2011 NISSAN MAXIMA Owner´s Manual

Playing recorded songs
Select the Music Box audio system by using one
of the following methods:● Press the SOURCE select switch on the
steering wheel.
For information, see “Steering wheel switch
for audio control” in this section.
● Press the DISC button repeatedly until the
center display changes to the Music Box
mode. Stopping playback:
The system stops playing when:
● Another mode (radio, CD, USB memory,
iPod or AUX) is selected.
● The audio system is turned off.
● The ignition switch is placed in the OFF
position.
SEEK/CAT and TRACK buttons:
Press the
SEEK/CAT button while a track
is playing to return to the beginning of the current
track. Press the
TRACK button while a
track is playing to skip to the beginning of the next
track.
If you press and hold the
SEEK/CAT (re-
wind) button or the
TRACK (fast forward)
button for more than approximately 1.5 seconds;
the track will play while rewinding or fast forward-
ing. When the
SEEK/CAT (rewind) button
or the
TRACK (fast forward) button is re-
leased, the track will return to the normal playing
speed.
The NISSAN controller can also be used to se-
lect tracks. For more information on how to use the NISSAN
controller, see “How to use the NISSAN control-
ler” in this section.
Play mode selection:
To change to another album or artist, turn the
TUNE/FOLDER knob.
RPT/RDM button:
Press the RPT/RDM button while a track is play-
ing to change the play pattern as follows:
Repeat All
→1 Folder Repeat →1 Track Repeat
→ All Random→ 1 Folder Random →Repeat All
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Music Box menu
There are some options available during play-
back. Select the “Menu” key, then select one of
the following that are displayed on the screen, if
necessary. Refer to the following information for
each item:● Music Library
There are some options available during
playback. Select one of the following op-
tions that are displayed on the screen, if
necessary.
● Albums
Play tracks in each album. The albums are
stored in alphabetical order. ●
Artists
Play tracks by an artist whose music is cur-
rently being played. The artists are stored in
alphabetical order.
● Genres
Play tracks by genre by selecting from the
displayed list.
● All Songs
Play tracks from all recorded tracks. The
tracks are stored in alphabetical order. ●
Transfer Titles from USB
Update the in-vehicle Gracenote Database
using a USB memory device. Search the title
from information acquired on the Internet.
Visit www.nissanusa.com/gracenote/ for
details.
● Transfer Missing Titles to USB
Transfer the information of an album re-
corded without titles to the USB memory.
Visit www.nissanusa.com/gracenote/ for
details.
● Update Missing Titles
Search the title using the database in the
hard-disk.
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Music Box settings
To set up the Music Box system to your preferred
settings, select the “Menu” key with the NISSAN
controller during playback. Then select the “Mu-
sic Box Settings” key with the NISSAN controller.● Music Box Used/Free Space:
Information about “Saved Album”, “Saved
Track” and “Remaining Time” is displayed.
● Delete Songs from the Music Box:
Delete the current song, selected songs or
albums by choosing from the list, or all
songs/albums in the Music Box. ●
Automatic Recording:
When this item is turned to ON, the Music
Box system automatically starts recording
when a CD is inserted.
● Recording Quality:
Set the recording quality of 105 kbps or 132
kbps. The default is set to 105 kbps.
● Gracenote Database Version:
The version of the built-in Gracenote Data-
base is displayed.
Gracenote
NOTE:
● The information contained in the
Gracenote Database is not fully guaran-
teed.
● The service of the Gracenote Database on
the Internet may be stopped without prior
notice for maintenance.
End-User License Agreement
USE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEP-
TANCE OF THE TERMS BELOW.
Gracenote MusicID™ Terms of Use This device contains software from Gracenote,
Inc. of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”) . The
software from Gracenote (the “Gracenote Soft-
ware”) enables this application to do online disc
identification and obtain music-related informa-
tion, including name, artist, track, and title infor-
mation (“Gracenote Data”) from online servers
(“Gracenote Servers”) and to perform other func-
tions. You may use Gracenote Data only by
means of the intended End-User functions of this
device.
You agree that you will use Gracenote Data, the
Gracenote Software, and Gracenote Servers for
your own personal non-commercial use only. You
agree not to assign, copy, transfer or transmit the
Gracenote Software or any Gracenote Data to
any third party. YOU AGREE NOT TO USE OR
EXPLOIT GRACENOTE DATA, THE
GRACENOTE SOFTWARE, OR GRACENOTE
SERVERS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PERMIT-
TED HEREIN.
You agree that your non-exclusive license to use
the Gracenote Data, the Gracenote Software,
and Gracenote Servers will terminate if you vio-
late these restrictions. If your license terminates,
you agree to cease any and all use of the
Gracenote Data, the Gracenote Software, and
Gracenote Servers. Gracenote reserves all rights
in Gracenote Data, the Gracenote Software, and
the Gracenote Servers, including all ownership
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rights. Under no circumstances will Gracenote
become liable for any payment to you for any
information that you provide. You agree that
Gracenote, Inc. may enforce its rights under this
Agreement against you directly in its own name.
The Gracenote MusicID Service uses a unique
identifier to track queries for statistical purposes.
The purpose of a randomly assigned numeric
identifier is to allow the Gracenote MusicID ser-
vice to count queries without knowing anything
about who you are. For more information, see the
web page for the Gracenote Privacy Policy for
the Gracenote MusicID Service.
The Gracenote Software and each item of
Gracenote Data are licensed to you “AS IS.”
Gracenote makes no representations or warran-
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of any Gracenote Data from in the Gracenote
Servers. Gracenote reserves the right to delete
data from the Gracenote Servers or to change
data categories for any cause that Gracenote
deems sufficient. No warranty is made that the
Gracenote Software or Gracenote Servers are
error-free or that functioning of Gracenote Soft-
ware or Gracenote Servers will be uninterrupted.
