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Features of your vehicle
(Continued)
• The wireless charging will stopwhen the vehicle is turned OFF. 
• The wireless charging will stop when the smart phone is not in
complete contact with the wireless
charging pad. 
• Items equipped with magnetic components such as credit card,
telephone card, bankbook or any-
transportation ticket may become
damaged during wireless charg-
ing.
• Place the smart phone on the cen- ter of the charge pad for best
results. The smart phone may not
charge when placed near the rim
of the charging pad. When the
smart phone does get charged, it
may heat up excessively. 
• For smart phones without built-in wireless charging system, an
appropriate accessory has to be
equipped in order to use the vehi-
cle's wireless charging system.  (Continued)(Continued)
• Smart phones of some manufac-
turers may display messages on
weak current. This is due to the
particular characteristic of the
smart phone and does not imply a
malfunction on wireless charging
function.
• The indicator light of some manu- facturers’ smart phones may still
be orange after the smart phone is
fully charged. This is due to the
particular characteristic of the
smart phone and not a malfunc-
tion of the wireless charging. 
• When any smart phone without a wireless charging function or a
metallic object is placed on the
charging pad, a small noise may
sound. This small sound is due to
the vehicle discerning compatibili-
ty of the object placed on the
charging pad. It does not affect
your vehicle or the smart phone in
any way. This device complies with part 15
of the FCC Rules
Operation is subject to the follow-
ing two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harm- ful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any inter- ference received, including inter-
ference that may cause unde-
sired operation. 

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Feature of Your Audio
Head unit
❈The actual image in the vehicle
may differ from the illustration. (1) 
LCD screen
 Tap the screen to select a button.
(2)  POWER/VOL  knob 
 Turn to adjust the volume.
 Press to turn the device on or off.
(3)  RADIO
 Start FM, AM.
(4) MEDIA
 Select USB(iPod
®), Bluetooth®
Wireless Technology(BT) Audio,
AUX or My Music.
 Display the media menu when two or more media are connected or when
the  [MEDIA] button is pressed in
media mode.
(5)  SEEK/TRACK
 Search for next station in radio mode.
 Change the current song in media mode. (6) 
PHONE
 Start 
Bluetooth®Wireless Technology
Phone mode.
(7)  SETUP
 Access  Display, Sound, Date/Time,
Bluetooth, System, Screen Saver
and Display Off settings.
(8)  TUNE knob 
 Turn to navigate through the sta- tions/songs list.
 Press to select an item. 

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Steering wheel remote control
❈The actual image in the vehicle
may differ from the illustration.
(1)  MUTE
 Mutes the audio.
 Mutes the microphone during a call.
(2)  MODE
 Press the button to change the mode in the following order: Radio
➟ Media.
 Press and hold the button to turn off. (3) 
VOLUME
 Press to adjust the volume.
(4)  UP/DOWN
 Press the button in radio mode to search Presets.
 Press and hold the button in radio mode to search frequencies.
 Press the button in media mode to change the current song. (except
AUX)
 Press and hold the button in media mode to quick search through
songs. (except 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology(BT) Audio and AUX)
(5)  CALL
 Pressing the button - If not in 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Handsfree mode or
receiving a phone call.
First press: Display Dial Number
screen.
Second press: Automatically dis-
play the most recently Dialed
Call number.
Third press: Dial the phone num-
ber entered. - Press in the Incoming Call notifi-
cation screen to accept the
phone call.
- Press in 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Handsfree mode to
switch to the waiting call.
 Pressing and holding the button (over 1.0 seconds)
- If not in 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Handsfree mode or
receiving a phone call, the most
recently Dialed Call number is
dialed.
- Press in 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Handsfree mode to
transfer the call to your cell
phone.
- Press in cell phone mode to switch to 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Handsfree mode.
(6)  END
 Press in 
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology Handsfree mode to
end the phone call.
 Press in the incoming call screen to reject the call. 

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Radio
You can listen to FM, AM radio.
(1) Band
Switch between FM and AM radio.
(2) Presets
Change the preset number on the
main screen.
(3) List
Display all available stations.
(4) Menu
Navigate to the menu screen.(5) Presets 1~40
Save or listen to favorite stations.
Switching between FM, AM
 Press the [RADIO]
button on the
audio system to switch between
FM and AM radio.
 Select [Band] on the screen to switch between FM and AM radio.
Searching stations
Searching stations by pressing the
[SEEK/TRACK] button on the prod-
uct.
< Presets >
By selecting [< Presets >], the but-
tons for Presets 1~40 displayed on
the screen can be changed.
Presets 1~40
Select the button to listen to a preset.
Press and hold the button number to
save the current station. If the slot is
empty, simply selecting saves the
station to the slot.
IconDescription
Bluetooth®
Wireless
Technology
audio streamingBluetooth®Wireless
Technology audio
streaming available
Downloading contactsDownloading contacts
through Bluetooth®
Wireless Technology
wireless communications
Downloading call historyDownloading call history
through Bluetooth®
Wireless Technology
wireless communications
Line busyPhone call in progress
Mute micMic muted during a call
(caller cannot hear your
voice)
Phone signal strength
Display the phone sig-
nal strength for a cell
phone connected by
Bluetooth®Wireless
Technology 
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A list of all available stations is dis-
played. Select the desired station.
Favorite stations can be saved to
[Presets] by selecting [+].
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List
A list of all available stations is dis-
played. Select the desired station.
Favorite stations can be saved to
[Presets] by selecting [+].
Menu
Select [Menu], and select the desired
function.
 Presets: Save up to 40 frequently
used stations.
To listen to a preset, select the
desired station.
Press and hold the desired slot
from 1 through 40. This saves the
current station in the selected slot.
If the slot is empty, simply selecting
saves the station to the slot.
 Scan: All stations available in the current location of the vehicle are
played for five seconds each.
 Information: View detailed station information.
 Sound Settings: Audio sound set- tings can be changed.
 Station Info: Set  whether to receive
station information such as Station
Name, Program Type or Information.Media
✽ ✽ NOTICE - Using MP3
Supported audio formats
✽ ✽ NOTICE
File formats other than the formats
above may not be recognized or
playable. Information such as file-
name may not be displayed.
Range of supported compressed file
types
1. Bitrate range (Kbps) 

