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Your vehicle’s in-dash disc changer
holdsuptosixdiscs.You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm) discs in this unit.
When the disc load indicator turns
green and ‘‘LOAD’’ appears in the
display again, insert the next disc
in the slot. Do not try to insert a
disc until ‘‘LOAD’’ appears. You
could damage the audio unit.
Repeat this until all six positions
are loaded. If you are not loading
all six positions, the system begins
playing the last disc loaded.
You can also load a disc into an
empty position while a disc is playing
by pressing the appropriate preset
button. The system stops playing the
current disc and starts the loading
sequence. It then plays the disc just
loaded.
Press the LOAD button until you
hear a beep and see ‘‘LOAD’’ in
the display. To load only one disc,
press and release the LOAD
button.
The disc number f or an empty
position begins blinking.
Insert the disc into the disc slot
when the green disc load indicator
comes on. Insert it only about
half way; the drive will pull it in the
rest of the way. You will see
‘‘BUSY’’ in the display while the
disc load indicator turns red and
blinks as the disc is loaded.
NOTE:
If a f ile on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays UNSUPPORTED, and then
skips to the next f ile.
1. 2. 3.4. 5.
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L oading Discs
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Use the SKIP bar while a disc is
playing to select passages and
change tracks (f iles in MP3 or WMA
mode).
In MP3 or WMA mode, use the
FOLDER bar (CATEGORY bar on
models with XM satellite radio) to
select f olders in the disc and use
either side of the skip bar to change
f iles.
To select a dif f erent disc, use the
appropriate preset buttons (1
through 6). If you select an empty
position, the system will go into the
loading sequence (see page ). Each time you press and
releasethe sideof theskipbar,
the player skips forward to the
beginning of the next track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA mode). Press and
releasethe sideof thebarto
skip backward to the beginning of
the current track. Press it again to
skip to the beginning of the previous
track.
To move rapidly within a track or f ile,
press and hold either side ( or )of theskipbar.
In MP3 or WMA mode, you can also
select a f older or track/f ile f rom the
list by using the selector knob. Push
the selector knob (ENTER) to
switch the display to the list
displayed with three segments, then
turn the knob to select a f older.
Press the selector knob (ENTER) to
change the display to the track/file
list, then turn the same knob to
select a track/f ile. Press the selector
knob (ENTER) to set your selection.
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T o Change or Select T racks/Files
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SK IP
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Folder Selection
Press ENTER
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The SCAN f unction
samples all the tracks on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc (all f iles in the selected f older in
MP3 or WMA mode). To activate the
scan feature, press and release the
SCAN button. You will see SCAN in
the display. You will get a 10 second
sampling of each track/f ile in the
disc/f older. Press and hold the
SCAN button to get out of scan
mode and play the last track sampled. This f eature, when
activated, samples the first file in
each f older on the disc in the order
they are recorded. To activate the
f older scan f eature, press and
release the SCAN button repeatedly.
You will see F-SCAN in the display.
The system will then play the first
f ile in the main f olders f or about 10
seconds. If you do nothing, the
system will then play the f ollowing
f irst f iles f or 10 seconds each. When
it plays a file that you want to
continue listening to, press and hold
the SCAN button.
You can also select the scan feature
from the menu items with the
selector knob (see page ).
You can also select the folder scan
f eature f rom the menu items with
the selector knob (see page ).Pressing either side of the skip bar,
or selecting a dif f erent disc (using
the preset buttons) or f older (using
the FOLDER or CATEGORY bar)
turns off the SCAN or F-SCAN
feature.
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F-SCAN
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If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
power/volume knob or by turning
of f the ignition switch, the disc will
stay in the drive. When you turn the
system back on, the disc will begin
playing where it lef t of f .For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
To remove the disc currently in play,
press the eject button. When a disc is
removed f rom a slot, the system
automatically begins the load
sequence so you can load another
disc in that position. If you do not
remove the disc f rom the changer
within 10 seconds, the disc will
reload into the slot. Then the system
returns to the previous mode (AM,
FM, or XM).
