2002 FORD RANGER Owners Manual

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.
3. Press and hold a memory preset control until the sound returns,
indicating the station is held in memory on the control you selected.
Bass adjust
The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's bass output.
Treble adjust
The treble adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system's treble output.
BASS
TREB
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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
²To 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.
Do not insert any promotional (odd shaped or sized) discs, or
discs with removable labels into the CD player as jamming may
occur.
BAL
FADE
AM
FM
CD
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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.
Shuffle feature (if equipped with CD changer)
The shuffle feature operates in CD
changer mode only and plays all
tracks on the current disc in random
order. The shuffle feature continues
to the next disc after all tracks are played.
Press the SHUFFLE control to start this feature. Random order play will
continue until the SHUFFLE control is pressed again.
CD
1
CD
2
EJ
COMP
SHUFFLE
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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.
SCN
CLK
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
SCN
CLK
SEEK
DISCS
TUNE
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MACHTMP3 MUSIC SYSTEM
1. ON/OFF and volume control
2. AM/FM control
3. Bass control
4. Treble control
5. Fade control
6. Balance control
7. Seek control
8. Scan controlat
9. Clock control
10. Tune/Directory control11. CD control
12. MP3 directory control
13. Eject control
14. CD rewind control
15. CD fast forward control
16. Shuffle control
17. Compression control
18. Track control
19. Repeat control
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Volume/power control
Press the control to turn the audio
system on or off.
Turn the control to raise or lower
the 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.
AM/FM select
The AM/FM select control works in radio mode.
AM/FM select in radio mode
This control allows you to select AM
or FM frequency bands. Press the
control to switch between AM, FM1
or FM2 memory preset stations.
Tune adjust
The tune adjust control works in radio mode.
Tune adjust in radio mode
²Pressto move to the next
frequency down the band. Hold
for quick movement through the
frequencies.
²Press
to move to the next frequency up the band. Hold for quick
movement through the frequencies. When the top of the band is reached,
the tuner will continue to select from the lowest frequency upward.
When a radio frequency is in tune, the ST icon will appear in the display
for stereo broadcasts.
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MP3 functions
Your audio system is equipped with MP3 capability which allows you to
listen to songs in MP3 flat file mode and MP3 directory mode.
To engage MP3 flat file mode, insert an MP3 disc. If an MP3 disc is
already present in the player, press the CD control. The MP3 icon will
display while the player is in MP3 mode.
While in MP3 flat file mode, press
the MP3 DIR control to enter into
MP3 directory mode. The MP3 icon
and the DIR icon will display while
the player is in directory mode.
Your MACHtMP3 player is also equipped with an anti-shock buffer for
MP3 discs.
MP3 file directory structure
The MACHtMP3 music system recognizes MP3 disc file and directory
(folder) structure as follows:
²There are two different modes for MP3 disc playback: MP3 flat file
mode (default) and MP3 directory mode.
²MP3 flat file mode ignores any directory structure present on the MP3
disc. The player sequentially numbers each MP3 track on the disc
(denoted by the .mp3 file extension) from T001 to T255.
²MP3 directory mode represents a directory structure consisting of one
level of directories (folders). The CD player sequentially numbers all
MP3 tracks on the disc (denoted by .mp3 extension) and all
directories containing MP3 files, from 01±01 to 99±99. The first two
digits denote the directory number and the last two digits denote the
track number wtihin that directory.
²Creating discs with only one level of subdirectories will help with
navigation through the disc files.
Seek function
The seek function control works in radio, CD, MP3 flat file mode and
MP3 directory modes.
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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, MP3 flat file and MP3 directory modes
²Pressto select and play the
previous track on the disc. If the
current track is the first track on
the disc, pressing
will select
the last track on the disc.
²Press
to select and play the
next track on the disc. If the
current track is the last track on the disc, pressing
will select the
first track on the disc.
Press and hold the SEEK control to quickly seek through all tracks in
MP3 flat file mode or all tracks in the current MP3 directory.
Note:If a track has been playing for three seconds or more and you
press
on the SEEK control, the player will replay that track from the
beginning.
Scan function
The scan function works in radio, CD, MP3 flat file and MP3 directory
modes.
Scan function in radio mode
Press SCN to engage scan mode and
to hear a brief sampling of all
listenable stations on the frequency
band. When the top of the band is
reached, the tuner will continue to
scan from the lowest frequency upward.
Press SCN again to disengage scan mode.
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