2006 FIAT IDEA Connect NavPlus Manual

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AF - SEEKING ALTERNATIVE
FREQUENCIES
Within the RDS system the radio can
work in two different modes:
– AF ON: alternative frequency
search on;
– AF OFF: alternative frequency
search off.
When the signal of the RDS station
tuned weakens, the following two cas-
es may occur:
– With AF ON the RDS system ac-
tivates automatic tuning of the opti-
mum frequency of the station chosen,
with the stations enabled, therefore
the radio is automatically tuned to the
station with the strongest signal that
is broadcasting the same programme.
During the journey it will thus be pos-
sible to continue listening to the sta-
tion chosen without having to change
the frequency when changing area. Of
course, the station being listened to
must be receivable in the area the car
is crossing.– With AF OFF the radio will not
tune the strongest station automati-
cally and it will have to be found man-
ually using the tuner buttons.
To turn on/off this function, press
briefly one of the keypad keys 16-fig.
1set near the icon key AF.
When the AF function is on, the
display shows “AF” and the wording
on the icon key is darkened.
The RDS channel name (if available)
is still shown on the display. Listening to stored stations
Proceed as follows:
– choose the required frequency
band (FM1, FM2, FM3, FMAST, LW,
MW or AMAST) pressing repeatedly
the “SRC” key 2-fig. 1;
– press briefly one of the station
storage keys on the keypad 16-fig. 1
numbered from “1” to “6” at the bot-
tom of the main screen.
In the FM1, FM2, FM3 and FMAST
bands, if reception is poor and the
“AF-Alt. Freq.” alternative frequency
seek function is on, a station with the
strongest signal that is broadcasting
the same programme is automatically
sought.

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TA - TRAFFIC INFORMATION
Certain stations in the FM band
(FM1, FM2, FM3 and FMAST) are al-
so enabled to broadcast information
about the conditions of the traffic. In
this case the displays shows the ab-
breviation “TP”.
To turn on/off the TA function (Traf-
fic Announcement) for traffic bulletins,
press briefly one of the keypad keys
16-fig. 1set near the icon key TA.
When the TA function is on, the dis-
play shows “TA” and the wording on
the icon key is darkened.
The listening conditions and infor-
mation shown on the display may be
the following:
– TA and TP: you are tuned to a sta-
tion that broadcasts traffic information
and the traffic information function is
on– TP: you are tuned to a station that
broadcasts traffic information but the
traffic information function is off
– TA: the traffic information function
is on but you are tuned to a station
that does not broadcast traffic infor-
mation
– TA and TP not shown on the dis-
play: you are tuned to a station that
does not broadcast traffic information
and the traffic information function is
off.
With the TA function on it is possi-
ble:
1) to receive traffic information al-
so if the CD/CDC/MP3 player is
working;
2) to receive traffic information at a
preset minimum level also with the ra-
dio volume down completely.The operations to be carried out for
each of the above two conditions are
listed below.
1) If you wish to receive traffic in-
formation while listening to a CD, be-
fore inserting the CD, tune to a sta-
tion enabled to broadcast traffic in-
formation (TP) and turn the TA func-
tion on. If, while playing the CD, this
station broadcasts traffic information,
CD playing will be temporarily
stopped and resumed automatically at
the end of the message.
If the CD player is already operat-
ing and, at the same time, you wish to
receive traffic information, actuating
the TA function will cause the radio to
tune to the latest station listened to
on the FM band (if the station controls
the “TP”); otherwise, automatic
search will be started to find a station
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IMPORTANT In certain countries,
radio stations exist which though the
TP function is active (the display shows
“TP”), do not broadcast traffic infor-
mation.
If the radio is operating on the AM
band, selecting the FM band will cause
the latest listened station to be tuned.
If the selected station does not send
traffic information (the “TP” writing
does not appear on the display), au-
tomatic search will be started to seek
an enabled station to which the radio
will tune.
If the volume is changed during a traf-
fic bulletin the value is not shown on
the display and the new value is kept
only for the bulletin in progress.“FREQUENCY” FUNCTION
The “Frequency” function enables to
tune the required radio station by
turning knob 15-fig. 1clockwise or
counter-clockwise.
To turn the “Frequency” function on,
turn knob 15-fig. 1to select the cor-
responding icon key and then press it.
To turn this function off, press again
knob 15-fig. 1. 2) To receive traffic information
though not listening to the radio:
– turn on the TA function, so that
the display shows the abbreviation
“TA”;
– tune to a station enabled to broad-
cast traffic information so that “TP”
is shown on the display;
This way, if that station broadcasts
traffic information, this will be heard
at a minimum predefined volume.
A telephone call has higher priority
than traffic message.

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During automatic storage the display
shows “Autostore”.
Stations will be stored automatically
on the preset keys from “1” to “6” of
the keypad16-fig. 1. After storage,
the radio tunes automatically to the
first station of the FMAST band, cor-
responding to the frequency stored on
the preset key “1” of the keypad 16-
fig. 1.
Every station is stored only once, ex-
cept in the case of regional pro-
grammes, which in certain cases might
be stored twice.The behaviour of the set during Au-
tostore is as follows:
– pressing one of the preset keys
from “1” to “6” the automatic storage
process is interrupted and the station
stored with that key is tuned
– changing the audio source (Radio,
CD, CD-Changer) during the auto-
matic storage process, the Autostore
function is interrupted. “Autostore” FUNCTION
(AUTOMATIC STATION
STORAGE)
After selecting the AMAST or
FMAST band, to turn on the Auto-
store function (automatic station stor-
age), select the “AUTOSTORE” icon
with the knob 15-fig. 1then press it
to confirm.
When this function is on, the radio
automatically stores the stations with
the strongest signal:
– 6 FM stations in the FMAST band
or
– 6 AM stations in the AMAST band.

