2012 NISSAN FRONTIER Owner´s Manual

1. PRESET A·B·C button
2.
CD eject button
3. MENU button
4. CD insert slot
5. CD button 6. FM·AM button
7. TUNE buttons
8. RPT button
9. PWR button/VOL control knob
10. RDM button11. Station select (1 - 6) buttons
12. SEEK buttons
Type A
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1. PRESET A·B·C button
2.
CD eject button
3. FM·AM button
4. CD insert slot
5. CD button 6. MENU button
7. TUNE button
8. RPT button
9. PWR button/VOL control knob
10. RDM button11. Station select (1 - 6) buttons
12. SEEK button
FM/AM RADIO WITH COMPACT
DISC (CD) PLAYER (Type A and B) (if
so equipped)
For all operation precautions, see
Audio opera-
tion precautions earlier in this section.
Audio main operation
Power button and VOL control knob
Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON
position, then press the PWR (power) button. If
you listen to the radio with the engine not running,
place the ignition switch in the ACC position. The
mode (radio or CD) that was playing immediately
before the system was turned off resumes play-
ing.
When no CD is loaded, the radio comes on.
Pressing the PWR button again turns the system
off.
Turn the VOL control knob to the right to increase
volume or to the left to decrease volume.
Type B
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MENU button (BASS, TREBLE, FADE,
BALANCE and CLOCK):
Press the MENU button to change the mode as
follows:
BAS→TRE →FAD →BAL →CLOCK →Audio
→ BAS
To adjust Bass, Treble, Fade and Balance, press
the MENU button until the desired mode appears
in the display. Press the SEEK button to adjust
Bass and Treble to the desired level. You can also
use the SEEK button to adjust Fade and Balance
modes. Fade adjusts the sound level between the
front and rear speakers and Balance adjusts the
sound between the right and left speakers.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, press the MENU button repeatedly
until the radio or CD display reappears. Other-
wise, the radio or CD display will automatically
reappear after about 10 seconds.
NOTE:
If the clock is enabled, pressing the MENU
button will change the mode as follows:
BAS →TRE →FAD →BAL →CLOCK →
Hour adjustment →Minute adjustment →
Audio →BAS
For more information on setting the clock, see
“Clock set” later in this section. Clock operation
Press the MENU button until CLOCK is dis-
played; use the SEEK button to turn the clock
display on (CLK ON) or off (CLK OFF) .
Clock set
If the clock is not displayed with the ignition
switch in the ACC or ON position, you need to
select the CLK ON mode. Press the MENU but-
ton repeatedly until CLOCK is displayed. Use the
SEEK button to enable CLK ON mode.
1. Press the MENU button repeatedly until CLOCK mode appears; press the SEEK
button until CLK ON appears.
2. Press the MENU button again; the hours will start flashing.
3. Press the SEEK button
orto
adjust the hour.
4. Press the MENU button again; the display will switch to the minute adjustment mode.
5. The minutes will start flashing. Press SEEK button
orto adjust the minutes.
6. Press the MENU button again to exit the clock set mode. The display will return to the regular clock display
after 10 seconds, or press the MENU button
again to return to the regular clock display.
Resetting the time
Hold the MENU button down and then press the
TUNE/SEEK button; the time will reset as fol-
lows:
● If the displayed minutes before the reset are
in the range of :00 - :29, the hour displayed
before the reset will stay the same and the
minutes will be reset to :00.
● If the displayed minutes before the reset are
in the range of :30 - :59, the hour displayed
before the reset will advance by one hour
and the minutes will be reset to :00.
For example, if the MENU button and the
TUNE/SEEK button are pressed while the time
displayed is between 8:00 and 8:29, the display
will be reset to 8:00. If the buttons were pressed
while the time was between 8:30 and 8:59, the
display will be reset to 9:00. At the same time the
display will return to the audio.FM/AM radio operation
FM·AM button:
Press the FM·AM button to change from AM ←→
FM reception.
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The FM stereo indicator, ST, illuminates during
FM stereo reception. When the stereo broadcast
signal is weak, the radio automatically changes
from stereo to monaural reception.
TUNE buttons:
Manual tuning
Press the TUNE
orbutton for less
than 0.5 seconds for manual tuning.
To move quickly through the channels, press and
hold either TUNE
orbutton down
for more than 1.5 seconds.
SEEK buttons:
SEEK tuning
Press the SEEK
orbutton to seek
through the frequencies. Seek tuning begins
from low to high frequencies, or high to low
frequencies, depending on which button is
pressed, and stops at the next broadcasting sta-
tion. Once the highest broadcasting station is
reached, the radio continues in the seek mode at
the lowest broadcasting station.
