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Features of your vehicle
Care of disc (if equipped)
• If the temperature inside the car is too
high, open the car windows for ventila-
tion before using your car audio.
• It is illegal to copy and use MP3/WMA/
AAC/WAVE files without permission(If
M456/M466 with M465, use only
MP3/WMA, If M446 with M445, use
only CD-DA). Use CDs that are creat-
ed 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 on undesirable matter 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 the malfunction of your car
audio system.
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NOTICE-Playing an
Incompatible Copy-Protected
Audio CD
Some copy-protected CDs, which do not
comply with the international audio CD
standards(Red Book), 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 per-
forming to your expectation, this may be
caused by those CDs and not a defect in
the device itself. Please replace those
CDs.

Features of your vehicle
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1. POWER ON-OFF, VOLUME Control Knob
2. BAND (AM/FM) Select Buttons
3. TUNE Select/AUDIO Control Knob
4. AUTO SEEK Select Button
5. RADIO SCAN Button
6. EQ Button
7. PRESET STATION Select Buttons
VQM446USA
STEREO RADIO OPERATION (M446) (IF EQUIPPED)

3183
Features of your vehicle
1. POWER ON-OFF Control Knob
• The radio unit may be operated when
the ignition key is in the “ACC”or “ON”
position. Press the knob to switch the
power on. The LCD shows the radio
frequency in radio mode, and displays
the CD track in CD mode. To switch the
power off, press the knob again.
• Push the FM/AM or CD to turn on that
function without pushing the Power
ON-OFF control knob.
VOLUME Control
Rotate the knob clockwise to increase
the volume and turn the knob counter-
clockwise to reduce the volume.
2. BAND Selector
FM Selection Button
Pressing the
FMbutton changes the
FM1 and FM2 bands.
AM Selection Button
Pressing the
AMbutton selects the AM
band. AM mode is displayed on the LCD.
3. TUNE Select/AUDIO Control
Knob
Rotate the knob clockwise to increase
the frequency and turn the knob counter-
clockwise to reduce the frequency.
Mode Select Knob
Pressing the MODE knob changes the
BASS, MID-RANGE, TREBLE, FADER
and BALANCE mode.
The mode selected is shown on the dis-
play.
After selecting the each mode, rotate the
mode select knob clockwise or counter-
clockwise.
BASS Control
To increase the BASS, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the BASS,
rotate the knob counterclockwise.
MID-RANGE Control
To increase the MID-RANGE, rotate the
knob clockwise, while to decrease the
MID-RANGE, rotate the knob counter-
clockwise.
TREBLE Control
To increase the TREBLE, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the TRE-
BLE, rotate the knob counterclockwise.
FADER Control
Rotate the control knob clockwise to
emphasize rear speaker sound (front
speaker sound will be attenuated). When
the control knob is turned counterclock-
wise, front speaker sound will be empha-
sized (rear speaker sound will be attenu-
ated).
BALANCE Control
Rotate the knob clockwise to emphasize
right speaker sound (left speaker sound
will be attenuated). When the control
knob is turned counterclockwise, left
speaker sound will be emphasized (right
speaker sound will be attenuated).
4. AUTO SEEK Select Button
(Automatic Channel Selection)
Press the AUTO SEEK select button.
When the side is pressed, the unit
will automatically tune to the next higher
frequency and when the side is
pressed, it will automatically tune to the
next lower frequency.

Features of your vehicle
186 3
1. CD or CD/AUX Select Button
CD 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.
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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 Select
If 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.

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Features of your vehicle
6. CD EJECT Button
When 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) Button
With 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.

Features of your vehicle
188 3
1. POWER ON-OFF, VOLUME Control Knob
2. BAND Select Button
3. RADIO SCAN Button
4. EQ Button
5. AUTO SEEK Select Button
6. PRESET STATION Select Buttons
7. AUDIO CONTROL / TUNE Select Knob
VQM456USA
STEREO RADIO OPERATION (M456) (IF EQUIPPED)

Features of your vehicle
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7 . AUDIO CONTROL / TUNE Select
Button
7 -1. AUDIO
Pressing the changes the BASS, MID-
RANGE, TREBLE, FADER and BAL-
ANCE TUNE mode.
The mode selected is shown on the dis-
play.
After selecting each mode, rotate the
Audio control knob clockwise or counter-
clockwise.
BASS Control
To increase the BASS, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the BASS,
rotate the knob counterclockwise.
MID-RANGE Control
To increase the MID-RANGE, rotate the
knob clockwise, while to decrease the
MID-RANGE, rotate the knob counter-
clockwise.
TREBLE Control
To increase the TREBLE, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the TRE-
BLE, rotate the knob counterclockwise.
FADER Control
Turn the control knob clockwise to
emphasize rear speaker sound (front
speaker sound will be attenuated). When
the control knob is turned counterclock-
wise, front speaker sound will be empha-
sized (rear speaker sound will be attenu-
ated).
BALANCE Control
Rotate the knob clockwise to emphasize
right speaker sound (left speaker sound
will be attenuated). When the control
knob is turned counter clockwise, left
speaker sound will be emphasized (right
speaker sound will be attenuated).
7 -2. TUNE Select Knob
Rotate the knob clockwise to increase
the frequency and turn the knob counter-
clockwise to reduce the frequency.
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NOTICE
• 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.

3191
Features of your vehicle
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) - COMPATIBLE WITH MP3/WMA/WAVE
(or Button)