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steadily lights up. The player will then start
playback of the selected CD, beginning
with the first track.
If a disc that the player cannot read has
been loaded, “CHECK DISC” will appear
on the display and the player will not play
anything. T
To select a song from its beginning
V Forward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the next track/file (track). Each time the
button is pressed, the indicated track/file
(track) number will increase.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track/file (track) will take you back to
the first track/file (track) in the folder. V Backward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the TUNE
TRACK button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the current track/file (track). Each time
the button is pressed, the indicated track/
file (track) number will decrease.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the first
track/file (track) will take you to the last
track/file (track) in the folder. T
Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
V Fast-forwarding
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-forward thetrack/file.
Release the button to stop fast-forward-
ing.
NOTE
If you fast-forward to the end of the last track/file (track), fast-forwarding will
stop and the player will start playback beginning with the first track/file (track). V Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the TUNE TRACK
button (2) continuously to fast-reverse the track/file.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
NOTE
If you fast-reverse to the beginning of
the first track/file (track), fast-reversing
will stop and the player will start play-
back. T Repeating
V To repeat the currently playing track/file (track)
To repeat a track/file (track), briefly press
the “RPT” button (6) while the track/file (track) is playing. The display will show
“RPT”, and the track/file (track) will be re-
peated.
To cancel the track/file (track) repeat-play
mode, briefly press the “RPT” button
twice. The “RPT” indication will go off, and
the normal playback mode will be re- sumed.
NOTE y
Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.
If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the track/file (track) repeat-
play mode, press it again to reselect
the repeat-play mode. y The repeat-play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps: yPress the “RDM” button
y Press the “SCAN” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “RSE AUX” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc)
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yTurn off the power of the audio
equipment. y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
V To repeat the currently playing disc/folder
To repeat the currently playing disc/folder,
press the “RPT” button (6) twice while a
track/file (track) is playing. The display will
show “D-RPT”, and the disc/folder will be
played repeatedly.
To cancel the disc/folder repeat-play
mode, press the “RPT” button once more.
The “D-RPT” indication will go off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE y Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.
If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the disc/folder repeat-play
mode, press it again to reselect the
disc/folder repeat-play mode. y The disc/folder repeat-play mode will
be cancelled if you perform any of the
following steps: yPress the “RDM” button y
Press the “SCAN” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “RSE AUX” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc) y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
T Random playback
V Non-MP3 disc
Press the “RDM” button (5) briefly during
disc playback to play all of the tracks on
the disc in a random order. The display will
show “RDM”, and all of the tracks on the
disc will be played in a random order.
To cancel random mode, press the button
again. The “RDM” indication will go off,
and the normal playback mode will be re- sumed.
NOTE
Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps:y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “SCAN” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “RSE AUX” button y
Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK FLDR buttony Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position. V MP3 disc
Press the “RDM” button (5) during disc
playback to play all of the tracks in the
folder currently being played in random or-
der. Press the “RDM” button again to play
all of the tracks on the disc in random or-
der. The display will show “RDM” during
the random mode.
To cancel the random mode, press the
“RDM” button during “in-disc” random
playback. The “RDM” indication will go off,
and the normal playback mode will be re- sumed.
NOTE y Each time you briefly press the but-
ton, the mode will change to the next
one in the following sequence.
If you accidentally press the button
and cancel the random mode, press it
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again to reselect the random mode. y
Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps: yPress the “RPT” button
y Press the “SCAN” button
y Press the “ ” button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “RSE AUX” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of
the SEEK FLDR buttony Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. y Turn the ignition switch to the
“OFF” position.
T SCAN
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track/file (track) in
succession. Press the “SCAN” button (7)
to start scanning upward beginning with
the track/file (track) following the currently
selected one. When all tracks/files (tracks)
in the disc/folder have been scanned, nor-
mal playback will be resumed. To cancel
the scan mode, press the button again.
