Alpine CDA-9855 Owners Manual - Page 31

Connecting to an External Amplifier POWER-IC ON (Initial setting) / POWER-IC OFF When an external amplifier is connected, sound quality can be improved by stopping the power supply of the built-in amplifier. POWER-IC OFF : Use this mode when the front and rear preamplifier of the unit are used to drive an external amplifier connected to the speakers. In this setting, the head unit's internal amplifier has no output to drive speakers. Amplifier Amplifier Front left Front right Rear left Rear right POWER-IC ON : The speakers are driven by the built-in amplifier. Speakers SPEAKER RIGHT FRONT Front right SPEAKER RIGHT REAR Rear right SPEAKER LEFT REAR Rear left SPEAKER LEFT FRONT Front left • No sound is produced by the system when the power output is set to OFF. Setting the Steering Position STEERING RIGHT / STEERING LEFT (Initial setting) According to the car's steering position, set to left or right. LEFT : Set to LEFT for a left-hand drive. The right switch has priority when two switches on the GlideTouch bar are pressed. RIGHT : Set to RIGHT for a right-hand drive. The left switch has priority when two switches on the GlideTouch bar are pressed. Tuner Setting Tuner is selected on the setup main menu in step 3. Switching the Tuner Mode CDA-9855:STABLE / NORMAL (Initial setting) / HiFi CDA-9853:STABLE / NORMAL (Initial setting) / HI-FI This unit incorporates the MAX TUNE PRO for the highest quality tuner audio. Moreover, you can choose between three settings to suit your own personal sound preferences and usage. NORMAL : Standard setting HI-FI : Sound quality priority setting STABLE : Noiseless priority setting • If you find the sound is very noisy while listening to the tuner in HiFi mode, we recommend you change to Normal mode. Audio Setting Audio is selected on the setup main menu in step 3. Subwoofer On and Off SUBWOOFER ON (Initial setting) / SUBWOOFER OFF When the subwoofer is on, perform the steps below to adjust the subwoofer output phase and level. 1 Press the Rotary encoder repeatedly to select the SUBWOOFER mode. SUBWOOFER → BALANCE → FADER → DEFEAT → VOLUME → SUBWOOFER • If you set the 2WAY/3WAY switch (pages 45 to 47) to 3WAY, you cannot adjust the FADER mode. 2 Press g or f. The subwoofer output phase is toggled SUBWOOFER NORMAL (0°) or SUBWOOFER REVERS (180°). To adjust the level, turn the Rotary encoder. Setting the Subwoofer Output CDA-9855:SUBW CH ST (Initial setting) / MONO CDA-9853:SUBW CH STEREO (Initial setting) / MONO You can set the subwoofer output to stereo or monaural. Make sure to set the correct output for your subwoofer type. STEREO : Subwoofer stereo (L/R) output MONO : Subwoofer monaural output Setting the Subwoofer System CDA-9855:SUBW SYS1 (Initial setting) / SUBW SYS2 CDA-9853:SUBW SYSTEM1 (Initial setting) / SUBW SYSTEM2 Select either SYSTEM1 or SYSTEM2 for the desired subwoofer effect. SYSTEM1 : Subwoofer level changes according the main volume setting. SYSTEM2 : Subwoofer level change is different from the main volume setting. For example, even at low volume settings, the subwoofer is still audible. Setting the Response Slope for the High Range Speaker (TW SETUP) MAKER'S (Initial setting) / USER'S Depending on the response characteristics of the speaker, care should be taken when setting the response slope of the high range speaker to FLAT in 3-way mode (see "Adjusting and Storing the Crossover Settings" on page 18), as speaker damage may result. MAKER'S : As protection from possible speaker damage, FLAT cannot be set for the response slope of the high range speaker in 3-way mode. USER'S : The FLAT setting is possible in 3-way mode. • A message is displayed when the response slope for the high range speaker is set to FLAT in 3-way mode (CDA-9855 only). 29-EN