Interior lights / 3-125
Lighting / 3-128
Wipers and washers / 3-132
Horn / 3-135
Defroster / 3-136
Hazard warning flasher / 3-137
Manual climate control system / 3-138
Automatic climate control system / 3-149
Windshield defrosting and defogging / 3-162
Luggage net holder / 3-165
Roof rack / 3-166
Homelink® wireless control system / 3-167
Storage compartments / 3-171
Interior features / 3-173
Antenna / 3-179
Audio remote control / 3-179
Audio system / 3-180
Rear seat entertainment system / DVD player / 3-206Features of your vehicle
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Features of your vehicle182 3Care of disc (if equipped) If the temperature inside the car is too
high, open the car windows for ventilation
before using your car audio.
It is illegal to copy and use
MP3/WMA/AAC/WAVE files without
permission(If equipped with M465, use
only MP3/WMA, If equipped with M445,
use only CD-DA). Use CDs that are cre-
ated only by lawful means.
Do not apply volatile agents such as
benzene and thinner, normal cleaners
and magnetic sprays made for ana-
logue disc onto CDs.
To prevent the disc surface from get-
ting damaged. Hold and carry CDs by
the edges or the edges of the center
hole only.
Clean the disc surface with a piece of soft
cloth before playback (wipe it from the
center to the outside edge).
Do not damage the disc surface or
attach pieces of sticky tape or paper
onto it.
Make sure nothing other than CDs are
inserted into the CD player (Do not
insert more than one CD at a time).
Keep CDs in their cases after use to
protect them from scratches or dirt. Depending on the type of CD-R/CD-
RW CDs, certain CDs may not operate
normally according to manufacturing
companies or making and recording
methods. In such circumstances, if you
still continue to use those CDs, they
may cause a malfunction of your audio
system.
✽ ✽
NOTICE
- Playing an
Incompatible Copy-Protected
Audio CD
Some copy-protected CDs, which do not
comply with international audio CD
standards, may not play on your car
audio. Please note that if you try to play
copy protected CDs and the CD player
of your car audio is not performing to
your expectation, this may be caused by
those CDs and not a defect in the device
itself.
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1. CD or CD/AUX Select Button
2. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
3. FF/REW Button
4. REPEAT (RPT) Button
5. CD SCAN Button
6. CD EJECT Button
7. RANDOM (RDM) Button
VQM446USA
COMPACT DISC PLAYER OPERATION (M446) (IF EQUIPPED)
(or Button)
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1. CD or CD/AUX Select ButtonCD Select Insert the CD with the label facing
upward.
Insert the CD to start CD playback,
during radio operation.
When a disc is in the CD deck, if
you press the CD button the CD
player will begin playing even if the
radio player is being used.
The CD player can be used when
the ignition switch is in either the
“ON” or “ACC” position.
Push the CD button to turn on that
function without pushing the Power
ON-OFF control knob.✽ ✽
NOTICE• Do not stick paper or tape etc., on the
label side or the recording side of any
discs, as it may cause a malfunction.
• The unit cannot play a CD-R
(Recordable CD) and CD-RW
(Rewritable CD) that is not finalized.
Please refer to the manual of CD-
R/CD-RW recoder or CD-R/CD-RW
software for more information on
finalization process.• Depending on the recording status,
some CD-Rs/CD-RWs may not be
played on this unit.
CD/AUX SelectIf the button is written CD/AUX, you
can switch to CD mode or AUX mode
by pressing the button.
The AUX mode is selectable only if
RSE unit is on.
You can enjoy the RSE audio
through the speakers in AUX mode.
The speaker volume level is
adjustable by VOLUME(+, -) key, on
RSE unit or wireless remote control.
Refer to the “RSE” in this section
for details RSE operation.
RSE : Rear Seat Entertainment
System(A/V)
2. TRACK UP/DOWN Button The desired track on the disc currently
being played can be selected using the
track number.
Press button once to skip forward
to the beginning of the next track.
