The scan f unction samples all
stations with strong signals on the
selected RDS category. To activate it,
press and release the SCAN button.
You will see SCAN in the display.
The system will scan f or a station
with a strong signal in the selected
RDS category. You will also see the
selected RDS category name
blinking while searching it. When it
f inds a strong signal, it will stop and
play that station for 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.
This f unction searches a f requency
f or a strong signal f rom the
f requency that carry the selected
RDS category inf ormation. This can
helpyoutofindastationinyour
favorite category. To activate it,
press the or side of the
SEEK button. You will see the
selected RDS category name
blinking while searching it. When
the system finds a station, the
selected RDS category name will be
displayed again for about 5 seconds.
If the system does not find a station,
‘‘NOTHING’’ blinks f or about f ive
seconds, then the system goes back
to the last selected station. If the system does not find a station,
‘‘NOTHING’’ blinks f or about f ive
seconds, then the system goes back
to the last selected station.
You can use the RDS program
search or scan f unction even if the
RDS inf ormation display f unction is
of f . In this case, the display shows a
f requency in place of a RDS station
name.
RDS Program SCAN
RDS Program Search
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Press the sound ( ) button to
select an appropriate setting: bass,
treble, fader, balance, and SVC
(speed-sensitive volume
compensation). Turn the VOL/
SELECT knob to adjust the setting.
Adjusts the bass.
Adjusts the treble.
Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound.
Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the VOL/SELECT
knob to adjust the setting to your
liking. When the level reaches the
center, you will see ‘‘C’’ in the display. Adjusts the volume level
basedonthevehiclespeed.
Wait 10 seconds and the display
returns to normal. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the system is turned
off.
The SVC mode controls the volume
based on vehicle speed. The f aster
you go, the louder the audio volume
becomes. As you slow down, the
audio volume decreases.
The SVC has f our modes: SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the VOL/SELECT knob
to adjust the setting to your liking. If
you f eel the sound is too loud,
choose low. If you f eel the sound is
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TREBLE
FADER
BAL ANCE SVC A udio System L ighting
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ystem)
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Playing a Disc (LX model and EX model without navigation system)
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DISC SLOTEJECT BUTTON
SEEK BUTTON SCAN BUTTON
SEEK BUTTON RDM BUTTON
RPT BUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTON
BUTTON
You operate the in-dash disc player
with the same controls used for the
radio. To select the disc player, press
the CD button. You will see ‘‘CD’’ in
the display. The f older or track
numbers are shown in the display.
You can also select the displayed
inf ormation with the TITLE button
(see page ). The system will
continuously play a disc until you
change modes.This audio system can also play
CD-Rs and CD-RWs compressed in
MP3 or WMA f ormats. The numbers
of the f older and track playing are
showninthedisplayonthedisc
player. A disc can support more than
99 folders, and each folder can hold
more than 255 playable f iles. A disc
canholdupto999filesintotal.
When there are more than 99 f olders
in a disc, the audio display only
shows two digits.
If a f ile on a WMA disc is protected
by digital rights management
(DRM), the audio unit displays
UNSUPPORTED, and then skips to
the next f ile.If you have a disc that is a
combination of CD-DA tracks and
MP3/WMA f iles, you can choose the
f ormat to listen by pressing the CD
button.
Video CDs and DVDs will not work
in this unit.
A disc compressed in AAC f ormat
cannot be played in this audio
system.
Depending on the sof tware the f iles
were made with, it may not be
possibletoplaysomefiles,ordisplay
some text data.
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Playing a Disc (LX model and EX model without navigation system)
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NOTE:
Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the
disc to jam in the unit.
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The display shows up to 16
characters of selected text data (the
f older name, f ile name, etc.).
If the text data has more than 16
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator on
the display. Press and hold the
TITLE button until the next 16
characters are shown. You can see
up to 31 characters of text data.
When you press and release the
TITLE button while a disc without
text data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.
With the f older name, you will see
the FOLDER indicator in the display.
