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If you do not like the stations auto
select has stored, you can store
other f requencies on the preset bars
as previously described.
,pressthe
A. SEL (auto select) button. This
restores the presets you
originally set.
If you are
traveling far from home and can no
longer receive your preset stations,
you can use the auto select feature to
find stations in the local area.
Press the A.SEL button. ‘‘A.SEL’’
f lashes in the display, and the system
goes into scan mode f or several
seconds. It stores the f requencies of
six AM, and twelve FM stations in
the preset bars.
You will see a ‘‘0’’ displayed af ter
pressing a preset bar if auto select
cannot f ind a strong station f or every
preset bar. Adjusts the
strength of sound f rom the
subwoof er speaker.
Adjusts the bass.Adjusts the treble.
Adjusts the front-to-back
strength of the sound.
Adjusts the side-to-
side strength of the sound.
For inf ormation on FM/AM radio
f requencies and reception, see
page .
Press the SOUND button repeatedly
to display the SUBWOOFER (if
equipped), BASS, TREBLE, FADER,
and BALANCE settings. Eachmodeisshowninthedisplayas
it changes. Turn the VOLUME knob
to adjust the setting to your liking.
When the level reaches the center,
youwillsee‘‘ ’’inthedisplay.
The system will automatically return
the display to the selected audio
mode about 10 seconds af ter you
stop adjusting a mode.
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To turn of f auto select
If equipped
AUTO SELECT
SUBWOOFER
BASS
TREBLE
FADER
BAL ANCE
Adjusting the Sound
Playing the AM/FM Radio
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the strength of the sound coming
f rom each speaker. Lef t/Right
balance adjusts the side-to-side
strength, while Front/Rear f ader
adjusts the front-to-back strength.
To adjust the left/right balance,
touch the ‘‘L’’ or ‘‘R’’ icon. To adjust
the f ront/rear f ader, touch the ‘‘FR’’
or ‘‘RR’’ icon. The audio system can also be
operated by voice control. See the
navigation system manual f or
complete details.
To adjust the treble
and bass, touch or on each
side of the treble or bass adjustment
bar. The adjustment bar shows you
the current setting. Adjusts the
strength of sound f rom the
subwoof er speaker.
To see the audio display when you
are f inished adjusting the sound,
wait 5 seconds. You can use the instrument panel
brightness control dial to adjust the
illumination of the audio system (see
page ). The audio system
illuminates when the parking lights
are on, even if the radio is of f .
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L ef t/Right Balance and Front/
Rear Fader
Voice Control System
Treble/Bass SUBWOOFERA udio System L ighting
Playing the AM/FM Radio
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Press the TUNE bar to
change channel selections. Press f or higher numbered channels
and f or lower numbered
channels. In the category mode,
Press either side of the CATEGORY
bar ( or ) to select
The scan function gives
mode, only the channels within that
category are scanned. To activate
scan, press the SCAN button or
touch the SCAN icon on the screen.
The system plays each channel in
numerical order for a few seconds,
then selects the next channel. When
you hear a channel you want
to listen to, press the button or
touch the icon again. Youcanstoreupto12
preset channels using each side of
the preset bar or preset icons on the
screen. Each side of the bar stores
one channel f rom the XM1 band and
one channel f rom the XM2 band. Pick a preset number (icon) you
want for that channel. Press and
hold the bar (icon) until you hear
a beep.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 to store the
f irst six channels.
Once a channel is stored, press and
release the proper side of the preset
bar (icon) to tune to it.
To store a channel:
Press the XM button. Either XM1
or XM2 will show in the display.
Usethetune,seek,orscan
function to tune to a desired
channel. Press the XM button again or
touch the other XM icon (XM1 or
XM2) on the audio display. Store
the next six channels using steps 2
and 3.
In category mode, only channels
within that category can be
selected. In channel mode,
all channels can be selected. 1.
2. 3.
4.
5.
TUNE
SEEK /SK IP (CA T EGORY)
SCAN Preset
Playing the XMRadio
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another category.
you a sampling of all channels while
in the channel mode. In the category

Each time you press the DISP button,
the display shows you the text data
on a disc, if the disc was recorded
with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
artist, album, and track tag.
When you press and release the
DISP button while a disc without text
data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.The display shows up to about 16
characters of selected text data (the
foldername,filename,etc.).If the
text data has more than 17
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 16 characters
are shown. You can see up to 31
characters of the text data.
If youpressandholdtheDISP
button again, the display shows the
f irst 15 characters again.
Insert a disc about half way into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
intherestof thewaytoplayit.You
operate the disc player with the
same controls used f or the radio.
The number of the current track is
showninthedisplay.Whenplayinga
disc in MP3 or WMA, the numbers
of the current f older and f ile are
shown. The system will continuously
play a disc until you change modes.
If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
For information on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see
To Load a Disc
Text Data Display Function
CD Player
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In MP3 or WMA mode
To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see ‘‘RPT’’ in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button for 2
seconds to turn it off. This feature,
when activated, replays all f iles on
the selected f older in the order they
are compressed. To activate folder
repeat, press the RPT button twice.
