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Using a cellular phone or a two-way
radio
When a cellular phone is used inside the
vehicle, noise may be produced from the
audio equipment. This does not mean
that something is wrong with the audio
equipment. In such a case, use the cellu-
lar phone at a place as far as possible
from the audio equipment.
Care of disc (if equipped)
• If the temperature inside the car is too
high, open the car windows for ventila-
tion before using your car audio.
• It is illegal to copy and use MP3/WMA/
AAC/WAVE files without permission.
Use CDs that are created only by law-
ful means.
• Do not apply volatile agents such as
benzene and thinner, normal cleaners
and magnetic sprays made for ana-
logue disc onto CDs.
• To prevent the disc surface from get-
ting damaged. Hold and carry CDs by
the edges or the edges of the center
hole only.
• Clean the disc surface with a piece of
soft cloth before playback (wipe it from
the center to the outside edge).
• Do not damage the disc surface or
attach pieces of sticky tape or paper
onto it.
• Make sure on undesirable matter other
than CDs are inserted into the CD
player (Do not insert more than one
CD at a time).
• Keep CDs in their cases after use to
protect them from scratches or dirt.• Depending on the type of CD-R/CD-
RW CDs, certain CDs may not operate
normally according to manufacturing
companies or making and recording
methods. In such circumstances, if you
still continue to use those CDs, they
may cause the malfunction of your car
audio system.
✽NOTICE- Playing an
Incompatible Copy-Protected
Audio CD
Some copy protected CDs, which do not
comply with the international audio CD
standards (Red Book), may not play on
your car audio. Please note that if you
try to play copy protected CDs and the
CD player does not perform correctly
the CDs maybe defective, not the CD
player.
CAUTION
When using a communication sys-
tem such a cellular phone or a radio
set inside the vehicle, a separate
external antenna must be fitted.
When a cellular phone or a radio set
is used with an internal antenna
alone, it may interfere with the vehi-
cle's electrical system and adverse-
ly affect safe operation of the vehi-
cle.
WARNING
Don't use a cellular phone when
you are driving. You should stop at
a safe place to use a cellular phone.
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Features of your vehicle
1. POWER ON-OFF, VOLUME Control Knob
2. BAND Select Button
3. TUNE/MODE Select Knob
4. AUTO SEEK Select Button
5. Best Station Memory (BSM) Button
6. PRESET Station Select Buttons
TQ420
STEREO RADIO PLAYER OPERATION (M420) (IF EQUIPPED)
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Features of your vehicle
1. TAPE PROGRAM/AUX Button
This allows you to play the reverse side
of the tape by merely pressing the pro-
gram button. The PLAY and an arrow will
appear in the display to show the tape
direction.
• If you press this button more than 0.8
second. you can change to AUX mode.
• AUX mode is available only when AUX
jack is plugged in and will change back
to the last mode if you pull it out.
2. TAPE EJECT Button
• When the button is pressed with a
cassette loaded, the cassette will eject.
• When the button is pressed during
FF/REW mode, the cassette will eject.
3. DOLBY Button
If you get background noise during tape
PLAY, you can reduce this considerably
by merely pressing the DOLBY button. If
you want to cancel the DOLBY feature,
press the button again.
4. REPEAT (RPT) Button
• To repeat the track you are currently
listening to, press the RPT button. To
cancel , press again.• If you do not release RPT operation
when the track ends, it will automati-
cally be replayed.
This process will continue until you
push the button again.
5. AUTO MUSIC Search (AMS)
Button
Press the button to find the starting point
of each song in a prerecorded music
tape. The quiet space between songs
(must have at least a 4 sec. gap) can be
identified by the AUTO MUSIC Search
button.
• Pressing the will play the begin-
ning of the next music segment.
• Pressing the will start replay at the
beginning of the music just listened to.
• To stop FF or REW action, press the
button again.
6. FF/REW Button
• Fast forward tape winding starts when
the FF button is pressed during PLAY
or REW mode.
• PLAY starts when the FF button is
pressed again during FF mode.
