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Driver:Select this screen button to adjust the audio to
give the driver the best possible sound quality.
Rear:Select this screen button to adjust the audio to
give the rear seat occupants the best possible sound
quality.
The 2 CH and 5.1 CH buttons are available only when a
5.1 CH disk is available and RSA is off.
2 CH (Channel):Select this screen button to enhance
surround sound. The Surround screen button must
be selected to select the 2 CH screen button.
5.1 CH (Channel):Select this screen button, when
listening to a DVD, to give a full affect of surround sound
listening. The Surround screen button must be selected
to select the 5.1 CH screen button.
Downmix:If a 5.1CH disk is playing, and the 2 CH
screen button is selected or RSA is turned on, the
system will downmix the audio from 5.1 CH to 2 CH if
this feature is supported on the disk.Radio Menu
Press the MENU key to enter the menu screen, then
press the MENU key repeatedly until Radio is selected
or touch the Radio screen button to make changes
for radio information displayed or to limit features while
driving, number of preset pages, XM categories, and
Automatic Volume Control or Bose
®AudioPilot®.
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Additional Information Displayed
The navigation system may have this feature.
Touch the
4Additional Information Displayed screen
button to turn station, channel, CD, and MP3 information
on or off.
Touch the YES screen button to receive information,
when it is available, for the following; FM: RDS category
name and radio text, XM: Song Title and Artist Name,
CD: CD text, MP3: tag information.
Touch the NO screen button to receive no information.
Limit Features While Driving
The navigation system may have this feature.
Touch the Limit Features While Driving screen button
to turn on and off the ability to limit functions while
driving. When this screen button is highlighted,
the following functions will be limited while driving:
Music Navigator Scrolling
Radio Category Scrolling
Navigation Menu Scrolling and some functions
See “Category” earlier in this section for more
information. See “From Map” underDestination on
page 2-15for more information.
Number of Preset Pages
Touch the/Number of Preset Pages screen button to
change the number of preset pages, 1 through 6.
Each preset page can contain ve preset stations.
Touch the desired numbered screen button.
Remove/Add XM Categories
Touch the&Remove/Add XM Categories screen
button to remove or add XM categories when selecting
XM categories from the category list screen. The list
of XM categories will appear on the screen. Use the up
and down arrow screen buttons to scroll through the
list. The categories to remove will be highlighted and the
categories to add will be dark in color. Touch the
category that you would like to add or remove. Touch
the Restore All Categories screen button to add all
categories that have been removed.
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Automatic Volume Control or Bose
AudioPilot®
>Automatic Volume Control:With automatic volume
control, your audio system adjusts automatically to
make up for road and wind noise as you drive.
To use Automatic Volume Control:
1. Set the volume at the desired level.
2. Press the MENU key to enter the menu screen,
then press the MENU key repeatedly until Radio
is selected or touch the Radio screen button
3. Press the
>Automatic Volume Control screen
button to access the Speed Compensated Volume
screen.
4. Touch the Low, Medium, or High screen buttons.
Each higher setting allows for more compensation
at faster vehicle speeds.
Then, as you drive, automatic volume control
automatically increases the volume, as necessary,
to overcome noise at any speed. The volume level
should always sound the same to you as you drive.
To turn automatic volume control off, touch the
OFF screen button.AudioPilot:If the system has the Bose
®sound system
it may include Bose AudioPilot®noise compensation
technology.
To use AudioPilot
®:
1. Press the MENU key to enter the menu screen,
then press the MENU key repeatedly until Radio
is selected or touch the Radio screen button
2. Press the
>Automatic Volume Control screen.
button to access the AudioPilot menu.
3. Press the ON screen button.
To turn it off, touch the OFF screen button.
When on, AudioPilot
®continuously adjusts the audio
system equalization, to compensate for background
noise, so that your music always sounds the same at the
set volume level.
This feature is most effective at lower volume settings
where background noise can affect how well you
hear the music being played through your vehicle’s
audio system. At higher volume settings, where
the music is much louder than the background noise,
there may be little or no adjustments by AudioPilot
®.
For more information on AudioPilot®, please visit
bose.com/audiopilot.
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Radio Data System (RDS)
The audio system has a Radio Data System (RDS).
RDS features are available for use only on FM stations
that broadcast RDS information. With RDS, the radio
can do the following:
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type of
programming
Receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies
Display messages from radio stations
This system relies on receiving speci c information from
these stations and will only work when the information
is available. In rare cases, a radio station may broadcast
incorrect information that will cause the radio features
to work improperly. If this happens, contact the
radio station.
