2008 NISSAN MAXIMA manual radio set

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Control panel buttons — with monochrome screen....4-2
How to use the TRIP INFO button................4-3
Clock.........................................4-5
How to use the AUDIO button
(for control panel)..............................4-5
Door warning..................................4-5
Control panel buttons — with navigation system.......4-6
How to use the joystick and ENTER button........4-6
How to use the BACK button....................4-7
Setting up the start-up screen...................4-7
How to use the TRIP button.....................4-7
How to use the SETTING button................4-11
button..................................4-17
Ventilators.......................................4-18
Heater and air conditioner (automatic)..............4-19
Automatic operation...........................4-19
Manual operation..............................4-20
Operating tips.................................4-21
Servicing air conditioner...........................4-21
Audio system....................................4-22
Radio........................................4-22FM radio reception............................4-22
AM radio reception............................4-22
Satellite radio reception (if so equipped).........4-22
Audio operation precautions....................4-23
FM/AM/SAT radio with compact disc (CD)
player........................................4-28
FM/AM/SAT radio with compact disc (CD)
CD changer (if so equipped)....................4-33
FM/AM/SAT radio with compact disc (CD)
changer (if so equipped).......................4-38
CD care and cleaning..........................4-43
Steering wheel switch for audio control..........4-44
Antenna......................................4-45
Car phone or CB radio............................4-45
BluetoothTHands-Free Phone System
(if so equipped)..................................4-46
Using the system..............................4-47
Control buttons...............................4-49
Getting started................................4-49
List of voice commands........................4-51
Speaker adaptation (SA) mode..................4-56
Troubleshooting guide.........................4-58
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1.pause/mute button
2. CD insert slot
3.
CD eject button
4. MIX/RPT button
5. CLOCK DISP button
6. TUNE (CATEGORY) button7.
AUDIO button (Bass, Mid, Treble,
Fade, Balance, SSV (if so equipped) ,
Beep and Language)
8. AUX jack
9. POWER/VOLUME control knob
10.
SCAN button11. Station select (1 - 6) buttons
12. SEEK (CHANNEL) button
13. RADIO button*
14. CD/AUX button
15. PRESET A·B·C button
*No satellite radio reception is available
when the RADIO button is pressed to
access satellite radio stations unless
optional satellite receiver and antenna
are installed and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite
radio is not available in Alaska, Hawaii
and Guam.
FM/AM/SAT RADIO WITH
COMPACT DISC (CD) PLAYER
For all operation precautions, see9Audio opera-
tion precautions9earlier in this section.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
RADIO button is pressed to access satellite radio
stations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio is
not available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
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cArtist name displays the name of the artist,
host or weather condition of the selected
satellite radio station.
cSong title displays the song title, show
name, or temperature of the selected satel-
lite radio station.
Clock operation
For additional information on setting the clock,
see “Adjusting the time” earlier in this section.
pause/mute button (Type A only):
To mute or pause the audio sound, press
the
pause/mute button.
Press the button again to resume the audio
sound.
FM/AM/SAT radio operation
FM/AM/SAT band select:
Pressing the RADIO button will change the band
as follows:
AMÃ!FMÃ!SAT (satellite, if so equipped)
When the RADIO button is pressed while the
ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the
radio will come on at the station last played.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
RADIO button is pressed to access satellite radiostations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio can
only be installed in vehicles that were factory
pre-wired for satellite radio. Satellite radio is not
available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. If satellite
radio is not operational then the RADIO button is
used to toggle between AM and FM bands.
If a compact disc is playing when the RADIO
button is pressed, the compact disc will auto-
matically be turned off and the last radio station
played will come on.
The FM stereo indicator ST will glow during FM
stereo reception. When the stereo broadcast
signal is weak, the radio will automatically change
from stereo to monaural reception.
TUNE (tuning) button:
To manually tune the radio, press the TUNE
button
or.
To move quickly through the channels, press and
hold either the
orbutton.
SEEK (tuning) button:
Press the SEEK button
orfor less
than 1.5 seconds to tune from high to low or low
to high frequencies and stop at the next broad-
casting station.
