µYou’ll f ind many saf ety
recommendations throughout this
section, and throughout this manual.
Therecommendationsonthispage
are the ones we consider to be the
most important.
A seat belt is your best protection in
all types of collisions. Airbags are
designed to supplement seat belts,
not replace them. So even though
your vehicle is equipped with airbags,
make sure you and your passengers
always wear your seat belts, and
wear them properly (see page ).
Children age 12 and under should
ride properly restrained in a back
seat, not the front seat. Infants and
smallchildrenshouldberestrained
in a child seat. Larger children
should use a booster seat and a lap/
shoulder belt until they can use the
belt properly without a booster seat
(see pages ).
While airbags can save lives, they
can cause serious or fatal injuries to
occupants who sit too close to them,
or are not properly restrained.
Inf ants, young children, and short
adults are at the greatest risk. Be
sure to f ollow all instructions and
warnings in this manual.
Alcohol and driving don’t mix. Even
one drink can reduce your ability to
respond to changing conditions, and
your reaction time gets worse with
every additional drink. So don’t drink
and drive, and don’t let your f riends
drink and drive, either.
Engaging in mobile phone
conversation or other activities that
keep you f rom paying close attention
to the road, other vehicles and
pedestrians could lead to a crash.
Remember, situations can change
quickly, and only you can decide
when it is saf e to divert attention
away f rom driving.
Having a tire blowout or a
mechanical f ailure can be extremely
hazardous. To reduce the possibility
of such problems, check your tire
pressures and condition f requently,
and perform all regularly scheduled
maintenance (see page ).
Excessive speed is a major f actor in
crash injuries and deaths. Generally,
the higher the speed, the greater the
risk, but serious injuries can also
occur at lower speeds. Never drive
f aster than is saf e f or current
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Important Saf ety Precautions
Always Wear Your Seat Belt
Restrain All Children
Be Aware of Airbag Hazards
Don’t Drink and Drive
Pay Appropriate Attention to the
Task of Driving Saf ely
K eep Your Vehicle in Saf e
Condition
Control Your Speed
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If you f orget and leave the key in the
ignition switch, lockout prevention
will not allow you to lock the driver’s
door. With any door open and the
key in the ignition switch, locking
with the master door lock switch is
disabled. If the driver’s door is
closed, the lock tab on the driver’s
door is not disabled. Pulling the
driver’s lock tab rearward will lock
all doors. If you try to lock an open
driver’s door by pulling the lock tab
rearward, the driver’s door lock tab
pops out and unlocks the driver’s
door.
The auto door locking f eature has
three possible settings:
The auto door locking is
deactivated all the time.
The doors lock whenever you
move the shift lever out of the
Park (P) position (A/T vehicles).
The doors lock when the vehicle
speed reaches 9 mph (15 km/h).
Your vehicle has customizable
settings f or the doors to
automatically lock and unlock. There
are default settings for each of these
f eatures. You can turn of f or change
the settings for these features as
described on the f ollowing pages.
This is the def ault setting.
When you customize the setting,
make sure your vehicle is parked
saf ely, the engine is of f , and the
parking brake is applied. Make all
settings bef ore you start driving.
L ockout Prevent ion
Door L ocks
A uto Door L ockingA uto Door L ocking/Unlocking
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Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3 or WMA, the numbers
of the current f older and f ile are
shown. The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes.
You cannot load and play 3-inch
(8-cm)discsinthissystem.
The specif ications f or compatible
WMA f iles are:
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
artist, album, and track tag.
Each time you press the TITLE
button, the display shows you the
text, if the disc was recorded with
text data.
Sampling f requency:
32/44.1/48 kHz
Bitrate:
48/64/80/96/128/160/192 kbps
Compatible with variable bitrate
and multi-session
Maximum layers
(including ROOT): 8 layers
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T ext Data Display FunctionTo Load a Disc
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You will also see some text data
under these conditions:
When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
When you change the audio mode
to play a disc with text data or in
MP3 or WMA.
When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.
When playing a CD-DA with text
data, the album and track name are
showninthedisplay.Withadiscin
MP3 or WMA, the display shows the
f older and f ile name.
You can use the SKIP buttons while
a disc is playing to select passages
and change tracks (files in MP3/
WMA mode).
Each time you press and
release the SKIP button, the
player skips f orward to the
beginning of the next track (f ile in
MP3 or WMA mode). Press and
release the to skip backward to
the beginning of the current track.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
andholdthe or SKIP
button.
The display shows up to about 14
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 14
characters, you will see the first 14
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the
TITLE button until the next 14
characters are shown.
T o Change or Select T racks/Files
Playing a Disc (L X model)
SK IP
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select a dif f erent f older, press either
side of the FOLDER bar. Press the
side of the bar to skip to the next
f older, and the side of the bar to
move to the beginning of the
previous f older.
This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles on
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder
repeat, press the RPT side of the
RPT/RDM bar twice. You will hear a
beep and see F-RPT in the display.
The system continuously replays the
current f older. Press the RPT side of
the bar again to turn it off. Pressing
the RDM side of the bar, or selecting
a different folder with the FOLDER
bar also turns of f the repeat f eature.
Each time you press and release the
RPTsideof thebar,themode
changes f rom f ile repeat to f older
repeat, then to normal play.
