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●The CF player sometimes cannot function
when the passenger compartment tempera-
ture is extremely high. Decrease the tem-
perature before use.
●Do not expose a CF card to direct sunlight.
●Confirm that a CF card is inserted correctly.
iPod* player (if so equipped)
●Some characters used in other languages
(Chinese, Japanese, etc.) are not displayed
properly on the vehicle center screen. We
recommend using English language charac-
ters with an iPod.
●Large video podcast files cause slow re-
sponses in the iPod. The vehicle center
display may momentarily black out, but it will
soon recover.
●If the iPodautomatically selects large video
podcast files while in the shuffle mode, the
vehicle center display may momentarily
black out, but it will soon recover.
●Improperly plugging in the iPodmay cause
a checkmark to be displayed on and off
(flickering) . Always make sure that the iPod
is connected properly.
●The iPodnano (2nd Generation) will con-
tinue to fast forward or rewind if it is discon-
nected during a seek operation.●An incorrect song title may appear when the
Play Mode is changed while using the iPod
nano (2nd Generation) .
●Audiobooks may not play in the same order
as they appear on the iPod.
●The iPodnano (1st Generation) may re-
main in fast forward or rewind mode if it is
connected during a seek operation. In this
case, please manually reset the iPod.
●If you are using an iPod(3rd Generation
with Dock connector) , do not use very long
names for the song title, album name or artist
name to avoid the iPodfrom resetting itself.
●Be careful not to do the following, or the
cable could be damaged and a loss of func-
tion may occur:
●Bend the cable excessively (1.6 in (40
mm) radius minimum) .
●Twist the cable excessively (more than
180 degrees) .
●Pull or drop the cable.
●Close the center console lid on the cable
or connectors.
●Store objects with sharp edges in the
storage where the cable is stored.
●Spill liquids on the cable and connectors.●Do not connect the cable to the iPodif the
cable and/or connectors are wet. It may
damage the iPod.
●If the cable and connectors are exposed to
water, allow the cable and/or connectors to
dry completely before connecting the cable
to the iPod(wait 24 hours for it to dry) .
●If the connector is exposed to fluids other
than water, evaporative residue may cause a
short between the connector pins. In this
case, replace the cable, otherwise damage
to the iPodand a loss of function may
occur.
●If the cable is damaged (insulation cut, con-
nectors cracked, contamination such as liq-
uids, dust, dirt, etc. in the connectors) , do
not use the cable and contact a NISSAN
dealer to replace the cable with a new one.
●When not in use for extended periods of
time, store the cable in a clean, dust free
environment at room temperature and with-
out direct sun exposure.
●Do not use the cable for any other purposes
other than its intended use in the vehicle.
*iPodis a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries.
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Compact Disc (CD)/CompactFlash™
(CF) with MP3 or WMA
Terms:
●MP3 — MP3 is short for Moving Pictures
Experts Group Audio Layer 3. MP3 is the
most well-known compressed digital audio
file format. This format allows for near “CD
quality” sound, but at a fraction of the size of
normal audio files. MP3 conversion of an
audio track from CD/CF can reduce the file
size by approximately 10:1 ratio (Sampling:
44.1 kHz, Bit rate: 128 kbps) with virtually no
perceptible loss in quality. MP3 compres-
sion removes the redundant and irrelevant
parts of a sound signal that the human ear
doesn’t hear.
●WMA — Windows Media Audio (WMA)* is a
compressed audio format created by Mi-
crosoft as an alternative to MP3. The WMA
codec offers greater file compression than
the MP3 codec, enabling storage of more
digital audio tracks in the same amount of
space when compared to MP3s at the same
level of quality.●Bit rate — Bit rate denotes the number of
bits per second used by a digital music file.
The size and quality of a compressed digital
audio file is determined by the bit rate used
when encoding the file.
●Sampling frequency — Sampling frequency
is the rate at which the samples of a signal
are converted from analog to digital (A/D
conversion) per second.
