2012 NISSAN ALTIMA Owners Manual

●Songs
● Podcasts
● Genres
● Composers
● Audiobooks
● Shuffle Songs
The following keys shown on the screen are also
available: ● Menu: returns to the previous screen.
●

Scrolling menus:
While navigating long lists of artists, albums or
songs in the music menu, it is possible to scroll
the list by the first letter. To activate letter index-
ing, touch and hold the page up/down arrows on
the touchscreen.
To exit the scrolling by letter mode, perform one of
the following:● Push the ENTER switch on the steering
wheel.
● Do not touch the controls for 2 seconds.
MUSIC BOX (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 MP3/WMA 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-disk.
NOTE:
If the hard drive needs to be replaced due
to a malfunction, all stored music data will
be erased.
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. The track name and album title
are displayed on the screen.
If a track is not recorded successfully due to
skipping sounds, the

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.
Seeking button:
Press the

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.

●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.
●Play Mode
Alters the play mode of the playlist. Touch
the key of the mode you wish to apply. The
modes change the play pattern as follows:
– Normal - no play pattern is applied.
– 1 Album Repeat - the songs in the current album are repeated.
– 1 Track Repeat - the current track is re- peated.
– 1 Album Random - the songs in the cur- rent album are played randomly.
– All Random - all songs are played ran- domly.

●Edit Music Information
Edits the information of the songs in the
Music Library.
– Edit Information of Current Song
– Edit Information by Album
– Update Gracenote from USB Device
– Transfer Missing Titles to USB
– Update Gracenote from HDD The “Transfer Missing Titles to USB” and “Up-
date Gracenote from HDD” options can be used
to update the titles of songs in the Music Library.
Visit www.nissanusa.com/gracenote for detailed
instructions on how to update the Gracenote
database.Music Box settings
To set up the Music Box system to your preferred
settings, touch the “Menu” key during playback,
then touch the “Music Box Settings” key.
● Music Box Used/Free Space:
Displays the number of tracks and albums
stored on the hard drive. The percentage of
hard drive space taken up and the amount of
remaining recording time left are also shown.
● Automatic Recording:
When this item is turned to ON, the Music
Box system automatically starts recording
when a CD is inserted.

●Delete Songs from Music Box:
Delete music data stored on the hard drive.
● Recording Quality:
Set the recording quality of 105 kbps or 132
kbps. The default is set to 132 kbps. ●
CDDB Version:
Shows the version of CDDB (Compact Disc
Data Base) .
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.