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Hi,

I'm keen to purchase an Alpine CDA-9831 head unit off Ebay and I have a question about the tuner.

Will the tuner work correctly in Australia if it is a US model?? Do they use the same frequencies or does the Alpine unit automatically select the correct freqencies?

Thanks.

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the FM band will step in odd frequencies Ie 107.1 107.3 etc so that side will half work depending on what you listen to

the AM band will step in 10Khz steps.so it will not work. there is a software switch on some of them that you can switch it. ( not sure on this one as I haven't worked with it..)

in short the channel spacing is different

US uses:

FM : 200khz steps

AM 10Khz steps

AUST uses:

FM : 75 Khz steps ( and a 25Khz stop band)

AM: 9 Khz steps

I literally just installed my Clarion (i know, not an Alpine but same shit, different smell) that just arrived from Texas that I bought off Ebay and it works fine. Didn't change any settings at all. My bro also bought a Sony deck from the states about 1 year ago and had no problems. I say, if it feels good, do it :)

the FM band will step in odd frequencies Ie 107.1 107.3 etc so that side will half work depending on what you listen to

the AM band will step in 10Khz steps.so it will not work. there is a software switch on some of them that you can switch it. ( not sure on this one as I haven't worked with it..)

in short the channel spacing is different

Thanks Chris,

I emailed the vendor and he basically said what you said. FM will work,AM will not.

AM sucks arse anyway so I think I will still buy one.

Defiinately go for it..

I just got a Kenwood head unit from the states for $530 shipped and retail for the equivelant model in Aus is $1399 or $1280 on sale :P

Who cares about AM anywayz...

Question to ask the seller is "how much is postage, and what will the declared value be?" :)

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