Seat Ibiza SC 2014 SOUND SYSTEM 1.X

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Audio mode
Radio mode Introduction
The various versions of the radio system will be distributed depending on
the country and the unit. In the unit overview the possible variations of the
unit are described ⇒ page 6.
Additional information and warnings:
● Safety notes  ⇒ page 4
● Unit overview ⇒ page 6
● Basic information on use ⇒ page 8
● System and function settings (SETUP) ⇒ page 30
Note
Multi-storey car parks, tunnels, high buildings and mountains can impair ra-
dio signals.
Note
Foil or metal-coated stickers attached to the windows may affect reception
on vehicles with a window aerial. RADIO main menu
Fig. 2 RADIO main
menu: Selecting a
memory level and fre-
quency band.
Fig. 3 RADIO main
menu: Station buttons
displayed.
● Press the RADIO
button
⇒ Fig. 1 in order to start Radio mode.
After you switch to Radio mode, the available frequency bands (FM, AM and
DAB) are initially displayed in the bottom line of the screen ⇒ Fig. 2. After
roughly 5 seconds, they are replaced by the “station buttons” ⇒ Fig. 3. Sta-
tions can be stored to the station buttons ⇒ page 13.
The station that is playing will appear in the centre of the screen. For sta-
tions with RDS, the name of the station will appear instead of its frequency
if reception is good enough, for example RADIO 1.

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RDS and automatic station tracking (only in FM)
RDS is a radio data service which makes it possible to receive additional
services such as the display of station names, automatic station tracking
(AF) and the TP function (Traffic Program ⇒ page 17).
With automatic station tracking, when the vehicle is in motion the station
always changes to the frequency with the best reception in that moment. If
the reception is poor, the unit may be muted for a short time as it searches
for alternative frequencies (AF).
RDS does not exist everywhere nor is it available for all stations.
Depending on the country and the unit, it is possible that the RDS and the
alternative frequencies (AF) are deactivated ⇒ page 30. 
Changing frequency band
The currently selected frequency band (FM or AM) is indicated above the
station display.
● In Radio mode, briefly press the RADIO

⇒  Fig. 1 equipment button to dis-
play the function buttons FM1, FM2, AM1, AM2, DA1* and DA2*
⇒  Fig. 2.
● Press one of the FM or AM function buttons to switch to the DAB*, FM or
AM frequency band.
● OR: Press the RADIO
unit button as often as required to switch between
the frequency bands and memory levels. Changing stations
Fig. 4 Changing sta-
tions with the arrow
buttons to the next
available station.
Fig. 5 Changing sta-
tions with the arrow
buttons with selection
of stored stations only.
Depending on the setting selected for the search mode (SEEK MODE), the
unit either switches between all available stations or stored stations only
⇒  page 30.
● Briefly press 

⇒  Fig. 1 10 or
.
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StatusEffectRadio mode with  ... displayed in
the centre line of the screen
⇒  Fig. 4.Switches to the next available station
on the current frequency band.
Radio mode with  ... displayed in
the bottom line of the screen
⇒  Fig. 5.Switches to the next stored station
⇒ page 13.
Radio mode with  ... displayed in
the centre line of the screen and TP
indication.Switches to the next available TP traf-
fic news station ⇒ page 17.
Tuning to a station frequency manually in FM and AM mode
● Select the desired frequency band ⇒ page 10.
● Turn the setting knob ⇒ Fig. 1 8
until the desired station frequency
(e.g. 89.9 MHz) is displayed on the screen. 
Scan function (SCN)
Fig. 6 MENU display
with additional func-
tions in Radio mode:
Scan function (SCN),
Autostore (AS) and
Setup (SET). Starting and stopping the scan function
●
Select the desired frequency band in Radio mode ⇒ page 10.
● Press the setting knob ⇒ Fig. 1 8
to start the scan function.
● OR: press the MENU unit button and start the scan function with the
SCN function button ⇒ Fig. 6.
The scan function commences with the following available station. All avail-
able stations in the selected frequency band will play for approximately 10
seconds. The screen displays the additional functions for Radio mode and
the SCN
button is underlined.
● Press the setting knob 8
or the underlined SCN function button to stop
the scan function.
Special case: Search using the buttons 
or  after stopping the scan
function (SCAN)
If all the available stations have been heard and the scan function (SCAN)
has stopped the search for stations using the 
or  buttons will, in this
case, search all tunable stations, even if the SEEK MODE function setting is
 PRESET . 

