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Notice
The following options are only
available, if RDS is set to On.
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 systemdisplays 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 .
Set RDS to On or Off.
Notice
If RDS is switched off, it will be
automatically switched on again when a radio station is changed (bysearch 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 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.
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Radio text
If the RDS function is activated and a
RDS station is currently received,
information about the current
programme and the music track
currently playing are displayed below
the programme name.
To show or hide the information, set
Radio text to On or Off.
TA volume
The volume of traffic announcements
(TA) can be preset. For a detailed
description 3 91.
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 TP.■ 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 91.
■ 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.
Blocking out traffic announcements
To block out a traffic announcement,
e.g. during CD/MP3 replay:Press TP or the multifunction knob to
confirm the cancelling message on
the display.
The traffic announcement is
cancelled, but the radio traffic service remains switched on.
Digital audio broadcasting
Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) is
an innovative and universal
broadcast system.
DAB stations are indicated by the programme name instead of the
broadcasting frequency.
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General information■ With DAB, several radio programmes (services) can be
broadcasted 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, reception
is 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 (a
phenomenon 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 Infotainmentsystem remains active in the
background and continually
searches for the best receivable FM stations. If TP 3 97 is activated,
traffic announcements of the FM
station which is currently best
receivable 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
settings .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
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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 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
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CD Player101CD PlayerGeneral information...................101
Usage ........................................ 102General information
The Infotainment system's CD player
can play audio CDs and MP3/
WMA CDs.
Important informationCaution
Under no circumstances place
single-CDs with a diameter of
8 cm or shaped CDs in the audio
player.
You must not put any stickers on
CDs. These discs can get jammed in the CD drive and ruin the player. Replacement of the device will
then be necessary.
■ The following CD formats can be used:
CD-ROM Mode 1 and Mode 2
CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1 and
Form 2
■ The following file formats can be used:
ISO 9660 Level 1, Level 2 (Romeo,Joliet)
MP3 and WMA files written in any
format other than listed above may
not play correctly and their file
names and folder names may not
be displayed correctly.
■ Audio CDs with copy protection, which are not in compliance with
the audio CD standard, may not
play correctly or not at all.
■ Self-recorded CD-Rs and CD-RWs
are more vulnerable to mishandling than prerecorded CDs. Correct
handling, especially in the case of
self-recorded CD-Rs and CD-RWs,
must be ensured (see below).
■ Self-recorded CD-Rs and CD-RWs
may not play correctly or not at all.
In such cases it is not the
equipment that is at fault.
■ On mixed mode CDs (audio tracks and compressed files, e.g. MP3,
are stored), the audio tracks part
and the compressed files part can
be played separately.
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■Avoid leaving fingerprints when you
change CDs.
■ Put CDs back in their sleeves immediately after removing them
from the CD player in order to
protect them from damage and dirt.
■ Dirt and liquids on CDs can smear the lens of the CD player inside thedevice and cause faults.
■ Protect CDs from heat and direct sunlight.
■ The following restrictions apply to MP3/WMA CDs:
Bit rate: 8 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s
Sampling frequency: 48 kHz,
44.1 kHz, 32 kHz (for MPEG-1) and
24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 16kHz (for
MPEG-2)
■ The following restrictions apply to the data stored on an MP3/
WMA CD:
Number of tracks: max. 999
Number of tracks per folder level:
max. 512
Folder structure depth: max.
10 levelsNotice
This chapter deals only with playing MP3 files since the operation for
MP3 and WMA files is identical.
When a CD with WMA files is loaded
MP3 related menus are displayed.
Usage
Starting CD replay Press CD once or several times to
open the CD or MP3 main menu.
If there is a CD in the CD player, CD
replay is started.
Depending on the data stored on the
audio CD or MP3 CD, differing
information about the CD and the
current music track will be shown on
the display.
Inserting a CD
Insert a CD with the printed side
facing up into the CD slot until it is
drawn in.
Notice
If a CD is inserted, 0 is shown on the
display.
Skipping to the next or previous
track
Briefly press s or u .
Fast forward or rewind
Press s or u and hold them
down to fast forward or fast rewind the
current track.
Selecting tracks using the audio
CD menu
Press the multifunction knob to open
the CD menu .
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Shuffle songs
To play all tracks in a random order:
set this function to On.
Notice
If this function is activated, 2 is
shown in the respective main menu.
Repeat
To repeatedly listen to a track: set this
function to On.
Notice
If this function is activated, 1 is
shown in the respective main menu.
Track list
To select a track on the CD: select
Track list and then select the desired
track.
Folders
To select a track from a folder: select
Folders . A list of the folders stored on
the CD is displayed.
Select one of the folders and then
select the desired track.
Notice
This menu item is only available if an MP3 CD is inserted.
Search...
To open a menu for track search and
selection: select Search....
Select one of the categories and then select the desired track.
Notice
This menu item is only available if an MP3 CD is inserted.
Removing a CD
Press d.
The CD is pushed out of the CD slot.If the CD is not removed after
ejection, it will be drawn back in again
automatically after a few seconds.
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Usage ........................................ 104General information
On the control panel of the
Infotainment system 3 84 , there is an
AUX input for the connection of
external audio sources.
It is possible, for example, to connect a portable CD player with a 3.5 mm
jack plug to the AUX input.
Notice
The socket must always be kept
clean and dry.
Usage
Press AUX once or several times to
activate the AUX mode.Turn m VOL of the Infotainment
system to adjust the volume.
All other functions can be operated
only via the control elements of the
audio source.