01GB00CDA9856.book Page 1 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM R EN MP3/WMA CD Receiver CDA-9856 FR ES • OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment. • MODE D’EMPLOI Veuillez lire avant d’utiliser cet appareil. • MANUAL DE OPERACIÓN Léalo antes de utilizar este equipo. ALPINE ELECTRONICS MARKETING, INC. 1-1-8 Nishi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031, Japan Phone 03-5496-8231 ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF AMERICA, INC. 19145 Gramercy Place, Torrance, California 90501, U.S.A.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 2 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM CHM-S630 CHA-S634 CHA-1214 • CD changer for CDA-9856 • Changeur CD pour CDA-9856 • Cambiador de CD para CDA-9856 • CD changer for CDA-9856 • Changeur CD pour CDA-9856 • Cambiador de CD para CDA-9856 Alpine CD Changers Give You More! More musical selections, more versatility, more convenience. The CHA-S634 is a high-performance 6-disc changer with a new M DAC, CD-R/RW PLAY BACK, MP3 PLAY BACK and CD TEXT.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 1 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM ENGLISH Contents Other Functions Displaying the Text ......................................... 15 Operating Instructions Displaying Time ............................................. 16 SETUP WARNING WARNING ................................................. 3 Sound Customizing Subwoofer On and Off .....................................17 Setting the Subwoofer System .........................17 CAUTION .......................................
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 2 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM iPod™ (Optional) Playback .......................................................... 22 Searching for a desired Song .......................... 22 Searching by Playlist ................................... 22 Searching by artist name ............................. 22 Searching by album name ........................... 23 Searching by song name .............................. 23 Select Playlist/Artist/Album ...........................
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 3 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Operating Instructions WARNING WARNING This symbol means important instructions. Failure to heed them can result in serious injury or death. DO NOT OPERATE ANY FUNCTION THAT TAKES YOUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM SAFELY DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE. CAUTION This symbol means important instructions. Failure to heed them can result in injury or material property damage. HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM APPEARS.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 4 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Never Attempt the Following Correct Handling 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 off. Do not drop the disc while handling. Hold the disc so you will not leave fingerprints on the surface. Do not affix tape, paper, or gummed labels to the disc. Do not write on the disc.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 5 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM On handling Compact Discs (CD/CD-R/CD-RW) • • • • • • Do not touch the surface. Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight. Do not affix stickers or labels. Clean the disc when it is dusty. Make sure that there are no bumps around the disc. Do not use commercially available disc accessories. Do not leave the disc in the car or the unit for a long time. Never expose the disc to direct sunlight.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 6 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Detaching Getting Started 1 2 (OPEN) MUTE Turn off the unit power. Press (OPEN) to open the front panel. SOURCE/POWER To close the front panel, press the left side until it locks as shown in the figure below. Rotary encoder MODE TITLE About the alphanumeric display of this unit • All English lower case characters are displayed as upper case on this unit.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 7 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Initial System Start-Up Be sure to press the RESET switch when using the unit for the first time, after changing the car battery, etc. 1 2 3 Turn off the unit power. • Controllable with Remote Control This unit can be controlled with an optional Alpine remote control. For details, consult your Alpine dealer.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 8 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Manual Storing of Station Presets Radio Rotary encoder SOURCE/ TUNE/A.ME POWER BAND 1 2 Select the radio band and tune in a desired radio station you wish to store in the preset memory. Press and hold, for at least 2 seconds, any one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) into which you wish to store the station. The selected station is stored. The display shows the band, preset number and station frequency memorized. FUNC.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 9 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Frequency Search Function CD/MP3/WMA You can search for a radio station by its frequency. 1 2 (OPEN) Rotary encoder Press and hold for at least 2 seconds in Radio mode to activate Frequency Search mode. SOURCE/ POWER / Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired frequency. Only when the Radio mode is active* * Operation is not required during HD Radio reception. 3 Press MODE to receive the selected frequency.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 10 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM • If the CD does not eject, press and hold for at least 2 seconds. • The CD-player can play discs containing audio data, MP3 data and WMA data. • A WMA format file that is protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) cannot be played back on this unit. • The track display for MP3/WMA data playback is the file numbers recorded on the disc.