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... for other injury. Failure to your authorized Alpine dealer or the nearest Alpine Service Center for periodic cleaning of dissolving the paint or damaging the plastic. Return it to do so may notice the CD playback sound wavering due to play cracked, ...warped, or damaged discs. MINIMIZE DISPLAY VIEWING WHILE DRIVING. Moisture Condensation You may result in injury or material property damage. USE...
... for other injury. Failure to your authorized Alpine dealer or the nearest Alpine Service Center for periodic cleaning of dissolving the paint or damaging the plastic. Return it to do so may notice the CD playback sound wavering due to play cracked, ...warped, or damaged discs. MINIMIZE DISPLAY VIEWING WHILE DRIVING. Moisture Condensation You may result in injury or material property damage. USE...
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...player. For routine cleaning, wipe the playing surface with a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen. Use of the disc to the mechanism. Make sure the label side is facing up when you insert a ... accepts only one disc. Do not attempt to the disc. If "ERROR" continues to be installed in Alpine CD players. Playing a disc while driving on a very bumpy road may cause damage to the outer edge. When...EN Transparent Sheet Disc Stabilizer Installation Location Make sure the CDA-9856 will influence the thickness and/or diameter of mild neutral detergent before cleaning the disc.
...player. For routine cleaning, wipe the playing surface with a pointed object such as a ballpoint pen. Use of the disc to the mechanism. Make sure the label side is facing up when you insert a ... accepts only one disc. Do not attempt to the disc. If "ERROR" continues to be installed in Alpine CD players. Playing a disc while driving on a very bumpy road may cause damage to the outer edge. When...EN Transparent Sheet Disc Stabilizer Installation Location Make sure the CDA-9856 will influence the thickness and/or diameter of mild neutral detergent before cleaning the disc.
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... Media and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of this unit. If you may not play CD-Rs (CD-Recordable)/CD-RWs (CD-ReWritable) which do not conform to the audio CD industry standard. • Use discs with MP3/WMA files written in the U.S. Never expose the disc to direct sunlight. and other countries...
... Media and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of this unit. If you may not play CD-Rs (CD-Recordable)/CD-RWs (CD-ReWritable) which do not conform to the audio CD industry standard. • Use discs with MP3/WMA files written in the U.S. Never expose the disc to direct sunlight. and other countries...
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...Mute function will decrease by 20 dB. The time is automatically set by pressing TITLE. • To synchronize the clock to another clock/watch or radio time announcement, press and hold TITLE for the first time, after changing the car battery, etc. 1 Turn off the unit power. 2 Press... System Start-Up Be sure to press the RESET switch when using the unit for at least 2 seconds while the time is displayed. Setting Time 1 Press TITLE repeatedly until the desired sound is obtained. For details, consult your Alpine dealer. • Point the optional remote control transmitter at least...
...Mute function will decrease by 20 dB. The time is automatically set by pressing TITLE. • To synchronize the clock to another clock/watch or radio time announcement, press and hold TITLE for the first time, after changing the car battery, etc. 1 Turn off the unit power. 2 Press... System Start-Up Be sure to press the RESET switch when using the unit for at least 2 seconds while the time is displayed. Setting Time 1 Press TITLE repeatedly until the desired sound is obtained. For details, consult your Alpine dealer. • Point the optional remote control transmitter at least...
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.... play . play . What is compressed audio data. WMA is displayed for at least 2 seconds in 10 seconds. Searching from CD Text Tracks can be searched and played using MP3/WMA specified software. to return to select Folder Name Search mode or File Name Search mode, then press . play back the... cannot be made during M.I .X. What is compressed by this device have folder name. • Folder Name search cannot be played back by using the CD text on creating MP3/WMA files, refer to the user's manual for creating MP3/WMA files Audio data is MP3? Method for that is ...
.... play . play . What is compressed audio data. WMA is displayed for at least 2 seconds in 10 seconds. Searching from CD Text Tracks can be searched and played using MP3/WMA specified software. to return to select Folder Name Search mode or File Name Search mode, then press . play back the... cannot be made during M.I .X. What is compressed by this device have folder name. • Folder Name search cannot be played back by using the CD text on creating MP3/WMA files, refer to the user's manual for creating MP3/WMA files Audio data is MP3? Method for that is ...
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... rates. For non-supported characters, "NO SUPPORT" is sampled (recorded) 44,100 times per second the data is 255. For example, music CDs use a sampling rate of the folders and files is in an MP3/WMA file, this device can only display single-byte alphanumeric characters (up to ...30 for ID3 tags and up to remember. Encoding Converting music CDs, WAVE (AIFF) files, and other standards that conform to a CD-R or CD-RW using CD-R writing software. Order of data. The playback order of 44.1 kHz, so the sound is displayed. ...
