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DESCRIPTION
OF CONTROLS
1.Audio mode button (A-M)
Loudness button (LOUD)
2.On/Off button (POWER)
Radio, Tape, CD button (FUNC)
3.Volume, treble, fader adjustment button
(up/down) (O/N)
4.Next disc button (DISC UP)[I]
5.Eject tape button (EJECT)(˚) [J]
6.Scan tape/CD (SCAN)[J], [I]
7.Alternative frequency button, RDS REG
function (AF)
8.Repeat tape/CD track button (RPT) [J],
[I]9.Traffic announcement function button, pre-
set volume for TA, ALARM andPTY-
NEWS(TA)[K]
10.Automatic station storage button (AS)[K]
PTY NEWSfunction button
11.Random CDtrack function button (RDM)
[I]
12.Pre-set station button [K]
13.Skip blank tape function button (BLS)[J]
14.Mute sound system (MUTE) [J
], [I]
Play/pause tape/CD (˙/ II) [J], [I]
15.Dolby NR B function button (BNR) [J]
16.Last disc button (DISC DN) [I]
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KEY
[K]: In radio mode
[J]: In tape player mode
[I]: In CD mode
NOTE:
Various functions and settings can be made by press-
ing the up/down [3] and left/right [18] buttons. This
operation is called the “Alpha-Touch Controller”
function. 17.Band selection button, manual tuning
(BAND) [K]
Change tape side button (PROG) [J]
CD Changer magazine button (MAG) [I]
18.Bass, balance, manual/automatic tuning, dis-
tant/locale search, tape fast forward/reverse,
next/last tape/CD track, CD fast forward/re-
verse buttons (left/right) (Gand H) [J],
[K], [I]
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OPERATION
MAIN OPERATIONS
IMPORTANTTurn the volume down before
turning the sound system off. Sound quality will be
perfect and the sound system will not be damaged
when you turn it back on.
Turning the sound system on and adjusting the vol-
ume
1.Press the (POWER) button [2] to turn the
sound system on. Press the (POWER) button for at
least one second to turn the sound system off.
2. Press the function button (FUNC)[2] to select
Radio, Tape and CD functions cyclically as follows:
Radio➞Tape ➞CD ➞Radio
The message “NO CASS”will appear if there is
no tape in the player.The message “NO DISC”will appear if there is
no CD in the magazine or if the CD player is not
connected.
3.Press the up/down buttons [3] to adjust the vol-
ume.
N: to turn volume up
O: to turn volume down
Audio adjustments
1. Press the audio mode (A-M) [1] to select the
mode required. The mode changes each time the
(A-M) button is pressed as follows:
BASS / TREB(bass / treble) ➞BAL / FAD(bal-
ance / fader) ➞previous mode.
2. Adjust bass and treble with the left/right and the
up / down buttons [18], [3].
G: Decrease bass
H: Increase bass
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Mute
This function will automatically turn the volume
down to zero.
Press the MUTE[14]. The sound will disappear
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Mute
This function will automatically turn the volume
down to zero.
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Mute
This function will automatically turn the volume
down to zero.
Press the MUTE[14]. The sound will disappear
and the message “MUTE” will appear on the dis-
play. Press the MUTEbutton again to turn the func-
tion off.
This function is operating in “cassette” or “com-
pact disc” modes only.
RADIO FUNCTIONS
Listening to the radio
1. Press the function button (FUNC) [2] to select
radio mode.
Press the BANDbutton [17] to select the recep-
tion band FM (FM1, FM2, FM3) ot AM (MW /
LW). The band will change each time the button is
pressed as follows:
N: Increase treble
O: Decrease treble
3.Adjust balance and fader with the left/right and
up / down buttons [18], [3].
G: Increase left speaker sound
H: Increase right speaker sound
N: Increase front speaker sound
O: Increase rear speaker sound
Loudness
Keep the loudness button (LOUD)[1] pressed
for longer than 2 seconds to activate/deactivate this
function. The message“LD”will appear on the dis-
play when the function is on.
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FM1 ➞FM2 ➞FM3 ➞AM ➞FM1
(FM band is split into three sections FM1, FM2,
FM3 with the same reception range to allow the
pre-setting of 18 fm stations).