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 11 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Searching from CD Text Tracks can be searched and played using the CD text on the disc. If a disc is not compatible with text, or a disc is in the changer, searches can be made by track number. 1 Press during play. Quick Search This will set the search mode. 2 • Press and hold for at least 2 seconds in the search mode to cancel. Or, the search mode will be canceled when an operation has not been performed in 10 seconds.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 12 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Supported playback sampling rates and bit rates MP3 Sampling rates: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz, 24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 16 kHz, 12 kHz, 11.025 kHz, 8 kHz Bit rates: 8 - 320 kbps Root folder WMA Sampling rates: 48 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz Bit rates: 48 - 192 kbps Note that for sampling rates, this device’s frame display (Page 15) may not display correctly. This device may not play back correctly depending on sampling rates.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 13 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Setting the Bass Control Sound Setting SOURCE/POWER Rotary encoder BAND You can change the Bass Frequency emphasis to create your own tonal preference. 1 MENU Press MENU to select the BASS ENGINE mode, then press MODE. BBE 2 BASS ENGINE SETUP RETURN (OFF) BBE Press or to select the BASS (Bass Center Frequency) control mode.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 14 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Setting the BBE Mode Bass level indicator’s display Bass Level is usually displayed. When BBE is activated, the display changes according to the BBE setting. BBE makes vocals or instruments sound distinct regardless of the music source. The FM radio, CD, and MP3, will be able to reproduce the music clearly even in cars with a lot of road noise. 1 2 Press SOURCE/POWER to select the source to which you want to apply BBE.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 15 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM About the indication display Other Functions When displaying Text, the following indicators are lit according to the mode. TITLE Displaying the Text Text information, such as the disc name and the track name, will be displayed if playing a CD text compatible disc. It is also possible to display the folder name, the file name, and the tag, etc., while playing MP3/WMA files. Press TITLE.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 16 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM About “Text” Text: Text compatible CDs contain text information such as the disc name and track name. Such text information is referred to as “text.” • Some characters may not be displayed correctly with this device, depending on the character type. • The CD changer must also be CD Text compatible for the Text information to be displayed.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 17 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Setting the Subwoofer System SETUP SUBW SYS1 (Initial setting) / SUBW SYS2 Select either SYS1 or SYS2 for the desired subwoofer effect. You can flexibly customize the unit to suit your own preferences and usage. Choose the SETUP menu from Sound Customizing, Visual Customizing, etc., to select your desired setting. SOURCE/POWER Rotary encoder BAND MENU SUBW SYS1: Subwoofer level changes according to the main volume setting.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 18 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Connecting to an External Amplifier MP3/WMA POWER IC ON (Initial setting) / POWER IC OFF Playing MP3/WMA Data (PLAY MODE) CDDA (Initial setting) / CDDA/MP3 This product can playback CDs containing both CD and MP3/WMA data. However, in some situations (some enhanced CDs), playback may be difficult. For these special cases, you can select playback of CD data only.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 19 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM SAT Radio Receiver (Optional) Rotary SOURCE/ encoder POWER / BAND • When using the optional remote control (RUE-4190, etc.), an SAT Radio Channel can be directly called up with the numeric keypad of the remote control. 1 While in XM or SIRIUS Radio mode, enter the Channel number you want to call up with the numeric keypad on the remote control. 2 Press ENTER on the remote control within 5 seconds to receive the Channel.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 20 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM 3 Turn the Rotary encoder to set the tuning method. CH NO: ALPHABET: 4 Set in order of channel No. Set in alphabetic order. • When the setting is completed, switch the channel DOWN/UP by pressing the or . Storing Channel Presets 2 Press BAND to select the desired band you want to store.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 21 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Changing the Display Text information, such as the channel name, artist name/feature, and song/program title, is available with each XM or Sirius channel. The unit can display this text information as explained below. In XM or SIRIUS mode, press TITLE. Each time you press this button, the display changes as shown below. CHANNEL No. CATEGORY NAME CHANNEL NAME ARTIST NAME SONG TITLE COMPOSER NAME*1 AUXILIARY DATA FIELD*2 CLOCK CHANNEL No.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 22 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM iPod™ (Optional) An iPod can contain hundreds of songs. By keeping these songs organized in playlists, the CDA-9856 can use these to ease song searches. / Rotary encoder SOURCE/POWER Searching for a desired Song Searching by Playlist 1 2 MODE 6 TITLE 4 FUNC. 5 Press to activate the search selection mode. Turn the Rotary encoder to select the PLAYLIST search mode, then press .