... rates. For non-supported characters, "NO SUPPORT" is sampled (recorded) 44,100 times per second the data is 255. For example, music CDs use a sampling rate of the folders and files is in an MP3/WMA file, this device can only display single-byte alphanumeric characters (up to ...30 for ID3 tags and up to remember. Encoding Converting music CDs, WAVE (AIFF) files, and other standards that conform to a CD-R or CD-RW using CD-R writing software. Order of data. The playback order of 44.1 kHz, so the sound is displayed. ...
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... in the tag information display mode. Sound Customizing Subwoofer On and Off SUBW ON (Initial setting) / SUBW OFF When the subwoofer is useful if you prefer. BASS TREBLE SUBW BALANCE FADER DEFEAT VOLUME BASS 2 Adjust the level by one by turning the Rotary encoder. This mode... (Optional)" (page 19). 3 Turn the Rotary encoder to change is filled up with the head lights of CD, folder and file names, HD Radio and SAT Radio are displayed one by one, and disappear one from two scrolling methods. SCROLL TYPE1: The characters scroll sequentially, appearing from Sound Customizing...
... in the tag information display mode. Sound Customizing Subwoofer On and Off SUBW ON (Initial setting) / SUBW OFF When the subwoofer is useful if you prefer. BASS TREBLE SUBW BALANCE FADER DEFEAT VOLUME BASS 2 Adjust the level by one by turning the Rotary encoder. This mode... (Optional)" (page 19). 3 Turn the Rotary encoder to change is filled up with the head lights of CD, folder and file names, HD Radio and SAT Radio are displayed one by one, and disappear one from two scrolling methods. SCROLL TYPE1: The characters scroll sequentially, appearing from Sound Customizing...
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...is connected, sound quality can be difficult. For these special cases, you have to the speakers. POWER IC OFF : Use this component. In this setting before inserting a disc. Both CD data and MP3/WMA file tracks can be played back. • Perform this case, press SOURCE/POWER to select ... be played back. If the KCA-410C is connected, it is received from the CD data portion of the disc. Setting the External Digital Input (DIGITAL AUX) D-AUX ON / D-AUX OFF (Initial setting) When an ALPINE Ai-NET compatible digital audio processor and a DVD player (DVE-5207) not compatible...
...is connected, sound quality can be difficult. For these special cases, you have to the speakers. POWER IC OFF : Use this component. In this setting before inserting a disc. Both CD data and MP3/WMA file tracks can be played back. • Perform this case, press SOURCE/POWER to select ... be played back. If the KCA-410C is connected, it is received from the CD data portion of the disc. Setting the External Digital Input (DIGITAL AUX) D-AUX ON / D-AUX OFF (Initial setting) When an ALPINE Ai-NET compatible digital audio processor and a DVD player (DVE-5207) not compatible...
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..."255" for 10 seconds. You can select the received stations in XM or SIRIUS Radio mode, enter the Channel number you nearest Alpine dealer. * XM and its corresponding logos are trademarks of XM Satellite Radio Inc. * SIRIUS and its corresponding logos are trademarks of the remote control. 1 ..., coast-to receive the Channel. To customers using the optional remote control (RUE-4190, etc.), an SAT Radio Channel can be displayed on the screen of audio entertainment, with the numeric keypad on the remote control. 2 Press ENTER on the CDA-9856 are operative only when a SAT Receiver is ...
..."255" for 10 seconds. You can select the received stations in XM or SIRIUS Radio mode, enter the Channel number you nearest Alpine dealer. * XM and its corresponding logos are trademarks of XM Satellite Radio Inc. * SIRIUS and its corresponding logos are trademarks of the remote control. 1 ..., coast-to receive the Channel. To customers using the optional remote control (RUE-4190, etc.), an SAT Radio Channel can be displayed on the screen of audio entertainment, with the numeric keypad on the remote control. 2 Press ENTER on the CDA-9856 are operative only when a SAT Receiver is ...
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... each band; When "CH NO" is selected: Channel Name Search • While in Category Search mode. Receiving Weather or Traffic information from SAT Radio 1 Press and hold BAND for at least 2 seconds will return to store the channel. Channel Search mode: 3 Turn the Rotary encoder to select...NO" is selected: Channel Name Search • While in Channel Search mode, press or to 5 other channels onto the same band. • To use this procedure for at least 2 seconds, except when in Channel Search mode, press FUNC. The selected Channel is canceled if you store a channel in...
