technical data FIAT IDEA 2006 1.G Radio CD MP3 Manual
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FADER adjustment  ................................................................... 13
LOUDNESS function  ............................................................... 13
Protection against theft  ........................................................... 13
RADIO (Tuner) ......................................................................... 14
Introduction  ............................................................................... 14
Selecting the frequency band  ................................................. 14
Presetting buttons  .................................................................... 14
Storing the last station heard ................................................. 14
Automatic tuning  ...................................................................... 14
Manual tuning  ............................................................................. 15
AUTOSTORE function  ........................................................... 15
Emergency alarm reception  ................................................... 16
EON function ............................................................................. 16
Stereophonic stations  .............................................................. 16
Menu  ............................................................................................ 16
- MENU button functions  ....................................................... 16
- AF SWITCHING function  ................................................... 17
- TRAFFIC INFO function  ...................................................... 17
- REGIONAL MODE function  .............................................. 18
- MP3 DISPLAY function ......................................................... 18
- SPEED VOLUME function ..................................................... 19
- EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL function ................................... 19
- RADIO OFF function ............................................................ 19
- RESTORE DEFAULT function  ............................................ 19
C C C C
O O O O
N N N N
T T T T
E E E E
N N N N
T T T T
S S S S
INTRODUCTION  ................................................................... 3
Advice  .......................................................................................... 3
- Road safety  .............................................................................. 3
- Reception conditions  ............................................................ 3
- Care and maintenance  .......................................................... 4
- Compact Disc  ......................................................................... 4
Technical data  ............................................................................ 5
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE  ................................................ 6
Steering wheel controls  .......................................................... 8
General  ........................................................................................ 9
- Radio section ........................................................................... 9
- Compact Disc section  .......................................................... 9
- MP3 CD section  ..................................................................... 10
- Audio section  .......................................................................... 10
FUNCTIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS ................................... 11
Turning the sound system on  ................................................ 11
Turning the sound system off  ................................................ 11
Selecting Radio/CD/CD Changer  ......................................... 11
Audio source memory function  ............................................ 11
Volume adjustment  .................................................................. 11
SPEED VOLUME function  ...................................................... 11
MUTE/PAUSE function  ............................................................ 12
Audio adjustments  .................................................................... 12
Bass/Treble adjustment  ........................................................... 12
Balance adjustment  ................................................................... 12 
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QUICK
GUIDE
FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO
COMPACT
DISC PLAYER
MP3 CD
PLAYER
CD
CHANGER
INTRODUCTION
IMPORTANT  The  CD  player  can  read
most  of  the  compression  systems  cur-
rently on sale (e.g.: LAME, BLADE, XING,
FRAUNHOFER)  however,  due  to  the
evolution of these systems, reading of all
compression formats is not guaranteed.
IMPORTANT When loading a multi-ses-
sion  CD,  only  the  first  session  will  be
played. IMPORTANT  Should  copy-protected
CDs be used, then, few seconds may be
required for playing them. Moreover, due
to the proliferation of always new and dif-
ferent protection methods, it is not guar-
anteed that the CD player can play what-
ever protected disc. Copy protection is
often indicated on the CD cover in small
letters or hard to read characters. Usu-
ally it is indicated by writings like: “COPY
CONTROL”,  “COPY  PROTECTED”,
“THIS CD CANNOT BE PLAYED ON A
PC/MAC”, or it is identified by symbols
like:TECHNICAL DATA
❒Power: 4 x 30 W
❒Speakers: 6
❒HiFi system: 8 speakers and subwoofer
(where provided)
❒CD Changer presetting
❒Anti-theft protection system
Protected discs (and their cover) very often
are not marked with the audio CD identi-
fication symbol:  
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GUIDE
FUNCTIONS AND
ADJUSTMENTS
RADIO
COMPACT
DISC PLAYER
CD
CHANGER
INTRODUCTION
MP3 CD
PLAYER
MP3 CD files are structured by directo-
ries, with sequential lists of all directories
containing  MP3  tracks  (directories  and
sub-directories are all brought to the same
level),  directories  not  containing  MP3
tracks cannot be selected.
Technical data and operating conditions
for MP3 files are as follows:
❒adopted CD-ROM shall be mastered
according to ISO9660 Standard;
❒music files shall be renamed as “.mp3”
otherwise they cannot be played;
❒sampling  frequencies  are:  44.1  kHz,
stereo (96 to 320 kbit/s) - 22.05 kHz,
mono or stereo (32 to 80 kbit/s);
❒it  is  possible  to  play  variable  bit-rate
tracks (files).
IMPORTANT Characters: blank, ‘ (apos-
trophe), ( and ) (open and closed brack-
ets) are not admitted in MP3 track names.
When  sampling  MP3  CD  you  must  not
use these characters to name files other-
wise the sound system will not be able to
play it.DISPLAY INFORMATION
ID3-TAG info display
In  addition  to  time  elapsed,  directory
name and file name, also ID3-TAG info rel-
evant to track Title, Artist, Author (see
section “MP3 DISPLAY FUNCTION”) are
displayed.
The MP3 directory name shown on the
display  corresponds  to  the  name  with
which the directory is stored on the CD,
followed by an asterisk.
Example of full MP3 directory name: BEST
OF *.
If you want to display one ID3-TAG info
(Title, Artist, Album) and the track being
played has no ID3-TAG info then, the file
name will be displayed. INTRODUCTION
This section only describes MP3 CD play-
er operation variants: as concerns sound
system  operation,  refer  to  section
“FUNCTIONS  AND  ADJUSTMENTS”.
NOTE  MPEG  Layer-3  audio  decoding
technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS
and Thomson multimedia.
MP3 MODE
In  addition  to  standard  audio  CDs,  the
sound system can also play audio files in
MP3 format. Sound system will operate as
described in the previous section (“Sound
system with Compact Disc player”) when
inserting a conventional audio CD.
For optimal playing use only top quality
CDs mastered at a speed as low as pos-
sible.
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