2015 Lexus IS250 Navigation Manual

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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
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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. 185)
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-
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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.
1Select “Tag” to bookmark the music in-
formation.
2Connect an iPod. ( →P. 173)
zTurn on the power of the iPod if it is not
turned on.
z Once an iPod is connected, the music tag
moves from the radio into the iPod.
z When the iPod is connected to iTunes, the
“tagged” information of the songs which
were tagged while listening to the radio can
be viewed. Then a user may decide to pur-
chase the song or CD/Album which had
been listened to on their radio.
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.
PRESERVING A MUSIC
INFORMATION
Tag information in the music broadcast-
ing is preserved in the system and trans-
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INFORMATION
●The tag information can not be preserved
while scanning or caching the radio sta-
tion.
● If tagging the music information fails,
“Saving the HD Radio tag failed.” will be
displayed on the screen. If this occurs, tag
the information again.
● HD Radio™ stations can be preset.
● An orange “HD)” logo indicator will be
displayed on the screen when in digital.
The “HD)” logo will first appear in a gray
color indicating the station is indeed (an
analog and) a digital station. Once the
digital signal is acquired, the logo will
change to a bright orange color.
● The song title, artist name and music
genre will appear on the screen when
available by the radio station. In addition,
radios stations may send album cover
pictures when available.
● As a user works through the analog radio
stations, (where applicable) the radio
receiver will automatically tune from an
analog signal to a digital signal within 5
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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
ExperienceCauseAction
Mismatch of time align-
ment- a user may hear a
short period of program-
ming replayed or an echo,
stutter or skip.The radio stations analog
and digital volume is not
properly aligned or the sta-
tion is in ballgame mode.
None, radio broadcast issue. A
user can contact the radio station.
Sound fades, blending in
and out.Radio is shifting between
analog and digital audio.
Reception issue, may clear-up as
the vehicle continues to be driven.
Turning the indicator of the “HD
Radio” button off can force radio in
an analog audio.
Audio mute condition
when an HD2/HD3 multi-
cast channel had been play-
ing.The radio does not have ac-
cess to digital signals at the
moment.This is normal behavior, wait until
the digital signal returns. If out of
the coverage area, seek a new sta-
tion.
Audio mute delay when se-
lecting an HD2/HD3 mul-
ticast channel preset.
The digital multicast con-
tent is not available until HD
Radio™ broadcast can be
decoded and make the au-
dio available. This takes up
to 7 seconds.
This is normal behavior, wait for the
audio to become available.
Text information does not
match the present song au-
dio.Data service issue by the
radio broadcaster.Broadcaster should be notified.
Complete the form;
www.ibiquity.com/automotive/
report_radio_station_experiences.
No text information shown
for the present selected fre-
quency.Data service issue by the
radio broadcaster.Broadcaster should be notified.
Complete the form;
www.ibiquity.com/automotive/
report_radio_station_experiences.