Page 3 - Contents
1 - EN WARNING WARNING ............................................. 2 CAUTION .............................................. 3 PRECAUTIONS .................................... 3 Basic Operation Detaching the Front Panel ........................... 6 Attaching the Front Panel ..........................
Page 4 - WARNING
2 - EN WARNING This symbol means important instruc-tions.Failure to heed them can result inserious injury or death. DO NOT OPERATE ANY FUNCTION THAT TAKES YOUR ATTENTION AWAY FROM SAFELY DRIVING YOUR VEHICLE. Any function that requires your prolongedattention should only be performed aftercoming to ...
Page 5 - CAUTION; HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM; PRECAUTIONS; Temperature; Moisture Condensation
3 - EN CAUTION This symbol means important instruc-tions.Failure to heed them can result ininjury or material property damage. HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM APPEARS. Failure to do so may cause personal injury ordamage to the product. Return it to yourauthorized Alpine dealer or the nearest Alpin...
Page 8 - Basic Operation; Detaching the Front Panel
6 - EN Basic Operation Detaching the Front Panel Press the POWER button for more than 3seconds to turn off the power. Press the RLS (Release) button at lower leftcorner until the front panel pops out. Grasp the left side of the front panel and pull itout. • The front panel may become hot in normal u...
Page 9 - Initial System Start-Up; Attaching the Front Panel
7 - EN • Before attaching the front panel, make sure that there is no dirt ordust on the connector terminalsand no foreign object betweenthe front panel and the main unit. Initial System Start-Up Make sure that the Power is turned off. When the power ison, press and hold the POWER button for at leas...
Page 10 - Turning Power On and Off; Press the POWER button to turn on the unit.
8 - EN Basic Operation Turning Power On and Off 1 Press the POWER button to turn on the unit. The volume level gradually increases to theprevious level you were listening to before the unitwas turned off. Press the POWER button for morethan 3 seconds to turn off the unit. • Controllable with Remote ...
Page 11 - Audio Mute Function
9 - EN Adjusting Volume/Subwoofer/Bass/Treble/Balance (Between Leftand Right)/Fader (Between Frontand Rear) 1 Press the MODE (Audio Control) knob repeatedlyto choose the desired mode.Each press changes the modes as follows: 2 Rotate the MODE (Audio Control) knob until thedesired sound is obtained in...
Page 12 - Displaying Time; Radio mode
10 - EN Basic Operation Displaying Time 1 Press the CLK (clock) button repeatedly until thetime is displayed.Each press changes the modes as follows: Radio mode CD Player/Changer modes • Selecting any tuner or CD function while in the clockpriority mode will interrupt thetime display momentarily. Th...
Page 13 - Setting Time
11 - EN D 6 T 0 1 1 1 4 : Setting Time 1 Press and hold the CLK (Clock) button for at least3 seconds while the time is displayed until thetime indication blinks. 2 Rotate the MODE (Audio Control) knob to adjustthe hours while the time indication is blinking. 3 When the hours has been adjusted, press...
Page 14 - DN button to select the mode to change.
12 - EN Basic Operation Adjusting the Bass/TrebleCenter Frequencies You can change the Bass/Treble center frequencies on this unit.This gives you flexibility in creating your ideal sound field. 1 Press the hold the SETUP button for at least 3seconds. 2 Press the UP button to select the BASS/TRE mode...
Page 16 - UP or
14 - EN Basic Operation Setting when Using theRemote Control 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3seconds. 2 Press UP or DN button to select REM CONT mode. Each press changes the modes asshown: 3 Press the TUNE button to toggle the REM CONTmode between On and Off. • REM CONT ON: Set to ON...
Page 17 - Switching the Tuner Mode
15 - EN Switching the Tuner Mode The CDA-7990 incorporates the MAX TUNE SQ for the highestquality tuner audio. Moreover, you can choose between twosettings to suit your own personal sound preferences and usage. 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3seconds. 2 Press the UP or DN button to s...
