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Alpine CDA-9827 or Pioneer DEH-P7600MP
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<blockquote data-quote="pannayar" data-source="post: 662063" data-attributes="member: 558350"><p>I bought the CDA-9827 recently. The player sounds very nice except</p><p></p><p>for some annoyances, and here are my opinions on this player for</p><p></p><p>anyone that may be interested.</p><p></p><p>First the bad,</p><p></p><p>1) The blue lights are too bright in the night time and there is no</p><p></p><p>option to turn it off. The dimmer that they claim (dimming when</p><p></p><p>you turn on the headlights) is almost useless - it dims only the</p><p></p><p>blue buttons by a very small amount still leaving it very bright</p><p></p><p>enough to be annoying on a long highway night ride (and moreover</p><p></p><p>it does not work with blackout enabled)</p><p></p><p>The blackout display is a good option, but having no choice but</p><p></p><p>to always have these blinding (in the night only) lights on is</p><p></p><p>pathetic engineering.</p><p></p><p>IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY METHOD (EVEN DESTROY/ CUT THE CIRCUIT TO THE</p><p></p><p>BULBS INSIDE) PLEASE LET ME KNOW.</p><p></p><p>2) Controls are needlessly complicated and the manual does a lousy</p><p></p><p>job of explaining them (some of the functions that show up on the</p><p></p><p>display are not even explained properly, like the INT, CD-DA/MP3</p><p></p><p>functions...). To adjust bass/treble, you have to go through</p><p></p><p>a handful of center frequencies/bandwidths...which may be good</p><p></p><p>(if you have your car parked and you are really experimenting</p><p></p><p>to find out which setting sounds best for that song) but is not</p><p></p><p>what one wants to go through when he quickly wants to set the</p><p></p><p>bass/treble... a simple (additional) control like a basic player</p><p></p><p>could be useful...,</p><p></p><p>And this center frequency thing is quite confusing at times,</p><p></p><p>believe me I am an electrical engineer with a Masters graduate</p><p></p><p>degree //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif, not sure what happens to the setting on one center</p><p></p><p>frequency (say f1) when you move to another freq (say f2) and</p><p></p><p>adjust the new one, because when you come back to the original</p><p></p><p>f1 it shows the new setting for f2... hope I made some sense.</p><p></p><p>Now the goodies!</p><p></p><p>+ Sounds really better than my stock (acura integra) player even</p><p></p><p>with stock speakers.</p><p></p><p>+ Browsing the files/folders is pretty neat though you are limited</p><p></p><p>to a 8 character display. Dont get it wrong, the display does</p><p></p><p>scroll when you select a song and you can read the entire ID3</p><p></p><p>tag...</p><p></p><p>Other comments:</p><p></p><p>* A black color head unit will be desirable as it will integrate</p><p></p><p>with the look of the dash better. Being silver it stands out</p><p></p><p>a little in a black dash seeming to say "Steal me!".</p><p></p><p>* Remote works only when directed towards the player... so cant</p><p></p><p>mount it anywhere you like...</p><p></p><p>* The MediaExpander (that they claim to compensate for the loss</p><p></p><p>in sound quality due to the compressed nature of mp3 files) is</p><p></p><p>not really all that useful, it makes the music sound worse in</p><p></p><p>many cases.</p><p></p><p>* File/folder browsing using remote would have been cool...(you</p><p></p><p>kind of tend to hide the display with your own hands while</p><p></p><p>using the rotary knob to browse... not a big deal at all...)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pannayar, post: 662063, member: 558350"] I bought the CDA-9827 recently. The player sounds very nice except for some annoyances, and here are my opinions on this player for anyone that may be interested. First the bad, 1) The blue lights are too bright in the night time and there is no option to turn it off. The dimmer that they claim (dimming when you turn on the headlights) is almost useless - it dims only the blue buttons by a very small amount still leaving it very bright enough to be annoying on a long highway night ride (and moreover it does not work with blackout enabled) The blackout display is a good option, but having no choice but to always have these blinding (in the night only) lights on is pathetic engineering. IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY METHOD (EVEN DESTROY/ CUT THE CIRCUIT TO THE BULBS INSIDE) PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 2) Controls are needlessly complicated and the manual does a lousy job of explaining them (some of the functions that show up on the display are not even explained properly, like the INT, CD-DA/MP3 functions...). To adjust bass/treble, you have to go through a handful of center frequencies/bandwidths...which may be good (if you have your car parked and you are really experimenting to find out which setting sounds best for that song) but is not what one wants to go through when he quickly wants to set the bass/treble... a simple (additional) control like a basic player could be useful..., And this center frequency thing is quite confusing at times, believe me I am an electrical engineer with a Masters graduate degree [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG], not sure what happens to the setting on one center frequency (say f1) when you move to another freq (say f2) and adjust the new one, because when you come back to the original f1 it shows the new setting for f2... hope I made some sense. Now the goodies! + Sounds really better than my stock (acura integra) player even with stock speakers. + Browsing the files/folders is pretty neat though you are limited to a 8 character display. Dont get it wrong, the display does scroll when you select a song and you can read the entire ID3 tag... Other comments: * A black color head unit will be desirable as it will integrate with the look of the dash better. Being silver it stands out a little in a black dash seeming to say "Steal me!". * Remote works only when directed towards the player... so cant mount it anywhere you like... * The MediaExpander (that they claim to compensate for the loss in sound quality due to the compressed nature of mp3 files) is not really all that useful, it makes the music sound worse in many cases. * File/folder browsing using remote would have been cool...(you kind of tend to hide the display with your own hands while using the rotary knob to browse... not a big deal at all...) [/QUOTE]
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