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1. AUDIO SYSTEM OPERATION 3. MEDIA OPERATION
Message Display conditions Corrective action
“No network – Please try again later”
Aha server may be down for maintenance Premium Audio System could not find a network connection The connection to the server was lost
Please check signal quality and try connecting to Aha later.
“Please reconnect mobile device”
Could not start a session between Premium Audio System and the phone.
Please disconnect and reconnect the phone.
“Plea se disconnect and restart” An unrecoverable error occurred during Aha session. Please disconnect and reconnect the phone.
“An error occurred communicating with the Aha client. Please disconnect the phone and restart this application”
An error occurred while the Premium Audio System was communicating with the phone.
Please disconnect and reconnect the phone.
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4. AUDIO REMOTE CONTROLS
D
Somefunctions of theaudio system
can be adjusted using the switches on
the stee ring wheel.
Availabil ity, a ctual design andbutton
pos ition may differ d epending on v ehicle
mo del or grade.
De tails of the specific sw itches, controls,
and features a re descr ibed below.
No.Switch
Volume control switch
“ ”switch
“MOD E”switch
Volum e co ntrolswi tch
Press the“+” side to in crease the volu me.
Th e vol ume continues to i ncreasewhile
the switch isbei ng pressed.
Press the “-”side todecrease the
volu me. The volum e continue s to
de crease while the switch isbeing
pr esse d. “
” “ ”
switch
Radio
To select apr eset statio n: Pr ess the
“ ”
or “ ”
switch.
To seek a ra dio statio n: Press andhold
the
“ ” or “ ”switch untilyouhear a b eep.
If you press either the
“ ” or “ ”switchin
seek mode, the s eek mo dewill be
ca ncelled.
aha
To select a de sired content : Press the
“ ” or “ ” switch.
iPod
To select ade sired so ng: Press the“ ”
or “ ” switch.
USB memory
To select adesir edfile: Press the
“ ” or
“ ”
switch.
Bluetoot h
®audio player
To select a d esiredtrack: Press the
“ ”
or “ ”
switch.
“MODE ”switch
Pres s the “MODE” switch t o select an
aud iomode. Each press changes the
mod e se quen
tial ly through the audio
sources re adytouse.
To turn the audio s ystem on, press the
“MODE”
sw itch.
Press and hold the “MODE”switch until
yo uhear a b eepand the mu sic wi llpause
or be muted. By the sameop erati on, the
mus icwill p lay or un-mute.
1
2
3
1.STEERING SWITCHES (IF EQUIPPED)
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5.AUDIO SETTINGS
SOUND SETTINGS
1Select from the top screen
of any of the active audio sources
(below example is from USB memory
playback) .
2Use the available buttons to adjust
the Equalizer (Treble, Mid, Bass) ,
Balance (L, R), Fade (Front,
Rear) , Equalizer (EQ ) or
Automatic Sound Levelizer (ASL) .
For more details about effect of
each setting, please see under
SETUP
( → P.103)and the Base
Display Audio owner’s manual.
Change the sound settings of the
Premium Audio System.
1.SOUND SETTINGS
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5. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
1. OPERATING INFORMATION
6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
NOTICE To avo id damaging the audio sy stem:
• Be careful not to spi ll beverages over
the au dio sy stem.
INFORMA TION
The use of a cellular p hone inside or
near the veh icle ma y cause a noise from t he
spe aker s of the au dio system which you
ar e li stening to. However, this do es not
in dic ate a malfu nct ion.
1. OPERATING INFORMATION
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5. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
iPod
App le is not responsible for the
operati on of this device or its co mpliance
wi th safety and regulatory stand ards.
Pl ease no te that the use of t his
ac cessory with i Pod or iPh one may aff ect
wireless p erform ance.
iPh one, iPod, iPod classic, i Pod n ano,
and i Pod touch are tradem arks of Apple
I nc., registere d in the U.S. and other
c ount ries. Ligh tning is a tra demark of
Ap ple I nc.
The Lightning connector work s with
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, i Phone 5S,
iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPod t ouch (5th
ge neratio n) and iPo d nano (7th
g enerati on).
The 30- pin connector works with
iPh one 4S, iPh one 4, i Phone 3GS,
i Ph one 3G , iPhone, iPod t ouch (1st
th rough 4 th generati on), iPo d class ic
(ex cept 5 th g ener ation), and i Pod n ano
(1s t, 3rd , 4t h, 5 th and 6 th gene ration).
COMPATIBLE MODELS
Most Apple devices are compatible with this
Premium Audio System.
De pending o n differe nces betw een models
or so ftware versions etc., some mo dels might
be incompatible with this system.
