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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. You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob to the right to tune to
a higher f requency, and turn it to the
lef t to tune to a lower f requency.
You can also operate the audio
system using the control icons on the
audio screen.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button. On the FM band, STEREO
will be displayed on the audio screen
if the station is broadcasting in
stereo. Stereo reproduction in AM is
not available. 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 the or SEEK button, 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.
If you do nothing, the system will
scan f or the next strong station and
play it f or 10 seconds. When it plays
a station that you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
TUNE
SEEK SCAN
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µµEach 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. 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 A. SEL button. You will see
A. SEL f lashing in the display, and
the system goes into scan mode f or
several seconds. It stores the
f requencies of six AM, and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons.
You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed af ter
pressing a preset button if auto
select cannot f ind a strong station f or
every preset button. If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset
buttons as previously described.
For inf ormation on AM/FM radio
f requencies and reception, see page
. press the
A. SEL button. This restores the
presets you originally set.
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.
Each preset button’s f requency is
shown on the bottom of the audio
display.
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To turn of f auto select,
Preset A UT O SEL ECT
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Your audio system is capable of
receiving XM
Satellite Radio
anywhere in the United States,
except Hawaii and Alaska. XM
Satellite Radio is also available on
Canadian models.
XM radio receives signals f rom two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It of f ers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
dif f erent types of music, XM radio
allows you to view channel and
category selections in the display.
XM
is a registered trademark of
XM Satellite Radio, Inc.
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SCAN BUTTON
PWR/VOL KNOB PRESET BUTTONS TUNE KNOB
MODE ICON
AUDIO BUTTONSCAN ICON
CATEGORY
BUTTONS
XM RADIO
BUTTON
DIS/MODE
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preset channels using the six preset
buttons or preset icons. Each button
stores one channel f rom the XM1
band and one channel f rom the XM2
band.
Use the TUNE knob, the
CATEGORY buttons, or the
SCAN buttons to tune to a desired
channel.
To store a channel: Pick the preset button (icon) you
want f or that channel. Press and
hold the button (icon) until you
hear a beep.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Press the XM button again. The
other XM band will show. Store
the next six channels using steps 2
and 3.
Once a channel is stored, simply
press and release the proper preset
button (icon) to tune to it.
Press the XM button. Either XM1
or XM2 will show in the display.
The scan f unction gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the stations within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button or
touch the SCAN icon on the audio
display. The system plays each
channel in numerical order f or 10
seconds. When you hear a channel
you want to continue listening to,
press the SCAN button or touch the
icon again.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In channel mode, all channels can be
selected.3.
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Preset
SCAN
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To load multiple discs in one
operation:
With the ignition switch in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II)
position, press and hold the LOAD
button until you hear a beep and
see ‘‘LOAD’’ in the display, then
release the button.
Insert a disc into the slot. Insert it
only about half way; the drive will
pull it in the rest of the way.
When ‘‘DISC LOAD’’ appears in
the display, insert the next disc
into the slot. To load a single disc:
Press and release the LOAD
button.
The disc number f or an empty
position is highlighted and the
green load indicator comes on.
When you see ‘‘LOAD’’ in the
display, insert the disc into the slot.
Insert it only about halfway; the
drive will pull it in the rest of the
way.
If you press the LOAD button while
a disc is playing, the system will stop
playing that disc and start the
loading sequence. It will then play
the disc just loaded.
Repeat this until all six positions
are loaded. The system will then
begin playing the last disc loaded. If you stop loading discs bef ore all
six positions are f illed, the system
will wait f or 15 seconds, stop the load
operation, and begin playing the last
disc loaded.
Select the disc changer by pressing
the DISC/TAPE button. The system
will begin playing the last selected
disc in the disc changer. You will see
the disc and track numbers
displayed.
To select a dif f erent disc when all six
positions are loaded, press the
corresponding number on the preset
buttons. You can also select a disc by
touching the appropriate disc icon
(1 6).
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To remove the disc that is currently
playing, press the eject button. You
will see ‘‘EJECT’’ in the display.
When you remove the disc f rom the
slot, the system automatically begins
the load sequence so you can load
another disc in that position. If you
do not load another disc within 15
seconds, the system selects the
previous mode (AM, FM1, FM2,
tape, or XM Satellite Radio).
If you do not remove the disc f rom
the slot, the system will reload the
disc af ter 15 seconds and put the
disc changer in pause mode. To
begin playing the disc, press the disc
button.To remove a different disc from the
changer,firstselectitbypressing
the corresponding number on the
preset button or touching the
appropriate disc icon on the audio
display. When that disc begins
playing, press the eject button.
When you press the eject button
while listening to the radio, or with
the audio system turned of f , the disc
that was last selected is ejected.
Af ter that disc is ejected, pressing
the eject button again will eject the
next disc in numerical order. By
doing this six times, you can remove
all the discs f rom the changer.
To eject one disc, press and release
the eject button.
You can also eject discs when the
ignition switch is of f :
To eject all discs, press and hold the
eject button until the system beeps.
Removing Discs f rom the
Changer
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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. Make sure the open side of
thetapeisfacingright,theninsert
thetapemostof thewayintotheslot.
Thesystemwillpullthetapeinthe
rest of the way and begin to play it.
Thetapedirectionindicatorinthe
display comes on to show you which
side of the tape is playing. Theindicates the side you inserted
upward is now playing. If you want to
play the other side, press the PLAY/
PROG (preset 2) button or touch the or icon. When the player
reaches the end of the tape, it will
automatically reverse direction and
play the other side.
CONT INUED
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Playing a T ape
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REWIND BUTTON AM/FM
BUTTON
DISC/TAPE
BUTTON PWR/VOL
KNOB
REPEAT
BUTTON
FAST FORWARD
BUTTON
PLAY/PROGRAM
BUTTON DOLBY BUTTONEJECT BUTTON
SEEK BUTTONS
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Dolby noise reduction is manufactured under
license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing
Corporation. ‘‘DOLBY’’ and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories
Licensing Corporation.
To remove the tape, press the eject
button. If you want to turn the player
of f , press the power/volume knob or
turn off the ignition. The tape will
remain in the drive. When you turn
the system back on, the tape will
begin playing where it lef t of f . To rewind the tape,
push the (preset 1) button or
touch the REW on the audio screen.
You will see REW in the display. To
fast forward the tape, push the (preset 3) button or touch the
FF icon. You will see FF displayed.
Press the , , or PLAY/
PROG button or touch the REW, FF,
or icon to take the system
outofrewindorfastforward.
Dolby noise reduction turns on
when you insert a tape. The ‘‘NR’’
indicator will come on in the display.
If the tape was not recorded in Dolby,
turn it of f by pressing the
(preset 4) button or touch the
NR icon. Dolby remains of f until you
press the button again.
Press the SEEK button
to f ind the beginning of the current
song or passage. Press the SEEK
button to f ind the beginning of the
next song or passage. When the
system reaches the beginning of a
song or passage, it begins to play it.
To switch to the AM/FM radio, XM
Radio, or disc changer while a tape is
playing, press the AM/FM button,
XM button, or DISC/TAPE button.
To change back to the tape player,
press the DISC/TAPE button.
T o Stop Playing a T ape T ape Search Functions
FF/REW
SK IP
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