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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 08:37 PM
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When time alignment is done right, You will know.

It's usually only useful if you're running active crossovers, or if the mid/tweeter are right next to eachother (mounted in kick panels or coaxials).
Old Mar 28, 2011 | 08:39 PM
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I'm just running passive with the tweeters in the sails, That's why I want to use this mic to get it more accurate.

Doesn't say in the manual if they need to be active or not, Just says it will do it automatically.

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Old Mar 28, 2011 | 09:10 PM
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I have this deck too, and it only came with 1 mic (for the blue tooth, at least thats what I'm using mine as. IIRC its a 3.5mm jack) I did the timing alignment my self, but maybe its easier with only front components.
The deck does have a position feature under sounds i believe. Did you try that?
Old Mar 28, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Yeah, But the position selector is totally useless and makes no sense. If I set it to the front it just turns the back speakers down a little.

I only use my fronts, Have everything faded to the front.

I can't do time alignment manually because the components are on a passive network and the tweeter + mid are at a distance. I was hoping the mic would fix my problems, I'd like to get one and see if it does or not.
Old Mar 28, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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i found that mic. thats weird am i the only one who got this mic? i got one with a 3.5m head jack AND the current one i am talking about that is a single rca. hmmmm weird. so if you wanna buy it let me know what you wanna pay lol. if not here is the serial numnber off the paskage to narrow your search down
Well here are a few numbers to try looking up maybe:
MEI-100
453001-23800161
Old Mar 28, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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I dont believe this mic was ever supposed to come with this CD player. At least it didnt when I was selling them.
Old Mar 28, 2011 | 11:04 PM
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lol it was in the box when i bought it? i bought it from a guy off here with the name something like mr2nr2? or something like that
Old Mar 28, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Darin
I can't do time alignment manually because the components are on a passive network and the tweeter + mid are at a distance. I was hoping the mic would fix my problems, I'd like to get one and see if it does or not.
It doesn't matter that your components are passive, you can still use timing alignment for left/right. A mic wont allow you to use (or automatically do) timing alignment for the tweeter and mid individually unless you ditch the rear speakers altogether and use those outputs for the front too. So I dont understand how you figure the mic will do anything different.
Old Mar 29, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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I don't use rear speakers, I would just cut the wires if I used the mic.

The time alignment on the CD5030 doesn't show a tweeter or a mid, It only shows one speaker per side. So I am guessing you need Coaxial speakers to use the time alignment on the deck.

The tweeter is in the sail and the mid is in the door, So each has to be adjusted seperately.

I don't understand how you can adjust it if you cannot adjust the tweeter and the mid?
Old Mar 29, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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So because the deck doesn't have a picture of a tweeter and a mid, but a picture of 4 speakers means timing alignment wont work for components?
because you don't use the rears allows you to do timing alignment. The deck can do timing alignment for 4 speakers. Last I counted components have 4 speakers; tweeterx2 midbassx2.
Use the front channel for the tweeters, the rear channel for the midbass. Now you can use timing alignment for all 4 speakers from your pair of components.
If you don't know already, you'll need either: Active crossovers, or a passive one that has separate in/output for the tweeter and mid. Also an amp that has 4 channels, each driving a different tweeter and midbass. A mic wont magically make this work. I think you should do some more reading, or try to be clear on what your problem is/what your setup is.

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