SCAN (tuning) button:
Press the
SCAN button to stop at each
broadcasting station for 5 seconds. Pressing the
button again during this 5 second period will stop
scan tuning and the radio will remain tuned to that
station. If the
SCAN button is not pressed
within 5 seconds, scan tuning moves to the next
station.
PRESET A·B·C (Station memory opera-
tions):
18 stations can be set for the FM, AM and SAT
(satellite, if so equipped) radio to the A, B and C
preset button in any combination of FM, AM or
SAT stations.
1. Choose preset bank A, B or C using the
PRESET A·B·C select button.
2. Select the desired FM, AM or SAT station
band.
3. Tune to the desired station using manual,
SEEK or SCAN tuning. Press and hold any
of the desired station memory buttons (1 –
6) until a beep sound is heard.
4. The channel indicator will then come on and
the sound will resume. Programming is now
complete.
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5.Other buttons can be set in the same manner.
If the battery cable is disconnected, or if the fuse
opens, the radio memory will be canceled. In that
case, reset the desired stations.
Radio data system (RDS):
RDS stands for Radio Data System, and is a data
information service transmitted by some radio
stations on the FM band (not AM band) . Cur-
rently, most RDS stations are in large cities, but
many stations are now considering broadcasting
RDS data.
RDS can display:
cStation call sign, such as “WHFR 98.3”.
cStation name, such as “The Groove”.
cMusic or programming type such as “Clas-
sical”, “Country”, or “Rock”.
cArtist and song information.
If the station broadcasts RDS information, the
RDS icon is displayed.
Compact disc (CD) player operation
Turn the ignition key to the ACC or ON position
and insert the compact disc into the slot with the
label side facing up. The compact disc will be
guided automatically into the slot and start play-
ing.If the radio is already operating, it will automati-
cally turn off and the compact disc will play.
If the system has been turned off while the com-
pact disc was playing, pressing the
POWER/VOLUME control knob will start the
compact disc.
CD/AUX button:
When the CD/AUX button is pressed with the
system off and the compact disc loaded, the
system will turn on and the compact disc will start
to play.
When the CD/AUX button is pressed with the
compact disc loaded but the radio playing, the
radio will automatically be turned off and the
compact disc will start to play.
TUNE (Rewind and Fast
Forward) button:
When the TUNE button
oris
pressed while the compact disc is being played,
the compact disc will play while rewinding or fast
forwarding. When the button is released, the
compact disc will return to normal play speed.
SEEK button:
When the SEEK button
is pressed for less
than 1.5 seconds while a compact disc is playing,
the track being played returns to its beginning.Press
button several times to skip back
through tracks. The compact disc will go back the
number of times the button is pressed.
When the SEEK button
is pressed for less
than 1.5 seconds while a compact disc is playing,
the next track will start to play from its beginning.
Press
button several times to skip through
tracks. The compact disc will advance the num-
ber of times the button is pressed. (When the last
track on the compact disc is skipped through, the
first track will be played.)
MIX/RPT (mix and repeat) button:
When the MIX/RPT button is pressed while the
compact disc is being played, the play pattern
can be changed as follows:
Repeat All!Repeat Track!Mix All Tracks!
Repeat All
Repeat All: the entire disc will be repeated
Repeat Track: the current track will be repeated
Mix All Tracks: all tracks will be played randomly
SCAN button:
While listening to a CD, press the
SCAN
button to preview the first 10 seconds of each
track on the CD playing. Pressing the
SCAN button again during this 10 second period
stops the scan and the CD remains on that track.
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9. POWER/VOLUME control knob
10.
SCAN button
11. Station and CD select (1 - 6) buttons
12. SEEK (CH·FILE) button
13. RADIO button*
14. CD/AUX button
15. PRESET A·B·C button
*No satellite radio reception is available
when the RADIO button is pressed to
access satellite radio stations unless
optional satellite receiver and antenna
are installed and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite
radio is not available in Alaska, Hawaii
and Guam.
