If the ignition or radio is turned off, with a CD in
the player, it will stay in the player. When the
ignition or radio is turned on, the CD will
start playing where it stopped, if it was the last
selected audio source.
When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol will appear
on the CD. As each new track starts to play, the
track number will appear on the display.
The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8 cm)
single CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs
and the smaller CDs are loaded in the same
manner.
If playing a CD-R, the sound quality may be
reduced due to CD-R quality, the method of
recording, the quality of the music that has been
recorded, and the way the CD-R has been
handled. There may be an increase in skipping,
difficulty in nding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading
and ejecting. If these problems occur, check the
bottom surface of the CD. If the surface of the CD
is damaged, such as cracked, broken, or
scratched, the CD will not play properly. If the
surface of the CD is soiled, seeCare of Your CDs
and DVDs on page 336for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.Notice:If you add any label to a CD, insert
more than one CD into the slot at a time, or
attempt to play scratched or damaged CDs, you
could damage the CD player. When using the
CD player, use only CDs in good condition
without any label, load one CD at a time, and
keep the CD player and the loading slot free of
foreign materials, liquids, and debris.
Do not add any label to a CD, it could get caught
in the CD player. If a CD is recorded on a
personal computer and a description label is
needed, try labeling the top of the recorded CD
with a soft marker instead.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD
Messages” later in this section.
ZEJECT:Press the CD eject button to eject
CD(s). To eject the CD that is currently playing,
press and release this button. You will hear a beep
and Ejecting Disc will be displayed. Once the disc is
ejected, Remove Disc will appear on display. The
CD can be removed. If the CD is not removed, after
several seconds, the CD will be automatically
pulled back into the player and begin playing.
For the Six-Disc CD player, press and hold the eject
button for two seconds to eject all discs.
285
f(Tune):Turn this knob to select tracks on the
CD currently playing.
©SEEK¨:Press the left SEEK arrow to go
to the start of the current track, if more than
ten seconds have played. Press the right SEEK
arrow to go to the next track. If either SEEK arrow
is held, or pressed multiple times, the player
will continue moving backward or forward through
the tracks on the CD.
sREV (Reverse):Press and hold this button
to reverse playback quickly within a track. You will
hear sound at a reduced volume. Release this
pushbutton to resume playing the track. The
elapsed time of the track will appear on the
display.
\FWD (Fast Forward):Press and hold this
button to advance playback quickly within a track.
You will hear sound at a reduced volume.
Release this button to resume playing the track.
The elapsed time of the track will appear on
the display.RDM (Random):With random, you can listen to
the tracks in random, rather than sequential
order, on one CD or all CDs in a six-disc CD
player. To use random, do one of the following:
Press the CD/AUX button, or for a single
CD player, insert a disc partway into the slot of
the CD player. A RDM label will appear on
display.
To play the tracks from the single CD in
random order, press the pushbutton positioned
under the RDM label until Random Current
Disc is displayed. Press the pushbutton again
to turn off random play.
Press the CD/AUX button, or for a six-disc CD
player, press and hold the LOAD button.
You will hear a beep and Load All Discs will
be displayed. Insert one or more discs partway
into the slot of the CD player.
To play tracks from all CDs loaded in a
six-disc CD player in random order, press the
pushbutton positioned under the RDM
label until Randomize All Discs is displayed.
Press the same pushbutton again to turn
off random play.
286
BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio
when a CD is playing. The CD will remain safely
inside the radio for future listening.
CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary):Press this button to play
a CD when listening to the radio. The CD icon and a
message showing disc and/or track number will
appear on the display when a CD is in the player.
Press this button again and the system will
automatically search for an auxiliary input device,
such as a portable audio player. If a portable audio
player is not connected, “no input device found” will
be displayed.
Using an MP3 CD-R or CD-RW Disc
The radio will play MP3 les that were recorded
on a CD-R or CD-RW disc. The les can be
recorded with the following xed bit rates:
32 kbps, 40 kbps, 56 kbps, 64 kbps, 80 kbps,
96 kbps, 112 kbps, 128 kbps, 160 kbps, 192 kbps,
224 kbps, 256 kbps, and 320 kbps or a variable
bit rate. Song title, artist name, and album
will be available for display by the radio when
recorded using ID3 tags version 1 and 2.
Compressed Audio
The radio will also play discs that contain both
uncompressed CD audio (.CDA les) and
MP3 les. By default the radio will show the MP3
label on the left side of the screen but will play
both le formats in the order in which they
were recorded to the disc.
MP3 Format
If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal
computer:
Make sure the MP3 les are recorded on a
CD-R or CD-RW disc.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 les on
one disc.
The CD player is able to read and play a
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, and
255 les.
Create a folder structure that makes it easy to
nd songs while driving. Organize songs by
albums using one folder for each album. Each
folder or album should contain 18 songs
or less.
287
Avoid subfolders. The system can support up
to 8 subfolders deep, however, keep the total
number of folders to a minimum in order to
reduce the complexity and confusion in trying
to locate a particular folder during playback.
Make sure playlists have a .m3u or .wpl
extension (other le extensions may not work).
Minimize the length of the le, folder or playlist
names. Long le, folder, or playlist names, or a
combination of a large number of les and
folders, or playlists may cause the player to be
unable to play up to the maximum number of
les, folders, playlists, or sessions. If you wish
to play a large number of les, folders, playlists
or sessions, minimize the length of the le,
folder, or playlist name. Long names also take
up more space on the display, potentially
getting cut off.
Finalize the audio disc before you burn it.
Trying to add music to an existing disc may
cause the disc not to function in the player.You can change playlists by using the previous
and next folder buttons, the tuner knob, or
the seek buttons. You can also play an MP3 CD-R
that was recorded using no le folders. If a
CD-R contains more than the maximum of
50 folders, 50 playlists, and 255 les, the player
will let you access and navigate up to the
maximum, but all items over the maximum
will not be accessible.
Root Directory
The root directory of the CD-R is treated as a
folder. If the root directory has compressed audio
les, the directory will be displayed as the CD
label. All les contained directly under the
root directory will be accessed prior to any root
directory folders. However, playlists (Px) will
always be accessed before root folders or les.
If a disc contains both uncompressed CD
audio (.CDA) and MP3 les, a folder under the
root directory called CD will access all of the CD
audio tracks on the disc.
288