NOTE
The scan mode will be cancelled if you
perform any of the following steps: y Press the “RPT” button
y Press the “RDM” button
y Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
TUNE TRACK button y
Press the “ ” or “ ” side of the
SEEK FLDR button (MP3 disc)y Press the “ ” button
y Press the disc select button
y Select the radio mode
y Press the “RSE AUX” button
y Turn off the power of the audio
equipment.y Turn the ignition switch to the “OFF”
position. T Display selection (MP3 disc)
If you press the “AUDIO” button (3) for 0.5
second or longer during playback, the in-
dication will change to the next one in the
following sequence. T Page (track/folder title) scroll (MP3
disc)
If, having pressed the “AUDIO” button (3) to select track title or folder title display,
you press the “AUDIO” button again for
less than 0.5 second, the title will be
scrolled so you can see all of it. You will
see eight characters at a time.
NOTE
The display is designed to show titles for up to three pages (64 characters in
total). T
Folder selection (MP3 disc)
Press the “ ” side of the SEEK FLDR
button (4) briefly to select the next folder.
Pressing the “ ” side of the same button
the first time makes the player go back to
the beginning of the currently selected file;
pressing it a second time makes it go back
to the previously selected file.
NOTE
Only MP3 folders are recognized when
an attempt to select the next or previ-
ous folder is made. If no appropriate
folder exists on the disc, pressing the
“ ” or “ ” side of the SEEK FLDR
button has no effect. T How to unload CDs from the player
V Ejecting a CD from the player
Of the discs loaded, you can select and re-
move only one disc.
1. Use the disc select button (9) to select
the disc to be ejected.
2. Briefly press the “ ” button (8). The
selected disc will be ejected. The disc
number indicator will flash at this time.
When you remove the ejected disc, the
disc number indicator will go off.
To remove more discs in succession, re-
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peat Steps 1 and 2. VEjecting all discs from the player
(All disc ejection mode)
1. If you continue to press the “ ” but-
ton (8), the player will produce beep
sound and will enter the all disc ejection
mode.
2. Remove the disc that has been eject-
ed. The other discs loaded will then be
ejected one after another. If you do not re-
move the disc that has been ejected, the
“All disc ejection mode” will be canceled.
NOTE y Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out, because vibration might
make it fall out. y If you press the “ ” button while
the player is in all disc ejection mode,
the mode will be cancelled following
ejection of the disc that is currently be-
ing ejected. y If you press the “CD” button while
the player is in all disc ejection mode,
the player will draw in the discs that
have been ejected and play them.
Audio control buttons
These buttons are located on the spokes
of the steering wheel. They allow the driv-
er to control audio functions without taking
his/her hands off the steering wheel. T MODE button
This button is used to select the desired
audio mode. Each time it is pressed, the
mode changes to the next one in the fol-
lowing sequence: *1: The frequency last received in the selected
waveband will be displayed.
*2: Only when a CD is in the player.
*3: Only vehicle equipped with RSE (Rear SeatEntertainment) T
“ ” and “ ” buttons
V With radio mode selected
Press the “ ” button or “ ” button.
The radio will seek the next receivable
station and stop on it.
That station’s frequency will be shown on
the audio display. V With CD mode selected
Press the “ ” button to skip forward in
the track/file (track) order. Pressing the
“ ” button the first time makes the play-
er go back to the beginning of the current
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track/file (track); pressing it the second
time makes it go back to the previous track/file (track).
The track/file (track) number will be shown
on the audio display. T
Volume control buttons
Press the “+” button to increase the vol-
ume. Press the “–” button to reduce the volume.
A number indicating the volume will be
shown on the audio display. T
MUTE button
Press this button if you wish to immediate-
ly cut the volume to zero.
The audio display will show “MUTE”.
If you press the button again, the original
sound volume will return and “MUTE”
goes off.
NOTE
If your vehicle is equipped with a navi-
gation system, the display will show “” . Precautions to observe when
handling a compact disc
Use only compact discs (CDs, CD-Rs and
CD-RWs) that have the mark shown in the
following illustration. Also, some compact
discs cannot be played.
