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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION
5
AUDIO SYSTEM
■ON THE FILE/TRACK LIST SCREEN
1Touch the file/track name screen but-
ton to display the following file/track list
screen.
2Touch the desired file/track number.
The player will start playing the select-
ed file/track from the beginning.
, : Touch to move the list up or down
by 5 file/track groups. If either of these
screen buttons is touched when the top/
bottom page of the list is displayed, the
last/first page is displayed.
, : If appears to the right of an item
name, the complete name is too long for
the screen. Touch to scroll to the end of
the name. Touch to scroll to the begin-
ning of the name.
■FAST FORWARDING OR REWIND-
ING
1Touch .
2Touch and hold or to fast
forward or rewind the file/track.
When the screen button is released, the
player resumes playing from that position.
■REPEATING A FILE/TRACK
1Touch “RPT” while the file or track is
playing.
Each time “RPT” is touched, the mode
changes as follows:
When “RAND” is off
• File/Track Repeat Folder/Album
Repeat
Off
When “RAND” is on
• File/Track Repeat Off
“RPT” appears on the screen. When the
file/track is finished, the player will auto-
matically play it again. To cancel this func-
tion, touch “RPT” repeatedly until the
repeat mode turns off.
■REPEATING A FOLDER/ALBUM
1Touch “RPT” repeatedly until
“FLD.RPT” appears on the screen.
When the folder/album is finished, the
player will automatically go back to the
beginning of the folder/album and play it
again. To cancel this function, touch
“RPT” again.
REPEATING
The file or folder currently being lis-
tened to can be repeated.
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■PLAYING FILES/TRACKS IN RAN-
DOM ORDER
1Touch “RAND” while the file or track is
playing.
Each time “RAND” is touched, the mode
changes as follows:
• Random (1 Folder/Album Random)
Folder/Album Random (All Folder/Album
Random) Off
Once “RAND” appears on the screen, the
system selects a file/track randomly from
the folder/album currently being listened
to. To cancel this function, touch “RAND”
repeatedly until the random mode turns
off.
■ALL FOLDER/ALBUM RANDOM
PLAY
1Touch “RAND” repeatedly until
“FLD.RAND” appears on the screen.
Once “FLD.RAND”/“ALB.RAND” appears
on the screen, the system selects a file
randomly from all of the existing folders or
albums. To cancel this function, touch
“RAND” again.
RANDOM ORDER
Files or folders can be automatically
and randomly selected.
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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION
1If an iPod has already been connected,
touch the “iPod” tab to display the
screen.
: Touch to start playing the music.
: Touch to pause the music.
: Touch to start playing the music again.
1Touch “Browse” .
2Select the desired play mode.
■ON THE iPod TOP SCREEN
1Touch .
2Touch or repeatedly until
the desired track number appears on
the screen. The player will start playing
the selected track from the beginning.
PLAYING iPod
PLAYING AND PAUSING iPod
INFORMATION
●When the iPod connected to the system
includes iPod video, the system can only
output the sound by touching “Video”
on the “iPod” screen.
● Depending on the iPod, the video sound
may not be able to be heard.
● Depending on the iPod and the songs in
the iPod, iPod cover art may be dis-
played. This function can be changed to
“On” or “Off”. See “iPod SETTINGS” on
page 221. It may take time to display
iPod cover art, and the iPod may not be
operated while the cover art display is in
process. Only the iPod cover art that is
saved in JPEG format can be displayed.
● When an iPod is connected and the
audio source is changed to iPod mode,
the iPod will resume playing from the
same point it was last used.
● Depending on the iPod that is connected
to the system, certain functions may not
be available.
SELECTING A PLAY MODE
SELECTING A DESIRED
TRACK
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5
AUDIO SYSTEM
■ON THE TRACK LIST SCREEN
1Touch the track name screen button to
display the following track list screen.
2Touch the desired track number. The
player will start playing the selected
track from the beginning.
, : Touch to move the list up or down
by 5 track groups. If either of these screen
buttons is touched when the top/bottom
page of the list is displayed, the last/first
page is displayed.
, : If appears to the right of an item
name, the complete name is too long for
the screen. Touch to scroll to the end of
the name. Touch to scroll to the begin-
ning of the name.
■FAST FORWARDING OR REWIND-
ING
1Touch .
2Touch and hold or to fast
forward or rewind the player.
When the screen button is released, the
player resumes playing from that position.
1Touch “RPT” while the track is play-
ing.
“RPT” appears on the screen. When the
track is finished, the player will automati-
cally play it again. To cancel this function,
touch “RPT” again.
■PLAYING TRACKS IN RANDOM
ORDER
1Touch “RAND” while the track is play-
ing.
Each time “RAND” is touched, the mode
changes as follows:
• Track Shuffle
Album Shuffle Off
Once “RAND” appears on the screen, the
system selects a track randomly from all
of the existing albums on the iPod. To can-
cel this function, touch “RAND” twice.
REPEATING
The track currently being listened to
can be repeated.
RANDOM ORDER
Tracks or albums can be automatically
and randomly selected.
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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION
5
AUDIO SYSTEM
■FAST FORWARDING OR REWIND-
ING
1Touch .
2Touch and hold or to fast
forward or rewind the track.
When the screen button is released, the
player resumes playing from that position.
■REPEATING A TRACK
1Touch “RPT” while the track is play-
ing.
Each time “RPT” is touched, the mode
changes as follows:
• Track Repeat
Album Repeat Off
“RPT” appears on the screen. When the
track is finished, the player will automati-
cally play it again. To cancel this function,
touch “RPT” repeatedly until the repeat
mode turns off.
