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Infotainment System 7-3
Always be alert and obey traffic and
roadway laws and instructions,
regardless of the guidance from the
navigation system. Because the
navigation system uses street map
information that does not include all
traffic restrictions or the latest road
changes, it may suggest using a
road that is now closed for
construction or a turn that is
prohibited by signs at the
intersection. Always evaluate
whether following the system's
directions is safe and legal for the
current conditions.
When the navigation system is
turned on, a screen may appear
with information that must be read
and acknowledged before accessing
some navigation features.After acknowledging the start up
information, the NAV (Navigation)
and DEST (Destination) functions
are accessible. Information can now
be entered or deleted, and other
functions accessed. See
instructions later in this section.
Every 50 times the vehicle is started
and the navigation system is turned
on, the Caution screen appears.
After reading the caution, select OK
to load the map DVD information.
If OK is not selected, all control
buttons except for NAV (Navigation)
and DEST (Destination) can be
accessed.
When getting started, set your
preferences or delete information in
the navigation system using various
options.Theft-Deterrent Feature
TheftLock®is designed to
discourage theft of the vehicle's
radio by learning a portion of the
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
The radio does not operate if it is
stolen or moved to a different
vehicle.

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See“Storing Radio Station Presets”
under AM-FM Radio on page 7‑9 for
more information.
Setting the Clock
The navigation system time and the
analog clock operate independently.
Changing the time through the
navigation system does not change
the time on the analog clock. See
Clock on page 5‑7 to change the
analog clock time.
To set the time for the navigation
system:
1. Press CONFIG to enter the configure menu options, then
press CONFIG again, repeatedly
until the time is selected or touch
the time screen button.
2. Press the Hours and Minutes −
and + to decrease or to increase
the time.
See “Setting the Clock” under
Configure Menu on page 7‑84 for
more information.
Entering an Address and Point
of Interest, and Storing Preset
Destinations
Entering an Address
Enter a destination by inputting the
city name first:
1. Press
Oto turn the system on.
2. A caution may appear. Press OK to proceed.
3. Press DEST.
4. Press
2(Address Entry).
5. Select the state/province screen button, if needed, to change the
current state or province. A list
of all of the available states and
provinces appear. Select the
state or province.
6. Once a state or province has been selected the City name
category is automatically
selected for entry. If five or fewer names are
available, a list displays. If more
than five are available, the List
screen button displays a
number. This number represents
the number of available cities.
Press this button to view the list
and select a city.
7. Once a city has been selected the Street name category is
automatically selected for entry.
If five or fewer streets are
available for the selected city,
the system displays the list of
streets. If more than five streets
are available the system
displays the alpha keyboard.
Start entering the street name.
If five or fewer names are
available, a list displays. If more
than five are available, the List
screen button displays a
number. This button represents
the number of available streets.
Select this button to view the list
and select a street.

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Z(Eject):To eject a disc:
1. Press
Z.
2. The system displays “Ejecting Disc.”
Playing an Audio CD
j/r(Pause/Play): Press to pause
the CD. This button will then change
to the play button. Press the play
button to play the CD. Random:
1. Press to hear the tracks in
random, rather than sequential,
order.
2. Press Random again to turn off random play.
r(Rewind):
1. Press and hold this screen button to rewind quickly through
a track selection. You will hear
sound at a reduced volume.
2. Release this screen button to stop rewinding. The display will
show the elapsed time of the
track.
[(Forward):
1. Press and hold this screen button to fast forward quickly
through a track selection. You
will hear sound at a reduced
volume. 2. Release this screen button to
stop fast forwarding. The display
will show the elapsed time of the
track.
y/©or¨/z(Seek/Scan):
1. To seek tracks, press the up arrow to go to the next track.
2. Press the down arrow to go to the start of the current track,
if more than eight seconds have
played.
3. If either arrow is pressed more than once, the player continues
moving backward or forward
through the CD. The sound
mutes while seeking.
w(Tuning Knob):
1. Turn counterclockwise one notch to go to the start of the current
track, turn it again to go to the
previous track.
2. Turn clockwise to go to the next track.