To remove a different disc from the
changer,firstselectitwiththe
appropriate preset button. When that
disc begins playing, press the eject
button. Continue pressing the eject
button to remove all the discs from
the changer.
You can also eject discs when the
ignition switch is of f . The disc that
was last selected is ejected f irst. 206
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The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. Press the AUDIO button to
view the audio control display. Turn
the system on by pressing the
power/volume knob or the FM/AM
button. Adjust the volume by turning
the power/volume knob. Use the TUNE bar to tune
the radio to a desired f requency.
Press the right side of the bar to
tune to a higher f requency, or the
lef t side to tune to a lower f requency.
To tune with the interf ace dial, push
the selector down, and turn the knob
to TUNE icon. Then press ENTER
on the selector, and turn the knob to
the desired f requency. To exit the
TUNE mode, press ENTER on the
selector.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are shown on
the display. To change bands, press the FM/AM button. You can also
change bands by pushing the
interf ace selector up. Each time you
push it up, the band will change to
FM1, FM2, or AM. On the FM bands,
STEREO will be shown on the
navigation screen and ST on the
center display, if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction on AM is not available.
On the AM band, AM noise
reduction turns on automatically.
You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, skip (seek), scan, the
preset buttons, and auto select.
On the FM band, you can also use
the f eatures provided by the radio
data system (RDS). For more
inf ormation on the RDS, see page
.
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To Play the FM/AM Radio
TUNE
To Select a Station
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The skip (seek)
f unction searches up and down f rom
the current f requency to f ind a
station with a strong signal. To
activate it, press either side ( or ) of the skip bar, then release it.
You can also activate the skip
f unction (SEEK is displayed on the
screen) by pushing the interf ace
selector to the right or lef t.
The SCAN f unction
samples all stations with strong
signals on the selected band. To
activate it, press the SCAN side of
the SCAN/A.SEL bar, then release it.
To scan with the interf ace dial, push
the selector down, and then push it
to the right. You will see SCAN
f lashing on the screen. 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 then 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 side of the bar again,
or push the interf ace selector to the
right again.
Each preset button or
preset icon can store one f requency
onAMandtwofrequenciesonFM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two sets of FM f requencies with
the preset buttons (on-screen
icons).
1.
To store a preset memory location:
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SK IP (SEEK )
SCANPreset
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µIf 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.
Usethetune,skip(seek),scan,or
RDS function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Press the preset button, and hold
it until you hear a beep. You can
also store f requencies with the
interf ace dial. Select the preset
icon you want to store the
f requency on, then press ENTER
on the interf ace selector, and hold
it f or more than 2 seconds.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
Push the interf ace selector down to
scroll down the screen, highlight
A.SEL, then press ENTER on the
interf ace selector. You will see
A.SEL on the screen, and the system
goes into scan mode f or several
seconds. press ENTER
on the interf ace selector.
You can also press the A.SEL side of
the SCAN/A.SEL bar. You will see
A.SEL on the screen, and the system
goes into scan mode f or several
seconds. The system stores the
f requencies of six AM and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons.
You will see ‘‘0’’ displayed 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 (icons) as previously
described.
2. 3. 4.
To turn of f auto select,
AUTO SELECT
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To switch the function between on
and off, press and release the TITLE
button. With the system on, you will
see the ‘‘PS ON’’ message on the
center display. If the station you are
listening to is an RDS station, the
displayed f requency switches to the
station name.
On the FM band, you can select a
favorite station and display the
program service name according to
the inf ormation provided by the
radio data system (RDS).
Theprogramservicenamedisplay
f unction shows the name of the
station you are listening to. With the
audio system on and the FM band
selected, you can turn this f unction
on or of f .
,pressthe
A. SEL side of the bar. This restores
the presets you originally set.
For inf ormation on FM/AM radio
f requencies and reception, see page .
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To turn of f auto select
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Radio Data System (RDS)
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