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Memory levels and displaying of station buttons
Fig. 7 Select the fre-
quency band and
memory level.
Fig. 8 Station buttons
for the FM1 memory
level.
Each frequency band ( DAB*, FM and AM) has two memory levels ( DA1* and
DA2*, FM1 and FM2 and AM1 and AM2) with six station buttons each.
Changing memory level
● In Radio mode briefly press the RADIO

⇒  Fig. 1 unit button and it will
show the frequency bands and memory levels available for approximately
five seconds ⇒ Fig. 7.
● Press the RADIO
unit button once again to change to the next memory
level, for example FM2 ⇒ Fig. 7.
● OR: Activate the frequency band and the memory level by pressing a
function button ( DA1
*, DA2*, FM2, AM1 or AM2).
After roughly five seconds the station buttons will be visible ⇒ Fig. 8. Station buttons
1
to 6Station buttons 7 to 12Station buttons 1 to 6Station buttons 7 to 12Station buttons 1 to 6Station buttons 7 to 12
You can assign stations to each station button of a memory level either
manually or automatically
⇒ page 13. 
Storing stations on the station buttons
Fig. 9 Station stored
to station button 2 in
the FM1 memory level.
Fig. 10 MENU display
with additional func-
tions in Radio mode:
Scan function (SCN),
Autostore (AS) and
Setup (SET). 
FM1:
FM2:
AM1: AM2:
DA1: DA2:

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When storing a station to a station button, any station already stored to the
same station button in the same memory level will be overwritten.
Manually assigning station buttons individually
● Select the frequency band and memory level.
● Select the station.
● Press and hold the desired station button until you hear a tone.
● The station currently playing ( RADIO 1) will then be stored to that station
button.
The station button to which the station currently playing is assigned is dis-
played underlined on the screen ⇒ Fig. 9.
Storing stations automatically with Autostore (AS)
The Autostore function automatically stores the stations with the strongest
reception at the current moment to the six station buttons in the currently
selected memory level.
● Select the frequency band and memory level.
● Press the MENU

⇒  Fig. 1 unit button to open the additional functions
⇒  Fig. 10.
● Press and hold the AS
function button until
STORE appears.
● This procedure can take some seconds. When the stations have been
stored, STORE disappears from the display. Activating stored stations
Fig. 11 Radio mode
display: changing sta-
tions with the arrow
buttons with selection
of stored stations only.
● Select the frequency band and memory level in which the desired sta-
tion is stored.
● Briefly press the station button to which the desired station is stored.
Depending on the settings, it is possible to switch between stored stations
of a frequency band with the arrow buttons 

⇒  Fig. 1 10 and
 (SEEK
MODE PRESET 
⇒  Fig. 28).
A stored station can only be played if it can be received at your current loca-
tion. 

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Digital radio mode* (DAB, DAB+ and DMB-
Audio) Operation
Fig. 12 DAB radio
mode
Some units are equipped with an additional DAB radio receiver. DAB is a
digital broadcasting standard for the terrestrial reception of radio programs.
The DAB radio receiver supports the DAB, DAB+ and DMB-Audio broadcast-
ing standards.
In Europe, digital radio is transmitted via Band III (174 MHz to 240 MHz)
and the L Band (1452 MHz to 1492 MHz) frequencies.
The frequencies of the two bands are referred to as “channels” and one
each has a suitable channel name (e.g. 8A).
Several DAB stations are combined in a channel with the additional services
available in a station “ensemble”.
The main view of DAB radio mode shows the name of the channel and the
channel's international ID, which appears above the station name in the
centre of the display.
DAB is currently not available in all areas . When in DAB radio mode in areas
with no DAB reception, it displays: . DAB announcements
DAB announcements are additional DAB services that are also broadcast on
the radio (e.g. News, sports news, weather, warnings, etc.).
Note
The channel name, an indication that appears above the station's name,
varies depending on the country, for example “FU-E”, but not the channel's
international ID, for example “11B” ⇒  Fig. 12. 
Automatic station tracking
DAB programme tracking
Some DAB stations are broadcast in different regional ensembles.
If the current station is no longer available in your location, the unit may al-
so switch to a corresponding partner station.
DAB programme tracking can be switched off in DAB settings ⇒ table on
page 30, SFO
since it is not always required; i.e. when the vehicle is pass-
ing through a tunnel, the loss of reception is only momentary and in these
cases the automatic station switching is not required. The radio will be mut-
ed if reception is too weak.
Change from DAB to FM
Under DAB setup, the unit can be configured to switch to the FM ⇒ table on
page 30, FML
frequency band when required for automatic station track-
ing.
If reception of the currently selected DAB station is lost (e.g. no DAB availa-
ble), the unit attempts to find the station on the FM frequency band and
tune to it. Automatic station tracking between frequency bands only works if
the DAB station and the FM station transmit the same station identifier or
the DAB signal indicates a corresponding station on the FM frequency band. 

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If the reception of the selected DAB station is lost and the station cannot be
found on the FM frequency band, the radio will be muted. 
Starting station update (UPDATE)
During the station update, the unit scans the groups of stations currently
available in the location and saves their position to make it easier to switch
among available groups using the arrow buttons 
or .
● Press the MENU

⇒  Fig. 1 unit button in Radio mode.
● Press the UPD unit button to update the stations. The top line of the dis-
play will show UPDATE as the channel, whereas the international IDs are
shown in the centre line (e.g. “11B”).
● The station update ends when UPDATE is no longer shown in the top line
of the display.
The radio will be muted during station update. The update can take a few
seconds. 
Tuning to a channel/station manually in DAB mode*
Fig. 13 DAB Mode:
additional functions ●
Select the DAB frequency band (DA1/DA2) ⇒ Fig. 2. The name of a chan-
nel will be shown in the centre line of the display, e.g. 8A.
● If the current channel does not have DAB coverage the  icon is shown
after the channel name.
● Turn the setting button ⇒ Fig. 1 8
one point until the selected channel
is available, and the name of one of the stations that broadcasts on the
channel will be shown.
● To find another station inside this channel use the buttons ⇒ Fig. 1 10
b.

