2001 FIAT BARCHETTA radio

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To start the function, press theTAbutton [9]. If
the initial station is not enabled to provide traffic an-
nouncements (the message “TP”will not appear on
the display), the radio will automatically tune to the
closest station broadcasting traffic announcements
and the message “TA” will appear on the display.
Note: If no RDS TA stations can be received, the
system will continue the search indeterminately. To
stop the search, press the TAbutton [9] again.
If, on the other hand, a station has been found, the
system will turn to TAstand-by until the traffic an-
nouncement starts. In this case, the message TRA
INFOfollowed by PS(Programme Service name)
will appear on the display.
The playback of a CD or tape will be interrupted
to allow to listen to traffic announcements broadcast
by an RDS TA station.Press the TAbutton [9] during traffic announce-
ment broadcasting to stop listening to the an-
nouncement and the system will return to TA
stand-by mode.
To memorise stations with the TPfunction on,
follow the storage procedure described in the para-
graph “Manual station storage”.
Alternatively to manual storage, press the AS but-
ton [10] for 2 seconds or more to automatically
store the stations with the TP function on (see “Au-
tomatic storage”).
To turn the function off, press the TAbutton [9]
again.
EON (Enhanced Other Network) function
Circuits grouping stations enabled to broadcast
traffic announcements (NEWS) are available in
some countries.

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Pre-setting TA, emergency (ALARM) and
PTY-NEWS functions volume
You can adjust the volume for TA, ALARMand
PTY-NEWSfunctions as required.
During TA, ALARMand PTY-NEWS broad-
casts, the sound system volume will automatically
adapt to the pre-set volume level.
The factory setting is TA VOL 9.
Volume will not change if it is set to a higher level
duringTA, ALARM and PTY-NEWSbroadcasts.
If it is set to a level, it will change to the volume set
with the following procedure:
1. Press theTA button [9] for more than 2 sec-
onds. If the volume is not adjusted within the follow-
ing 7 seconds, the display will automatically return to
radio mode.
2.To adjust the volume, use the up/down buttons
[3].3. Press the TAbutton [9] to end the procedure.
TAPE PLAYER OPERATION
Insert a tape in the desk facing rightwards. Play-
back will start automatically.
Correct equalisation of the player will be per-
formed according to the type of tape used (e.g.
chromium or metal tapes).
At the end of the tape, the other side of the tape
will be played automatically.
To change tape side before the end, press the
PROG button [17].

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H: Press this button to fast forward the tape
G:Press this button to rewind the tape.
The radio will be turned on while the tape is being
fast forwarded/rewound.
Last/next track search (Auto Program
Control function)
Press the left/right button [18] twice.
H: Press this button twice to go to the beginning
of the next track
G: Press this button twice to return to the begin-
ning of the track being played. Press the button again
to go to the beginning of the last track.
During automatic search, the radio will be played. Playing an inserted tape
Press the FUNCbutton [2] to select tape mode.
Playback will start automatically.
Pause function
Press the play / pause button [14] to stop playback
temporarily. Press it again to start playback again.
Ejecting a tape
Press the eject button [5], to eject the tape auto-
matically.
The system will switch to radio mode automatical-
ly 4 seconds after pressing the eject button.
Fast forward/reverse
Press the left / right button [18].

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Max. power: 4 x 30 W
Frequency response: 30 ÷ 20,000 Hz
Aerial
The vehicle is equipped with a manual telescopic
aerial on the rear right side.
Electrically-operated aerial
The sound system is wired for a fully automatic
electrically-control aerial (optional)
The switching voltage for the aerial is to be found
on contact 5 of the sound system (see figure).
Switching voltage: +12 V, max. current 0.5 A
Speakers
The sound system consists of the following two
separate way system:– 2 two cone speakers Ø 165 each with a power
of 60 W.
– 2 fluid iron tweeter speakers each with a power
of 60 W.
Fuses
The sound system has a protective fuse of 10A
fig. 5located behind the radio.
TECHNICAL
INFORMATION
P5S00929
fig. 5