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Radio
ON /OFF Button
88.3 89.1 94.1
Fig. 3 Radio b uttons
Pr ess the knob fig. 3 to turn the unit
on I
Whatever was playing when the uni! was las!
turned off -radio or CD -will automaticall y
come back on when the unit is turned on again.
The foll owing se lling s will b e saved whenever
yo u tu m off the system:
• Rad io: the frequen cy (ra dio s tat ion or
c h an nel) se ttin g.
• Interna l CD c han ger : the se lected CD track.
W hen you
on the again , th e ra di o or the
CD player w ill co me on depend ing on which on
yo u wer e la st li ste nin g
when you turn ed the
unit off .
The uni! turn s off au!Omati ca lly w hen you re
m ove the key fro m the ign ition lock.
The radio can be turn ed on wh ile th e ignition
key is rem oved b y simpl y pressing the kn ob
88,3
about 1 hour. This procedure can be re p eate d as
o ften as des ired .
WARNING
Dri ver distraction causes accid ents, collision s
and ser ious personal injury!
• Never let yourse lf be distr acted by setting,
a djusting or using the Audio System.
• Use the Audio System only if road, traffic
and weather conditions p ermit and you will
not b e distracted from your driving .
• Alwa ys set vo lum e le vel s so that you can
clearly hear horns, sir ens and other warning
s ounds outside the vehicl e.
Tips
If th e radio does not emit any so un d w hen it is
sw itched on and the word SAFE appears in the
display, then the unit i s electronica lly lock ed u p.
See
page 34.
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System information
The follow ing sys tem messages can be di s
pla yed:
XM Messages
System messages
ANTENNA
UPDATING
N O SIGNA L
LOADING
OFF AIR
NO SA T
Sirius Messages
AN TENNA
LI NKING
CD
Taking care of your audio CDs
To assure a so und repro ducti on of the hi gh est
qu alit y, qu alit y, m ake su re you r CDs are clean
and fr ee of scratc hes o r any other type of
da mage.
Cleaning yo ur CD s
For routine cleaning, w ipe the playing surf ace
w ith a clea n, soft, lint-free cloth from th e ce nter
of the disc
to th e out er ed ge. If the surfa ce is
h eav ily soiled, dam pe n a clean soft cloth in a so
l ution of mild neutr al commercia l d eterge nt be
fore clea ning th e disc .
Note
• Never use fluid s su ch as benze ne, pa int
thinner or re cord cle aner s, otherw ise yo u may
dama ge the CD surfac e! Preventa tive meas ures
for lase r uni rs .
Meaning
No antenna is connected to tuner, or there
a re loos e plug contac ts on the antenna cable
Your syste m is being updated
The SAT tuner is present ly not receiv ing an y sa t-
e llite signa l
Your provider is se ndin g info rm ation w hich th e
sys tem is cur rentl y storing
Th e station selected h as shut down its program
(e.g. c hildren 's channel at night)
No conne ction can be establish ed to the SAT
tune r No SAT tuner exists
No anten na is co nnected t o th e tuner, or there
are loose plug contacts on the a ntenn a ca ble
You r sys tem is receivi ng s ig n al
• Whe n inse rtin g a CD into the slo t, make sure
th e printed side is facing T hen , gen tly in sert
th e CD into the s lo t until it is pu lled in au tomat
i cally by tl1 e pla yer. Never force the CD into
CD s lot!
• If you are going to ma ke yo ur own CD s, do
not stick an a dhesive lab el on the CD itse lf. The
h eat generat ed by th e CD player can l oosen the
adhesive labe l, w hi ch th en co ud come
and
jam up the unit. This could res ult in a costly re
pa ir. Use a marker to labe l yo ur CDs instead.
• Alwa ys sto re CDs in their cases w hen you ar c
n o t li ste nin g to th em.
• Keep the CD away fro m heat or o ut of dire ct
s un light.
• Avo id getti ng fin gerpr in ts on the CD .
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• Briefly press ing butto n wh ile a track is
pl ayi ng (more than 2 seconds play) will cause the u
nit to ''j um p" back to the beginning of the
track and resume playing from there.
What you see in the display when listening to a CD
Fig. 19 Dis pla y w he n liste ning to a CD
Track elap sed time
CDs inside the in te rnal CD-c hanger trays or
CDs in the external CD changer• trays
Which CD track is c urr ent ly being p layed
Th e CD being reproduced
The selected CD is indicated by an un
descore.
