Sound Setting; Equalizer Presets; Setting Bass Engine Sq On/Off; Displaying The Bass Engine Sq Parameter - Alpine CDE-W296BT Operating Instructions Manual

Note
• If no operation is performed for 5 seconds, the unit automatically
returns to normal mode.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder until the desired sound is
obtained in each mode.
By setting DEFEAT ON, previously adjusted level settings of BASS
and TREBLE will return to the factory defaults.

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 Y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/*7
 SOURCE VOL  X-OVER
9BAND P-EQ
*8
 SUBW PHASE
SUBWOOFER
*1
 TCR  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 If you switch the 2WAY/3WAY system (page 24) to 3WAY mode,
you cannot adjust these items.
*6 Not displayed when BASS ENGIN is set to OFF.
*7 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.
*8 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 27.
*9 These functions are inoperable when Subwoofer 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 Y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 18.
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-EN
*4/*5 *5/*6
 PARAMETER 
*1/*3

*9 *3/*9
 SUBW SYS  LENGTH
*1/*3
 EQ PRESETS

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 customize the EQ PRESETS
settings.

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 21.
*1
Displaying the BASS ENGINE SQ
PARAMETER
After setting BASS ENGIN to ON, you can display the current BASS
ENGINE SQ Parameter type.
 Setting item: PARAMETER
Display 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.