NISSAN 370Z COUPE 2012 Owners Manual

.DTS and DTS 2.0 “” are registered
trademarks of DTS, Inc.
Parental level (parental control):
DVDs with the parental control setting can be
played with this system. Please use your own
judgement to set the parental control with the
system.
Disc selection:
The following disc formats can be played with
the DVD drive.
. DVD-VIDEO
. VIDEO-CD
. CD-DA (Conventional Compact Disc)
. DTS-CD
USB (Universal Serial Bus) (models with
navigation system)
This system supports various USB memory
sticks, USB hard drives and iPod®players.
There are some USB devices which may not be
supported with this system.
. Make sure that the USB device is connected
correctly into the USB connector.
. Do not force the memory stick or USB cable
into the USB connector. This could damage
the connector. .
During cold weather or rainy days, the player
may malfunction due to humidity. If this
occurs, remove the USB device and dehu-
midify or ventilate the USB player comple-
tely.
. The USB player sometimes cannot function
when the passenger compartment tempera-
ture is extremely high. Decrease the tem-
perature before use.
. Do not leave USB memory in a place prone
to static electricity or where the air condi-
tioner blows directly. The data in the USB
memory may be damaged.
. The vehicle is not equipped with a USB
memory stick.
. A USB device cannot be formatted with this
system. To format a USB device, use a
personal computer.
. Partitioned USB devices may not be played
correctly.
. Some characters used in other languages
(Chinese, Japanese, etc.) are not displayed
properly on the vehicle center screen. Using
English language characters with a USB
device is recommended.
. Do not connect a USB device if a connector
or cable is wet. Allow the cable and/or
connectors to dry completely before con-
necting the USB device. If the connector is exposed to fluids other than water, evapora-
tive residue may cause a short between the
connector pins.
. Large video podcast files cause slow
responses in an iPod
®. The vehicle center
display may momentarily black out, but it will
soon recover.
. If an iPod
®automatically selects large video
podcast files while in the shuffle mode, the
vehicle center display may momentarily
black out, but it will soon recover.
. Audiobooks may not play in the same order
as they appear on an iPod
®.
. An iPod nano®(1st Generation) may remain
in fast forward or rewind mode if it is
connected during a seek operation. In this
case, please manually reset the iPod
®.
. An iPod nano®(2nd Generation) will con-
tinue to fast forward or rewind if it is
disconnected during a seek operation.
. An incorrect song title may appear when the
Play Mode is changed while using the iPod
nano
®(2nd Generation)
iPod®is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in
the U.S. and other countries.
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Compressed Audio Files (MP3/WMA/
AAC)
Explanation of terms:
.MP3 — MP3 is short for Moving Pictures
Experts Group Audio Layer 3. MP3 is the
most well known compressed digital audio
file format. This format allows for near “CD
quality” sound, but at a fraction of the size of
normal audio files. MP3 conversion of an
audio track can reduce the file size by
approximately a 10:1 ratio (Sampling: 44.1
kHz, Bit rate: 128 kbps) with virtually no
perceptible loss in quality. The compression
reduces certain parts of sound that seem
inaudible to most people.
. WMA — Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a
compressed audio format created by Micro-
soft as an alternative to MP3. The WMA
codec offers greater file compression than
the MP3 codec, enabling storage of more
digital audio tracks in the same amount of
space when compared to MP3s at the same
level of quality.
. AAC/M4A — Advanced Audio Coding
(AAC) is a lossy audio compression format.
Audio files that have been encoded with
AAC are generally smaller in size and deliver
a higher quality of sound than MP3. .
Bit rate — Bit rate denotes the number of
bits per second used by a digital music file.
The size and quality of a compressed digital
audio file is determined by the bit rate used
when encoding the file.
. Sampling frequency — Sampling frequency
is the rate at which the samples of a signal
are converted from analog to digital (A/D
conversion) per second.
. Multisession — Multisession is one of the
methods for writing data to media. Writing
data once to the media is called a single
session, and writing more than once is
called a multisession.
. ID3/WMA Tag — The ID3/WMA tag is the
part of the encoded MP3 or WMA file that
contains information about the digital music
file such as song title, artist, album title,
encoding bit rate, track time duration, etc.
