2012 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Owner handbook (in English)

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SOUND SYSTEM
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INTRODUCTION
When the radio is turned on the last func-
tion selected before it was switched off is
activated: Radio, CD, CD MP3, Media Play-
er (only with Blue&Me™) or AUX (only
with Blue&Me™) (for versions/markets,
where provided).
To select the Radio function whilst listening
to another audio source, press the FM
ASor
AM buttons briefly, depending on the desired
band.
Once the Radio mode has been activated,
the display will show the name (RDS sta-
tions only) and the frequency of the select-
ed radio station, the frequency band select-
ed (e.g. FM1) and the preselect button num-
ber (e.g. P1).
FREQUENCY BAND
SELECTION
With the Radio mode activated, press the FMAS
or AM button briefly and repeatedly to select
the desired reception band.
Each time the button is pressed the follow-
ing bands are selected cyclically:
❍Pressing the FMASbutton: “FM1”,
“FM2” or “FMA”;
❍Pressing the AM button: “MW1” and
“MW2”.
Each band is highlighted by the name in the
display. The last station selected on the re-
spective frequency band will be tuned into.
The FM band is divided into sections: FM1,
FM1 or “FMA”; the FMA reception band is
reserved for broadcasters stored automati-
cally using the AutoSTore function.
PRESET BUTTONS
The buttons numbered from 1 to 6 can used
to set the following presettings:
❍18 on the FM band FM (6 on FM1, 6
on FM2, 6 on FMT or “FMA” (on some
versions);
❍12 on the MW band (6 on MW1, 6 on
MW2).
To listen to a preset station, select the desired
frequency band and then briefly press the cor-
responding preset button (from 1 to 6).
By pressing the preset button for more than
2 seconds, the station tuned into will be
stored. The storing phase is confirmed by an
acoustic signal.
STORING THE LAST STATION
LISTENED TO
The radio automatically stores the last sta-
tion that was selected for each reception
band, which is then tuned into when the
radio is turned on or when the reception
band is changed.

AUTOMATIC TUNING
Briefly press buttons orto start the
automatic tuning search for the next station
that can be received in the selected direc-
tion.
If the
orbuttons are pressed down for
longer, the fast search starts. When the but-
ton is released, the tuning will stop at the
next station that can be received.
If the TA function (traffic information) is on,
the tuner will only search for stations that
broadcast traffic updates.
MANUAL TUNING
This allows a manual search for stations on
the preselected band.
Select the desired frequency band and then
press the
orbutton briefly and repeat-
edly to start to the search in the desired di-
rection. If the
orbuttons are pressed
for longer, the fast search will start and then
stop when the button is released.
AUTOSTORE FUNCTION
To activate the AutoSTore function, keep the
FM
ASbutton pressed until the acoustic con-
firmation signal. With this function, the ra-
dio automatically stores the 6 stations with
the strongest signal in a decreasing order on
the FMA frequency band.
During the automatic storing process,
“Autostore” will appear flashing on the dis-
play.
To interrupt the Autostore function, press the
FM
ASbutton again: the radio will again tune
into the station listened to before the activa-
tion of the function.
When the AutoSTore function is over, the ra-
dio automatically tunes into the first prese-
lected station on the FMA band on the pre-
setting 1 side.
The stations that have a strong signal at that
moment are then automatically stored in the
preselected band in the buttons numbered
1 to 6.
When the AutoSTore function is activated
within the MW band, the FMA band is au-
tomatically selected and the function is per-
formed.IMPORTANT Sometimes the AutoSTore func-
tion does not manage to find 6 stations with
a strong signal. In this case, the strongest
stations will be duplicated in the free pre-
set buttons.
IMPORTANT When the AutoSTore function is
activated, the stations that were previously
stored on the FMA band are deleted.
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EMERGENCY ALARM
RECEPTION
The radio can receive emergency alerts in RDS
mode in exceptional circumstances where
dangerous situations are threatened (earth-
quakes, floods, etc.) if these are being trans-
mitted by the broadcaster tuned into.
