I recently installed an Alpine 9833 HU, Can somebody give me some insight on what the best setting would be with the crossovers, time correlation, and EQ. I have 4 Alpine Type S 6x8's. Right now the Bass is way to much and I cant figure out how to set it up. Thanks

 

you probley need to adjust the High Pass filter and the low pass filter. I forget how, but play around some or read the instructions, That is what I had to do to get the right sound settings.

 

MX, I have the same problem. I have too much bass as well. I need to get back in there and try to adjust these settings. I have the Alpine 9831 and I have tried tweeking the EQ and time correlation (no need for the Xovers). However every time I do I seem to make it a lot worse. You can go to Alpines website, adjust these settings then download them to your unit.

IMHO, maybe a little too much bells and whistles for me at least.

Let us know how things turn out.

 

Go to Alpine.com and check out the i-Personalize section. You can set your preferences on the computer, download that information onto a CD-R and insert the disk into the HU and d-load the info!
I did it to my 9833 and it worked great!
The i-Personalize "tab" in on the bottom right of the Alpine website.
Let us know if you tried it and how it worked!!
DC

 

a good starting point to get that bass out is to set your HPF to 125hz.

 

So what would you want your HPF and LPF settings to be if you needed more bass? I've found the Crossover adjustments in the oeners manual, but it's prety difficult to follow, esp. for a noob like me!
Thanks,
DC
PS. I apologize for temporarily hijacking this post!

 

does anyone have any suggestions on what settings to use in ipersonalize. Im sorry Im completely ignorant on this type of stuff

 

I have the 9831. I ended up using the Crossovers on my amps instead of the HU Crossover. If you're going to use the crossover try setting both to 80hz if you have a sub. If you don't have a sub don't use the crossover at all. I don't use the MX setting at all. It adds way to much bass. If you do use the MX you can hold down that button while its on and you'll be able to adjust the level of it. I'm not sure if that is on the 9833 or not. The best way to dial that Heavy bass out is to tweak your EQ. Mine is pretty flat. I believe I have my frequency bands at

40hz--2 or 3 db-- 1.0 Q
200hz--2 or 3db-- 1.0 Q
2 khz--2 0r 3db-- 1.0 Q
12 khz-- 2 or 3db-- 1.0 Q

Keep in mind I have a 4 Band Parametric on the 9831
If you start dialing up over 4 or 5 db it will start to sound muddy.

The TCorr is simple. Take a Tape measure and while in the drivers seat take a measurement to each speaker. Then just input those numbers into the i-personalize t-corr section at www.alpine.com. It will calculate the T-corr settings for you automatically.

This is basically how I have mine now. It seems to be a decent starting point then you can tweak how you want it. Hope this helps.

 

Hey king, did you just set these just by messing around with what sounds best to you? I have the 9831 also, but I have a question. Let's say for the first band how did you know to use 40 Hz and not 60 or 90 Hz. Same goes for the other bands. I understand the db's but how do you know the Hz? There are many different combinations to try.

I think the 9833 has a 5 band.

I'll try your settings than tweak if need be.

Thanks

 

I just did a lot of playing around with it and it turns out what sounds best to me in my system. If you asking if theres a scientific way to figure out what frequencies to use... I don't know.

 

Y'know, It's a dang shame you just about need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to make your HU sound great!

Of course, it's my fault for not researching the Alpine HU before I bought/installed it.

But, c'mon! Does it have to be this difficult to turn the bass up?

OK, I'm better now. Back to the truck and messing with the dang Crossovers..grrrrr.
DC