2011 INFINITI EX USB

1. Coat hooks (P. 2-48)
2. Seat-mounted jacket hanger (P. 2-47)
3. Rear personal light (P. 2-55)
4. Power window controls (P. 2-50)— Outside mirror remote control switch
(P. 3-23) 5. Automatic drive positioner switch
(if so equipped) (P. 3-24)
6. Sun visors (P. 3-20)
7. Moonroof switch (if so equipped) (P. 2-52)
8. Map light (P. 2-54) 9. Sunglasses holder (P. 2-46)
10. Inside rearview mirror (P. 3-21)
— HomeLink (if so equipped) (P. 2-57)
— Compass (if so equipped) (P. 2-8)
11. Cargo cover (if so equipped) (P. 2-48)
12. Rear cup holders (P. 2-45)
13. Console box — Power outlet (P. 2-44)
— USB memory operation (P. 4-70)
— iPod player operation (P. 4-79)
14. Front cup holders (P. 2-45)
SSI0401
PASSENGER COMPARTMENT
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4 Monitor, climate, audio, phone and voice
recognition systems
Safety note....................................... 4-2
Center multi-function control panel ................. 4-2
How to use INFINITI controller ................... 4-5
How to use touch screen (models with
navigation system) ............................. 4-5
Menu options (models with navigation
system) ....................................... 4-7
How to select menus on the screen .............. 4-8
Vehicle information and settings .................... 4-8
How to use STATUS button ...................... 4-8
How to use brightness control and display
ON/OFF button ................................. 4-8
How to use INFO button ........................ 4-8
How to use SETTING button ....................4-12
Rearview monitor ................................. 4-22
How to read displayed lines ....................4-22
How to park with predicted course lines .........4-23
Difference between predicted and actual
distances ..................................... 4-24
How to adjust screen .......................... 4-26
Operating tips ................................ 4-27
Around view monitor (if so equipped) ..............4-27
How to switch the display ......................4-29
How to see each view ......................... 4-30Difference between predicted and actual
distances
..................................... 4-34
Camera aiding corner sonar function ............4-36
How to adjust the screen view ..................4-37
Around view monitor settings ..................4-37
Operating tips ................................ 4-38
Ventilators ....................................... 4-38
Automatic climate control ......................... 4-39
Automatic climate control (Type A) ..............4-40
Automatic climate control (Type B) ..............4-43
Operating tips ................................ 4-46
In-cabin microfilter ............................ 4-47
Servicing climate control ....................... 4-47
Audio system .................................... 4-48
Audio operation precautions ...................4-48
FM-AM-SAT radio with Compact Disc (CD)
player ........................................ 4-62
DVD (DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC) player
operation
(models with navigation system) ......4-66
Usb memory operation ......................... 4-70
Bluetooth streaming audio (models with
navigation system) ............................ 4-74
iPod player operation ......................... 4-79
Music box (if so equipped) .................... 4-81
Cd/dvd/usb memory care and cleaning .........4-88

Audio settings
The display as illustrated will appear when
pushing the SETTING button and selecting the
“Audio” key.
Bass/Treble/Balance/Fade :
To adjust the speaker tone quality and sound
balance, select the “Bass”, “Treble”, “Balance”
or “Fade” key and adjust it with the INFINITI
controller.
These items can also be adjusted by pushing
and turning the AUDIO knob.
BOSEAudioPilot (if so equipped) :
When this item is turned to ON, AudioPilot
monitors noise in the passenger compartment
with a microphone and compensates for any
unpleasant noise.
Surround Vol. (if so equipped) :
To adjust the surround sound volume, select
“Surround Vol.” and adjust it with the INFINITI
controller.
Speed Sensitive Vol. :
The audio system’s volume is increased with
the vehicle speed. Select the “Speed Sensitive
Vol.” and adjust the effect level with the INFINITI
controller. The Speed Sensitive Volume function
is turned off when the level is set to OFF. Increasing the value will cause the volume to
increase faster with vehicle speed.
Driver’s Audio Stage (if so equipped) :
When this feature is turned to ON, better sound
will be provided to the driver’s position. The
driver can enjoy a more crisp and clear sound
that is specialized for the driver’s position. The
effect of this feature depends on the type of
music that is played. For some music, it may be
difficult to realize the effect of this feature.
DivX
Registration Code (models with naviga-
tion system) :
The registration code for a device that is used to
download DivX files will be displayed on the
screen. If a disc is loaded or a USB memory is
connected to the audio system, this function
will not be activated.
Display Album Cover Art (models with naviga-
tion system) :
When this item is turned to ON, the album cover
image is displayed when playing compressed
music files through a CD, DVD or USB device.
When the image is not properly embedded in
the file or device, the image will not be dis-
played.
With navigation system
SAA2485
Without navigation system
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If you select the “Français” key, the French
language will be displayed, so please use the
French Owner’s Manual. To obtain a French
Owner’s Manual, see “OWNER’S
MANUAL/SERVICE MANUAL ORDER INFORMA-
TION” in the “9. Technical and consumer infor-
mation” section.
Select Units :
Select the “Select Units” key. Choose “US”
(Mile, °F, MPG) or “Metric” (km, °C, L/100 km)
for your favorite display appearance.
Voice Recognition settings (models
with navigation system)
For details about the “Voice Recognition” set-
tings, see “INFINITI VOICE RECOGNITION SYS-
TEM (models with navigation system)” later in
this section.
Image Viewer (models with
navigation system)
The image files in the USB memory will be
displayed. To display the Image Viewer, push
the SETTING button, select the “Other” key and
then select the “Image Viewer” key. The image
of the selected file is displayed on the right side
of the screen.
