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new CD player .... finally


PaulD
07-29-2005, 12:09 PM
I finally got around to installing the new CD player and changer in my car. I have been using the factory player for more than a year now. It's an alpine cda-9853, I will post some pics when I get around to taking the rest of them (the ones of it actually installed). I don't care for the plastic install kits but my efforts at fabricating one out of metal didn't turn out to well, so I had to use one.

sr20de4evr
07-29-2005, 05:52 PM
nice little unit, you should like it

there have been rumors of problems with the 9855, but I haven't heard of any problems with the 9853

PaulD
07-29-2005, 06:07 PM
the early 985x models had problems with the swing face locking up, I sure hope it's not one of those

sr20de4evr
07-30-2005, 01:40 AM
yeah that's mostly what I had been hearing, a bunch of people on ECA have had problems with their 9855 face locking up

PaulD
07-30-2005, 07:05 PM
ok, if I did it right ... this should be a direct link to the pics

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/621430/10

sr20de4evr
07-31-2005, 03:45 PM
looks nice

how do you like that glidestrip?

PaulD
07-31-2005, 04:27 PM
it's not really any different than the 6 buttons on the 9833 ... just that you have to be in the right mode for it to do the right thing - and the manual says NOTHING about that.

PaulD
08-15-2005, 08:47 PM
well, I couldn't tame the response with my EQL .... so I got a DQT (digital 1/3 oct EQ) with the little remote thing (DDC). I have not adjusted it yet, but the stereo still sounds good - that's a good sign, you can't fix major problems with an EQ. I guess I am gonna have to post new pics on my sounddomain profile.

imtheoneandonlyD
08-17-2005, 03:08 AM
Bah, i cant see any of the pics. Just comes up red x'd. I have the same cd player though. lol.

I kinda like the glidestrip. But its nothing spectacular.

L|_|da
08-17-2005, 10:24 AM
yea no pics, but sounds pretty nice, stock speakers?

PaulD
08-17-2005, 11:59 AM
dang, WTH is going on .... I wonder why my pics don't show up anymore

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