ID3 tag information is displayed on the
Album/Artist/Track title line on the display.
* Windows
®and Windows Media®are regis-
tered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States of America
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Playback order:
. The folder names of folders not containing
compressed audio files are not shown in the
display.
. If there is a file in the top level of a disc/USB,
“Root Folder” is displayed.

.The playback order is the order in which the
files were written by the writing software, so
the files might not play in the desired order.
. Music playback order of compressed audio
files is as illustrated.
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Specification chart:
Supported mediaCD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM*5, DVD±R*5, DVD±RW*5, DVD±R DL*5, USB2.0
Supported file systems CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM*5, DVD±R*5, DVD±RW*5, DVD±R DL*5: ISO9660 LEVEL1, ISO9660
LEVEL2, Romeo, Joliet
* ISO9660 Level 3 (packet writing) is not supported.
* Files saved using the Live File System component (on a Windows Vista-based computer) are not supported.
UDF Bridge (UDF1.02+ISO9660) , UDF1.5, UDF2.0
* VDF1.5/VDF2.0 (packet writing) is not supported.
USB memory: FAT16, FAT32
Supported
versions*1 MP3
Version
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
Sampling frequency 8 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 8 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR*4
WMA*2 Version
WMA7, WMA8, WMA9
Sampling frequency 32 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 32 kbps - 192 kbps, VBR (Ver.9)*4
AAC*5 Version
MPEG-AAC
Sampling frequency 8 kHz - 96 kHz
Bit rate 16 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR*4
Tag information (Song title and Artist name) ID3 tag VER1.0, VER1.1, VER2.2, VER2.3, VER2.4 (MP3 only)
WMA tag (WMA only)
Folder levels With navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders: 255 (including root folder) , Files: 512 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
Without navigation system:
Folder levels: 8, Folders and files: 999 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
Text character number limitation With navigation system: 100 characters
Without navigation system: 64 characters
Displayable character codes*3 01: ASCII, 02: ISO-8859-1, 03: UNICODE (UTF-16 BOM Big Endian) , 04: UNICODE (UTF-16 Non-BOM Big
Endian) , 05: UNICODE (UTF-8) , 06: UNICODE (Non-UTF-16 BOM Little Endian) , 07: SHIFT-JIS
*1 Files created with a combination of 48 kHz sampling frequency and 64 kbps bit rate cannot be played.

*2 Protected WMA files (DRM) cannot be played.
*3 Available codes depend on what kind of media, versions and information are going to be displayed.
*4 When VBR files are played, the playback time may not be displayed correctly.
*5 Models with navigation system
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Troubleshooting guide:
SymptomCause and Countermeasure
Cannot play Check if the disc or USB device was inserted correctly.
Check if the disc is scratched or dirty.
Check if there is condensation inside the player, and if there is, wait until the condensation is gone (about 1 hour) before using the
player.
If there is a temperature increase error, the player will play correctly after it returns to the normal temperature.
If there is a mixture of music CD files (CD-DA data) and compressed audio files on a CD, only the music CD files (CD-DA data) will
be played.
Files with extensions other than “.MP3 (.mp3)”, “.WMA (.wma)”, “.AAC (.aac)”, “.M4A (.m4a)”, or “.AA3 (.aa3)” cannot be played. In
addition, the character codes and number of characters for folder names and file names should be in compliance with the
specifications.
Check if the disc or the file is generated in an irregular format. This may occur depending on the variation or the setting of
compressed audio writing applications or other text editing applications.
Check if the finalization process, such as session close and disc close, is done for the disc.
Check if the disc or USB device is protected by copyright.
Poor sound quality Check if the disc is scratched or dirty.
It takes a relatively long time before
the music starts playing. If there are many folder or file levels on the disc or USB device, some time may be required before the music starts playing.
Music cuts off or skips The writing software and hardware combination might not match, or the writing speed, writing depth, writing width, etc., might not
match the specifications. Try using the slowest writing speed.
Skipping with high bit rate files Skipping may occur with large quantities of data, such as for high bit rate data.
Move immediately to the next song
when playing. If an unsupported compressed audio file has been given a supported extension like .MP3, or when play is prohibited by copyright
protection, the player will skip to the next song.