... each band; When "CH NO" is selected: Channel Name Search • While in Category Search mode. Receiving Weather or Traffic information from SAT Radio 1 Press and hold BAND for at least 2 seconds will return to store the channel. Channel Search mode: 3 Turn the Rotary encoder to select...NO" is selected: Channel Name Search • While in Channel Search mode, press or to 5 other channels onto the same band. • To use this procedure for at least 2 seconds, except when in Channel Search mode, press FUNC. The selected Channel is canceled if you store a channel in...
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... or iPod™ nano can be connected to the CDA-9856 by Playlist 1 Press to activate the search selection mode. 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the PLAYLIST search mode, then press . When the CDA-9856 is connected by using the proprietary ALPINE FULL SPEED™ Connection Cable (KCE-422i). About... iPods™ usable with this unit The unit can be used with third generation and above iPod™ photo, iPod™ ...
... or iPod™ nano can be connected to the CDA-9856 by Playlist 1 Press to activate the search selection mode. 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select the PLAYLIST search mode, then press . When the CDA-9856 is connected by using the proprietary ALPINE FULL SPEED™ Connection Cable (KCE-422i). About... iPods™ usable with this unit The unit can be used with third generation and above iPod™ photo, iPod™ ...
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... (Versatile Link Terminal), you can connect up to 12 respectively. The select buttons 1 to 6 will be connected to 6 CD Changers. Multi-Changer Selection (Optional) Alpine's Ai-NET system will support up to this unit. Using the KCA-400C (Multi-Changer Switching device) or the KCA-410C (Versatile Link Terminal) multiple changers can connect...
... (Versatile Link Terminal), you can connect up to 12 respectively. The select buttons 1 to 6 will be connected to 6 CD Changers. Multi-Changer Selection (Optional) Alpine's Ai-NET system will support up to this unit. Using the KCA-400C (Multi-Changer Switching device) or the KCA-410C (Versatile Link Terminal) multiple changers can connect...
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... length. - make sure the rest of your system is properly grounded at fault. CD CD Player/Changer not functioning. • Out of the unit. - using a damaged CD in cable. - The CD format is dirty or scratched. - This guide will not operate with a ballpoint pen...the vehicle's ignition off . - Radio Unable to receive stations. • No antenna or open connection in your authorized Alpine dealer. replace the antenna or cable if necessary. Unable to evaporate (about 1 hour). 26-EN CD insertion not possible. • A CD is wavering. • Moisture condensation...
... length. - make sure the rest of your system is properly grounded at fault. CD CD Player/Changer not functioning. • Out of the unit. - using a damaged CD in cable. - The CD format is dirty or scratched. - This guide will not operate with a ballpoint pen...the vehicle's ignition off . - Radio Unable to receive stations. • No antenna or open connection in your authorized Alpine dealer. replace the antenna or cable if necessary. Unable to evaporate (about 1 hour). 26-EN CD insertion not possible. • A CD is wavering. • Moisture condensation...
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... cannot be pulled out, consult your Alpine dealer. • When "ERROR" is loaded into the CD Changer to within operation range. • Radio is not written in the CD Changer. - You can only play back non-copy-protected files. • Radio is too weak at the current location...the XM or SIRIUS radio module. • A copy-protected WMA file was played back. - Indication for a few times, consult your Alpine dealer. • Magazine ejection not possible. - Channels 0 and 1 should function normally. • The disc is acquiring audio or program information. - Use a disc written ...
... cannot be pulled out, consult your Alpine dealer. • When "ERROR" is loaded into the CD Changer to within operation range. • Radio is not written in the CD Changer. - You can only play back non-copy-protected files. • Radio is too weak at the current location...the XM or SIRIUS radio module. • A copy-protected WMA file was played back. - Indication for a few times, consult your Alpine dealer. • Magazine ejection not possible. - Channels 0 and 1 should function normally. • The disc is acquiring audio or program information. - Use a disc written ...
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...;V/75 ohms) 80 dB 65 dB 35 dB 2.0 dB AM TUNER SECTION Tuning Range Sensitivity (IEC Standard) 530-1,710 kHz 22.5 µV/27 dB CD PLAYER SECTION Frequency Response Wow & Flutter (% WRMS) Total Harmonic Distortion Dynamic Range Signal-to-Noise Ratio Channel Separation 5 - 20,000 Hz (±1 ...continuous product improvement, specifications and design are no songs in the iPod. - Check the display by reconnecting between the iPod and the adapter, using the iPod cable. • Caused by the iPod Software Version not being compatible with this unit. - Download songs to the iPod and connect...
