2008 FIAT IDEA Radio CD MP3 Manual

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RADIO
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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TRAFFIC INFO function
(traffic information)
Certain stations in the FM band (FM1, FM2
and FMT) are enabled to also broadcast
information about traffic conditions. In this
case the display shows “TP”.
To turn the TA (traffic information) func-
tion on/off, briefly press button MENU, se-
lect “TRAFFIC INFO” and then ON/OFF.
IMPORTANT If the TA function (traffic in-
formation) is on, with CD, CD Changer
(if installed), Telephone or Mute/Pause ac-
tive: automatic station tuning will start.
With the TA function it is possible:
❒to search only RDS stations that trans-
mit in the FM band, enabled to broad-
cast traffic information;
❒to receive traffic information although
CD player or CD Changer are being
used;
❒to receive traffic information at a pre-
defined minimum volume even with the
radio volume off.
IMPORTANT In certain countries radio
stations exist which, even if the TP func-
tion is on (the display shows “TP”), do not
transmit traffic information.
If the radio is working in the AM band,
when TA is activated, it passes to the FM1
band on the last station heard. AF SWITCHING function
(alternative frequency search)
Within the RDS system the radio can
work in two different modes:
❒“AF ON”: alternative frequency search
on (the display shows “AF”);
❒“AF OFF”: alternative frequency search
off.
With “AF ON”, the radio is automatical-
ly tuned to the station with the strongest
signal that is broadcasting the same pro-
gramme. During the journey it will thus be
possible to continue listening to the sta-
tion chosen without having to change the
frequency when changing area.
Of course, the station being listened to
must be receivable in the area the car is
crossing.
To turn the AF function on/off press but-
ton MENU, select “AF SWITCHING” and
then ON/OFF. If the AF function has been
turned on the display shows “AF”.
If the radio is working in the AM band,
when the AF function is activated, it pass-
es to the FM1 band on the last station se-
lected.
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REGIONAL MODE function
(regional broadcast reception)
Certain national broadcasters, at deter-
minate times of the day, transmit region-
al programmes which differ from region
to region. This function makes it possible
to tune in only on local stations (region-
al) (see paragraph “EON function”).
Activate this function if you want to tune
automatically to regional stations broad-
casting in the selected band.
To turn the function on/off use button
÷or ˜.
The display will show the current status
of the function:
❒“REGIONAL MODE: ON”: function
on.
❒“REGIONAL MODE: OFF”: function
off.
If the function is off and a regional pro-
gramme is tuned that works in a deter-
minate area and the car enters a different
area, the regional station of the new area
is received.
IMPORTANT If AF and REG are both ac-
tive, when passing from one region to an-
other the radio could not tune properly to
a valid alternative frequency.MP3 CD DISPLAY
(MP3 CD data display)
With this function it is possible to choose
the information shown on the display,
when listening to a MP3 CD.
This function can be selected only if a MP3
CD is loaded: in this event the display
shows “MP3 DISPLAY”.
To change the function use buttons
÷or ˜.
The display shows the setting among the
six possible:
❒TITLE (track title, if ID3-TAG available)
❒AUTHOR (track author, if ID3-TAG
available)
❒ALBUM (album title, if ID3-TAG avail-
able)
❒DIR (directory name);
❒FILENAME (MP3 file name);
❒TIME (time elapsed from start of track). The volume with which the traffic bulletin
is transmitted varies depending on the lis-
tening volume:
❒listening volume below 20: traffic bul-
letin volume = 20 (fixed value);
❒listening volume above 20: traffic bul-
letin volume = listening volume +1.
If the volume is changed during a traffic
bulletin the value is not shown on the dis-
play and the new value is kept only for the
bulletin in progress.
When receiving traffic information the dis-
play will show message “TRAFFIC IN-
FORMATION”.
The TA function is interrupted by press-
ing any sound system button.