Page 18 - Changing Lighting Color; UP button repeatedly to select
16 - EN Basic Operation Changing Lighting Color 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3seconds. 2 Press the UP button repeatedly to select “ILLUMI”.Each press of the UP button changes the modes as shown: BASS/TRE REM CONT TUNER ILLUMI SCROLL SUB-W D-OUT AUX-IN MUTE • If you press the DN but...
Page 20 - CD Text Scroll Setting
18 - EN Basic Operation CD Text Scroll Setting This CD player has the ability to scroll the disc and track namerecorded on CD-Text discs. The scrolling feature will work withnames greater than 12 characters. This feature will not work forthe 12 character titles that were input manually. 1 Press and ...
Page 21 - Subwoofer On and Off
19 - EN Subwoofer On and Off 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for more than 3seconds. 2 Press the UP button repeatedly to select “SUB-W”.Each press of the UP button changes the modes as shown: 3 Press the TUNE button to toggle mode betweenSUB-W ON and SUB-W OFF. If an Ai-NET compatible processor wi...
Page 22 - UP button to select the D-OUT
20 - EN Basic Operation Digital Optical Output On andOff When connecting to the Multimedia Manager (PXA-H900), setthe D-OUT mode to ON. Set to OFF when not connectingPXA-H900. 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for at least 3seconds. 2 Press the UP button to select the D-OUT mode. Each press changes ...
Page 23 - Setting the AUX Mode
21 - EN Setting the AUX Mode You can input TV/video sound by connecting an optional Ai-NET/RCA Interface cable (KCA-121B) to this component. 1 Press and hold the SETUP button for more than 3seconds. 2 Press the UP button repeatedly to select “AUX-IN” .Each press of the UP button changes the modes as...
Page 24 - Turning Mute Mode On/Off; UP button to select the MUTE
22 - EN Basic Operation Turning Mute Mode On/Off If a device having the interrupt feature is connected, audio will beautomatically muted whenever the interrupt signal is receivedfrom the device. This function can be turned ON or OFF from thehead unit by following procedure below. 1 Press and hold th...
Page 25 - Blackout Mode On and Off
23 - EN Blackout Mode On and Off Turning off the back light of front panel can resist the inferencefrom the noise caused by the back light and provide you a muchhigher quality sound. 1 Press and hold the B. OUT (Black out) button forat least 3 seconds, the “B-OUT ON” indicationappears and disappears...
Page 26 - Displaying the Title/Text; Text: Text compatible CDs contain text information
24 - EN Basic Operation Displaying the Title/Text It is possible to display the CD/Station title if the title has beenpreviously inputted. For details, see Titling Discs/Stations (pages26, 27). Text information, such as the disc name and the trackname, will be displayed if playing a CD text compatib...
Page 28 - Titling Discs/Stations
26 - EN Basic Operation Titling Discs/Stations It is possible to title your favorite CD’s or radio stations. 1 Press the TITLE button and select the title displaymode.For details, see “Displaying the Title/Text” (pages24, 25). 2 Press and hold the TITLE button for at least 3seconds. The first charac...
Page 30 - Searching for Titled Stations; DN or
28 - EN Basic Operation Searching for Titled Stations If a Station is titled, you can do a search for it.(To title Stations, refer to “Titling Discs/Stations” on pages 26,27.) 1 Press and hold the T.S.M. button for at least 2seconds. The title blinks in the display. 2 Press the DN or UP button to se...
Page 33 - Recalling the Stored Settings; Press the A. PROC button on the Remote control.; Switching the Disc Mode
31 - EN Recalling the Stored Settings Settings stored in the Alpine Multimedia Manager (PXA-H900)using the optional Remote Control, can be recalled at any time. 1 Press the A. PROC button on the Remote control. 2 Press the or button within 5 seconds, to recallthe stored setting. • Refer to the Owner...
Page 34 - Radio Operation; Manual Tuning
32 - EN Radio Operation Manual Tuning 1 Press the SOURCE button until a radio frequencyappears in the display. 2 Press the BAND button repeatedly until thedesired radio band is displayed.Each press changes the band: 3 Press the TUNE button repeatedly until “DXSEEK” and “SEEK” disappear from the disp...