This function is activated automatically and
cannot be turned off.
The word Alarm will be shown in the display
during the transmission of an emergency an-
nouncement. The volume of the radio will
change during this announcement in the
same way as during a traffic bulletin.
EON FUNCTION
(Enhanced Other Network)
In some countries, there are circuits that
group multiple broadcasters that transmit
traffic information together. In this case, the
programme on the station that is being lis-
tened to will be temporarily interrupted to:
❍receive traffic information (only with the
TA function on);
❍listen to regional transmissions each time
they are transmitted by one of the broad-
casters in the same circuit.
STEREOPHONIC
BROADCASTERS
If the incoming signal is weak, the reproduc-
tion is automatically switched from Stereo
to Mono.
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C C
D D
P P
L L
A A
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the variants regard-
ing the operation of the CD player: as far
as the operation of the radio is concerned,
refer to the description in the “Functions and
Adjustments” chapter.
SELECTING THE CD PLAYER
To activate the CD player built-into the equip-
ment, proceed as follows:
❍load a CD with the device switched on:
the first track will start to play;
or
❍if a CD has already been loaded, turn on
the car radio and then briefly press the
CD button to select the “CD” operating
mode: the last track listened to will start
to play.
It is advisable to use original CDs to ensure
optimum playback. If CD-R/RWs are used,
we recommend using good quality media
mastered at the slowest speed possible.
LOADING/EJECTING A CD
To load the CD, insert it gently into the slot
to activate the motorised loading system,
which will position it correctly.
The CD can be loaded with the radio
switched off and the ignition key in the MAR
position: in this case the radio will remain
off. When the car radio is turned on, the last
source listened to prior to switching off will
be activated.
When a CD is loaded the display will show
“CD-IN” and the words “CD Reading”. They
will remain displayed for the entire time re-
quired for the car radio to read the CD tracks.
When this time has elapsed the radio will
automatically start to play the first track. Press the
˚button with the car adio on to
activate the motorised ejection of the CD.
After ejection, the last audio source listened
to before playing the CD will be heard.
If the CD is not removed from the car ra-
dio, it will automatically be reloaded about
20 seconds later and the Tuner mode will
be tuned into (Radio).
The CD cannot be ejected if the car radio is
off.
If the ejected CD is loaded without having
removed it completely from the slot, the
radio will not switch to the CD source.
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Possible error messages
If the CD loaded cannot be read (e.g. a CD
ROM has been inserted or the CD is insert-
ed the wrong way round or there is read-
ing error) the display will show the words
“CD Disc error”.
The CD will then be ejected and the audio
source activated prior to the CD mode selec-
tion will be heard.
With an external audio source activated (TA,
ALARM or Phone), the CD that cannot be
read will be not be ejected until these func-
tions have ended. At the end, with the CD
mode activated, the display will show the
words “CD Disc error” for a few seconds and
then the CD will be ejected.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is working, the display
will show the following information:
❍“CD Track 5”: indicating the number of
the CD track;
❍“03:42”: indicating the time elapsed
since the start of the track (if the rele-
vant Menu function is activated).
TRACK SELECTION
(forward/back)
Briefly press the button to play the pre-
vious CD track and the
button to play the
next track. The tracks are selected cyclical-
ly: the first track is selected after the last
track and vice versa.
If the track has been playing for more than
3 seconds, pressing
will cause the track
to start again from the beginning. In this
case, if you want to play the previous track,
press the button twice consecutively.
TRACK FAST FORWARD/
REWIND
Keep the button pressed down to fast for-
ward the selected track and keep the
but-
ton pressed down to fast rewind the track.
The fast forward/rewind will stop once the
button is released.
PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press the MUTE but-
ton. The words “CD Pause” will appear on
the display.
To resume listening to the track, press the
MUTE button again.
If another audio source is selected, the pause
function is turned off.
