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starting from bass control mode. (When
the radio is first turned on, the control
mode is in the volume control.)
VFader and balance control
The volume control dial (4) normally func-
tion as volume control. The dial become
the controls for Fader or Balance when
you select the appropriate fader and bal-
ance control mode.
Choose desired setting for each mode by
turning the volume control dial. The con-
trol function returns to volume control
mode after approximately 5 seconds.
To change control modes: Each brief
press of the “BAL” button (6) changes
control modes in the following sequence
starting from fader control mode. (When
the radio is turned on, the control mode is
in the volume control.) V
Display illumination dimness can-
cellation (BRIGHT)
The brightness of the radio display dims
when the light switch is in the “ ” or
“ ” positions. If this makes the display
difficult to read, press the volume dial for
more than 1.5 seconds to return the dis-
play to original brightness.
Subsequently pressing the volume dial
again for more than 1.5 seconds or if you
can safely do so, turning the light switch to
the OFF position and back to the “ ”
or“ ” position makes the radio display
dim again.
T FM/AM selection button (FM/AM)
Push the “FM/AM” button when the radio
is on to select FM1, FM2 or AM reception.
Each time this button is pressed, the band
will change in the following order:
The display indicates which one is cur-
rently selected.
T Stereo indicator
The stereo indicator “ST” will come on
when an FM stereo broadcast is received. T
Weather band button (WB)
Press the “WB” button when the radio is
on to select the weather band.
T Manual tuning (TUNE)
V Manual tuning for AM and FM wave-
band
Push the “ ” side of the tuning button
(8) to increase the tuning frequency and
press the “ ” side of the button to de-
crease it.
Each time the button is pressed, the fre-
quency changes 10 KHz in the AM wave-
band and 0.2 MHz in the FM waveband.
V Manual tuning for weather band
When weather band mode is selected,
press the “ ” side of the tuning button
(8) to change the WB channel up and
press the “ ” side of the button to
change the WB channel down. Each time
the button is pressed, the WB channel
changes to the next channel.
T Seek tuning
If the tuning button (8) is pressed for long-
er than half of a second, the radio will be-
gin to automatically search for receivable
frequencies and will stop at the first one
found. This function may not be available,
however, when radio signals are weak. In
such a situation, perform manual tuning to
VOLUME
BASS
TREBLE
MIDDLE
FADER BALANCE VOLUME
FM1 FM2 AM
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select the desired station.
TAutomatic tuning (SCAN)
Press the “SCAN” button (1) to change the
radio to the SCAN mode. In this mode, the
radio scans through the radio band until a
station is found. The radio will stop at the
station for five seconds while displaying
the frequency, after which scanning will
continue until the entire band has been
scanned from the low end to the high end.
Press the “SCAN” button again to cancel
the SCAN mode and to stop on any dis-
played frequency.
When the “SCAN” button is pressed for
automatic tuning, stations are scanned in
the direction of low frequencies to high fre-
quencies only.
Automatic tuning may not function proper-
ly if the station reception is weakened by
distance from the station or proximity to
tall buildings and hills.
T Selecting preset stations
Presetting a station with a preset button
(7) allows you to select that station in a
single operation. Up to six AM, FM1, FM2
and WB stations each may be preset.
T How to preset stations
1. Press the “FM/AM” selection button to
select AM, FM1 or FM2 reception.
OR
Press the “WB” button (3) to select the
weather band.
2. Press the “SCAN” button (1) or tune
the radio manually until the desired station
frequency is displayed.
3. Press one of the preset buttons (7) for
at least 1.5 seconds to store the frequen-
cy. The frequency of the station will flash
once on the display at this time.
NOTEy If the connection between the radio
and battery is broken for any reason
such as vehicle maintenance or radio
removal, all stations stored in the pre-
set buttons are cleared. If this occurs,
it is necessary to reset the preset but-
tons.
y If a cell phone is placed near the ra-
dio, it may cause the radio to emit
noise when it receives calls. This noise
does not indicate a radio fault.
