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INTRODUCTION
FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS
The options proposed by the audio menu
differ according to the audio source se-
lected: AM/FM/CD/CDC.
To change Audio functions, press briefly
button AUDIO. The display will show
“BASS”.
To scroll the Menu options, use buttons
Nor O. To change the setting of the op-
tion selected, press buttons
÷or ˜.
The display will show the current status
of the function selected.
The functions controlled by the menu are
the following:
❒BASS (bass adjustment);
❒TREBLE (treble adjustment);
❒BALANCE (right/left balance);
❒FADER (front/rear balance);
❒LOUDNESS (LOUDNESS on/off);
❒EQUALIZER (standard equalization ac-
tivation and selection);
❒USER EQUALISER (personal equaliza-
tion setting).TONE ADJUSTMENT
(bass/treble)
Proceed as follows:
❒Use button Nor Oto select “BASS”
or “TREBLE” in the AUDIO menu;
❒press button ÷or ˜to in-
crease/decrease the basses or trebles.
Pressing the buttons briefly the change is
gradual by steps. Pressing longer, changing
is faster.
BALANCE ADJUSTMENT
Proceed as follows:
❒Use button Nor Oto select “BAL-
ANCE” in the AUDIO menu;
❒press button ÷to increase the
sound from the right speakers or but-
ton
˜to increase the sound from
the left speakers.
Pressing the buttons briefly the change is
gradual by steps. Pressing longer, changing
is faster.
Select “
÷0 ˜” to set the same val-
ue for both right and left speakers. MUTE /PAUSE FUNCTION
(turning off the volume
completely)
To switch on the Mute function, briefly
press the button MUTE. Volume will grad-
ually lower and the display will show the
word “MUTE” (when in radio mode) or
“PAUSE” (when in CD or CD-Changer
mode).
To switch off the Mute function, press the
button MUTE again. Volume will gradual-
ly become louder returning to the value
set before switching on the Mute function.
Changing volume will deactivate the Mute
function and the volume will be set to the
new level selected.
With the Mute function on:
❒if an emergency alarm or a traffic bul-
letin arrives with the TA function on,
the message ignores the Mute function.
The Mute function will be resumed at
the end of the traffic announcement.
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PRESET/USER*/CLASSIC/
ROCK/JAZZ functions
(equalizer on/off)
The integrated equalizer can be turned on
or off. With the equalizer off, it is possi-
ble to change the sound settings only ad-
justing the bass (“BASS”) and treble tones
(“TREBLE”), while activating the function
makes it possible to adjust the sound
curves.
To turn the equalizer off, select “PRESET”
by means of button
÷or ˜.
To turn the equalizer on, use button
÷or ˜to select one of the following op-
tions:
❒“USER” (adjustment of the 7 equalizer
bands that can be changed by the user);
❒“CLASSIC” (predefined equalizer ad-
justment for best playing of classic mu-
sic);
❒“ROCK” (predefined equalizer adjust-
ment for best playing of rock and pop
music);
❒“JAZZ” (predefined equalizer adjust-
ment for best playing of jazz music).
When one of the equalizer settings is on,
the display shows “EQ”.*USER EQ SETTINGS function
(only if the USER equalizer setting
has been selected)
To set a personal equalizer adjustment,
use button
Nor Oto select USER and
then press button Ofor long.
The display shows a graph with 7 bars,
where each bar represents a frequency.
Choose the bar to be adjusted using but-
ton
÷or ˜; the bar chosen starts
to flash and it is possible to adjust it using
button
Nor O.
To store the new settings, press button
AUDIO again. The display still shows
“USER EQ SETTINGS”.
ANTITHEFT PROTECTION
Refer to section “CD PLAYER”. FADER ADJUSTMENT
Proceed as follows:
❒Use button Nor Oto select “FAD-
ER” in the AUDIO menu;
❒press button ÷to increase the
sound from the rear speakers or but-
ton
˜to increase the sound from
the front speakers.