When a number of folders are included in the
USB memory, select a folder from the list to
display the file list.Images will not be shown on the display while
the vehicle is in any drive position in order to
reduce driver distraction. To view images, stop
the vehicle in a safe location and apply the
parking brake.
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Full Screen Display :
The full screen display will appear when select-
ing the “Full Screen Display” key.
To operate the Image Viewer or to change the
settings, select the desired key using the
INFINITI controller.
●
(Start)
Select the “
” key to start playing the
slideshow.
●
(Stop)
Select the “
” key to stop the slide-
show. ●
(Next)
Select the “
” key to display the next
file.
●
(Previous)
Select the “
” key to display the
previous file.
Setting the Image Viewer :
The Image Viewer setting display will appear
when selecting the “Settings” key on the full
screen display. The following settings are avail-
able for the full screen display.
● Slideshow Speed
Select the “Slideshow Speed” key. From the
following display, select the changing time
from 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds or “No Auto
Change”.
● Slideshow Order
Select the “Slideshow Order” key. From the
following display, select “Random” or “Or-
der List”. For “Order List”, the image order is
the order of the files as stored on the USB
memory. Operating tips :
●
Only files that meet the following conditions
will be displayed.
– Image type: JPEG
– File Extensions: *.jpg, *jpeg
– Maximum Resolution: 2048 × 1536 pixels
– Maximum Size: 2-MB
– Colors: 32768 (15-bit)
– Maximum File Name lengths: 253-Bytes
– Maximum Folders: 500
– Maximum Images per Folder: 1024
● If an electronic device (such as a digital
camera) is directly connected to the vehicle
using a USB cable, no image will be dis-
played on the screen.
● If the file name is too long, some file names
may not be entirely displayed.
● When the total number of characters in the
file name exceeds 100 or if 1 file name in a
directory exceeds 100 characters, all files
will show a shortened 8-character version.
The image will still be displayed when se-
lected.
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●Dolby digital is manufactured under license
from Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
● Dolby and the double D mark “
” are
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
● DTS and DTS Digital Surround “
” are
registered trademarks of Digital Theater Sys-
tems, Inc.
Parental level (parental control) :
DVDs with the parental control setting can be
played with this system. Please use your own
judgement to set the parental control with the
system.
Disc selection :
The following disc formats can be played with
the DVD drive.
● DVD-VIDEO
● VIDEO-CD
● CD-DA (Conventional Compact Disc)
● DTS-CD
USB (Universal Serial Bus)
This system supports various USB memory
sticks, USB hard drives and iPod players.
There are some USB devices which may not be
supported with this system. ●
Make sure that the USB device is connected
correctly into the USB connector.
● Do not force the memory stick or USB cable
into the USB connector. This could damage
the connector.
● During cold weather or rainy days, the player
may malfunction due to humidity. If this
occurs, remove the USB device and dehu-
midify or ventilate the USB player com-
pletely.
● The USB player sometimes cannot function
when the passenger compartment tempera-
ture is extremely high. Decrease the tem-
perature before use.
● Do not leave USB memory in a place prone to
static electricity or where the air conditioner
blows directly. The data in the USB memory
may be damaged.
● The vehicle is not equipped with a USB
memory stick.
● A USB device cannot be formatted with this
system. To format a USB device, use a
personal computer.
● Partitioned USB devices may not be played
correctly.
● Some characters used in other languages
(Chinese, Japanese, etc.) are not displayed properly on the vehicle center screen. Using
English language characters with a USB de-
vice is recommended.
● Do not connect a USB device if a connector
or cable is wet. Allow the cable and/or
connectors to dry completely before con-
necting the USB device. If the connector is
exposed to fluids other than water, evapora-
tive residue may cause a short between the
connector pins.
● Large video podcast files cause slow re-
sponses in an iPod. The vehicle center
display may momentarily black out, but it
will soon recover.
● If an iPod automatically selects large video
podcast files while in the shuffle mode, the
vehicle center display may momentarily
black out, but it will soon recover.
● Audiobooks may not play in the same order
as they appear on an iPod.
● An iPod nano (1st Generation) may remain
in fast forward or rewind mode if it is
connected during a seek operation. In this
case, please manually reset the iPod.
● An iPod nano (2nd Generation) will con-
tinue to fast forward or rewind if it is discon-
nected during a seek operation.
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Playback order :
●The folder names of folders not containing
compressed audio files are not shown in the
display. ●
If there is a file in the top level of a disc/USB,
“Root Folder” is displayed.
● The playback order is the order in which the
files were written by the writing software, so
the files might not play in the desired order.
● Music playback order of compressed audio
files is as illustrated in the next figure.
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Specification chart:
Supported mediaCD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM (models with navigation system), DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD±R DL, USB2.0
Supported file systems CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM (models with navigation system), DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD±R DL: ISO9660
LEVEL1, ISO9660 LEVEL2, Romeo, Joliet
* ISO9660 Level 3 (packet writing) is not supported.
* Files saved using the Live File System component (on a Windows Vista-based computer) are not
supported.UDF Bridge (UDF1.02+ISO9660), UDF1.5, UDF2.0
* VDF1.5/VDF2.0 (packet writing) is not supported.
USB memory: FAT16, FAT32
Supported
versions*1 MP3
Version
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
Sampling fre-
quency 8 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 8 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR*4
WMA*2 Version
WMA7, WMA8, WMA9
Sampling fre-
quency 32 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 32 kbps - 192 kbps, VBR (Ver.9)*4
AAC*5 Version MPEG-AAC
Sampling fre-
quency 8 kHz - 96 kHz
Bit rate 16 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR*4
Tag information (Song title and Artist name) ID3 tag VER1.0, VER1.1, VER2.2, VER2.3, VER2.4 (MP3 only)
WMA tag (WMA only)
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