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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) AudioThe Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio function plays tracks from music CDs that have
been recorded onto the built-in HDD. You ca n arrange the tracks in playlists or play
the tracks using various search methods.Selecting HDD Mode1. Press the MENU button. (in AUDIO mode)
2. Rotate i to select Change Source. Press u.
3. Rotate to select HDD. Press to play tracks stored on the HDD.
Title information is displayed if found in the Gracenote® Album Info
(Gracenote® Media Database) stored on the HDD.
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The HDD has two types of playlists: original playlists and user playlists. An
original playlist is automatically creat ed for each album when a music CD is
recorded. You can customize up to six us er playlists provided on the HDD by
adding tracks from your original playlists.
1. Select Audio Source .
2. Select the HDD icon to play tracks stored on the HDD.
1Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
You can control the HDD audio using voice
commands.
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2 Song By Voice
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Music tracks recorded on HDD cannot be
recorded onto CDs or other devices.
Tracks are recorded at four times the playback
speed using ultra-efficient compression
technology; therefore, sound quality may vary
slightly from the original.
If the HDD is ever replaced, all music data is lost
and cannot be recovered.
If there is a problem, you may see an error
message on the display.
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Interface DialOn Demand Multi-Use Display
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Recording a Music CD to HDD
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Recording a Music CD to HDDThe songs on music CDs are automatically recorded by factory default to the HDD
the first time you play each disc. You can then play the songs directly from the HDD.
1. Press the MENU button. (in CD mode)
2. Rotate i to select Cancel Record to HDD . Press u.
1. Press the MENU button. (in CD mode)
2. Rotate i to select Rec to HDD . Press u.
1Recording a Music CD to HDD
You can add tracks to user playlists, where you
can mix and match tracks from other CDs
recorded on the HDD.
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If you stop the engine or the power system is
turned off while recording a CD, there may be
pauses between songs when you play back from
the HDD.
■ Stopping Recording■Recording a CD Manually
Recording indicator
Recording
Ready to record
Repeat, random, and sc an functions are not
available durin g recording.
You can play music from other sources (e.g., XM,
HDD, etc.) while recording.
Please note that there is no compensation
offered in the case of unsuccessful recording of
audio data or the loss of audio data due to any
cause whatsoever.
Clearing the HDD
Any music tracks stored on the HDD can be
deleted.

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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Audio Screen Control
Audio
Audio Screen ControlControl the audio system through the navigation screen and On Demand Multi-Use
Display
TM.1.Rotate i or u press to display
the song list.
2. Rotate i, move w or y to
select a track from the list. Press
u .
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Press MENU button to display
the menu items2 Audio Menu P. 155
1.Select n skip to the next playlist/
album, and b to skip to the
beginning of the previous playlist/
album.
2. Select c or x to change tracks.
Select and hold to move rapidly
within a track.
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Select More to display the menu
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Audio Menu
Audio
Audio MenuHMENU button (in HDD mode)
Rotate i to select an item. Press u .
The following item s are available:
• Scan:
Scan Albums: Provides 10-second sampling of the first track in each album.
Scan Tracks: Provides 10-second sampling of all tracks on HDD.
• Music Search: Selects a file from the Music Search list.
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• Change Source: Changes the audio source mode.
• Random/Repeat: The following menu items vary depending on the category you
selected by the Music Search list.
Repeat Artist: Repeats all tracks in the current artist.
Repeat Album: Repeats all tracks in the current album.
Repeat Track: Repeats the current track.
Random in Artist: Plays all tracks in the curre nt artist in random order.
Random in Album: Plays all tracks in the current album in random order.
Random All Tracks: Plays all tracks in random order.
• Edit/Delete: Change the playlist name, album name, genre, and track order of
the current playlist. You can also delete tracks, playlists, and albums.
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Audio Menu
Audio
1.Select More.
2. Select a setting item.
The following items are available:
• Sound Settings: Displays the sound preferences screen.
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• Random/Repeat: The following menu items vary depending on the category you
selected by the Music Search list.
Repeat Artist: Repeats all tracks in the current artist.
Repeat Album: Repeats all tracks in the current album.
Repeat Track: Repeats the current track.
Random in Artist: Plays all tracks in the current artist in random order.
Random in Album: Plays all tracks in the current album in random order.
Random All Tracks: Plays all tracks in random order.
• Scan:
Scan Albums: Provides 10-second sampling of the first track in each album.
Scan Tracks: Provides 10-second sampling of all tracks on HDD.
• Screen Settings: Displays the screen preferences screen.
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Audio Menu
Audio
HMENU button (in HDD mode)
 Music Search
1.Move w or y to select a search
category. Press u.
2. Rotate i to select a track from
the Music Search list. Press u.
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Audio Menu
Audio
HMENU button (in HDD mode)
 Edit/Delete
1.Rotate i to select Albums or
Playlist . Press u.
2. Rotate i to select an album or
playlist that you want edit or
delete. Press u.
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The pop-up menu appears on
the screen.
3. Rotate i to select an item. Press
u .
The following items are available:
• Edit Name: Enter a new name using the interface dial or the On Demand Multi-
Use Display
TM.
• Delete: Deletes the selected album or playlist.
• List Tracks: Change the track title, artist name, genre and composer. You can
also delete tracks.
■ Editing an Album or Playlist
1 Editing an Album or Playlist
The maximum number of songs in each of the six
user playlists is 999. Adding new songs
overwrites the oldest songs.
The maximum number of original playlists is 999
with a maximum of 99 songs in each playlist.
Each album CD counts as an original playlist.
Adding a track from a user playlist into the same
user playlist will cause the track to appear twice
in the playlist.
Deleting an album (origina l playlist) also deletes
the album tracks you have stored in any user
playlists.
Deleting a user playlist or deleting all tracks from
a user playlist does not remo ve the playlist folder.
The folder retains the playlist name and artist
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Playing Hard Disc Drive (HDD) Audio
Audio Menu
Audio
HMENU button (in HDD mode)
 Edit/Delete
Playlists
Create New Playlist
1. Enter the playlist name using the
interface dial or the On Demand
Multi-Use Display
TM.
2. Select tracks from the music search
list.
■Creating a new Playlist