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❒Carefully clean all Compact Discs of fin-
gerprints and dust using a soft cloth. Sup-
port Compact Discs from the outer cir-
cumference and clean from the centre
outwards;
❒Never use chemical products for clean-
ing (e.g.: spray cans, antistatic or thin-
ners) as they might damage the surface
of Compact Discs;
❒After use, put Compact Discs back in
their container, to avoid marks or
scratches that may cause skipping when
playing;
❒Do not expose Compact Discs to direct
sunlight, high temperatures or damp for
prolonged lengths of time to prevent
them from bending;
❒Do not stick labels or write on the
recorded surface of Compact Discs.To remove a Compact Disc from its con-
tainer, press the centre and raise the disc
carefully, holding it by the outer circum-
ference.
Always hold Compact Discs by the outer
circumference. Never touch the surface.
To remove fingerprints and dust, use a
soft cloth starting from the centre of the
Compact Disc outwards.
Do not use highly scratched, cracked, or
distorted discs, etc. The use of these discs
will involve malfunctioning or damage to
the player.
For optimal playing use original CDs only.
Regular operation is not guaranteed if us-
ing R/RW CDs not properly mastered
and/or CDs with max. capacity higher than
650 MB.
IMPORTANT Do not use the protective
sheets for CD in commerce or discs with
stabilisers, etc. as they might get stuck in
the internal mechanism and damage the
disc. Care and maintenance
The radio structure ensures long opera-
tion with no need for particular mainte-
nance. In the event of a fault, contact a Fi-
at Dealership.
To clean the front panel only use a soft,
antistatic cloth. Cleaning and polishing
products might spoil the surface.
Compact Disc
Remember that dirt, marks or distortion
on Compact Disc can cause skipping. To
obtain optimum playing conditions we give
the following advice:
❒Only use Compact Discs which have
the following brand:
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❒emergency alarm presetting;
❒automatic/manual station tuning;
❒FM Multipath detector;
❒manual storage of 36 stations: 18 in the
FM band (6 in FM1, 6 in FM2, 6 in FMT),
6 in the MW band and 6 in the LW
band;
❒automatic storage (AUTOSTORE func-
tion) of 6 stations in FM band;
❒SPEED VOLUME function: automatic
volume adjustment with car speed;
❒automatic Stereo/Mono switching.Compact Disc section
❒Direct disc selection;
❒Track selection (forward/backward);
❒Fast forward/backward;
❒CD Display function: displaying CD
name/time elapsed from start of track;
❒Playing audio CDs and R/RW CDs. GENERAL
The set possesses the following functions:
Radio section
❒PLL tuning with FM/AM/MW/LW fre-
quency bands;
❒RDS (Radio Data System) with TA
(traffic announcements) - TP (Program
Type) - EON (Enhanced Other Net-
work) - REG (Regional programmes);
❒AF: alternative frequency search selec-
tion in RDS mode;
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Audio section
❒Mute/Pause function;
❒Soft Mute function;
❒Loudness function;
❒7 band graphic equalizer;
❒Separate bass/treble adjustment;
❒Right/left channel balancing.
On multimedia CDs in addi-
tion to sound tracks also da-
ta tracks are recorded. Play-
ing one of these CDs may
cause rustling and such a volume as to
compromise road safety, as well as
causing damage to the final stages and
speakers.MP3 CD section
❒MP3-Info function (ID3-TAG);
❒Directory selection (previous/next);
❒Track selection (forward/backward);
❒Fast forward/backward;
❒MP3 CD data display: directory name,
ID3-TAG info, time elapsed from start
of track, file name);
❒Playing audio CDs and R/RW CDs.
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Each band is shown by the respective
wording on the display.
The last station selected in the respective
frequency band will be tuned.
The FM band is divided into sections: FM1,
FM2 and FMT. The FMT reception band is
reserved to the stations stored automati-
cally with the AutoSTore function.