• Tape rewinding starts when the
REW button is pressed during PLAY or
FF mode.• PLAY starts when the REW button
pressed again during REW mode.✽NOTICE
When using a portable audio device
connected to the power outlet, noise may
occur during playback. If this happens,
use the orignal power source of the
portable audio device(e.g., batteries).
CAUTION
• Do not insert anything like coins
into the player slot as damage to
the unit may occur.
• Do not place beverages close to
the audio system. The playback
mechanism may be damaged if
you spill them.
• Do not strike or allow anything to
impact the audio system, damage
to the system mechanisms could
occur.
• When no device is connected to
the AUX cable, please pull out the
cable from the JACK on the car.
(AUX MODE is operational and
noise may heard in the AUX
MODE.)
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1. POWER ON-OFF, VOLUME Control Knob
2. BAND Select Button
3. TUNE/AUDIO Control Knob
4. AUTO SEEK Select Button
5. Best Station Memory (BSM) Button
6. EQ Button
7. PRESET Station Select Buttons
8. AUDIO Mode Select
TQ445MP3
STEREO RADIO PLAYER OPERATION (M445MP3) (IF EQUIPPED)
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Features of your vehicle
1. CD/AUX Select Button
2. CD EJECT Button
3. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
4. FF/REW Button
5. EQ (Equalizer) Button
6. CD SCAN Button
7. MARK (Bookmark) Button
8. RPT (Repeat) Button
9. RDM (Random) Button
10. FILE SEARCH Knob (TUNE Select Knob)
11. FLDR (Folder Search) Button
TQ445MP3
COMPACT DISC PLAYER OPERATION (M445MP3) (IF EQUIPPED)
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1. CD/AUX Select Button
• Insert the CD with the label facing
upward.
• Insert the CD to start CD playback,
during radio operation.
• When a disc is in the CD deck, if you
press the CD button the CD player will
begin playing even if the radio player is
being used.
• The CD player can be used when the
ignition switch is in either the “ON” or
“ACC” position.
• Push the CD button to start CD play-
back without pushing Power ON-OFF
control knob. (Only when a CD is in the
deck.)
• If you press this button you can change
to AUX mode.
• AUX mode is available only when AUX
jack is plugged in and change back to
last mode if you pull it out.
2. CD EJECT Button
• When the EJECT button is pressed
with a CD loaded, the CD will eject.
• To eject all of the discs, press this but-
ton for one second or more.
✽NOTICE
• Do not stick paper or tape etc., on the
label side or the recording side of any
discs, as it may cause a malfunction.
• The unit cannot play a CD-
R(Recordable CD) and CD-
RW(Rewritable CD) that is not final-
ized. Please refer to the manual of CD-
R/CD-RW recoder or CD-R/CD-RW
software for more information on
finalization process.
• Depending on the recording status,
some CD-Rs/CD-RWs may not be
played on this unit.
3. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
• The desired track on the disc currently
being played can be selected using the
track number.
• Press button once to skip forward to
the beginning of the next track.
Press within a second after play-
back begins to quickly move backward
through a CD.
If you press after more than a sec-
ond, it will take you to the beginning of
the track you are now listening to.
4. FF/REW Button
If you want to fast forward or reverse
through the compact disc track, push and
hold the FF or REW button.
When you release the button, the com-
pact disc player will resume playing.
5. EQ (Equalizer) Button
Press the EQ button to select the CLAS-
SIC, POP, JAZZ, ROCK and DEFEAT
MODE for the desired tone quality. Each
press of the button changes the display
as follows;
6. CD SCAN Button
• Press the CD SCAN button to playback
the first 10 seconds of each track.
• Press the CD SCAN button again with-
in 10 sec. when you have reached the
desired track.
• To playback the first 10 seconds of
each track in the selected folder, Press
the CD SCAN button within a second.
(MP3 CD only)
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7. MARK (Bookmark) Button
When the CD player unit is operating, the
desired track on the disc can be book-
marked by using the MARK button.
• Press the MARK button for more than
one second to bookmark the desired
track. "M" will be displayed on the LCD
and "MEMORY NO." will display for
approximately five seconds with a
beep sound. To play the bookmarked
tracks, press the MARK button within
one second and select the book-
marked track to play.
