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ag lance
Overview
ofcontr ols Overview
Fun
ctio n Page
:
Pressin
gbriefly: switches
to FM Pre
ssing and holding :
sw itcheso n/off RDS ;
Switches
betweentheAM
and WB(wea therband)
waveba nd =
Disp
lay ?
Disc
slot A
CD
eject button B
Switches
toCD orAUX
mode C
Radio
mode
St arts scan mode CD
mode
St arts scan mode Functio
n Page
D
Radio
mode
Manual stationtuning MP3
mode
Chang esfolde r E
Radio
mode
St arts station search CD
mode
Sk ips trac ks
Fast forward/r ewind F
Pres
sing briefly:
mutes Pres
sing andholding :
swi tches RDSon/off G
Radio
mode
St ation preset5 CD
mode
St ops display 10
Ov
erv iew ofcon trolsAtag lance
Funct
ion Page
H
Radio
mode
St ation preset 4 CD
mode
Repeats track I
Radio
mode
St ation preset 3 CD
mode
Displays playback time MP3
mode
Displa ysalbum/ track
name /playback time J
Radio
mode
St ation preset 2 CD
mode
Random playback Funct
ion Page
K
Radio
mode
St ation preset 1 L
Calls
upthe sound menu Volume
boost Regional
mode M
Swit
ches on/off N
Adj
usts thevolume Funct
ionoverview
Usin gSoun d5y oucan opera tethe following
fu nc tions:
R radio with FM,AM(med iumwave),WB
(weat herband) ,short waveand long wave
R CD audio playback
R MP3 playb ackofCD Operation
General
notes
The system canbeope rated:
R using thecontr olsonSound 5
R using themultifunct ionstee ringw heel
You canalso operatemanyofthe Soun d5
function susing themultifu nc tion steer ing
wheel (Ypage 14).The respec tive Sound 5
funct ions, e.g.thesele cted radio station or
CD track ,are then show nint he mu ltifunc tion
display. Arequir emen tfor this isthat you
have select edthe correspondi ngme nuinthe
multifunc tiondisplay (Ypag e15).
Th ea udio device emitsanacoustic
con firm ation tone.When youpress andhold ab
utton foranoperation (e.g.storing a
station), thereisat onea tthe end. Ba
sic functi ons Swit
ching on/of f
Swit ching on X
Tur nkeytoposition 1or2i nthe igni tion
lock
or
X Press theqbutt on.
In both casesthe audi odevic ereset sthe
oper ating mo deset befor eitw asturn ed
off.
i Ifthe key isnot insert edinposi tion 1or
2i nt he igni tion lock,the audio device
switc hesitself offagain automa tically after
ar ound 60minut es. Ba
sic functions
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Sou
ndsett ings
Adj usting thes ound settings X
Press theu button.
X Turn theocont rolonSound 5.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
multif unctionsteering wheel.
The display inthe instrum entcluster shows
the current settin g.
Ba lance andfader Common
balancea nd fader settings apply for
the radio, CD,AUX andtelephone operating
modes.
Sett ingthe fader(volume distribution
between frontandrear)
X Press theu button repeatedly untilthe
fader menu appears.
The currents ett ing will appear . X
Turn theocon trol.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
mul tifunc tion steer ingwheel.
The settingwill chan ge.
The new settingissaved assoon asthe
fader menudisappears.
Sett ingthe balance (volume distribution
between leftand right )
X Press theu button repeatedly untilthe
balance menuappears.
The curren tsett ing will appear . X
Turn theocon trol.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
mul tifunc tion steer ingwheel.
The settingwill chan ge.
The new settingissaved assoon asthe
balan cemen udisappears.
Bass, treble andmid-range i
Different bass/t reblesettings are
possible foralloperatin gmodes except
telephon emode* .
When yousetthe bass ortreble, theaudio
devi cesaves thesettingautoma tically for
whichev eropera tingm ode iscur ren tly
act ive.
Sett ingtheb ass
X Pre ssthe u button repeatedlyunti lthe
bass menuappears.
The curren tsett ing will appear . X
Turn theocon trol.
or
X Press theW orX button onthe
mul tifunc tion steer ingwheel.
The settingwill chan ge.
The settingissaved assoon asthe bass
men udisappears.
Sett ingthe treble
X Press theu button repeatedly untilthe
treble menuappears.
