2004 Lexus GX470 radio

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249 (c) Your radio antennasThe wire antenna is mounted inside the quarter windows.
NOTICE
When cleaning the inside of the quarter windows, be
careful not to scratch or damage the wire antennas or
connectors.
Putting a window tint (especially, conductive or
metallic type) on the quarter windows may affect the
reception of radio or mobile telephone. For the
installation of the window tint, consult with your
Lexus dealer.
(d) Your cassette playerWhen you insert a cassette, the exposed tape should face to
the right.
NOTICE
Do not oil any part of the cassette player, and do not
insert anything except a cassette tape into the slot.

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250(e) Your compact disc player with changer
Your compact disc player with changer can store up to 6 discs
and play selected discs or continuously play all the discs set in
the player.
When you set discs into the player, make sure their labels face
up. If not, the player will display ERROR 1º and the disc
number.
NOTICE
Do not stack up two discs for insertion, or it will cause
damage to the compact disc auto changer. Insert
only one compact disc into slot at a time.
Never try to disassemble or oil any part of the
compact disc player. Do not insert anything other
than compact discs into the slot.
The player is intended for use with 12 cm (4.7 in.) discs only.Radio operation
(a) Listening to the radio

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Push these buttons to choose either an AM or FM station.
AMº, FM1º, FM2º or FM TYPEº appears on the display.Turn this knob to the right to step up the frequency or to
the left to step down.
Your radio automatically changes to stereo reception when a
stereo broadcast is received. STº appears on the display. If
the signal becomes weak, the radio reduces the amount of
channel separation to prevent the weak signal from creating
noise. If the signal becomes extremely weak, the radio
switches from stereo to mono reception. In this case, STº
disappears from the display.

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252(b) Presetting a station
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Push one of the station selector buttons (1 Ð 6) and
hold it until a beep is heard. This sets the station to the
button and the button number (1 Ð 6) appears on the
display.
Each button can store one AM station and two FM stations. To
change the preset station to a different one, follow the same
procedure.
The preset station memory is cancelled when the power
source is interrupted by battery disconnection or a blown fuse.(c) Selecting a station
Tune in the desired station using one of the following methods.
Seek tuning: Push the SEEKº button. The radio will begin
seeking up or down for a station of the nearest frequency and
will stop on reception. Each time you push the button, the
stations will be searched automatically one after another.
Preset tuning: Push the button (1 Ð 6) for the station you
want. The button number (1 Ð 6) and station frequency
appear on the display.
Manual tuning: Turn the AUDIO´TUNEº knob. The radio will
step up or down to another frequency.

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To scan all the frequencies: Push the SCANº button briefly.
SCANº appears on the display. The radio will find the next
station up the band, stay there for a few seconds, and then
scan again. To select a station, push the SCANº button a
second time.
To scan the preset stations: Push the SCANº button until
you hear a beep. SCANº appears on the display. The radio
will tune in the next preset station up the band, stay there for
a few seconds, and then move to the next preset station. To
select a station, push the SCANº button a second time.(d) RDS (Radio Data System)
When you push the RDSº button briefly during FM reception,
the RDS turns on. RDSº and RDS SEARCHº appear on the
display and the radio starts to search RDS stations.
If no RDS stations can be found, NO RDS STº appears and
the display returns to the previous mode.
If RDS stations are found, FOUNDº and the number of the
RDS stations appear on the display in the FM TYPE mode and
the RDS stations are preset by program type.
To turn off the RDS, push the RDSº button until you hear a
beep.

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254TYPE (Program type):
When you push the TYPEº button while receiving an RDS
station, the current program type appears on the display.
Each time you push the TYPEº button, 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)TRAF (Traffic) function: A station that regularly
broadcasts traffic information is automatically located.
When you push the TRAFº button, RDSº and TRAF SEEKº
appear on the display and the radio will start seeking any traffic
program station.
If no traffic program station is found, NO TRAF INFOº appears
on the display for a few seconds and the display returns to the
previous mode.

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255 Radio text message:
If the radio receives a radio text message during FM reception,
MSGº and a text message appears on the display. After the
text message goes off, MSGº also goes off.
After the text message goes off from the display, pushing the
TEXTº button during message reception shows the text
message again on the display.
The RDS audio system can store three messages consisting
of 64 characters in memory. To store a message in memory,
push the TEXTº button until you hear a beep.
If three messages are already stored in memory, the oldest
message will be overwritten by the new message.To recall a radio text message, push the TEXTº button. Each
time you push the button, the available message will be
displayed beginning with the newest one.
If there is no radio text message in memory and when no
message is received, NO MESSAGEº appears on the display.
After this, the display returns to the previous mode.

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266(a) When the radio mode is selected

º or º switch: Use this switch for seek tuning or to
select a preset station.
To select a preset station, push this switch briefly. The
station you assigned to a switch on the audio system will be
selected.
To seek a station, push and hold this switch until you hear
a beep. The radio will begin seeking up or down for a station,
and will stop on reception.
(b) When the TAPEº mode is selected

º or º switch: Use this switch to fast forward or rewind
the tape or for automatic program selection.
To skip forward or reward for automatic program selection,
push this switch briefly. When automatically selecting a
program, you can skip up to 9 programs at a time. For
details, see page 258 for details.
To fast forward or rewind the tape, push this switch until you
hear a beep. To stop fast forwarding or rewinding, push and
hold the same side on the switch until you hear a beep.
(c) When the CDº mode is selected

º or º switch: Use this switch to select a desired track
or disc.
To select a desired track, push this switch briefly.
To select a desired disc, push and hold this switch until the
desired number of the disc appears and you hear a beep.Vehicles with rear seat entertainment system Ð
While the DVD player is in operation, the chapter or track can
be changed by pushing the 
º or º side of the switches.
CAUTION
Operate the switches with due care while you are
driving to avoid accidents.