Pressing the buttons briefly the change is
gradual by steps. Pressing longer, changing
is faster.
Select “
÷0 ˜” to set the same val-
ue for both front and rear speakers.
LOUDNESS FUNCTION
The Loudness function improves the
sound volume when listening at low lev-
el, increasing the basses and trebles.
To switch the function on/off, use button
Nor Oto select “LOUDNESS” in the
AUDIO menu. The function condition (on
or off) is shown on the display for few sec-
onds by “LOUDNESS ON” or “LOUD-
NESS OFF”.
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Each band is shown by the respective
wording on the display.
The last station selected in the respective
frequency band will be tuned.
The FM band is divided into sections: FM1,
FM2 and FMT. The FMT reception band is
reserved to the stations stored automati-
cally with the AutoSTore function.
PRESETTING BUTTONS
The buttons with symbols from 1 to 6
make it possible to set the following pre-
settings:
❒18 in the FM band (6 in FM1, 6 in FM2,
6 in FMT);
❒6 in the MW band;
❒6 in the LW band;
To call a preset station, choose the re-
quired frequency band and then press
briefly the corresponding preset button
(from 1 to 6).Pressing the respective preset button for
longer than 2 seconds will store the tuned
station. Storing is confirmed by a beep.
STORING THE LAST STATION
HEARD
The radio automatically keeps in storage
the last station heard for each reception
band, which is then tuned when the ra-
dio is turned on or the reception band is
changed.
AUTOMATIC TUNING
Briefly press button
÷or ˜to start
automatically searching the tuning for the
next station that it is possible to receive
in the direction chosen. INTRODUCTION
When the set is turned on the last func-
tion selected before turning off is played
(Radio, CD or CD Changer).
To select the Tuner source while listen-
ing to another audio source, press briefly
buttons FM or AM, according to the re-
quired frequency band.
When Tuner is on, the display will show
the selected station name (RDS stations
only) (or frequency), the frequency band
(e.g.: FM1) and the preselection button
number (e.g.: P1).
SELECTING THE FREQUENCY
BAND
If in the Tuner mode, briefly and repeat-
edly press button FM or AM to select the
required frequency band.
Every time the button is pressed the fol-
lowing bands are selected in sequence:
❒Pressing button FM: “FM1”, “FM2”,
“FMT”;
❒Pressing button AM: , “MW” and “LW”.
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EMERGENCY ALARM
RECEPTION
In the RDS mode the radio is set to re-
ceive emergency announcements in the
case of exceptional circumstances or
events that may cause general danger
(earthquakes, floods, etc.), if they are
broadcast by the station tuned.
This function is activated automatically and
cannot be deactivated.
During emergency announcement the dis-
play will show the message “ALARM”.
During this announcement the volume will
change as described for traffic announce-
ments (see paragraph “TA FUNCTION”).
EON FUNCTION
(Enhanced Other Network)
Certain countries have circuits which
group together several stations enabled to
broadcast traffic information. In this case
the programme of the station being heard
will be interrupted temporarily:
❒to receive traffic information (only with
TA function on);
❒to listen to regional programmes every
time these bulletins are given by one
of the stations of the same circuits.STEREOPHONIC STATIONS
If the signal received is weak, the device
switches automatically from Stereo to
Mono.
MENU
MENU button functions
To activate the menu function, briefly
press button MENU. The display shows
the word “MENU”.
To scroll the menu functions use button
Nor O. To change the setting of the se-
lected function use button
÷or ˜.
The display will show the current status of
the function selected.
The functions controlled by the menu are
the following:
❒AF SWITCHING (ON/OFF)
❒TRAFFIC INFO (ON/OFF)
❒REGIONAL MODE regional pro-
grammes (ON/OFF);
❒MP3 DISPLAY (MP3 CD data display);
❒SPEED VOLUME (automatic volume
control in relation to speed);
❒EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL (external au-
dio sources control)
❒RADIO OFF (System power off mode).