The TRACK indicator is shown with
the file or track name.
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
album, artist, and track tag.
Each time you press the TITLE
button, the display shows you the
text, if the disc was recorded with
text data.
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.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
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T ext Dat a Display Funct ion
To Load a Disc
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If youpressandholdtheTITLE
button again, the display shows the
f irst 15 characters again.
If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
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. Each time you
press and release the side, the
player skips f orward to the
beginning of the next track (f iles in
MP3/WMA mode). Press and
release the side 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 ,orthe button.
You can also operate the track
selection by using the VOL/SELECT
knob. Press the VOL/SELECT knob
and you will see ‘‘SEL’’ in the display.
Turn the knob to switch the track
number. Press the VOL/SELECT
knob or button to set your
selection. To turn it of f , press the button.
You can use the SEEK button while
a disc is playing to change tracks
(f iles in MP3/WMA mode).
In MP3/WMA mode, use the
or button to select
f olders in the disc, and use the SEEK
button to change f iles.
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Playing a Disc (LX model and EX model without navigation system)
T o Change or Select T racks/Files
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To
select a different folder, press the or button. Press the
buttontoskiptothenext
folder, and the button to skip
to the previous folder.
To continuously replay
a track (f ile in MP3/WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see RPT in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button to
turn it off. Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal play.
This f eature plays the
tracks within a disc in random order.
In MP3/WMA mode, all f iles in all
f olders are played in random order.
To activate random mode, press the
RDM button repeatedly until you see
RDM in the display. Press and hold
the RDM button to turn it off. This
f eature, when activated, plays the
f iles in the current f older in random
order, rather than in the order they
are compressed in MP3/WMA. To
activate folder random play, press
the RDM button. 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 play by
pressing and holding the RDM
button.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random play, to within a
disc random play, then to normal
play.
This feature,
when activated, replays all the f iles
in the selected f older in the order
they are compressed in MP3/WMA.
To activate f older repeat mode, press
the RPT button repeatedly until you
see F-RPT in the display. The system
continuously replays the current
folder.PressandholdtheRPT
button to turn it of f .
You can also operate the f older and
f ile selection by using the VOL/
SELECT knob. Press the VOL/
SELECT knob and you will see
‘‘SEL’’ in the display. Turn the knob
to switch the f older number and
press the knob to set your selection.
To turn it off, press the
button repeatedly.
In MP3/WMA mode In MP3/WMA mode In MP3/WMA mode
FOLDER SELECTION
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT) RANDOM (Random within adisc)FOLDER-RANDOM
FOL DER-REPEA T
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This feature,
when activated, samples the first file
in each f older on the disc in the
order they are recorded. To activate
the folder scan feature, press the
SCAN button repeatedly. You will
see ‘‘F-SCAN’’ in the display. The
system will then play the f irst f ile in
the main f olders f or about 10
seconds. When it plays a f ile that you
want to continue listening to, press
and hold the SCAN button. When
the system samples the first file of
all folders, F-SCAN is canceled, and
the system plays normally.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from file scan to folder scan, then to
normal play. Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the disc. If you eject the disc,
but do not remove it f rom the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the disc af ter 10 seconds and begin
playing.
Press the FM/AM button to switch
to the radio while a disc is playing.
To play the disc, press the CD button.
If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
( ) button or by turning of f the
ignition switch, the disc will stay in
the drive. When you turn the system
back on, the disc will begin playing
where it lef t of f .
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
The SCAN f unction
samples all the tracks on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc (all f iles in the current f older in
MP3 or WMA mode). To activate the
scan feature, press and release the
SCAN button. You will see ‘‘SCAN’’
in the display. You will get a 10
second sampling of each track/f ile in
the disc/f older. Press and hold the
SCAN button to get out of scan
mode and play the last track sampled.
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In MP3/WMA mode
FOLDER-SCANTo Stop Playing a Disc
Protecting Discs
SCAN
Playing a Disc (LX model and EX model without navigation system)
Features
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