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 23 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM 4 To search for a song of the selected album 1 After selecting the album in step press to change to the song search mode of the selected album. 2 Turn the Rotary encoder to select a song and press MODE. The selected song is played back. • While in the search mode, if you press and hold for at least 2 seconds, or no operation is performed for 10 seconds, the search mode is canceled. • In the search mode, pressing FUNC.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 24 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Random Play Shuffle (M.I.X.) Displaying the Text The Shuffle function of the iPod is displayed as M.I.X. on the CDA-9856. You can display the tag information of a song in the iPod. Shuffle Albums: Each press changes the display. Press TITLE. Album shuffle playback plays back all songs in order, then randomly selects the next album. All songs of that album are played back in order, and so on. Any one album is played just once.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 25 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Playing MP3 Files with the CD Changer (Optional) Changer (Optional) If you connect a changer compatible with MP3, you can play CD-ROMs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs containing MP3 files on this unit. 1 SOURCE/POWER BAND 2 3 Press SOURCE/POWER to switch to the MP3 Changer mode. Press any one of the disc select buttons (1 through 6) corresponding to one of the discs loaded in the CD Changer. To pause playback, press Pressing / FUNC.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 26 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Information In Case of Difficulty If you encounter a problem, please turn the power off, then on again. If the unit is still not functioning normally, please review the items in the following checklist. This guide will help you isolate the problem if the unit is at fault. Otherwise, make sure the rest of your system is properly connected or consult your authorized Alpine dealer. Basic No function or display. • Vehicle's ignition is off.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 27 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM • Mechanism error. 1) Press the button and eject the CD. If not ejecting, consult your Alpine dealer. 2) When the error indication remains after ejecting, press the button again. If the error indication still does not turn off after pressing the button for a few times, consult your Alpine dealer. • When “ERROR” is displayed: If that the disc cannot be ejected by pressing , press the RESET switch (refer to page 7) and press again.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 28 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Indication for iPod Mode Specifications FM TUNER SECTION • The iPod is not connected. - Make sure the iPod is correctly connected (refer to “Connections”). Make sure the cable is not bent excessively. • The iPod’s battery remains low. - Refer to the iPod’s documentation and charge the battery.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 29 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Installation and Connections Before installing or connecting the unit, please read the following and pages 3 and 5 of this manual thoroughly for proper use. Caution HAVE THE WIRING AND INSTALLATION DONE BY EXPERTS. Warning MAKE THE CORRECT CONNECTIONS. The wiring and installation of this unit requires special technical skill and experience. To ensure safety, always contact the dealer where you purchased this product to have the work done.
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 30 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Installation 2 Screw Hex Nut (M5) *2 Bolt Stud Detachable Front panel Metal Mounting Strap Caution When you install this unit in your car, do not remove the detachable front panel. If the detachable front panel is removed during installation, you might press too hard and warp the metal plate that holds it in place. this unit Ground Lead Chassis Reinforce the head unit with the metal mounting strap (not supplied).
01GB00CDA9856.book Page 31 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Face Plate this unit Screws (M5 × 8) (Included) Ground Lead *3 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 01GB06CDA9856.
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01GB00CDA9856.book Page 33 Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:33 PM Antenna Receptacle Left Rear (+) Speaker Output Lead (Green) Power Antenna Lead (Blue) Left Rear (-) Speaker Output Lead (Green/Black) Connect this lead to the +B terminal of your power antenna, if applicable. Left Front (-) Speaker Output Lead (White/Black) • This lead should be used only for controlling the vehicle's power antenna. Do not use this lead to turn on an amplifier, or a signal processor, etc.
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