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Your vehicle's audio system has an
internal disc player. To operate the
disc player, the ignition switch must
be in the ACCESSORY (I) or the ON
(II) position.
The disc player can play these disc
formats:●CD (CD-DA)●CD-R/RW (MP3, WMA, AAC)●DVD-A●DVD-R/RW
The disc packages or jackets should
have one of these marks.
The disc player can also play MP3,
WMA, or AAC format that saved on
CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW (see page
241).
NOTE:
If a file on an MP3, WMA, or ACC
disk is protected by digital rights
management (DRM), the audio
system skips to the next file.
DVD-A discs not meeting DVD
verification standards may not be
playable.
Some CD-DA and CD-ROM mixed
discs are not playable.On models without Rear
Entertainment SystemVideo CDs and DVD-V format discs
will not work in this unit.
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It is possible to select up to 999 files
for inclusion in CD-Rs and CD-RWs,
and up to 3,500 files for inclusion in
DVD-Rs and DVD-RWs.Do not use discs with adhesive labels.
The label can curl up and cause the disc
to jam in the unit.Manufactured under license under
U.S. Patent’s: 5,451,942; 5,956,674;
5,974,380; 5,978,762; 6,487,535 &
other U.S. and worldwide patents
issued & pending. DTS and DTS
Digital Surround are registered
trademarks and the DTS logos and
Symbol are trademarks of DTS, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. Reverse
engineering or disassembly is
prohibited.To Load a Disc
Insert a disc about halfway into the
disc slot. The drive will pull the disc
in the rest of the way to play it. You
operate the disc player with the same
controls used for the radio. The
number of the current track is shown
in the display. When playing a disc in
MP3, WMA or AAC, the numbers of
the current folder and file are shown.
The system will continuously play a
disc until you change modes.
For information on how to handle
and protect compact discs, see page
247.To Play a Disc
Select the disc player by pressing the
DISC button. The system will begin
playing the last selected track in the
disc. You will see the current track
position highlighted.
Title information will be displayed by
a list when the information is found
in the Gracenote
ᤎAlbum Info
(Gracenote
ᤎMedia Database) on the
built-in hard disk drive. When you
play a CD recorded with text data,
you will see the genre, artist name,
album and track name on the screen.
When you play MP3/WMA/AAC
discs, you will see the genre, artist
name, album name and track name
on the screen. If the disc was not
recorded with this information, it will
not be displayed.
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Each time you press the TITLE
button, the audio display changes
from artist name to album name, to
track name and then to normal
display that shows the track number
and the elapsed time. When playing a
disc in MP3/WMA/AAC, the display
mode changes from folder name, to
file name, to artist tag, to album tag,
to track tag, and then to normal
display.To Change Tracks
Each time you press and release the
side of the skip button, the
player skips forward to the beginning
of the next track. Press and release
the
side of the skip button to
skip backward to the beginning of
the current track. Press the
side
again to skip to the previous track.
To move rapidly within a track, press
and hold either side of the skip
button.
When you insert a CD for the first
time, the system automatically starts
recording to the hard disc. For
information on recording from music
CDs, see page 253.To Choose a Track
You can also choose a track directly
from a track list. If there are no track
names, you will see‘‘No Title’’
displayed. Turn the interface dial to
select the desired track, then press
ENTER on the interface selector.
TRACK LIST
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Track RepeatTo replay the current track
continuously, push the interface
selector down while playing a disc.
Turn the interface dial to select
Repeat on the AUDIO MENU, and
press ENTER on the interface
selector. Turn the interface dial to
select the Repeat icon, and press
ENTER on the interface selector.To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector.Random Play
This feature plays the tracks within a
disc in random order. When playing
MP3, WMA or AAC format discs, all
the tracks within the disc are played
in random order, regardless of the
configuration of the folder.
Push the interface selector down
while playing a disc. Turn the
interface dial to select Random on
the AUDIO MENU, and press
ENTER on the interface selector.
TRACK REPEAT INDICATOR
TRACK REPEAT ICON REPEAT OFF ICON
RANDOM OFF ICON
TRACK RANDOM ICON TRACK RANDOM INDICATOR
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Turn the interface dial to select the
track random icon, and press ENTER
on the interface selector.
To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector.Track Scan
The scan function samples all tracks
on the disc in the order they are
recorded on the disc.
To activate scan, press the SCAN
button, or push the interface selector
down while playing a disc. Turn the
interface dial to select Scan on the
AUDIO MENU, and press ENTER
on the interface selector.Turn the interface dial to select the
Scan icon, and press ENTER on the
interface selector. You will hear a 10-
second sampling of each track on the
disc. When you return to disc mode,
the disc will begin playing from
where it left off.