Gracenote is not obligated to provide you with
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LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MER-
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ANY GRACENOTE SERVER. IN NO CASE
WILL GRACENOTE BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAM-
AGES OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST
REVENUES.
Copyright:
Music recognition technology and related data
are provided by Gracenote. Gracenote is the
industry standard in music recognition technol-
ogy and related content delivery. For more infor-
mation visit www.gracenote.com.
CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc.,
copyright © 2000-2007 Gracenote. Gracenote
Software, copyright © 2000-2007 Gracenote.
This product and service may practice one or
more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525;
#6,061,680; #6,154,773, #6,161,132,
#6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459,
#6,330,593, and other patents issued or pend-
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of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype,
and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trade-
marks of Gracenote.
MUSIC BOX
WITH NAVIGATION
SYSTEM (if so equipped)
The Music Box system can store songs from CDs
being played. The system has a 9.3 gigabyte
(GB) storage capacity.
The following CDs can be recorded in the Music
Box system:
● CDs without compressed audio files.
● Hybrid Compact Disc Digital Audio (Hybrid
CD-DA) specification in Super Audio CDs.
● Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) speci-
fication in CD-Extras.
● First session of multisession disc.
Extreme temperature conditions [below 4°F
(20°C) and above 158°F (70°C)] could affect
the performance of the hard drive.
NOTE:
If the hard drive needs to be replaced due
to a malfunction, all stored music data will
be erased.
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Recording CDs
1. Operate the audio system to play a CD.For information on playing CDs, see “Com-
pact Disc (CD) player operation” in this sec-
tion.
2. Touch the “Start REC” key. REC CD ap- pears on the screen.
NOTE: ● The system starts playing and recording the
1st track on the CD when the “Start REC”
key is selected. ●
Individual tracks from a CD cannot be se-
lected to be recorded to the Music Box hard
drive.
● The fast forward and rewind features are
disabled while the CD is recording.
● The recording process can be stopped at
any time. All tracks that were played before
the CD was stopped are stored.
● Individual tracks can be deleted from the
hard drive after the CD is recorded.
● The system records faster than it plays. If the title information of the track being recorded
is stored either in the hard drive or in the CD, the
title is automatically displayed on the screen. For
title acquisition from the hard drive, music recog-
nition technology and related data are provided
by Gracenote.
To view the details of the track, touch the “Text”
key on the screen or use the NISSAN controller.
The track name and album title are displayed on
the screen.
If a track is not recorded successfully due to
skipping sounds, the
symbol is displayed
behind the track number.
The Music Box audio system cannot perform
recording under the following conditions:
● There is not enough space in the hard drive.
● The number of albums reaches the maximum
of 500.
● The number of tracks reaches the maximum
of 3,000.
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Automatic recording:
If the “Automatic Recording” function is turned to
ON, recording starts when a CD is inserted. For
more information, see “Music Box settings” in this
section.
Stopping recording:
To stop the recording, touch the “Stop REC” key
on the screen. If the CD is ejected, the audio
system is turned off or the ignition switch is
placed in the OFF position, the recording also
stops.
Playing recorded songs
Select the Music Box audio system by using one
of the following methods:● Press the SOURCE select switch on the
steering wheel.
For information, see “Steering wheel switch
for audio control” in this section.
● Press the DISC·AUX button repeatedly until
the center display changes to the Music Box
mode. ●
Give voice commands.
For information, see “NISSAN Voice Recog-
nition system” in this section.
Stopping playback:
The system stops playing when: ● Another mode (radio, CD, USB, Bluetooth
Audio or AUX) is selected.
● The audio system is turned off.
● The ignition switch is placed in the OFF
position.
SEEK/CAT and TRACK buttons:
Press the
SEEK/CAT button while a track
is playing to return to the beginning of the current
track. Press the
TRACK button while a
track is playing to skip to the beginning of the next
track.
If you press and hold the
SEEK/CAT (re-
wind) button or the
TRACK (fast forward)
button for more than approximately 1.5 seconds;
the track will play while rewinding or fast forward-
ing. When the
SEEK/CAT (rewind) button
or the
TRACK (fast forward) button is re-
leased, the track will return to the normal playing
speed.
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The NISSAN controller can also be used to se-
lect tracks.
For more information on how to use the NISSAN
controller, see “How to use the NISSAN control-
ler” in this section.
TUNE/FOLDER knob:
The TUNE/FOLDER knob skips from album to
album unless it is playing “All Songs” from the
Music Library menu. When playing “All Songs”,
the TUNE/FOLDER knob changes the track in-
stead of the album. The upper right corner of the
screen indicates if the TUNE/FOLDER knob is
changing by track or album.Music Box menu
There are some options available during play-
back. Select the “Menu” key, then select one of
the following that are displayed on the screen, if
necessary. Refer to the following information for
each item:● Now Playing
Lists the tracks stored in the Music Box
system. Touch the name of the track to begin
playing that track.
● Music Library
Lists the songs in the Music Library. Tracks
can be searched by Album, Artist or Genre.
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●My Playlists
Displays the playlists stored in the system.
Touch the “Edit” key next to a playlist to
perform the following operations for that
playlist:
– Add Current Song - adds the song cur- rently playing to the playlist.
– Add Songs by Album - adds songs to the playlist by album.
– Add Songs by Artist - adds songs to the playlist by artist.
– Edit Song Order - edits the order of the songs in the playlist. – Edit Name - changes the name of the
playlist.
– Delete Songs - deletes songs from the playlist.
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