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"RDS"
Alternative fre
quencies "AF"
Your radio automatically checks and
selects the best frequency for the radio
station to which it is tuned (if the station
broadcasts on several transmitters or
frequencies).
The frequency of a radio station cov-
ers approximately 30 miles (50 km). The
change from one frequency to another
explains the temporary loss of reception
during a journey.
If the station to which you are listening does
not have several frequencies in the region in
which you are currently located, you can de-
activate the alternative frequency following.
Traffic information "TP"
The "Traffi c Program" (TP) function per-
mits automatic and temporary switching
to an FM station broadcasting traffi c in-
formation.
The radio station or the source that you
are listening to at this point is paused.
Once the traffi c information has ended,
the system switches back to the radio
station or the source that you were lis-
tening to initially.
Regional following mode "REG"
Some stations are organised in a network.
In different regions, they broadcast diffe-
rent or shared programmes depending
on the time of day.
You can follow:
- a regional station only,
- the entire network, with the possibility
that you will be listening to a different
programme.
The "AF", "REG" and "TP"
functions can be deacti-
vated or activated via the
"TUNE" button functions
setting mode. Press the "TP" button.
"TP" appears on the display.
If the station is compatible,
"RDS" also appears.
If the radio detects traffi c information,
"TRAF INF" appears on the display,
followed by the frequency of the broad-
casting station, then its name.
The volume is different from that of the
previous source.
Following the broadcasting of the traffi c
information, the volume returns to that
of the source prior to the interruption.
When "TP" appears on the display,
the radio stops solely at RDS stations
broadcasting traffi c information. On long distance journeys, when the
stored station becomes weak, the ra-
dio searches fi rst for another frequen-
cy for the same station (AF). Then, if
this fails, it searches for a frequency
broadcasting the regional programme
(REG). If this also fails, the radio re-
turns to the stored station. The "Radio Data System" (RDS) function
on the FM waveband permits:
- access to the display of information,
such as the name of the station, ...
- tuning to the same station while trav-
elling through different regions,
- temporary tuning to traffi c information
announcements.
Most FM stations use RDS. These
stations transmit non-audible data in
addition to their programmes.
The data transmitted in this way allows
you access to various functions, mainly
displaying of the name of the station,
automatic station following or temporary
tuning to traffi c information announce-
ments.
The RDS allows you to continue listen-
ing to the same station by means of the
alternative frequency following. How-
ever, in certain conditions, this RDS
frequency following cannot be provided
throughout the country. Radio stations
do not cover the whole country, which
explains the loss of reception of the sta-
tion during a journey.
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Themed type of programme
"PTY"
Some stations offer the option of listen-
ing to a themed type of programme as a
priority, selected from the list available
below:
NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO, SPORT, EDUCATE,
DRAMA, CULTURE, SCIENCE, VARIED,
POP M, ROCK M, EASY M, LIGHT M,
CLASSICS, OTHER M, WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN, SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN,
TRAVEL, LEISURE, JAZZ, COUNTRY,
NATION M, OLDIES, FOLK M, DOCUMENT.
Emergency broadcasts
"ALERT"
An emergency broadcast automatically
and temporarily interrupts the FM station
or the source that you are listening to.
The message "ALERT" appears on the
display and the volume is different from
that of the previous source.
Following the emergency broadcast,
the message disappears and the volume
returns to that of the source prior to the
interruption.
Search for a "PTY" broadcast
Press the "PTY" button.
Turn the "TUNE" dial to se-
lect the type of programme
required.
Two seconds later, the radio searches
for a broadcast which corresponds to
your selection; the type of PTY selected
fl ashes on the display.
Once the station has been found, its
name appears on the display.
You can press the "SEEK
" or "SEEK
" buttons to fi nd another station.
If no station is found corresponding
to your selected type of programme,
"NONE" appears on the display for
fi ve seconds and the radio returns to
the previous station.
You can store up to six PTY programmes.
Each new programme stored replaces
the previous one.
Storing a "PTY" programme To recall the pre-set memory setting,
press the button and release it within
two seconds.
Changing the display language of
the "PTY" programme
Press the "TUNE" button for
more than two seconds to
access the functions setting
mode.
Then, press this button several times in
succession; the functions setting mode
changes in the following order:
AF/CT/REG/TP-S/PTY (languages)/SCV/
PHONE/OFF.
Turn the "TUNE" dial to the left or to the
right to select the language (ENGLISH,
FRANCAIS, DEUTSCH, SVENSK,
ESPAGNOL, ITALIANO).
The sound cuts out then becomes au-
dible again when the programme has
been stored.
The number of the button and the asso-
ciated PTY programme appear on the
display.
