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should have your satellite radio tuner ID
ready because each tuner is identified by
its unique satellite radio tuner ID.
The satellite radio ID will be needed when
you activate satellite radio and receive
satellite radio customer support.
The satellite radio ID can be found on the
audio display by tuning the channel to“0 ”.
Turn the “TUNE/TRACK ”button (4) to
select the satellite radio channel. ! Band selection button
Push the “SAT ”button (1) when the radio
is off to turn on the radio.
Push the “SAT ”button when the radio is
on to select SAT1, SAT2 or SAT3 recep- tion. ! Channel selection
Press “
”of the “TUNE TRACK ”button
(4) to select the next channel and press “
” of the button to select the previous
channel.
Keep pressing “
”of the button to
change to the next channel continuously
and keep pressing “
”of the button to
change to the previous channel continu-
ously. ! Category selection
Press “
”or “”of the “SEEK FLDR ”
button (7) to display the current category. Press
“
”again to select the next
category, and press “”again to select
the previous category. ! Channel scan
Press the “SCAN ”button (8) to change the
radio to the SCAN mode. In this mode, the
radio scans through the channels until a
station is found. The radio will stop at the
station for 5 seconds while displaying the
channel number, after which scanning will
continue until the entire channel has been
scanned from the low end to the high end.
Also during the category selection, chan-
nel scan can be performed in that cate-
gory.
Press the “SCAN ”button again to cancel
the SCAN mode and to stop on any
displayed channel. ! Selecting preset channels
Presetting a channel with a preset button
(10) allows you to select that channel in a
single operation. Up to six, SAT1, SAT2
and SAT3 channels each may be preset. ! How to preset channels
1. Press the “SAT ”button (1) to select
SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3 reception.
2. Press the “SCAN ”button (8) or the
“ TUNE TRACK ”button (4) to select the
channel. 3. Press and hold one of the preset
buttons (10) to store the channel. If the
button is pressed briefly, the preceding
selection will remain in memory. NOTE
If the connection between the radio and
battery is broken for any reason such
as vehicle maintenance or radio re-
moval, all channels stored in the preset
buttons are cleared. If this occurs, it is
necessary to reset the preset buttons. !
Display selection
Press the “AUDIO ”button (5) while receiv-
ing satellite radio to change the display as follows.
! Rear seat entertainment
If your vehicle is equipped with a Rear
Seat Entertainment System, you can
enjoy audio outputs from the system
through the vehicle ’s speakers by press-
ing the “RSE AUX ”button (3). Press the
button again to return to the audio setsound. Audio
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NOTE
If your vehicle is equipped with a Rear
Seat Entertainment System, refer to the
Owner ’s Manual supplement for the
Rear Seat Entertainment System for
further details.

&Built in CD changer operation(1) CD button
(2) Track button
(3) AUDIO button
(4) Seek and Folder button
(5) Random button
(6) Repeat button
(7) Scan button
(8) Eject button
(9) Disc select button
(10) Load button
NOTE . Be sure to insert a disc with the label
side up. If you insert the disc the label
side down, “CHECK DISC ”will appear
on the display and the player will not
play anything.. If a disc is inserted during a radio
broadcast, the disc will interrupt thebroadcast.. The player is designed to be able to
play music CD-Rs and music CD-RWs,
but it may not be able to play certainones.. CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are not
supported, and if inserted, they will be
immediately ejected.. Insert discs slowly, one at a time.
Inserting discs one over another could
result in malfunction of the CD chan-
ger. Audio
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! How to insert a CD(s)
! Inserting a CD
1. Briefly press the “LOAD ”button (10). If
the magazine in the player has an idle
position where you can insert a disc, the
disc number indicator associated with the
idle position will blink.
If no indicator blinks, it means that there is
no idle position in the magazine.
2. After the disc number indicator has
started to flash, insert the disc when“ LOAD ”flashes on the display. The disc
will then be automatically drawn in, and
the player will begin to play back the first
track of the disc. . To insert more discs in succession,
repeat Steps 1 and 2. The magazine will
be loaded with discs in the ascending
order of position number.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds
after you have pressed the “LOAD ”button,
the player will begin to play back the first
track of the last disc you have inserted. . The disc indicator steadily lights up if a
disc is already inserted in the correspond-
ing position of the magazine. . While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press “FM AM ”button, the player will
enter the standby mode. Press the “CD ”
button (1) to start playback. !
Inserting a disc in a desired position
1. Briefly press the “LOAD ”button (10). If
the magazine in the player has an idle
position where you can insert a disc, the
disc number indicator associated with the
idle position will blink.
The positions in the magazine the indica-
tor of which steadily lights up are already
loaded with discs.
