Setting The Mx (Media Xpander); Equalizer Presets (Bass Max Eq); Download Sound Setting - Alpine ICS-X8 Owner's Manual

Setting the MX (Media Xpander)

[Media Xpander] is selected on the Audio setup menu in step 3. Refer
to "Audio Setup Operation" (page 33).
MX (Media Xpander) makes vocals or instruments sound distinct
regardless of the music source. The FM radio, CD, USB memory and
iPod/iPhone, will be able to reproduce the music clearly even in cars
with a lot of road noise.
Setting item: Media Xpander
1
Touch [On] of "ALL MX Off/On" in the MX setup
screen.
2
Touch any of [
Application
OFF
FM
DVD
CD
Compress
Media
NOKIA
AUX/AUX3
• The MX setting can be performed only when a source is currently
selected.
• DVD Video and DVD-VR correspond to MX DVD.
• MP3/WMA/AAC/iPod/USB Audio/DivX
correspond to MX Compress Media.
MX FM
The medium to high frequencies become more clear, and
produces well balanced sound in all the bands.
MX DVD
(Movie)
The dialog portion of the video is reproduced more clearly
(DVD Music)
This disc contains a large quantity of data such as music clip.
MX uses this data to reproduce the sound accurately.
MX CD
CD mode processes a large quantity of data. This data is used
to reproduce the sound cleanly by making use of the data
quantity.
MX Compress Media
This corrects information that was omitted at the time of
compression. This reproduces a well-balanced sound close to
the original.
MX NOKIA (OFF, Compress Media MX 1 to 3)
The medium to high frequencies become more clear, and
produces well balanced sound in all the bands.
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MX AUX/AUX3
Choose the MX mode (Compress Media, Movie, or Music) that
corresponds to the media connected.
• To cancel MX mode for all music applications, set MX to "Off" in
step 1.
• Each music applications, such as FM radio, CD, and MP3/WMA/
AAC can have its own MX setting.
• Setting to MX sets MX mode of each music applications to "Off."
• There is no MX mode for MW, LW radio.
• The function is inoperable when Defeat is set to "On."

Equalizer Presets (Bass Max EQ)

[Bass Max EQ] is selected on the Audio setup menu in step 3. Refer to
"Audio Setup Operation" (page 33).
10 typical equalizer settings are preset at the factory for a variety of
musical source material.
Setting item: Bass Max EQ
Setting contents: FLAT (Initial setting) / POPS / ROCK / NEWS /
• Only one type can be set to ON.
• When Bass Max EQ setting is edited, a Download Sound setting is
disabled.
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• When Bass Max EQ is set, the interlinked Parametric EQ settings are
also changed. We recommend storing Parametric EQ settings in the
Preset in advance.
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• The Bass Max EQ setting can be configured when Defeat is "Off. "

Download Sound Setting

[Download Sound Setting] is selected on the Audio setup menu in step
3. Refer to "Audio Setup Operation" (page 33).
Using a USB memory device, the sound settings downloaded from the
ALPINE website can be used to configure Time Correction, X-OVER
and Parametric EQ settings.
For details about service and procedures of download, see ALPINE's
web site.
Setting item: Download Sound Setting
The file name of download data shall be "A_U*****.MP3."
• Save the setting data in the root folder.
1
Touch [Download Sound Setting].
Setting data files are displayed in a list with a maximum of 5
items.
2
Touch the desired file.
3
Touch [OK].
The downloaded setting values are set as the Time
Correction/X-OVER/Parametric EQ settings, and at the
same time saved as Preset3, respectively.
• When no USB memory is connected, the "Download Sound Setting"
function is not available.
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