alpine 7998 help needed
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: dudley MA
alpine 7998 help needed
my display keeps changing non stop going through all the displays. then it goes through the cycle again. any way to stop it and keep it on one display?? weird it never did that before. now i take the car out for the first time since last oct and the radio is nuts
Team Owner
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From: Sacramento CA
I think you should (carefully) tear that POS out of your dash and send it to me. 
But seriously, I'm pretty sure that you have to turn the head unit off (with the car on) and then use the controls to turn the demo off. I think Menu... It's been about 2 years so I could be wrong.
But seriously, I'm pretty sure that you have to turn the head unit off (with the car on) and then use the controls to turn the demo off. I think Menu... It's been about 2 years so I could be wrong.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: San Pedro CA
if you hit the display button enough, it will stop... I think.
I have a 7998 (and no, Kale, you can't have it
), but I don't remember off hand how to get it. Check the Alpine website, they have the manual still available there.
I have a 7998 (and no, Kale, you can't have it
), but I don't remember off hand how to get it. Check the Alpine website, they have the manual still available there.
Race Director
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From: ECS : WTF did you break now and HTF did you break it this time
i have a 7897 if the display continues to upset you I'd trade ya, just got it back from alpine the mechanism to pop the face popped itself instead of the face.
Former Vendor
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From: Spring Texas
St. Jude Donor '08
The display cycles through the different visuals....that's just how it is, Personaly it's the only feature of my 7998 that i don't like. I've read the manual many times trying to figure out how to lock a single pattern but that's just how it's programmed.
According to pg 16 of the OM, If you press the display button repeatedly, you can select the display you want and it will remain there for a little while longer, but eventually go back into the cycle.
According to pg 16 of the OM, If you press the display button repeatedly, you can select the display you want and it will remain there for a little while longer, but eventually go back into the cycle.
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Team Owner
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From: Sacramento CA
That can't be right - Mine never cycled through the displays. That's the kind of thing tha would have made me pull it out of the dash and throw it out of the window.
Try this:
press and hold SETUP for 5 seconds.
You might have to use forward to go through a few things to find Demo
I think then BAND turns on or off the demo mode.
Then hit SETUP again to exit.
Try this:
press and hold SETUP for 5 seconds.
You might have to use forward to go through a few things to find Demo
I think then BAND turns on or off the demo mode.
Then hit SETUP again to exit.