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5122. Sampling frequency (Hz)
 The sound quality of MP3/WMA
compressed files may vary depend-
ing on the bitrate. (A higher bitrate
can have better sound quality.)
 The product only recognizes files with the MP3 or WMA extension.
Files without one of these exten-
sions are not recognized.
3. Number of recognizable folders and files
 Folders: 2,000 for USB
 Files: 6,000 for USB
 No recognition limit for folder hier- archies
4. Character display range (Unicode)
 Filenames: Up to 64 English char- acters (64 Korean characters)
 Foldernames: Up to 32 English characters (32 Korean characters) Languages supported (Unicode support)
 Korean: 2,604 characters
 English: 94 characters
 Common Chinese characters: 4,888
characters
 Special symbols: 986 characters
✽ ✽ NOTICE
Japanese/Simplified Chinese char-
acters are not supported.
✽ ✽NOTICE 
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Using the USB Devices
• Starting the vehicle while a USB
device is connected can damage
the device. Please disconnect USB
devices before starting the vehicle.
• Starting the vehicle or stopping the engine while an external USB
device is connected can result in
failure of the external USB device
to operate.
• Be cautious of static electricity when connecting/disconnecting
external USB devices.
• An encrypted MP3 player is not recognized when connected as an
external device.
• External USB devices may not be recognized, depending on the state
of the external USB device.
• Only products with byte/sectors formatted at 4 KB or lower are
recognized.
• Only USB devices in FAT12/16/32 format are recognized; NTFS and
ExFAT file systems are not recog-
nized.
• Some USB devices are not recog- nized due to compatibility issues. (Continued) 

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(Continued)
• Do not touch the USB connections.
• Connecting and disconnecting
USB devices rapidly over a short
period of time can cause equip-
ment failure.
• Abnormal sounds may be audible when the USB device is discon-
nected.
• Turn the audio off before connect- ing or disconnecting external USB
devices.
• Recognition may take longer depending on the type, capacity or
file format of the external USB
device. This is not a product mal-
function.
• Use of USB devices for purposes other than playing music files is
prohibited.
• Image display and video playback are not supported.
• Use of USB accessories, including charge and heat though the USB
I/F, can lead to reduced product
performance or malfunctions. Do
not use USB devices or accessories
for these purposes. (Continued)(Continued)
• Use of aftermarket USB hubs and
extension cables can result in the
vehicle’s audio system failing to rec-
ognize your USB device. Connect
the USB device directly to the mul-
timedia port of your vehicle.
• When using high-capacity USB devices with logical drive divi-
sions, only files saved on the high-
est level logical drive can be
played.
If applications are loaded on a
USB drive, file playback may fail.
• Some MP3 players, cell phones, digital cameras, etc. (USB devices
that are not recognized as mobile
storage) may not operate normally
when connected.
• USB charging may not be sup- ported by some mobile devices.
• Operation is guaranteed only for standard (Metal Cover Type) USB
Memory drives.
• Operation of HDD, CF, SD and memory stick devices is not guar-
anteed. (Continued)(Continued)
• DRM (Digital Rights Management)
files cannot be played.
• SD-type USB memory, CF-type USB memory, and other USB
memory devices that require
adapters for connection are not
supported.
• Proper operation of USB HDDs or USB drives with connectors that
loosen due to vehicle vibrations is
not guaranteed. (iStick, etc.)
• USB products that are used as key chains or
cell phone accessories
may damage the USB
jack and affect proper
file playback. Please refrain from
use. Use only products with plug
connectors, as shown in the follow-
ing illustration. 
• When MP3 devices or cell phones are connected simultaneously
through AUX, BT Audio and USB
modes, a popping noise or mal-
function may occur. 

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iPod®
(1) Repeat
Enable/disable repeat play.
(2) Shuffle
Enable/disable shuffle play.
(3) List
View a list of all songs.
(4) Menu
Navigate to the menu screen.
(5) Album Image
View song info. (6) Pause
Pause or play music.
(7) Playback progress
Select to skip to the desired location.
Playback
 Connect your iPod
®to the audio
USB port, press the [MEDIA] but-
ton, and select [iPod].
Changing songs
 Press the [SEEK/TRACK] button
to play the previous or next song.
 Press and hold the [SEEK/TRACK] button to rewind or fast forward the
currently playing song.
 Search songs by turning the TUNE knob, and press the knob to play.
Selecting songs from a list
Select [List] to see a list of songs
available for play.
Select and play the desired song. Repeat play
Select [Repeat] to enable or disable
‘Repeat category’, ‘Repeat current
song’ play.
 Repeat category: Repeat all
songs in the current category.
 Repeat current song: The cur- rently playing song is repeated.
Shuffle play
Select [Shuffle] to enable or disable
‘Shuffle category’ play.
 Shuffle category: Songs within the current category are played in
random order.
Menu
Select [Menu], and select the desired
function.
 Information: Detailed info on the currently playing song is displayed.
 Sound Settings: Audio sound set- tings can be changed.