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„Built-in CD changer operation
(10)(9) (11) (12) (14)
(13) (15) (16)
(17)
(18)
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(9) Eject button
(10) SCAN button
(11) CD (CD player selection) button
(12) Disc slot
(13) DISC indicator
(14) Repeat button
(15) Random button
(16) LOAD button
(17) Disc select buttons
(18) Track selection buttonsNOTEy Make sure to always insert a disc
with the label side up. If a disc is insert-
ed with the label side down, it might be
ejected or the player might shut off.
y Single CDs (i.e., 8 cm/3 inch CDs) are
not supported, and if inserted, they will
be immediately ejected.
y If a disc is inserted during a radio
broadcast, the disc will interrupt the
broadcast.
T How to insert a CD(s)
V Inserting a CD
1. Press “LOAD” button (16). If the maga-
zine in the player has an idle position
where you can insert a disc, the “DISC” in-
dicator (13) associated with the idle posi-
tion will blink.
If no indicator blinks, it means that there is
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no idle position in the magazine.
2. As soon as the “DISC” indicator (13)
begins to blink, the “LOAD” will blink on
display for a period of 15 seconds. Insert
a disc during the period. The disc will be
then automatically drawn in, and the play-
er will begin to play back the first track of
the disc.
yTo insert more discs in succession, re-
peat Steps 1 and 2. The magazine will be
loaded with discs in the ascending order
of position number.
If you do not insert any disc in 15 seconds
after you have pressed the “LOAD” but-
ton, the player will begin to play back the
first track of the last disc you have insert-
ed.
y The disc indicator steadily lights up if a
disc is already inserted in the correspond-
ing position of the magazine.
y While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press the “FM/AM” selection button
(2), the player will enter the standby
mode. Press the “CD” button (11) to start
playback.
V Inserting a disc in a desired position
1. Press the “LOAD” button (16). If the
magazine in the player has an idle posi-
tion where you can insert a disc, the
“DISC” indicator (13) associated with the
idle position will blink. The positions in the magazine the indica-
tor of which steadily lights up are already
loaded with discs.
2. Press the disc select button (17) at the
position where you want to insert a disc.
The associated “DISC” indicator will blink,
and then the “LOAD” will blink.
3. If you insert a disc during the 15-sec-
ond period while the “LOAD” is on display,
the disc will be automatically drawn in,
and the player will start playback of the
disc, beginning with the first track.
y
To insert more discs in succession, re-
peat Steps 1 and 2.
y While the player is in the loading mode,
if you press the “FM/AM” selection button
(2), the player will enter standby mode.
Press the “CD” button (11) to start play-
back.
V Loading all the magazine (Full disc
loading mode)
1. If you continue to press the “LOAD”
button (16) for more than 1.5 seconds, the
player will produce beep sound and will
enter the full disc loading mode.
2. A “DISC” indicator (13) will blink, and
the “ALL LOAD” will be on display for a pe-
riod of 15 seconds. If a disc is successfully
loaded during this period, the “DISC” indi-
cator will stop blinking and will steadily
light. 3. When the loading of a disc is complete,
the next “DISC” indicator will blink. Then
repeat Step 2.
4. When the magazine is filled with discs
by repeating Steps 2 and 3, the player will
start playback of the discs, beginning with
the one inserted first.
If you fail to insert any disc during each 15
seconds interval, the full disc loading
mode will be canceled, and the player will
start playback of the disc inserted first.
T
How to play back a CD or make a
pause
V When there is no CD inserted:
Insert a CD by referring to “How to insert a
CD(s)”.
When a CD is loaded, the player will start
playback of the CD, beginning with the
first track.
V When there are CDs loaded:
Press a desired one of the disc select but-
tons (17) the “DISC” indicator (13) of
which steadily lights up. The player will
then start playback of the selected CD,
beginning with the first track.
T To select a song from its beginning
V Forward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the button
(18) to skip to the beginning of the next
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track. Each time the button is pressed, the
indicated track number will increase.
VBackward direction
Briefly press the “ ” side of the button
(18) to skip to the beginning of the current
track. Each time the button is pressed, the
indicated track number will decrease.
T Fast-forwarding and fast-reversing
V Fast-forwarding
Press the “ ” side of the button (18)
continuously to fast-forward the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-forward-
ing.
