CD player Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2012 Owner handbook (in English)

Possible error messages
If the CD loaded cannot be read (e.g. a CD
ROM has been inserted or the CD is insert-
ed the wrong way round or there is read-
ing error) the display will show the words
“CD Disc error”.
The CD will then be ejected and the audio
source activated prior to the CD mode selec-
tion will be heard.
With an external audio source activated (TA,
ALARM or Phone), the CD that cannot be
read will be not be ejected until these func-
tions have ended. At the end, with the CD
mode activated, the display will show the
words “CD Disc error” for a few seconds and
then the CD will be ejected.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
When the CD player is working, the display
will show the following information:
❍“CD Track 5”: indicating the number of
the CD track;
❍“03:42”: indicating the time elapsed
since the start of the track (if the rele-
vant Menu function is activated).
TRACK SELECTION
(forward/back)
Briefly press the button to play the pre-
vious CD track and the
button to play the
next track. The tracks are selected cyclical-
ly: the first track is selected after the last
track and vice versa.
If the track has been playing for more than
3 seconds, pressing
will cause the track
to start again from the beginning. In this
case, if you want to play the previous track,
press the button twice consecutively.
TRACK FAST FORWARD/
REWIND
Keep the button pressed down to fast for-
ward the selected track and keep the
but-
ton pressed down to fast rewind the track.
The fast forward/rewind will stop once the
button is released.
PAUSE FUNCTION
To pause the CD player, press the MUTE but-
ton. The words “CD Pause” will appear on
the display.
To resume listening to the track, press the
MUTE button again.
If another audio source is selected, the pause
function is turned off.
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the variants regard-
ing the operation of the MP3 CD player: as
far as the operation of the radio is con-
cerned, refer to the description in the “Func-
tions and Adjustments” and “CD player”
chapters.
NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding technol-
ogy licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thom-
son multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In addition to playing normal audio CDs, the
car radio is also capable of playing CD-ROMs
on which MP3 format compressed audio files
are recorded. The radio functions as de-
scribed in the “CD Player” chapter when an
ordinary audio CD is inserted.
The use of good quality media mastered at
the slowest possible speeds is recommend-
ed for optimum quality.
The files on the MP3 CD are in folders, with
sequential lists of all the folders containing
MP3 tracks (folders and sub-folders are all dis-
played on the same level) and folders that do
not contain MP3 tracks cannot be selected.The operating conditions and specifications
for playing MP3 files are as follows:
❍the CD-ROMs used must be mastered in
compliance with the ISO9660 Standard;
❍the music files must have an “.mp3”
extension: files with a different exten-
sion cannot be played;
❍the following sampling frequencies can
be played: 44.1 kHz, stereo (96 to 320
kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz, mono or stereo
(32 to 80 kbit/s);
❍tracks with variable bit-rates can also be
played.
IMPORTANT The names of tracks must not
contain the following characters: spaces, ‘
(apostrophes), (and) (open and close brack-
ets). When an MP3 CD is being burned
make sure that the file names do not con-
tain these characters; otherwise, the car ra-
dio will not be able to play those tracks.
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SELECTING MP3 SESSIONS ON
HYBRID DISCS
If a hybrid disc is inserted (Mixed Mode, En-
hanced, CD-Extra) also containing MP3 files,
the radio automatically starts playing the au-
dio session. It is possible to move to the
MP3 session whilst playing by keeping the
MEDIA button pressed for more than 2 sec-
onds.
IMPORTANT When the function is activated
the radio may take a few seconds to start
playback. Whilst checking the disc the dis-
play will show “CD READING”; if no MP3
files are detected, the radio will resume play-
ing the audio session from the point where
it was interrupted.
DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-tag information display
In addition to the information relating to the
time elapsed, the name of the folder and the
name of the file, the car radio is also capa-
ble of display ID3-TAG information relating
to the Track title, Artist and Author.
The name of the MP3 folder shown on the
display corresponds to the name with which
the folder was stored on the CD, followed
by an asterisk.
Example of a complete MP3 folder name:
BEST OF *.
If you wish to display ID3-TAG information
(Title, Artist, Album) and this information
has not been recorded for the track played,
the information will be replaced by informa-
tion relating to the name of the file.
SELECT NEXT/PREVIOUS
FOLDER
Pressto select the next folder or to
select the previous folder. The display will
show the number and the name of the fold-
er (e.g. “DIR 2 XXXXXX”).
XXXXXX: name of the folder (the display
will only show the first 12 characters).
The folders are selected cyclically: the first
folder is selected after the last folder and
vice versa.
If no other folder/track is selected during
the next 2 seconds, the first track contained
in the new folder will be played.
If the last track on the folder currently se-
lected is being played, the next folder will
be played.
STRUCTURE OF THE FOLDERS
The car radio with MP3 player:
❍only recognises those folders that effec-
tively contain MP3 format files
❍if the MP3 files on a CD-ROM are struc-
tured in “sub-folders”, their structure is
compressed to a single level structure
where the “sub-folders” are at the level
of the main folders.
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TROUBLESHOOTING
GENERAL
Sound volume low
The Fader function should be adjusted to “F”
(front) values to prevent the reduction of ra-
dio output power and the cancelling of the
volume if the Fader level adjustment is R+9.
Source cannot be selected
Nothing has been loaded. Load the CD or
MP3 CD to be played.
CD PLAYER
The CD does not play
The CD is dirty. Clean the CD.
The CD is scratched. Try and use another CD.
The CD cannot be loaded
A CD is already loaded. Press ˚and remove
the CD.
MP3 FILE READING
Skips tracks whilst playing
MP3 files
The CD is scratched or dirty. Clean the CD,
referring to the contents of the “CD” para-
graph in the “Introduction” chapter.
The duration of the MP3
tracks is not correctly
displayed
In some cases (due to the recording mode)
the duration of the MP3 tracks may be dis-
played incorrectly.