2009 FIAT PUNTO EVO Radio CD MP3 Manual

INTRODUCTION
FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO
CD PLAYER
CD MP3
PLAYER
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GUIDE
EON FUNCTION (Enhanced
Other Network)
In some countries, there are circuits that
group multiple broadcasters that transmit
traffic information together. In this case,
the program of the station that is being lis-
tened to will be temporarily interrupted
to:
❒receive traffic information (only with
the TA function on);
❒listen to regional transmissions each
time they are transmitted by one of the
broadcasters in the same circuit. EMERGENCY ALARM
RECEPTION
The radio can receive emergency an-
nouncements in RDS mode in exception-
al circumstances where dangerous situa-
tions are threatened (earthquakes, floods,
etc.) if these are being transmitted by the
broadcaster tuned into.
This function is activated automatically and
cannot be turned off.
The word Alarm will be shown in the dis-
play during the transmission of an emer-
gency announcement. The volume of the
radio will change during this announce-
ment in the same way as during a traffic
bulletin.STEREOPHONIC
BROADCASTERS
If the incoming signal is weak, the repro-
duction is automatically switched from
Stereo to Mono.
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INTRODUCTION
FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO
CD PLAYER
CD MP3
PLAYER QUICK
GUIDE
INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the variants re-
garding the operation of the CD player: as
far as the operation of the radio is con-
cerned, refer to the description in the
“Functions and Adjustments” chapter.CD PLAYER SELECTION
To activate the CD player built-into the
equipment, proceed as follows:
❒load a CD with the equipment switched
on: the first track will start to play;
or
❒if a CD has already been loaded, turn
on the car radio and then briefly press
the CD button to select the “CD” func-
tion mode: the last track listened to will
start to play.
It is advisable to use original CDs to en-
sure optimum playing. If CD-R/RWs are
used, we recommend using good quality
media that are burned at the slowest
speed possible.CD LOADING/EJECTION
To load the CD, insert it gently into the
slot to activate the motorized loading sys-
tem, which will position it correctly.
The CD can be loaded with the radio
switched off and the ignition key in the
MAR position: in this case the radio will
remain off. When the radio is turned on,
the last source listened to prior to switch-
ing off will be activated.
When a CD is loaded the display will show
“CD-IN” and the words “CD Reading”.
They will remain displayed for the entire
time required for the radio to read the
CD tracks. When this time has elapsed the
radio will automatically start playing the
first track.
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Press the ˚button (EJECT) with the ra-
dio on to activate the motorized ejection
of the CD. After ejection, the last audio
source listened to before playing the CD
will be heard.
If the CD is not removed from the radio,
it will automatically be reloaded about 20
seconds later and the Tuner mode will be
tuned into (Radio).
The CD cannot be ejected if the radio is
off.
If the ejected CD is loaded without hav-
ing removed it completely from the slot,
the radio will not switch to the CD
source.Possible error messages
If the CD loaded cannot be read (e.g. a CD
ROM has been inserted or the CD is in-
serted the wrong way round or there is
reading error) the display will show the
words “CD Disc error”.
The CD will then be ejected and the au-
dio source activated prior to the CD
mode selection will be heard.
With an outside audio source activated
(TA, ALARM or Phone), the CD that can-
not be read will be not be ejected until
these functions are over. At the end, with
the CD mode activated, the display will
show the words “CD Disc error” for a
few seconds and then the CD will be
ejected.DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is working, the dis-
play will show information which has the
following meaning:
❒“CD Track 5”: indicates the numer of
the CD track;
❒“03.42”: indicates the time elapsed since
the start of the track (if the relevant
Menu function is activated).
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CD PLAYER
CD MP3
PLAYER QUICK
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TRACK SELECTION
(forward/backward)
Briefly press the ¯button to play the pre-
vious CD track and the ˙ button to play
the next track. The tracks are selected
cyclically: the first track is selected after
the last track and vice versa.
If the track has been played for more than
3 seconds, pressing the button ˙will
cause the track to be started again from
the beginning. In this case, if you want to
play the previous track, press the button
twice consecutively.TRACK FAST
FORWARD/REWIND
Keep the ˙button pressed down to fast
forward the selected track and keep the
button ¯pressed down to fast rewind the
track. The fast forward/back will stop once
the button is released.PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press the MUTE
button. The words “CD Pause” will ap-
pear on the display.
To resume listening to the track, press the
MUTE button again.
If another audio source is selected, the
pause function is turned off.