The songs do not play back in the
desired order. The playback order is the order in which the files were written by the writing software, so the files might not play in the desired order.
Random/Shuffle may be active on the audio system or on a USB device.

Compressed Video Files (models with
navigation system)
Explanation of terms:
.DivX®- DivX®refers to the DivX®codec
owned by DivX, Inc. used for a lossy
compression of video based on MPEG-4.
. AVI - AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave.
It is a standard file format originated by
Microsoft Corporation. A “.divx” encoded file
can be saved into the “.avi” file format for
playback on this system if it meets the
requirements stated in the table in this
section. However, not all the “.avi” files are
playable on this system since different
encodings can be used than the DivX
®
codec.
. ASF - ASF stands for Advanced Systems
Format. It is a file format owned by Microsoft
Corporation. Note: Only “.asf” files that meet
the requirements stated in the table in this
section can be played.
. Bit rate — Bit rate denotes the number of
bits per second used by a digital video file.
The size and quality of a compressed digital
audio file is determined by the bit rate used
when encoding the file. Requirement for Supporting Video Playback:
Media
CD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD±RW DL, USB 2.0 Memory
File Systems CD, CD-R,
CD-RW,
DVD,
DVD±R,
DVD±RW,
DVD±RW DL ISO9660 LEVEL1, ISO9660 LEVEL2, Romeo, Joliet, UDF Bridge
(UDF1.02+ISO9660) , UDF1.5, UDF2.0
- ISO9660 Level 3 (packet writing) is not supported.
- Files saved using the Live File System component (on a Windows
Vista-based computer) are not supported.
- VDF1.5/VDF2.0 (packet writing) is not supported.
USB Memory FAT16, FAT32
File Types .divx, .avi Video CodecsDivX3, DivX4, DivX5, DivX6
Audio Codecs MP3, MPEG2.5 Audio Layer3, AC3, LPCM
.asf Video Codec ISO-MPEG4
Audio Codec G.726
Bit Rates .divx, .avi Maximum Average 4Mbps
Maximum Peak 8Mbps
Resolution .divx, .avi Minimum32632
Maximum 7206480
.asf Minimum 32632
Maximum 720 6576
Bluetooth®Audio player (models with
navigation system)
. Some Bluetooth®audio devices may not be
recognized by the in-vehicle audio system.
. It is necessary to set up the wireless
connection between a compatible Blue-
tooth
®audio device and the in-vehicle
Bluetooth®module before using the Blue- tooth
®audio player.
. Operating procedure of the Bluetooth®
audio player will vary depending on the
device. Make sure it is understood how to
operate an audio device before using it with
this system.
. The Bluetooth
®audio player may be
stopped under the following conditions:
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— Receiving a hands-free call.
— Checking the connection to the hands-free phone.
. Do not place a Bluetooth
®audio device in
an area surrounded by metal or far away
from the in-vehicle Bluetooth
®module to
prevent tone quality degradation and wire-
less connection disruption.
. While an audio device is connected through
a Bluetooth
®wireless connection, the bat-
tery power of the device may discharge
quicker than usual.
. This system supports the Bluetooth
®Audio
Distribution Profile (A2DP, AVRCP).
. Wireles LAN (Wi-Fi) and the Bluetooth
®
functions share the same frequency band
(2.4 GHz) . Using the Bluetooth®and the
wireless LAN functions at the same time may
slow down or disconnect the communica-
tion and cause undesired noise. It is
recommended that you turn off the wireless
LAN (Wi-Fi) when using the Bluetooth
®
functions.
. Bluetooth®is a trademark owned by Blue-
tooth SIG, Inc. and licensed to Clarion Co.,
Ltd.
Music Box®(if so equipped)
Recording:
. Note that data that is lost and not stored to
the hard drive due to system damage,
improper operation or malfunction is not
under warranty.
. Vehicle owners are not permitted to record
music without permission of the owner of
the copyright except for personal use.
. Check if the music is appropriately recorded
to the hard drive after recording when the
compact disc cannot be rerecorded.
. Some music cannot be recorded depending
on the disc condition due to high-speed
recording.
