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Key
This key lowers and raises the front of the control panel.
Behind the front panel are the cassette slot and the CD
slot for the audio CD or for the navigation CD.
If the display is in the down position for more than 20
seconds , 2 successive beeps will be heard. This will
continue at 5 second intervals until the display is
returned to its normal position. Press the key to
return the control panel to its closed position.
Key
This key enables you to alter an incorrect input.Number keypad
Use the keys to to enter telephone numbers
and transmission frequencies, they can also be used to
select radio stations, CD tracks and CD’s.
Key a nd
These keys change the map scale in the navigation
mode.
Key
This key brings up the navigation menu.
Key
During the navigation operation this key repeats the
current maneuver command.G
Warning!
A lowered control panel can easily be damaged, so
as soon as the cassette or the CD is ejected, close
the control panel. Do not place anything on the low-
ered control panel.
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Screen display
1Information/status line,
displays active system
2Icon for inserted cassette in the head unit
3Icon for inserted audio- or navigation CD in
the head unit4Icon for inserted magazine in the CD-changer
5Tel ep hone:
S: Signal
R: Roaming
R (highlighted): Roaming on non-home type system
6Signal meter for telephone
7Displays system settings and functions
8Menu field for the softkey functions
The information/status line (1) indicates the active sys-
tem (e.g.: FM for radio). The current system settings and
functions displayed appear in the middle of the screen
(7). The menu field for the softkey functions (8) appears
at the bottom of the screen. The functions can be acti-
vated by pressing the softkeys below the icon.
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Operating and display elements - Tape deck 1Switching tape operation on, Page 33
2Color display with main menu
3Lower the front of the control panel, behind the
front panel is the cassette slot with the but-
ton, page 31
4Raising or lowering the volume, page 11
5Push joystick to : Music search forward,
page 36
Push joystick to : Music search reverse,
page 36
Push joystick to : The tape will wind fast for-
ward, page 35
Push joystick to : The tape will rewind, page 35
6Softkeys for:
“PAUSE”: Pause function, page 38
“SIDE”: Changing sides, page 34
“ “: Dolby B function, page 39
“SKIP”: Skip blanks, page 38
“ADJ”: Sound adjustment, page 153
“SCAN”: Scan function, Page 37
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Inserting or ejecting a tape
Inserting:
Press to lower and raise the front of the control
panel.
Insert the tape with the wider portion toward the right
into the cassette slot. After 2 seconds the control panel
will close automatically.
If the display is in the down position for more than 20
seconds , 2 successive beeps will be heard. This will
continue at 5 second intervals until the display is
returned to its normal position. Press the key to
return the control panel to its closed position.
Note:
In the radio, cassette and CD-mode there will be a cas-
sette symbol on the display if a cassette is inserted.
Ejecting:
Press to lower the front of the control panel.
Press to eject the cassette.
Press to raise the front of the control panel.If the display is in the down position for more than 20
seconds , 2 successive beeps will be heard. This will
continue at 5 second intervals until the front of the con-
trol panel is returned to its normal position. Press the
key to return the control panel to its closed posi-
tion.
Or slightly push the front of the control panel up and
the panel will close automatically.
Note:
After ejecting the tape the MCS will switch to the last
audio mode.
G
Wa r n i n g !
A lowered control panel can easily be damaged, so
as soon as the cassette is ejected close the control
panel. Do not place anything on the lowered control
panel.
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1Main tape menu
2Scan function, scanning tracks, page 37
3Main sound settings menu,
Adjust sound settings, page 153
4Skipping blank section, page 38
5Noise reduction, Dolby B , page 39
6Changing sides, page 34
7Pause function, page 40Switching tape operation on and off
Tape operation begins:
• automatically, by inserting a cassette, page 31
• if you press the button when a tape is already
inserted in the cassette slot
The cassette side facing upward is defined as SIDE 1.
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Note:
In the radio and CD-mode there will be a cassette sym-
bol on the display if a cassette is inserted.
If the message “NO TAPE ...” appears on the display no
tape is inserted. Please insert a tape.
If the message “TAPE ERROR, TAPE MAY BE TOO
TIGHT” appears on the display, the tape mode will stop
and the headunit will switch to the radio mode.
The telephone and navigation functions can be used
while a tape is playing.
Switch off tape playback:
Eject the tape, switch to the radio, single CD or CD
changer mode or switch off the MCS.Changing sides
Press the softkey “SIDE”. The flip side of the tape
will now begin to play.
The side will also change automatically when the end of
the tape has been reached. The side currently playing
will appear in the main tape menu.
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