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j/r(Pause/Play):Press to pause
the CD. This button will then change
to the play button. Press the play
button to play the CD.
Random:
1. Press to hear the tracks in random, rather than sequential,
order.
2. Press Random again to turn off random play.
r(Rewind):
1. Press and hold to rewind quickly through a track selection. You
will hear sound at a reduced
volume.
2. Release to stop rewinding. The display will show the elapsed
time of the track.
[(Forward):
1. Press and hold to fast forward quickly through a track selection.
You will hear sound at a reduced
volume.
2. Release to stop fast forwarding. The display shows the elapsed
time of the track.
q r(Folder/Artist/Album):
1. Select the left or right arrow to go to the previous or next folder,
artist, or album on the disc. 2. Press the middle screen button,
with the folder, artist, or album
name, to sort the MP3 by folder,
artist, or album. It may take a
few minutes for the system to
sort the MP3.
y/©or¨/z(Seek/Scan):
1. To seek tracks, press the up arrow to go to the next track.
2. Press the down arrow to go to the start of the current track,
if more than eight seconds have
played.
3. If either arrow is pressed more than once, the player continues
moving backward or forward
through the CD. The sound
mutes while seeking.
w(Tuning Knob):
1. Turn counterclockwise one notch to go to the start of the current
track, turn it again to go to the
previous track.
2. Turn clockwise to go to the next track.

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5. At the Confirm PWD option,confirm the new password by
entering the new password
again.
6. Scroll to the OK button and press ENTER. The message
“Your password has been
changed” displays.
To reset the system back to the
factory default settings:
1. Press the SETUP button on the remote control.
2. Use the left/right and down navigation arrows on the remote
control to select the Default
sub-menu under the Preference
Page and press the ENTER
button to reset the settings. The
parental settings will not be
affected.Vehicle Speakers
Audio from the DVD player or an
auxiliary device can be heard
through the vehicle speakers or the
wireless/wired headphones, while
the radio is tuned to one of the six
frequencies selected on the Sound
Around portion of the system’s
remote control. See “Remote
Control” later in this section.
Only one audio source can be heard
through the vehicle’ s speakers at a
time. The audio source being used
is specified by the A/V (audio/video)
source selected on the driver side
head restraint video display screen.
To turn the RSE system audio
output to the vehicle’s speakers,
press Sound Around ON, on the
system’ s remote control. The audio
from the RSE system can be heard
through the wireless/wired
headphones and the vehicle’s
speakers at the same time. The
volume on the radio can vary when
switching between the radio, CD,
DVD, MP3, or an auxiliary device.
Wireless Headphones
The two wireless headphones
included with the Headrest DVD
RSE system will only work with the
Headrest DVD RSE system and are
marked for channel 3 and 4. The
wireless headphones must be used
within a line of sight of the
transmitter that is located above the
video display screen.
3-4 Channel Selector: This is
located on the right earpiece. Either
Channel 3 or 4 can be selected with
the channel selector. The driver side
monitor is designated as Channel 3,
and the passenger side as Channel
4. Set the channel selector switch
according to the video display
screen being viewed. The message,
“To listen to this monitor tune your
headphones to Channel 3 (or 4)”
displays for five seconds then
disappears when the video display
screen is turned on.

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SETUP:Press to change the
default settings, see “Using the RSE
On-Screen Display (OSD) Menus”
later in this manual. There are four
main menu screens, each screen
displays a menu to select different
setting options. The screens are:
1. General Setup —adjusts screen
settings.
2. Audio Setup —sets the
language.
3. Preference Screen —sets the
subtitles and parental controls.
4. Password Setup —allows a
password to be set.
Press SETUP again to exit.
EJECT
X: Press to eject or
reload a disc.
DVD-Video Screen 3: Press the
DVD button located under 3 to
transmit IR codes for DVD mode on
Video Screen 3.
TV-Video Screen 3: This button is
not used with the system. DVD-Video Screen 4:
Press the
DVD button located under 4 to
transmit IR codes for DVD mode on
Video Screen 4.
TV-Video Screen 4: This button is
not used with the system.
SOUND AROUND ON/OFF: Press
to turn the FM Transmitter power on
or off.
MUTE
>(For DVD Only): Press to
turn off the headphone sound. Press
again to turn the sound on again.
PIX (Picture Selection): Press to
adjust the picture’s On Screen
Display (OSD). Each time this
button is pressed, the picture
adjustment OSD, cycles through
bars for BRIGHTNESS,
CONTRAST, COLOR, and TINT.
Use the right/left navigation arrows
to adjust the setting. This feature
automatically shuts off id another
button is pressed or adjustments
are not made within six seconds. SOUND AROUND SELECT:
Press
to select an FM transmitter channel.
The SOUND AROUND SELECT
lets the DVD audio play over the
vehicle’s sound system by tuning
the radio to one of the six FM
frequencies listed below.
.CH1 : 88.3MHz
.CH2 : 88.7MHz
.CH3 : 89.1MHz
.CH4 : 89.5MHz
.CH5 : 89.9MHz
.CH6 : 90.3MHz
MENU: Press to enter the DVD
disc menu while the disc is playing.
Q,R,q,r(Navigation Arrows):
Press to navigate through menus.
ENTER: Press to enter a selected
function or to begin playback of
the disc.

