2015 Lexus ES300h radio

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•Turn to adjust volume.
• Press to turn the audio system on/off.
• Press and hold to restart the audio system.
INFORMATION
● The radio automatically changes to stereo rece ption when a stereo broadcast is received.
No.Function

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1Tune in the desired station.
2Select “add new” .
zTo change the preset station to a different
one, select and hold the preset station.
3Select “Yes” on the confirmation screen.
4Select “OK” after setting the new preset
station.
1Select “Options” .
2Select “Station List” .
PRESETTING A STATION
Radio mode has a mix preset function,
which can store up to 36 stations (6 sta-
tions per page x 6 pages) from any of the
AM, FM or SAT bands.
INFORMATION
●The number of preset radio stations dis-
played on the screen can be changed.
(→ P. 2 4 6 )
SELECTING A STATION FROM
THE LIST
A station list can be displayed.

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3FM radio only: Select the desired pro-
gram type.
4Select the desired station and select
“OK”.
■REFRESHING THE STATION LIST
1Select “Refresh” on the “Station List”
screen and the following screen will be
displayed.
“Cancel Refresh” : Select to cancel the re-
fresh.
“Source” : Select to change to another au-
dio source while refreshing.
INFORMATION
● The audio system sound is muted during
refresh operation.
● In some situations, it may take some time
to update the station list.

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1Select on the right side of the screen.
2Select the desired cache radio opera-
tion button.CACHING A RADIO
PROGRAM
A radio program can be cached and
played back in a time-shifted manner.
PLAYING BACK THE CACHE
MANUALLY
The broadcast cached in the program
cache can be played back manually.
No.Function
Hides the cache operation buttons
Select: Skips backward 2 minutes
Select and hold: Fast rewinds contin-
uously
Returns to the live radio broadcast
Pauses the playback (To restart, se-
lect )
Select: Skips forward 2 minutes
Select and hold: Fast forwards con-
tinuously
Red vertical bar: Shows what portion
of the cached broadcast is currently
playing
Light blue bar: Shows time in which
cache writing is in progress

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AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK OF
THE CACHE
If the radio broadcast is interrupted by
another audio output, such as an
incoming phone call, the system will
automatically cache the interrupted
portion and perform time-shift playback
when the interruption ends. To manually
operate the cache operation: ( →P.186)
INFORMATION
●The system can store up to 15 minutes.
Cached data will be erased when the
radio mode or station is changed or when
the audio system is turned off.
● If noise or silence occurs during the cach-
ing process, cache writing will continue,
with the noise or silence recorded as is. In
this case, the cached broadcast will con-
tain the noise or silence when played
back.
RADIO BROADCAST DATA
SYSTEM
This audio system is equipped with Ra-
dio Broadcast Data Systems (RBDS).
RBDS mode allows text messages to be
received from radio stations that utilize
RBDS transmitters.
When RBDS is on, the radio can
— only select stations of a particular pro-
gram type,
— display messages from radio stations,
— search for a stronger signal station.
RBDS features are available only when
listening to an FM station that
broadcasts RBDS information and the
“FM Info” indicator is on.

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1Select “Options” .
2Select “TYPE ” or “ TYPE” to move
forward and backward through the pro-
gram list.
z Once a program type has been set, “TYPE
SEEK” will appear on the screen.
z The program list is in the following order:
• “Classical”
•“Country”
• “EasyLis” (Easy Listening)
• “Inform” (Information)
•“Jazz”
•“News”
•“Oldies”
•“Other”
•“Pop Music”
•“Religion”
•“Rock”
• “R&B” (Rhythm and Blues)
•“Sports”
•“Talk”
• “Traffic” (Not available when “HD Radio”
indicator is off.)
• “Alert” (Emergency Alert)
3Select “TYPE SEEK” and the system
will start to seek for stations in the rele-
vant program type.
SELECTING A DESIRED
PROGRAM TYPE
INFORMATION
● If no relevant program can be found, “no
type” will appear on the screen.

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1Select “Options” .
2Select “Traffic” to seek a traffic program
station. “TRAF SEEK” will appear on the
screen.
TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENT
(FM RADIO)
A station that regularly broadcasts traf-
fic information is automatically located.
INFORMATION
● If no traffic program station is found, “No
Traffic” will appear on the screen.
● If a traffic program station is found, the
name of the traffic program station will be
displayed for a while.
USING HD Radio ™

TECHNOLOGY
HD Radio ™
Technology is the digital
evolution of analog AM/FM radio. Your
radio product has a special receiver
which allows it to receive digital broad-
casts (where available) in addition to the
analog broadcasts it already receives.
Digital broadcasts have better sound
quality than analog broadcasts as digital
broadcasts provide free, crystal clear
audio with no static or distortion. For
more information, and a guide to avail-
able radio stations and programming,
refer to www.hdradio.com
.
HD Radio features included in Lexus
radios:
z Digital Sound  HD Radio broadcasts
deliver crystal-clear, digital audio quality
to listeners.
z HD2 /HD3 Channels  FM stations can
provide additional digital only audio pro-
gramming with expanded content and
format choices on HD2 /HD3 channels.
z PSD  Program Service Data (PSD)
gives you on-screen information such as
artist name and song title.
z iTunes Tagging  Listeners can tag
(store) songs they like for later review and
purchase through iTunes.
z Artist Experience  Images related to
the broadcast are displayed on the radio
screen, such as album cover art and sta-
tion logos.

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1Select the “HD)” logo.
2Select the desired channel.
zTu r n i n g t h e “TUNE·SCROLL” knob can
also select the desired multicast channel.
HD Radio Technology manufactured
under license from iBiquity Digital
Corporation. U.S. and Foreign Patents.
HD Radio ™
and the HD, HD Radio, and
“Arc” logos are proprietary trademarks
of iBiquity Digital Corp.
AVAILABLE HD Radio ™

TECHNOLOGY
MULTICAST
On the FM radio frequency most digital
stations have “multiple” or supplemental
programs on one FM station.