Alpine CDE-121E, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Alpine House Fletchamstead Highway Coventry CV4 9TW U K Phone 0870 33 33 763 ALPINE ELECTRONICS FRANCE S A R L RCS PONTOISE B 338 101 280 98 Rue de la Belle Etoile Z I Paris Nord Il B P 50016 95945 Roissy Charles de Gaulle Cedex France Phone 01 48638989 ALPINE ITALIA S p A Viale C Colombo 8 20090 Trezzano Sul Naviglio MI Italy Phone 02 484781 ALPINE ELECTRONICS DE ESPAA S A Portal de Gamarra 36 Pa...

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Page 3: ...ly 6 Presetting Stations Automatically 6 Tuning to Preset Stations 6 Frequency Search Function 6 CD MP3 WMA AAC Playback 7 Repeat Play 7 M I X Random Play 7 Searching for CD Text 8 File Folder Name Search concerning MP3 WMA AAC 8 8 Quick Search 8 About MP3 WMA AAC Sound Setting Adjusting Subwoofer Level Bass Level Treble Level Balance Between Left and Right Fader Between Front and Rear Defeat 10 S...

Page 4: ...e and may result in fire USE THIS PRODUCT FOR MOBILE 12V APPLICATIONS Use for other than its designed application may result in fire electric shock or other injury DO NOT PLACE HANDS FINGERS OR FOREIGN OBJECTS IN INSERTION SLOTS OR GAPS Doing so may result in personal injury or damage to the product HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM APPEARS Failure to do so may cause personal injury or damage to t...

Page 5: ...re to use round shape discs only for this unit and never use any special shape discs Use of special shape discs may cause damage to the mechanism Installation Location Make sure this unit will not be installed in a location subjected to Direct sun and heat High humidity and water Excessive dust Excessive vibrations Correct Handling Do not drop the disc while handling Hold the disc so you will not ...

Page 6: ... usage or storage in the following locations Anywhere in the car exposed to direct sunlight or high temperatures Anywhere the possibility of high humidity or corrosive substances are present Fix the USB memory in a location where driver operation will not be hindered USB memory may not function correctly at high or low temperature The USB flash memory supports only 512 or 2 048 bytes per sector Us...

Page 7: ... 1 Insert the right side of the front panel into the main unit Align the groove on the front panel with the projections on the main unit 2 Push the left side of the front panel until it locks firmly into the main unit Before attaching the front panel make sure that there is no dirt or dust on the connector terminals and no foreign object between the front panel and the main unit Attach the front p...

Page 8: ...he desired radio band is displayed F1 FM1 F2 FM2 AM F1 FM1 3 Press TUNE A ME to select the tuning mode DX SEEK Distance mode SEEK Local mode OFF Manual mode DX SEEK The initial mode is Distance mode Distance mode Both strong and weak stations will be automatically tuned in Automatic Seek Tuning Local mode Only strong stations will be automatically tuned in Automatic Seek Tuning Manual mode The fre...

Page 9: ...and file number will be displayed as described below Press VIEW to switch the display See Displaying the Text page 11 for information about display switching Repeat Play Press 4 to play back repeatedly the track being played The track file will be played repeatedly Press 4 again and select off to deactivate repeat play F101 T103 Folder number display File number display Playback 1 Insert a disc wi...

Page 10: ... search mode to cancel Or the search mode is cancelled if no operation is performed for 10 seconds Press MUTE in the search mode to return to the previous mode When File Name Search is made during M I X play the M I X play mode will be cancelled Quick Search You can search for tracks files 1 Press and hold ESC for at least 2 seconds in the CD MP3 WMA AAC mode to activate Quick Search mode The indi...

Page 11: ...disc Therefore the playback order may not be what is expected Verify the writing order in the software s documentation The playback order of the folders and files is as follows The folder No folder Name will not be displayed if no file is contained in the folder Bit rate This is the sound compression rate specified for encoding The higher the bit rate the higher the sound quality but also the larg...

Page 12: ...centre 1 frequency 80 Hz 100 Hz 120 Hz 60 Hz 80 Hz Emphasises the displayed bass frequency ranges 2 2 Press SOURCE to select the desired bass 2 bandwidth Changes the boosted bass bandwidth to wide or narrow A wider setting will boost a wide range of frequencies above and below the centre frequency A narrower setting will boost only frequencies near the centre frequency 2 3 1Turn the Rotary encoder...

Page 13: ...l the setting is changed The Treble frequency settings adjusted for one source are effective for all other sources FM AM CD etc The function is inoperable when DEFEAT is set to ON Press and hold VIEW for at least 2 seconds the current text will be scrolled one time except Radio mode 2 The adjustment can also be made by pressing Rotary encoder Refer to Adjusting Subwoofer Level Bass Level Treble Le...