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5. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
FILE INFORMA TION CORR
ESPON DING BIT RATES
COMPATIBLE USB DEVICES Bit rate (kbps) U
S
B
i
n
terface formats
COMPATIBLE COMPR ESSED FILES
Item
CORRE SPO NDING S AMPLING
F REQUENCY
File type Frequency (kHz)
File type Bit rate (kbps)
MP3 files:
MPEG 1 LAYER 3 32 - 320
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF LAYER 3 8 - 160
WMA files:
Ver. 7, 8 CBR 48 - 192
WMA files:
Ver. 9 (9.1/9.2) CBR 48 – 320
AAC files:
MPEG4/AAC -LC 16 - 320
USB communication formats
USB 2.0 HS (480Mbps) and FS (12Mbps)
File formats FAT 16
FAT 32
Correspondence class Mass storage class
File type Bit rate (kbps)
Compatible file format MP3/WMA/AAC
Folders on the device Maximum 3000
Files on the device Maximum 9999
Files per folder Maximum 255
File type Bit rate (kbps)
MP3 files:
MPEG 1 LAYER 3 32/44.1/48
MP3 files:
MPEG 2 LSF LAYER 3 16/22.05/24
WMA files:
Ver. 7, 8, 9 (9.1/9.2) 32/44/1/48
AAC files:
MPEG4/AAC -LC
11.025/12/16/
22.05/24/32/
44.1/48
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6. TIPS FOR OPERATING THE AUDIO SYSTEM
MP 3 (MPE G Audio Layer 3), WMA
(W indow s Med ia Audio) and AAC
(A dvance d Aud io Cod ing) are a udio
compression stan dards.
This syste m can play MP3/WMA/AA C files
on USB memor y.
When na ming an MP3/WMA/ AAC file, add
an a ppropriate fil e extens ion
(.m p3/.wma /.m 4a).
Thi s sy stem p lays back file s
with
. mp3 /.wma /.m4a fi le ex tension s as
MP3/WMA/ AAC fi les re spective ly. To
pr event no ise and pla yback errors, use
t he
ap propri ate file ex tension.
MP 3 file s ar e compat ible wi th the ID3 Tag
Ver. 1.0, Ver. 1.1, Ver. 2.2 and Ver. 2 .3
fo rma ts. This syste m cannot di splay
Al bum title, track title an d artis t n am e in
ot her for mats.
W MA/AA C
files can co ntain a WMA /AAC
tag t hat is used in the same wa y as an ID3
t ag. WMA /AAC tags carry information
such as track title and artist n ame.
The e mphas is fun ction is available only
whe n playing MP3 /WM A files record ed at
32, 44.1 and 48 kHz.
This system can play back AAC files
en coded b y iTunes.
The sound qu ality of MP3/WM A files
generally i mproves with hi gher bit rates.
In ord er to achieve a reasonab le level o f
sound quality, files create d with a b it ra te
of at l east 128 kbps are rec ommende d.
MP3 i (MP 3 int eractive) and MP3PRO
form ats a re not compatible with the audio
p la yer.
Th e pla yer
is compatible w ith VBR
(V ariable Bit Rate).
When p laying b ack files recorded as VBR
(V ariab le B it Ra te) files, the play t ime will
not be correctly displayed if the fast
fo rwar d or re verse operation s ar e us ed.
It is not possible to check fo lders that do
not i nclude MP3/WMA /AAC files.
MP3 /WMA /AA C file s in fo lders up to 8
levels deep ca n be pl ayed. Howe ver, the
st ar t of playback may be delaye d when
t her e are n umerou s levels of fo lders. Fo r
this reason , we re commen d using no
more t han 2 leve ls o f fol ders.
Th e order c hanges depend ing on the
perso nal compute r an d MP3/WMA /AAC
e ncoding software you use.
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TERMS
ID3 TAG Thi s is a method o f emb eddin g track-
rel ated inf ormatio n in an MP3 file. This
emb edde d informat ion can i nclude the
tr ack title, the artist’s name, the album
t it le , the music genre, the year of
pro ducti on, commen ts, cover art and
ot her d ata. T he co ntents can be free ly
edited using sof tware wi th ID3 tag ed itin g
f uncti ons. A lthough the tags are re stricted
to t he number of ch aracters , the
inf orma tio n c an b e viewe d when th e track
is p layed back.
WMA TAG WM A files can contain a WMA tag t hat is
used in the same way as an ID3 ta g. WMA
ta gs carr y information such as track ti tle,
ar tis t n ame.
WMA WM A (Win dows Med ia Aud io) is an
aud io comp ression f orma t developed by
Microsoft
®. I t compres ses files int o a
si ze sma ller than t hat of MP3 fil es. The
decoding fo rmats for WMA file s are
Ver. 7, 8 and 9.
This product is pro tected by certain
intell ectual prop ert y rights of Microsoft
Corp oration and th ird p artie s. Use or
dist ribution of such t echnolog y outside of
th is produ ct is prohibi ted w ithout a license
fr om Micro soft or an authorized Mi crosoft
subsid iary and third part ies.
AAC AA C is sh ort for Advanced Audio Cod ing
and re fers to an au dio c ompressio n
t echno logy st andard u sed w ith MPEG 2
and MPEG4.
m3u
Play list s created u sing “WINAMP”
sof twar e have a pl aylis t file ex tensi on
(. m3u).
MP3
MP 3 is an audio compression stan dard
det ermi ned by a working group (MPEG ) of
the ISO (Intern ationa l Sta ndar d
Organ ization). MP 3 compresses aud io
dat a to about 1 /10 the size of t hat on
co nve ntiona l CDs.
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