• To erase a bookmarked track, press
the MARK button for more than one
second. This will erase the bookmark
with a beep sound.
If you want to delete all tracks stored on
Mark Memory, press FILE SEARCH
knob in the Mark Play mode for more
than one second. You will hear a beep
sound and all tracks will be deleted from
Mark Memory with "MARK DELETE
ALL" displayed on the LCD.
✽NOTICE
Tracks stored on Mark Memory will be
automatically erased after you eject CDs
that contain those tracks.
8. RPT (Repeat) Button
• To repeat the track you are currently
listening to, press the RPT button. To
cancel, press it again. If it is pressed
for more than one second, it will repeat
all tracks within the currently played
CD.
• To repeat the music within currently
played folder, press the RPT button for
more than one second. Then it will
repeat in sequential order within the
currently played folder. To cancel,
press it again. (MP3 CD only)
• If you do not release RPT operation
when the track ends, it will automati-
cally be replayed. This process will
continue until you push the button
again.
9. RDM (Random) Button
• To listen to the music in random order,
press the RDM Button with a beep
sound for more than one second. To
cancel, press it again.
• To listen to the music within the cur-
rently played folder in random order,
press the RDM Button within one sec-
ond.To cancel, press it again within one
second. If it is pressed for more than
one second, it will be played in random
order within currently played CD (MP3
CD only).
10. FILE SEARCH Knob (TUNE
Select Knob)
• You can move through the track by
turning the FILE SEARCH knob clock-
wise or counterclockwise.
• After moving through the desired file,
press the FILE SEARCH knob to play-
back in the selected file.
• If you do not press the FILE SEARCH
knob within five seconds, the file
searching function will be released.
11. FLDR (FOLDER Search)
Button
• You can move through the folder by
pushing the FLDR button to up ( )
and down ( ).
• After moving the desired folder, press
the FILE SEARCH knob to play back in
the selected folder. If you do not press
the FILE SEARCH knob within 5 sec-
onds, the folder searching function will
be released. It is not operated in a sin-
gle folder.
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✽NOTICE
• When using a portable audio device
connected to power outlet, noise may
occur during playback.
If this happens, use the original power
source of the portable audio device
(e.g., batteries).
• To assure proper operation of the unit,
keep the vehicle interior temperature
within a normal range by using the
vehicle’s air conditioning or heating
system.
• When replacing the fuse, replace it
with a fuse having the correct capaci-
ty.
• All stored bookmarks are all erased
when the car battery is disconnected
or power to the vehicle is lost. If this
occurs, the bookmarks will have to be
reset.
• Do not add any oil to the rotating
parts. Keep magnets, screwdrivers
and other metallic objects away from
the tape mechanism and head.CAUTION
• Do not insert warped or poor
quality discs into the CD player
as damage to the unit may occur.
• Do not insert anything like coins
into the player slot as damage to
the unit may occur.
• Do not place beverages close to
the audio system. The playback
mechanism may be damaged if
you spill them.
• Do not strike or allow anything to
impact the audio system, damage
to the system mechanisms could
occur.
• Off-road or rough surface driving
may cause the compact disc to
skip. Do not use the compact disc
when driving in such conditions
as damage to the compact disc
face could occur.
• Do not attempt to grab or pull the
compact disc out while the disc is
being pulled into the audio unit
by the self-loading mechanism.
Damage to the audio unit and
compact disc could occur.
• This equipment is designed to be
used only in a 12 volt DC battery
system with negative ground.
• This unit is made of precision
parts. Do not attempt to disas-
semble or adjust any parts.
• When driving your vehicle, be
sure to keep the volume of the
unit set low enough to allow you
to hear sounds coming from the
outside.
• Do not expose this equipment
(including the speakers and tape)
to water or excessive moisture.
• Avoid using recorded compact
discs in your audio unit. Original
compact discs are recommended.
• The unit is not sure of playing CD-
RW (Rewritable).
• When using the EQ function, turn
off the EQ function of the device
on the AUX input.
• When no device is connected to
the AUX cable, please pull out the
cable from the JACK on the car.
(AUX MODE is operational and
noise may heard in the AUX
MODE.)