PRESETTING BUTTONS
The buttons with symbols from 1 to 6
make it possible to set the following pre-
settings:
❒18 in the FM band (6 in FM1, 6 in FM2,
6 in FMT);
❒6 in the MW band;
❒6 in the LW band;
To call a preset station, choose the re-
quired frequency band and then press
briefly the corresponding preset button
(from 1 to 6).Pressing the respective preset button for
longer than 2 seconds will store the tuned
station. Storing is confirmed by a beep.
STORING THE LAST STATION
HEARD
The radio automatically keeps in storage
the last station heard for each reception
band, which is then tuned when the ra-
dio is turned on or the reception band is
changed.
AUTOMATIC TUNING
Briefly press button
÷or ˜to start
automatically searching the tuning for the
next station that it is possible to receive
in the direction chosen. INTRODUCTION
When the set is turned on the last func-
tion selected before turning off is played
(Radio, CD or CD Changer).
To select the Tuner source while listen-
ing to another audio source, press briefly
buttons FM or AM, according to the re-
quired frequency band.
When Tuner is on, the display will show
the selected station name (RDS stations
only) (or frequency), the frequency band
(e.g.: FM1) and the preselection button
number (e.g.: P1).
SELECTING THE FREQUENCY
BAND
If in the Tuner mode, briefly and repeat-
edly press button FM or AM to select the
required frequency band.
Every time the button is pressed the fol-
lowing bands are selected in sequence:
❒Pressing button FM: “FM1”, “FM2”,
“FMT”;
❒Pressing button AM: , “MW” and “LW”.
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AUTOSTORE FUNCTION
(automatic station storage)
To switch on the AutoSTore function,
keep button FM-AS pressed until receiv-
ing the confirmation beep. With this func-
tion the radio automatically stores the six
stations with the strongest signal in de-
creasing order of intensity of the FMT fre-
quency band.
IMPORTANT Activating the AutoSTore
function cancels the stations stored pre-
viously in the FMT band.
If the TA function is on (traffic informa-
tion), only the stations that send traffic in-
formation will be stored.
During automatic storage the display
shows “FM AST”.
To interrupt AutoSTore press button FM-
AS again: the radio will automatically tune
to the station heard before activation of
the AutoSTore function.At the end of the AutoSTore function the
radio automatically tunes on the first pre-
set station in the FMT band stored on pre-
set button 1.
On buttons numbered from 1 to 6, the
stations are automatically stored that give
a strong signal in that moment in the pre-
sent band.
Activating the AutoSTore function in MW
or LW bands will automatically select the
FMT band where the function is then run.
IMPORTANT Sometimes the AutoSTore
function is unable to find 6 stations with
a strong signal. In this case the previous
stations will be stored on the free preset
buttons. If button ÷or ˜is pressed for
longer, quick searching takes place. When
the button is released, the tuner stops on
the next receivable station.
If the TA function is on (traffic information),
the tuner only searches stations which
broadcast traffic bulletins.
MANUAL TUNING
This allows manual station searching in the
chosen band.
Select the required frequency band and then
press briefly and repeatedly button
NorOto start searching in the chosen band.
Pressing one of the buttons Nor Olonger
obtains fast forward searching, which is
stopped when the button is released.
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EMERGENCY ALARM
RECEPTION
In the RDS mode the radio is set to re-
ceive emergency announcements in the
case of exceptional circumstances or
events that may cause general danger
(earthquakes, floods, etc.), if they are
broadcast by the station tuned.
This function is activated automatically and
cannot be deactivated.
During emergency announcement the dis-
play will show the message “ALARM”.
During this announcement the volume will
change as described for traffic announce-
ments (see paragraph “TA FUNCTION”).
EON FUNCTION
(Enhanced Other Network)
Certain countries have circuits which
group together several stations enabled to
broadcast traffic information. In this case
the programme of the station being heard
will be interrupted temporarily:
❒to receive traffic information (only with
TA function on);
❒to listen to regional programmes every
time these bulletins are given by one
of the stations of the same circuits.STEREOPHONIC STATIONS
If the signal received is weak, the device
switches automatically from Stereo to
Mono.
