1999 FORD EXPLORER Owners Manual

Bass adjust
The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's bass output.
Press the BASS control then press:
²
to decrease bass output and
²
to increase bass output.
Treble adjust
The treble adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's treble output.
Press the TREB control then press:
²
to decrease treble output and
²
to increase treble output.
Speaker balance adjust
Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the right and left
speakers.
Press the BAL control then press:
BASS TREB
SEL
BASS TREB
SEL
BAL FADE
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²to shift sound to the left and
²
to shift sound to the right.
Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound can be adjusted
between the front and rear
speakers.
Press the FADE control then press:
²
to shift sound to the front
and
²
to shift sound to the rear.
Tape/CD/CD changer (if equipped) select
²To begin tape play (with a tape
loaded into the audio system)
while in the radio or CD mode,
press the TAPE control. Press the
button during rewind or fast forward to stop the rewind or fast
forward function.
²To begin CD play (if CD(s) are
loaded), press the CD control.
The first track of the disc will
begin playing. After that CD play
will begin where it stopped last.
If equipped with a CD changer, press the CD control to toggle between
single CD and CD changer play.
SEL
BAL FADE
SEL
TAPE CD
TAPE CD
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Rewind
The rewind control works in tape
and CD modes.
²In tape mode, radio play will
continue until rewind is stopped
(with the TAPE control) or the beginning of the tape is reached.
²In CD mode, pressing the REW control for less than three seconds
results in slow rewind. Pressing the control for more than three
seconds results in fast rewind.
Fast forward
The fast forward control works in
tape and CD modes.
²In the tape mode, tape direction
will automatically reverse when
the end of the tape is reached.
²In CD mode, pressing the control for less than three seconds results in
slow forward action. Pressing the control 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.
Eject function
Press the control to stop and eject a
tape.
Press the control to stop and eject a
CD.
Dolby noise reduction
Dolby noise reduction reduces the
amount of hiss and static during
tape playback. Press the control to
activate (and deactivate) the noise
reduction.
REW
1
FF
2
SIDE 1-2
3
EJ
EJ
4
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Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation. ªDolbyº and the double-D 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 control to activate
and deactivate compression adjust.
Shuffle feature
The shuffle feature operates in CD
mode and plays all tracks on the
current disc in random order. If
equipped with the CD changer, the
shuffle feature continues to the next
disc after all tracks on the current disc are played.
Press the SHUFFLE control to start this feature. Random order play will
continue until the SHUFFLE control is pressed again.
Setting the clock
Press the clock/RDS control until
SELECT HOUR is displayed and
press:
²
to decrease hours and
²
to increase hours.
COMP
5
SHUFFLE
6
AUTO
RDS
SEL
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To set the minute, press the
clock/RDS control until SELECT
MIN is displayed and press:
²
to decrease minutes and
²
to increase minutes.
Radio Data System (RDS) feature
This feature allows your audio
system to receive text information
from RDS-equipped FM radio
stations.
Press and hold the control for three
seconds to turn the feature on or
off. Press the control to scroll
through the following selections:
AUTO
RDS
SEL
AUTO
RDS
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RDS traffic announcement
²Press the RDS control until
TRAFFIC is displayed.
²Use the SELECT control to select
ON or OFF. With the feature ON,
use the SEEK or SCAN control to
find a radio station broadcasting a
traffic report (if it is broadcasting
RDS data).
RDS select program type
²Press the RDS control until FIND
program type is displayed.
²Use the SEL control to select the
program type. With the feature
on, use the SEEK or AUTOSET
or SCAN control to find the
desired program type from the
following selections:
AUTO
RDS
SEL
AUTO
RDS
SEL
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²Classic
²Country
²Info
²Jazz/R&B
²Religious
²Rock
²Soft
²To p 4 0
RDS show
²With the RDS menu enabled,
press the RDS control until
SHOW is displayed.
²Use the SEL control to select
TYPE, NAME, TEXT or NONE.
When your radio is turned to a
RDS station, RDS station TYPE,
station NAME, or TEXT message
will be displayed along with the
frequency. Press SEL in order to
scroll through the text messages.
Mute mode
Press the control to mute the
playing media. Press the control
again to return to the playing media.
AUTO
RDS
SEL
EJ
MUTE
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Rear seat controls (if equipped)
The Personal Audio System, a
feature of the optional Premium
AM/FM Stereo/Cassette/Single
CD/Premium Sound and the MACHt
Audio System with AM/FM
Stereo/Cassette/Single CD, allows
front and middle seat passengers to
listen to different media sources
(radio, cassette or CD)
simultaneously. However, the front
and middle-seat passengers cannot
listen to two different radio stations at the same time.
To turn on the rear seat controls,
press the memory preset controls 3
and 5 at the same time. The
will
appear in the display.
Pressing 3 and 5 at the same time
again will turn the rear seat controls
off.
If there is a discrepancy between the rear seat and the front audio
controls, (such as both trying to listen to the same playing media), the
front audio system will receive the desired selection.
To activate the Personal Audio
System, press the
speaker/headphone control. Press
the MODE control to change audio
sources (for headphone mode only).
Use the SEEK, VOLUME and
MEMORY controls to make
adjustments to the playing media.
- VOLUME +
MODE
SEEK MEMORY
REW1FF2SIDE 1-23
4COMP5SHUFFLE6
- VOLUME +
MODE
SEEK MEMORY
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