Error displays when using the CD-Player
The following error messages can be displayed:
NOCD
No disc in the CD c hanger.
PLEASE CHECK CD
There is a problem with the inserted CD. The CD
i s ejected.
FAIL
The CD is clirry, scratc hed or inserte d upside
down. The CD is au tomatically ejected. If th e
problem persists afte r reloading t he CD th e next
CD available will be reproduced
error mes
sage FAIL will appear in the corresponding CD
s lot in the display.
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ROM
A CD ROM has been inse rted into the int ernal or
externa l CD-C hange r. The CD is ejected.
HARDWARE ERROR
The CD ch anger mechanis m is ma lfunc tion ing.
NO EX TERNAL CD
No disc in the external CD changer i s available .
Tips
If the unit still malfunctions, contact your au
thorized Volkswagen dea ler for
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MP3
MP3 player operation
The interna l CD-C hanger also allows you to play
CD-Rs co ntaining MP3 data. Howeve r, t he re
flectivity rate must be 60
% or high er.
D iff ere nt kind s of info rmation (e.g. name of the
so ng and artist) may appear in th e di sp lay
during MP3 player operation
On ly use s tandar d 12 cm (4.72 in ch) CDs. The
s h ape d CDs or 8 cm (3.15 inch ) CDs can not b e
p layed.
Tips
• The u nit ca n only play either discs con
taining audio or MP 3 data. If a CD co ntaining
both audio and M P3 data is inserted, an error
message will appear in the display and the CD
will be automatica lly ejected ..
• The ex terna l CD changer • can not play dis cs
co ntainin g MP3 files.
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Folder and play list search Buttons
fig. 20
se lect the des ired folder or play list to
sc ro ll upward
to scro ll downward
th roug h th e fo lders or pla y lists).
Fig . 21 Radios with Satellite D igital Rodia Service
Rad ios with SD RS: I CAT/F LOR) button
- Press CAT/FLOR l fig. 21 se
l ec t the desired folder or p lay list
to
s cro ll upward
to scro ll downward
th rough the fo lder s or p lay lists) .
Tips
I f only tracks are availab le in the CD with MP3
da ta (no folders or play lists), this button will
ha ve no funct ion . ._
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Error displays when playing MP3 music with the CD player
The following err or messages can b e displayed:
NOCD
No disc in the CD ch an ge r.
PLEASE CHECK CD
There is a problem with the in serted CD. The CD
i s automatica lly ejec te d .
ROM
A CD ROM has bee n in serte d into the ch anger.
The CD is automatic ally ejected.
About MP3
Except for personal enjoyment, duplicati ng
data or distributing, transferring or copying it, whether for free or for a fee , withou t the permis
sion of the copyright holder i s strict ly prohib
i t ed by the Copyright Act and by internationa l
treaty.
What is
MP3
MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) is a compress ion
stan dard prescribed by the ISO and MEG.
MP3 files contain compressed audio data. MP3
encoding is capable of compress ing the audio
da ta at extremely hi gh ratios , shrinki ng mu sic
file s by as mu ch as one-tent h their original size.
The MP3 forma t rea lizes su ch high compre ssion
ratios by elimi nating th e sounds that are either
in audible to t he hum an ear or ma sked b y other
sounds.
How to create
MP3 files
The soft wa re use d to create MP3 files is wide ly
so ld from var ious sourc es. For d etail s on cre
atin g MP3 files, re fer to the owner's manual for
t hat so ftwa re.
The MP 3 files that can be played by this device
ha ve the file extension "MP3". Files wit h no ex
tension can not be played back .
Cor respon ding File Syste ms
T hi s unit support s discs formatted
ISO
9660. It a lso can p lay back d iscs in Jolie t standard
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FAIL
Th e CD is dirty, scratc hed or inserted upside
down. T he CD is auto mati cally ejected. If the
p roblem pers ist s after reload ing the CD the next
CD avai lable will be reproduced and error mes
s age FAIL will appea r in the correspo nding CD
s lo t in
display.
HARDWARE ERROR
The CD chan ger mechanism is malfunctioning.
Tips
If the unit still malfunctions, contact your au
thori zed Vo lkswagen dealer for assistance.
which conforms to ISO 9660. However , some
time s the file names, fo lder nam es, etc. are not
displayed correct ly.
P lease
in to account the follow ing points:
• When creati ng a CD the burner software
mu st be set up to burn a Mode
1 CD ROM type
disc. Mode 2 CD ROM XA can not b e pla yed
back.
