2011 CHEVROLET HHR CD player

Black plate (63,1)Chevrolet HHR Owner Manual - 2011
CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary):Press to play a CD while a
portable audio device is connected to the auxiliary
input. Press again and the system begins playing audio
from the connected portable audio player. If a portable
audio player is not connected, No Aux Input Device
may display.
Using the USB Port
Radio's with a USB port can control a USB storage
device or an iPod®using the radio buttons and knobs.
See Using an MP3on page 4‑63for information about
how to connect and control a USB storage device or
an iPod.
USB Support
The USB connector is located on the front of the radio
and uses the USB 2.0 standard.
USB Supported Devices
.USB Flash Drives
.Portable USB Hard Drives
.Fifth generation or later iPod
.First, Second, or Third generation iPod nano
.iPod touch
.iPod classic Make sure the iPod has the latest firmware from Apple
®
for proper operation. iPod firmware can be updated
using the latest iTunes®application. See
www.apple.com/itunes.
For help with identifying your iPod, go to
www.apple.com/support.
Using an MP3
Format
Radios that have the capability of playing MP3's can
play .mp3 or .wma files that were recorded onto a
CD-R or CD-RW disc. Radios that have a USB port
can play .mp3 and .wma files that are stored on a
USB storage device as well as AAC files that are
stored on an iPod
®.
Compressed Audio
The radio can play discs that contain both
uncompressed CD audio and MP3 files. If both formats
are on the disc, the radio reads all MP3 files first, then
the uncompressed CD audio files.
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CD‐R or CD‐RW Supported File and Folder
Structure
The radio supports:
.Up to 50 folders.
.Up to 8 folders in depth.
.Up to 50 playlists.
.Up to 255 files.
.Playlists with an .m3u or .wpl extension.
.Files with an .mp3, .wma, or .cda file extension.
USB Supported File and Folder Structure
The radio supports:
.Up to 700 folders.
.Up to 8 folders in depth.
.Up to 65,535 files.
.Folder and file names up to 64 bytes.
.Files with an .mp3 or .wma file extension.
.AAC files stored on an iPod.
.FAT16
.FAT32
Root Directory
The root directory is treated as a folder. Files are stored
in the root directory when the disc or storage device
does not contain folders. Files accessed from the root
directory of a CD display as F1 ROOT.
Empty Folder
Folders that do not contain files are skipped, and the
player advances to the next folder that contains files.
Order of Play
Tracks are played in the following order:
.Play begins from the first track in the first playlist
and continues sequentially through all tracks in
each playlist. When the last track of the last playlist
has played, play continues from the first track of
the first playlist.
.Play begins from the first track in the first folder
and continues sequentially through all tracks in
each folder. When the last track of the last folder
has played, play continues from the first track of
the first folder.
When play enters a new folder, the display does not
automatically show the new folder name unless the
folder mode has been chosen as the default display.
The new track name displays.
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RDM (Random):MP3 files can be listened to on a CD
in random, rather than sequential order. To use random,
press the softkey under the RDM tab until Random
Current Disc displays to play songs from the current CD
in random order. Press the same softkey again to turn
off random play.
h(Music Navigator): Press the softkey belowhto have the files played in order by artist or album. The
player scans the disc to sort the files by artist and
album ID3 tag information. It can take several minutes
to scan the disc depending on the number of files on
the disc. The radio may begin playing while it is
scanning in the background.
When the scan is finished, the disc begins playing files
in order by artist. The current artist playing is shown on
the second line of the display. Once all songs by that
artist are played, the player moves to the next artist in
alphabetical order and begins playing files by that artist. To listen to files by another artist, press the softkey
located below either arrow tab. The disc goes to the
next or previous artist in alphabetical order. Continue
pressing either softkey below the arrow tab until the
desired artist displays.
To change from playback by artist to playback by
album:
1. Press the softkey located below the Sort By tab.
2. Press one of the softkeys below the album tab from the sort screen.
3. Press the softkey below the back tab to return to the main music navigator screen.
The album name displays on the second line between
the arrows and songs from the current album begins to
play. Once all songs from that album have played, the
player moves to the next album in alphabetical order on
the CD and begins playing MP3 files from that album.
To exit music navigator mode, press the softkey below
the Back tab to return to normal MP3 playback.
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