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SOUND SYSTEM
AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS
The options proposed by the audio menu dif-
fer according to the audio source selected:
AM/FM/CD/CDC.
To change Audio functions, press briefly but-
ton AUDIO. The display will show “BASS”.
To scroll the Menu options, use buttons
N
orO. To change the setting of the option
selected, press buttons
÷or˜.
The display will show the current status of
the function selected.
The functions controlled by the menu are the
following:
❒BASS (bass adjustment);
❒TREBLE (treble adjustment);
❒BALANCE (right/left balance);
❒FADER (excluding versions with Bose HI-
FI system) (front/rear balance);
❒LOUDNESS (excluding versions with Bose
HI-FI system) (LOUDNESS on/off);
❒EQUALIZER (excluding versions with Bose
HI-FI system) (standard equalization ac-
tivation and selection);
❒USER EQUALISER (personal equalization
setting).
TONE ADJUSTMENT
(bass/treble)
Proceed as follows:
❒Use button NorOto select “BASS”
or “TREBLE” in the AUDIO menu;
❒press button ÷or˜to in-
crease/decrease the basses or trebles.
Pressing the buttons briefly the change is grad-
ual by steps. Pressing longer, changing is
faster.
BALANCE ADJUSTMENT
Proceed as follows:
❒Use button NorOto select “BALANCE”
in the AUDIO menu;
❒press button ÷to increase the sound
from the right speakers or button
˜to increase the sound from the left speak-
ers.
Pressing the buttons briefly the change is grad-
ual by steps. Pressing longer, changing is
faster.
Select “
÷0˜” to set the same val-
ue for both right and left speakers.
MUTE /PAUSE FUNCTION
(turning off the volume
completely)
To switch on the Mute function, briefly press
the button MUTE. Volume will gradually low-
er and the display will show the word
“MUTE” (when in radio mode) or “PAUSE”
(when in CD or CD-Changer mode).
To switch off the Mute function, press the
button MUTE again. Volume will gradually
become louder returning to the value set be-
fore switching on the Mute function.
Changing volume will deactivate the Mute
function and the volume will be set to the
new level selected.
With the Mute function on:
❒if an emergency alarm or a traffic bulletin
arrives with the TA function on, the mes-
sage ignores the Mute function. The Mute
function will be resumed at the end of the
traffic announcement.
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SOUND SYSTEM
SELECTING THE FREQUENCY
BAND
If in the Tuner mode, briefly and repeated-
ly press button FM or AM to select the re-
quired frequency band.
Every time the button is pressed the fol-
lowing bands are selected in sequence:
❒Pressing button FM: “FM1”, “FM2”,
“FMT”;
❒Pressing button AM: , “MW” and “LW”.
Each band is shown by the respective word-
ing on the display.
The last station selected in the respective fre-
quency band will be tuned.
The FM band is divided into sections: FM1,
FM2 and FMT. The FMT reception band is re-
served to the stations stored automatically
with the AutoSTore function.
PRESETTING BUTTONS
The buttons with symbols from 1 to 6 make
it possible to set the following presettings:
❒18 in the FM band (6 in FM1, 6 in FM2,
6 in FMT);
❒6 in the MW band;
❒6 in the LW band;
To call a preset station, choose the required
frequency band and then press briefly the
corresponding preset button (from 1 to 6).
Pressing the respective preset button for
longer than 2 seconds will store the tuned
station. Storing is confirmed by a beep.
STORING THE LAST STATION
HEARD
The radio automatically keeps in storage the
last station heard for each reception band,
which is then tuned when the radio is turned
on or the reception band is changed.
INTRODUCTION
When the set is turned on the last function
selected before turning off is played (Radio,
CD or CD Changer).
To select the Tuner source while listening
to another audio source, press briefly but-
tons FM or AM, according to the required
frequency band.
When Tuner is on, the display will show the
selected station name (RDS stations only)
(or frequency), the frequency band (e.g.:
FM1) and the preselection button number
(e.g.: P1).
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SOUND SYSTEM
Entering the secret code
When turning the sound system on (in the
event of code request), the display will show
the word “CODE” for about 2 seconds, fol-
lowed by four dashes “- - - -”.
The secret code comprises four figures from
1 to 6, each corresponding to one of the
dashes.
To enter the first digit of the code, press the
corresponding key of the preset stations
(from 1 to 6). Enter the other code digits in
the same way.
If the four figures are not entered within 20
seconds, the display shows the word
“CODE” for 2 seconds and then fours dash-
es “- - - -”. This is not to be considered as an
incorrect code entry.
After entering the fourth digit (within 20 sec-
onds), the radio starts working.
If a wrong code is entered, the radio sounds
a beep, the display shows the word “CODE”
for 2 seconds and then fours dashes “- - - -”
to warn the user that it is necessary to en-
ter the correct code.Every time the user enters a wrong code,
the waiting time increases gradually (1 min,
2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 16 min, 30 min,1h,
2h, 4h, 8h, 16h, 24h) until reaching a max-
imum of 24 hours. The waiting time will
be shown on the display with the word
“WAIT”. When this goes off it is possible
to start the new code entry procedure.
Code Card
This the document that certifies possession
of the radio. The Code Card contains the ra-
dio model, serial number and secret code.
IMPORTANT Keep the Code Card carefully to
be able to give the related data to the com-
petent authorities in the event of theft.ANTITHEFT PROTECTION
The radio is fitted with an antitheft protec-
tion system based on the exchange of in-
formation between the radio and the elec-
tronic control unit (Body Computer) installed
on the car.
This system warrants the highest level of se-
curity and prevents entry of the secret code
every time the radio supply is disconnected.
If the result of the check is positive, the set
starts working, whereas if the comparison
codes are not the same or if the electronic
control unit (Body Computer) is replaced,
the device informs the user of the need to
enter the secret code according to the pro-
cedure described in the following paragraph.
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SOUND SYSTEM
MP3 MODE
In addition to standard audio CDs, the sound
system can also play audio files in MP3 for-
mat. Sound system will operate as described
in the previous section (“Sound system with
Compact Disc player”) when inserting a con-
ventional audio CD.
For optimal playing use only top quality CDs
mastered at a speed as low as possible.
MP3 CD files are structured by directories,
with sequential lists of all directories con-
taining MP3 tracks (directories and sub-di-
rectories are all brought to the same lev-
el), directories not containing MP3 tracks
cannot be selected.Technical data and operating conditions for
MP3 files are as follows:
❒adopted CD-ROM shall be mastered ac-
cording to ISO9660 Standard;
❒music files shall be renamed as “.mp3”
otherwise they cannot be played;
❒sampling frequencies are: 44.1 kHz,
stereo (96 to 320 kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz,
mono or stereo (32 to 80 kbit/s);
❒it is possible to play variable bit-rate tracks
(files).
IMPORTANT Characters: blank, ‘ (apostro-
phe), ( and ) (open and closed brackets)
are not admitted in MP3 track names. When
sampling MP3 CD you must not use these
characters to name files otherwise the sound
system will not be able to play it.
INTRODUCTION
This section only describes MP3 CD player
operation variants: as concerns sound sys-
tem operation, refer to section “FUNCTIONS
AND ADJUSTMENTS”.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding tech-
nology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and
Thomson multimedia.
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