1997 FORD ESCORT radio controls

Audio Systems 2
Controls and Features 7
Display 16
Care and Cleaning 17
Radio Frequency Information 20
Index 21
Contents
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USING YOUR AUDIO SYSTEM
Turning the power on /
adjusting the volume
To turn the audio system on or off,
press the power knob.
To adjust the volume, turn the
volume knob.
If you turn off the ignition, the
audio system will come back on at
the preset medium level when the
ignition is turned back on.
²Turning the knob to the right
will increase the volume.
²Turning the knob to the left will
decrease the volume.
Using the AM/FM select
The AM/FM select button works in
radio, tape (if equipped), and CD
(if equipped) modes.
²In radio mode, the AM/FM select
buttons allow choice between
AM or FM frequency bands.
Pressing the buttons switches
between AM, FM1, and FM2
preset memory stations.
²In cassette mode, pressing the
AM/FM select buttons stops
cassette play and begins radio
play.
²In CD mode, pressing the
AM/FM select buttons stops CD
play and begins radio play.
VOL
PUSH ON
VOL
PUSH ON
AMFM
AMFM
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Using the tune adjust
The tune button works in radio or
CD (if equipped) mode.
²In radio mode, push
to move
to the next frequency down the
band (whether or not there is a
listenable station located there).
Push
to move to the next
frequency up the band (whether
or not there is a listenable
station located there). Hold the
button down to move quickly
through the frequencies.
²In CD mode, push
to select
the previous disc in the CD
changer. (Play will begin with
the first track of the disc unless
the CD changer is in shuffle
mode. For more information on
the shuffle function, seeUsing
the shuffle functionin this
guide.) Hold the button down to
continue reversing through the
discs.
²Push
to select the next disc
in the CD changer. Hold the
button down to fast forward
through the discs.
Using the seek function
²In radio mode, press seek
or
to find the next listenable
station down the frequency
band.
²Press seek
orto find
the next listenable station up
the frequency band.
²In the tape mode, press seek
orto listen to the
previous tape selection.
TUNE
SEEK
TUNE
DISCS
SEEK
TRACK
TUNE
SEEK
TUNE
DISCS
SEEK
TRACK
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²Press seekto listen to the
next selection on the tape.
²In CD mode, press seek track
to listen to the previous CD
track. If a selection has been
playing for more than three
seconds and the
is pressed,
the CD will replay the selection
from the beginning.
²Press seek track
to listen to
the next track on the CD. If you
are playing the last track when
is pressed, the disc will skip
back to the first track on the
CD.
Using the scan function
²In radio mode, press the scan
button to hear a five-second
sampling of all listenable
stations on the frequency band.
To stop the scan mode on a
particular station, press the
button again.
²In tape mode, press the scan
button to hear an eight-second
sampling of all tape selections.
(The tape scans in a forward
direction. At the end of the
tape's first side, the direction
automatically reverses to the
opposite side of the tape.) To
stop at a particular tape
selection, press the scan button
again.
²In CD mode, press the scan
button to hear an eight-second
sampling of all CD selections.
(The CD scans in a forward
direction, wrapping back to the
TUNE
DISCS
SEEK
TRACK
TUNE
SEEK
SCAN
SCAN
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first track at the end of the CD.)
To stop at a particular selection,
press the scan button again.
Using the radio station memory
preset
The radio is equipped with six
station memory preset buttons.
These buttons may be used to
select up to six preset AM stations
and twelve preset FM stations (six
in FM1 and six in FM2).
To preset stations:
1. Use the AM/FM select buttons
to choose a frequency band.
2. Select a station. For more
information on selecting a station,
seeUsing the tune adjustin this
guide.
3. Press and hold a memory preset
button until the sound resumes,
indicating that the station is held
in memory on the button that you
selected.
Using the bass and treble
adjust
The bass and treble adjust buttons
allow you to increase (+) or
decrease (-) the bass and treble
output.
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BAL BASS TREB
FADE –+
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Using the speaker balance
adjust
Speaker sound distribution may be
adjusted between the right (+) and
left (-) speakers by using the
balance button.
Speaker sound distribution may be
adjusted between the front (+)
and back (-) speakers by using the
fade button.
To test speaker functions, press
and hold radio memory preset
buttons three and six. The audio
system will automatically run
through each of the possible
speaker outputs (front left, front
right, rear left, rear right). The
system display will show what
speaker is being tested.
Using your cassette player (if
equipped)
Push only slightly when inserting a
cassette tape (with the open edge
to the right). A cassette deck
loading mechanism pulls the tape
in the rest of the way. The ignition
and radio do not need to be on to
insert a tape.
You can switch from CD (if
equipped) to tape play by inserting
a tape into the cassette deck.
BAL BASS TREB
FADE –+
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Using the tape/CD select (if
equipped)
²To begin tape play (with a tape
loaded into the audio system),
while in the radio or CD mode,
press the tape button. Pressing
the button during rewind or fast
forwarding stops the rewind or
fast forward function.
²To begin CD play (if CDs are
loaded in the CD changer),
press the CD button. The first
track of the disc will begin
playing.
Using the rewind and fast
forward functions (if equipped)
To rewind a tape or CD, press the
rewind button.
To fast forward a tape or CD, press
the fast forward button.
²In tape mode, at the end of the
first side of the tape the
direction automatically reverses
and the opposite side of the
tape plays.
TAPE
CD HM
REW FF
REW FF
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Using the tape direction select
(if equipped)
To play the alternate side of a
tape, press the tape direction
select button (preset #1).
To stop and eject a cassette tape,
press the eject button. If the radio
power is on when you eject a tape,
the radio begins playing.
DolbyTnoise reduction (if
equipped)
To activate and then deactivate the
Dolbytnoise reduction in tape or
CD mode, press the
(preset
#2).
The noise reduction system is
manufactured under license from
DolbytLabs Licensing
Corporation. Dolby and
are
trademarks of DolbytLaboratories
Licensing Corporation.
Using the compression adjust
(if equipped)
To bring soft and loud CD passages
closer together for a more
consistent listening level, press the
compression adjust button (preset
#5).
Press again to turn off the feature.
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