. Jumping sounds may be recorded when a
compact disc is recorded while driving on
rough roads and excessive vibration occurs.
. A mark indicating jumping sounds is dis-
played if jumping sounds are recorded.
. No sounds may be recorded if jumping
sounds occurs or the disc is in poor
condition.
. Tracks that include Serial Copy Manage-
ment System (SCMS) are not recorded.
. If a compact disc is scratched or dirty, it may
not be recorded, jumping sounds may occur
or it may take a long time to record. Automatic title download:
. The title information that is automatically
downloaded may differ from the actual title.
. When newly released compact discs are
recorded, their title information may not be
downloaded.
. The title information in the hard drive can be
updated. (See “Playing recorded songs”
(P.4-71) .)

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1. FM·AM radio band select button
2. CD EJECT button
3. CD button
4. Station and preset select buttons
5. Audio display
6. AUX (auxiliary) button
7. MENU button8. SEEK/APS (automatic program search) FF (fast
forward)·APS REW (rewind) button
9. RDM (random) button
10. PWR (power) button/VOL (volume) control knob
11. SCAN tuning button
12. AUX IN jack
13. RPT (repeat) button 14. TUNE/FF·REW button
FM-AM RADIO WITH COMPACT DISC
(CD) PLAYER
For all operation precautions, see “Audio opera-
tion precautions” (P.4-31) .
Audio main operation
Head unit:
The auto loudness circuit enhances the low and
high frequency ranges automatically in both
radio reception and CD playback.
ON·OFF/Volume control:
Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON
position, and then push the PWR button while
the system is off to call up the mode (radio, CD
or AUX) which was playing immediately before
the system was turned off. While the system is
on, pushing the PWR button turns the system
off.
Turn the VOL control knob to adjust the volume.
MENU button:
Push the MENU button to change the selecting
mode as follows.
Push the TUNEoror SEEKor
button to adjust Bass, Treble, Fade and
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Balance to the desired level. Fade adjusts the
sound level between the front and rear speakers
and Balance adjusts the sound between the
right and left speakers.
Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the
desired level, push the MENU button repeatedly
until the radio or CD display reappears (normal
mode) . Otherwise, the radio or CD display will
automatically reappear after approximately 10
seconds.
Clock adjustment:
Push the MENU button until the CLOCK mode
appears. Then push the TUNE or SEEK button
to select “CLK-ON” or “CLK-OFF” to turn the
clock on or off.
“CLK-ON” needs to be selected before adjust-
ing the clock display.
1. Push the MENU button.
2. Push the MENU button again. The clockdisplay starts to flash.
3. Push the TUNE or SEEK button to adjust the hours.
4. Push the MENU button again. The display will switch to the minute adjustment mode.
5. Push the TUNE or SEEK button to adjust the minutes. 6. Push the MENU button again to exit the
clock mode.
The display will return to the regular clock
display after 5 seconds.
To reset the minute to zero, hold down the
MENU button and then push the TUNE or SEEK
button, the time will be reset as follows.
. In case the displayed minute is in the range
of 00 - 29, the hour will stay the same and
the minute will be reset to 00.
. In case the displayed minute is in the range
of 30 - 59, the hour will be advanced by one
hour and the minute will be reset to 00.
For example, if the MENU and TUNE buttons are
pushed while the time is between “8:00” and
“8:29”, the display will be reset to “8:00”. If
pushed while the time is between “8:30” and
“8:59”, the display will be reset to “9:00”. At the
same time the display will return to the previous
audio mode.FM-AM radio operation
Radio (FM/AM) band select:
Pushing the radio band select button will
change the band as follows:
AM ?FM1 ?FM2 ?AM
When the radio band select button is pushed
while the ignition switch is in the ACC or ON
position, the radio will come on at the station last
played.
The last station played will also come on when
the PWR button is pushed to ON.
If another audio source is playing when the radio
band select button is pushed, the audio source
will automatically be turned off and the last radio
station played will come on.
When the stereo broadcast signal is weak, the
radio will automatically change from stereo to
monaural reception.
TUNE (Tuning):
Push the TUNE button
orfor manual
tuning.
SEEK tuning:
Push the SEEK button
orto tune from
low to high or high to low frequencies and to
stop at the next broadcasting station.