2002 FORD ESCAPE Owners Manual

Odometer
Registers the total kilometers
(miles) of the vehicle.
Trip odometer
Registers the kilometers (miles) of
individual journeys. Press and hold
the button for 1 or more seconds to
reset. Press and release the button
in less than 1 second to toggle
between odometer and trip
odometer.
Tachometer
Indicates the engine speed in
revolutions per minute.
Driving with your tachometer
pointer continuously at the top of
the scale may damage the engine.
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AM/FM STEREO / SINGLE CD RADIO
Volume/power control
Press the control to turn the audio
system on or off.
Turn the control to raise or lower
volume.
If the volume is set above a certain level and the ignition is turned off,
the volume will come back on at a ªnominalº listening level when the
ignition switch is turned back on.
BASS
CDTREB BAL FADESCN
CLK AM
FM
VOL - PUSH ON
SEEK
EJ
COMP DISC
DISCS
TUNE
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FM1ST
SHUFFLE CD CD
VOL - PUSH ON
VOL - PUSH ON
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AM/FM select
The AM/FM select control works in
radio and CD modes.
AM/FM select in radio mode
The AM/FM control allows you to select AM or FM frequency bands.
Press the control to switch between AM, FM1 or FM2 memory preset
stations.
AM/FM select in CD or CD changer mode (if equipped)
The AM/FM control to stop CD play and begin radio play.
Tune adjust
The tune control works in radio mode.
Tune adjust in radio mode
²Pressto move to the next
frequency down the band
(whether or not a listenable
station is located there). Hold the
control to move through the frequencies quickly.
²Press
to move to the next frequency up the band (whether or not
a listenable station is located there). Hold for quick movement.
Tune adjust in CD changer mode (if equipped)
²Pressto move to the previous
disc. Hold for quick movement.
²Press
to move to the next
disc. Hold for quick movement.
Seek function
The seek function control works in radio, CD or CD changer mode (if
equipped).
CDAM
FM
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
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Seek function in radio mode
²Pressto find the next
listenable station down the
frequency band.
²Press
to find the next
listenable station up the frequency band.
Seek function in CD or CD changer mode (if equipped)
²Pressto listen to the next
selection on the current disc.
²Press
to listen to the previous
selection on the current disc.
Scan function
The scan function works in radio or
CD mode.
Scan function in radio mode
Press the SCN control to hear a brief sampling of all listenable stations
on the frequency band. Press the SCN control again to stop the scan
mode.
Scan function in CD or CD changer mode (if equipped)
Press the SCN control to hear a short sampling of all selections on the
current CD. (The CD scans in a forward direction, wrapping back to the
first track at the end of the CD.) To stop on a particular selection, press
the control again.
Radio station memory preset
The radio is equipped with four or six station memory preset controls.
These controls can be used to select up to four or six preset AM stations
and eight or twelve FM stations (four to six in FM1 and four to six in
FM2).
Setting memory preset stations
1. Select the frequency band with the AM/FM select control.
2. Select a station. Refer toTune adjustorSeek functionfor more
information on selecting a station.
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
SCN
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3. Press and hold a memory preset control until the sound returns,
indicating the station is held in memory on the control you selected.
Autoset memory preset
Autoset allows you to set strong radio stations without losing your
original manually set preset stations. This feature is helpful on trips
when you travel between cities with different radio stations.
Starting autoset memory preset
1. Select a frequency using the AM/FM select controls.
2. Press the control.
3. When the first six strong stations
are filled, the station stored in
memory preset control 1 will start
playing.
If there are less than six strong
stations available on the frequency
band, the remaining memory preset controls will all store the last strong
station available.
To deactivate autoset and return to your audio system's manually set
memory stations, press the control again.
Bass adjust
The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's bass output.
12 3456
SCN
AUTO
SET
BASS
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Treble adjust
The treble adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's treble output.
Speaker balance adjust
Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the right and left
speakers.
Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound can be adjusted
between the front and rear
speakers.
CD select
To 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. Press
the control again to begin CD
changer play (if equipped).
TREB
BAL
FADE
AM
FM
CD
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Do not insert any promotional (odd shaped or sized) discs, or
discs with removable labels into the CD player as jamming may
occur.
Rewind
The rewind control works in CD and CD changer (if equipped) modes.
To rewind in CD mode press the CD
control (preset 1).
Pressing the 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 CD mode.
To fast forward in CD mode, press
the CD control (preset 2).
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.
Eject function
Press the control to stop and eject a
CD.
Compression feature
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.
CD
1
CD
2
EJ
COMP
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Shuffle feature
The shuffle feature operates in CD
changer mode (if equipped) and
plays all tracks on the current disc
in random order.
Press the SHUFFLE control to start this feature. Random order play will
continue until the SHUFFLE control is pressed again.
Setting the clock
Press CLK to toggle between
listening frequencies and clock
mode while in radio mode.
To set the hour, press and hold the
CLK control.
Press the SEEK control:
²
to decrease hours and
²
to increase hours.
To set the minute, press and hold
the CLK control.
Press the TUNE control:
²
to decrease minutes and
²
to increase minutes.
SHUFFLE
6
SCN
CLK
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
SCN
CLK
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
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