V Fast-reversing
Press the “ ” side of the button (18)
continuously to fast-reverse the disc.
Release the button to stop fast-reversing.
T Repeat playback
Press the “RPT” button (14) while a song
is playing to play the song repeatedly. The
“RPT” indicator will come on and the song
will be played continuously. To cancel the
repeat mode, press the button again.
Then the “RPT” indicator goes out, and
normal playback mode is restored.
T Random playback
Press the “RDM” button (15) while a disc
is being played back to play all songs on the disc in a random order. The “RDM” in-
dicator will come on and all songs on the
disc will be played in a random order.
To cancel the random mode, press the
button again. Then the “RDM” indicator
goes out, and normal playback mode is
restored.
T
Scan
When the “SCAN” button (10) is pressed
while the disc is being played back, you
can hear the first 10 seconds of each track
to search for the desired program. To con-
tinue listening to the program, press the
“SCAN” button again. After all tracks on
the disc have been scanned, normal play-
back mode is restored.
T How to unload CDs from the player
V Ejecting a CD from the player
Of the discs loaded, you can select and re-
move only one disc.
1. Press the disc select button (17) of the
disc whose “DISC” indicator (13) is ON.
2. Press the eject button (9). Then the
“DISC” indicator associated with the disc
you have selected will blink, and the disc
will be ejected.
To remove more discs in succession, re-
peat Steps 1 and 2.
If you press the eject button after turning
OFF the ignition switch, only one disc will be ejected.
V
Ejecting all discs from the player
(All disc ejection mode)
1. If you continue to press the eject button
(9), the player will produce beep sound
and will enter the all disc ejection mode.
2. Remove the disc that has been eject-
ed. The other discs loaded will then be
ejected one after another. If you do not re-
move the ejected disc within 15 seconds,
the “All disc ejection mode” will be can-
celed.
NOTEAvoid driving the vehicle with a CD
sticking out, because vibration might
make it fall out.Do not attempt to insert two or more
discs into the slot at a time. Doing
so can cause mechanical damage to
the CD changer.
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In-dash 6 CD auto changer (if equipped)„Loading and unloading compact discs
(5) (1) (2)
(4) (3)
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(1) Disc slot
(2) Disc indicators (disc No.1 to 6)
(3) Disc select buttons (disc No.1 to 6)
(4) Eject button
(5) Disc slot indicator
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TTo insert a disc
1. Press one of the disc select buttons (3) (numbered from 1 to 6) for which the disc
indicator light (2) is “OFF”.
The disc indicator lights are located direct-
ly above the corresponding disc select
buttons.
2. The indicator will begin blinking. The
blinking will last for 15 seconds.
During this period, insert a desired disc,
and the disc will begin to play. (If any disc
is not inserted during this period, the “Disc
slot” (1) door will close. Repeat Step 1.)
Be sure to hold a disc with the label side
(the side where titles are printed) up.
3. To insert another disc, repeat Steps 1
and 2 choosing a different disc select but-
ton.
T
To insert six discs at a time
1. Press and hold the disc select button
number 1 until all disc indicators begin
blinking (approximately 1.5 seconds).
2. The indicators will blink for 15 seconds.
During this period, insert desired six discs.
3. When all discs are loaded, the first disc
will begin to play. (If no disc is inserted
within this 15 seconds, the entire disc load
sequence will be canceled.)
T To remove a disc
1. Press the desired one of the disc select
buttons (3) (numbered from 1 to 6) for
which the disc indicator light is on.
2. Press the eject button (4). The selected disc will be ejected and the indicator light
will begin blinking.
3. To remove another disc, repeat Steps
1 and 2 choosing a different disc select
button.
(To remove discs when the ignition switch
is in the “Lock” position, press the eject
button, and the first disc will be ejected.
Press the eject button again, and the next
disc will be ejected and so on. At this time,
the disc select buttons are disabled.)
T
To remove all discs at one time
1. Press and hold the eject button (4) until
all “Disc” indicators begin blinking (ap-
proximately 1.5 seconds), and the first
disc will be ejected.
2. When the disc is removed, the next
one will be ejected, and so on.