Press within a second after play-
back begins to quickly move backward
through a CD.If you press after more than a sec-
ond, it will take you to the beginning of
the track you are now listening to.
3. FF/REW Button If you want to fast forward or reverse
through the compact disc track, push and
hold the or button.
When you release the button, the com-
pact disc player will resume playing.4. REPEAT (RPT) Button To repeat the track you are currently
listening to, press the RPT button. To
cancel, press it again.
If you do not release RPT operation
when the track ends, it will automati-
cally be replayed.
This process will be continued until you
push the button again or turn the
Power OFF then ON.5. CD SCAN Button To playback the first 10 seconds of
each track, press the CD SCAN button.
Press the CD SCAN button again with-
in 10 sec. when you have reached the
desired track.
Knowing your vehicle188 36. CD EJECT ButtonWhen the button is pressed with a CD
loaded, the CD will eject.
Forcing to eject : To force to eject a CD,
press this button for more than 3 sec-
onds.
(Do this only when a CD is jammed and
you can not eject it in the normal way -
e.g.) in case that you have inserted 2
CDs by mistake)7. RANDOM (RDM) ButtonWith random, you can listen to the tracks
in random, rather than sequential order.
To use random, do the following:
Press the RDM button to listen to record-
ed tracks in random sequence. Press
RDM again to cancel or turn the power
OFF then ON. The unit defaults to playing
tracks in sequential order.
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NOTICE• To assure proper operation of the unit,
keep the vehicle interior temperature
within a normal range by using the
vehicle's air conditioning or heating
system.
• When replacing the fuse, replace it
with a fuse having the correct capaci-
ty.
• All stored bookmarks are all erased
when the car battery is disconnected
or power to the vehicle is lost. If this
occurs, the bookmarks will have to be
reset.
• This equipment is designed to be used
only in a 12 volt DC battery system
with negative ground.
• This unit is made of precision parts.
Do not attempt to disassemble or
adjust any parts.
• When driving your vehicle, be sure to
keep the volume of the unit set low
enough to allow you to hear sounds
coming from the outside.
• Do not expose this equipment (includ-
ing the speakers and CD) to water or
excessive moisture.
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NOTICE• Do not insert warped or poor quality
discs into the CD player as damage to
the unit may occur.
• Do not insert anything like coins into
the player slot as damage to the unit
may occur.
• Do not place beverages close to the
audio system. The playback mecha-
nism may be damaged if you spill
them.
• Do not strike or allow anything to
impact the audio system, damage to
the system mechanisms could occur.
• Off-road or rough surface driving
may cause the compact disc to skip.
Do not use the compact disc when
driving in such conditions as damage
to the compact disc face could occur.
• Do not attempt to grab or pull the
compact disc out while the disc is
being pulled into the audio unit by the
self-loading mechanism. Damage to
the audio unit and compact disc could
occur.
• Avoid using recorded compact discs in
your audio unit. Original compact
discs are recommended for best
results.
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1. AUDIO/MP3 CD or CD/AUX Select Button
2. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
3. FF/REW Button
4. REPEAT (RPT) Button
5. RANDOM (RDM) Button
6. BOOKMARK (MARK) Button
7. SCROLL Button
8. EQ Button
9. CD EJECT Button
10. CD SCAN Button
11. FILE SEARCH Knob
(TUNE Select Knob)
12. FOLDER SEARCH (FLDR) Button
13. INFO Button
VQM456USA
COMPACT DISC PLAYER (M456) (IF EQUIPPED) - COMPATIABLE WITH MP3/WMA/WAVE
(or Button)
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1.
AUDIO/MP3 CD or CD/AUX
Select Button
AUDIO/MP3 CD Select Insert the CD with the label facing
upward.
Insert the CD to start CD playback,
during radio operation.
If you press the CD button while a
disc is in the CD deck, the CD play-
er will begin playing even if the
radio is being used.
The CD player can be used when
the ignition switch is in either the
“ON” or “ACC” position.
