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The ceiling light has a three-position
switch;ON(right),DoorActivated,
andOFF(left).IntheDoor
Activated (center) position, the light
comesonwhenyou:Open any door.
Remove the key from the ignition.
Unlock the doors with the key or
the remote transmitter. The f ront ceiling light has a two-
position switch; Door Activated and
OFF.
The f ront ceiling light has two
spotlights. Push the spotlight lenses
to turn them on and off.
After all doors are closed tightly, the
light(s) dims slightly, then f ades out
in about 30 seconds.
If you do not open any door af ter you
unlock the driver’s door or remove
the key from the ignition switch, the
light(s) f ades out in about 30
seconds.
If you leave any door open without
the key in the ignition switch, the
ceiling light(s) will go of f af ter 3
minutes.On models with moonroof
On models with moonroof
Ceiling L ight
Spotlights
Interior Lights
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DOOR ACTIVATED OFF
OFF ON
SWITCHES
DOOR
ACTIVATED
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To change the letter, select the
previous segment by pushing the
bottom of the SEEK button.
Turn the TUNE knob to change a
letter.
Push the top of the SEEK button
to select the next segment, then
turn the TUNE knob to select a
letter. Repeat this procedure to set
your message. The system will return to the audio
display about 5 seconds af ter you
stop selecting a letter.
PushandholdtheTUNEknob,
then push the power/volume knob
on the audio control panel. You
will see the f irst letter blinking. Make sure the audio system is of f .
To select a character: Youcansetuptoabout16
characters on the display. You can also customize this welcome
message to your liking with the
audio controls. Your audio system shows a welcome
message on the display when you
turn the ignition switch to the
ACCESSORY (I) or the ON (II)
position. You can see a message
‘‘WELCOME’’ on the display when
your vehicle was new.
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4.
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Si model only
Audio System (Models without navigation system)
To Customize a Message
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TUNE KNOB
POWER/VOLUME
KNOB
SEEK BUTTON
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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 you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
Use the TUNE knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency.
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. 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 side of the
SEEK button, then release it. Each side of the buttons
(1 through 6) can store one
f requency on AM, and two
f requencies on FM.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM. Pick a preset number (1 6), and
hold it until you hear a beep. Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune the radio to a
desired station. Select the desired band, AM or
FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
twelve stations.
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 or
FM button (the AM/FM button).
Adjust the volume by turning the
power/volume knob.
The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to is displayed.
To change bands, press the AM/FM
button (AM or FM button). On the
FM band, ST will be displayed if the
stationisbroadcastinginstereo.
Stereo reproduction in AM is not
available.
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.
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2.
3.
4.
TUNE
SCAN SEEK Preset
To Select a Station
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To turn of f auto select,pressthe
A. SEL (auto select) button. This
restores the presets you originally
set. Press the SOUND (TUNE) knob
repeatedly to display the bass (BAS),
treble (TRE), fader (FAD), balance
(BAL), and speed-sensitive volume
compensation (SVC) settings.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the SOUND
(TUNE) knob to adjust the setting to
your liking. When the level reaches
the center, you will see ‘‘ ’’ in
the display. The system will
automatically return the display to
the selected audio mode about 5
seconds af ter you stop adjusting a
mode.
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. ‘‘A.SEL’’
f lashes 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.
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Adjusting the Sound
AUTO SELECT
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These two
modes adjust the strength of the
sound coming f rom each speaker.
BALANCE adjusts the side-to-side
strength, while FADER adjusts the
front-to-back strength. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control buttons to adjust
the illumination of the audio system
(see page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is of f .
The SVC
mode controls the volume based on
vehicle speed. The f aster you go, the
louder the audio volume becomes.
As you slow down, the audio volume
decreases.
The SVC has f our modes; SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. The def ault setting is MID.
Turn the SOUND (TUNE) knob to
adjust the setting to your liking.
If you f eel the sound is too loud,
choose low. If you f eel the sound is
too quiet, choose high.
Use the TREBLE/
BASS modes to adjust the tone to
your liking.