T To replace a playing disc with an-
other
Simply press the desired one of disc se-
lect buttons (3) (numbered from 1 to 6) or
press the disc select button on the radio
unit to select the desired disc, and the disc
will begin to play.
T Disc indicators
Lit: when the corresponding storage tray
is occupied by a disc.
Blinking: Disc player is either in loading,
eject or changing mode.
y
Do not attempt to insert two or
more discs into the slot at a time.
Doing so can cause mechanical
damage to the CD changer.
y Use only music CDs identified by
a mark.
y Do not use CDs listed in the fol-
lowing which could cause dam-
age to the CD player.
– 3 inch (8 cm) compact disc.
– Any disc with a peel-off or seal
on it.
– Bent disc.
– Cleaning disc.
– CD accessory. (E.g., 3 inch (8 cm) disc adapter)
y Do not insert or remove any disc
when the automatic transmission
selector lever is in the park posi-
tion; the selector lever in that po-
sition can interfere with disc in-
sertion or removal, causing
scratches on the disc surface (for
AT vehicles).
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OFF: No disc is loaded or the ignition
switch is in the “LOCK” position.
VOpen/Closed disc slot indicator
When the disc slot is open, the disc indica-
tors on both sides of the slot illuminate.
T Function control
Refer to CD changer control operating in-
structions described in the “Type A audio
set (if equipped)” section.
Precautions to observe when handling a compact discUse only compact discs (CDs) that have
the mark shown in the following illustra-
tion.
You may also use compact discs (CD-Rs
and CD-RWs) that have the following
marks, but you may not use some discs if
they were produced using writing methods
not compatible with your vehicle’s audio
system.
yYou cannot use a DualDisc in the CD
player. If you insert a DualDisc into the
player, the disc may not come out again,
possibly causing the player to malfunc-
tion.
y In cold and/or rainy weather, dew can
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form inside the CD player, preventing nor-
mal operation. If this happens, eject the
CD and wait for the player to dry out.
ySkipping may occur when the CD player
is subjected to severe vibration (for exam-
ple, when the vehicle is driven on a rough
surface).
y To remove a disc from the case, press
the center of the case and hold both edg-
es of the disc. If the disc surface is
touched directly, contamination could
cause poor tone quality. Do not touch the
disc surface.
y Use a clean disc whenever possible. If
there are deposits, wipe the disc surface
from the center outward with a dry, soft
cloth. Be sure not to use a hard cloth, thin-
ner, benzene, alcohol, etc.
y Do not use any disc that is scratched,
deformed, or cracked. Also, do not use
any disc that has a non-standard shape
(for example, a heart shape). Malfunctions
or problems might result.
y A disc is vulnerable to heat. Never keep
it either in places exposed to direct sun-
light, near heaters or in vehicles parked in
the sun or on hot days.
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Interior equipment
Interior lights ...................................................... 6-2
Dome light ............................................................... 6-2
Cargo area light ..................................................... 6-2
Map lights ........................................................... 6-3
Sun visors ........................................................... 6-3
Vanity mirror ........................................................... 6-3
Storage compartments ...................................... 6-4
Glove box ................................................................ 6-4
Center console ........................................................ 6-4
Overhead console .................................................. 6-6
Dashboard storage compartment ......................... 6-6
Convenience net ..................................................... 6-6
Cup holders ........................................................ 6-7
Front passenger’s cup holder ............................... 6-7
Rear passenger’s cup holder ................................ 6-7
Accessory power outlets ................................... 6-8
Cigarette lighter socket ..................................... 6-9
Use with a cigarette lighter (if equipped) ............. 6-10
Using as an accessory power outlet ..................... 6-10
Ashtray ................................................................\
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Floor mat ............................................................. 6-11
Coat hook ............................................................ 6-12
Cargo area cover (if equipped) ......................... 6-12
Using the cover ....................................................... 6-12
To remove the cover .............................................. 6-13
Stowage of the cover ............................................. 6-13
To install the cover housing .................................. 6-13
Shopping bag hook ............................................ 6-13
Cargo tie-down hooks ........................................ 6-14
Cargo area bars .................................................. 6-14
Under-floor storage compartment .................... 6-14
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