❒RESTORE DEFAULT
To exit the menu function, press button
MENU again.
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EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL function
With this function it is possible to adjust
(setting from 0 to 40) or exclude (OFF) ex-
ternal audio sources.
To turn this function on/off, use button
÷or ˜.
The display will show the current status
of the function:
❒“EXTERN FUNCTION OFF”: function
off.
❒“EXTERN VOLUME: 23”: function on
with volume level 23.
RADIO OFF function
(system power on/off mode)
This function enables to switch off the
sound system according to two different
modes. To turn the function on use but-
ton
÷or ˜.
The display will show the selected mode:
❒“00 MIN ”: deactivation dependent on
ignition key. Sound system will switch
off automatically when turning the igni-
tion key to STOP;
❒“20 MIN ”: deactivation independent of
ignition key. After having turned the ig-
nition key to STOP the sound system
will stay on for 20 minutes max.IMPORTANT When the sound system is
switched off automatically after turning the
ignition key to STOP (for both immediate
or 20-minute delayed power off), it will
switch on automatically turning the igni-
tion key to MAR. If the sound system has
been switched off pressing the button
ON/OFF, when turning the key to MAR it
will stay off.
RESTORE DEFAULT function
This function enables to restore default
settings. Options available are the follow-
ing:
❒NO: no restore;
❒YES: restore default settings. During
this operation the display will show the
message “RESTORING”. At the end of
this operation, the audio source will not
be changed and the previous situation
is displayed. SPEED VOLUME function
(volume changing with speed)
This function makes it possible to auto-
matically adapt the volume level to the
speed of the car, increasing it as the speed
increases to maintain the ratio with the
noise level inside the passenger compart-
ment.
To turn the function on/off use button
÷or ˜. The display will show the
current status of the function:
❒OFF: function off
❒LOW: function on
(low sensitivity)
❒HIGH: function on
(high sensitivity).
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MP3 CD
PLAYER
MP3 CD files are structured by directo-
ries, with sequential lists of all directories
containing MP3 tracks (directories and
sub-directories are all brought to the same
level), directories not containing MP3
tracks cannot be selected.
Technical data and operating conditions
for MP3 files are as follows:
❒adopted CD-ROM shall be mastered
according to ISO9660 Standard;
❒music files shall be renamed as “.mp3”
otherwise they cannot be played;
❒sampling frequencies are: 44.1 kHz,
stereo (96 to 320 kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz,
mono or stereo (32 to 80 kbit/s);
❒it is possible to play variable bit-rate
tracks (files).
IMPORTANT Characters: blank, ‘ (apos-
trophe), ( and ) (open and closed brack-
ets) are not admitted in MP3 track names.
When sampling MP3 CD you must not
use these characters to name files other-
wise the sound system will not be able to
play it.DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-TAG info display
In addition to time elapsed, directory
name and file name, also ID3-TAG info rel-
evant to track Title, Artist, Author (see
section “MP3 DISPLAY FUNCTION”) are
displayed.
The MP3 directory name shown on the
display corresponds to the name with
which the directory is stored on the CD,
followed by an asterisk.
Example of full MP3 directory name: BEST
OF *.
If you want to display one ID3-TAG info
(Title, Artist, Album) and the track being
played has no ID3-TAG info then, the file
name will be displayed. INTRODUCTION
This section only describes MP3 CD play-
er operation variants: as concerns sound
system operation, refer to section
“FUNCTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS”.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding
technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS
and Thomson multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In addition to standard audio CDs, the
sound system can also play audio files in
MP3 format. Sound system will operate as
described in the previous section (“Sound
system with Compact Disc player”) when
inserting a conventional audio CD.
For optimal playing use only top quality
CDs mastered at a speed as low as pos-
sible.
M M M M
P P P P
3 3 3 3

C C C C
D D D D

P P P P
L L L L
A A A A
Y Y Y Y
E E E E
R R R R
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