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MODE button:
The MODE button allows the rear passengers to
change between AM, FM, CD, DVD and AUX.
The media options are listed on the face plate of
the rear audio controls. When a source of media
is selected, the media label will be illuminated.
SEEK button:
In AM or FM mode, the SEEK button allows the
rear seat passengers to find the next radio station
up or down the station band frequency.
In CD mode, the SEEK button allows the rear
passengers to find the next or previous selection
on the CD.
NEXT button:
When the NEXT button is pressed while in AM or
FM mode, the radio will change to the next preset.
The NEXT button does not function while in SAT
radio mode or when playing a DVD or CD.
ANTENNA
The antenna cannot be shortened, but can be
removed. When you need to remove the antenna,
turn the antenna rod counterclockwise.To install the antenna rod, turn the antenna clock-
wise. Tighten the antenna rod to specification
using a suitable tool such as an open-end
wrench. The antenna rod tightening specification
is 3.4 – 3.6 N·m (30 – 32 in-lb) . Do not use pliers
to tighten the antenna as they can leave marks on
the antenna surface. The antenna rod cannot be
hand tightened to the proper specification.
CAUTION
Always properly tighten the antenna rod
during installation or the antenna rod may
break during vehicle operation.
WARNING
●
The Mobile Entertainment System is
designed for rear seat passenger view-
ing only.
● The driver must not attempt to operate
the Mobile Entertainment System while
the vehicle is in motion so that full at-
tention may be given to vehicle
operation.
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CAUTION
●The glass screen on the liquid crystal
display may break if hit with a hard or
sharp object. If the glass breaks, do not
touch the liquid crystalline material,
which contains a small amount of mer-
cury. In case of contact with skin, wash
immediately with soap and water.
● Use a damp, soft cloth when cleaning
the Mobile Entertainment System com-
ponents. Do not use solvents or clean-
ing solutions.
Do not attempt to use the system in extreme
temperature conditions [below -4°F (-20°C) or
above 158°F (70°C)].
To avoid discharging the vehicle battery, do not
operate the system more than 15 minutes without
starting the engine.
1. EJECT button
2. DVD slot
3. ENTER button
4. POWER on/off button
5. MODE button
6. Input jacks
7. STOP button
8. PLAY/PAUSE button
9. MENU button
10. DISPLAY button
11. NAVIGATION keysDIGITAL VIDEO DISC (DVD) PLAYER
CONTROLS
Refer to “Playing a digital video disc (DVD)” later
in this section for the function of each button.
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1. POWER button
2. STOP button
3. NEXT TRACK/CHAPTER and PREVI-OUS TRACK/CHAPTER button
4. TITLE button
5. ENTER button 6. DISPLAY button
7. MODE button
8. SUBTITLE button
9. AUDIO button
10. ANGLE button
11. CLEAR button
12. PAUSE button
13. PLAY button
14. FAST FORWARD/FAST REVERSE
button
15. MENU button
16. NAVIGATION keys
17. BACK button
18. NUMERIC KEYPAD
REMOTE CONTROL
Refer to “Playing a digital video disc (DVD)” later
in this section for the function of each button.
FLIP-DOWN SCREEN
The flip-down screen has a wireless remote con-
trol receiver
1located at the bottom of the
screen.
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CAUTION
●The glass screen on the liquid crystal
display may break if hit with a hard or
sharp object. If the glass screen breaks,
do not touch it. Doing so could result in
an injury.
● The screen rotates down to view and up
into the housing to store when not in
use. Ensure that the screen is latched
securely into the housing when stored.
Headphones
Power ON/OFF:
Press the power button to turn the headphones
on or off.
Volume control:
Turn the volume control knob to adjust the vol-
ume.
The headphones will automatically be turned off
in 30 seconds if there is no sound during that
period. To prevent the battery from being dis-
charged, keep the power supply turned off when
not in use. NOTE:
For optimum infrared headphone perfor-
mance, increase the volume on the rear
seat controller to the maximum level and
adjust the infrared headphone volume us-
ing the volume control on the headphones.
Using a lower volume setting on the rear
seat controller can cause static noise in the
infrared headphones.
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PLAYING A DIGITAL VIDEO DISC
(DVD)
CAUTION
●Only operate the DVD while the vehicle
engine is running. Operating the DVD
for extended periods of time with the
engine OFF can discharge the vehicle
battery.
● Do not allow the system to get wet.