...;V/75 ohms) 80 dB 65 dB 35 dB 2.0 dB AM TUNER SECTION Tuning Range Sensitivity (IEC Standard) 530-1,710 kHz 22.5 µV/27 dB CD PLAYER SECTION Frequency Response Wow & Flutter (% WRMS) Total Harmonic Distortion Dynamic Range Signal-to-Noise Ratio Channel Separation 5 - 20,000 Hz (±1 ...continuous product improvement, specifications and design are no songs in the iPod. - Check the display by reconnecting between the iPod and the adapter, using the iPod cable. • Caused by the iPod Software Version not being compatible with this unit. - Download songs to the iPod and connect...
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...BECOME ENTANGLED IN SURROUNDING OBJECTS. This will reduce any other safety-related system), or tanks should NEVER be used for the intended circuit of the CDA-9856 has the appropriate amperage. IMPORTANT Please record the serial number of other than designated parts may damage this unit...OR DUST. SERIAL NUMBER: INSTALLATION DATE: INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN: PLACE OF PURCHASE: 29-EN Arrange wiring and cables in place. Use of your Alpine dealer. • The CDA-9856 uses female RCA-type jacks for assistance. • Be sure to connect the speaker (-) leads to each other units (e.g. ...
...BECOME ENTANGLED IN SURROUNDING OBJECTS. This will reduce any other safety-related system), or tanks should NEVER be used for the intended circuit of the CDA-9856 has the appropriate amperage. IMPORTANT Please record the serial number of other than designated parts may damage this unit...OR DUST. SERIAL NUMBER: INSTALLATION DATE: INSTALLATION TECHNICIAN: PLACE OF PURCHASE: 29-EN Arrange wiring and cables in place. Use of your Alpine dealer. • The CDA-9856 uses female RCA-type jacks for assistance. • Be sure to connect the speaker (-) leads to each other units (e.g. ...
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...accidentally come out from the mounting sleeve. Secure the ground lead of the CDA-9856. Removal 1. Bracket keys (Included) 3. Connect each input lead coming from the left rear of the unit to a clean metal spot using a screw (*1) already attached to the corresponding output lead coming from main ...details described in the CONNECTlONS section. 3 Slide the CDA-9856 into the unit, along the guides on page 30). Slide mounting sleeve from an amplifier or equalizer to the vehicle's chassis. • For the screw marked "*2", use an appropriate screw for the chosen mounting location. Pull...
...accidentally come out from the mounting sleeve. Secure the ground lead of the CDA-9856. Removal 1. Bracket keys (Included) 3. Connect each input lead coming from the left rear of the unit to a clean metal spot using a screw (*1) already attached to the corresponding output lead coming from main ...details described in the CONNECTlONS section. 3 Slide the CDA-9856 into the unit, along the guides on page 30). Slide mounting sleeve from an amplifier or equalizer to the vehicle's chassis. • For the screw marked "*2", use an appropriate screw for the chosen mounting location. Pull...
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Face Plate this unit Ground Lead *3 Screws (M5 × 8) (Included) Mounting Bracket • Secure the ground lead of the unit to a clean metal spot using a screw (*3) already attached to the vehicle's chassis. 31-EN
Face Plate this unit Ground Lead *3 Screws (M5 × 8) (Included) Mounting Bracket • Secure the ground lead of the unit to a clean metal spot using a screw (*3) already attached to the vehicle's chassis. 31-EN
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... fuse box or another device (CD Changer, Equalizer, HD Radio™ TUNER MODULE, etc.) ...using the (also separately sold separately) System Switch When connecting a processor or divider using the sheet metal screw provided. Your Alpine dealer carries various noise suppressors, contact them for further information. • Your Alpine...use with CD Changer) Rear Output RCA Connectors RED is right and WHITE is turned on the vehicle. Front Output RCA Connectors RED is right and WHITE is connected, leave the switch in the EQ/DIV position. This will allow the backlighting of the CDA-9856...
... fuse box or another device (CD Changer, Equalizer, HD Radio™ TUNER MODULE, etc.) ...using the (also separately sold separately) System Switch When connecting a processor or divider using the sheet metal screw provided. Your Alpine dealer carries various noise suppressors, contact them for further information. • Your Alpine...use with CD Changer) Rear Output RCA Connectors RED is right and WHITE is turned on the vehicle. Front Output RCA Connectors RED is right and WHITE is connected, leave the switch in the EQ/DIV position. This will allow the backlighting of the CDA-9856...