2011 MAZDA MODEL CX-9 Owners Manual (in English)

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Press selection button 8.
Setting item Setting value
Bass Down Up
Treble Down Up
Fader Rear Front
Balance Left Right
Beep Off On
AudioPilot
®2 Off On
Centerpoint®Off On
Rear Seat Surround Off On
Surround Volume Down Up
Bass (low pitch sound)
Low pitch enhancement
Press selection button 6.
Low pitch attenuation
Press selection button 2.
Treble (treble sound)
Treble enhancement
Press selection button 7.
Treble attenuation
Press selection button 3.
Fader (front/back volume balance)
Rear speaker volume reduction
Press selection button 6.
Front speaker volume reduction
Press selection button 2.
Balance (left/right volume balance)
Left side volume reduction
Press selection button 7.
Right side volume reduction
Press selection button 3.NOTE
Continuous adjustment of the bass, treble,
fader, and balance can be done by long-
pressing the selection button for each
adjustment item.
Beep setting
The beep-sound when operating the audio
system can be set on or off.
Beep on
Press selection button 6.
Beep off
Press selection button 2.
*AudioPilot®2
AudioPilot
®2 automatically adjusts audio
volume and sound quality in accordance
with the level of noise entering the vehicle
interior while driving. When AudioPilot
®
2 is turned on, the system automatically
calculates the conditions for optimum
hearing of sound which may be difficult
to hear depending on exterior noise.
AudioPilot
®2 can be set on or off.
AudioPilot
®2on
Press selection button 7.
AudioPilot
®2 off
Press selection button 3.
* AudioPilot
®2 is a registered trademark
of Bose Corporation.
*Centerpoint®
Centerpoint®offers you the experience of
5.1-channel surround sound in your
vehicle even with your conventional 2-
channel stereo DVDs inserted in the Rear
Entertainment System main unit or 2-
channel stereo CDs.
Centerpoint
®can be set on or off.
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Centerpoint®on
Press selection button 6.
Centerpoint
®off
Press selection button 2.
NOTE
lCenterpoint®operates optimally with a 2-
channel stereo CD. MP3 audio files can be
played, however, MP3 audio files encoded
with high compression may result in poor
sound quality.
lCenterpoint®is available for 2-channel
stereo audio except for AM radio/FM radio/
SIRIUS digital satellite radio/AUX/BT
audio.
* Centerpoint®is a registered trademark
of Bose Corporation.
Rear Seat Surround (Rear
Entertainment System-equipped model)
The rear seat-optimized function allows
passengers to optimize the audio output to
the rear for a more pleasurable acoustic
field when selecting the 5.1-channel
sound mode.
Rear Seat Surround can be set on or off.
NOTE
Rear seat-optimized is only effective if a CD or
a DVD inserted in the Rear Entertainment
System main unit is 5.1 Dolby Digital/DTS
audio.
Rear Seat Surround on
Press selection button 7.
Rear Seat Surround off
Press selection button 3.
Surround Volume
Surround Volume up
Press selection button 6.Surround Volume down
Press selection button 2.
NOTE
Surround Volume adjustment is available if
Centerpoint®or Rear Seat Surround is on.
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qOperating the Radio
Mute buttonAuto memory button
Scan buttonReturn button Seek tuning
buttons
Manual tuning dial
Band selector button
Selection
button 2
Selection
button 3
Selection
button 4Selection
button 5
Selection
button 6
Selection
button 7
Selection
button 8
Radio ON
Press a band selector button (
)to
turn the radio on.
Band selection
Successively pressing the band selector
button (
) switches the bands as
follows: FM1→FM2→AM.
The selected mode will be indicated. If
FM stereo is being received,“ST”will be
displayed.
NOTE
If the FM broadcast signal becomes weak,
reception automatically changes from
STEREO to MONO for reduced noise, and the
“ST”indicator will no longer display.
Tuning
The radio has the following tuning
methods: Manual, Seek, Scan, Preset
channel, and Auto memory tuning. The
easiest way to tune stations is to set them
on preset channels.
NOTE
If the power supply is interrupted (fuse blows
or the battery is disconnected), the preset
channels will be erased.
Manual tuning
Turning the manual tuning dial will
change the frequency higher or lower.
Seek tuning
Pressing the seek tuning button (
,)
will cause the tuner to seek a higher or
lower frequency automatically.
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NOTE
If you continue to press and hold the seek
tuning button (
,), the frequency will
continue changing without stopping.
Scan tuning
Press the scan button (
)to
automatically sample stations with the
strongest frequencies. Scanning stops at
each station for about five seconds. To
hold a station, press the scan button
(
) again during this interval.
Preset channel tuning
The six preset channels can be used to
store six AM and twelve FM stations.
1. To set a channel, first select AM, FM1,
or FM2. Tune to the desired station.
2. Press and hold selection button 2, 3, 4,
6, 7, or 8. The station frequency will be
displayed. The station is now held in
the memory.
3. Repeat this operation for the other
stations and bands you want to store.
To tune into one stored in the memory,
select AM, FM1, or FM2 and then
press its selection button. The station
frequency will be displayed.
NOTE
If the power supply is interrupted (fuse blows
or the battery is disconnected), the preset
channels will be erased.
Auto memory tuning
This is especially useful when driving in
an area where the local stations are
unknown. Additional AM/FM stations
can be stored without disturbing the
previously set channels.Press and hold the auto memory button
(
). The system will automatically
scan and temporarily store up to six
stations with the strongest frequencies in
each selected band in that area.
After scanning is completed, the radio
tunes into the station with the strongest
frequency, and its frequency is displayed.
Press the auto memory button (
)to
recall stations from the auto-stored
stations. One stored station will be
selected each time, and its frequency will
be displayed.
NOTE
lIf any of the following operations is
performed, auto-memory mode is cleared
and the normal display appears.
lBand selector button ()is
pressed
lManual tuning dial is turnedlSeek tuning button (,) is pressedlReturn button () is pressedlIf the radio is unable to tune into any
station after the scanning operation is
completed,“No Channel”will be
displayed.
Mute
Press the mute button (
) once to
mute the audio. Press it again to resume
audio output.
Radio Data System (RDS)
Radio text information display
A maximum of 64 characters of radio text
information sent from a broadcasting
station is displayed in the audio display.
Press selection button 5.
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NOTE
If any of the following operations is performed,
the radio text information display is cleared
and the normal display appears.
lReturn button () is pressedlBand selector button () is pressedlManual tuning dial is turnedlSeek tuning button (,) is pressed
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qOperating the Satellite Radio
Category down
buttonCategory up
button
Play/Pause buttonManual tuning dial/Enter button/Text button
Scan button Seek tuning
buttonsReturn button
SIRIUS button
Selection
button 1Selection
button 3Selection
button 8
Selection
button 4Selection
button 7
Selection
button 5
Selection
button 6 Selection
button 2
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