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yYou cannot use a DualDisc in the CD
player. If you insert a DualDisc into the
player, the disc may not come out again,
possibly causing the player to malfunc-
tion. y In cold and/or rainy weather, dew can
form inside the CD player, preventing nor-
mal operation. If this happens, eject the
CD and wait for the player to dry out.y Skipping may occur when the CD player
is subjected to severe vibration (for exam-
ple, when the vehicle is driven on a roughsurface). y To remove a disc from the case, press
the center of the case and hold both edg-
es of the disc. If the disc surface is
touched directly, contamination could
cause poor tone quality. Do not touch thedisc surface. y
Use a clean disc whenever possible. If
there are deposits, wipe the disc surface
from the center outward with a dry, soft
cloth. Be sure not to use a hard cloth, thin-
ner, benzene, alcohol, etc. y Do not use any disc that is scratched,
deformed, or cracked. Also, do not use
any disc that has a non-standard shape
(for example, a heart shape). Malfunctions
or problems might result. y A disc is vulnerable to heat. Never keep
it either in places exposed to direct sun-
light, near heaters or in vehicles parked in
the sun or on hot days.
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MP3 audio „What is MP3?
MP3 (the name is an abbreviation of
‘MPEG Audio Layer 3’) is a compression
format for digital audio. It was developed
by the Motion Picture Experts Group. It
permits audio data to be shrunk by a factor
of approximately 10 with no loss of sound
quality, meaning that the audio on 10 con-
ventional CDs can be fitted onto a single
CD-R or CD-RW (assuming a bit rate of
128 kbps and a sampling frequency of
44.1 kHz).
NOTE y MP3 encoding and writing software
is not supplied with the audio system. y CD writing software is not supplied
with the audio system. „ Creating MP3 files
y To create a high-quality MP3 file, it is
advisable to have a high bit rate (128 kbps
or higher) and a high sampling frequency. y If a file is created with a variable bit rate
(VBR), the elapsed time during playback
may not be displayed correctly and the
sound may skip. y The sound quality during playback de-
pends upon the encoder and bit rate. De- tailed information can be found in the us-
er’s manuals for encoder software and
writing software.y
A fixed bit rate of 128 kbps or higher is
recommended. „ Saving MP3 files on a disc
y Do not save any non-MP3 file on a disc.
Also, do not save any unnecessary folders
on a disc. y If many folders and/or non-MP3 files are
saved on a disc, a delay will be caused be-
fore playback begins. y If a disc contains both Compact Disc-
Digital Audio (CD-DA) files and MP3 files,
the system will play only the CD-DA files.y Add the extension ‘.MP3’ to the name of
every MP3 file. The system will not play
any file that has either no extension or an
extension other than ‘.MP3’. y Do not add the extension ‘.MP3’ to the
name of any non-MP3 file. Doing so could
lead to speaker damage. y The system does not support multi-ses-
sion recording, so disc-at-once recording
is recommended. y The system does not support packet
writing software. y The system does not have a playlist
function.y The system may not be able to display
and play certain MP3 files depending on
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the writing software and CD recorder. yRecording must be performed using a
file system supported by the audio sys- tem. Otherwise, the audio system may not
play the MP3 files and may not display
folder titles and file titles. „ Supported file systems
The audio system supports the following
file systems: y ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2
y Apple Extension to ISO 9660
y Joliet
y Romeo
NOTE
The audio system does not support the
following file systems: yApple HFS
y UDF 1.50
y Mix CD (CD Extra)
„ Compression format
y MPEG 1 audio layer 3 (MP3)
Bit rate: 32 kbps – 320 kbps
Sampling frequency: 32, 44.1, 48 kHzy MPEG 2 audio layer 3 (MP3)
Bit rate: 8 kbps – 160 kbps
Sampling frequency: 16, 22.05, 24 kHz „
Numbers of folders and files
y Maximum number of folders: 255 (in-
cluding root folder) y Maximum number of files: 999 (maxi-
mum number in one folder: 255) y Maximum number of layers: 8
NOTE yNot all of the discs stored in MP3
files may be able to be played back. y Even if a folder contains no MP3
files, it is counted as a folder.y Writing software can rearrange fold-
ers and files such that the playback or-
der is different from the desired one. y The playback order for a given disc
can be different with different players. „ Copyright issues
Except with respect to copies made for
personal use, duplication, distribution, and
transmission of music and other copy-
righted material on a disc without permis-
sion from the copyright holder is illegal.