Page 3 - ENGLISH; Contents; Operating Instructions; WARNING; Finding the Beginning of Chapters/Tracks or; SETUP; DVD CONTENTS SETUP; Selecting the Button on the Image Screen
1 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) ENGLISH Contents Operating Instructions WARNING WARNING .................................................. 3 CAUTION ................................................... 3 PRECAUTIONS ......................................... 4 Discs Playable on This Unit .......
Page 4 - Displaying the DivX; AUDIO SETUP; Other Useful Features; To Output DVD Video While Listening to; Remote Control; About DivX; Installation and Connections
2 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) SYSTEM SETUP Switching the Background Colour ............ 21 Setting the TV Screen ............................... 21 Setting the TV System ............................... 21 Setting the Disc Change ............................ 21 Delaying Image Output .........
Page 5 - DO NOT DISASSEMBLE OR ALTER.; USE ONLY IN CARS WITH A 12 VOLT NEGATIVE GROUND.; USE THIS PRODUCT FOR MOBILE 12V APPLICATIONS.; CAUTION; HALT USE IMMEDIATELY IF A PROBLEM APPEARS.
3 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) WARNING WARNING This symbol means important instructions.Failure to heed them can result in seriousinjury or death. DO NOT OPERATE ANY FUNCTION THAT TAKES YOURATTENTION AWAY FROM SAFELY DRIVING YOURVEHICLE. Any function that requires your prolonged attention ...
Page 6 - PRECAUTIONS
4 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Disc Accessories There are various accessories available on the market forprotecting the disc surface and improving sound quality.However, most of them will influence the thickness and/ordiameter of the disc. Using such accessories can causeoperational proble...
Page 7 - Discs Playable on This Unit; Playable discs; Discs that cannot be played; ALL
5 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Discs Playable on This Unit Playable discs The discs listed below can be played on this unit. VIDEO CD D I G I T A L V I D E O * Two-layer DVD disc compatible Mark (logo) Recorded content Disc size DVD Video DVD Audio Video CD Music CD Audio + Video Audio + V...
Page 9 - Getting Started; When Using the Remote Control; • Point the remote control at the remote sensor within; Battery Replacement; Opening the battery case.; Warning; Handling the Magazine; Loading discs
7 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Getting Started When Using the Remote Control • Point the remote control at the remote sensor within about 2 meters. • It may not be possible to operate the remote control if the remote control sensor is exposed to directsunlight. • The remote control is a sm...
Page 10 - Removing discs
8 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) 2 Set discs in the disc tray with the labeled sidefacing up. Set one disc in the tray at a time (up to 6discs).Be careful not to drop the disc.After loading the discs, push the disc tray fully intothe magazine until it closes and a click is heard. 3 Grasp the...
Page 11 - Turning Power On and Off; Selecting the Disc; Displaying a Disc List; LIST; Switching between NTSC and PAL; PWR; Initial System Start-Up; RESET
9 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Turning Power On and Off Play Position Memory Function If you turn power off or switch the ignition key to OFF duringplayback or change the source, playback will continue fromthe point where playback stopped when the power isturned ON again. The play position...
Page 12 - If a menu screen appears; numeric keypad; Displaying a Programme List; TOP MENU
10 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) DVD/Video CD Playing DVD/Video CD Disc types that can be used for each heading arerepresented by the following marks. DVD Commercial Video discs (used for the distribution of movies, etc.) or a DVD-R/DVD-RW, DVD+R/DVD+RW recorded in a video mode can be used....
Page 13 - Displaying a Playlist; MENU; Stopping Playback; Selecting Programme/Playlist; FOLDER UP
11 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Displaying a Playlist 1 Press MENU while playing DVD-VR disc. The playlist list screen is displayed. 2 Press or to select the desired playlist, thenpress ENT. The selected playlist is played back. • Only discs containing a playlist can be operated.• If PROGR...
Page 14 - Displaying a Folder/File Menu List; Selecting Folders; Scroll to Move the Page Forward or Back
12 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Displaying a Folder/File Menu List If a file from the folder menu list is selected: 1 During playback, press TOP MENU . The folder list in a disc is displayed. 2 Press 8 or 9 to select the desired folder and press ENT . The file menu list in the selected fol...
Page 15 - Repeat Playback
13 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Searching Directly by Chapter/Track/FileNumber Use this function to easily move to the beginning of the chapters,tracks or files on the disc. 1 Input the chapter, track or file number you want toplay back by using the numeric keypad (“0” to “9”) except when ...
Page 16 - Switching the Audio Tracks; AUDIO; Switching the Angle; ANGLE
14 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) DVD-VR (while playing back programme) DVD-VR (while playing back Playlist) VIDEO CD DivX ® Display example when “ALL” is set in “Setting CompressionPlayback Data” (page 22). • The track/disc repeat modes cannot be used on video CDs with playback control (PBC...
