2014 KIA PICANTO Owners Manual

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How car audio works
AM (MW, LW) and FM radio signals are
broadcast from transmitter towers locat-
ed around your city. They are intercepted
by the radio antenna on your car. This
signal is then received by the radio and
sent to your car speakers.
When a strong radio signal has reached
your vehicle, the precise engineering of
your audio system ensures the best pos-
sible quality reproduction. However, in
some cases the signal coming to your
vehicle may not be strong and clear. This
can be due to factors such as the dis-
tance from the radio station, closeness of
other strong radio stations or the pres-
ence of buildings, bridges or other large
obstructions in the area. AM (MW, LW) broadcasts can be
received at greater distances than FM
broadcasts. This is because AM(MW,
LW) radio waves are transmitted at low
frequencies. These long, low frequency
radio waves can follow the curvature of
the earth rather than travelling straight
out into the atmosphere. In addition, they
curve around obstructions so that they
can provide better signal coverage.
FM broadcasts are transmitted at high
frequencies and do not bend to follow the
earth's surface. Because of this, FM
broadcasts generally begin to fade at
short distances from the station. Also,
FM signals are easily affected by build-
ings, mountains, or other obstructions.
These can result in certain listening con-
ditions which might lead you to believe a
problem exists with your radio. The fol-
lowing conditions are normal and do not
indicate radio trouble:
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Fading - As your car moves away fromthe radio station, the signal will weaken
and sound will begin to fade. When this
occurs, we suggest that you selectanother stronger station.
Flutter/Static - Weak FM signals or large obstructions between the trans-
mitter and your radio can disturb the
signal causing static or fluttering nois-
es to occur. Reducing the treble level
may lessen this effect until the distur-
bance clears. Station Swapping - As a FM signal
weakens, another more powerful sig-
nal near the same frequency may
begin to play. This is because your
radio is designed to lock onto the clear-
est signal. If this occurs, select anoth-er station with a stronger signal.
Multi-Path Cancellation - Radio signals being received from several directions
can cause distortion or fluttering. This
can be caused by a direct and reflect-
ed signal from the same station, or by
signals from two stations with close
frequencies. If this occurs, selectanother station until the condition haspassed.
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 meanthat something is wrong with the audio
equipment. In such a case, use the cellu-
lar phone at a place as far as possiblefrom the audio equipment.
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CAUTION
When using a communication sys- tem such a cellular phone or a radio set inside the vehicle, a separateexternal antenna must be fitted.
When a cellular phone or a radio setis 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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Care of discs
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 files without permission. Use CDs that
are created only by lawful 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 bythe edges or the edges of the center
hole only.
Clean the disc surface with a piece of soft cloth before playback (wipe it fromthe center to the outside edge).
Do not damage the disc surface or attach pieces of sticky tape or paperonto it.
Make sure nothing 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 depending upon manufactur-ing companies or processes and
recording methods. In such circum-
stances, if you still continue to use
those CDs, they may cause the mal-
function 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
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Using RADIO, SETUP, VOLUME
and AUDIO CONTROL
1. Button
Turns to FM/AM mode and toggles FM1 and FM2 ➟AM ➟FM1··· when the button is
pressed each time.
2. Button & Knob
Turns the audio system on/off when the ignition switch is on ACC or ON.
If the knob is turned clockwise/counter- clockwise, the volume will increase
/decrease. 3. Button
When the button is pre
ssed, it
increases the band frequency to auto-
matically select channel. Stops at the
previous frequency if no channel is
found.
When the button is pressed, it reduces the band frequency to auto-
matically select channel. Stops at the
previous frequency if no channel is
found.
4. Button
Press Button less than 0.8 sec-
onds to display the current clock until the Button push again.
Press Button for 0.8 seconds or
longer to adjust clock and use the knob to adjust hour & minute. Press CLOCK Button for 0.8 seconds or
longer to adjust clock setting mode and
Use the TUNE knob to adjust hour &
minute. And then push the knob
to set the time.
CLOCK MODE (at AUDIO ON) To toggle clock mode on ↔off repeat-
edly, press CLOCK button for less than
0.8 seconds.
When clock mode is on and a func-
tion button is pressed, Informationassociated with the function is dis-
played on LCD for a moment and then
LCD display comes back to clock
mode automatically. ❈ When audio is off, Clock mode is
displayed automatically.
5. & Knob
Turn this control while listening to a radio
channel to manually adjust frequency.
Turn clockwise to increase frequency and
counterclockwise to reduce frequency.
Pressing the button changes the BASS,
MIDDLE, TREBLE, FADER and BAL-
ANCE TUNE mode. The mode selected
is shown on the display. After selecting
each mode, rotate the Audio control knob
clockwise or counterclockwise.
AUDIOTUNE
TUNE
TUNE
CLOCK
CLOCK
CLOCK
CLOCK
TRACK
SEEK
SEEK
VOLUMEPOWER
FM/AM
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To increase the BASS, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the BASS,
rotate the knob counterclockwise.
To increase the MIDDLE, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the MID-
DLE, rotate the knob counterclockwise.

