2001 Lexus GS300 display

Audio System
98If the traffic program station is found, the
name for traffic program station is displayed
and ºTRAFº is lit for a while until traffic an-
nouncement is received. When traffic an-
nouncement program starts broadcasting,
ºTrafficº will appear on the screen.
After the traffic announcement program is
over, the previous mode returns.
(e) TYPE (Program type)
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When you touch the ºRDS SRCHº switch
during FM reception, ºRDS SEARCHº ap-
pears and the radio starts to search RDS sta-
tion.
If any RDS station cannot be found, ºNO
RDS Stations Foundº appears and the pre-
vious mode returns.
If RDS stations are found, the stations are
read and preset by program type. The FM
TYPE mode screen displays the º** RDS
Stations Foundº (** indicates the number of
stations which are found) and then RDS sta-
tions appear in the order of frequency.If in one program type, more than 6 stations
are found, the 6 stations are preset in the or-
der of the lower frequency.
Each time you push the º
º or ºº, the
program type changes as in the following:
ROCK
EASY LIS (Easy listening)
CLS/JAZZ (Classical music and Jazz)
R&B (Rhythm and Blues)
INFORM (Information)
RELIGION
MISC.
ALERT (Emergency message)

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(f) Emergency broadcast
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If an emergency broadcast is received dur-
ing reception of other than AM broadcasting,
ºAlertº appears and an emergency broad-
cast will start.
(g) Radio text message
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If ºMSGº appears during FM reception,
touching the ºMSGº switch displays the mes-
sage display screen which indicates the text
message from the RDS station.
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If a new message is received with the first
text message on the display, ºMSGº appears
on the corner of the screen again. When you
touch the ºLATEST MESSAGEº switch, the
new message appears.
The RDS audio system has memory to store
three messages consisting of 64 characters.
To store a message in memory, touch the
ºSTOREº switch until you hear a beep.
If 3 messages are already stored in memory,
the oldest message will be overwritten by the
new message.

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100To recall a radio text message, touch the
ºRECALLº switch. Each time you touch the
switch, the message will be displayed from
the new one.
When you touch the ºOKº switch, the pre-
vious screen returns.
Cassette tape player operation
(a) Playing a cassette tape
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When you insert a cassette tape, the ex-
posed tape should be to the right.
The player will automatically start when you
insert a cassette tape. At this time, ºTAPEº
appears on the display.
If a metal or chrome equivalent cassette tape
is put in the cassette player, the player will
automatically adapt to it and ºMTLº appears
on the display.
To stop or eject the cassette tape, push the
º
º button.
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If a cassette is already in the slot, push the
ºTAPEº button.
Dolby Noise Reduction* feature: If you
are listening to a tape that was recorded with
Dolby B Noise Reduction, touch the switch
marked with the double
±D symbol. The
ºDOLBY
±Bº will appear on the display. Touch
the switch again to turn off Dolby B NR.
The Dolby NR mode reduces tape noise by
about 10 dB. For best sound reproduction,
play your tapes with this switch on or off ac-
cording to the mode used for recording the
tape.

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101 * Dolby noise reduction manufactured under
license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corporation. ºDOLBYº and the double±D
symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Labora-
tories Licensing Corporation.
(b) Manual program selection
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Reverse switch: You can reverse the tape
by touching the ºº switch or ºPROGº
button at the same time. The display will
show the opposite direction after reversing
the tape. Also if the tape reaches the end of
one side, it is automatically reversed to the
other side.
Fast forward and Rewind switches: Yo u
can fast forward or fast rewind by touching
the ºº or ºº switch.To stop the tape while it is fast forwarding,
touch ºº, to stop the tape while it is re-
winding, touch ºº.
If a tape rewinds completely, the cassette
player will stop and then play the that same
side. If a tape fast forwards completely, the
cassette player will play the other side of the
tape using the auto±reverse feature.
Auto±reverse feature: After the cassette
player reaches the end of a tape, it automati-
cally reverses and begins to play the other
side, regardless of whether the cassette was
playing or fast forwarding.