Turn the "TUNE" dial to set
the PTY programme to be
stored.
Press one of the six but-
tons "1" to "6" for more than
two seconds.
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CD PLAYER
This can play audio CDs (CD-DA, CD-
Text, CD-R/RW) or MP3 CDs.
Selecting CD mode
If the player already con-
tains a disc, press the "CD"
button.
"CD", the track number and
the playing time appear on the screen.
Functions setting mode
This permits activation or deactivation
of the functions below.
Press the "TUNE" button for
more than two seconds to
access the functions setting
mode.
Then, press this button sev-
eral times in succession;
the functions setting mode changes in
the following order:
AF/CT/REG/TO-S/PTY (languages)/SCV/
PHONE/OFF.
Turn the "TUNE" dial respectively to the
left to deactivate the function ("OFF") or
to the right to activate it ("ON").
The "PHONE" is not operational at
present.
The functions setting mode is deacti-
vated after approximately 10 seconds
without any action. After inserting a disc, printed face up-
wards, the player starts automatically.
Ejecting a disc
Press this button to remove
the disc from the player.
The system automatically
switches to radio mode.
Fast search
Press and hold button "
"
or "
" to carry out a fast
backwards or forwards
search respectively.
Play begins when the button is released.
Selecting a track
Press button "
" or "
" to
select the previous or next
track respectively.
Repeating a track
Press the "RPT" button to
repeat the play of the cur-
rent track. "RPT" appears
on the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Random playing of a disc
Press the "RDM" button
to start random play of the
tracks on the disc. "RDM"
appears on the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again. Insert circular compact discs only.
8 cm compact discs must be inserted
in the centre of the player slot.
Once ejected, if the compact disc is
not removed within fi fteen seconds, it
is reloaded into the player.
Audio CDs
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MP3/TAG ID3 CD
Playing the beginning of each track
Press the "SCAN" button to
start playback of the fi rst ten
seconds of each track on
the disc. "SCAN" appears
on the screen and the corresponding
track number fl ashes.
To exit this mode, press this button again. The CD player and the CD changer
are compatible with the playing of MP3
fi les.
These must be recorded in ISO9660
Level 1/Level 2, Joliet or Romeo format
on CD ROMs, CD-Rs or CD-RWs.
The CDs can contain a maximum of
255 fi les and 100 folders on 16 levels.
The Tag ID3 version 1 can be displayed
while playing MP3 fi les.
In the case of compact discs contain-
ing both CD-DA and MP3 fi les, play
automatically begins with the CD-DA
fi les.
To switch play between the two types
of fi le, press the "CD" button for more
than two seconds until an audible
signal is heard.
While using these compact discs, the
"Repeat", Random play" and "Play-
ing of the beginning of the tracks"
functions are only applied to fi les of
the same format.
Selecting an MP3 folder
Turn the "FOLDER" dial
respectively to the right to
select a folder in ascending
order or to the left to select a
folder in descending order. Press the "DISP" button
several times in succession;
the CD-Text information ap-
pears in the following order:
DISC NAME/TRACK NAME/NORMAL
DISPLAY MODE.
CD-TEXT DISPLAY
If the information exceeds
12 characters, press the
"PAGE" button to see the
rest.
In the absence of CD-Text information
to be displayed, "NOTITLE" appears on
the screen. The CD player and the CD changer are
compatible with the display of CD-Text
information.
On CD-R/RWs, the quality of the
playback sound depends on the en-
coding software, the burning device
and the burning speed used.
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When play begins, "READING" appears
in the screen then disappears to make
way for the folder number, the track
number, the playing time and "MP3".
Playing the beginning of each track
Press the "SCAN" button
to start playing the fi rst ten
seconds of each track in all
of the folders. "SCAN" ap-
pears in the screen and the correspond-
ing track number fl ashes.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
MP3/Tag ID3 display
Press the "DISP" button sev-
eral times in succession; the
MP3 information appears in
the following order:
FOLDER NAME/TRACK NAME/NORMAL DISPLAY MODE. If the information exceeds
12 characters, press the
"PAGE" button to see the
rest.
In the absence of MP3 or Tag ID3 in-
formation to be displayed, "NOTITLE"
appears in the screen.
Press the "DISP" button for
more than two seconds to
activate the Tag ID3 infor-
mation. "TAG" appears in
the screen.
Press the "DISP" button several times
in succession; the Tag ID3 information
appears in the following order:
ALBUM NAME/TRACK NAME/ARTIST
NAME/NORMAL DISPLAY MODE. To deactivate this information, press
the "DISP" button again for more than
two seconds.
