Sound Setting; Equalizer Presets; Setting Bass Engine Sq On/Off; Displaying The Bass Engine Sq Parameter - Alpine CDE-154EBT Owner's Manual

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Sound Setting

You can flexibly customize the unit to suit your own preference and
usage. From the AUDIO SETUP menu, Audio Setting can be modified.
Use steps 1 to 5 to select the category you wish to modify. For
details on how to change each setting, see the following
sections below.
1
Press and hold AUDIOSETUP for at least 2 seconds to
activate the SETUP mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select AUDIO, and then press
ENTER.
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired sound
setting menu, and then press ENTER.
*1/*2/*3
 BASS ENGIN
EQ PRESETS
*1/*3/*6
 SOURCE VOL  HPF
9BAND P-EQ
*7 *1/*3/*8
 SUBW LPF
SUBWOOFER
*3/*8
SUBW SYS  POWER IC  MX SETTING
*1 Adjustment cannot be performed when DEFEAT is set to ON.
*2 Any changes made to either EQ PRESETS or 9BAND P-EQ are
reflected in the others' settings.
*3 These items are not adjustable in BASS ENGINE SQ mode. If
you want to adjust these items separately, follow the confirm
message and select "YES" to exit BASS ENGINE SQ mode, then
make the setting.
*4 Not displayed when the Audio Setup mode is activated by
pressing BASS.
*5 Not displayed when BASS ENGIN is set to OFF.
*6 In step 3, after selecting a Band (BAND1 to BAND9) from
9BAND P-EQ adjustment mode. Turn the Rotary encoder to
select the desired item, and then press ENTER to continue to
step 4.
*7 This item is also related to BASS ENGINE SQ mode when you
adjust sound settings via the TuneIt App on a Smartphone.
Refer to "Adjusting the sound via the Smartphone" on page 19.
*8 These functions are inoperable when Subwoofer is set to OFF.
*9 Not displayed when SUBW LPF is set to OFF.
4
Turn the Rotary encoder to change the setting, and then
press ENTER.
(e.g. Select SUBWOOFER ON or SUBWOOFER OFF)
5
Press and hold AUDIOSETUP for at least 2 seconds to
return to normal mode.
Notes
• Adjustment cannot be performed during a call.
• Pressing t returns to the previous Sound menu mode.
• If no operation is performed for 60 seconds, Sound menu mode is
cancelled.
• You can access the Sound menu mode directly by pressing BASS when
BASS ENGIN is set to OFF. Refer to "Setting BASS ENGINE SQ ON/
OFF" on page 15.

Equalizer Presets

10 typical equalizer settings are preset at the factory for a variety of
musical source material. USER settings are created in the 9BAND P-EQ
mode.
USER  FLAT (Initial setting) POPS  ROCK  NEWS  JAZZ
 ELEC DANCE  HIP HOP  EASY LIS  COUNTRY 
CLASSICAL
Note
• The 9-Band, Parametric EQ is used to create the EQ PRESETS settings.
*4 *5
 PARAMETER 
*1/*3

*1/*8/*9
 SUBW PHASE 
*1/*3
 EQ PRESETS

Setting BASS ENGINE SQ ON/OFF

This function provides a short cut for BASS ENGINE SQ setting.
EQ PRESETS, 9BAND P-EQ, etc., will no longer be adjustable when ON
is set.
 Setting item: BASS ENGIN
Setting contents:
OFF (Initial setting) / ON
OFF (MANUAL SET mode):
Adjust each audio effect setting separately.
ON (BASS ENGINE SQ mode):
Adjust BASS ENGINE SQ via a short cut.
Note
• You can also set BASS ENGINE SQ ON/OFF directly by pressing and
holding BASS. Refer to "Switching BASS ENGINE SQ mode" on
page 17.
Displaying the BASS ENGINE SQ
PARAMETER
After setting BASS ENGIN to ON, you can display the current BASS
ENGINE SQ Parameter.
 Setting item: PARAMETER
Displaying contents:
The name of the parameter currently selected is displayed.
(INITIAL / TUNEIT A ~ TUNEIT E)
Adjusting the Parametric Equalizer Curve
(9BAND P-EQ)
You can modify the Equalizer settings to create a response curve more
appealing to your personal taste.
1
After selecting a BAND (BAND1 ~ BAND9) from the 9BAND
P-EQ adjustment mode, turn the Rotary encoder to select
the desired setting item, and then press ENTER.
CENTER FRQ  WIDTH (Q)  LEVEL  CENTER FRQ
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select the desired setting
value, and then press ENTER.
3
Press t to return to the previous step.

Adjusting the Frequency (CENTER FRQ)

Adjustable frequency bands: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Band1 20 Hz ~ 100 Hz (63 Hz)
Band2 63 Hz ~ 315 Hz (125 Hz)
Band3 125 Hz ~ 500 Hz (250 Hz)
Band4 250 Hz ~ 1 kHz (500 Hz)
Band5 500 Hz ~ 2 kHz (1 kHz)
Band6 1 kHz ~ 4 kHz (2 kHz)
Band7 2 kHz ~ 7.2 kHz (4 kHz)
Band8 5.8 kHz ~ 12 kHz (8 kHz)
Band9 9 kHz ~ 20 kHz (16 kHz)
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