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Thank you for purchasing the Clarion PU2312.
*Please read this owner’s manual in its entirety before operating this equipment.
*After reading this manual, be sure to keep it in a handy place (e.g., glove compartment).
*Check the contents of the enclosed warranty card and keep it carefully with this manual.
*This manual includes the operating procedures of the CD/MD
CHANGERthat is connected via the C-
BUS cable. Refer to the CD/MDCHANGERhandbook. The handbook does not contain explanations on
the functions.
Contents
1. PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 3
2. HANDLING COMPACT DISCS ............................................................................................... 4
3. CONTROLS ............................................................................................................................. 5
4. DCP......................................................................................................................................... 6
5. NOMENCLATURE................................................................................................................... 7
Names of Buttons .................................................................................................................... 7
Display Items ........................................................................................................................... 7
6. OPERATION ............................................................................................................................ 8
Basic Operations ...................................................................................................................... 8
Radio Operations ...................................................................................................................... 10
RDS Operations ....................................................................................................................... 12
CD Operations ......................................................................................................................... 16
CD
CHANGEROperations ........................................................................................................... 18
7. IN CASE OF DIFFICULTY....................................................................................................... 20
8. ERROR DISPLAYS .................................................................................................................. 21
9. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 148
1. PRECAUTIONS
1. When the inside of the car is very cold and
the player is used soon after switching on the
heater, dew may form on the disc or the opti-
cal parts of the player and proper playback
may not be possible. If dew forms on the disc,
wipe it with a soft cloth. If dew forms on the
optical parts of the player, do not use the
player for about one hour and the condensa-
tion will disappear naturally to allow normal
operation.2. Driving on bumpy roads which cause severe
vibration may cause the sound skip.
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5. NOMENCLATURE
Note:Be sure to read this chapter referring to the front diagrams of chapter “3. CONTROLS” on page
5 (unfold).
Names of Buttons
1DCP Release button
2A-M (audio mode) button
LD (loudness) button
3POWER button
FNC (function) button
4CD insertion slot
5Eject (Q) button
6DISP (display) button
7TA (traffic announcement) button
8PTY (programme type) button
RDM (random) button
9AF (alternative frequencies) button
RPT (repeat) button
Display Items
1Volume indication (VOL)
2Audio mode indication (A-M)
3Rear speaker indication (R)
Front speaker indication (F)
4Operation status indication
*The frequency, PTY, play time, clock (CT),
etc. are displayed.
5Loudness indication (LD)
6Z-enhancer indication (Z-EHCR)
7CD/MD
CHANGERmode indication
8Magazine number indication
9Disc indication (DISC)
0Random indication (RDM)
!Repeat indication (RPT)0PS/AS (preset scan/auto store) button
SCN (scan) button
!Preset buttons (1 to 6)
Direct buttons (1 to 6)
@Z-EHCR (z-enhancer) button
#BND (band) button
TOP button
MAG (magazine) button
$SRCH (search) buttons (Left aand Right
d)
%Rotary knob
¥Play/pause (s) button
MUTE button
@Scan indication (SCN)
#Preset channel indication (1 to 6)
Disc number indication (1 to 6)
*The disc numbers corresponding to the
discs in the CD/MD changer light.
$Programme type indication (PTY)
%Traffic programme indication (TP)
¥Traffic announcement indication (TA)
&Regional indication (REG)
*Alternative frequency indication (AF)
(Manual indication (MANU)
)Left speaker indication (L)
Right speaker indication (R)
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TP indicazion Preset channel indication
Radio mode
Listening to the radio
1. Press FNC button 3to select radio mode. The
frequency or PS appears in the display.
*PS: Programme Service Name
2. Press BND button# to select a band. The
band changes in the following order:
FM1➜FM2➜FM3➜AM (OM/OL) ➜FM1 …
3. Select left or right to tune in to a desired station
using SRCH buttons $.
Tuning
Three tuning modes are available: seek tuning,
manual tuning and preset tuning.
Seek tuning
There are 2 types of seek tuning: DX SEEK and
LOCAL SEEK.
DX SEEK can automatically tune in to receivable
broadcast stations; LOCAL SEEK can tune in to
only broadcast stations with a good reception
sensitivity.
1. Press BND button #and select the desired
band (FM or AM (MW, LW)).
2. Tune into a station.
*If“MANU”is lit in the display, press and hold
BND button #for 1 second or longer. “MANU”
in the display goes off and seek tuning is now
available.
*If“TA”is lit in the display, TP stations are auto-
matically sought.
●DX SEEK
Press the SRCH Left/Right button $to auto-mat-
ically seek a station.
When the SRCH Right button$is pressed, the
station is sought in the direction of higher fre-
quencies; if the SRCH Left button $is pressed,
the station is sought in the direction of lower fre-
quencies.
*When seek tuning starts,“DX”appears in the
display.
●LOCAL SEEK
If you press and hold the SRCH Left/Right button
$for 1 second or longer, local seek tuning is car-
ried out. Broadcast stations with good reception
sensitivity are selected.