Excessive moisture such as spilled liq-
uids may cause the system to
malfunction.
The driver must not attempt to wear the head-
phones while the vehicle is in motion so that full
attention may be given to vehicle operation.
While playing video CD media, this DVD player
does not guarantee complete functionality of all
video CD formats.
With the DVD player, you can hear DVD videos,
video CDs and CDs using headphones. Passen-
gers in the rear seat can enjoy the sound inde-
pendently of the front seat.
Press the CD·DVD button located on the front
controls to hear the sound of the DVD play
through the speakers. Press the REAR ON·OFF button located on the
front controls to disable or enable rear seat audio
controls. For more information on rear seat audio
controls see, “Rear Audio Controls” earlier in this
section.
Pressing thebutton on the front controls
turns the rear speakers on or off and enables or
disables the wireless headphones .
It is possible to operate the DVD player by remote
control.
Headphones are a wireless type and no cables
are necessary. You can use them in almost all the
ranges in the rear seat. (It is not possible to use
the headphones in the front seat.)
POWER on/off button:
With the ignition switch placed in the ACC or ON
position, press the POWER button to turn the
DVD player on or off.
Insert the DVD into the slot with the label side
facing up. The DVD will be guided automatically
into the slot.
If the DVD player is off and a DVD is inserted, the
DVD player will automatically turn on.
CAUTION
Do not force the compact disc into the
slot. This could damage the player.
MODE select button:
Press the MODE button to select Audio/Video
source between DVD and AUX input (input jacks
on the faceplate, Red = right channel audio input,
White = left channel audio input, and Yellow =
Video input) .
The display will show the “AUX” in the upper left
corner of the display for 4 seconds once the
Mode is changed to AUX.
To use the input jacks, refer to “Auxiliary input
jacks” in this section.
orPLAY:
When the PLAY/PAUSE button on the player or
the PLAY button on the remote control is
pressed, the player will play.
In play mode, the display will briefly show
on the upper left corner of the display.
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FF (Fast Forward) , REW(Remote control only):
Press the FAST FORWARD/FAST REVERSE
buttons to carry out the fast forward or fast re-
verse presentation at 5 times normal play speed.
Press the FAST FORWARD/FAST REVERSE
buttons again or PLAY button to resume the
normal play speed.
NEXT CHAPTER/PREVIOUS
CHAPTER (Remote con-
trol only):
When the
(NEXT CHAPTER) button is
pressed while the DVD is playing, the program
next to the present one will start to play from its
beginning. Press several times to skip through
programs. The DVD will advance the number of
times the button is pressed. When the
(PREVIOUS CHAPTER) button is pressed, the
program being played returns to its beginning.
Press several times to skip back through pro-
grams. The DVD will go back the number of times
the button is pressed.
orPAUSE:
When the PLAY/PAUSE button on the player or
the PAUSE button on the remote control is
pressed, the player will pause playing of the
media. In pause mode, the player will show
on the upper left corner of the display until the
player is changed to another mode.
STOP:
Press the STOP button once to stop playing the
media. The display will show
in the upper
left corner of the display for 4 seconds, and the
last disc position will be stored. When the PLAY
button is pressed again, it will resume at the
stored disc track and time position.
If the STOP button is pressed again when the
player is already in Stop mode, it will reinitialize
the pointer to the beginning of the disc. In effect,
it will ignore the last stored disc position and
upon receipt of the next play message, will begin
at the Title Menu or at “the beginning of the disc”.
EJECT:
When the EJECT button is pressed with the DVD
loaded, it will be ejected. The display will show the EJECT symbol
in
the upper left corner of the display for 4 seconds
once the EJECT button is pressed.
If the DVD is not loaded, the display will show
“NO DISC”.
If the DVD comes out and is not removed within
25 seconds, it will be pulled back into the slot to
protect it.
DISPLAY:
If the DISPLAY control is pressed for less than 2
seconds, the display menu will appear on the
screen.
● The display menu will remain on the screen
for 10 seconds if no subsequent control
activations occur.
● Use the NAVIGATION KEYS to navigate
within the display menu and use ENTER to
select the item.
● Holding the DISPLAY control on the face-
plate for longer than approximately 2 sec-
onds while in the display menu will reset the
display characteristics to their nominal val-
ues. (Faceplate feature only)
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If the DISPLAY control button on the faceplate is
pressed for more than 2 seconds, the media
track/time information will be displayed along the
bottom of the display. Pressing the DISPLAY
control for more than 2 seconds will remove the
media track/time information from the display.