The curren tsett ing will appear . Ba
sic functions
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Funct
ion Page
:
Multif
unction display 15
;
W
Incr eases thevolum e 12
X
Reduces thevolum e 12
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6
Accept sac all ~
Reject sorendsac all ?
Select
samenu V
Scroll sup USc
rollsdown (se
ethe vehicleO perator's
Man ual) A
Sel
ect sas ubmenuorlist
entr y: &
Scrolls up *
Scrolls down (see
thevehicle Operato r's
Manual) i
The telephone function isnot supporte d
by vehicl eswith Soun d5. Mu
ltifunction display Gen
eral notes
Th et ext fiel di nt he mu ltifun ction display
shows values,setting sa nd display messages.
In order toope rate the audio function using
the mult ifunction steer ingwhee l,the
instr umen tclus terint he mu ltifun ction
display mustbeswit ched tother espec tive
fun ction . Swit
chingthe mu ltifu nction display
X On the mult ifunction steer ingwhee l,press
the V orU buttonrepeatedly until
the desired menuappears.
The followin gdisplays areshown as
examples. Rad
iomode display :
Station name (iftran smitt ed)orfrequenc y
; Waveband withmemor yposition number
(if tran smit ted) CD
mode display :
Current CD
; Current track Mu
ltifu nction display
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direc
tory level s.Files insubs eq uent level s
are ignore d.
R Wh enmovi ngbetwe enfolders and tracks,
di sp lay and selection ofthes eislinear. Any
exist inghierarc hicalor nest edfolder
str uctur eish andled asalinear sequenc e.
Tr ack and filenam es R
Display ofalbum andtrackname islimit ed
to am aximum of31 char acter s(depe nding
on whic hchar acter setisu sed).
R The file ext ensio nfor MP3 files mu stbe
"m p3" and mustbe separ atedfrom the file
nam ebya full stop .O therwise, thefiletype
will notberecognized bythe device.
R The fileextension forWMA filesmust be
"wma" andmust besep arated fromthefile
name byafull stop. Otherwise, thefiletype
will notberecogn izedbythe device.
Notes oncopyright Music
tracksthat youcreat eorplay back are
generally subjecttocopyright protectionin
accor dance withtheapplicable internat ional
and nation alregulations.
In many countries,reproduc tions, even for
pri vate use, aren otperm itted withou tthe
pri or con sent ofthe copy right holder .
Make surethat you know about theappli cable
copy right regu lations andthat youcom ply
with these.
If you own these rights yourself,e.g. for your
own compo sitions andrecordings ,orift he
copy right holder hasgranted you permission ,
these restrict ions donot apply .
Not eson com pact disc s i
Disc swithcopy protec tionarenot
compat iblewith theaudio CDstan dard and
ther efore maynotbeable tobe played by
the audio device.
You may encounter playback problems
when playing copieddiscs.Thereisaw ide
range ofdata carriers,disc-wr iting
soft ware andwriter savail able.T his variety mea
nsthat thereisn og uarantee thatthe
system willbeable toplay discs thatyou
have copied yourself.
There maybeplayback problems ifyou play
CDs thatyouhave copied yourself witha
storage capacity ofmore than700MB.CDs
of this type donot conform tothe curren tly
applicable standards.
! Donot affix sticker sorlabels tothe discs.
They could peeloffand damage thedrive.
The drive isdesig nedtohold discs which
comply withtheEN609 08standar d.For
this reason, youcan only usediscs witha
maximum thickness of1.3m m.
If yo ui nsert thicker discs, e.g. thosethat
contain dataonboth sides (DVD onone
sid ea nd audio dataonthe other), they
cann otbe ejected andcandamage the
drive.
Do not use discswith adiameter of8c m,
eve nwithanadapter. Onlyuseround discs
with adiameter of12 cm.
Inform ationregardingMP3 files R
To display thetitle and album name, you
need toadd thecorr esponding datato
the MP3 filebefore burning(ID3 tags).
R We reco mmend aconstan tbitrate ofat
least 160kbit/sec forthe compr ession
of MP3 data. Withvariable bitrates, the
display ofthe elapsed playback timemay
differ from the time actually elapsed.
Inform ationregardingWMAfiles R
To display thetitle and album name,you
need toadd thecorr espondin gmetadat a
to the WMA file.
R The fileextension forWMA filesmust be
"wm a"and must besepara tedfrom the
file nam ebya full stop .O therwise, the
file type willnotberecognized bythe
device.
i Anumber offac tors influence whether or
not aWMA filec an be played, including: Audio
CDand MP3 mode
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