You will see ‘‘ RPT’’ in the
display. The system continuously
replays the current f older. Press the
RPT button again to turn it off.
Pressing the RDM button, or
selecting a dif f erent f older with the
TUNE/FOLDER bar also turns of f
the repeat f eature.
Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, then to
normal play. This f eature plays the
tracks within a disc (the f iles in MP3
or WMA mode) in random order. To
activate random play, press and
release the RDM button. In MP3 or
WMA mode, press the RDM button
repeatedly to select RDM (within a
disc random play). You will see
‘‘RDM’’ in the display. Press the
RDM button for 2 seconds to return
to normal play.
REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT)
FOLDER-REPEAT RANDOM (Random within a
disc)
CD Player
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In MP3 or WMA mode
The system plays the f irst f ile in the
f irst f older f or about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system will then
play the f irst f iles in the next f olders
f or 10 seconds. Af ter playing the f irst
file in the last folder, the system
plays normally.
The scan f unction samples all tracks
(f iles in MP3 or WMA) on the disc in
the order they are recorded on the
disc. To activate scan, press and
release the SCAN button. You will
see SCAN in the display. You will get
a10secondsamplingof eachtrack/
f ile on the disc. Press and hold the
SCAN button until you hear a beep
to get out of scan mode and play the
last track/f ile sampled.
This
feature, when activated, plays all
f iles on the selected f older in random
order. To activate f older random,
press the RDM button. You will see
‘‘ RDM’’ in the display. The
system will then select and play f iles
randomly. This continues until you
deactivate f older random by pressing
and holding the RDM button again,
or by selecting a dif f erent f older with
the FOLDER bar.
Each time you press and release the
RDM button, the mode changes
f rom f older random play to random
play (within a disc random play),
then to normal play. Pressing either side of the SEEK/
SKIP bar also turns off the scan
feature. This feature,
when activated, samples the first file
of each f older on the disc. To
activate f older scan, press the SCAN
button twice. You will see
‘‘ SCAN’’ in the display.
Pressing either side of the SEEK/
SKIP bar, selecting a dif f erent f older
with the TUNE/FOLDER bar, or
pressing the SCAN button, also turns
of f the f older scan.
Each time you press and release the
SCAN button, the mode changes
from file scan to folder scan, then to
normal play.
SCA N (T RA CK /FIL E SCA N)
FOL DER-RA NDOM FOL DER SCA N
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If the text data has more than 17
characters, you will see the first 15
characters and the indicator in
the display. Press and hold the DISP
button until the next 16 characters
are shown. You can see up to 31
characters of the text data.
If youpressandholdtheDISP
button again, the display shows the
f irst 15 characters again.
If any letter is not available, it is
replaced with ‘‘ . ’’ (dot) in the display.
When the disc has no text data, you
will see ‘‘NO INFO’’ on the display.
You will also see some text data
under these conditions:When a new f older, f ile, or track is
selected.
Each time you press the DISP button,
the display shows you the text data
on a disc, if the disc was recorded
with text data.
You can see the album, artist, and
track name in the display. If a disc is
recorded in MP3 or WMA, you can
see the f older and f ile name, and the
album, artist, and track tag.
With the f older name, you will see
the FOLDER indicator in the display.
The TRACK indicator is shown with
the file or track name.
When you press and release the
DISP button while a disc without text
data is playing, you will see ‘‘NO
INFO’’ on the display.
The display shows up to 16
characters of selected text data (the
f older name, f ile name, etc.).
If you are not loading CDs into all six
positions, press the LOAD button
again after the last CD has loaded.
The system will begin playing the
last CD loaded.
If you stop loading CDs bef ore all six
positions are f illed, the system will
wait f or 10 seconds, then stop the
load operation and begin playing the
last CD loaded.
CD Changer (Models without navigation system)
T ext Data Display Function
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continuously replays the current disc.
To activate disc repeat, press and
release the RPT button repeatedly
until you see ‘‘ RPT’’ in the
display. Press and hold the RPT
button again to turn it off.
Each time you press and release the
RPT button, the mode changes f rom
f ile repeat to f older repeat, to disc
repeat then to normal playing.
This feature,
when activated, replays all the f iles
on the selected f older in the order
they are compressed in MP3 or
WMA. To activate folder repeat
mode, press and release the RPT
button repeatedly until you see
‘‘ RPT’’ in the display. The
system continuously replays the
current f older. Press and hold the
RPT button to turn it of f . Pressing
the RDM button, or selecting a
different folder with the TUNE/
FOLDER bar also turns of f the
repeat feature. To continuously replay
a track (f iles in MP3 or WMA mode),
press and release the RPT button.
You will see ‘‘RPT’’ in the display.
Press and hold the RPT button for 2
seconds to turn it off.
To
select a dif f erent f older, press either
side of the TUNE/FOLDER bar.
Press the side of the bar to skip
to the next folder, and the side
of the bar to skip to the beginning of
the previous f older.In MP3 or WMA mode
In MP3 or WMA mode
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CD Changer (Models without navigation system)
DISC REPEAT
FOLDER REPEAT REPEAT (TRACK/FILE
REPEAT)
FOLDER SELECTION
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