MENU
MENU button functions
To activate the menu function, briefly
press button MENU. The display shows
the word “MENU”.
To scroll the menu functions use button
Nor O. To change the setting of the se-
lected function use button
÷or ˜.
The display will show the current status of
the function selected.
The functions controlled by the menu are
the following:
❒AF SWITCHING (ON/OFF)
❒TRAFFIC INFO (ON/OFF)
❒REGIONAL MODE regional pro-
grammes (ON/OFF);
❒MP3 DISPLAY (MP3 CD data display);
❒SPEED VOLUME (automatic volume
control in relation to speed);
❒EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL (external au-
dio sources control)
❒RADIO OFF (System power off mode).
❒RESTORE DEFAULT
To exit the menu function, press button
MENU again.
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REGIONAL MODE function
(regional broadcast reception)
Certain national broadcasters, at deter-
minate times of the day, transmit region-
al programmes which differ from region
to region. This function makes it possible
to tune in only on local stations (region-
al) (see paragraph “EON function”).
Activate this function if you want to tune
automatically to regional stations broad-
casting in the selected band.
To turn the function on/off use button
÷or ˜.
The display will show the current status
of the function:
❒“REGIONAL MODE: ON”: function
on.
❒“REGIONAL MODE: OFF”: function
off.
If the function is off and a regional pro-
gramme is tuned that works in a deter-
minate area and the car enters a different
area, the regional station of the new area
is received.
IMPORTANT If AF and REG are both ac-
tive, when passing from one region to an-
other the radio could not tune properly to
a valid alternative frequency.MP3 CD DISPLAY
(MP3 CD data display)
With this function it is possible to choose
the information shown on the display,
when listening to a MP3 CD.
This function can be selected only if a MP3
CD is loaded: in this event the display
shows “MP3 DISPLAY”.
To change the function use buttons
÷or ˜.
The display shows the setting among the
six possible:
❒TITLE (track title, if ID3-TAG available)
❒AUTHOR (track author, if ID3-TAG
available)
❒ALBUM (album title, if ID3-TAG avail-
able)
❒DIR (directory name);
❒FILENAME (MP3 file name);
❒TIME (time elapsed from start of track). The volume with which the traffic bulletin
is transmitted varies depending on the lis-
tening volume:
❒listening volume below 20: traffic bul-
letin volume = 20 (fixed value);
❒listening volume above 20: traffic bul-
letin volume = listening volume +1.
If the volume is changed during a traffic
bulletin the value is not shown on the dis-
play and the new value is kept only for the
bulletin in progress.
When receiving traffic information the dis-
play will show message “TRAFFIC IN-
FORMATION”.
The TA function is interrupted by press-
ing any sound system button.
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POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES
If the CD inserted is illegible (e.g.: CD-
ROM inserted, CD not inserted properly
or reading error), the display will show the
message “CD ERROR” for about 2 sec-
onds.
The CD is then ejected and the previous
source before CD was selected returns.DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is working, the dis-
play shows the following information
which means:
“T05”: shows the number of the track on
the CD;
“03:42”: shows the time elapsed since the
start of the track (if the corresponding
Menu function is on);SELECT TRACK
(forward/backward)
Briefly press button
÷to play the pre-
vious track and button
˜to play the
next one. Tracks are played in sequence:
after the last track, the first one will be
played and vice versa.
If playing the track started more than 3
seconds ago, pressing briefly button
÷the track is played again from the start.
In this case if wanting to play the previ-
ous track, press the button twice consec-
utively.
FAST FORWARD/BACKWARD
Keep button
˜pressed to move the
track selected forward at high speed and
keep button
÷pressed to move it
quickly backward. Fast forward/backward
is stopped once the button is released.
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