2013 Lexus GS350 radio

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This feature allows your radio to receive station identification information
and program information (classical, jazz, etc.) from radio stations which
broadcast this information.
■Receiving RBDS broadcastsSelect “Options” on the
screen.
Select “< TYPE” or “TYPE >”
on the screen.
The program list changes as follows each time the switch is selected.
• Classical
•Country
• EasyLis (Easy Listening)
• Inform (Information)
•Jazz
•News
•Oldies
•Other
•Pop Music
•Religion
•Rock
•R&B (Rhythm and Blues)
•Sports
•Talk
• Traffic (Not available when “HD Radio Settings” are set to analog.)
• Alert (Emergency Alert)
RBDS (Radio Broadcast Data Systems)
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When a program is set, “TYPE SEEK” appears.
Select “TYPE SEEK” on the screen.
The radio seeks for stations by the relevant program type.
If no relevant program can be found, “no type” appears on the screen.
■Traffic announcement
Select “Traffic” on the screen.
“TRAF SEEK” appears on the dis-
play, and the radio seeks a traffic
program station.
If no traffic program station is
found, “No Traffic” appears on the
display.
HD Radio™ system can be set using the procedure outlined below.Press the “MENU” button on the Remote Touch, then select “Setup”.
Select “Audio”.
Select “HD Radio Settings”.
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HD Radio™ system settings
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Select “HD Radio/Analog Set-
ting”.
Select the item to be set.
“All”: Select to receive both analog
and digital broadcasts.
“HD Only”: Select to receive only dig-
ital broadcasts.
“Analog”: Select to receive only ana-
log broadcasts.
Select “Save”.
HD Radio™ Technology is the digital evolution of analog AM/FM radio.
Your radio product has a special receiver which allows it to receive digital
broadcasts (where available) in addition to the analog broadcasts it
already receives.
Digital broadcasts have better sound quality than analog broadcasts as
digital broadcasts provide free, crystal clear audio with no static or distor-
tion. For more information, and a guide to available radio stations and pro-
gramming, refer to www.hdradio.com
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HD Radio™ Technology
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■Using HD Radio™ TechnologyPress the “RADIO” button.
Select the “AM” or “FM” tab or
press the “RADIO” button
repeatedly to select the
desired tab.
An orange “HD)” logo indicator
will be displayed on the screen
when in digital.
The song title, artist name and
music genre will appear on the
screen when available by the radio
station.
Select “Options” to display this
screen.
When “Text” is selected, informa-
tion such as the artist name, song
title, album title and music genre of
the track being listened to are dis-
played on the text screen. To dis-
play messages from the station,
select “Additional Information”.
When “< TYPE” or “TYPE >” is
selected, a program type will be
searched. Once a program type
has been set, “TYPE SEEK” will
appear on the screen. ( →P. 393)
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On the FM radio frequency most digital stations have “multiple” or sup-
plemental programs on one FM station.
■Multicast
Select “Multicast”.
Each time “Multicast” is selected,
the supplemental program
changes.
If “Multicast” is selected when
tuned to the last of the supplemen-
tal programs, the main program will
be returned to.
■Ta gSelect “Tag” to bookmark the
music information.
Open the console box, open the cover and connect an iPod using an
iPod cable. ( →P. 466)
Turn on the power of the iPod if it is not turned on.
Once an iPod is connected, the music tag moves from the radio into the iPod.
When the iPod is connected to iTunes, the “tagged” information of the songs
which were tagged while listening to the radio can be viewed. Then a user may
decide to purchase the song or CD/Album which had been listened to on their
radio.
If tagging the music information fails, “Saving the HD Radio tag failed.” will be
displayed on the screen. If this occurs, tag the information again.
Available HD Radio
™ Technology
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■Receiving XM® Satellite Radio
Press the “RADIO” button.
Select the “SAT” tab or press
the “RADIO” button repeat-
edly until the “SAT” tab is
selected to choose a satellite
broadcast channel.
Turn the “TUNE/SCROLL” knob to select the next or previous chan-
nel.
Turning the knob quickly allows rapid scrolling through the channel list.
■Presetting XM® Satellite Radio channels
Select the desired channel.
Select one of the left side
screen buttons (1-6) and hold it
until a beep is heard.
To change the preset channel to a
different one, follow the same pro-
cedure.
■Changing the channel category
Select either “< TYPE” or “TYPE
>” to go to the next or previous
category.
XM® Satellite Radio
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■Seeking the channel within the current category
Press and hold “<” or “>” on the “PRST•TRACK” button.
■Scanning XM® Satellite Radio channels
Scanning channels in the current category
Select “SCAN” on the screen.
“SCAN” appears on the screen.
Select “SCAN” once again when the desired channel is reached.
■Displaying the title and artist name
Select “Text” to display the song
title and artist name currently
being listening to.
Up to 64 alphanumeric characters
can be displayed. (Some informa-
tion will not be fully displayed.)
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One of Apps’ features is the ability to listen to internet radio. In order to
use this service, an Apps compatible phone and the navigation system
need to be set. For details, refer to the “Navigation System Owner’s Man-
ual”.Press the “RADIO” button.
Select the “Apps” tab or press the
“RADIO” button repeatedly until
the “Apps” tab is selected.
If a compatible phone is already regis-
tered, it will be connected automati-
cally.
If a compatible phone has not been
registered or the Bluetooth
® connec-
tion cannot be completed correctly,
select “Connect” to register and/or
connect your phone. ( →P. 4 9 4 )
When connection is complete, the
application screen can be displayed.
Select “View Application Screen” on the screen.
The internet radio application screen is displayed.
Perform operations according to the displayed application screen.
By pressing the “RADIO” button, the “Audio” screen can be returned to.
Press .
Press the button again to turn the system back on.
Internet radio broadcast (vehicles with the navigation system)
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Silencing the sound
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