Repeating the tracks in a folder
Press the "RPT" button for
more than two seconds to
repeat the playing of the
tracks contained in the cur-
rent folder. "D-RPT" appears in the
screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Random playing of a folder
Press the "RDM" button to
start random playing of the
tracks in the current fold-
er. "RDM" appears in the
screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Random playing of a disc
Press the "RDM" button for
more than two seconds to
start random playing of the
tracks in all of the folders.
"D-RDM" appears in the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again. On CD-R/RWs, the quality of the
playing sound depends on the en-
coding software, the burning device
and the burning speed used.
Depending on the fl ow chart of the
MP3 folders and fi les on the disc,
play may not begin immediately.
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Selecting changer mode
If the changer already
contains a disc, press the
"CD" button.
"CD", the disc and track
numbers and the playing time appear
in the screen. After inserting at least one disc, printed
face upwards, the changer starts auto-
matically.
Ejecting a disc
Press this button briefl y to
remove the current disc
from the changer. Once ejected, if the compact disc is
not removed within fi fteen seconds it
is re-loaded into the changer.
Loading a disc
Press the "LOAD" button
briefl y. "WAIT" appears on
the display.
When the changer is ready,
the indicator lamp on the "LOAD" button
comes on and "LOAD DISC N° (1-6)"
appears in the screen.
If several slots are empty, select one
using one of the "DISC" buttons. The CD changer can hold up to 6 CDs.
Insert circular compact discs only.
8 cm compact discs cannot be
played by the changer.
Loading all of the discs
Ejecting all of the discs
Press this button for more
than two seconds. The cur-
rent disc is ejected.
Once this disc has been
removed, the next disc is ejected auto-
matically in its turn.
Repeat these steps until unloading is
complete.
Selecting a disc
Press one of the "DISC" but-
tons several times in suc-
cession until you reach the
disc required. The symbol
of the disc selected appears
in the screen. See also "CD-Text display" and "MP3/
Tag ID3 CD".
Press the "LOAD" button for
more than two seconds.
The changer selects an
empty slot number from the
lowest to the highest and switches to
waiting for loading mode.
"LOAD DISC N° (1-6)" appears on the
display; insert the disc in the corre-
sponding slot.
The changer automatically selects the
next empty slot number and returns to
waiting for loading mode.
Repeat these steps until loading is
complete. Play begins with the last disc
inserted.
CD CHANGER
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Playing of the beginning of each track
Press the "SCAN" button
to start play of the fi rst ten
seconds of each track on
the disc. "SCAN" appears in
the screen and the corresponding track
number fl ashes.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
On CD-R/RWs, the playback sound
quality depends on the encoding
software, the burning device and the
burning speed used.
Random playing on all of the discs
Press the "RDM" button for
more than two seconds to
start random playing of the
tracks on all of the discs.
"D-RDM" appears in the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Fast search
Press and hold button "
"
or "
" to carry out a fast
backwards or forwards
search respectively.
Play begins when the button is re-
leased.
Selecting a track
Press button "
" or "
" to
select the previous track or
next track respectively.
Repeating a track
Press the "RPT" button to
repeat the playing of the cur-
rent track. "RPT" appears in
the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Random playing of a disc
Press the "RDM" button to
start random playing of the
tracks on the disc. "RDM"
appears in the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Repeating a disc
Press the "RPT" button for
more than two seconds to
repeat the playing of the
tracks of the current disc.
"D-RPT" appears in the screen.
To exit this mode, press this button
again.
Audio CD
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Information displayed in Radio mode
A.
A pre-set number is displayed when
a pre-set channel has been selected.
B.
The name of the station is displayed
during the reception of RDS data. If
the name has not been transmitted,
the frequency is displayed.
C.
Stereo is displayed when a stereo
transmission is received.
D.
AF is displayed when the AF control
function is activated.
E.
PTY (programme type) is displayed
if the RDS data received is dis-
played.
TRAFINF is displayed, during an
interruption, for traffi c information.
ALARM is displayed, during an
interruption, for urgent information.
F.
Display of 6 pre-set stored stations.
G.
To receive the stored station.
Press and hold to store a station.
H.
To change the frequency step by
step.
Press and hold for scrolling of the
frequency.
I.
To search for currently broadcasting
stations which can be received in
the current location, until a station is
found.
J.
To display the programme types
pre-setting screen, e.g.: sport, rock,
classical, news, ... Press PTY again
to exit.
K.
Press this button to display the
secondary menu.
L.
REG is displayed during the recep-
tion of regional frequencies data.
M.
RDS is displayed during the reception
of RDS data.
N.
TP is displayed when the traffi c
information is in standby mode.
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