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Technology for comfort, convenience and safety
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Technology for comfort, convenience and
safety
PDC Park Distance Control*
The concept
The PDC assists you when you are parking.
Acoustic signals and an optical display
* alert
you to the approach of an object from behind
your vehicle. To measure the distance, there
are four ultrasonic sensors in each bumper.
The range of these sensors is approx. 7 ft/2 m.
However, an acoustic warning first sounds for
the sensors at the front and at the two rear cor-
ners at approx. 24 in/60 cm, and for the center
rear sensors at approx. 5 ft/1.50 m.
PDC is a parking aid that can indicate
objects when they are approached
slowly, as is usually the case when parking.
Avoid approaching an object at high speed, oth-
erwise the physical circumstances would mean
that the system warning was too late.<
Automatic activation
Whenever the engine is running or the ignition
is on, each time you move the selector lever into
position R, the PDC system is activated after
approx. 1 second.
Wait this short period before driving off.
Manual activation
Press the button, the LED lights up.
Manual deactivation
Press the button again; the LED goes out.
Automatic deactivation
After driving approx. 165 ft/50 m or at over
approx. 20 mph/30 km/h, the system is
switched off and the LED goes out. You can
reactivate the system manually as needed.
Signal tones
When nearing an object, the position is corre-
spondingly indicated by an interval tone. Thus,
an object detected to the left rear of the vehicle
will be indicated by a signal tone from the left
rear speaker, etc. As the distance between
vehicle and object decreases, the intervals
between the tones become shorter. If the dis-
tance to the nearest object falls to below
roughly 1 ft/30 cm, then a continuous tone
sounds.
An intermittent tone is interrupted after approx.
3seconds:
>if you remain in front of an object that was
only detected by one of the corner sensors
>if you drive parallel to a wall
Adjusting
You can adjust the volume of the warning tones
if the vehicle is equipped with a single drive,
refer to page83.
Malfunction
The LED in the button flashes and a message
appears on the Control Display. PDC is mal-
functioning. Have the system checked.
To prevent this problem, keep the sensors
clean and free of ice or snow in order to ensure
that they will continue to operate effectively. Do
not spray the sensors with high-pressure clean-
ers for long periods and maintain a distance of
at least 4 in/10 cm to them.

DVD changer
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Tone control
In DVDs with multichannel or surround sound,
for optimum playback, select an audio track
with multichannel sound and set the tone set-
tings to Surround, refer to Selecting language
on page184 and Professional HiFi System* on
page165.
Adjusting brightness and contrast
1.Press the controller during playback.
2.Select "SET" and press the controller.
3.Select "Video settings" and press the con-
troller.
4.Select "Brightness" or "Contrast" and
press the controller.
5.Turn the controller until the desired setting
is selected.Resetting to defaults:
Select "Reset" and press the controller.
DVD format
1.Press the controller during playback.
2.Select "SET" and press the controller.
3.Select "DVD format" and press the control-
ler.
>"Standard"
>"Zoom": full-screen playback.
Selecting language
1.Press the controller during playback.
2.Select "SET" and press the controller.
3.Select "Language" and press the controller.
4.Select language or audio track and press
the controller.

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Tone control
In DVDs with multichannel or surround sound,
for optimum playback, select an audio track
with multichannel sound, refer to Selecting
audio language, and set the tone settings to
Surround, refer to Professional HiFi System* on
page165.
Selecting audio language
If there are different languages on a DVD, you
can select the language.
1.Select "Set" and press the controller.
Other menu items are displayed.
2.Select "Language / Audio format" and press
the controller.
The different languages of the DVD are dis-
played.
3.Select the desired language and press the
controller.
The languages and audio tracks are generally
accompanied by an indication of how may
channels are included. 5.1 means multichannel.
Notes
The DVD changer can play back the following
formats:
>DVD video
>Video CD
>CD-DA
>CD-DTS
>Compressed audio files
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of the Macrovision Corporation and other man-
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Dolby
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"Dolby", "Pro Logic", "MLP Lossless" and the
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DTS
"DTS" and "DTS Digital Surround" are regis-
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