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SEEK－The SEEK function
searches up and down from the
current frequency to find a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press and hold the
or
side of
the TUNE bar until you hear a beep,
then release it.
SCAN －The SCAN function
samples all stations with strong
signals on the selected band. To
activate it, press the SCAN button,
then release it. You will see SCAN in
the display. The system will scan for
a station with a strong signal. When
it finds one, it will stop and play that
station for about 10 seconds. If you do nothing, the system will
then scan for the next strong station
and play it for 10 seconds. When it
plays a station you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
Preset
－Each preset button can
store one frequency on AM and two
frequencies on FM.
1. Select the desired band, AM or FM. FM1 and FM2 let you store
two frequencies with each preset
button.
2. Use the tune, seek, or scan function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Pick a preset button, and hold it until you hear a beep.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM. Each preset button's frequency is
shown on the bottom of the audio
display.
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AUTO SELECT－If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the auto select feature to
find stations in the local area.
Press the AUDIO button to view the
audio control icons, then touch the
AUTO SEL icon. You will see AUTO
SEL flashing in the display, and the
system goes into scan mode for
several seconds. It stores the
frequencies of six AM, and twelve
FM stations in the preset buttons. You will see a
‘‘0 ’’displayed after
pressing a preset button if auto select
cannot find a strong station for every
preset button.
If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store other
frequencies on the preset buttons as
previously described.
To turn off auto select
,touch the
AUTO SEL icon . This restores the
presets you originally set.
For information on FM/AM radio
frequencies and reception, see page
184. Adjusting the Sound
You can adjust the sound on the
navigation screen. To adjust the
sound, push the AUDIO button, then
enter the sound grid by touching the
SOUND icon on the display.
SOUND ICON
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BASS－Adjusts the bass.
TREBLE －Adjusts the treble. To
adjust the treble and bass, touchor
on each side of the treble or
bass adjustment bar. The adjustment
bar on the right lower display shows
you the current setting. FADER
－Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound. To adjust the
front/rear fader, touch the FR or RR
icon.
BALANCE －Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
To adjust the left/right balance,
touch the L or R icon.
The right upper display shows you
the current setting of the sound
strength coming from each speaker.
SVC (speed-sensitive volume
compensation) －The SVC mode
controls the volume based on vehicle
speed. The faster you go, the louder
the audio volume becomes. As you
slow down, the audio volume
decreases. Touch the appropriate
icon (Low, Mid, Hi, Off) to select the
mode. This function is set to MID as the
default setting when the vehicle
leaves the factory. If you feel the
sound is too loud, choose low. If you
feel the sound is too quiet, choose
Hi.
You can also select the icon with the
joystick. Move it up and down to
move the highlighting and scroll
through lists. Select the icon, then
enter the joystick.
The system will return to the audio
display about 10 seconds after you
stop adjusting a mode.
SPEAKER SETTING
BASS/TREBLE SETTING
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Screen ModeYou can select the background
screen to display the sound level.
There are three screen modes: level
(the sound level is shown with the
vertical bars), spectrum analysis (the
sound level appears as ripples of
water), and off. Each time you touch
the background icon, the display
changes.Audio System Lighting
You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the control panel (see
page76).The audio system
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POWER/VOLUME
KNOBJOYSTICK
REPEAT BUTTON CD ICON
RANDOM
BUTTON
OPEN BUTTON
CD/AUX BUTTON
AUDIO BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
TUNE BAR
REWIND BUTTONFAST FORWARD
BUTTON
SKIPꭚBUTTONSKIP
ꬽBUTTON
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To Play a Disc
(In-dash single player)
You operate the in-dash disc player
with the same controls used for the
radio. To load or play discs, the
ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA formats. When playing
a disc in MP3, you will see‘‘MP3 ’’
on the screen. In WMA format,
‘‘ WMA ’’will appear on the screen.
You can select up to 255 folders and
play up to 999 tracks. If the disc has a
complex structure, it takes a while to
read the disc before the system
begins to play it.
If you have a disc that is a
combination of CD-DA tracks and
MP3/WMA files, you can choose the
format to listen by pressing and
holding CD/AUX button until you
hear a beep.
Video CDs and DVD discs do not
work in this unit.
A disc compressed in AAC format
cannot be played in this audio system.
The specifications for compatible
MP3 files are:– Sampling frequency:
32/44.1/48 kHz (MPEG1)
24/22.05/16 kHz (MPEG2)
– Bit rate:
32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/
160/192/224/256/320 kbps
(MPEG1)
8/16/24/32/40/48/56/64/80/96/
112/128/160 kbps (MPEG2)
– Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session –
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
The specifications for compatible
WMA files are: – Sampling frequency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
– Bit rate:
32/40/48/64/80/96/128/160/192
kbps
– Compatible with variable bit rate
and multi-session
– Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
NOTE:
If a file on an MP3 or WMA disc is
protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays FILE ERROR, and then
skips to the next file.
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Press the AUDIO button beside the
screen to show the audio display and
operate the in-dash disc player.
You can also operate the audio
system without using the control
icons on the audio screen. Press the
CD/AUX button. The status bar
appears on the bottom of the screen.
On the navigation screen, you can
see the audio information whenever
you touch the AUDIO INFO or
TRACK LIST icons on the lower of
the screen.
When playing a CD recorded with
text data, the track, album, and artist
name are shown on the audio
display. When playing a disc in MP3
or WMA, the folder number and
name, the file number and name, the
artist name, and the elapsed time are
shown. The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes.
If the disc was not recorded with text
data, it will not be displayed.
To Change or Select Tracks/FilesYou can use the preset buttons while
a disc is playing to select passages
and change tracks (files in MP3 or
WMA mode). Each preset button's
function is shown on the bottom of
the screen.You can also select an icon with the
joystick. Move it to left, right, up, or
down to change the highlighting and
scroll through lists. Then press the
ENT on the top of the joystick to
select the icon.
SKIP
－Each time you press
(preset 6), the player skips forward
to the beginning of the next track
(file in MP3 or WMA mode). Press
(preset 5), to skip backward to
the beginning of the current track.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
FF/REW －To move rapidly within
a track/file, press and hold
(preset 4) or
(preset 3).
PRESET BUTTON'S FUNCTION
PRESET BUTTONS
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SCAN (TRACK/FILE SCAN)－
The scan function samples all tracks
(files in MP3 or WMA) in the order
they were recorded. To activate scan,
press the SCAN button. You will see
‘‘ TRACK SCAN ’’in the display. You
will get a 10 second sampling of each
track/file on the disc. Press the
SCAN button to get out of scan mode
and play the last track/file sampled.
Pressing either SKIP button (preset
5 or 6) also turns off scan.
In MP3 or WMA modeFOLDER SCAN －This feature,
when activated, samples all the first
files in each folder on the disc in
order. To activate folder scan, press
and hold the SCAN button for 2
seconds. You will see ‘‘FOLDER
SCAN ’’in the display.
The system plays the first file in each
folder for about 10 seconds. If you do
nothing, the system then plays the
first file in each folder for 10 seconds
each. After playing the first file of the
last folder, the system goes to normal
playing.
Pressing either SKIP button (preset
5 or 6), or selecting a different folder
with the TUNE bar, or pressing the
SCAN button, also turns off folder
scan.
Using a Track ListYou can also select a track/file
directly from a track list on the audio
display. Press the AUDIO button to
show the audio display, then touch
the Track List icon. The track list
menu appears on the display.FOLDER ICON TRACK/FILE ICON
FOLDER NUMBER RETURN ICON
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