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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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COMPACT
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SELECTING THE COMPACT
DISC PLAYER
To turn on the Compact Disc player in-
tegrated in the set, proceed as follows:
❒insert a CD with the set on: the first
track will be played;
or
❒if a CD is already inserted, turn the set
on and press briefly button CD to se-
lect “CD”: the last heard track will be
played.
For optimal playing use only original CDs.
When using R/RW CDs, use top quality
CDs mastered at the as low as possible
speed.INSERTING/EJECTING A CD
To insert the CD set it gently in place to
activate the powered loading system,
which will position it correctly.
Press button
ı, with the device on, to op-
erate the powered CD eject system. Af-
ter ejection, the source heard before play-
ing the CD will return.
If CD is not ejected, the device will reload
it automatically after about 20 seconds and
then will set to Tuner (Radio).
CD cannot be ejected if the device is off.
Inserting the ejected CD without fully re-
moving it from the slot, the tuner will not
change the source to CD. INTRODUCTION
This section only describes CD player op-
eration variants: as concerns sound sys-
tem operation, refer to section “FUNC-
TIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS”.
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M M M M
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POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES
If the CD inserted is illegible (e.g.: CD-
ROM inserted, CD not inserted properly
or reading error), the display will show the
message “CD ERROR” for about 2 sec-
onds.
The CD is then ejected and the previous
source before CD was selected returns.DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is working, the dis-
play shows the following information
which means:
“T05”: shows the number of the track on
the CD;
“03:42”: shows the time elapsed since the
start of the track (if the corresponding
Menu function is on);SELECT TRACK
(forward/backward)
Briefly press button
÷to play the pre-
vious track and button
˜to play the
next one. Tracks are played in sequence:
after the last track, the first one will be
played and vice versa.
If playing the track started more than 3
seconds ago, pressing briefly button
÷the track is played again from the start.
In this case if wanting to play the previ-
ous track, press the button twice consec-
utively.
FAST FORWARD/BACKWARD
Keep button
˜pressed to move the
track selected forward at high speed and
keep button
÷pressed to move it
quickly backward. Fast forward/backward
is stopped once the button is released.
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Entering the secret code
When turning the sound system on (in the
event of code request), the display will
show the word “CODE” for about 2 sec-
onds, followed by four dashes “----”.
The secret code comprises four figures
from 1 to 6, each corresponding to one of
the dashes.
To enter the first digit of the code, press
the corresponding key of the preset sta-
tions (from 1 to 6). Enter the other code
digits in the same way.
If the four figures are not entered within
20 seconds, the display shows the word
“CODE” for 2 seconds and then fours
dashes “----”. This is not to be considered
as an incorrect code entry.
After entering the fourth digit (within 20
seconds), the radio starts working.
If a wrong code is entered, the radio
sounds a beep, the display shows the word
“CODE” for 2 seconds and then fours
dashes “----” to warn the user that it is
necessary to enter the correct code.Every time the user enters a wrong code,
the waiting time increases gradually (1 min,
2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 16 min, 30 min,1h, 2h,
4h, 8h, 16h, 24h) until reaching a maximum
of 24 hours. The waiting time will be
shown on the display with the word
“WAIT”. When this goes off it is possi-
ble to start the new code entry proce-
dure.
Code Card
This the document that certifies posses-
sion of the radio. The Code Card contains
the radio model, serial number and secret
code.
IMPORTANT Keep the Code Card care-
fully to be able to give the related data to
the competent authorities in the event of
theft. PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press button
MUTE. The display will show “PAUSE”.
To resume playing the track, press button
MUTE again.
The pause function is deactivated chang-
ing the sound source.
ANTITHEFT PROTECTION
The radio is fitted with an antitheft pro-
tection system based on the exchange of
information between the radio and the
electronic control unit (Body Computer)
installed on the car.
This system warrants the highest level of
security and prevents entry of the secret
code every time the radio supply is dis-
connected.
If the result of the check is positive, the
set starts working, whereas if the com-
parison codes are not the same or if the
electronic control unit (Body Computer)
is replaced, the device informs the user of
the need to enter the secret code ac-
cording to the procedure described in the
following paragraph.
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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.
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