FM/AM/SAT RADIO WITH
COMPACT DISC (CD) CD
CHANGER (if so equipped)
For all operation precautions, see9Audio opera-
tion precautions9earlier in this section.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
RADIO button is pressed to access satellite radio
stations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio is
not available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
Audio main operation
POWER/VOLUME control:
Turn the ignition key to ACC or ON, and then
push the POWER/VOLUME control knob while
the system is off to call up the mode (radio or CD)
which was playing immediately before the system
was turned off.
To turn the system off, press the
POWER/VOLUME control knob.
Turn the POWER/VOLUME control knob to ad-
just the volume.
This vehicle may be equipped with Speed Sen-
sitive Volume (SSV) for audio. The audio volume
changes as the driving speed changes.
AUDIO button (Bass, Mid, Treble,
Fade, Balance, SSV, Beep and
Language):
Press the
AUDIO button to change the
mode as follows:
Bass!Mid!Treble!Fade!Balance!
Speed Sense Volume (if so equipped)!Beep
ON/OFF!Language!Audio!Bass
To adjust Bass, Mid, Treble, Fade and Balance,
press the
AUDIO button until the desired
mode appears in the display. Press the TUNE
button to adjust Bass, Mid and Treble to thedesired level. You can also use the TUNE button
to adjust Fader and Balance modes. Fader ad-
justs the sound level between the front and rear
speakers and Balance adjusts the sound be-
tween the right and left speakers.
To change the SSV mode to OFF, LEVEL1 to
LEVEL5 press the TUNE button left or right.
To change the Beep to ON or OFF, press the
TUNE button left or right. This will enable or
disable the beep sound heard during menu se-
lection.
To change the Language to English, Français or
Espanol, press the TUNE button left or right.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, press the
AUDIO button re-
peatedly until the radio or CD display reappears.
Otherwise, the radio or CD display will automati-
cally reappear after about 5 seconds.
CLOCK DISP (display) button:
Pressing the CLOCK DISP (display) button will
show text information about CD or MP3 and SAT
(satellite, if so equipped) in the audio display.
CD display mode
To change the text displayed while playing a CD
with text, press the CLOCK DISP button. The
CLOCK DISP button will allow you to scroll
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through CD text as follows: Track number and
Track timeÃ!Album titleÃ!Song title.
cTrack number displays the track number se-
lected on the disc.
cTrack time displays the amount of time the
track has played.
cAlbum title displays the title of the CD being
played.
cSong title displays the title of the selected
CD track.
MP3 display mode
To change the text displayed when listening to a
CD with MP3s and ID3 tags, press the CLOCK
DISP button. The CLOCK DISP button will scroll
through the CD text as follows: Disc number,
Track number and Folder numberÃ!Folder title
Ã!Album titleÃ!Artist nameÃ!Song title.
cDisc number displays the number of the
current disc playing.
cTrack number displays the number of the
track playing on the selected disc.
cFolder number displays the number of the
current folder on the MP3 CD.
cFolder title displays the title of the folder.cAlbum title displays the title of the album of
the song playing.
cArtist name displays the name of the artist of
the song playing.
cSong title displays the title of the song play-
ing.
Display satellite radio display mode (if so
equipped)
To change the text displayed when listening to
satellite radio (if so equipped) press the CLOCK
DISP button. The CLOCK DISP button will scroll
through the broadcast information as follows:
Channel numberÃ!Category nameÃ!
Channel nameÃ!Artist nameÃ!Song title.
cChannel number displays the channel num-
ber of the selected satellite radio station.
cCategory name displays the category name
of the selected satellite radio station.
cChannel name displays the channel name of
the selected satellite radio station.
cArtist name displays the name of the artist,
host or weather condition of the selected
satellite radio station.
cSong title displays the song title, show
name, or temperature of the selected satel-
lite radio station.Clock operation
For additional information on setting the clock,
see “Adjusting the time” earlier in this section.
