Radio
Operation
Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Display 8
Select the frequency range 8
Save radio stations 8
Select radio stations and search 9
The unit allows analogue radio reception of FM and AM frequencies. CAUTION
■ Car parks, tunnels, tall buildings or mountains can disrupt the radio signal
even causing it to fail completely.
■ For vehicles with window antennas do not stick foil or metal coated stickers
to the window as this can lead to interference. Display
Fig. 4
Radio - Display
Read and observe on page 8 first.
Description of the display
» Fig. 4
The selected frequency range
The selected radio station (frequency or identifier)
Status bar
A
B
C Icons in the status bar C
Symbol
Meaning
Manually selecting a radio station
Browse available radio stations
-
Number one position/button under which the radio sta-
tion is stored
Sound off
A traffic information station is available
No traffic information station is available Select the frequency range
Read and observe on page 8 first.
›
Press the
button repeatedly.
Each frequency range has two storage groups each FM1 and FM2 or AM1 and
AM2. Note
If a radio station should broadcast RDS data information in the FM frequency
range, then the name will be shown in the device display instead of the fre-
quency of the broadcasting station. Save radio stations
Read and observe on page 8 first.
Storing manually
›
Hold one of the preset buttons
-
.
The station is stored in the selected position.
The storage is confirmed by an acoustic signal as well as the display of the
stored position selected.
Automatic storage › Press the
button.
In the device display the following text appears AutoStore ... and in the current
storage group (e.g. FM1), six radio stations are stored with the strongest signal.
8 Radio
Supported file formats
File Format
MPEG-1; 2 and 2.5 ( Layer-3 )Windows Media
Audio 9
File suffix mp3wma
Max bit rate 320 kbit / s384 kbit / s
Maximum sampling rate 48 kHz96 kHz
Playlists m3u; pls; wpl; m3u8; asxCAUTION
■ At the time of publication, the device has been tested with most audio sour-
ces available in the various markets. However, it is possible that some audio
sources or files will be unreadable or unplayable.
■ The GPT Standards (GUID Partition Table) method structured signal sources
are not supported by the device.
■ Files that are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology
cannot be played back by the device. Note
■ We recommend that you use class
4 SD memory cards and higher. This guar-
antees the fastest possible access to the audio files. ■ For a good playback, we recommend using files with a smaller degree of
compression (for example, a bit rate of at least 160 kb / s or higher compressed
MP3 files).
14 Media