Station memory operations:
18 stations can be set for the FM and AM radio to
the A, B and C preset button in any combination
of AM or FM stations. 1. Press the PRESET A·B·C button to change
between storage banks. The radio displays
the icon A, B or C to indicate which set of
presets are active.
2. Tune to the desired station using manual TUNE or SEEK tuning. Press and hold any of
the desired station memory buttons (1 – 6)
until a beep sound is heard. (The radio mutes
when the select button is pressed.)
3. The channel indicator will then come on and the sound will resume. Programming is now
complete.
4. Other buttons can be set in the same man- ner.
If the battery cable is disconnected, or if the fuse
opens, the radio memory will be canceled. In that
case, reset the desired stations.
Compact disc (CD) player operation
If the radio is already operating, it automatically
turns off and the compact disc begins to play.
CD button:
When the CD button is pressed with a compact
disc loaded and the radio playing, the radio turns
off and the last used compact disc starts to play.
TUNE (rewind and fast forward) buttons:
When the TUNE
orbutton is
pressed while the compact disc is playing, the
compact disc plays at an increased speed while
rewinding or fast forwarding. When the button is
released, the compact disc returns to normal play
speed.
SEEK buttons:
When
is pressed while the compact disc
is playing, the next track following the present
one starts to play from the beginning.
Press
several times to skip several tracks.
Each time the button is pressed, the CD ad-
vances 1 additional track. The track number ap-
pears in the display window. (When the last track
on the compact disc is skipped, the first track is
played.)
When
is pressed, the track being played
returns to the beginning. Press
several
times to skip back several tracks. Each time the
button is pressed, the CD moves back one track.
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SEEK (Scan CDs) button:
Press and hold the SEEK
button for more
than 1.5 seconds to scan through the first 10
seconds of a track on the compact disc. The
SCAN icon is flashed during scan mode.
The scan mode is canceled once it scans through
all the tracks on the disc, or if the SEEK
orbutton is pressed during the scan
mode.
RPT button:
When the RPT button is pressed while the com-
pact disc is being played, the play pattern can be
changed as follows:
1 ←→ Normal
1: The track that is currently playing will be re-
peated.
RDM button:
When the RDM button is pressed while the com-
pact disc is being played, the play pattern can be
changed as follows:
RDM ←→Normal
RDM: Tracks from the disc that is currently play-
ing will be played randomly.
CD EJECT button:
When the
button is pressed with a com-
pact disc loaded, the compact disc will be
ejected.
When the
button is pressed while the
compact disc is being played, the compact disc
will eject and the system will turn off.
CD IN indicator:
CD IN indicator appears on the display when the
CD is loaded with the system on.
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1. PRESET A·B·C button
2. Display screen
3. DISP/CLOCK button
4. SEEK/TRACK button
5. CD button
6. RADIO button*7. AUX button
8. SCAN RPT button
9. CAT FOLDER button
10.
LOAD button
11. CD insert slot
12.
CD eject button 13. VOL control knob and PWR button
14. Station and CD select (1 – 6) buttons
15. TUNE/TRACK knob and AUDIO button
*No satellite radio reception is available
when the RADIO button is pressed to
access satellite radio stations unless
optional satellite receiver and antenna
are installed and an XM satellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite
radio can only be installed in vehicles
that were factory pre-wired for satellite
radio. Satellite radio is not available in
Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
FM/AM/SAT RADIO WITH
COMPACT DISC (CD) CHANGER (if
so equipped)
For all operation precautions, see Audio opera-
tion precautions earlier in this section.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
RADIO button is pressed to access satellite radio
stations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XM satellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio can
only be installed in vehicles that were factory
pre-wired for satellite radio. Satellite radio is not
available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
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Audio main operation
POWER/VOLUME control:
Turn the ignition switch to ACC or ON, and then
press the PWR/VOL control knob while the sys-
tem is off to call up the mode (radio or CD) which
was playing immediately before the system was
turned off.
To turn the system off, press the PWR/VOL con-
trol knob.
Turn the PWR/VOL control knob to adjust the
volume.
This vehicle may be equipped with Speed Sen-
sitive Volume (SSV) for audio. The audio volume
changes as the driving speed changes.