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CD PLAYER
CD MP3
PLAYER
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter only describes the variants
regarding the operation of the CD MP3
player: as far as the operation of the radio
is concerned, refer to the description in
chapters “4” and “6”.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding
technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS
and Thomson multimedia.MP3 MODE
In addition to playing normal audio CDs,
the radio is also capable of playing CD-
ROMs on which MP3 format compressed
audio files are recorded. The radio works
according to the modes described in chap-
ter “5” when an ordinary audio CD is in-
serted.
The use of good quality media burnt at the
slowest possible speeds is recommended
for optimum quality.
The files on the MP3 CD are in folders,
with sequential lists of all the folders con-
taining MP3 tracks (folders and sub-fold-
ers are all on the same level) and folders
that do not contain MP3 tracks cannot be
selected.The operating conditions and specifica-
tions for playing MP3 files are as follows:
❒the CD-ROMs used must be burned in
compliance with the Specification
ISO9660;
❒the music files must have an “.mp3” ex-
tension: files with a different extension
cannot be played;
❒the following sampling frequencies can
be played: 44.1 kHz, stereo (96 to 320
kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz, mono or stereo (32
to 80 kbit/s);
❒tracks with variable bit-rates can be
played.
IMPORTANT The names of tracks should
not contain the following characters:
spaces, ‘ (apostrophes), ( e ) (open and
close brackets). When a CD MP3 is be-
ing burned, make sure that the file names
do not contain these characters; other-
wise, the car radio will not be able to play
those tracks.
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SELECTING MP3 SESSIONS
WITH HYBRID DISCS
If a hybrid disc is inserted (Mixed Mode,
Enhanced, CD-Extra) also containing MP3
files, the radio automatically starts play-
ing the audio session. It is possible to move
to the MP3 session whilst playing by keep-
ing the MEDIA button pressed for more
than 2 seconds.
IMPORTANT When the function is acti-
vated the radio may take a few seconds to
start playing. Whilst checking the disc the
display will show “CD Reading”. If no MP3
files are detected, the radio will resume
playing the audio session from the point
where it was interrupted.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
Id3-tag information
display
In addition to the information relating to
the time elapsed, the name of the folder
and the name of the file, the radio is also
capable of display ID3-TAG information
relating to the Title track, Artist and Au-
thor.The name of the MP3 folder shown on the
display corresponds to the name with
which the folder was stored on the CD,
followed by an asterisk.
Example of a complete MP3 folder name:
BEST OF *.
If you wish to display one of the ID3-TAG
pieces of information (Title, Artist, Album)
and this information has not been record-
ed for the track played, the information
will be replaced by information relating to
the name of the file.
SELECTION OF
NEXT/PREVIOUS FOLDER
Press the ▲button to select the next fold-
er or the ▼button to select the previ-
ous folder. The display will show the num-
ber and the name of the folder (e.g. “DIR
2 XXXXXX”).
XXXXXX: name of the folder (the display
will only show the first 8 characters).
The folders are selected cyclically: the first
folder is selected after the last folder and
vice versa. If no other folder/track is selected during
the next 2 seconds, the first track con-
tained in the new folder will be played.
If the last track on the folder currently se-
lected is being played, the next folder will
be played.
STRUCTURE OF THE FOLDERS
The radio with MP3 player:
❒only recognizes the folders that effec-
tively contain MP3 format files
❒if the MP3 files on a CD-ROM are
structured in “sub-folders”, their struc-
ture is compressed to a single level
structure where the “sub-folders” are
taken to the level of the main folders.
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GENERAL
Sound volume low
The Fader function should be adjusted to
“F” (front) values to prevent the reduction
in radio output power and the cancelling
of the volume if the Fader level adjustment
is R+9.
Source cannot be selected
Nothing has been loaded. Load the CD or
CD MP3 to be played.CD PLAYER
The CD does not play
The CD is dirty. Clean the CD.
The CD is scratched. Try and use anoth-
er CD.
The CD cannot be loaded.
A CD is already loaded. Press the ˚but-
ton and remove the CD.MP3 FILE PLAYBACK
Tracks jump during mp3 file play-
back
The CD is scratched or dirty. Clean the
CD, referring to what is described in the
“CD” paragraph in the “INTRODUC-
TION” chapter.
The duration of the mp3 tracks is not
shown correctly
In some cases (due to the recording
mode) the duration of the MP3 tracks may
be displayed incorrectly.
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