• Multi-session discs can not be played back
by this unit.
• Remembe r tha t th e audio quality depends
o n th e
rate" used to create the MP3
file .
• Make sure the crea ted disc is finalized. Your
CD burner softwar e has an option to fina lize the
disc.
• Whe n nam ing you r MP3 file s, use short file
nam es (no more than 64 char acters).
• We recommend th at you use onl y one word
to name t he folde rs (i.e. Fold er_A) and t hat yo u
do not repeat the same fold er name throughout
the CD. This cou ld cause t he rad io un it not
to recognize the file path .
• When creat ing an MP3 disc, use no more
than 99 fo lder s. Altho ugh thi s unit can support
up
to 255 folders , finding the files yo u wa nt t o
p lay w ill be mor e difficult if you have used man y
Alphabetical index
A
About MP3 30
Activate your Satell ite Radio Serv ice 14
Adjusting Speed volume contro l 8
AM presets 9
Antenna Care 35
Anti-Theft coding 5, 34
Anti-Thef t pro tec tion 36
AS (Autostore ) 9
Au dio CD 19
Automatic seek 11
Automatic tuning
11
Autostore 9
B
Balanc e contro l 13
Band setting 9
Bands received 36
Bass control 12
Broadcasting mode 7
Button
C
CD 21
CD Eject 22
Mix Mode 21, 26
SEEK 23, 28
Track selection (when playing a CD) 23
CAT Button 25
CD 19
Taking care 19
CD ca re 19
CD changer 5
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Automat ic sc an to the next track
(SCAN) 17, 23, 27
Au tomatic track scanning 17 , 23, 27
C D button 21
Display 24, 29
E jecting a CD 22
Fa st forward to next track 23
reverse to previous track 23
How to se lect an individual CD in the
maga zin e 23
Loading CDs 20, 22
Malfunction display 24
Random Play 21, 26
SCAN (a utomatic track selection ) 17, 23,
27
Se lect ing a CD 23
Se lect ing a CD track 23
Skipping backward to the previous CD track
23
Ski pping forw ard to the next CD track 23
Tips w hen usin g 33
Track select ion
23
What does it mean when CD EHH appears
in the disp lay? 24
What does it mean when HARDWARE ER
ROH appear s in the display? 24
What does it mean when NO DISC ap
pears in the display? 21, 24
What does it mean when NO EXTERNAL
CD appear s in the disp lay? 24
What does it mean when HOM appears in
the display? 24
What i s the correct way to insert a CD into
the slot? 20, 22
Cod ing 34
Contro lled see k LL
Con trols 2
D
Digital disp lays 12, 24, 29
Disp lays 12, 24, 29, 36
E
Electronic lock 34
Alphabetical ind ex 37
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External CD changer 32
F
Fader control 13
FLDR button 25
FM presets 9
ID number 15
Ignition lock 7
Illumination 36
Important information 5
Interference suppress ion 36
K
Key 7
L
LOAD button 20
M
Manual Radio Station search 11
Maximum power output 36
Middle control 12
MIX
does it mean when MIX appears in
the display when
I am playing a CD? 2 1
Wha t does it mean with MIX CD appears
in the disp lay when I
am playing a
CD? 26
Mix mode 21, 26
MP3 25
MP3 player operation 25
N
NO DISC 21, 24
NO MAGAZINE 21
0
ON I OFF 7
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p
Preset button s 10
Preset scan
11
Q
Quick overvi ew 2
R
Radio 7
Radio Card Where should
I keep my Rad io Card? 5
Radio code numb er 5
Replacement 35
Roof mount ed antennas 35
s
SAFE What does it mean w hen "SAfE" ap-
pears in the display? 5
SAT button 15 Sa tellite Digital Radio Service 13
Satellite Radio D igital Serv ice
Ho w the system works?
13
Satellite radio providers 13
SCAN function 11
SCAN/TUNE button 11
SEEK/TRACK Button 11
Se lecting a category 16
Selecting a chan nel 16
Se lecting folders 25
Se lectin g tracks 27
Service 35
S iriu s
ID Numb er 15
Skip through the files in the same folder 27
S kip through the same track 23, 28
Sound setti ng 12
Speed Vo lume Co ntro l (S VC )
SVC (Speed Volume Contro l) 8
Station buttons 10
Station selection 36
Sto ring a channel 15
System information 19
Siriu s message s 19
XM messages 19