Page 14: ...s or 3 5ø miniplugs or SETUP Use steps 1 to 4 to select one of the SETUP modes to modify See the applicable section below for details about the selected SETUP item Playing MP3 WMA AAC Data PLAY MODE This unit can play back CDs containing both CD and MP3 WMA AAC data created in Enhanced CD CD Extra format However in some situations playback of an enhanced CD may be difficult In this case you can se...

Page 15: ...files on a USB memory device with the same controls and modes as playback of CDs containing MP3 WMA AAC For details refer to CD MP3 WMA AAC on pages 7 to 9 Before disconnecting USB memory be sure to change to another source or set to pause The playback time may not be correctly displayed when a VBR Variable Bit Rate recorded file is played back USB memory Optional SOURCE j r ENT Setting the AUX NA...

Page 16: ...output or USB memory is not recognised even when USB memory is connected remove USB memory once then connect it again Route the USB cable away from other cables etc After removing the USB memory close the cover of the USB connection terminal to prevent dust or foreign objects from entering and causing a malfunction About MP3 WMA AAC File of USB Memory MP3 WMA AAC files are prepared then stored to ...

Page 17: ...is cancelled In the search mode pressing MUTE will return to the previous mode When search is made during M I X play the M I X play mode will be cancelled NO SONG will be displayed if there are no songs in the selected playlist in the PLAYLIST search mode NO PODCAST will be displayed if there is no podcast data in the iPod iPhone in the PODCAST search mode NOAUDIOBOK will be displayed if there is ...

Page 18: ...nction is inactive If an album is selected during an artist search other albums by that artist are searchable This function is inactive during shuffle playback Random Play Shuffle M I X The Shuffle function of the iPod iPhone is displayed as on this unit Shuffle Albums The songs on each album are played back in proper order Upon completion of all the songs on the album the next album is selected r...

Page 19: ...e sure the antenna is fully extended if broken replace the antenna with a new one Broadcast is noisy The antenna is not the proper length Extend the antenna fully replace it if it is broken The antenna is poorly grounded Make sure the antenna is grounded properly at its mounting location Information Basic Radio Repeat Play Only Repeat One is available for the iPod iPhone Repeat One A single song i...

Page 20: ...layback not possible Close session finalisation has not been performed Perform finalisation and attempt playback again MP3 WMA or AAC is not played back Writing error occurred The MP3 WMA AAC format is not compatible Make sure the MP3 WMA AAC has been written in a supported format Refer to About MP3 WMA AAC pages 8 9 then rewrite in the format supported by this device CD MP3 WMA AAC iPod does not ...

Page 21: ...ne if available Indication for iPod Mode Abnormal current is run to the USB connector device an error message may be displayed if the USB device that is not compatible with the unit is connected USB memory is a malfunction or it is shorted Connect another USB memory A USB device that is not supported by the unit is connected Connect a USB device that is supported by the unit A USB memory is not co...

Page 22: ... dB Channel Separation 85 dB at 1 kHz Wave length 795 nm Laser power CLASS I USB requirements USB 1 1 2 0 Max Power Consumption 500 mA USB Class Mass Storage File System FAT 12 16 32 MP3 Decoding MPEG 1 2 AUDIO Layer 3 WMA Decoding Windows Media Audio AAC Decoding AAC LC format m4a file Number of Channels 2 Channel Stereo Frequency Response 5 20 000 Hz 1 dB Total Harmonic Distortion 0 008 at 1 kHz...

Page 23: ...u purchased this product to have the work done USE SPECIFIED ACCESSORY PARTS AND INSTALL THEM SECURELY Be sure to use only the specified accessory parts Use of other than designated parts may damage this unit internally or may not securely install the unit in place This may cause parts to become loose resulting in hazards or product failure ARRANGE THE WIRING SO IT IS NOT CRIMPED OR PINCHED BY A S...

Page 24: ...from the main unit see Removal on page 22 2 Detachable Front Panel Less than 35 Mounting Sleeve Included Dashboard This unit Pressure Plates Metal Mounting Strap Chassis Hex Nut M5 Bolt Stud Ground Lead Screw This unit 2 1 Reinforce the head unit with the metal mounting strap not supplied Secure the ground lead of the unit to a clean metal spot using a screw already attached to the vehicle s chass...

Page 25: ...lifier Ignition Key Battery Speakers Rear Left Front Right Rear Right White SPEAKER RIGHT REAR SPEAKER RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER LEFT REAR SPEAKER LEFT FRONT Front Left REMOTE TURN ON Red IGNITION Grey Black Amplifier Speakers POWER ANT Subwoofers Notused Notused To iPod iPhone To USB memory or Orange ILLUMINATION AUDIO INTERRUPT IN Pink Black ...

Page 26: ...reen Left Rear Speaker Output Lead Green Black Left Front Speaker Output Lead White Black Left Front Speaker Output Lead White Radio Antenna Receptacle Fuse Holder 10A Subwoofer Output RCA Connectors RED is right and WHITE is left RCA Extension Cable sold separately Front AUX Input Terminal This terminal allows for input of audio from an external device such as a portable player using a commercial...

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