2002 NISSAN SENTRA air condition

The air conditioner system in your NISSAN
is charged with a refrigerant designed with
the environment in mind.
This refrigerant does not harm the
earth's ozone layer.
Special charging equipment and lubricant is
required when servicing your NISSAN air
conditioner. Using improper refrigerants or
lubricants causes severe damage to your
air conditioner system. See ``Air conditioner
system refrigerant and lubricant recommen-
dations'' in the ``Technical and consumer
information'' section of this manual.
An authorized NISSAN dealer will be able to
service your environmentally ``friendly'' air
conditioner system.
WARNING
The air conditioner system contains
refrigerant under high pressure. To
avoid personal injury, any air condi-
tioner service should be done only by
an experienced technician with proper
equipment.
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SERVICING AIR
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RADIO
Turn the ignition key to ACC or ON and
press the power on switch to turn on the
radio. If you listen to the radio with the
engine not running, the key should be
turned to the ACC position.
Radio reception is affected by station signal
strength, distance from radio transmitter,
buildings, bridges, mountains and other ex-
ternal influences. Intermittent changes in
reception quality normally are caused by
these external influences.
Using a cellular phone in or near the
vehicle may influence radio reception
quality.
Radio reception
Your NISSAN radio system is equipped with
state-of-the-art electronic circuits to en-
hance radio reception. These circuits are
designed to extend reception range, and to
enhance the quality of that reception.
However there are some general character-
istics of both FM and AM radio signals that
can affect radio reception quality in a mov-
ing vehicle, even when the finest equipment
is used. These characteristics are com-pletely normal in a given reception area,
and do not indicate any malfunction in your
NISSAN radio system.
Reception conditions will constantly change
because of vehicle movement. Buildings,
terrain, signal distance and interference
from other vehicles can work against ideal
reception. Described below are some of the
factors that can affect your radio reception.
FM RADIO RECEPTION
Range: FM range is normally limited to 25 to
30 miles (40 to 48 km), with monaural
(single channel) FM having slightly more
range than stereo FM. External influences
may sometimes interfere with FM station
reception even if the FM station is within 25
miles (40 km). The strength of the FM signal
is directly related to the distance between
the transmitter and receiver. FM signals
follow a line-of-sight path, exhibiting many
of the same characteristics as light. For
example they will reflect off objects.
Fade and drift: As your vehicle moves away
from a station transmitter, the signals will
tend to fade and/or drift.
Static and flutter: During signal interference
from buildings, large hills or due to antennaposition, usually in conjunction with in-
creased distance from the station transmit-
ter, static or flutter can be heard. This can
be reduced by adjusting the treble control
counterclockwise to reduce treble re-
sponse.
Multipath reception: Because of the reflec-
tive characteristics of FM signals, direct and
reflected signals reach the receiver at the
same time. The signals may cancel each
other, resulting in momentary flutter or loss
of sound.
AM RADIO RECEPTION
AM signals, because of their low frequency,
can bend around objects and skip along the
ground. In addition, the signals can be
bounced off the ionosphere and bent back
to earth. Because of these characteristics.
AM signals are also subject to interference
as they travel from transmitter to receiver.
Fading: Occurs while the vehicle is passing
through freeway underpasses or in areas
with many tall buildings. It can also occur for
several seconds during ionospheric turbu-
AUDIO SYSTEM
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lence even in areas where no obstacles
exist.
Static: Caused by thunderstorms, electrical
power lines, electric signs and even traffic
lights.
AUDIO OPERATION PRECAU-
TIONS
Compact Disc (CD) Player
cOnly use high quality 4.7 inches (12
cm) round discs that have the ``COM-
PACT disc DIGITAL AUDIO'' logo on
the disc or packaging.
cDuring cold weather or rainy days, the
player may malfunction due to thehumidity. If this occurs, remove the
CD and dehumidify or ventilate the
player completely.
cThe player may skip while driving on
rough roads.
cThe CD player sometimes cannot
function when the compartment tem-
perature is extremely high. Decrease
the temperature before use.
cDo not expose the CD to direct sun-
light.
cCDs that are of poor quality, dirty,
scratched, covered with fingerprints,
or that have pin holes may not work
properly.
c
Do not use the following CDs as they
may cause the CD player to malfunction:
c8 cm (3.1 in) discs with an adapter
cRecordable compact discs (CD-R)
cRewritable compact discs (CD-RW)
cCDs that are not round
cCDs with a paper label
cCDs that are warped, scratched, or
have abnormal edges
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FM-AM RADIO WITH COMPACT
DISC PLAYER
Audio Main Operation
To turn the radio on, turn the ignition key to
ACC or ON. If you listen to the radio with theengine not running, turn the key to the ACC
position.
Radio reception is affected by station signal
strength, distance from radio transmitter,
buildings, bridges, mountains, and other
external influences. Intermittent changes inreception quality normally are caused by
these external influences.
Using a cellular phone in or near the
vehicle may influence radio reception
quality.
ONzOFF/VOL control knob
Turn the ignition key to ACC or ON, then push
the ONzOFF/VOL control knob. The mode
(radio or CD) which was playing immediately
before the system was turned off resumes
playing. When no CD is loaded, the radio
comes on. Pushing the ONzOFF/VOL button
again turns the system off.