Push the CD button to turn on that
function without pushing the Power
ON-OFF control knob.
✽ ✽
NOTICE• Do not stick paper or tape etc., on the
label side or the recording side of any
discs, as it may cause a malfunction.
• The unit can play a multi-session CD-
R (recordable CD) and CD-RW
(rewritable CD) that consists of more
than two sessions.
Please refer to the manual of CD-
R/CD-RW recoder or CD-R/CD-RW
software for more information on
finalization process.
• Depending on the recording status,
some CD-Rs/CD-RWs may not be
played on this unit.✽ ✽
NOTICEPlayback of MP3 and WMA file formats
are supported. Load to play time for
these formats may be longer due to the
compressed nature of these discs.CD/AUX SelectIf the button is written CD/AUX, you
can switch to CD mode or AUX mode
by pressing the button.
The AUX mode is selectable only if
RSE unit is on.
You can enjoy the RSE audio
through the speakers in AUX
mode. The speaker volume level is
adjustable by VOLUME(+, -) key, on
RSE unit or wireless remote control.
Refer to the “RSE” in this section
for details RSE operation.
RSE : Rear Seat Entertainment
System(A/V)
2. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
The desired track on the disc currently
being played can be selected using the
track number.
Press button once to skip forward
to the beginning of the next track.
Press within a second after play-
back begins to quickly move backward
through a CD.
If you press after more than a sec-
ond, it will take you to the beginning of
the file you are now listening to.3. FF/REW Button If you want to fast forward or reverse
through the compact disc track, push and
hold the FF or REW button.
When you release the button, the compact
disc player will resume playing.
Knowing your vehicle194 34. REPEAT (RPT) Button To repeat the track you are currently
listening to, press the RPT button. To
cancel, press it again.
To repeat the music within selected
folder, press the RPT button for more
than 0.8 seconds. To cancel, press it
again. (MP3 CD only)
If you do not release RPT operation
when the track ends, it will automati-
cally be replayed.
This process will be continued until you
push the button again or turn the power
OFF then ON.5. RANDOM (RDM) ButtonWith random, you can listen to the tracks
in random, rather than sequential order.
To use random, do the following:
Press the RDM button to listen to
recorded tracks in random sequence.
Press RDM again to cancel or turn the
power OFF then ON.
The unit defaults to playing tracks in
sequential order.
To listen to the music within the select-
ed folder in random order, press the
RDM button within a second. To can-
cel, press it again or turn the power
OFF then ON . (MP3 CD only)
6. BOOKMARK (MARK) ButtonWhen the CD player unit is operating, the
desired track on the disc can be book-
marked by using the MARK button.(MP3
CD only)
Press the MARK button for more than
0.8 seconds to bookmark the desired
track.
“M” will be displayed on the LCD and
“MEMORY(1~50)” will display for
approximately five seconds with beep
sound.
To play a bookmarked track, press the
MARK button within 0.8 seconds and
select the bookmarked track to play.
To erase a bookmarked track, press
the MARK button for more than 0.8
seconds. The unit will beep once when
the bookmark is erased.✽ ✽
NOTICETracks stored using the Bookmark func-
tion will be automatically erased after
you eject CDs that contain those tracks.
7. SCROLL ButtonPress the button, and you can check the
file names with more than 16 characters
on MP3 CD(max 34 characters.).
The button doesn’t work on file names
with less than 16 characters.8. EQ ButtonPress the EQ button to select the CLAS-
SIC, POP, ROCK, JAZZ and OFF MODE
for the desired tone quality. Each press of
the button changes the display as fol-
lows;9. CD EJECT ButtonWhen the button is pressed with a CD
loaded, the CD will eject.
Forcing to eject : To force to eject a CD,
press this button for more than 3 sec-
onds. (Do this only when a CD is jammed
and you can not eject it in the normal way
- e.g.) in case that you have inserted 2
CDs by mistake)
CLASSIC➟POP➟ROCK➟JAZZ➟OFF