(Faceplate feature only)
NAVIGATION KEYS:
If media is in PLAY mode, activation of the NAVI-
GATION KEYS (Up, Down, Left, and Right) will
perform the following functions: next
chapter/track, previous chapter/track, fast re-
verse and fast forward, and the display will
show
,,andrespec-
tively in the upper left corner of the display for 4
seconds. (Faceplate feature only)
If media is in PAUSE mode, activation of the
NAVIGATION KEYS (Up, Down and Right) will
perform the following functions: next
chapter/track, previous chapter/track and slow
forward, and the display will show
,and a forward arrow symbol respectively in the
upper left corner of the display for 4 seconds.
(Faceplate feature only)
If media is in activated MENU mode, the NAVI-
GATION KEYS will be used to navigate Up,
Down, Left, and Right within the menu. If display control menu is on, the NAVIGATION
KEYS will be used to navigate Up, Down, Left,
and Right within the menu.
ENTER:
In MENU mode, press the ENTER button to se-
lect MENU items.
In the display menu, press the ENTER button to
select items for modification, as per the on-
screen instructions.
MENU:
If the media is in PLAY mode and the MENU
button is pressed, the DVD menu will appear on
the screen. Use the Navigation Keys to navigate
within the menu and use ENTER to select the
item.
Press the MENU button again to return to PLAY
mode.
TITLE (Remote control only):
Press the TITLE button to return the DVD media
to the “title” of the DVD.
Press the TITLE button again to return to the
previous stop point and play.
BACK (Remote control only):
Press the BACK button to exit the current active
menu and return to the previous menu.SUBTITLE (Remote control only):
Press the SUBTITLE button to call up subtitle
selection menu.
Repeatedly press the SUBTITLE button to cycle
through each available subtitle.
AUDIO (Remote control only):
Press the AUDIO button to call up the audio
menu.
Repeatedly press the AUDIO button to cycle
through each available audio track.
ANGLE (Remote control only):
Press the ANGLE button to call up the camera
angle menu.
Repeatedly press the ANGLE button to cycle
through each available angle.
CLEAR (Remote control only):
Press the CLEAR button to clear all numeric
inputs, if actuated prior to expiration of the
3-second timer.
NUMERIC KEYPAD (0–9 &
≥10) (Remote
control only):
Press the NUMERIC KEYPAD to directly access
disc chapters, titles or tracks by inputting their
numeric value.
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Use the “≥10” button to input numbers greater
than or equal to 10. Up to three digits can be
inputted when selecting the chapter/title/track
number.
The subsequent actuation of numeric buttons will
continuously shift the previously input number to
the “left”.
The chapter/title/track number will be automati-
cally selected (if valid, based on media content) if
3 seconds expire without any keypad inputs.
The operator can cancel the input
chapter/title/track number by actuating the
CLEAR control prior to the expiration of the
3-second timer.
These functions can be used only for the DVD
discs which correspond to them.
Auxiliary input jacks
The auxiliary input jacks are located on the control
panel. Compatible devices such as video games,
camcorders and portable video players can be
connected to the auxiliary jacks.
The auxiliary jacks are color coded for identifica-
tion purposes.● Yellow - video input
● White - left channel audio input
● Red - right channel audio input To view the compatible device connected to the
AUX jacks, press the MODE button. For more
information, see “Mode select button” earlier in
this section.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Use a lightly dampened, lint free cloth to clean the
surfaces of your NISSAN Mobile Entertainment
System (DVD player face, screen, remote control,
etc.) .
Do not attempt to use the system in extreme
temperature conditions [below -4°F (-20°C) or
above 158°F (70°C)].
Do not attempt to operate the system in extreme
humidity conditions (less than 10% or more than
75%) .
CAUTION
●
Do not use any solvents or cleaning
solutions when cleaning the video
system.
● Do not use excessive force on the moni-
tor screen.
● Avoid touching or scratching the moni-
tor screen as it may become dirty or
damaged.
HOW TO HANDLE THE DVD
CAUTION
● Handle a DVD by its edges. Never touch
the surface of the disc.
● To clean a disc, wipe the surface from
the center to the outer edge using a
clean, soft cloth. Do not wipe the disc
using a circular motion.
● Do not use a conventional record
cleaner, benzine, thinner or alcohol in-
tended for industrial use.
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