●Multisession — Multisession is one of the
methods for writing data to media. Writing
data once to the media is called a single
session, and writing more than once is called
a multisession.
●ID3/WMA Tag — The ID3/WMA tag is the
part of the encoded MP3 or WMA file that
contains information about the digital music
file such as song title, artist, album title,
encoding bit rate, track time duration, etc.
ID3 tag information is displayed on the
Album/Artist/Track title line on the display.
* Windowsand Windows Mediaare regis-
tered trademarks and trademarks of the Mi-
crosoft Corporation in the United States of
America and/or other countries.
CompactFlash™ is a trademark of the SanDisk
Corporation in the United States of America
and/or other countries.Playback order:
Music playback order of a CD/CF with MP3 or
WMA files is as illustrated.
●The names of folders not containing MP3 or
WMA files are not shown in the display.
Playback order chart
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●If there is a file in the top level of the disc,
“Root Folder” is displayed.
●The playback order is the order in which the
files were written by the writing software.
Therefore, the files might not play in the
desired order.
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Specification chart:
Supported media CD, CD-R, CD-RW, CF
Supported file systemsCD, CD-R, CD-RW:
ISO9660 LEVEL1, ISO9660 LEVEL2, Apple ISO, Romeo, Joliet * ISO9660 Level 3 (packet writing) is not supported.
CompactFlash card: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32
Supported
versions*1MP3Version MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG2.5
Sampling frequency 8 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 8 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR*4
WMA*2 Version WMA7, WMA8, WMA9
Sampling frequency 32 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 32 kbps - 192 kbps, VBR*4
Tag informationID3 tag VER1.0, VER1.1, VER2.2, VER2.3, VER 2.4 (MP3 only)
WMA tag (WMA only)
Folder levelsWith navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders: 255 (including root folder) , Files: 512 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
Without navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders and files: 999 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
Text character number limitationWith navigation system: 128 characters
Without navigation system: 64 characters
Displayable character codes*301: ASCII, 02: ISO-8859-1, 03: UNICODE (UTF-16 BOM Big Endian) , 04: UNICODE (UTF-16 Non-BOM Big Endian) , 05:
UNICODE (UTF-8) , 06: UNICODE (Non-UTF-16 BOM Little Endian)
*1 Files created with a combination of 48 kHz sampling frequency and 64 kbps bit rate cannot be played.
*2 Protected WMA files (DRM) cannot be played.
*3 Available codes depend on what kind of media, versions and information are going to be displayed.
*4 When VBR files are played, the playback time may not be displayed correctly.
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AUDIO control knob (Bass, Treble, Fade,
Balance, SSV and Beep):
Press the AUDIO control knob to change the
mode as follows:
Bass→Treble→Fade→Balance→Beep
ON/OFF→Bass
To adjust Bass, Treble, Fade and Balance, press
the AUDIO control knob until the desired mode
appears in the display. Turn the TUNE/FOLDER
knob to adjust Bass and Treble to the desired
level. You can also use the TUNE/FOLDER knob
to adjust Fader and Balance modes. Fader ad-
justs the sound level between the front and rear
speakers and Balance adjusts the sound be-
tween the right and left speakers.
To change the Beep to ON or OFF, turn the
TUNE/FOLDER knob left or right. This will enable
or disable the beep sound heard during menu
selection.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, press the AUDIO control knob re-
peatedly until the radio or CD display reappears.
Otherwise, the radio or CD display will automati-
cally reappear after about 5 seconds.
Clock set
The clock displays the time when the ignition
switch is placed in the ACC or ON position.Adjusting the time
1. Push and hold the DISP/CLOCK button for
more than 2 seconds until the display shows
“Hour Adjust”.
2. Turn the TUNE/FOLDER knob to adjust the
hour.
3. Press the DISP/CLOCK button again; the
display will show “Minute Adjust”.
4. Turn the TUNE/FOLDER knob to adjust the
minutes.
5. Press the DISP/CLOCK button again to exit
the clock set mode.