This f eature plays the
tracks within a disc (the f iles in MP3
or WMA mode) in random order. To
activate random play, press and
release the RDM side of the RPT/
RDM bar. In MP3 or WMA mode,
presstheRDMsideof thebar
repeatedly to select RDM (within a
disc random play). You will see RDM
in the display. Press the RDM side of
the bar for 2 seconds to return to
normal play.
To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT side of
theRPT/RDMbar.YouwillseeRPT
in the display. Press and hold the
RPTsidefor2secondstoturnitoff.
Playing a Disc (L X model)
FOLDER SELECTIONFOLDER-REPEAT
RANDOM (Random within a
disc)
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT)
Features
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In MP3 or WMA modeIn MP3 or WMA mode
The system plays the f irst f ile in the
f irst f older f or about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system will then
play the f irst f iles in the next f olders
f or 10 seconds. Af ter playing the f irst
file of the last folder, the system
plays normally.
The scan f unction samples all tracks
(f iles in MP3 or WMA) on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc. To activate scan, press and
release the SCAN button. You will
see SCAN in the display. You will get
a10secondsamplingof eachtrack/
f ile on the disc. Press and hold the
SCAN button f or about 2 seconds to
get out of scan mode and play the
last track/f ile sampled.
Pressing either of the SKIP buttons
also turns off the scan feature.
This
feature, when activated, samples the
f irst f ile of each f older on the disc.
To activate folder scan, press the
SCAN button twice. You will see
F-SCAN in the display.
Pressing either of the SKIP buttons,
selecting a dif f erent f older with the
FOLDER bar, or pressing the SCAN
button, also turns off the folder scan.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from file scan to folder scan, then to
normal play.
This
feature, when activated, plays all
f iles in the selected f older in random
order. To activate f older random,
presstheRDMsideof theRPT/
RDM bar. You will see F-RDM in the
display. The system will then select
and play f iles randomly. This
continues until you deactivate f older
random by pressing and holding the
RDM side of the bar again, or by
selecting a dif f erent f older with the
FOLDER bar.
Each time you press and release the
RDMsideof thebar,themode
changes f rom f older random play to
random play (within a disc random
play), then to normal play.
Playing a Disc (L X model)
SCA N (T RA CK /FIL E SCA N)
F-SCAN (FOLDER SCAN)FOLDER-RANDOM
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The band and f requency that the
radio was last tuned to are displayed.
To change bands, press the AM or
FM button. On the FM band, ST will
be displayed if the station is
broadcasting in stereo. Stereo
reproduction in AM is not available.
On the AM band, AM noise
reduction turns on automatically.
The ignition switch must be in the
ACCESSORY (I) or ON (II) position.
Turn the system on by pushing the
power/volume knob or the AM or
FM button. Adjust the volume by
turning the power/volume knob.
You can use any of f ive methods to
f ind radio stations on the selected
band: tune, skip, scan, the preset
buttons, and auto select.
The skip f unction searches
up and down f rom the current
f requency to f ind a station with a
strong signal. To activate it, press
and hold the or side of the
SKIP bar until you hear a beep, then
release it.
On the FM band, you can also use
the f eatures provided by the radio
data system (RDS). For more
inf ormation on the RDS, see page
.
Use the selector knob to
tune the radio to a desired f requency.
Turn the knob right to tune to a
higher f requency, or lef t to tune to a
lower f requency.
Each time you press and release
either side of the SKIP bar, the radio
f requency changes in small
increments.
The scan f unction 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.
When the system finds a strong
signal, it will stop and play that
station f or about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
scan f or the next strong station and
play it f or 10 seconds. When it plays
a station that you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again.
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SK IP
TUNE
SCAN
Playing the FM/AM Radio (EX, EX-L and V6 models without navigation system)
Features
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To listen to XM Radio, turn the
ignition switch to the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position, and press the
button. The last channel you
listened to will show in the display.
Adjust the volume by turning the
power/volume knob.
To switch between
channel mode and category mode,
press and hold the TITLE button
until the mode changes.
In the channel mode, you can select
all of the available channels. In the
category mode, such as Jazz, Rock,
Classical, etc., you can select all of
the channels within that category.
Each time you press and release the
TITLE button, the display changes in
the f ollowing sequence: name, title,
and category.
You can also change the mode from
the menu items. Press the MENU
button to display the menu items,
then turn the selector knob to select
MODE/CATEGORY and press the
selector knob (ENTER). Each time
you press and release the selector
knob (ENTER), the display changes
between CHANNEL and
CATEGORY. To enter the setting,
press the TITLE button.
You may experience periods when
XM Radio does not transmit the
artist’s name and song title
inf ormation. If this happens, there is
nothing wrong with your system.
Your vehicle is capable of receiving
XMRadio anywhere in the United
States and Canada, except Hawaii,
Alaska,andPuertoRico.XMisa
registered trademark of Sirius XM
Radio,Inc.andXMCANADAis a
registered business name of
Canadian Satellite Radio Inc.
XM Radio receives signals f rom two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It of f ers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
dif f erent types of music, XM Radio
allows you to view channel and
category selections in the display.
Playing the XMRadio (EX-L and EX-L V6 models without navigation system)
MODE
Operating the XM Radio
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