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TP (Traffic Program) function
Introduction
The TP function is an RDS radio data service.
While traffic news monitoring is on (display: TP), traffic announcements will
interrupt the current Audio mode.
On the AM frequency band, traffic news monitoring is not possible.
Additional information and warnings:
● Safety notes  ⇒  page 4
● Unit overview ⇒ page 6
● Basic information on use ⇒ page 8
● Radio mode ⇒ page 10 
Monitoring traffic news stations using the TP function
Fig. 14 TP function
active.
Traffic news monitoring with the TP function is only possible if the TP station
is available. Some stations that do not broadcast their own traffic news support the TP
function through a link to a traffic news station (EON). Traffic announce-
ments broadcast by the linked traffic news stations interrupt the current au-
dio mode.
Switching the TP function on and off
● Press the unit button TP
⇒ Fig. 1
7.
If the station that is currently selected in FM mode does not support the TP
function, the unit will automatically search for a TP station (display: TP
SEEK).
● Press the TP
unit button to switch the TP function off again.
When in areas without TP coverage the TP function is activated, and search
is begun for a traffic news station, ending in the failure to find a station. The
search then returns to the station to which it was originally tuned. The TP
function remains switched on (display: No TP). It is necessary to deactivate
the TP function, otherwise no stations will be found in the subsequent
search using the arrow buttons.
TP function activated
While traffic news monitoring is switched on and enabled, TP is displayed
⇒  Fig. 14.
In radio mode, the selected station must support the TP function. If a sta-
tion selected via the station buttons or manual tuning does not support the
TP function, traffic news monitoring is not possible (display: NO TP).
If the currently selected traffic news station can no longer be received,
NO TP is also displayed and you will need to start a manual station search
using the arrow buttons 

⇒  Fig. 1 10 and

⇒  page 10.
During a station search with the arrow buttons or the scan function (SCN),
the unit will only tune to stations that support the TP function.
In Media mode or while the unit is muted, the unit will automatically tune to
a traffic news station in the background, provided the TP station available 

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has a good signal. This operation may take some time depending on the
situation.
Incoming traffic announcement (INFO)
An incoming traffic announcement (display: INFO) will interrupt the active
audio mode.
● If required, the radio is switched to the traffic news station (EON) for the
duration of the traffic announcement.
● The Media mode will be paused and the volume will be adjusted to the
preset level.
● During the announcement, the announcement volume can be adjusted
with the volume control  ⇒ Fig. 1 1
. The adjusted setting will be applied
to subsequent announcements.
● Interruption by a traffic announcement can be stopped by pressing the
TP
unit button. The TP function remains active and the next traffic an-
nouncement will again interrupt the current Audio mode. 

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Media mode Introduction
“Media sources” are audio sources containing audio files on various differ-
ent data media (e.g. CD, external MP3 player). These audio files can be
played by the respective data media or by the radio input sockets.
Additional information and warnings:
● Safety notes  ⇒ page 4
● Unit overview ⇒ page 6
● Basic information on use ⇒ page 8 
Requirements for media sources and audio files
Factory-fitted CD players conform to safety class 1 according to
DIN IEC 76 (CO) 6/ VDE 0837.
The unit only accepts 12-cm standard CDs.
Media sourceRequirements for playing in the unit Audio CDs (up to 80 min).– CD Digital Audio specification . CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW up
to max. 700 MB (megabyte)
according to ISO 9660 or on
the Joliet data system.MP3 files (.mp3) with bitrates of between
48 and 320 kbit/s or with variable bitrates
– Playlists in formats PLS and M3U
– Playlists no larger than 20 KB and con-
taining no more than 250 links.
– Max. 32 playlists on a data medium.
– File names no longer than 64 characters.
– Folder structures with a maximum of ten
levels.
– Max.120 folders and max. 500 files on a
data medium.
AUX: External audio source.– A 3.5 mm jack plug can be used for audio
output ⇒ page 25.
Restrictions and notes
Contamination, exposure to high temperatures and mechanical damage can
render a data medium unusable. Observe the manufacturer's instructions
on the data medium.
Variations in the quality of data media produced by different manufacturers
may lead to problems during playback.
Please observe copyright laws.
CDs recorded in UDF or Direct CD format cannot be played. Under Windows
Vista ®
ensure that the correct format is selected.
The unit may be unable to read individual tracks or the entire data medium
due to the data medium configuration or the devices and programs used for
recording. Compatibility with all encoding/recording software, recording de-
vices and recording media cannot be guaranteed. Information can be found
on the internet regarding the best ways to create audio files and data media
(compression rate, ID3 tag etc.). 