Alpine CDA 9857

Alpine is one of the leading manufacturers of car audio and automotive navigation systems. It is an esteemed name in the business of high quality, high price in-car audio systems, which are popularly known as head units. This company is a subsidiary of Alps Electric Co., and is based in Iwaki-City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It provides a diverse range of products such as amplifiers, speakers, subwoofers, and signal processing equipment. Alpine has manufactured various innovative products including the first automotive navigation system, first in-car computerized equalizer, first in-dash 3-CD changer, etc. Alpine CDA-9857 is an in-dash head unit 3-in-one player that can tune into FM/AM radio, and can play CD, and MP3 discs. The CDA-9857 features 12 preset FM band and 6 preset AM radio bands. In addition, the unit is equipped with an additional DX/LO FM mode selector switch for tuning into faint signals. This player is also compatible with CD-R/CD-RW discs and supports MP3, and WMA audio compression formats. It has a front slot loading system. The CDA-9857 offers a signal-to-noise ratio of up to 65 dB and a dynamic range of up to 95 dB. It has CD- system response bandwidth between 5 Hz ' 20000 Hz with a total harmonic distortion rate of 0.008%. Alpine CDA-9857 has 2-band parametric equalizer with center frequencies of 60 Hz, 80 Hz, 100 Hz, 120 Hz, 10000 Hz, 12500 Hz, and 15000 Hz. It has a PMPO power rating of 50 Watts per channel for each of its 4 channels. The RMS output of each channel is rated at 18 Watts. The Alpine 9857 is 7 inches in width and 2 inches in height with 6.4 inch depth and a weight of 3.5 lbs. It also comes with additional features such as Title scroll, Telephone mute, CD Text capable, ID3 tags support, Flip-down console, CD Changer control, Rotary encoder multi-control, and even Satellite radio tuner control.