1997 Mercury Mountaineer Audio Guide

information on selecting a station.
3. Press and hold a memory preset
button until the sound returns,
indicating the station is held in
memory on the button you
selected.
Autoset memory preset
Autoset allows you to set strong
radio stations without losing your
original manually set preset
stations. This feature is helpful on
trips when you travel between
cities with different radio stations.
Starting autoset memory preset
1. Select a frequency using the
AM/FM select button.
2. Press the AUTOSET button.
3. When the first six strong
stations are filled, the station
stored in memory preset button 1
starts playing.
If there are less than six strong
stations available in the frequency
band, the remaining memory
preset buttons will all store the
last strong station available.
Deactivating autoset memory
preset
To deactivate autoset and return to
your audio system's manually set
memory stations, press the autoset
button again.
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AUTO
SET CLK
SCAN

SEEK

AUTOSET
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Bass adjust
The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's bass output.
Treble adjust
The treble adjust control allows
you to increase or decrease the
audio system's treble output.
Speaker balance adjust
Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the right and left
speakers.
AM
FMBASS TREB
AM
FMBASS TREB
BASS FADE
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Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the front and
rear speakers.
Tape play select
Press the TAPE button to begin
tape play (with a tape loaded in
the audio system) while in the
radio or CD mode (if equipped).
Pressing the button during
rewinding and fastforwarding stops
the rewind or fast forward
function.
Push only slightly when inserting a
cassette tape (with the open edge
to the right). A 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.
The cassette player has an
automatic tape tightening feature
that automatically quick-rewinds
cassette tapes for approximately
one second when a tape is first
inserted to tighten any loose tape.
BASS FADE
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TAPE
TAPE

CD

TUNE
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CD play select (if equipped)
Press the CD button to begin CD
play (if CDs are loaded in the CD
changer).
The first track of the first disc will
begin playing.
Rewind
The rewind button works in tape
and CD modes (if equipped).
Press REW to rewind a tape or
CD:
²In tape mode, the radio plays
until rewind is stopped (with
the TAPE button) or the
beginning of the tape is reached.
²In CD mode, pressing the REW
button for less than three
seconds results in slow rewind.
Pressing the REW button for
more than three seconds results
in fast rewind.
Fast forward
The fast forward button works in
tape and CD modes (if equipped).
Press FF to fast forward a tape or
CD:
²In tape mode, the radio plays
until the fast forward function is
stopped (with the tape play
select button or fast forward
button) or the end of the tape is
reached.
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TAPE CD
TAPE

CD

TUNE
DISCS


REW
1FF
2
REW
1FF
2
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²At the end of the first side of
the tape, direction automatically
reverses and the opposite side
of the tape plays.
²In CD mode, pressing the FF
button for less than three
seconds results in slow forward
action.
²Pressing the FF button for more
than three seconds results in
fast forward action.
Tape direction select
Press SIDE 1-2 to play the
alternate side of a tape.
Tape eject
Press EJ to stop and eject a
cassette tape.
If radio power is on when you
eject a tape, the radio begins
playing.
DolbyTnoise reduction
Dolbytnoise reduction operates
only in the tape mode. Dolbyt
REW
1FF
2EJECT
3SIDE 1-2
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REW
1FF
2SIDE 1-2
3
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TAPE CD
EJECT
3
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reduces the amount of hiss and
static during tape playback.
Press the
button to activate
(and deactivate) Dolbytnoise
reduction.
The noise reduction system is
manufactured under license from
Dolby Labs Licensing Corporation.
ªDolbyº and the
symbol are
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation.
Compression adjust
Compression adjust brings soft and
loud CD passages together for a
more consistent listening level.
Press the COMP button to activate
compression adjust.
Press the COMP button again to
turn the feature off.
Shuffle feature
The shuffle feature works while in
CD play mode and allows you to
listen to randomly selected tracks
on one or all CDs loaded in the
changer.
4
COMP
5
COMP
5SHUFFLE
6
COMP
5SHUFFLE
6
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Press the SHUFFLE button to
listen to tracks on the current
CD(s) in a random order.
Random order play continues until
the button is pressed again.
Clock
Press the CLK button to display
the time on the audio system
display.
Time is displayed:
²until an audio function button is
pressed.
²approximately ten seconds after
each audio system change.
²when the audio system is off
and the ignition is ON.
To remove the clock display, press
the CLK button again.
To display the time momentarily
when the vehicle is turned off,
press the CLK button.
COMP
5SHUFFLE
6
COMP
5SHUFFLE
6
AUTO
SET CLK
CLK
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Setting the clock
Press and hold the CLK button to
set the hour:
Press
to increase hours and
press
to decrease hours.
Press and hold CLK to set the
minute.
Press
to increase minutes and
press
to decrease minutes.
Blank skip function
Press this control to toggle the
BLANK SKIP function on and off.
When the function is activated, the
audio system will automatically
skip over any blank (silent)
passages in the playing cassette
tape. When the function is
deactivated, the audio system will
play the blank portion of the
cassette tape.
DSP function
Press the DSP control to activate
DSP effect. To scroll through the
available DSP effects, press
.
Select these available DSP
AUTO
SET CLK
SEEK
TUNE
DISCS


SCAN

SEEKAUTOSET
AUTO
SET CLK
SEEK
TUNE
DISCS


TAPE

CD

TUNE
DISCS
DSP

BLANK
SKIP



DSP

BLANK
SKIP



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