FM/AM/SAT radio operation
FM/AM/SAT band select:
Pressing the RADIO button will change the band
as follows:
AMÃ!FMÃ!SAT (satellite, if so equipped)
When the RADIO button is pressed while the
ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the
radio will come on at the station last played.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
RADIO button is pressed to access satellite radio
stations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio can
only be installed in vehicles that were factory
pre-wired for satellite radio. Satellite radio is not
available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. If satellite
radio is not operational then the RADIO button is
used to toggle between AM and FM bands.
If a compact disc is playing when the RADIO
button is pressed, the compact disc will auto-
matically be turned off and the last radio station
played will come on.
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The FM stereo indicator ST will glow during FM
stereo reception. When the stereo broadcast
signal is weak, the radio will automatically change
from stereo to monaural reception.
TUNE (tuning) button:
To manually tune the radio, press the TUNE
button
or.
To move quickly through the channels, press and
hold either the
orbutton.
SEEK (tuning) button:
Press the SEEK button
orfor less
than 1.5 seconds to tune from high to low or low
to high frequencies and stop at the next broad-
casting station.
SCAN (tuning) button:
Press the
SCAN button to stop at each
broadcasting station for 5 seconds. Pressing the
button again during this 5 second period will stop
scan tuning and the radio will remain tuned to that
station. If the
SCAN button is not pressed
within 5 seconds, scan tuning moves to the next
station.PRESET A·B·C (Station memory opera-
tions):
18 stations can be set for the FM, AM and SAT
(satellite, if so equipped) radio to the A, B and C
preset button in any combination of FM, AM or
SAT stations.
1. Choose preset bank A, B or C using the
PRESET A·B·C select button.
2. Select the desired FM, AM or SAT station
band.
3. Tune to the desired station using manual,
SEEK or SCAN tuning. Press and hold any
of the desired station memory buttons (1 –
6) until a beep sound is heard.
4. The channel indicator will then come on and
the sound will resume. Programming is now
complete.
5. Other buttons can be set in the same man-
ner.
If the battery cable is disconnected, or if the fuse
opens, the radio memory will be canceled. In that
case, reset the desired stations.
Radio data system (RDS):
RDS stands for Radio Data System, and is a data
information service transmitted by some radio
stations on the FM band (not AM band) . Cur-rently, most RDS stations are in large cities, but
many stations are now considering broadcasting
RDS data.
RDS can display:
cStation call sign, such as “WHFR 98.3”.
cStation name, such as “The Groove”.
cMusic or programming type such as “Clas-
sical”, “Country”, or “Rock”.
cArtist and song information.
If the station broadcasts RDS information, the
RDS icon is displayed.
Compact disc (CD) changer operation
Turn the ignition key to the ACC or ON position
and insert the compact disc into the slot with the
label side facing up. The compact disc will be
guided automatically into the slot and start play-
ing. To insert the disc, first press the
but-
ton.
If the radio is already operating, it will automati-
cally turn off and the compact disc will play.
If the system has been turned off while the com-
pact disc was playing, pressing the POWER
button will start the compact disc.
Do not use 3.1 in (8 cm) diameter compact discs
in the CD changer.
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1. SEEK/TRACK button
2. TUNE/FOLDER·CAT button
3. SCAN/RPT button
4. DISP button
5. PRESET A·B·C button6. CD button
7. FM button
8. AM button
9. SAT* button
10. AUX button11. LOAD button
12. CD insert slot
13.
CD eject button
14. POWER/VOLUME control knob
15. Station and CD select (1 - 6) buttons
16. TUNE/TRACK and AUDIO control knob
(BASS, MID, TREBLE, FADE, BAL-
ANCE and SSV (if so equipped))
*
No satellite radio reception is available
and “NO SAT” is displayed when the SAT
button is pressed unless optional satellite
receiver and antenna are installed, and an
XMTsatellite radio service subscription is
active. Satellite radio not available in
Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
FM/AM/SAT RADIO WITH
COMPACT DISC (CD) CHANGER (if
so equipped)
For all operation precautions, see9Audio opera-
tion precautions9earlier in this section.
No satellite radio reception is available and “NO
SAT” is displayed when the SAT button is
pressed unless optional satellite receiver and
antenna are installed, and an XMTsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio not
available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
Type B
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