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Balance/Fader A udio System L ighting
Speed-sensitive volume
compensation (SVC)
Treble/Bass
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The scan f unction gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the channels within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button. The
system plays each channel in
numerical order f or a f ew seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to
continue listening to, press the
button again.
Youcanstoreupto12
preset channels using each side of
the preset button. Each side of the
button stores one channel f rom the
XM1 band and one channel f rom the
XM2 band.
To store a channel: Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune to a desired
channel.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be selected.
In channel mode, all channels can be
selected. XM is loading the
audio or program inf ormation.
The channel
currently selected is no longer
broadcasting.
The encryption
code is being updated. Wait until the
encryption code is f ully updated.
Channels 0 and 1 should still work
normally.
The signal is
currently too weak. Move the vehicle
to an area away from tall buildings,
and with an unobstructed view of the
southern horizon.
Pick a preset number you want f or
that channel. Press and hold the
button until you hear a beep.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Once a channel is stored, press and
release the proper side of the preset
button to tune to it.
Press the AUX button. Either XM1
or XM2 will show in the display. Press the AUX button again. Store
the next six channels using steps 2
and 3.
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SCAN
Preset
XM Radio Display Messages
‘‘L OA DING’’
‘‘OFF A IR’’
‘‘UPDA T ING’’
‘‘NO SIGNA L ’’
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¼ Use the SEEK/SKIP button while a
disc is playing to select passages and
change tracks (f iles in MP3/WMA
mode).
Each time you
press and release the side of
the SEEK/SKIP button, the player
skips forward to the beginning of the
next track (f ile in MP3 or WMA
mode). Press and release the side to skip backward to the
beginning of the current track. Press
itagaintoskiptothebeginningof
the previous track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold the or side of the
SEEK/SKIP button.
With the f older name, you will see
the FOLDER indicator in the display.
The TRACK indicator is shown with
the file or track name. You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem.
Each time you press the DISP button,
the display shows you the text data
on a disc, if the disc was recorded
with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
album, artist, and track tag.
The display shows up to about 16
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 16
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator in the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 16 characters
are shown.
You will also see some text data
under these conditions:
When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
When you change the audio mode
to play a disc with text data or in
MP3 or WMA.
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.
When playing a CD-DA with text
data, the album and track name are
showninthedisplay.Withadiscin
MP3 or WMA, the display shows the
f older and f ile name.
T o Change or Select T racks/Files
T ext Data Display Function
SEEK /SK IP
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To
select a different folder, turn the
TUNE knob to move to the
beginning of the next f older. Turn
theknobtotherighttoskiptothe
next f older, and to the lef t to move to
the beginning of the current f older.
Turn it again to skip to the beginning
of the previous f older. Turning the
TUNE knob more than one click
skips several f olders at a time.
To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see RPT in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button for 2
seconds to turn it off.
This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles on
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder repeat, press the RPT button twice.
You will hear a beep and see F-RPT
in the display. The system
continuously replays the current
folder. Press the RPT button again to
turn it off. Pressing the RDM button,
or selecting a dif f erent f older with
the TUNE knob also turns of f the
repeat feature.
Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal playing.
This f eature plays the
tracks within a disc (the f iles in MP3
or WMA mode) in random order. To
activate random play, press and
release the RDM button. In MP3 or
WMA mode, press the RDM button
repeatedly to select RDM (within a
disc random play). You will see RDM
in the display. Press the RDM button
for 2 seconds to return to normal play.
This
feature, when activated, plays all
f iles on the selected f older in random
order. To activate f older random,
press and release the RDM button.
You will see F-RDM in the display.
The system will then select and play
f iles randomly. This continues until
you deactivate folder random by
pressing and holding the RDM
button f or 2 seconds, or by selecting
a different folder with the TUNE
knob.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random play to random
play (within a disc random play),
then to normal playing.
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In MP3 or WMA mode
In MP3 or WMA mode
In MP3 or WMA mode
FOLDER SELECTION
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT)
FOL DER-REPEA T RANDOM (Random within a
disc)FOLDER-RANDOM
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