The display will return to the regular clock display
after 10 seconds, or press the DISP/CLOCK
button again to return to the regular clock dis-
play..
If the power supply is disconnected, the clock will
not indicate the correct time.
Readjust the time.
CD display mode
To change the text displayed while playing a CD
with text, press the DISP/CLOCK button. The
DISP/CLOCK button will allow you to scroll
through CD text as follows: Track number and
Track time←→Album title←→Song title.●Track number displays the track number se-
lected on the disc.
●Track time displays the amount of time the
track has played.
●Album title displays the title of the CD being
played.
●Song title displays the title of the selected
CD track.
MP3 display mode
To change the text displayed when listening to a
CD with MP3s and ID3 tags, press the
DISP/CLOCK button. The DISP/CLOCK button
will scroll through the CD text as follows: Disc
number, Track number and Folder number←→
Folder title←→Song title←→Artist name←→
Album title.
●Disc number displays the number of the
current disc playing.
●Track number displays the number of the
track playing on the selected disc.
●Folder number displays the number of the
current folder on the MP3 CD.
●Folder title displays the title of the folder.
●Song title displays the title of the song play-
ing.
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●Artist name displays the name of the artist of
the song playing.
●Album title displays the title of the album of
the song playing.
FM/AM radio operation
FM/AM band select:
Pressing the AM·FM button will change the band
as follows:
AM→FM1→FM2→AM
When the AM·FM button is pressed while the
ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the
radio will come on at the station last played.
The last station played will also come on when
the VOL/ON·OFF control knob is pressed ON.
If a compact disc is playing when the AM·FM
button is pressed, the compact disc will auto-
matically be turned off and the last radio station
played will come on.
The FM stereo indicator ST will illuminate during
FM stereo reception. When the stereo broadcast
signal is weak, the radio will automatically change
from stereo to monaural reception.
TUNE/FOLDER (Tuning) knob:
To manually tune the radio, turn the
TUNE/FOLDER knob to the right or left.
SEEK/CAT and TRACK
tuning buttons:
Press the SEEK/CAT
button or the
TRACK
button to tune from high to low or
low to high frequencies and stop at the next
broadcasting station.
SCAN tuning:
Press the SCAN button to stop at each broad-
casting station for 5 seconds. Pressing the
SCAN button again during this 5 second period
will stop scan tuning and the radio will remain
tuned to that station. If the SCAN button is not
pressed within 5 seconds, scan tuning moves to
the next station.
1 to 6 Station memory operations:
Twelve stations/channels can be set for the FM
band (6 for FM1, 6 for FM2) and 6 stations can be
set for the AM band.
1. Choose the radio band AM, FM1 or FM2
using the AM·FM select button.
2. Tune to the desired station using manual,
SEEK or SCAN tuning. Press and hold any
of the desired station memory buttons (1 –
6) until a beep sound is heard.3. The channel indicator will then come on and
the sound will resume. Programming is now
complete.
4. Other buttons can be set in the same man-
ner.
If the battery cable is disconnected, or if the fuse
opens, the radio memory will be canceled. In that
case, reset the desired stations.
Compact disc (CD) changer operation
Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON
position and press the LOAD button, then press
one of the CD insert (1 – 6) slots. Insert the
compact disc into the slot with the label side
facing up. The compact disc will be guided auto-
matically into the slot and start playing.
If the radio is already operating, it will automati-
cally turn off and the compact disc will play.
If the system has been turned off while the com-
pact disc was playing, pressing the
VOL/ON·OFF control knob will start the compact
disc.
LOAD button:
To insert a CD in the CD changer, press the
LOAD button for less than 1.5 seconds. Select
the loading slot by pressing the CD insert select
button (1 – 6) , then insert the CD.
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To insert 6 CDs to the CD changer, press the
LOAD button for more than 1.5 seconds.
The slot numbers (1 – 6) will illuminate on the
display when CDs are loaded into the changer.
DISC button:
When the DISC button is pressed with the sys-
tem off and the compact disc loaded, the system
will turn on and the compact disc will start to play.
