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Depending on where you drive, you
may experience reception problems.
Interf erence can be caused by any of
these conditions:Driving on the north side of a
large commercial truck on an
east/west road.
Driving in tunnels.
Driving on a road beside a vertical
wall, steep clif f , or hill to the south
of you.
Driving on the lower level of a
multi-tiered road.
Driving on a single lane road
alongside dense trees taller than
50 ft. (15 m) to the south of you. After you’ve registered with XM
Radio, keep your audio system in the
satellite radio mode while you wait
f or activation. This should take about
30 minutes.
Driving on the north side of an
east/west mountain road.
Large items carried on a roof rack.
There may be other geographic
situations that could af f ect XM radio
reception. While waiting f or activation, make
sure your vehicle remains in an open
area with good reception. Once your
audio system is activated, you’ll be
able to listen to XM radio broadcasts.
XM Radio will continue to send an
activation signal to your vehicle f or
at least 12 hours from the activation
request. If the service has not been
activated after 36 hours, contact XM
Radio.
If your XM Radio service has expired
or you purchased your vehicle f rom
a previous owner, you can listen to a
sampling of the broadcasts available
on XM Satellite Radio. With the
ignition switch in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position, push the
power/volume knob to turn on the
audio system and press the XM
RADIO button. A variety of music
types and styles will play.
If you decide to purchase XM
satellite radio service, contact XM
Radio at
, or at
1-800-852-9696. You will need to give
them your radio I.D. number and
your credit card number. To get your
radio I.D. number, press TUNE until ‘‘0’’ appears in the display. Your I.D.
will appear in the display.As required by the FCC:
Changes or modif ications not expresslyapproved by the party responsible f orcompliance could void the user’sauthority to operate the equipment.
www.xmradio.com
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To load or play discs, the ignition
switch must be in the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position.
You operate the disc changer with
the same controls used f or the radio.
To select the disc changer, press the
CD button (CD/AUX button on
models with satellite radio), the disc
and track numbers are displayed.
The system will continuously play a
disc until you change modes. Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
NOTE:
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays FORMAT, and then skips to
the next f ile.
Video CDs and DVD discs do not
work in this unit.
The specif ications of the compatible
MP3 f ile are:
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
24/22.05/16 kHz (MPEG2)
Bit rate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/160 kbps (MPEG2)
Maximum layers (including ROOT): 8 layers
The specif ications of the compatible
WMA f ile are: Bit rate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormats. When
playing a disc in MP3, you will see
‘‘MP3’’ in the display. In WMA
f ormat, ‘‘WMA’’ will appear in the
display. You can select up to 99 f olders, or up to 255 tracks/f iles.
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
To Play a Disc
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Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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ignition switch is of f . The disc that
was last selected is ejected f irst.
To remove the disc currently in play,
press the eject ( ) button. When
a disc is removed f rom a slot, the
system automatically begins the load
sequence so you can load another
disc in that position. If you do not
remove the disc f rom the changer
within 10 seconds, the system
returns to the previous mode (AM,
FM or satellite radio ). The disc will
reload into the system and will
remainthereinapausemode.
To remove a different disc from the
changer,firstselectitwiththe
appropriate preset button. When that
disc begins playing, press the eject
button. Continue pressing the eject
button to remove all the discs from
the changer.
Press the AM, FM, AUX button, or
CD/AUX, XM button to switch to
the radio or satellite radio (U.S.
models), while a disc is playing.
Press the CD button again to play
the disc.
If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the PWR/
VOL knob or by turning of f the
ignition switch, the disc will stay in
the drive. When you turn the system
back on, the disc will begin playing
where it lef t of f .
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Removing Discs f rom the In-dash
Disc Changer
To Stop Playing a Disc
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AUTO SELECT ICON SOUND ICON
PRESET BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTON
TUNE BARFM1 ICON AM ICON
AM/FM
BUTTON
SCAN
BUTTON PRESET BUTTON
AUDIO
BUTTON
TUNE BAR
AM/FM
BUTTON
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BUTTON
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You can use any of five methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
Use the TUNE bar to tune
the radio to a desired frequency.
Press the side of the bar to tune
to a higher frequency, and press the
side to tune to a lower
frequency.
Press and hold the or side of
the TUNE bar until you hear two
beeps to change the frequency
rapidly. Release the bar when the
display reaches the desired
frequency.
In
addition to the standard audio
controls, the audio system in your
vehicle can be operated using the
voice control system. See the
navigation section in your quick start
guide for an overview of this system,
and the navigation system manual
for complete details.
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
power/volume knob or the AM/FM
button. Adjust the volume by turning
the power/volume knob.
Pushing the AUDIO button will also
turn on the system.
You can also operate the audio
system without using the control
icons on the audio screen. Use the
control buttons on the left side of the
screen. The status bar appears on the
bottom of the screen each time
you operate any of the control
buttons. On the navigation screen,
you can also see audio information
by touching the AUDIO INFO icon
on the lower of the screen.
The band and frequency that the
radio was last turned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button, or touch the desired band
icon (FM1, FM2, AM, XM1 , or XM
2 ). On the FM band, STEREO will
be displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available.
For inf ormation on XM radio, see
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TUNE
Voice Control System
To Play the AM/FM Radio
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shown on the bottom of the audio
display.
If you do nothing, the system will
then scan f or the next strong station
andplayitfor10seconds.Whenit
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
Each preset button can
store one f requency on AM and two
f requencies on FM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two f requencies with each preset
button.
Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Pick a preset button, and hold it
until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
The seek f unction
searches up and down from the
current f requency to f ind a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press and hold the or side of
the TUNE bar until you hear a beep,
then release it.
The scan f unction samples
all stations with strong signals on the
selected band. To activate it, press
the SCAN button, then release it.
You will see SCAN in the display.
The system will scan f or a station
with a strong signal. When it f inds
one, it will stop and play that station
f or about 10 seconds. 1.
2.
3.
4. Preset
SEEK
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µ If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the auto select feature to
find stations in the local area.
Press the AUDIO button to view the
audio control icons, then press the
AUTO SEL icon. You will see AUTO
SEL flashing in the display, and the
system goes into scan mode for
several seconds. It stores the
frequencies of six AM, and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons. You
will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed after
pressing a preset button if auto
select cannot find a strong station for
every preset button.
If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other frequencies on the preset
buttons as previously described.
press the
AUTO SEL icon. This restores the
presets you originally set.
For inf ormation on AM/FM radio
f requencies and reception, see page .
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To turn of f auto select,
AUTO SELECT
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You can adjust the sound on the
navigation screen. To adjust the
sound, push the AUDIO button, then
enter the sound grid by touching the
SOUNDicononthedisplay.
Adjusts the bass.Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
To adjust the left/right balance,
touch the L or R icon.
Adjusts the
strength of sound f rom the
subwoof er speaker. To adjust the
sound strength, touch or on each side of the adjustment
bar.
The right upper display shows you
the current setting of the sound
strength coming f rom each speaker.
The SVC mode
controls the volume based on vehicle
speed. The f aster you go, the louder
the audio volume becomes. As you
slow down, the audio volume
decreases. Touch the appropriate
icon (Low, Mid, Hi, Of f ) to select the
mode.
Adjusts the treble. To
adjust the treble and bass, touch or on each side of the
treble or bass adjustment bar. The
adjustment bar on the right lower
display shows you the current
setting. Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound. To adjust the
front/rear fader, touch the FR or RR
icon.
Adjusting the Sound
BASSBAL ANCE
SUBWOOFER
SVC (speed-sensitive volume
compensation)
TREBLE
FADER
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