To increase the TREBLE, rotate the knob
clockwise, while to decrease the TRE-
BLE, rotate the knob counterclockwise.

Turn the control knob clockwise to
emphasize rear speaker sound(front
speaker sound will be attenuated).
When the control knob is turned counter-
clockwise, front speaker sound will be
emphasized(rear speaker sound will be
attenuated).
Rotate the knob clockwise to emphasize
right speaker sound(left speaker sound
will be attenuated).
When the control knob is turned counter
clockwise, left speaker sound will be
emphasized(right speaker sound will be
attenuated).
6. PRESET Buttons
Press ~ buttons
less
than 0.8 seconds to play the station
saved in each button.
Press ~ buttons more than 0.8 seconds or longer to save the
current station to the respective button
with a beep.
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CAUTION IN USING
USB DEVICE
To use an external USB device, make sure the device is not con-nected when starting up the vehi-cle. Connect the device afterstarting up.
If you start the engine when the USB device is connected, it maydamage the USB device. (USBflashdrives are very sensitive to
electric shock.)
If the engine is started up or turned off while the external USBdevice is connected, the external USB device may not work.
It may not play inauthentic MP3 or WMA files.
1) It can only play MP3 files with the compression rate between8Kbps~320Kbps.
2) It can only play WMA music files with the compression ratebetween 8Kbps~320Kbps.
Take precautions for static electrici- ty when connecting or disconnect-ing the external USB device.
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(Continued) An encrypted MP3 PLAYER is not recognizable.
Depending on the condition of the external USB device, the con-
nected external USB device can be unrecognizable.
When the formatted byte/sector setting of External USB device isnot either 512BYTE or 2048BYTE,
then the device will not be recog- nized.
Use only a USB device formatted to FAT 12/16/32.
USB devices without USB I/F authentication may not be recog-nizable.
Make sure the USB connection terminal does not come in contactwith the human body or other
objects.
If you repeatedly connect or dis- connect the USB device in a shortperiod of time, it may break the device.
You may hear a strange noise when connecting or disconnect-ing a USB device.
(Continued)(Continued) If you disconnect the external USB device during playback in USBmode, the external USB device canbe damaged or may malfunction.
Therefore, disconnect the externalUSB device when the audio is turned off or in another mode. (e.g,
Radio or CD)
Depending on the type and capacity of the external USB device or the
type of the files stored in the device,there is a difference in the timetaken for recognition of the device.
Do not use the USB device for pur-
poses other than playing music files.
Playing videos through the USB is
not supported.
Use of USB accessories such as rechargers or heaters using USB
I/F may lower performance or cause trouble.
If you use devices such as a USB hub purchased separately, thevehicle’s audio system may not
recognize the USB device. In that case, connect the USB devicedirectly to the multimedia termi-nal of the vehicle.
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(Continued) If the USB device is divided by logical drives, only the music fileson the highest-priority drive arerecognized by car audio.
Devices such as MP3 Player/ Cellular phone/Digital camera canbe unrecognizable by standardUSB I/F can be unrecognizable.
Charging through the USB may not be supported in some mobile
devices.
❋ A car exclusive cable (Provided orsold separately : USB / AUX detach-able cable only) is required to usethe iPod.
Some non-standard USB devices
(METAL COVER TYPE USB) can beunrecognizable.
Some USB flash memory readers (such as CF, SD, microSD, etc.) or
external-HDD type devices can beunrecognizable.
Music files protected by DRM (DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT)
are not recognizable.
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(Continued) The data in the USB memory may be lost while using this audio.Always back up important data on a personal storage device.
Please avoid using USB memory products which can be used askey chains or cellular phone accessories as they could cause
damage to the USB jack. Pleasemake certain only to use plug type connector products as shownbelow.