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Radio73RadioUsage.......................................... 73
Station search .............................. 73
Autostore lists .............................. 74
Favourite lists ............................... 75
Waveband menus ........................75
Radio data system (RDS) ............77
Digital audio broadcasting ...........79Usage
Activating the radio
Press RADIO to open the radio main
menu.
The station last played will be
received.
Selecting the waveband
Press RADIO once or several times to
select the desired waveband.
The station last played in that
waveband will be received.
Station search Automatic station search
Briefly press s or u to play the
next station in the station memory.
Manual station search
Press and hold s or u . Release
when the required frequency has
almost been reached on the
frequency display.
A search is made for the next station
that can be received and it is played
automatically.
Notice
Manual station search: If the radio
does not find a station, it switches
automatically to a more sensitive
search level. If it still does not find a
station, the frequency that was last
active is set again.
Notice
FM waveband: when the RDS
function is activated, only RDS
stations 3 77 are searched for, and
when the radio traffic service (TP) is activated, only traffic service
stations 3 77 are searched for.
Manual station tuning In the radio main menu, press
MENU-TUNE to open the respective
waveband menu and select manual tuning.
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On the pop-up frequency display, turn
MENU-TUNE and set the optimal
reception frequency.
Autostore listsThe stations received best in a
waveband can be searched for and
stored automatically via the autostore
function.
Each waveband has 2 autostore lists
( AS-Stations 1 , AS-Stations 2 ), in
each of which 6 stations can be
stored.
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Automatic station storing
Press and hold FAV 1-2-3 pressed
until an autostore message is
displayed. The 12 strongest stations
in the current waveband will be stored
in the 2 autostore lists.
To cancel the autostore procedure,
press MENU-TUNE .
Storing stations manually
Stations can also be stored manually
in the autostore lists.
Set the station to be stored.
Briefly press FAV 1-2-3 once or
several times to switch to the desired
list.
To store the station in a list position:
press the corresponding station
button 1... 6 until a confirmation
message is displayed.
Notice
Manually stored stations are
overwritten in an automatic station storing process.Notice
To operate this function, the AS-
Stations function must be activated
(see below).
Retrieving a station
Briefly press FAV 1-2-3 once or
several times to switch to the desired
list.
Briefly press one of the station
buttons 1... 6 to open the station at the
corresponding list position.
Notice
To operate this function, the AS-
Stations function must be activated
(see below).
Activating the autostore stations
function
Press CONFIG to open the Settings
menu.
Select Radio settings and then AS-
Stations to open the respective menu.
Set the autostore stations for the
respective waveband to On.
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Stations of all wavebands can be
stored manually in the favourite lists.
6 stations can be stored in each
favourite list. The number of available favourite lists can be set (see below).
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Storing a station Set the station to be stored.
Briefly press FAV 1-2-3 once or
several times to switch to the desired
list.
To store the station in a list position:
press the corresponding station
button 1... 6 until a confirmation
message is displayed.
Retrieving a station
Briefly press FAV 1-2-3 once or
several times to switch to the desired
list.
Briefly press one of the station
buttons 1... 6 to open the station at the
corresponding list position.
Defining the number of available favourite lists
Press CONFIG to open the Settings
menu.
Select Radio settings and then Radio
favourites to open the menu Max.
number of favourites pages .
Select the desired number of
available favourite lists.
Waveband menus
Alternative facilities for station
selection are available via waveband
specific menus.
Notice
The following displays are shown as examples.
Stations lists When in a radio main menu, turn
MENU-TUNE to open the stations list
of the respective waveband.
The receivable radio stations in the
current reception area are displayed.
Notice
If no station list has been created
beforehand, the Infotainment
system performs an automatic
station search.
Select the desired station.
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Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Updating the stations lists
When in a radio main menu, press
MENU-TUNE to open the relevant
waveband menu.
If the stations stored in the waveband-
specific station list can no longer be
received:
Select the respective menu item to
update the station list in the
respective waveband menu, e.g.
Update FM station list .
A station search is started. Once the
search is completed, the station last
received will be played.
To cancel the station search: press
MENU-TUNE .
Notice
If the Infotainment system features a
dual tuner, the stations lists are
continuously updated in the
background. No manual update is
required.Notice
If a waveband-specific station list is
updated, the corresponding
category list is also updated.
Favourites list
While in a radio main menu, press
MENU-TUNE to open the relevant
waveband menu.
Select Favourites list . All stations
saved in the favourite lists are
displayed.
Select the desired station.
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Category lists
Numerous radio stations broadcast a
PTY code, which specifies the type of programme transmitted (e.g. news).
Some stations also change the PTY
code depending on the content
currently being transmitted.
The Infotainment system stores these stations, sorted by programme type,
in the corresponding category list.
To search for a programme type
determined by station: select the
waveband specific category list
option.
A list of programme types currently
available is displayed.
Select the desired programme type.
A list of stations is displayed that
transmit a programme of the selected
type.
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Select the desired station.
The category list is updated, too,
when the corresponding waveband
specific station list is updated.
Notice
The currently received station is marked by i.
DAB announcements
Besides their music programmes,
numerous DAB stations 3 79
broadcast various announcement
categories.
The currently received DAB service (programme) is interrupted when any
announcement of previously
activated categories is pending.
