Alpine CDE9842 Owners Manual - Page 13

Sound Setting CDE-9846 Rotary encoder TRE.C. (MODE) BAND BASS C. g f CDE-9842 MODE 4 BAND CENT.f. 3 g f Adjusting Bass/Treble/Balance (Between Left and Right)/Fader (Between Front and Rear)/ Defeat 1 Press the Rotary encoder (MODE) (CDE-9846 only) or press MODE (CDE-9842 only) repeatedly to choose the desired mode. Each press changes the mode as follows: BASS LV → TRE LV → SUBW* → BALANCE → FADER → DEFT → VOLUME → BASS LV Bass level : -7 ~ +10 Treble level : -7 ~ +7 Subwoofer : 0 ~ +15 Balance : L15 ~ R15 Fader : R15 ~ F15 Defeat : ON/OFF Volume : 0 ~ 35 • If the Rotary encoder is not pressed within 5 seconds after selecting the BASS LV, TRE LV, BALANCE, FADER, DEFT or SUBW mode, the unit automatically returns to normal mode. * When the subwoofer mode is set to OFF, its level cannot be adjusted. 2 Turn the Rotary encoder (MODE) (CDE-9846 only) or press 4 and 3 (CDE-9842 only) until the desired sound is obtained in each mode. By setting Defeat ON, previously adjusted settings of Bass level and Treble level will return to the factory defaults. Setting the Bass Control You can change the bass frequency emphasis to create your own tonal preference. 1 Press BASS C. (CDE-9846 only) or press CENT.f. (CDE-9842 only) to select the Bass (bass center frequency) Control mode. CDE-9846: BASS LV ↔ normal CDE-9842: BASS LV → TRE LV → normal mode → BASS LV 2-1 Setting the bass center frequency: Press g or f to select the desired bass center frequency. 60Hz ↔ 80Hz ↔ 100Hz ↔ 120Hz ↔ 60Hz The displayed bass frequency is emphasized. 2-2 Setting the bass band width (Q-Factor): Press BAND to select the desired bass band width. →1 → 2 → 3 → 4 (Narrow Wide) Change the boosted bass band width to wide or narrow. A wide setting will boost a wide range of frequencies above and below the center frequency. A narrower setting will boost only frequencies near the center frequency. 2-3 Setting the bass level: Turn the Rotary encoder (CDE-9846 only) or press 4 and 3 (CDE-9842 only) to select the desired bass level (-7~+10). You can emphasize or weaken the bass frequency. • If no operation is performed within 15 seconds, the bass control setting will be turned off automatically. • The bass level settings will be individually memorized for each source (FM, AM, CD, etc.) until the setting is changed. The bass frequency and bass band width settings adjusted for one source are effective for all other sources (FM, AM, CD etc.). • This function is inoperable when DEFT is set to ON. 12-EN