AUDIO knob (BASS, MIDRANGE, TREBLE,
FADE, BALANCE and SSV):
Press the AUDIO control knob to change the
mode as follows:
BASS→MID →TREBLE →FADE →BALANCE
→ SSV
To adjust Bass, Mid (Midrange) , Treble, Fade and
Balance, press the AUDIO knob until the desired
mode appears in the display. Turn the Tuning
knob to adjust Bass and Treble to the desired
level. You can also use the Tuning knob to adjust
Fade and Balance modes. Fader adjusts the sound level between the front and rear speakers
and Balance adjusts the sound between the right
and left speakers.
To change the SSV mode to OFF, LOW, MID or
HIGH, turn the Tuning knob to the right or left.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, press the AUDIO knob repeatedly
until the radio or CD display reappears. Other-
wise, the radio or CD display will automatically
reappear after about 10 seconds.
Clock set
1. Press the DISP/CLOCK button until it beeps (>1.5 seconds) .
2. The hours will start flashing. Press the CAT FOLDER
orbutton or SEEK
TRACK
orbutton to adjust the
hours.
3. Press the DISP/CLOCK button again to switch to the minute adjustment.
4. Press the CAT FOLDER
or
button or SEEK TRACKorbutton to adjust the minutes.
5. Press the DISP/CLOCK button again to exit the clock set mode. The display will return to the regular clock display
after 7 seconds, or you may press the
DISP/CLOCK button again to return to the regu-
lar clock display.
DISP (display) button:
The DISP (display) button will show text about
MP3, SAT or CD information in the audio display.
CD display mode
To change the text displayed while playing a CD
with text, press the DISP/CLOCK button. The
DISP/CLOCK button will allow you to scroll
through CD text as follows: Disc title
←→Track
number ←→Track title.
To change the default display mode, press the
AUDIO knob repeatedly until DISPLAY MODE
appears on the display, then rotate the knob to
select the following display modes: Disc number
←→ Folder number.
Once the display mode is selected, press the
AUDIO knob again to store the setting. If the
AUDIO knob is not pressed within 8 seconds, the
display will refresh with the last selected display
mode setting. ● Track title mode displays the title of the se-
lected CD track.
● Disc title mode displays the title of the CD
being played.
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●Track number mode displays the number of
the selected disc and the track that is cur-
rently being played on the disk.
MP3 display mode
To change the text displayed when listening to an
MP3/WMA CD with MP3/WMA text (when CD
with text is being used) , press the DISP/CLOCK
button. The DISP/CLOCK button will scroll
through the CD text as follows: File name ←→
Folder title ←→Artist ←→Disc number ←→
Folder number.
To change the default display mode, press the
AUDIO knob repeatedly until DISPLAY MODE
appears on the display, then rotate the knob to
select the following display modes: File name
←→ Folder title ←→Artist ←→Disc number
←→ Folder number.
Once a display mode is selected, press the AU-
DIO knob again to store the setting. ● Folder number mode displays the selected
folder number and the track number that is
currently being played.
● Disc number mode displays the selected
disc number and the track number that is
currently being played.
● Artist mode displays the artist title of the
MP3/WMA file. ●
File name mode displays the track title of the
MP3/WMA file.
● Folder title mode displays the folder name
given to the MP3 folder.
Display satellite radio display mode (if so
equipped)
To change the text displayed when listening to
satellite radio (if so equipped) press the DISP
button. The DISP button will scroll through the
broadcast information as follows: Name ←→
Title ←→ Current display mode.
To change the default display mode press the
AUDIO button to display mode and press the
TUNE button to select the following display
modes: Channel number ←→Channel name
←→ Name ←→Title. Once the display mode is
selected press the AUDIO button again to store
the setting. If the AUDIO button is not pressed
after 8 seconds the display will refresh with the
last selected display mode setting.
● Channel number mode displays the channel
number of the selected satellite radio sta-
tion.
● Channel name mode displays the channel
name of the selected satellite radio station. ●
Name mode displays the name of the artist,
host or weather condition of the selected
satellite radio station.
● Title mode displays the song title, show
name, or temperature of the selected satel-
lite radio station.
FM/AM/SAT radio operation
FM/AM/SAT band select:
Pushing the RADIO button will change the band
as follows:
AM ←→ FM or SAT (satellite, if so equipped)
When the RADIO button is pushed while the
ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the
radio will come on at the station last played.
The last station played will also come on when
the PWR/VOL control knob is depressed to ON.
No satellite radio reception is available when the
RADIO button is pressed to access satellite radio
stations unless optional satellite receiver and an-
tenna are installed and an XM satellite radio
service subscription is active. Satellite radio can
only be installed in vehicles that were factory
pre-wired for satellite radio. Satellite radio is not
available in Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. If satellite
radio is not operational then the RADIO button is
used to toggle between AM and FM bands.
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