beginning of the ne xt trac k. If you wish to access the [...]

18 -EN Contr olling CD Changer (Optional) An optional 6-disc or 12-disc CD Changer ma y be connected to the CD A-7977/CDA-7876/CD A- 7875/CD A-7873 if it is Ai-NET compatib le. With a CD Changer connected to the Ai-NET input of the CD A-7977/CDA-7876/CD A-7875/CDA-7873, the CD Changer will be controllable from the CD A- 7977/CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CDA[...]

19 -EN Multi-Changer Selection Alpine's Ai-NET system will suppor t up to 6 CD Changers. When operating two or more changers, the KCA-400C (Multi-Changer Switching de vice) must be used. If you use 1 Switching de vice, you can connect up to 4 CD Changers. If you use 2 Switching de vices, y ou can connect up to 6 CD Changers. When using KCA-410[...]

20 -EN XM Radio Operation SOURCE Preset buttons (1 thr ough 6) B AND TUNE f UP g DN SETUP Receiving XM Channels with the XM Receiver (Optional) XM Satellite Radio* is the ne xt generation of audio enter tainment, with up to 100 br and-new digital channels. F or a small monthly fee, subscribers can hear cr ystal-clear music , spor ts, news and talk,[...]

21 -EN Storing XM Channel Presets 1 Press the B AND button to select the desired band (XM1 or XM2) you w ant to store. 2 After tuning in the desired channel, press and hold any one of the Preset b uttons (1 thr ough 6) f or at least 2 seconds until the channel number on the displa y blinks . 3 Press the Preset button into which y ou wish to store t[...]

22 -EN XM Radio Operation CA T f UP g DN TITLE Changing the Displa y T ext inf or mation, such as the channel name , ar tist name/f eature, and song/progr am title, is av ailable with each XM channel. The unit can displa y this text inf or mation as e xplained below . 1 In XM mode, press the TITLE b utton. Each time you press this b utton, the disp[...]

23 -EN Remote Contr ol Operation 8 g DN Button Radio mode: SEEK (DN) Button CD mode: Press the button to go back to the beginning of the current trac k. 9 f UP Button Radio mode: SEEK (UP) Button CD mode: Press the button to adv ance to the beginning of the ne xt trac k. ! 9 Button Radio mode: Pressing the button will select, in descending order , [...]

24 -EN Battery Replacement CD A-7977/CDA-7876/CD A-7875 only Applicable battery: Use two “AAA” sized dr y batteries or equivalent. 1 Opening the battery cover Slide out the battery cover while firmly pressing the direction of arrow . 2 Replacing the battery Put the batteries in the case obser ving the polarities as illustrated. 3 Closing the co[...]

25 -EN Information CD CD Play er/Changer not functioning. • Out of operating temperature range +50˚C (+120˚F) for CD. - Allo w the vehicle's interior (or trunk) temperature to cool. CD playbac k sound is wavering. • Moisture condensation in the CD Module. - Allo w enough time for the condensation to ev aporate (about 1 hour). CD insertio[...]

26 -EN Indication for CD Pla yer • Protective circuit is acti vated due to high temperature. - The indicator will disappear when the temperature returns to within operation range. • No CD is inserted. - Insert a CD. • Although a disc is inserted, “T -- --- ” is displayed and the unit does not start to play or eject the disc. - Remove the [...]

27 -EN Specifications FM TUNER SECTION T uning Range 87.7 – 107.9 MHz Mono Usable Sensiti vity 9.3 dBf (0.8 µV/75 ohms) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity 13.5 dBf (1.3 µV/75 ohms) Alternate Channel Selectivity 80 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio 80 dB Stereo Separation 45 dB Capture Ratio 2.0 dB AM TUNER SECTION T uning Range 530 – 1,710 kHz Sensitivity (IE[...]

28 -EN Installation and Connections Caution HA VE THE WIRING AND INST ALLA TION DONE BY EXPERTS. The wiring and installation of this unit requires special technical skill and experience. T o ensure safety , always contact the dealer where you purchased this product to hav e the work done. USE SPECIFIED ACCESSORY P ARTS AND INST ALL THEM SECUREL Y .[...]

29 -EN Installation Caution When you install this unit in your car , do not remov e the Detachable Front Panel. If the Detachable Front Panel is remov ed during installation, you might press too hard and warp the metal plate that holds it in place. 1 Slide the mounting slee ve into the dashboard. 2 Reinforce the head unit with the metal mounting st[...]

30 -EN Installation and Connections Connections F or details on how to set the Subwoofer to ON/OFF , see “Subwoofer On and Of f” on page 6. Subwoofers T o amplifier or equalizer Ignition Key T o vehicle phone T o the instrument cluster illumination lead Amplifier Amplifier Amplifier Antenna T o power antenna Battery Front right Rear right Front[...]

31 -EN % Right Rear (+) Speaker Output Lead (Violet) (CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-7873 only) & Left Rear (+) Speaker Output Lead (Green) (CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-7873 only) ( Left Rear ( – ) Speaker Output Lead (Green/ Black) (CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-7873 only) ) Left F ront ( – ) Speak er Output Lead (White/Black) (CD A-7876/CD A-7875/CD A-[...]

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