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(c) Automatic program
selection
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ºRPTº switch: The repeat feature automati-
cally replays the current program.
Touch the ºRPTº switch while the program is
playing. When the program ends, it will auto-
matically be rewound and replayed. Touch
the switch again to turn off the repeat feature.
There must be at least 3 seconds of blank
space between programs for the repeat fea-
ture to work correctly.
ºSKIPº switch: The skip feature allows you
to fast forward past long stretches of blank
tape. This is especially useful at the end of
cassettes.Touch the ºSKIPº switch. The player will au-
tomatically skip any blank portions of 15 se-
conds or more and play the next program. To
cancel it, touch the switch once again.
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ºAutomatic program selectionº button:
The automatic program selection feature al-
lows you to program your cassette player to
skip forward or backward to locate the song
you want to hear. You can skip up to 9 pro-
grams at a time.
Push this button on the upper side to skip for-
ward. ºFFº and the number will appear on the
display. Push the button until the number
you want to skip appears on the display. Af-
ter that, the player will automatically skip for-
ward.When the end of the tape is reached, the
player automatically reverses sides and re-
sumes normal play.
Push this button on the lower side to skip
backward. Push the button until ºREWº and
the number you want to skip appear on the
display.
If you set ºREW 1º, the player will rewind
to the beginning of the current program.
When counting the number of programs
you want to rewind, remember to count
the current program as well. For example,
if you want to rewind to a song that is two
before the song you are listening to, push
this button until ºREW 3º appears on the
display.
When the beginning of the tape is reached,
the player automatically resumes normal
play.
There must be at least 5 seconds of blank
space between programs for this feature to
work correctly.
ºRPTº, ºSKIPº or ºAutomatic program
selectionº features: These features may
not work well with some spoken word, live or
classical recordings.

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4. Put a disc on the tray with its label face
down and push the tray back into the
magazine.
If the label faces up, the disc cannot be
played. In this case, ºERRORº and the disc
number appears on the display.
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5. Insert the magazine into the player as
indicated by the arrow head on the maga-
zine and close the cover.
When the magazine is set completely, the
system will be in a ºLoadº cycle for approxi-
mately 20 seconds while the system
searches for discs in the magazine. Upon
completion of this cycle, the CD unit will be
ready to play. If the ºDISCº button is pushed
during the ºLoadº cycle, ºCD SEEKº appears
on the display until the system has com-
pleted the load cycle, after which the system
will begin normal play.
CAUTION
To reduce the chance of injury in case
of an accident or a sudden stop, always
keep the cover closed while driving.
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The numbers of the trays where the compact
disc is not set are dimmed.

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(b) Playing a compact disc
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Push the ºDISCº button if the magazine is
already loaded in the player.
ºCDº appears on the display.
The discs set in the magazine are played
continuously, starting with disc number 1.
The disc number of the disc currently being
played, the track number and the time from
the beginning of the program are shown on
the display.
When play of one disc ends, the first track of
the following disc starts. When play of the fi-
nal disc ends, play of the first disc starts
again.
The player will skip any empty disc trays.
(c) Selecting a desired disc
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On the screen: Touch the desired disc
number.
The selected disc number is highlighted in
green.
The player will start playing the selected disc
from the first track.
On the audio panel: Push the º

º or ºº
button of the ºDISCº button.
When you release the button, the player will
start playing the selected disc from the first
track.
(d) Searching for a desired
disc
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Touch the ºDISC SCANº switch.
With ºDISC SCANº highlighted in green , the
program at the beginning of each disc will be
played for 10 seconds. To continue listening
to the program of your choice, touch the
ºDISC SCANº switch a second time.
After all the tracks are scanned in one pass,
normal play resumes.

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(e) Selecting a desired track
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ºTRACKº button: Use for direct access to a
desired track.
Push either side of the ºTRACKº button and
hold it until the desired track number appears
on the display. As you release the button, the
player will start playing the selected track
from the beginning.
Fast forward: Touch the º
º switch and
hold it to fast forward the disc. When you re-
lease the switch, the compact disc player will
resume playing from that position.Reverse: Touch the º
º switch and hold it
to reverse the disc. When you release the
switch, the compact disc player will resume
playing.(f) Searching for a desired
track
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Touch the ºSCANº switch.
ºScanº will be highlighted in green. The com-
pact disc player will play the next track for 10
seconds, then scan again. To select a track,
touch the ºSCANº switch a second time. If
the player reaches the end of the disc, it will
continue scanning at track 1.
After all the tracks are scanned in one pass,
normal play resumes.