*When local seeking starts, “LO”appears in the
display.
Manual tuning
1. Press the BND button # to select the band.
2. Press the BND button #for at least 2 seconds.
3.“MANU”disappears on the display, and manu-
al tuning is possible.
4. Use the SRCH Left/Right button $to tune in
stations.
*The mode automatically switches back to the
seek tuning mode after 7 seconds.
Radio Operations
Seek tuning indication
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Recalling a preset station
Up to 24 stations (6 each for the FM1, FM2, FM3
and AM (MW/LW) stations) can be preset in the
Preset buttons.
Preset tuning is a function for storing stations to
Preset buttons (1 to 6) which enables you to
select a station by pressing the corresponding
preset button.
1. Press BND button#to select a band.
2. Press one of Preset buttons
!to select a
stored station.
Note:
•Press and hold Preset button !for 2 seconds or
longer to store the station currently being received
(preset memory).
Manual memory
1. Press BND button #to select a band.
2. Select left or right to tune in to a desired station
using SRCH buttons $.
3. Press and hold one of Preset buttons !for 2
seconds or longer to store the station currently
being received.
Auto store
Auto store is a function for storing up to 6 stations
that are automatically tuned in sequentially.
Notes:
•The only FM band that can store stations is FM3.
If you try to store stations in FM1 or FM2, the sta-
tions will automatically be stored in FM3.
•When the auto store is performed, the station pre-
viously stored in the memory at that position is
overwritten.
•If there are fewer than 6 stations with good recep-
tion, the stations previously stored at the remain-
ing Preset buttons are not overwritten.
•A station already stored in one of Preset buttons
cannot be stored in another Preset buttons.
1. Press BND button#to select a band (FM3 or
AM) of the desired station.
2. Press and hold AS button 0for 2 seconds or
longer. The stations with good reception are
stored automatically to Preset buttons !.
Preset scan
This function scans through each preset station
for 7 seconds sequentially.
This is useful when you want to search for a
desired station.
Note:
•Take note that if you press and hold PS button 0
for 2 seconds or longer, the auto store function
goes into effect and the unit starts storing stations.
1. Press PS button 0
2. When a station that you want to listen to is
tuned in, press PS button 0again or the cor-
responding Preset button !to stop preset
scan.
*A station that cannot be tuned in to is skipped
and the next preset station is tuned in.
Mute
Use this function to turn off the sound immediate-
ly.
Press the MUTE button ¥. The sound turns off
and“MUTE”appears on the display. Press the
MUTE button again to cancel the mute mode.
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Radio Operations
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Manual tuning of related regional
stations
1. This function works when AF is on and REG is
off.
Note:
•This function is effective when related regional
stations are received.
2. Press one of Preset buttons !to recall a
regional station.
3. If the receiving condition of a recalled station is
bad, press the same Preset button !. The unit
switches to a related regional station.
TA (Traffic Announcement)
When the unit is in the TA standby mode, you can
listen to traffic announcements preferentially
when they start, irrespective of the function mode.
You can also tune in to TP (traffic programme) sta-
tions automatically.
●To set the TA standby mode
If you press TA button 7when only “TP”is lit in
the display, “TP”and“TA”light in the display and
the unit is set to the TA standby mode until traffic
announcements start.
When traffic announcements start, “TRA INFO”
appears in the display, and then PS (Programme
Service Name) appears.
If you press TA button 7while traffic announce-
ments are being broadcast, they are cancelled
and the unit enters TA standby mode.
●Cancelling the TA standby mode
If you press TA button 7when“TP”and
“TA””are lit in the display, “TA”in the display
goes off and the TA standby mode is cancelled.●Setting the auto tuning mode for TP stations
If you press TA button 7when only “TP”is lit or
“TP”and“TA”are not lit in the display,“TA”lights
and the unit automatically tunes in to TP stations.
Note:
•The unit continues to tune in automatically if no TP
station is received. Press TA button 7again to
stop auto tuning.
Auto store function for TP stations
● Auto storing while “TA” is lit:
Only TP stations are auto stored.
*Refer to PS/AS function in radio mode.
PTY function
This function enables you to listen to selected pro-
gramme type, irrespective of the function mode.
•PTY broadcasts are not yet available in all coun-
tries.
In TA standby mode, TP stations have priority over
PTY broadcasting stations.
*Emergency messages interrupt all modes of oper-
ation. They can only be received from RDS sta-
tions.“ALARM”appears in the display and mes-
sage can be heard.
*Press AF button 9to cancel the ALARM broad-
casts.
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RDS Operations
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Selecting PTY
1. When you press PTY button 8,“PTY”lights
and PTY appears in the display. The unit enters
PTY select mode.
If the control is idle for 7 seconds after the PTY
select mode has been entered, the display
automatically returns to radio mode display and
the unit enters the PTY standby mode.
2. Select a PTY.
Press one of Preset buttons !to select the
desired PTY or select up or down to obtain a
desired PTY using Rotary knob %.
*The following stored already into the Preset
buttons!for your convenience.
