2015 Lexus IS250 radio

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■CONTROL PANEL

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No.Function
Select to display the audio source selection screen.
Select to display HD) multicast channels available.
Select to display the cache radio operation buttons.
Select to display the audio setting screen.
Select to display the sound setting screen.
Select to display the option screen.
Select to store artist and song title information.
•Select to turn HD Radio mode on/off.
When the “HD Radio” indicator is off, the station list shows only analog broadcasts.
Select to scan for receivable stations.
Select to tune to preset stations/channels.
Select to change the page of preset buttons.
Select to display text messages.
Select to display a list of receivable stations.
Select to seek a receivable st ation of the selected category.
Select to select a program type/channel category.
FM only: Select to display traffic messages.
Analog FM only: Select to display RBDS text messages.
•Turn to step up/down frequencies.
• Turn to move up/down the list.
Cache radio only: Press to turn mute on/off.
•Press to select a preset station.
• Press and hold to seek for a station.
•Press to select a radio mode.
• While in a radio mode, pressing the “RADIO” button changes radio modes.

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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 2 )
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
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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.