Page 17 - Switching the Subtitles (subtitle language); SUBTITLE; Displaying the Disc Status; DISPLAY
15 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) DVD Video display example DVD Audio display example • If the DVD-Audio disc is set to “VIDEO ON”, operation can be performed. (Refer to “Setting the DVD Audio Playback Mode” onpage 20.) DVD-VR display example Video CD display example • When PBC is set to ON,...
Page 18 - Repeat Play; Playback
16 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Selecting Folders (MP3/WMA/AAC) Press FOLDER DN or FOLDER UP to select the folder. M.I.X. (Random Play) Press M.I.X. in the play or pause mode. The M.I.X. mode switches each time the button is pressed. CD MP3/WMA/AAC/DivX ® Press M.I.X. again and select OFF ...
Page 20 - Terminology
18 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Terminology Bit rate This is the “sound” compression rate specified for encoding. Thehigher the bit rate, the higher the sound quality, but also the largerthe files. Sampling rate This value shows how many times per second the data is sampled(recorded). For ...
Page 21 - SETUP Operation; ENT
19 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) SETUP You can flexibly customize the unit to suit your own preferences andusage. From the SETUP menu, System Setting, Audio Setting, etc.can be modified. Use steps 1 to 4 to select one of the SETUP modesto modify. See the applicable section below fordetails ...
Page 22 - Setting the DVD Audio Playback Mode; Setting the DVD-VR Playback Mode; Playing the Bonus Group
20 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Setting the Rating Level (Parental Lock) Use this function to restrict the viewing of movies to children ofappropriate age levels only. Setting items: PARENTAL → PASSWORD → PARENTAL LEVEL Setting contents: OFF (Initial setting) / 8~1 1 Use the numeric keypad...
Page 23 - SYSTEM SETUP
21 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) 16:9 (WIDE) Select this whenconnected to a widescreen TV. 4:3 LB (LETTER BOX) Select this when connected to aconventional 4:3 size (normal TVaspect ratio) monitor. There maybe black bands visible at the topand bottom of the screen (whenplaying a 16:9 size mo...
Page 25 - Setting the Downmix Mode; Audio output/Optical digital audio output
23 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) * Not output when playing back a DVD-Audio. • BITSTREAM does not output when MPEG audio is set. Disc Audio recording format Digital output setting (DVD SETUP) Optical digital audio output Analog audio output (Ai-NET, RCA output) Format Fs Q LPCM (CD-DA, DVD-...
Page 26 - Setting the Wallpaper
24 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Other Useful Features To Output DVD Video While Listening toAnother Source (CD/radio, etc.) (only whenusing Ai-NET) When the DHA-S690 is connected to an Ai-NET compatible headunit or Ai-NET compatible AV head unit, DVD video can be outputindependently on the...
Page 27 - To set the pause mode, press; Functions operable from the head unit; Operating from the Head Unit
25 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Playing DVDs, video CDs, CDs and MP3/WMA/AAC 1 Press SOURCE to select the DVD changer or CD changer mode. DVD changer or CD changer mode: The power of the DHA-S690 turns ON and playback startsautomatically. Other modes: The power of the DHA-S690 turns off au...
Page 28 - Controls on Remote Control
26 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Remote Control Controls on Remote Control 1 PWR button Turns the power ON and OFF. (When Ai-NET non- compatible head unit is connected.) Press and hold for at least 2 seconds to switch between NTSC/PAL. 2 SETUP button Pressing and holding this button for at ...
Page 29 - Information; About DVDs
27 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) + f button CD: Press the button to advance to thebeginning of the next track. Press andhold to fast forward. MP3/WMA/AAC: Press the button to advance to the beginning of the next file. DVD/Video CD: • Move to the desired position on the disc. • During playba...
Page 30 - About JPEG
28 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) About DivX ® DivX ® is a codec (software) programme to compress moving images while maintaining image quality using a highly advancedcompression ratio and operating speed. • Official DivX ® Certified product. • Plays all versions of DivX ® video (including D...
Page 31 - Dolby Pro Logic; Dolby Pro Logic II; Dolby Digital; Dolby Digital sound/DTS sound; Subwoofer
29 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Pro Logic is the technology used to decodeprogrammes encoded in Dolby Surround. Pro Logic decodingwill provide you with four channels of sound (front left/right,centre and monaural rear surround) from a 2-channel (stereo)source. * The s...