Page 35 - Automatic Seek Tuning
33 - EN Automatic Seek Tuning 1 Press the SOURCE button until a radio frequencyappears in the display. 2 Press the BAND button repeatedly until thedesired radio band is displayed.Each press changes the band: 3 Press the TUNE button to illuminate the DX andSEEK indicators in the display.With the DX (...
Page 39 - Tuning to Preset Stations
37 - EN Tuning to Preset Stations 1 Press the SOURCE button to select the radiomode. 2 Press the BAND button repeatedly until thedesired band is displayed.To select the D.A.P. band, press the D.A.P. buttonto set the D.A.P. to ON. 3 Press the station Preset button that has yourdesired radio station i...
Page 40 - CD Player Operation; Playback
38 - EN CD Player Operation Playback Insert a disc with the label side facing up. 1 Insert a disc with the label side facing up.The disc will be pulled into the unit automatically.The unit starts to play the CD. When a disc is already inserted, press theSOURCE button to switch to the CD mode. Themod...
Page 41 - Fast Forward and Backward
39 - EN Music Sensor (Skip) 1 Momentarily press the DN button once during CD play to return to the beginning of the currenttrack. If you wish to access the beginning of atrack further back, repeatedly press until youreach the desired track.Press the UP button once to advance to the beginning of the ...
Page 42 - Repeat Play
40 - EN CD Player Operation Repeat Play 1 Press the REPEAT button to play back repeatedlythe track being played.The RPT indicator appears and the track will beplayed repeatedly.Press the REPEAT button again and select OFFto deactivate the repeat play. • If a CD Changer is connected and the RPT ALL m...
Page 43 - Scanning Programs
41 - EN M.I.X. (Random Play) 1 Press the M.I.X. button in the play or pause mode.The M.I.X. indicator will illuminate and the trackson the disc will be played back in a randomsequence. After all the tracks on the disc havebeen played back once, the player will begin anew random sequence play until t...
Page 45 - Multi-Changer Selection
43 - EN Multi-Changer Selection Alpine’s Ai-NET system will support up to 6 CD Changers. Whenoperating two or more changers, the KCA-400C (Multi-ChangerSwitching device) must be used. If you use 1 Switching device,you can connect up to 4 CD Changers. If you use 2 Switchingdevices, you can connect up...
Page 46 - In Case of Difficulty; Basic; No function or display.; Radio; Unable to receive stations.; CD; CD playback sound is wavering.; Information
44 - EN In Case of Difficulty If you encounter a problem, please reviewthe items in the following checklist. Thisguide will help you isolate the problem if theunit is at fault. Otherwise, make sure the restof your system is properly connected orconsult your authorized Alpine dealer. Basic No functio...
Page 47 - Indication for CD Changer; HIGH TEMP; NO DISC
45 - EN Unable to fast forward or back-ward the CD. • The CD has been damaged. - Eject the CD and discard it; using a damaged CD in your unit can causedamage to the mechanism. CD playback sound skips due tovibration. • Improper mounting of the unit. - Securely re-mount the unit. • Disc is very dirty...
Page 48 - Specifications; Parts name
46 - EN Specifications FM TUNER SECTION Tuning Range 87.7 – 107.9 MHz Mono Usable Sensitivity 9.3 dBf (0.8 µ V/75 ohms) 50 dB Quieting Sensitivity 13.5 dBf (1.3 µ V/75 ohms) Alternate Channel Selectivity 80 dBSignal-to-Noise Ratio 80 dB Stereo Separation 50 dB Capture Ratio 2.0 dB AM TUNER SECTION T...
Page 49 - LIMITED WARRANTY
LIMITED WARRANTY ALPINE ELECTRONICS OF AMERICA, INC. AND ALPINE OF CANADA INC. ("Alpine"), are dedicated toquality craftsmanship and are pleased to offer this Warranty. We suggest that you read it thoroughly. Shouldyou have any questions, please contact your Dealer or Alpine at one of the te...
