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FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO
COMPACT
DISC PLAYER
MP3 CD
PLAYER
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Audio section
❒Mute/Pause function;
❒Soft Mute function;
❒Loudness function;
❒7 band graphic equalizer;
❒Separate bass/treble adjustment;
❒Right/left channel balancing.
On multimedia CDs in addi-
tion to sound tracks also da-
ta tracks are recorded. Play-
ing one of these CDs may
cause rustling and such a volume as to
compromise road safety, as well as
causing damage to the final stages and
speakers.MP3 CD section
❒MP3-Info function (ID3-TAG);
❒Directory selection (previous/next);
❒Track selection (forward/backward);
❒Fast forward/backward;
❒MP3 CD data display: directory name,
ID3-TAG info, time elapsed from start
of track, file name);
❒Playing audio CDs and R/RW CDs.
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RADIO
RADIO OFF function
(system power on/off mode)
This function enables to switch off the
sound system according to two different
modes. To turn the function on use but-
ton
Èor Í.
The display will show the selected mode:
❒“00 MIN ”: deactivation dependent on
ignition key. Sound system will switch
off automatically when turning the igni-
tion key to STOP;
❒“20 MIN ”: deactivation independent of
ignition key. After having turned the ig-
nition key to STOP the sound system
will stay on for 20 minutes max.
IMPORTANT When the sound system is
switched off automatically after turning the
ignition key to STOP (for both immediate
or 20-minute delayed power off), it will
switch on automatically turning the igni-
tion key to MAR. If the sound system has
been switched off pressing the button
ON/OFF, when turning the key to MAR it
will stay off.RESTORE DEFAULT function
This function enables to restore default
settings. Options available are the follow-
ing:
❒NO: no restore;
❒YES: restore default settings. During
this operation the display will show the
message “RESTORING”. At the end of
this operation, the audio source will not
be changed and the previous situation
is displayed. EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL function
With this function it is possible to adjust
(setting from 0 to 40) or exclude (OFF) ex-
ternal audio sources.
To turn this function on/off, use button Èor Í.
The display will show the current status
of the function:
❒“EXTERN FUNCTION OFF”: function
off.
❒“EXTERN VOLUME: 23”: function on
with volume level 23.
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MP3 CD
PLAYER
MP3 CD files are structured by directo-
ries, with sequential lists of all directories
containing MP3 tracks (directories and
sub-directories are all brought to the same
level), 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
according 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, ‘ (apos-
trophe), ( and ) (open and closed brack-
ets) are not admitted in MP3 track names.
When sampling MP3 CD you must not
use these characters to name files other-
wise the sound system will not be able to
play it.DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-TAG info display
In addition to time elapsed, directory
name and file name, also ID3-TAG info rel-
evant to track Title, Artist, Author (see
section “MP3 DISPLAY FUNCTION”) are
displayed.
The MP3 directory name shown on the
display corresponds to the name with
which the directory is stored on the CD,
followed by an asterisk.
Example of full MP3 directory name: BEST
OF *.
If you want to display one ID3-TAG info
(Title, Artist, Album) and the track being
played has no ID3-TAG info then, the file
name will be displayed. INTRODUCTION
This section only describes MP3 CD play-
er operation variants: as concerns sound
system operation, refer to section
“FUNCTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS”.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding
technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS
and Thomson multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In addition to standard audio CDs, the
sound system can also play audio files in
MP3 format. Sound system will operate as
described in the previous section (“Sound
system with Compact Disc player”) when
inserting a conventional audio CD.
For optimal playing use only top quality
CDs mastered at a speed as low as pos-
sible.
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