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IMPORTANTIt may occur that
the Autostore function is unable to
find 6 stations with a strong signal; in
this case only the stations found are
stored.
IMPORTANTActivating the “Au-
tostore” function cancels the stations
stored previously in the FMAST or
AMAST band.“Band Scan” FUNCTION
The “Band scan” function activates
station scanning in the chosen fre-
quency band. Each station frequency
will be displayed for about 10 seconds.
To turn the “Band scan” function on,
select the “Band scan” icon with the
knob 15-fig. 1then press it to con-
firm.
During scanning, the display will
show “Band Scan”.
Scanning will be interrupted by press-
ing knob 15-fig. 1again (by taking care
to be positioned onto the “Preset
Scan” graphic key), or by selecting a
station previously memorized. “Preset Scan” FUNCTION
The “Preset scan” function activates
stored station scanning in the chosen
frequency band. Each stored station
will be played for about 10 seconds.
To turn on the “Preset scan” func-
tion, select the “Preset scan” icon with
the knob 15-fig. 1and then press it to
confirm.
During stations scan, the scanned
one is highlighted in the stored sta-
tions window and corresponding low-
bar button too. During operations the
string “Preset Scan” is displayed in the
main window.
Scanning will be interrupted by press-
ing knob 15-fig. 1again (by taking care
to be positioned onto the “Preset
Scan” graphic key), or by selecting a
station previously memorized.

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LOC/DX function
(tuner sensitivity adjustment)
With this function it is possible to
change the sensitivity of automatic ra-
dio station searching. When low sen-
sitivity “LOC” is set, only stations with
excellent reception are sought; when
high sensitivity “DX” is set, all the sta-
tions are sought. If you are in an area
with a large number of broadcasters
and you want the ones with the
strongest signal, choose low sensitivi-
ty “LOC”.
To choose between low or high
tuner sensitivity, select the “LOC/DX”
function with the knob 15-fig. 1and
then press it repeatedly. The abbre-
viation of the sensitivity chosen will be
shown on the display:
– LOC = low sensitivity;
– DX = high sensitivity.Mono/Stereo function
To pass from “Mono” to “Stereo” or
vice versa, select “Mono/Stereo” by
turning the knob 15-fig. 1and press
it to confirm. This function is only
available on FM band.
When stereo reception is on the dis-
play shows “STEREO”, when it is off
the display shows “MONO”.
When the signal of the station tuned
is weak, to improve the sound quality,
it is advisable to switch to “MONO”. “Radio setup” FUNCTION
To turn on the “Radio Setup” func-
tion, select the “Radio Setup” icon
with the knob 15-fig. 1and press it
to confirm. This function enables to
go to next window to adjust radio
settings. When in this window it is
not possible to change the audio
source. The following functions are
displayed fig. 9:
– Mono/Stereo
– PTY-Prg. Type
– RDS
– Regional.
Choosing and confirming “OK”, goes
back to the previous screen storing
the adjustments set. Pressing “ESC”
14-fig. 1goes back to the previous
screen resuming the settings stored
previously.
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“PTY-Prog. Type” FUNCTION
(CHOOSING A TYPE OF
PROGRAMME)
The PTY function (Program Type),
when present, makes it possible to
give priority to broadcasters trans-
mitting programmes classified accord-
ing to the type of PTY. PTY pro-
grammes may concern emergency an-
nouncements or various subjects (e.g.
music, news). To access the list of PTY
programmes, choose the “PTY-
Prog.Type” icon with the knob 15-
fig. 1, then press it to confirm; the dis-
play will show the screen with the list
of PTY programmes and the subject of
the last station heard (e.g. “NEWS”).
To scroll the list of PTY programmes,
turn the knob 15-fig. 1. To choose a
type of programme, press the knob af-
ter choosing the type. IMPORTANTThe PTY function
can only be turned on in the FM band.
The list of PTY programmes is the
following:
–
NONE
– NEWS
– AFFAIRS
– INFO
– SPORT
– EDUCATION
– DRAMA
– CULTURE
– SCIENCE
– VARIED
– POP
– ROCK
– EASY
– LIGHT
– CLASSIC
– OTHER
– WEATHER
– FINANCE
– CHILDREN
– SOCIAL
– RELIGION
– PHONE IN
– TRAVEL
– LEISURE
– JAZZ
– COUNTRY
– NATIONAL
– OLDIES
– FOLK
– DOCUMENTARY
– TEST
– ALARM.
To seek a station with this pro-
gramme, follow the instructions giv-
en previously in the “Tuning” para-
graph.
If no station is available with this type
of programme, the station selected
previously is returned.
To exit the screen with the list of
PTY programmes, choose a type of
programme, or “None” if you do not
wish to set a programme type.

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“RDS” FUNCTION
The “RDS” function enables/disables
RDS string (showing the tuned station
name) display.
To turn the “RDS” function on/off,
select the “RDS” function turning the
knob 15-fig. 1and press it.
When the “RDS” function is on, the
display shows the string with tuned
station name and the symbol “✓” is
shown near the corresponding icon.Regional function
This function enables or disables a
RDS regional service.
To turn the “Regional” function
on/off, select the “Regional” function
by turning the knob 15-fig. 1and then
press it to confirm. This function is on-
ly available on FM band. The display
shows
– “DISABLED”
or
– “ENABLED”.OK
Choosing and confirming “OK” with
the knob 15-fig. 1, goes back to the
previous screen storing the adjust-
ments set. Pressing “ESC” 14-fig. 1
goes back to the previous screen re-
suming the settings stored previously.