Booklet 3.4 P remi um Sound System
.0, WARNING (conti nued )
• Us e the Sound System only if road , traffic
an d weath er cond itions permit and you will
not be distracted from your driving.
Important information
Operating the Sound System while driving
D rivi ng on today 's road s demands th e full atten
ti o n of the driver.
The w ide range of sophisti cate d eq uipm ent de
tail s of modern car radio s offer not onl y a vas t
so urce of entertainmen t, but also import ant in
form ation reg arding t raffic updates, road condi
t ions, wea ther repo rts. etc.
Bu t re mem ber, you should onl y operate the
ra di o system wit h its num erous fe atures when
th e traffic situ atio n rea lly
in "Con
tro ls" on page 2.
For examp le, c hangin g CDs o r re ading song t i
tl es on a CD case or in th e rad io display when
drivi ng is o ften the ca use of aut o acc idents .
You s hould also set th e vo lume of your radio
sys tem so that yo u ca n h ear s ig n als from other
dr iv ers at a ny tim e.
Convenience radio coding For tec hn ical reason s. the conve nience radio
c oding is not ava ila bl e for all vehicle models.
In the past, it used to be tha t yo u had to manu
a lly recode t he radio wheneve r th e uni t was re
m oved from the ve hicle (for example, if th e unit
was removed to be repaired). or whenever the
veh icle battery was disco nnected (for examp le,
if yo u brou ght yo ur v ehicl e in to t he deale rship
for service a nd it was necessary to dis con nect
t he bauery). In eith er case , the power sup ply to
th e unit was cut off.
T hat has all ch anged w ith the new conven ie n ce
radio cod ing f un cti on: Once t he co de number
ha s bee n ent ered. it
will th en sy nchro nize itse lf
w ith "its" vehicl e!
.0, WARNING (co ntinu ed)
• Always set volume leve ls so that you can
clearly hear horns , si rens and oth er warning
sounds outside the vehicle .
If the power supp ly has been interrupted , the
radio will automa tically c hec k to see if it i s s till in
vehicle after the ignition has been switched
on . If this hap pen, th e radio will be ready for use
af ter just a few seconds.
It is th erefo re no longer necessary to d isengage
th e e lect ronic lock manuall y!
If t11e rad io ha s been in s ra ile d in anot her ve hicl e,
how ever, the electronic lock ha ve to be dis
engaged manually.
If
SAFE ap pea rs i n the disp lay a fter switchin g the
rad io on , it can then only be operated aga in afte r
entering tJ1e co rrect code
=> pa ge 34.
External CD changer1l
You also have the option of installin g a Ge nuine
Vo lkswagen CD Changer. Ask your authoriz ed
Vo lkswagen dealer about thi s optio n.
The CD change r is in stalle d in the front armres t
co mp artment. It is "re mote controlled" by th e
radio unit.
It allow s you ro load up to 6 CDs. See => page 32 for furt her information.
Vo lkswage n dea ler s have a ll the informa tion
conce rning in stallin g th e CD c hange r.
Tip s
• Please note tha t it em s marked with an as
t e ri sk(*) may be standard on ce rtain m odels , op
tional on otJ1 ers or no t ava ilabl e on yo ur model.
Always ch eck with your authorized Volkswage n
deale r to see if the feat ure or item ap plies to your
mod el.
• The radio code numb er and the radio seria l
numb er ca n be found on th e "Radio Card" at the
beg inning of the
Lit erature . ._
I) Availa ble as a fa cto ry install ed opt ion, or your author ized Volkswagen dealer can install the oplional C D
c h anger for you. A lways chec k with yo ur a utho rize d Vol kswage n deale r if th is op tio n i s ava ilab le fo r yo ur
model.
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Radio
ON /OFF Button
88.3 89.1 94.1
Fig. 3 Radio b uttons
Pr ess the knob fig. 3 to turn the unit
on I
Whatever was playing when the uni! was las!
turned off -radio or CD -will automaticall y
come back on when the unit is turned on again.
The foll owing se lling s will b e saved whenever
yo u tu m off the system:
• Rad io: the frequen cy (ra dio s tat ion or
c h an nel) se ttin g.
• Interna l CD c han ger : the se lected CD track.
W hen you
on the again , th e ra di o or the
CD player w ill co me on depend ing on which on
yo u wer e la st li ste nin g
when you turn ed the
unit off .
The uni! turn s off au!Omati ca lly w hen you re
m ove the key fro m the ign ition lock.
The radio can be turn ed on wh ile th e ignition
key is rem oved b y simpl y pressing the kn ob
88,3
about 1 hour. This procedure can be re p eate d as
o ften as des ired .
WARNING
Dri ver distraction causes accid ents, collision s
and ser ious personal injury!
• Never let yourse lf be distr acted by setting,
a djusting or using the Audio System.
• Use the Audio System only if road, traffic
and weather conditions p ermit and you will
not b e distracted from your driving .
• Alwa ys set vo lum e le vel s so that you can
clearly hear horns, sir ens and other warning
s ounds outside the vehicl e.
Tips
If th e radio does not emit any so un d w hen it is
sw itched on and the word SAFE appears in the
display, then the unit i s electronica lly lock ed u p.
See
page 34.
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pag e 10,
fig. 5
briefl y to sca n upw ard to the next
high er frequency . Scanning stop s at th e
ne xt good quality station rece ive d. After
a bout 10 seconds, the radio wi ll sca n to th e
ne xt station.
SCA N will app ear in the dis
pla y afte r you pr ess this button .
Manual Radio Station searc h (TUNE)
- Turn the knob © clockwi se to tune up
wa rds.
- Turn the knob counterclo ckwise to
tu ne downward s.
Preset scan
-Pre ss a nd ho ld down d1 e ISCAN/T UNEJ
button for longer t han 2 sec onds to enter
the set up mod e. You will hea r a s igna l
t on e.
- Turn the
ISCAN/lUNEJ rotary kn ob, until
SELECT SCAN AM /FM ap pears in the dis
p lay.
SEEK /TRACK
Use th e (S EEK /TRA CK! rock er bu tton to seek
the next h ighe r or lo wer frequen cy (radio
s tat ion) .
Automat ic se ek
-pag e 3, fig. 2 to sea rch
LO next hig h er frequenc y (rad io sta
tion ).
-
to sea rch to th e nex t low er fr e
que ncy (radio stat ion ). -
In t he lower part of the display the
words
ST ATIONS and PRESETS will appear.
B y using t he s tation p rese t
below these w ords sele ct th e type of scan
operat ion you want.
- Press the
IS CAN /TUN EJ rotary knob again
fo r lon ger than 2 seconds to confirm the
se ttin g you have just made . You will hear a
s ig n al ton e.
Automatic T uning (SCA N)
If you press the button during the 10 sec ond
" h old " p erio d, th e rad io will on lo the sta
t ion curr entl y bei ng rece ive d.
Th e sca n fun ction slop s autom aticall y after one
l oop of the e ntir e rang e of frequ en cie s.
Pr ese t sc an
ll is p oss ible fo r you to selec t betwee n a sca n op
era lion through th e entir e range of frequenci es
or just th rough the s tat ions memor ize d in th e
pr ese t buuon s.
Ma nual Radio S tation search (TUNE)
The setting s will be changed in small inc rem ents
(FM 0.2 MHz-, AM 10
-On ce a sta tion has been fo und, briefly
again w ill cause th e se ek
operat ion to b e re p eated .
Controlled seek
-Press and to tun e to a desir e d frequency.
- Simply befor e you
r eac h th e des ired fr equ enc y. T he seek
funct ion will then stop at the n ext station
that offers acceptab le
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Selecting a category
Fig. 13 CAT/FLOR Button
Selecting channe ls
Fig . 14 Preset Buttons and SCAN/TUNE Knob
Th e chan nels can be selected with both
! SCAN/TUNE ) or !SEEK/ TRACK) buttons.
!SCAN/ TUNE) button
- Turn the [SCAN /TUNE) button (=> fig. 14
to manually select a channe l in a ll ca t
egor ies.
- Turn clockwis e to sea rc h up wards
or
turn coun tercl ockwise to searc h down
wards. F irst the currently selecte d ch a nnel
appears in the di sp lay. Then the name of
the ch anne l w ill be di spla yed.
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The se lection of program categorie s de
pends on what your provid er offers.
- PresslCAT/FLDR) button
fig.13 to se
l ect the desired category
selec t up
wards
se lec t do wnwa rds).
Tips
• The chann el
th e lo wes t frequency is se
l e cted when shifti ng through ca tego ries.
•
se lecting ca tegories on ly th e category
nam e will appear in the disp lay. Af te r a few sec
onds the availa ble channel informatio n will ap
p ear in th e d is play.
!S EE K/TRA CK) button
-Use the [S EE K/TRACK ) button p age 3,
fig . 2
to autom ati ca lly sea rch the next
higher or lower ch anne l w ith in a g iven cat
egory .
-
sea rche s
d ownwa rds. Tap on the rocker switch r e
peated ly to selec t indi vidual ch anne ls. The
currently selected ch ann el numb er ap-
pea rs in the displa y. The n the nam e of the
ch anne l w ill b e disp layed.
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Track selecting
Fig. 23 SCAN/TUNE button
Automatic trac k selection
-Briefly press the !SCAN/TUNE) button
fig. 23 to sta rt automatic scannin g to
the next track within the curre nt folder or
p lay list. After 10 seconds , scannin g will re
sume and go to the next track. SCAN ap
pears in the display and the file informa
tion available
be scro lled in the dis
pla y.
- To stop scannin g, pre ss the [SCAN/T UNE)
button bri efly during Lhe IO seco nd "hold "
t ime.
Selecting tracks
-You can "skip" through th e trac ks
within a given fo lder. Pr ess briefly th e
pag e 3, fig. 2 to
s kip upward
to scroll downward or
- Turn th e !SCAN/TUNE) rotary knob .
Turnin g clo ckw ise sc roll up wards and
turning counterclockwi se scroll down
wa rds. Th e curr en tly se lected track ap
p ears in the di spl ay:
TITLE 001 ... TITLE 002
... TITLE 00 3 etc.
Tip s
• Briefly press ing butt on while a track is
pla ying (mo re than 2 seco nds play) cau se
the unit to "jump" bac k to the beginning of th e
track and resume pla yin g from there.
• When the last file in the fo lder has been
reached and
bu non is pre ssed or th e (SC AN/TUNE! rotary knob is turned clockwi se, the
unit will " jump " to th e first file in th e same
folder.
• Whe n the first fil e in t he folder has been
r eached and
is pr essed tw ice or the (SCAN/TUNE ) button is turned counterclockwise,
t he unit will "ju mp " to t he last file in the sa me
fo lder.
• When the
(SEEK/TRACK! butt on i s pre ssed or the (SCAN/TUNE) rotary kno b is turn ed the fil e avail
a bl e fil e in formation will be scro lled if th e text
scro ll is enabl ed. Once the scroll actio n ha s be en
comp le ted the fir st 32 characters
th e fil e infor
matio n wi U remain in the di sp la y. •
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Anti-Theft Coding
Convenience radio coding
For techni cal reason s, the convenience radio
coding is not a vailable for all vehicle models .
In the past , it u sed to be that you h ad to manu
ally reco de th e rad io whe neve r the unit was re
moved from the veh icle (fo r examp le, if the unit
wa s removed to be repa ired), or whenever the
vehicle battery was disconnected (for example ,
if you brought yo ur vehicle in to the dealership
for service and it was necessary to disconnect
the banery ). In either case , th e power supply to
t he unit was cut off.
That ha s all ch anged with th e new conve nien ce
radio coding function: Once the code number
has been inplll in the rad io, i t w ill then synchro
nise itself wi th "it s" veh icle!
I f th e curr ent supply has been interrupted the
radio will automaticall y ch eck to see if it is still in
Canceling the Electronic Lock
Fig. 28 Preset buttons
Pe rform th e steps in exact ly the fo llowing
order:
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vehicle af te r th e ig niti on has been switched
o n . If thi s happ ens, the radio will be read y for
u se after just a few seco nds.
It is therefore no longe r n ecess ary to disengag e
the e lectro nic lock manua lly!
If the radio has been
to another vehicle,
however , the electronic lock will have to be dis
engaged manua lly.
Tip s
• This code number, togeth er w ith the unit's
se rial numb er. ca n be found on the "Ra dio
Card".
• never keep it in the ve
hicle. Only then is th e radio use less to thieves!
-Turn on the radio. SAFE will appear in
the disp lay. After a few seconds, the
numb er 1000 will appear in the display. ._
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-Use the radio stat io n pr ese t button s 1 to
4
page 34, fig. 28 to ent er the code
numb er fo un d on your R adio Card. Use
pre set button
l to ent er t he fir st digit in the
code numb er. U se button 2 to en te r the
seco nd digit , e tc. Th e valu e range for each
of the 4 di git s is O ... 9. T he digit will in
c rease by l eac h tim e you tap the pr ese t
bu tton. The number r etu rns to O afte r 9.