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REPEAT7:Press to repeat part
or all of a chapter, title, track, or the
entire disc after using the A-B
button to setup repeat preset
sections.
RETURN
8: This button is not
used with the system.
A-B: This button is used to setup
repeat preset sections. Press this
button once while the disc is playing
to select the starting position. Press
a second time to select the end
position. Press a third time to turn
the function off. To view the preset
section, press
7.
AUTO MEMORY: This button is not
used with the system.
SEARCH/SKIP: This button is not
used with the system.
ERASE/ADD: This button is not
used with the system.
R-S: This button is not used with
the system. TITLE:
Press to enter the disc title
mode. The title feature is
disc-specific, and may not be
available on all discs.
SUBTITLE: Press to change the
subtitle language to another
available language or to turn
subtitles off.
ANGLE: Press to select a different
viewing angle for discs that are
recorded with different camera
angles.
AUDIO: Press to select a different
language for discs that are recorded
with different languages.
0-9 (Numbers): The numbers
located on the lower left side of the
remote control can be used to enter
numbered menu options, channels,
or track numbers.
GOTO: Press to enter the GOTO
menu to choose a desired title,
chapter, track, or song inside
the disc. DISPLAY:
Press to scroll through
display information on the upper left
corner of the screen, such as title,
chapter/track, time elapsed, and
time remaining, or to turn off the
display
PROGRAM: Press to edit a
playback program containing
desired titles in the DVD or tracks in
the CD-DA.
3D: Press to change between
different 3D audio modes for DVD
or CD.
The options for DVD are: Off, Rock,
Pop, Live, Dance, Techno, Classic,
and Soft.
The options for CD are: Off,
Concert, Living room, Hall,
Bathroom Cave, Arena, and Church.
RANDOM: Press to play titles
randomly.
PLAY/PAUSE
r/j: Press to start
playback of the disc, or to pause
playback.

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STOPc:Press to stop playback
of a disc.
.To resume disc playback,
press PLAY.
.To start playback from the
beginning of the disc, press
STOP, STOP, then PLAY .
ZOOM: Press to either enlarge the
viewed image by 2X, 3X, and 4X,
or reduce the image by 1/2X, 1/3X,
and 1/4X.
PBC (Playback Control): Press to
turn video CD playback control on
or off.
FR
r(Fast Reverse): Press to
fast reverse the disc. Press multiple
times to choose between 2X, 4X,
8X, 16X, and 32X speeds.
FF
[(Fast Forward): Press to
fast forward the disc. Press multiple
times to choose between 2X, 4X,
8X, 16X, and 32X speeds. PREV
g(Previous):
Press to
play the previous chapter or track.
To return to previous chapters or
tracks one at a time, press and
release multiple times until the
desired chapter or track is reached.
NEXT
l: Press to play the next
chapter or track. To go to the next
chapter or track one at a time, press
and release multiple times until the
desired chapter or track is reached.
Battery Replacement
To change batteries in the remote
control:
1. Turn the remote control face down.
2. Press down on the ridged area of the battery cover and slide
it off.
3. Install two AAA batteries into the battery compartment.
4. Slide the cover back on until it clicks. If the remote control is to be stored
for a long period of time, remove the
batteries and keep it in a cool, dry
place.
Playing Audio CD
When an audio CD is playing, the
display shows the current track and
the amount of time that track has
been playing, the total amount of
time on the disc, and the current
time running on the disc.
DISPLAY:
Press to choose from
the following display options:
1. Press DISPLAY once and Single Elapsed appears along with the
current track playing and the
length of time for that track.
2. Press DISPLAY twice and Single Remain appears along with the
current track playing and the
amount of time left on the track.
3. Press DISPLAY three times and Total Elapsed appears along
with the current track playing
and the total time that has
played on the CD.