To turn this feature off, press the
SCAN button again, or turn the
interface dial to select the OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector. The system begins to play
the last track sampled.
SCAN ICON
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To Stop Playing a Disc
To take the system out of disc mode,
press the AM/FM button, thebutton, or the HDD button. To return
to disc mode, press the DISC button.
If you turn the system off while a disc
is playing, either with the VOL/knob or the ignition switch, the disc
will stay in the drive. When you turn
the system back on, the disc will
begin playing where it left off.Playing an MP3/WMA/AAC Disc
This audio system plays CD-ROM,
CD-R/RW, DVD-ROM, and
DVD-R/RW compressed in MP3,
WMA, or AAC formats. You can
select up to 255 folders or tracks.
Disc
Maximum
folders
ᤳ
Maximum
FilesMaximum
layers
ᤳ
CD-ROM
CD-R
CD-RW255 999 8
DVD-ROM
DVD-R
DVD-RW255 3500 8ᤳIncluding Root folder
NOTE:
Combining a low sampling frequency
with a low bitrate may result in
extremely degraded sound quality.
To play an MP3/WMA/AAC disc,
use the disc controls previously
described, along with the following
information.Depending on the software the files
were made with, it may not be
possible to play some files, or display
some text data.
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Changing the Folders
While playing an MP3/WMA/AAC
disc, you can select a folder within
the disc by pressing either side of
the category button. Each time you
press either side of the button, the
folder title and its first file's
information appear on the audio
display and on the navigation screen
in hierarchical order of the folders
which contain files within the disc.
Changing and Selecting the Folders/
FilesUsing the interface selector, you can
see the list of all the folders within a
disc. While playing an MP3/WMA/
AAC disc, push the interface selector
up. The folder list in the currently
playing disc will appear on the
screen.
If the root folder has some additional
folders in the lower layer, they will
be listed on the screen.
Select a desired folder by turning the
interface dial, then press ENTER.
The display returns to normal play,
and the first track in the selected
folder begins to play.
To change a file, turn the interface
dial to select a desired file, then
press ENTER.
FOLDER LIST
TRACK LIST
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Folder RepeatThis feature, when activated, replays
all files in the selected folder in the
order they are compressed. To
activate folder repeat play, push the
interface selector down while playing
a disc. Turn the interface dial to
select Repeat on the AUDIO MENU,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector. Turn the interface dial to
select the folder repeat icon, and
press ENTER on the interface
selector.To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector.Folder Random
This feature, when activated, plays all
files in the current folder in random
order. To activate folder random
play, push the interface selector
down while playing a disc. Turn the
interface dial to select Random on
the AUDIO MENU, and press
ENTER on the interface selector.
Turn the interface dial to select the
folder random icon, and press
ENTER on the interface selector.
FOLDER REPEAT INDICATOR
FOLDER REPEAT ICONREPEAT OFF ICON
FOLDER RANDOM INDICATOR
FOLDER RANDOM ICON
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To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector.File Scan
This feature samples all files in the
selected folder in the order they are
stored. To activate this feature, press
the SCAN button. You can also select
the SCAN icon with the interface
dial. Push the selector down, turn the
dial to select Scan on the AUDIO
MENU, then press ENTER. Turn the
dial to select the scan icon, then
press ENTER.The system begins to play a file for
about 10 seconds, and continues to
sample the remaining files.
To turn this feature off, press the
SCAN button again, or select the
OFF icon by turning the dial, then
press ENTER.
FOLDER SCAN ICON
SCAN OFF ICON
FILE SCAN ICON
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Folder Scan
This feature, when activated, samples
the first file of each folder for 10
seconds. To scan a folder, press the
SCAN button. Or, push the interface
selector down while playing a disc.
Turn the interface dial to select Scan
on the AUDIO MENU, and press
ENTER on the interface selector.
Turn the interface dial to select the
folder scan icon, and press ENTER
on the interface selector.
The system plays the first file in the
first folder for about 10 seconds. If
you do nothing, the system will then
play the first files in the next folders
for 10 seconds. After playing the first
file of the last folder, the system
plays normally.To turn this feature off, turn the
interface dial to select the OFF icon,
and press ENTER on the interface
selector. The last track sampled
begins to play.
NOTE:
When playing MP3, WMA or AAC
format disc, each time you press the
SCAN button, the system changes in
the following sequence: ScanᤫScan
first track in folderᤫOFFᤫScan.
Removing Discs from the Disc
Player
To remove the disc, press the eject
(
) button.
If you do not remove the disc from
the slot, the system will reload the
disc after 10 seconds. The disc starts
playing automatically.
Playing a DVD-A Disc
Use the disc controls previously
described.
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