Page 32 - List of Language Codes
30 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) List of Language Codes (For details, see page 19.) Language Kirundi Romanian Russian Kinyarwanda Sanskrit Sindhi Sangho Serbo-Croatian Singhalese Slovak Slovenian Samoan Shona Somali Albanian Serbian Siswati Sesotho Sundanese Swedish Swahili Tamil Telugu Taj...
Page 33 - List of Country Codes
31 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) List of Country Codes (For details, see page 20.) 7573 7577 7578 7580 7582 7587 7589 7590 7665 7666 7667 7673 7675 7682 7683 7684 7685 7686 7689 7765 7767 7768 7771 7772 7775 7776 7777 7778 7779 7780 7781 7782 7783 7784 7785 7786 7787 7788 7789 7790 7865 786...
Page 35 - In Case of Difficulty
33 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Playback does not start. • Disc is loaded upside-down. - Check the disc and load it with the labeled side facing upward. • Disc is dirty. - Clean the disc. • A disc not able to playback with this unit is loaded. - Check if the disc is able to be played back....
Page 36 - Indication
34 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Indication • Mechanism error. 1) Press c and eject the magazine (disc). If the disc does not eject, press c again for at least 3 seconds and eject the magazine (disc).If the disc still does not eject, consult your Alpine dealer. 2) When the error indication ...
Page 37 - Specifications; PICKUP; CLASS 1; CHASSIS SIZE
35 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Specifications Frequency Response DVD: 5 – 20,000 Hz ( ± 1 dB) (48 kHz sampling) CD: 5 – 20,000 Hz ( ± 1 dB) Wow & Flutter (% WRMS) Below measurable limits Total Harmonic Distortion 0.015% Dynamic Range 90 dB (at 1 kHz) Channel Separation 85 dB (at 1 kHz...
Page 38 - MAKE THE CORRECT CONNECTIONS.; IMPORTANT
36 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Before installing or connecting the unit, please read thefollowing and pages 3 to 4 of this manual thoroughlyfor proper use. Warning MAKE THE CORRECT CONNECTIONS. Failure to make the proper connections may result in fire orproduct damage. USE ONLY IN CARS WI...
Page 39 - Preparation; Disconnect the battery’s minus terminal.; Connecting; Check that all connections are correct.; Mounting the Remote Control Sensor Unit
37 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) 1 2 Remote ControlSensor Unit 5 6 4 Preparation Park the vehicle in a flat, safe place. Apply theparking brake, then remove the ignition key. Check the included parts and organize the toolsand installation instructions. Disconnect the battery’s minus termina...
Page 40 - Installation; Remove the shipping keys.; Change the position of the springs.
38 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Installation CAUTIONBe careful that the vehicle’s cords do not touchthe DHA-S690.If the cords are in contact with the DHA-S690,their sheaths may be damaged due to vibrationsgenerated while the vehicle is running, resultingin short-circuits. Leave enough spac...
Page 41 - • Suspension from the Rear Tray; Fasten the L-shaped brackets; Checking Operation; • Floor base installation; into the; • Installing directly on the floor
39 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) 1 1 2 To install vertically, attach to the floor using thehexagonal washer faced tapping screws (M5x15) 1 . • Suspension from the Rear Tray WARNING Do not damage pipe or wiring when drillingholes. Fasten the L-shaped brackets 2 to both sides of this unit. Dr...
Page 42 - Connections
40 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Connections Connect to a metal part of chassis body with a screw Ignition Key To remote control output lead Remote Control Eye Cable Colour Cable Specifications Fuse (5A) Yellow Red White/ Brown Black • S video Output Terminal Outputs S video signal.Connect ...
Page 43 - Setting the System Switch; Disconnect the power plug.; System Example; Connecting a Monitor
41 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Setting the System Switch Switch to operate from either an Ai-NET compatible head unit or Ai-NET compatible AV head unit connected to this unit.Be sure to set the system switch before fastening the DHA-S690 in place. 1 Disconnect the power plug. 2 Change the...
Page 44 - Connecting an Ai-NET compatible Head Unit / Alpine Monitor
42 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) Setting of DHA-S690 The DHA-S690’s system settings must be made after connections are completed. Before fixing the unit in place, refer to page 41 to change the system setting. System Switch 1 2 Switches to “1”. DHA-S690 RCA Extension Cable (included) Video ...
Page 45 - Observe the following when using Fiber Optic Cable.
43 -EN ALPINE DHA-S690 68-09359Z17-A (EN) • Connecting an Ai-NET compatible AV head unit / Digital Audio Processor DHA-S690 AV Head Unit IVA-D105R, etc. (sold separately) Ai-NET Connector Ai-NET Cable Ai-NET Input Connector Ai-NET Input Connector (CHANGER IN) Digital Audio Processor PXA-H701, etc. (...