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M M
P P
3 3
C C
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P P
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the variants regard-
ing the operation of the MP3 CD player: as
far as the operation of the radio is con-
cerned, refer to the description in the “Func-
tions and Adjustments” and “CD player”
chapters.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technol-
ogy licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thom-
son multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In addition to playing normal audio CDs, the
car radio is also capable of playing CD-ROMs
on which MP3 format compressed audio files
are recorded. The radio functions as de-
scribed in the “CD Player” chapter when an
ordinary audio CD is inserted.
The use of good quality media mastered at
the slowest possible speeds is recommend-
ed for optimum quality.
The files on the MP3 CD are in folders, with
sequential lists of all the folders containing
MP3 tracks (folders and sub-folders are all dis-
played on the same level) and folders that do
not contain MP3 tracks cannot be selected.The operating conditions and specifications
for playing MP3 files are as follows:
❍the CD-ROMs used must be mastered in
compliance with the ISO9660 Standard;
❍the music files must have an “.mp3”
extension: files with a different exten-
sion cannot be played;
❍the following sampling frequencies can
be played: 44.1 kHz, stereo (96 to 320
kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz, mono or stereo
(32 to 80 kbit/s);
❍tracks with variable bit-rates can also be
played.
IMPORTANT The names of tracks must not
contain the following characters: spaces, ‘
(apostrophes), (and) (open and close brack-
ets). When an MP3 CD is being burned
make sure that the file names do not con-
tain these characters; otherwise, the car ra-
dio will not be able to play those tracks.
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SELECTING MP3 SESSIONS ON
HYBRID DISCS
If a hybrid disc is inserted (Mixed Mode, En-
hanced, CD-Extra) also containing MP3 files,
the radio automatically starts playing the au-
dio session. It is possible to move to the
MP3 session whilst playing by keeping the
MEDIA button pressed for more than 2 sec-
onds.
IMPORTANT When the function is activated
the radio may take a few seconds to start
playback. Whilst checking the disc the dis-
play will show “CD READING”; if no MP3
files are detected, the radio will resume play-
ing the audio session from the point where
it was interrupted.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-tag information display
In addition to the information relating to the
time elapsed, the name of the folder and the
name of the file, the car radio is also capa-
ble of display ID3-TAG information relating
to the Track title, Artist and Author.
The name of the MP3 folder shown on the
display corresponds to the name with which
the folder was stored on the CD, followed
by an asterisk.
Example of a complete MP3 folder name:
BEST OF *.
If you wish to display ID3-TAG information
(Title, Artist, Album) and this information
has not been recorded for the track played,
the information will be replaced by informa-
tion relating to the name of the file.
SELECT NEXT/PREVIOUS
FOLDER
Pressto select the next folder or to
select the previous folder. The display will
show the number and the name of the fold-
er (e.g. “DIR 2 XXXXXX”).
XXXXXX: name of the folder (the display
will only show the first 12 characters).
The folders are selected cyclically: the first
folder is selected after the last folder and
vice versa.
If no other folder/track is selected during
the next 2 seconds, the first track contained
in the new folder will be played.
If the last track on the folder currently se-
lected is being played, the next folder will
be played.
STRUCTURE OF THE FOLDERS
The car radio with MP3 player:
❍only recognises those folders that effec-
tively contain MP3 format files
❍if the MP3 files on a CD-ROM are struc-
tured in “sub-folders”, their structure is
compressed to a single level structure
where the “sub-folders” are at the level
of the main folders.
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the variants regard-
ing the operation of the AUX source: as far
as the operation of the radio is concerned,
refer to the description in the “Functions and
Adjustments” chapter.
AUX MODE
To activate the AUX source, press the MEDIA
button or the SRC steering wheel control sev-
eral times till the corresponding source is dis-
played.
IMPORTANT NOTES
The functions of the device connected with
the AUX socket are directly managed by the
device itself; it is not possible to change
track/folder/playlist with radio or steering
wheel controls.
Do not leave the cable of your portable play-
er connected with the AUX socket after the
disconnection, to avoid possible hisses from
the speakers.NOTE The AUX socket is not incorporated
in the radio. For its position, refer to the
Blue&Me™ Supplement and its Quick
Guide.