The RDS system is always on. When information is
broadcast from the FM station you are listening to, the
station name or call letters will be displayed on the
audio screen. RDS may provide a program type (PTY)
for current programming and the name of the program
being broadcasted.
XM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM™ is a satellite radio service that is based in the
48 contiguous United States and 10 Canadian provinces.
XM Satellite Radio has a wide variety of programming
and commercial-free music, coast-to-coast, and in
digital-quality sound. During your trial or when you
subscribe, you will get unlimited access to XM Radio
Online for when you are not in the vehicle. A service
fee is required to receive the XM service. For more
information, contact XM at xmradio.com or call
1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. and xmradio.ca or
call 1-877-438-9677 in Canada.
When XM™ is active, the channel name and number,
song title, and artist will display on the screen.
XM™ Radio Messages
See “XM™ Radio Messages” in the vehicle’s owner
manual” for a list of possible XM messages.
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CD Player
The player can be used for CD and MP3. If your vehicle
has RSE, the player can be used for CD, MP3, DVD
audio, and as a DVD video player. SeeDVD Player on
page 3-17for more information about DVD audio
and video.
With the ignition on, insert a CD partway into the slot,
label side up. The player will pull it in and the CD should
begin playing. While playing a CD, the navigation
system is available. If you insert a CD with the system
off and the ignition on, it will start to play.
When you insert a CD, the CD tab will display.
If you turn off the ignition or radio with a CD in the
player, it will stay in the player. When you turn on the
ignition or radio, the CD will start playing where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.As each new track starts to play, the track number will
appear on the display.
The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8cm)
single CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs and the
smaller CDs are loaded in the same manner.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages”
later in this section.
If viewing a map screen, touch the CD screen button.
The display will split between the audio screen and
the map screen. If you do not want to view a split screen
or you are not on a map screen, press the AUDIO
key then press the AUDIO key until CD is selected or
touch the CD screen button.
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Playing an Audio CD
j/r(Pause/Play):Touch this button to pause the
CD. This button will then change to the play button.
Touch the play button to play the CD.
RANDOM:Touch this button to hear the tracks in
random, rather than sequential, order. Touch RANDOM
again to turn off random play.
r(Rewind):Touch and hold this button to rewind
quickly through a track selection. You will hear sound at a
reduced volume. Release this button to stop rewinding.
The display will show the elapsed time of the track.
[(Forward):Touch and hold this button to fast
forward quickly through a track selection. You will hear
sound at a reduced volume. Release this button to
stop fast forwarding. The display will show the elapsed
time of the track.
¨SEEK /©SEEK:Press the right arrow to go to the
next track. Press the left arrow to go to the start of
the current track, if more than ve seconds have played.
If either arrow is pressed more than once, the player
will continue moving backward or forward through
the CD. The sound will mute while seeking.
You can also turn the tune knob to seek to the next or
previous track.
When playing an audio CD, if your vehicle has RSE,
the rear seat operator can power on the RSE video
screen and use the remote control to navigate through
the tracks on the CD.
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Using an MP3 CD
MP3 Format
There are guidelines that must be met, when creating an
MP3 disc. If the guidelines are not met when recording a
CD-R(W), the CD may not play. The guidelines are:
Sampling rate: 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz,
and 44.1 kHz.
Bit rates supported: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112,
128, 160, 192, 224, 256, and 320 kbps.
ID3 tag information is displayed by the radio if it is
available. The radio supports ID3 tag information
v1.0 or v1.1. The radio will display a lename, song
name, artist name, album name, and directory name.
Maximum 32 characters, including spaces, in a le or
folder name.
Maximum number of folders is 253 with a maximum
hierarchy of eight folders.
Create a folder structure that makes it easy to nd
songs while driving. Organize songs by albums using
one folder for each album. Each folder or album
should contain 18 songs or less.
It is recommended that there is a maximum of
192 les on a disc.
The les can be recorded on a CD-R or CD-RW with
a maximum capacity of 700MB.
DVD with MP3 are not playable on this system.
Root Directory
The root directory will be treated as a folder. If the root
directory has compressed audio les, the directory
will be displayed as ROOT. All les contained directly
under the root directory will be accessed prior to
any root directory folders. However, playlists (Px) will
always be accessed before root folders or les.
Empty Directory or Folder
If a root directory or a folder exists somewhere in the
le structure that contains only folders/subfolders and no
compressed les directly beneath them, the player will
advance to the next folder in the le structure that
contains compressed audio les and the empty folder
will not be displayed or numbered.
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