2.Press the right or left button [18]. Tuning will
automatically stop at the frequency of a station (au-
tomatic tuning).
Automatic tuning
There are two types of automatic tuning: distant
(DX), tuning in to all the stations which can be re-
ceived, and local, tuning into the stations with the
strongest signals only.
Distant automatic tuning (DX)
1.Press the BANDbutton [17] to select the
band.2.Press the right or left button [18].The message
“DX”will appear on the display. Tuning will auto-
matically stop at a station frequency.
Local automatic tuning
1.Press the BANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
2.Press the right or left button [18] for longer
than 1 second. The messageLOwill appear on the
display. Tuning will automatically stop at a station
frequency.
Manual tuning
1.Press the BANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
2.Press the BANDbutton [17] for longer than 2
seconds.
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Automatic storage
1.Press theBANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
2.Press theASbutton [10]. for 2 seconds or
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Automatic storage
1.Press theBANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
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Automatic storage
1.Press theBANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
2.Press theASbutton [10]. for 2 seconds or
more. Strong signals will be automatically stored in
pre-set memory. If less than 6 strong stations are
available, the previously stored stations will be kept
for the pre-set buttons where no new stations can
be stored.
Recalling pre-set stations
1.Press the BANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
2.Press the pre-set buttons [12] to select the re-
quired station. 3. The messageMANwill appear on the display
and manual tuning is possible.
4.Press the left /right buttons [18] to tune to the
stations
The system will return automatically to automatic
tuning after 7 seconds.
Manual station storage
24 stations (6 each in the FM1, FM2, FM3, AM
bands) can be stored as follows:
1. Press the BANDbutton [17] to select the
band.
2. Press the left/right buttons [18] to tune to the
station to be stored.
3. Press the pre-setting button [12] where to
store the station for 2 seconds or more.
Note: When storing a station, the station previ-
ously stored for that button will be deleted.
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RDS FUNCTIONS
RDS (Radio Data System)
The radio must be tuned toFMto access the RDS
functions.
The RDS system gives you automatic tuning to the
optimal frequency of the RDS-enabled stations being
listened to (AFfunction). You can therefore contin-
ue to listen to the station without having to alter the
frequency when you change the area. Obviously the
station you are listening to must be picked up in the
area you are travelling through.
If the signal is very weak and/or if the reception is
bad, the sound system will mute for a few seconds
while seeking an alternative frequency for the sta-
tion. If this occurs frequently, we recommend turn-
ing the AFfunction off.If an RDSstation can non longer be picked up in
your current position and the AFfunction is on, the
message AFon the display will flash. As soon as cor-
rect reception is restored, “AF”will stop flashing.
The RDS will also display the name of the station
you are listening to (PSfunction).
Alternative frequency search (AF function)
Press the AFbutton [7] to activate/deactivate the
function. When the function is on, the message AF
will appear (or flash) on the display.
If reception worsens, the message “AF”will start
flashing and the device will attempt to tune to an al-
ternative frequency. If the switch-over is not possi-
ble, the message “SEARCH”will appear on the
display and the sound system will tune to the current
station before starting the search.
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1.Press one of the pre-set buttons [12] to recall a
regional station.
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1.Press one of the pre-set buttons [12] to recall a
regional station.
2. If the station reception is not optimal, press the
same pre-set button [12] and the radio will tune to
a regional station.
TA (Traffic Announcement) function
With this function, you can:
– Automatically search only the FM-RDS stations
enabled to broadcast traffic announcements. The
message “TP”will appear on the display when you
are tuned to one of these stations.
– Receive traffic announcements while you are lis-
tening to a tape or CD. REG function (regional programmes)
The REGfunction can only be used when the AF
function is on.
The REGfunction (regional programmes) tunes to
local (regional) stations only. Press the AF button [7]
for longer than 2 seconds to turn the function on/off.
The message “REG”will appear on the display
when the function is on.
If you are listening to a regional station and the
function is off, the regional station of the new area
will be picked up as you change area.
The REGfunction is not active when receiving a
national station.
Manual tuning to regional stations
This function is available only when regional sta-
tions are received, with AFfunction on and RDS
function off. Follow this procedure: