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To Select a Station
You can use any of five methods to
find radio stations on the selected
band: tune, seek, scan, the preset
bars, and auto select.
TUNE-Use the TUNE/FOLDER
bar to tune the radio to a desired
frequency. Press the
side of the
bar to tune to a higher frequency,
and the
side of the bar to tune to
a lower frequency.
If you press and hold the
or
side of the bar, the frequency will
begin to change rapidly. It will stop
when you release it.
SEEK -The SEEK function
searches up and down from the
current frequency to find a station
with a strong signal. To activate it,
press the
or
side of the
SEEK/SKIP bar, 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 ’’
on the center display. When it finds a
strong signal, 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 side of the bars
(1 - 6) 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 side of
the preset bar.
2. Use the TUNE, SEEK, or SCAN function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
3. Pick the preset number (1- 6), for
the station you want to store. Press
the left or right side of the bar, 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.
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Your vehicle is capable of receiving
XM
®Radio anywhere in the United
States and Canada, except Hawaii,
Alaska, and Puerto Rico. XM is a
registered trademark of Sirius XM
Radio®, Inc. and XM CANADA
®is a
registered business name of
Canadian Satellite Radio Inc.
XM Radio receives signals from two
satellites to produce clear, high-
quality digital reception. It offers
many channels in several categories.
Along with a large selection of
different types of music, XM Radio
also allows you to view channel and
category selections in the audio
display.
CHANNEL MODE
INDICATOR
CATEGORY MODE
INDICATOR
DISP/MODE BUTTONCHANNEL NAME
PRESET
NUMBER
XM BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON SEEK/SKIP
(CATEGORY) BAR
PRESET BARS PWR/VOL KNOB TUNE/FOLDER BAR
CATEGORY NAME
XM BAND
U.S. model is shown.
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Operating the XM Radio
To listen to the XM Radio, turn the
ignition switch to the ACCESSORY
(I) or ON (II) position. Push the
PWR/VOL knob to turn on the audio
system, and press the
button.
Adjust the volume by turning the
PWR/VOL knob. The last channel
you listened to will show on the
audio display. DISP
-Each time you press and
release the DISP/MODE button, the
center display changes in the
following sequence: Channel name,
category, artist name, and music title.
MODE -To switch between the
category mode and channel mode,
press and hold the DISP/MODE
button until the mode changes. A
‘‘ CH ’’(channel) or ‘‘CAT ’’(category)
mode indicator appears on the center
display. To Select a Channel
When in the satellite radio mode, you
can use any of four methods to find
channels: TUNE, SEEK/SKIP
(CATEGORY), SCAN, and the preset
bars.
TUNE
-Press the TUNE/FOLDER
bar to change channel selections.
Press the
side of the bar to tune
to higher numbered channels, and
the
side of the bar to tune to
lower numbered channels. In the
category mode, you can only select
channels within that category.
SEEK/SKIP (CATEGORY) -
Press either side of the SEEK/SKIP
(CATEGORY) bar (
or
)to
select another category.
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Normal modeMP3/WMA mode
SCAN (D-SCAN) INDICATOR RPT (D-RPT)
INDICATORFOLDER NUMBER
SCAN (F-SCAN)
INDICATOR RPT (F-RPT)
INDICATOR
DISC NUMBER TRACK NUMBER DISC INDICATOR
RDM (F-RDM)
INDICATOR
MP3 MODE
INDICATOR
WMA MODE
INDICATOR
U.S. model is shown.
RDM
INDICATOR
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U.S. model is shown.CD/AUX BUTTONRPT BUTTON
SCAN BUTTON
SEEK/SKIP BAR
LOAD BUTTONDISC SLOT DISP/MODE BUTTON
A.SEL/RDM BUTTON
TUNE/FOLDER BAR PWR/VOL KNOB
PRESET BARS
EJECT BUTTON
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3. You will see‘‘DISC READ ’’on the
center display, then the system
begins to play the CD.
You can load a CD into an empty
position while a CD is playing. Select
the empty position (the disc indicator
is not shown on the center display)
by pressing the appropriate side of
the preset bars. The current CD
stops playing and starts the loading
sequence. The CD just loaded will
play.
You can load a disc(s) in any mode
(AM, FM, XM, or AUX) if you do not
select an empty position.
If you press the LOAD button while a
disc is playing, the system will stop
playing that disc and start the loading
sequence. It will then play the disc
just loaded. To Play a CD
Select the CD changer by pressing
the CD/AUX button. You will see
‘‘
CD ’’on the center display. The
system will begin playing the last
selected CD in the CD changer. You
will see the disc and track numbers
displayed.
When the system reaches the end of
the disc, the system will advance to
the next disc and begin to play. To
select a different disc, press an
appropriate side of the preset bar
(1 - 6). If you select an empty
position in the CD changer, the
system will try to load the CD in the
empty slot. Playing an MP3/WMA Disc
The CD changer can play CD-Rs and
CD-RWs compressed in MP3 and
WMA format. When playing a disc in
MP3 or WMA, you will see
‘‘MP3 ’’or
‘‘ WMA’’ on the center display. A disc
can support more than 99 folders,
and each folder can hold up to 255
playable files.
When there are more than 99 folders
on a disc, the center display only
shows two digits.
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NOTE: If a file on an MP3 or WMA
disc is protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio unit
displays FORMAT, and then skips to
the next file.
If the disc has a complex structure, it
will take a while to read the disc
before the system begins to play it.
Depending on the software the files
were made with, it may not be
possible to play some files, or display
some text data.
Name Display FunctionEach time you press the DISP/
MODE button while playing a CD
(CD-DA), the center display changes
from album name, to track name, to
artist name, and then to normal
display. If the disc was not recorded
with CD-TEXT, ‘‘NO INFO ’’will be
shown on the center display.
When playing a disc compressed in
MP3/WMA format, the display
changes from folder name, to file
name, to artist tag, to album tag, to
track tag, and then to normal display
each time you press the DISP/
MODE button. If the disc was not
recorded with this information, ‘‘NO
INFO ’’will be shown on the center
display. If the title is too long, it will not show
all at once. Press and hold the DISP/
MODE button, and the rest of the
title will show on the center display.
You will also see the album and track
name (CD-TEXT), or the folder and
file name (MP3/WMA) under these
conditions:
●When you insert a disc, and the
system begins to play.●Each time a new track, file, or
folder plays.
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To Change or Select Tracks/FilesWhile a disc is playing you can use
the SEEK/SKIP bar to select
passages and change tracks (files in
MP3/WMA mode).
In MP3/WMA mode, use the
TUNE/FOLDER bar to select folders
on the disc, and use the SEEK/SKIP
bar to change files.SEEK/SKIP
-Each time you press
and release the
side of the
SEEK/SKIP bar, the system skips
forward to the beginning of the next
track (file in MP3/WMA mode).
Press and release the
side of the
bar to skip backward to the
beginning of the current track/file.
Press it again to skip to the
beginning of the previous track/file.
To move rapidly within a track/file,
press and hold the
or
side of
the SEEK/SKIP bar.
In MP3/WMA modeFOLDER SELECTION -To select
a different folder, press and release
the
side of the TUNE/FOLDER
bar to move to the beginning of the
next folder. Press and release the
side of the bar to move to the
beginning of the previous folder.
REPEAT -This feature, when
activated, continuously replays the
current track (file in MP3/WMA
mode). To activate it, press and
release the RPT button. You will see
‘‘ RPT ’’on the center display. To turn
off this feature, press the RPT button
for more than 2 seconds.
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