When the DISC button is pressed with the com-
pact disc loaded with the radio playing, the radio
will automatically be turned off and the compact
disc will start to play.
SEEK/CAT and TRACK
buttons:
When the SEEK/CAT
button is pressed
while a compact disc is playing, the track being
played returns to its beginning. Press several
times to skip back through tracks. The compact
disc will go back the number of times the button
is pressed.When the TRACK
button is pressed while
the compact disc is playing, the next track will
start to play from its beginning. Press several
times to skip through tracks. The compact disc
will advance the number of times the button is
pressed. (When the last track on the compact
disc is skipped through, the first track will be
played.)
SEEK/CAT and TRACK
(Rewind·Fast Forward)
buttons:
Press and hold the SEEK/CAT
(rewind)
button or the TRACK
(fast forward) button
while a compact disc is playing, the compact disc
will play while rewinding or fast forwarding. When
the button is released, the compact disc will
return to normal play speed.
TUNE/FOLDER knob
While playing an MP3/WMA CD, turn the
TUNE/FOLDER knob right or left to scan forward
or backward through available folders.
CD select buttons:
To play another CD that has been loaded, press a
CD select button (1 – 6) .RPT/RDM button:
When the RPT/RDM button is pressed while the
compact disc is playing, the play pattern can be
changed as follows:
CD:
All Disc Repeat→1 Disc Repeat→1 Track
Repeat→All Disc Random→1 Disc Random→
All Disc Repeat
MP3/WMA CD:
All Disc Repeat→1 Disc Repeat→1 Folder
Repeat→1 Track Repeat→All Disc Random→
1 Disc Random→1 Folder Random→All Disc
Repeat
All Disc Repeat: All discs loaded will be re-
peated.
1 Disc Repeat: The disc that is currently playing
will be repeated.
1 Track Repeat: The track that is currently playing
will be repeated.
1 Folder Repeat: The folder that is currently being
accessed will be repeated.
All Disc Random: All discs loaded will be played
in a mixed order.
1 Disc Random: The tracks on the disc that is
currently playing will be played in a mixed order.
1 Folder Random: The tracks in the folder that is
currently being accessed will be played in a
mixed order.
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FM/AM/SAT RADIO WITH
COMPACT DISC (CD) CHANGER (if
so equipped)
For all operation precautions, seeAudio opera-
tion precautionsearlier in this section.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
AM·FM button is pressed to access satellite radio
stations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XMsatellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio is
not available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
Audio main operation
VOL/ON·OFF control:
Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON
position, and then push the VOL/ON·OFF control
knob while the system is off to call up the mode
(radio or CD) which was playing immediately
before the system was turned off.
To turn the system off, press the VOL/ON·OFF
control knob.
Turn the VOL/ON·OFF control knob to adjust the
volume.
This vehicle has Speed Sensitive Volume (SSV)
for audio. The audio volume changes as the driv-
ing speed changes.AUDIO control knob (Bass, Treble, Balance
and Fade):
Press the AUDIO control knob to change the
mode as follows:
Bass→Treble→Balance→Fade
To adjust Bass, Treble, Balance and Fade, press
the AUDIO control knob until the desired mode
appears in the display. Turn the Tuning knob to
adjust Bass and Treble to the desired level. You
can also use the Tuning knob to adjust Fader and
Balance modes. Fader adjusts the sound level
between the front and rear speakers and Balance
adjusts the sound between the right and left
speakers.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, press the AUDIO control knob re-
peatedly until the radio or CD display reappears.
Otherwise, the radio or CD display will automati-
cally reappear after about 10 seconds.Speed Sensitive Volume (SSV):
To change the SSV mode from OFF to 5, press
the SETTING button. Then select the “Audio” key
using the NISSAN controller, then press the EN-
TER button; the audio settings screen will be
displayed. Select the “–” key or “+” key, then
press the ENTER button to change the SSV.
While in this screen you can also adjust the other
audio settings by selecting the corresponding
key.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, press the BACK button.
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