- After you finish ent ering th e code, press
the sta tion p reset button below
word
OK in th e di spl ay. It usual ly is th e las t sta
tion pre set button. You w ill hear a n au
dibl e signa l.
-If you have en te red t he co de number
c orr ect ly, a radio frequency will app ear in
th e d isp lay.
Wrong Code Number
lfyou have accide ntally ent ered a wrong code
number , SAFE will ap pear in th e di spl ay and
th en the number 1000 will app ear.
Yo u can re p ea t the procedu re agai n on e time .
T he num ber of attempt s will app ear in the dis
p lay. lf you acci dent all y ent er a wrong code
number a seco nd tim e
SAFE will appea r in the
d isp lay.
lfth e wrong cod e number i s enter ed aga in, th e
uni t w ill be di sab le d for about I hour. Lea ve th e
unit O N for this hour . After th e hour has
e la p se d, the numb er of att em pts will stop bei ng
displayed and you can cancel th e elec tronic lock
once again.
Remembe r, the cycle i s ...
• 2 attempt s
• one hour lo cked.
Tips
If y ou loose your Rad io Card, contact yo ur au
t ho riz ed VO LKSWAGEN
ered by a re pl ace ment pa rts warra nty. This re
pl acement serv ice w ill not b e availab le, how
eve r, it th e unit h ousing is damaged or if un au- th
oriz ed per sons have att empt ed to make re
pair s.
Antenna Care
Th e an tenna i s des ig n ed to achieve optim al per
fo rmance with the radio and is located at a pos i
tion where reception is good and su sce pti bili ty
to int erfer ence is low.
Ve hicle s equ ipped wi th antenna s emb edd ed in
t he winds hield o r backlights offer the furth er ad
vantages o f being completely pro tec te d f rom
damage and wear.
No antenna car e is r equir ed for vehicles
e quipped with roof moun te d
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Technical description
Anti-theft protection
T he unit is e lectro nica lly locked whenever the
power source is inte rrupted.
It can on ly be re
turned to working condition by enteri ng th e cor
rec t cod e number.
Frequ ency rang es
F M and AM.
Band selection
Mome ntary-co ntact butto ns
Displays
Fre quenc y, band, b ass, bala n ce, treb le, middle
freq ue ncies, preset button, CD functions ,
functions.
Illumination
The control s and d isp lay are illum inated glar e
fr ee from the interior (nig ht dri vin g des ign)
maximum brightn ess when drivi ng lig h ts a re off.
When the dr ivi ng lig hts are on, the intensity is
co ntr olled toget11er with th e in strument panel
i nte nsit y.
Station selectio n
In th e rad io m ode, t he unit automa tica lly plays
th e la st sta tion selecte d whe n the unit was
turn ed off (las t sta tion memo ry).
Soft Clipping• I f th e volu me is se t to maximum, you m ay notice
that the rad io outp ut
will be come distorted . The
So ft Clippin g fun ction detec ts t his di stort ion
and will au tomat ica lly adj ust
vo lum e to pro
v id e th e m ost dist orti on free output.
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Radio
A utom atic and manu al !linin g. Six sta tion
p rese t buttons each for FM !, FM2, FM AUTO.
AMI, AM A UTO, SAT!, SAT2 and SAT3 . Ma nual
t unin g is poss ible in
directions. Micropro
cesor-controlled stabiliza tion of sta tion fr e
quencies (PLL quartz tuning) .
E xternal CD changer•
Remote contro lled via radio sou nd sys te m uni t.
C han ge r ma gaz ine for 6 CDs w ith moto r-dri ven
eje ction, 6 CD selec tion button s. Mix mod e, au
t omat ic track scan
I seek.
Sound reproduction
S te reo ( rad io, sate llite radio,
ad justa ble
t r eble control, ba ss co ntrol, middl e frequ en cies,
fader control and ba la n ce co ntrol integra te d in
th e ra dio, multipl e spe ake r sys te m .
Max. power output
4 x 20 Watt (maximum).
Options
Externa l CD ch ange r. Add itiona l informa tion o n
th ese options is ava ilab le from auth ori zed
VOLKSWAGEN dealers.
Int erference suppression
Th e automatic interference supp ressio n cir
cu itry integ rated in th e unit eliminates mos t
outside interfere nce in th e FM band .
Specia lly tun ed interferenc e suppressors e lim i
n ate nea rly a ll int erf erence puls es from t he en
g ine and other part s of th e elect rical system su ch
as the heater blower, w in dshie ld wipers and ra
d ia tor fan .