■REPEATING AN ALBUM
1Touch “RPT” repeatedly until
“ALB.RPT” appears on the screen.
When the album is finished, the player will
automatically go back to the beginning of
the album and play it again. To cancel this
function, touch “RPT” again.
INFORMATION
●Depending on the portable player that is
connected to the system, certain func-
tions may not be available.
REPEATING
The track or album currently being lis-
tened to can be repeated.
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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION
■PLAYING THE TRACKS ON THE
ALBUM IN RANDOM ORDER
1Touch “RAND” while the track is play-
ing.
Each time “RAND” is touched, the mode
changes as follows:
• Album Random All Track Random
Off
Once “RAND” appears on the screen, the
system selects a track randomly from the
album currently being listened to. To can-
cel this function, touch “RAND” repeat-
edly until the random mode turns off.
■PLAYING TRACKS FROM ALL THE
ALBUMS IN RANDOM ORDER
1Touch “RAND” repeatedly until
“ALB.RAND” appears on the screen.
Once “ALB.RAND” appears on the
screen, the system selects a track
randomly from all of the existing albums
on the Bluetooth
® device. To cancel this
function, touch “RAND” again.
RANDOM ORDER
Tracks or albums can be automatically
and randomly selected.
INFORMATION
● Depending on the portable player that is
connected to the system, certain func-
tions may not be available.
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11. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATING HINTS
Fading and drifting stations: Generally, the
effective range of FM is about 25 miles (40
km). Once outside this range, you may no-
tice fading and drifting, which increase with
the distance from the radio transmitter.
They are often accompanied by distortion. Multi-path: FM signals are reflective, mak-
ing it possible for two signals to reach the
vehicle’s antenna at the same time. If this
happens, the signals will cancel each other
out, causing a momentary flutter or loss of
reception.
Static and fluttering: These occur when
signals are blocked by buildings, trees or
other large objects. Increasing the bass
level may reduce static and fluttering.
Station swapping: If the FM signal being
listened to is interrupted or weakened, and
there is another strong station nearby on
the FM band, the radio may tune in the
second station until the original signal can
be picked up again.
Fading: AM broadcasts are reflected by
the upper atmosphere — especially at
night. These reflected signals can interfere
with those received directly from the radio
station, causing the radio station to sound
alternately strong and weak.
Station interference: When a reflected sig-
nal and a signal received directly from a ra-
dio station are very nearly the same
frequency, they can interfere with each
other, making it difficult to hear the broad-
cast.
Static: AM is easily affected by external
sources of electrical noise, such as high
tension power lines, lightening or electrical
motors. This results in static.
Cargo loaded on the roof luggage carrier,
especially metal objects, may adversely
affect the reception of XM Satellite Radio.
Alternation or modifications carried out
without appropriate authorization may
invalidate the user’s right to operate the
equipment.
NOTICE
●To avoid damage to the audio system:
• Be careful not to spill beverages over
the audio system.
INFORMATION
● The use of a cellular phone inside or
near the vehicle may cause a noise from
the speakers of the audio system which
you are listening to. However, this does
not indicate a malfunction.
RADIO RECEPTION
Usually, a problem with radio reception
does not mean there is a problem with
the radio — it is just the normal result
of conditions outside the vehicle.
For example, nearby buildings and ter-
rain can interfere with FM reception.
Power lines or phone wires can inter-
fere with AM signals. And of course, ra-
dio signals have a limited range. The
farther the vehicle is from a station, the
weaker its signal will be. In addition, re-
ception conditions change constantly
as the vehicle moves.
Here, some common reception prob-
lems that probably do not indicate a
problem with the radio are described.
FM
AM
XM
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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION
MP3 files for USB memory:
MPEG 1 AUDIO LAYER 2, 3 — 32, 44.1,
48 kHz
MPEG 2 AUDIO LAYER 2, 3 — 16, 22.05,
24 kHz
WMA files for USB memory:
Ver. 7, 8, 9 (9.1/9.2) CBR — 32, 44.1, 48
kHz
The sound quality of MP3/WMA files gen-
erally improves with higher bit rates. In
order to achieve a reasonable level of
sound quality, discs recorded with a bit
rate of at least 128 kbps are recom-
mended.
MP3 files for USB memory:
MPEG 1 AUDIO LAYER 3 — 32 to 320
kbps
MPEG 2 AUDIO LAYER 3 — 8 to 160
kbps
WMA files for USB memory:
Ver. 9 (9.1/9.2) CBR — 48 to 320 kbps
(VBR*)
*: Variable Bit Rate
M3u playlists are not compatible with the
audio player.
MP3i (MP3 interactive) and MP3PRO for-
mats are not compatible with the audio
player.
The player is compatible with VBR (Vari-
able Bit Rate).
When playing back files recorded as VBR
(Variable Bit Rate) files, the play time will
not be correctly displayed if the fastfor-
ward or reverse operations are used.
It is not possible to check folders that do
not include MP3/WMA files.
MP3/WMA files in folders up to 8 levels
deep can be played. However, the start of
playback may be delayed when using
USB memory containing numerous levels
of folders. For this reason, we recommend
creating USB memory with no more than
two levels of folders.
The play order of the USB memory with
the structure shown above is as follows:
USB memory: It is possible to play up to
3000 folders, 255 files per folder or 9999
files in the device.
The order changes depending on the per-
sonal computer and MP3/WMA encoding
software you use.
SAMPLING FREQUENCY
PLAYABLE BIT RATES
001.mp3
002.wma
Folder 1003.mp3
Folder 2
004.mp3
005.wma
Folder 3006.mp3
001.mp3 002.wma . . . 006.mp3