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If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
power/volume knob or by turning
of f the ignition switch, the disc will
stay in the drive. When you turn the
system back on, the disc will begin
playing where it lef t of f .
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page.
Press the eject button ( ) to
remove the disc. If you eject the disc,
but do not remove it f rom the slot,
the system will automatically reload
the disc af ter 10 seconds and begin
playing.
You can also eject the disc when the
ignition switch is of f .
To play the radio when a disc is
playing, press the AM or FM button.
Press the CD button again to switch
back to the disc player.
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Each preset button can
store one f requency on AM and two
f requencies on FM.
Select the desired band, AM or
FM. You can store one f requency
on FM1, and one f requency on
FM2witheachpresetbutton.
Usethetune,skip,scan,orRDS
function to tune the radio to a
desired station.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 to store a
total of six stations on AM and
twelve stations on FM.
The scan f unction samples
all stations with strong signals on the
selected band. To activate it, press
the SCAN button, then release it.
You will see SCAN in the display.
When the system finds a strong
signal, it will stop and play that
station f or about 10 seconds.
If you do nothing, the system will
scan f or the next strong station and
play it f or 10 seconds. When it plays
a station that you want to listen to,
press the SCAN button again. If you are
traveling and can no longer receive
your preset stations, you can use the
auto select feature to find stations in
the local area.
Pick a preset button, then press
and hold it until you hear a beep. Push the SETUP button to display
the setup MENU. Turn the selector
knob to select Auto Select, then
press the selector knob. The display
changes to the auto select mode.
Select ‘‘ON,

Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the selector knob to
adjust the setting to your liking. The SVC mode controls the volumebased on vehicle speed. The f aster
you go, the louder the audio volume
becomes. As you slow down, the
audio volume decreases.
The SVC has f our modes: SVC OFF,
SVC LOW, SVC MID, and SVC
HIGH. Turn the selector knob to
adjust the setting to your liking. If
you f eel the sound is too loud,
choose low. If you f eel the sound is
too quiet, choose high. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control knob to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is turned of f .
Wait a f ew seconds and the display
returns to normal or press the
RETURN or MENU button. 130Speed-sensit ive Volume
Compensat ion (SVC)A udio System L ighting
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The SCAN f unction gives
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category
mode, only the stations within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button. The
system plays each channel in
numerical order f or a f ew seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want to
continue listening to, press the
button again. Press
either side of the CATEGORY bar to
select another category.
Turn the selector knob to
change channel selections. Turn the
knob right f or higher numbered
channels and lef t f or lower
numbered channels. In the category
mode, you can only select channels
within that category.
You can also select a channel from
the list by using the selector knob.
Push the selector knob to switch the
display to the list, then turn the knob
to select a channel. Press the
selector knob to set your selection.
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SCAN
CA T EGORY ( or )
TUNE
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Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3, WMA or AAC, the
numbers of the current f older and
f ile are shown. The system will
continuously play a disc until you
change modes.
For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page . To move rapidly within a track or f ile,
press and hold either side ( or
) of the SKIP bar. When you insert a CD f or the f irst
time, the recording CD prompt will
appear on the display. If you select
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You can also select the scan feature
from the menu items with the
selector knob (see page ).You can also select the folder scan
f eature f rom the menu items with
the selector knob (see page ).
This f eature plays the tracks on disc
(the f iles in MP3, WMA or AAC
mode) in random order. To activate
random play, select Random in Disc
from the menu items. You will see
disc random icon in the display.
Select normal play to return to
normal play.
The SCAN f unction samples all the
tracks on the disc in the order they
are recorded on the disc (all f iles in
the selected f older in MP3, WMA or
AAC mode). To activate the scan
f eature, press and release the SCAN
button. You will see ‘‘SCAN

To turn this feature off, press and
hold the SCAN button for more than
2 seconds, or press and release the
selector knob while in scan mode.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from file scan to folder scan, then to
normal play.To take the system out of the disc
mode, press one of the other source
buttons than the CD button.
If you turn the system of f while a
disc is playing, either with the
power/volume knob or the ignition
switch, play will continue at the same
point when you turn it back on. For inf ormation on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
.
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If equipped
The CD Library Audio f unction can
record tracks from music CDs to the
f lash memory. Each music CD is
stored on an albumlist. This audio
system can store up to 18 albums.Digital music f iles, such as MP3,
WMA, AAC etc., from CD-R,
DVD-R and USB f lash memory
devices cannot be copied to the
CD Library. Likewise, digital
musicfilesrecordedintheCD
Library cannot be copied to CD-R,
DVD-R and USB devices. Music data recorded in the CD
Library can only be used f or
personal use.
Title inf ormation will be displayed
when the inf ormation is f ound in
the Gracenote
Album Inf o
(Gracenote
Media Database) in
the built-in f lash memory. See
page . If the CD Library is ever replaced,
all data will be lost and stored
music will not be recovered.
Only recordings f rom a standard
CD-DA (44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo
PCM digital sound data) to CD
Library are supported.
Although data is recorded using
ultra-ef f icient compression
technology, sound quality may
vary slightly f rom the original.Recording f unction f rom f ollowing
media is not supported.
CD-DA which prohibits the
copying by SCMS
CD-DA with copy control
SACD (Super Audio CD)
DTS-CD
DVD-A
CD-R/RW
DVD-R/RW
Copy controlled CDs (Playback
cannot be guaranteed)
DTS-CDs (Only enabled f or
playback)
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