2. Press the disc select button (9) at the
position where you want to insert a disc.
3. Insert the disc when “LOAD ”flashes
on the display. The disc will then be
automatically drawn in, and the player will
begin to play the first track on the disc. . If you wish to insert another disc,
repeat the procedure beginning with step 1.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds
after you have pressed the “LOAD ”button,
the player will begin to play back the first
track of the last disc you have inserted. . While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press “FM AM ”button, the player will
enter standby mode. Press the “CD ”
button (1) to start playback. ! Loading all the magazine (full disc
loading mode)
1. If you press and hold the “LOAD ”button (10), the player will produce a beep
sound and will enter the full disc loadingmode.
2. A
“disc number ”indicator will blink,
and “ALL LOAD ”will be on display for a
period of 15 seconds. If a disc is success-
fully loaded during this period, the disc
number indicator will stop blinking and will
steadily light.
3. When the loading of a disc is com-
plete, the next disc number indicator will
blink. Then repeat Step 2.
4. When the magazine is filled with discs
by repeating Steps 2 and 3, the player will
start playback of the discs, beginning with
the one inserted first.
If you fail to insert any disc during each 15
seconds interval, the full disc loading
mode will be canceled, and the player will
start playback of the disc inserted first. ! How to play back a CD or make a pause
! When there is no CD inserted:
Properly insert a CD. Refer to “How to
insert a CD(s) ”F 5-22.
When a CD is loaded, the player will start
playback of the CD, beginning with the
first track.

!When there are CDs loaded:
Press the preferred disc select button (9),
the disc number indicator of which is
constantly illuminated. The player will then
start playback of the selected CD, begin-
ning with the first track.
If a disc that the player cannot read has
been loaded, “CHECK DISC ”will appear
on the display and the player will not playanything. ! To select a song from its beginning
! Forward direction
Briefly press the “
”side of the “TUNE
TRACK ”button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the next track. Each time the button is
pressed, the indicated track number willincrease.
NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the last
track will take you back to the first track
in the folder. ! Backward direction
Briefly press the “
”side of the “TUNE
TRACK ”button (2) to skip to the beginning
of the current track. Each time the button
is pressed, the indicated track number willdecrease. NOTE
In an MP3 folder, skipping past the first
track will take you to the last track in
the folder. !
Fast-forwarding and rewinding
! Fast-forwarding
Press and hold the “
”side of the “TUNE
TRACK ”button (2) to fast-forward the
track.
Release the button to stop fast-forwarding. NOTE
If you fast-forward to the end of the last
track, fast-forwarding will stop and the
player will start playback beginning
with the first track. ! Rewinding
Press and hold the “
”side of the “TUNE
TRACK ”button (2) to rewind the track.
Release the button to stop rewinding. NOTE
If you rewind to the beginning of the
first track, the rewinding will stop and
the player will start playback. !
Repeating
! To repeat the currently playing track
To repeat a track, briefly press the “RPT ”
button (6) while the track is playing. The
display will show “RPT ”, and the track will
be repeated.
To cancel the track repeat-play mode,
briefly press the “RPT ”button twice. The
“ RPT ”indication will turn off, and the
normal playback mode will be resumed.
NOTE . Each time you briefly press the
button, the mode will change to the
next one in the following sequence.If you accidentally press the button and
cancel the track repeat-play mode,
press it again to reselect the repeat-
play mode.. The repeat-play mode will be can-
celled if you perform any of the follow-
ing steps.
–Press the “RDM ”button.
– Press the “SCAN ”button.
– Press the “
”button.
– Press the disc select button.
– Select the radio mode.
– Press the “RSE AUX ”button.
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– Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ SEEK FLDR ”button (MP3 disc).
– Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. – Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! To repeat the currently playing disc/ folder
To repeat the currently playing disc/folder,
press the “RPT ”button (6) twice while a
track is playing. The display will show “D-
RPT ”, and the disc/folder will be played
repeatedly.
To cancel the disc/folder repeat-play
mode, press the “RPT ”button once more.
The “D-RPT ”indication will turn off, and
the normal playback mode will be re-sumed.
NOTE . Each time you briefly press the
button, the mode will change to the
next one in the following sequence.
If you accidentally press the button and
cancel the disc/folder repeat-play
mode, press it again to reselect the
disc/folder repeat-play mode.. The disc/folder repeat-play mode will be cancelled if you perform any of
the following steps.
–Press the “RDM ”button.
– Press the “SCAN ”button.
– Press the “
”button.
– Press the disc select button.
– Select the radio mode.
– Press the “RSE AUX ”button.
– Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ SEEK FLDR ”button (MP3 disc).
– Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. – Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! Random playback
! Non-MP3 disc
Press the “RDM ”button (5) briefly during
disc playback to play all of the tracks on
the disc in a random order. The display will show “RDM ”, and all of the tracks on the
disc will be played in a random order.
To cancel random mode, press the button
again. The “RDM ”indication will turn off,
and the normal playback mode will beresumed.
NOTE
Random playback will be cancelled if
you perform any of the following steps. . Press the “RPT ”button. .
Press the “SCAN ”button.
. Press the “
”button.
. Select the radio mode.
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button.
. Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ SEEK FLDR ”button.
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. . Turntheignitionswitchtothe
“ LOCK ”position.
! MP3 disc
Press the “RDM ”button (5) during disc
playback to play all of the tracks in the
folder currently being played in random
order. Press the “RDM ”button again to
play all of the tracks on the disc in random
order. The display will show “RDM ”during
the random mode.
To cancel the random mode, press the “ RDM ”button during “in-disc ”random
playback. The “RDM ”indication will turn
off, and the normal playback mode will beresumed.
NOTE . Each time you briefly press the
button, the mode will change to the
next one in the following sequence.

If you accidentally press the button and
cancel the random mode, press it again
to reselect the random mode..Random playback will be cancelled
if you perform any of the followingsteps.
–Press the “RPT ”button.
– Press the “SCAN ”button.
– Press the “
”button.
– Select the radio mode.
– Press the “RSE AUX ”button.
– Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ SEEK FLDR ”button.
– Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. – Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! SCAN
The scan mode lets you listen to the first
10 seconds of each track in succession.
Press the “SCAN ”button (7) to start
scanning upward beginning with the track
following the currently selected one. When
all tracks in the disc/folder have been
scanned, normal playback will be re-
sumed. To cancel the scan mode, press the button again.
NOTE
The scan mode will be cancelled if you
perform any of the following steps. . Press the “RPT ”button.
. Press the “RDM ”button.
. Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ TUNE TRACK ”button.
. Press the “
”or “”side of the
“ SEEK FLDR ”button (MP3 disc).
. Press the “
”button.
. Press the disc select button.
. Select the radio mode.
. Press the “RSE AUX ”button.
. Turn off the power of the audio
equipment. . Turn the ignition switch to the
“ LOCK ”position.
! Display selection (MP3 disc)
If you press the “AUDIO ”button (3) during
playback, the indication will change to the
next one in the following sequence.
! Page (track/folder title) scroll (MP3 disc)
If, having pressed the “AUDIO ”button (3)
to select track title or folder title display,
you press the “AUDIO ”button again for
less than 0.5 second, the title will be
scrolled so you can see all of it. You will
see eight characters at a time. NOTE
The display is designed to show titles
for up to three pages (64 characters intotal). ! Folder selection (MP3 disc)
Press the “
”side of the “SEEK FLDR ”
button (4) briefly to select the next folder.
Pressing the “
”side of the same button
the first time makes the player go back to
the beginning of the currently selected
track; pressing it a second time makes it
go back to the previously selected track. NOTE
Only MP3 folders are recognized when
an attempt to select the next or pre-
vious folder is made. If no appropriate
folder exists on the disc, pressing the“
” or “”side of the “SEEK FLDR ”
button has no effect. Audio
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!How to unload CDs from the player
! Ejecting a CD from the player
Of the discs loaded, you can select and
remove only one disc.
1. Use the disc select button (9) to select
the disc to be ejected.
2. Briefly press the “
”button (8). The
selected disc will be ejected. The disc
number indicator will flash at this time.
When you remove the ejected disc, the
disc number indicator will turn off.
To remove more discs in succession,
repeat Steps 1 and 2. ! Ejecting all discs from the player (all
disc ejection mode)
1. If you press and hold the “
”button
(8), the player will produce a beep sound
and will enter the all disc ejection mode.
2. Remove the disc that has been
ejected. The other discs loaded will then
be ejected one after another. If you do not
remove the disc that has been ejected, the“ All disc ejection mode ”will be canceled.
NOTE . Avoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out, because vibration might
make it fall out.. If you press the “
”button while the player is in all disc ejection mode,
the mode will be cancelled following
ejection of the disc that is currently
being ejected..
If you press the “CD ”button while
the player is in all disc ejection mode,
the player will draw in the discs that
have been ejected and play them. Audio control buttons
These buttons are located on the spokes
of the steering wheel. They allow the
driver to control audio functions without
taking his/her hands off the steeringwheel. &
MODE button
This button is used to select the desired
audio mode. Each time it is pressed, the
mode changes to the next one in the
following sequence.
*1: The frequency last received in the selected