Turn the ONzOFF/VOL control knob to the
right to increase volume or to the left to
decrease volume.
Adjusting tone quality and speaker bal-
ance
To adjust BAS/TRE or FAD/BAL
(Bass/Treble or Fader/Balance), press the
AUDIO button until the desired mode (BAS,
TRE, FAD, or BAL) appears in the display.
Press the
orbutton to adjust Bass
(BAS) and Treble (TRE) to the desired level.
Use the
orbutton also to adjust
Fader (FAD) or Balance (BAL) modes.
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Fader (FAD) adjusts the sound level be-
tween the front and rear speakers and Bal-
ance (BAL) adjusts the sound between the
right and left speakers.
Clock operation
Pressing the clock button alternates the
clock and the radio/CD player options in the
display.
Clock set
Depressing the clock and
buttons to-
gether sets hours. Depressing the clock and
buttons together sets minutes.
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Clock priority mode
In this mode the clock is shown in the
display. If any radio or CD functions are
activated, the radio or CD display illumi-
nates for 10 seconds then returns to the
clock mode.
NOTE:
After clock adjustment, the radio is in the
clock priority mode.
FM-AM radio operation
FM/AM band select
Push the button to change from AM to FM
reception.
The FM stereo indicator, ST, illuminates
during FM stereo reception. When the ste-
reo broadcast signal is weak, the radio
automatically changes from stereo to mon-
aural reception.
TUNE buttons
WARNING
The radio should not be tuned while
driving so full attention may be given to
vehicle operation.
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Use theandbuttons for manual
tuning. To move quickly through the chan-
nels, hold either of the tune buttons down
for more than 0.5 seconds.
SEEK/SCAN button
SEEK tuning
Push the SEEK/SCAN tuning button
for less than 1.5 seconds. SEEK tuning
begins from high to low frequencies or low
to high frequencies, depending on which
button is pressed, and stops at the next
broadcasting station. Once the highest
broadcasting station is reached, the radio
continues in the SEEK mode at the lowest
broadcasting station.
SCAN tuning
Push the SEEK/SCAN tuning button
for more than 1.5 seconds. SCAN illu-
minates in the display. SCAN tuning begins
from high to low frequencies or low to high
frequencies, depending on which button is
pressed. SCAN tuning stops at each broad-
casting station for five seconds. Pushing the
button again during this five second period
stops SCAN tuning and the radio remains
tuned to that station.Station memory operations
Six stations can be set for the AM band.
Twelve stations can be set for the FM band
(six for FM1, six for FM2).1. Push to select AM, FM1, or FM2. The
selected band illuminates in the display.
2. Tune to the desired station.
3. Push the desired station select button for
more than 1.5 seconds. For example, in
the illustrations, ch2 is to be memorized.
The radio mutes when the select button
is pushed.
4. When the indicator illuminates in the
display and the sound resumes, memo-
rizing is complete.
5. Other station select buttons can be set in
the same manner.
If the battery cable is disconnected, or if the
radio fuse opens, the radio memory is can-
celled. In that case, reset the desired stations.
Compact disc (CD) player operation
Turn the ignition key to the ACC or ON
position, and carefully insert the compact
disc into the slot with the label side up. The
compact disc is automatically pulled into the
slot and starts to play.
If the radio is already operating, it automati-
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CAUTION
Do not force the compact disc into the
slot. This could damage the player.
CD
When this button is pushed with the compact
disc loaded and the radio playing, the radio
turns off and the compact disc starts to play.
When this button is pushed while the com-
pact disc is playing, the compact disc stops
playing.
FF (Fast Forward),
REW (Rewind) buttons
When the
orbutton is pushed
while the compact disc is playing, the com-
pact disc plays at an increased speed while
fast forwarding or rewinding. When the but-
ton is released, the compact disc returns to
normal play speed.
APS (Automatic Pro-
gram Search) FF, APS
REW
When the
button is pushed while the
compact disc is playing, the selection fol-
lowing the present one starts to play from
the beginning. Push the
button severaltimes to skip several selections. Each time
the button is pushed, the CD advances one
selection. (When the last selection on the
compact disc is skipped, the first selection is
played.)
When thebutton is pushed, the selection
being played returns to the beginning. Push
the
button several times to skip back
several selections. Each time the button is
pushed, the CD moves back one selection.
Repeat/Random button
When the
button is pushed while the
compact disc is playing, the play pattern
changes as follows.
1: The current selection is repeated.
RANDOM: Selections are played at ran-
dom, not following the sequence on the
compact disc. The same program may be
repeated twice.
Normal(no symbol): All selections are
played in sequence.
When a new compact disc is inserted,
the play pattern automatically changes
to the ``Normal'' play pattern.
CD EJECT button
When thebutton is pushed with a com-
pact disc loaded, the compact disc ejects.
When thebutton is pushed while the
compact disc is playing, the compact disc
ejects and the system turns off.
If the compact disc ejects and is not
removed within 10 seconds, it is pulled
back into the slot.
Disc indicator light
CD IN appears in the display when a CD is
loaded with the system ON.
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