Activating announcement categories
When in the DAB menu, select DAB
announcements to display the
respective menu.Activate the desired announcement
categories.
Several announcement categories
can be selected at the same time.
Notice
DAB announcements can only be
received if the DAB waveband is
activated.
Radio data system (RDS)
RDS is a service of FM stations that considerably facilitates the finding of
the desired station and its fault-free
reception.
Advantages of RDS
■ On the display, the programme name of the set station appears
instead of its frequency.
■ During a station search, the Infotainment system tunes in to
RDS stations only.
■ The Infotainment system always tunes into the best receivable
broadcasting frequency of the set
station by means of AF (Alternative Frequency).
■ Depending on the station that is received, the Infotainment system
displays radio text that can contain
e.g. information about the current
programme.
Configuring RDS Press CONFIG to open the Settings
menu.
Select Radio settings and then RDS
options .
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Set the option RDS to On or Off.
Notice
If RDS is switched off, it will be
automatically switched on again when a radio station is changed (by
search function or preset button).
Notice
The following options are only
available, if RDS is set to On.
RDS options
Switching regionalisation on and off
At certain times, some RDS stations
broadcast regionally different
programmes on different frequencies.
Set the option Regional to On or Off.
If regionalisation is switched on, only alternative frequencies (AF) with the
same regional programmes are
selected.
If regionalisation is switched off,
alternative frequencies of the stations
are selected without regard to
regional programmes.
RDS scrolling text
Some RDS stations hide the
programme name in the display line
in order to display additional
information.
To prevent additional information
being displayed:
Set Text scroll freeze to On.
TA volume
The volume of traffic announcements
(TA) can be preset. For a detailed
description 3 71.
Radio traffic service
(TP = Traffic Programme)
Radio traffic service stations are RDS stations that broadcast traffic news.
Switching the radio traffic service on
and off
To switch the traffic announcement
standby facility of the Infotainment
system on and off:Press the TP button.
■ If the radio traffic service is switched on, [ ] is displayed in the
radio main menu.
■ Only radio traffic service stations are received.
■ If the current station is not a radio traffic service station, a search is
started automatically for the next
radio traffic service station.
■ If a radio traffic service station has been found, [TP] is displayed in the
radio main menu.
■ Traffic announcements are played at the preset TA volume 3 71.
■ If the radio traffic service is switched on, CD/MP3 replay is
interrupted for the duration of the
traffic announcement.
Listening to traffic announcements only
Switch on the radio traffic service and
completely turn down the volume of
the Infotainment system.
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Blocking out traffic announcements
To block out a traffic announcement,
e.g. during CD/MP3 replay:
Press the TP button or the
MENU-TUNE knob to confirm the
cancelling message on the display.
The traffic announcement is
cancelled, but the radio traffic service
remains switched on.
Digital audio broadcastingDigital audio broadcasting (DAB) is
an innovative and universal
broadcast system.
DAB stations are indicated by the
programme name instead of the
broadcasting frequency.General information
■ With DAB, several radio programmes (services) can bebroadcasted on a single frequency
(ensemble).
■ Besides high-quality digital audio services, DAB is also able to
transmit programme-associated
data and a multitude of other data
services including travel and traffic
information.
■ As long as a given DAB receiver can pick up the signal sent out by a
broadcasting station (even if the signal is very weak), sound
reproduction is ensured.
■ There is no fading (weakening of the sound that is typical of AM orFM reception). The DAB signal is
reproduced at a constant volume.
■ If the DAB signal is too weak to be picked up by the receiver, receptionis interrupted completely. This
incident can be avoided by
activating Auto ensemble linking
and/or Auto linking DAB-FM in the
DAB settings menu.■ Interference caused by stations that are on nearby frequencies (aphenomenon that is typical of AM
and FM reception) does not occur with DAB.
■ If the DAB signal is reflected by natural obstacles or buildings, the
reception quality of DAB is
improved, whereas AM or FM
reception is considerably impaired in such cases.
■ When DAB reception is enabled, the FM tuner of the Infotainment
system remains active in the
background and continually
searches for the best receivable FM stations. If TP 3 77 is activated,
traffic announcements of the FM station with the strongest signal are
issued. Deactivate TP, if DAB
reception should not be interrupted
by FM traffic announcements.
Configuring DAB Press CONFIG .
Select Radio settings and then DAB
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The following options are available in
the configuration menu:
Auto ensemble linking
With this function activated, the
device switches over to the same
service (programme) on another DAB ensemble (frequency) when the DAB
signal is too weak to be picked up by
the receiver.
Set the function to On or Off.
Auto linking DAB-FM
With this function activated, the
device switches over to a
corresponding FM station of the
active DAB service when the DAB
signal is too weak to be picked up by
the receiver.
Set the function to On or Off.
Dynamic audio adaption
With this function activated, the
dynamic range of the DAB signal is
reduced. That means the level of the
loud sounds is reduced and the level
of the quiet sounds is increased.
Therefore, the volume of the
Infotainment system can be raised to
a point where the quiet sounds are
audible, without the loud sounds
being too loud.
Set the function to On or Off.
Band selection
Select the menu item Band selection
to display the respective menu.
To define which DAB wavebands are
to be received by the Infotainment
system, activate one of the options:
L-Band : 1452 - 1492 MHz, earth and
satellite radio
Band III : 174 - 240 MHz, earth radio
Both