2006 FIAT MULTIPLA Radio VDO CD Manual

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BAND
Press button BAND / AST 11to select the
required frequency band: FMI, FMII,
FMAST, LW, MWAST (AMAST), MWI.
AUTOMATIC TUNING
Use this function to tune to a station au-
tomatically.❒
Press button 17to tune to a station
with higher frequency or button 12 to
tune to a station with lower frequency.
❒
To tune to another station, press the
button again.
Manual tuning
(only if you know the frequency of the sta-
tion required)
Keep button 17or 12 pressed for longer
than 2 seconds, then press button 17to
tune to a station with lower frequency or
button 12to tune to a station with high-
er frequency.
Note Releasing the buttons will activate
time-out. After 5 seconds the display
shows the word “Auto” for 1 second and
the button function will return to auto-
matic tuning mode.PRESET STATIONS
Manual station storage
Five stations per band can be stored and
recalled using the preset buttons (num-
bered from 1to 5).
❒
Tune to the required station.
❒
Keep the required preset button (1to
5) pressed for over 2 seconds to store
the current station.
If a FM station is stored, also the station
name and the AF mode will be stored
(certain stations alternate a Program Ser-
vice Name).
Listening to stored stations
Press the required preset button (num-
bered from 1to 5).Automatic station storage
(AUTOSTORE)
With this function the radio automatical-
ly stores the five FM stations with the
strongest signal on the FMAST band and
the five MW (AM) stations with the
strongest signal on the MW (AMAST)
band. If the AUTOSTORE function is on,
new stations will replace the stations
stored previously in the FMAST or MW
(AMAST) bands:
❒
Keep button BAND/AST 11 pressed
for over 2 seconds to turn on the AU-
TOSTORE function.
❒
The system will beep and then will set
to mute.
❒
When storage is over, the system will
beep and will play the station stored on
channel 1.
Note Sometimes it may not be possible to
store 5 stations.
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SOUND SYSTEM
Most of the present-day radio stations
broadcast RDS data to offer advantages
like:❒
PROGRAM SERVICE NAME (PS)
❒
ALTERNATIVE FREQUENCY (AF)
❒
ALARM MESSAGES (PTY ALARM)
❒
TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS (TA).
To deactivate the RDS function proceed
as follows:
❒
Keep button SOURCE/RDS 13 pressed
for over 2 seconds; all the functions con-
nected with RDS will also be deactivat-
ed.
PROGRAM SERVICE NAME (PS)
To display the name of the station tuned
instead of its frequency.ALTERNATIVE FREQUENCY
(AF)
The current station being tuned, the sound
system will continuously search for the
best alternative frequency with the
strongest signal.
AF on/off
The sound system continuously searches
for the best alternative frequency for the
current station and it tunes automatically
to the frequency with the strongest signal.
To turn the AF function on/off, keep but-
ton TA / AF 6 pressed for over 2 seconds.
ALARM MESSAGES
(PTY ALARM)
The sound system is set to receive auto-
matically emergency announcements
broadcast by radio stations. During these
messages, the display will alternately show
the word “ALARM” and the name of the
radio station.TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
(TA)
The TA function enables to give priority
to traffic announcements (although you
are listening to a CD or the volume is
muted).
TA on/off
❒
Press briefly button BAND /
AST 11 to
select a FM band.
❒
Press button TA / AF 6 to turn the TA
function on/off.
Note If the station being tuned does not
allow to receive traffic announcements,
the display will show “NO TA”. The sound
system will search automatically for a
proper station.
Stopping traffic announcements TA
Press briefly button TA / AF 6 to stop the
traffic bulletin being broadcast without
turning off the TA function. The sound sys-
tem will resume the previous operating
mode.
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PLAYING A CD❒
Load the CD with the label up: playback
will start.
❒
If a CD is already inserted: press but-
ton SOURCE / RDS 13to select CD as
sound source; playback will start.
PREVIOUS / NEXT TRACK
Press briefly button 17or 12to select the
required track.FAST FORWARD / BACKWARD
Keep button 17or 12pressed for over
2 seconds to move forth / back on the
CD.
RANDOM TRACK
PLAYING
Press button RND 1to turn on/off ran-
dom track playing.
TRACK REPEAT
Press button RPT 2to turn on/off current
track repeat.SCAN TRACKS
With the scan function it is possible to play
the first seconds of each track.
❒
Press button SCN 3to turn on/off the
scan function.
EJECT CD
Press button 14to eject the CD.
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SOUND SYSTEM
Sometimes you may feel the sound system
is not working properly. Before applying
to Fiat Dealership, read carefully the in-
structions below: it is most likely that an
apparent malfunction can be solved with
ease.
SOUND
The sound system is not working.
The display is not working:❒
check (sound system and car) fuse and
connections;
❒
check voltage rating.
The sound system works,
nevertheless the radio is muted:
❒
adjust the volume;
❒
check fader and balance;
❒
check the aerial and its connection.RADIO
The required station cannot be
tuned:
❒
check the aerial is fully extracted and
properly connected;
❒
check the negative terminal is ground-
ed;
❒
the required station signal is too weak,
try with manual tuning.
Station frequency display
(instead of the station name):
❒
the radio is not tuned to a RDS station;
❒
the RDS function is off.The radio turns off and the display
shows alternately the word
“SEARCH” and the station
name/frequency:
❒
the radio is searching for an alternative
frequency (AF) for the station tuned
since the signal is weak. If no alternative
frequency is found, turn the AF function
off.
The display shows the message
“NO TA” and the sound system
beeps intermittently:
❒
the tuned station signal is too weak for
receiving traffic announcements. Use
the automatic tuning function to tune
to another station;
❒
if the TA function is on, the automatic
tuning will only tune to stations able to
receive these messages.
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CD
The display shows the message
“CD ERROR” and the sound
system beeps:❒
check the CD is properly loaded and
check it is not dirty or damaged.Distorted sound:
❒
CD not played; loaded CD is dirty or
damaged.
The CD player is not working:
❒
if it is very cold, condensate could be
present on laser; use the sound system
in radio mode for about 5 minutes to
let condensate evaporate.
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steditionThe display shows the message
“NO CD” or “NO DISC”:
❒
no CD is loaded.