Preset memory of PTYs
1. Press PTY button 8to enter PTY select mode.
If the control is idle for 7 seconds after the PTY
select mode has been entered, the display
automatically returns to radio mode display and
the unit enters the PTY standby mode.
2. Select up or down to obtain a desired PTY
using Rotary knob %.
The following 15 PTYs are selectable.
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RDS Operations
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PresetNo.
1
2
3
4
5
6
PTY
ENGLISH
NEWS
INFO
CLASSICS
SPORT
POP M
M, O, R, M(English)
(News)
(Information)
(Classic music)
(Sports)
(Popular music)
Middle of the Road Music
PTY Display
ENGLISH
NEWS
AFFAIRS
INFO
SPORT
EDUCATE
DRAMA
CULTURE
SCIENCE
VARIED
POP M
ROCK M
M, O, R, M
LIGHT M
CLASSICS
OTHER M
(English)
(News)
(Affairs)
(Information)
(Sports)
(Education)
(Drama)
(Culture)
(Science)
(Variety)
(Popular music)
(Rock music)
Middle of the Road Music
(Light music)
(Classic music)
(Other music)
3. Press PTY button 8again to enter standby
mode for the selected PTY.
When a selected PTY broadcast starts, the
selected PTY appears in the display.
If you press PTY button 8 during PTY broad-
casts, PTY broadcasts are temporarily can-
celled and the unit enters PTY standby mode.
●Cancelling PTY standby mode
Press and hold PTY button 8for 2 seconds or
longer to turn off“PTY”in the display.3. Press and hold one of the Preset buttons!
1 to 6 for 2 seconds or longer to put it into mem-
ory. After PTY is stored in memory, “PTY
MEMO”appears in the display.
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Selecting a track
●Next track:
Select the SRCH Right button $.
●Current track:
Select the SRCH Left button $.
●Previous track:
Select the SRCH Left button $, do the same
again.
*Each time you select left or right using SRCH but-
tons$, the track is skipped accordingly.
Fast-forward/fast-backward (FF/FB)
●Fast-forward:
Press right and hold for 1 second or longer using
button $.
●Fast-backward:
Press left and hold for 1 second or longer using
button $.
*Press left or right buttons $for 3 seconds or
longer to increase the speed.
Top function
The top function allows the first track of the cur-
rent CD to be played.
Press TOP button #to play the first track (track
No. 1) of CD.
Scan play
The scan play allows the first 10 seconds of all the
tracks on the CD to be played.
*The scan play is useful when you want to select a
desired track.
1. Press SCN button 0.“SCN”lights in the dis-
play.
2. To cancel the scan play, press SCN button 0
again.“SCN”goes off from the display and the
normal play resumes.
Repeat play
The repeat play allows the selected track to be
played repeatedly.
1. Press RPT button 9.“RPT”lights in the dis-
play.
2. To cancel the repeat play, press RPT button 9
again.“RPT”goes off from the display and the
normal play resumes.
Random play
The random play allows all the tracks on the cur-
rent CD to be played randomly.
1. Press RDM button 8.“RDM”lights in the dis-
play.
2. To cancel the random play, press RDM button
8again.“RDM”goes off from the display and
the normal play resumes.
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CD Operations
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CDCHANGERmode (where fitted)
Listening to a CD in the CD
CHANGER
When a separately sold CDCHANGERis connect-
ed to the sound system, you can listen to CD.
1. Press FNC button 3and select CD
CHANGERmode to start play.
*The CD No. of magazine where CDs are loaded
light in the display.
2. When a magazine is not set in the CD CHANG-ER,“NO MAGA”appears in the display.
*If a magazine is set while “NO MAGA”is being
displayed,“LOADING”appears in the display
for a moment, “PAUS”appears in the display,
and the operation pauses.
3. When a CD is not set in the magazine, “NO
DISC”appears in the display.
*Insert a CD into the magazine and set the mag-
azine in the CD CHANGER.
CD-ROMs cannot be played with CD CHANGER.
Note:
•When a CD CHANGERis connected, be sure to turn
off the main unit and turn it again.
Pausing play
1. Press Play/pause button ¥to pause play.
“PAUS”appears in the display.
2. To resume play, press Play/pause button ¥
again.
Selecting a CD
Each of the Direct buttons !corresponds to a
disc loaded into the magazine.
●Selecting a disc from 1 to 6
Press the corresponding Direct button !(1 to 6)
to select the desired disc.
●Selecting a magazine from 1 to 3
(only when there is disc in the magazine)
Press BND button #to select the desired maga-
zine.
*If a CD is not loaded in a slot of the magazine,
pressing the Direct button !corresponding to its
disc number is invalid.
Selecting a track
●Next track:
Select the SRCH Right button $.
●Current track:
Select the SRCH Left button $.
●Previous track:
Select the SRCH Left button $, do the same
again.
*Each time you select the SRCH Left/Right button
$, the track is skipped accordingly.
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CDCHANGEROperations
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CDCHANGERmode indication
Random indicationDisc indication Magazine number
indication
éCAUTION
Disc number indication
Scan indication
Repeat indication
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