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LOADING/EJECTING A CD
To load the CD, insert it gently into the slot to
activate the motorised loading system, which will
position it correctly.
The CD can be loaded with radio off and the ignition
key turned to MAR: in this case the radio will remain
off. When the radio is turned on, the last source
listened to before being switched off will be
activated.
When a CD is inserted the display will show the
symbol "CD-IN" and the text "CD Reading". They
will remain displayed for the entire time required for
the radio to read the CD tracks. When this time has
elapsed the radio automatically starts playing the first
track.
Press the
button (EJECT) with the radio on to
activate the motorised ejection of the CD. After
ejection, the last audio source listened to before
playing the CD will be heard.
WARNING
Do not inadvertently press the eject
button when inser ting a CD.If the CD is not removed from the radio, it will
automatically be reloaded about 20 seconds later and
the Tuner mode will be activated (Radio).
The CD cannot be ejected if the car radio is off.
If the ejected CD is reloaded without having removed
it completely from the slot, the radio will not switch
to the CD source.
Possible error messages
If the CD loaded cannot be read (e.g. a CD ROM has
been inserted or the CD is inserted the wrong way
round or there is a reading error) the display will
show the words "CD error".
The CD will then be ejected and the audio source
activated prior to the CD mode selection will be
heard.
With an external audio source activated ("TA",
"ALARM" and "Phone"), the CD that cannot be read
will not be ejected until these functions have ended.
At the end, with the CD mode activated, the display
will show the text "CD error" for a few seconds and
then the CD will be ejected.
If the CD player overheats CD playback could be
temporarily interrupted. The radio will automatically
switch to the Radio (Tuner) mode and the display will
show “CD hot” and then “CD error”.
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DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is in operation, information
appears on the display with the following meanings:
❒"CD Track 5": indicates the number of the CD
track;
❒"03.42": indicates the time elapsed since the start
of the track (if the relevant Menu function is
activated).
TRACK SELECTION (forward/backward)
Briefly press the
button to play the previous CD
track and the
button to play the next track.
The tracks are selected cyclically: the first track is
selected after the last track and vice versa.
If the track has been played for more than 3 seconds,
pressing thebutton will cause the track to be
started again from the beginning.
In this case, if you want to play the previous track,
press the button twice consecutively.
TRACK FAST FORWARD/REWIND
Keep the
button pressed down to fast forward the
selected track and hold the
button down to fast
rewind the track.
The fast forward/rewind will stop once the button is
released.PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press the
button. The text
“CD Pause” appears on the display.
To resume listening to the track, press the
button
again. If another audio source is selected, the pause
function is turned off.
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CD MP3 PLAYERINTRODUCTION
This chapter only describes the variants regarding the
operation of the CD MP3 player: as far as the
operation of the radio is concerned, refer to the
description in chapters "Radio" and "CD MP3 Player".
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technology
licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson
multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In addition to playing regular audio CDs, the radio is
also able to play CD-ROMs on which audio files have
been stored using the MP3 compression format. The
radio operates as described in the "CD Player"
chapter when an ordinary audio CD is inserted.
To guarantee optimal playback quality it is advisable
to use good quality CDs mastered at the lowest
speed possible.
The files on an MP3 CD are structured by folder,
creating lists of all the folders containing MP3 tracks
(folders and subfolders are all displayed on the same
level); the folders that do not contain MP3 tracks
cannot be selected.
The operating conditions and specifications for
playing MP3 files are as follows:
❒the CD-ROMs used should be burnt according to
the ISO 9660 standard;❒the music files must have an ".mp3" extension: files
with a different extension cannot be played;
❒the following sampling frequencies can be played:
44.1 kHz, stereo (96 to 320 kbit) - 22.05 kHz,
mono or stereo (32 to 80 kbit);
❒tracks with a variable bit-rate can be reproduced.
Note
The names of tracks must not contain the following
characters: spaces, ' (apostrophes), ( and ) (open and
close brackets). During the burning of a MP3 CD,
make sure that the names of the files do not contain
these characters; if they do, the radio will not be able
to play the tracks involved.
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SELECTING MP3 SESSIONS ON HYBRID
DISCS
If a hybrid disc is inserted (Mixed Mode, Enhanced,
CD-Extra) also containing MP3 files, the radio
automatically starts playing the audio session. It is
possible to switch to the MP3 session whilst playing
by holding the MEDIA button down for more than 2
seconds.
Note
When the function is activated the radio may take a
few seconds to start playing. Whilst checking the disc
the display will show "CD Reading". If no MP3 files
are detected, the radio will resume playing the audio
session from the point where it was interrupted.DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-TAG information display
In addition to the information relating to the time
elapsed, the name of the folder and the name of the
file, the radio is also capable of displaying ID3-TAG
information relating to the Track Title, Artist and
Author.
The name of the MP3 folder shown on the display
corresponds to the name with which the folder was
stored on the CD, followed by an asterisk.
Example of a complete MP3 folder name: BEST OF *.
When ID3-TAG data is chosen to be displayed (Title,
Artist, Album) that has not been recorded for the
track played, the information will be replaced by that
relating to the name of the file.
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