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Using the Radio
Radio Data System (RDS)
RDS features are available for use only on FM stations
that broadcast RDS information. The station name or call
letters display while the radio is tuned to an RDS station.
This system relies upon receiving specic information
from these stations and works only when the information
is available. In rare cases, a radio station can broadcast
incorrect information that causes the radio features
to work improperly. If this happens, contact the radio
station.
With RDS, the radio can:
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type of
programming.
Receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies.
Display messages from radio stations.
Seek to stations with traffic announcements.
Provide the time of day.
Provide a program type (PTY) for current
programming.
Provide the name of the program being broadcast.
XM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM is a satellite radio service that is based in the
48 contiguous United States and 10 Canadian
provinces. XM Satellite Radio has a wide variety
of programming and commercial-free music,
coast-to-coast, and in digital-quality sound. During your
trial or when you subscribe, you will get unlimited
access to XM Radio Online for when you are not in
the vehicle. A service fee is required to receive the
XM service. For more information, contact XM at
xmradio.com or call 1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. and
xmradio.ca or call 1-877-438-9677 in Canada.
Finding an FM/AM/XM Station
BAND:Press to switch between FM1, FM2, AM,
XM1orXM2.
Oe(Tune):Turn to select radio stations.
tSEEKu:Press to go to the previous or to the next
station and stay there.
The radio only stops at stations with a strong signal.
tSCANu:Press and holdtorufor two seconds
until FREQUENCY SCAN displays. The radio goes
to a station, plays for a few seconds, then goes on to
the next station. Press
toruagain to stop scanning.
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To scan preset stations:
Press and hold
torufor four seconds until PRESET
SCAN displays. The radio goes to the next preset
station, plays for a few seconds, then goes to the next
preset station. Press
toruagain or one of the
pushbuttons to stop scanning presets.
The radio only scans stations with a strong signal.
1-6 (Preset Pushbuttons):Press to play stations that
are programmed to the radio preset pushbuttons.
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM,
six XM1 and six XM2), and equalization settings for
each station can be programmed on the six numbered
pushbuttons.
To set presets:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1
or XM2.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press AUTO EQ to select the equalization.
5. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until the radio beeps once.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
Finding a Category (CAT) Station
(XM Satellite Radio Service Only)
To select an XM station by category:
1. Press CAT. The last selected category displays.
2. Turn the
Oeknob to select a category.
3. Press
toruto go to a category’s station.
SEEKING CATEGORY displays.
4. To go to another station within that category, press
the CAT button to display the category, then press
toruto go to another station.
If the radio cannot nd the desired category, NONE
displays and the radio returns to the last station tuned.
SCAN:To scan the stations within a category:
1. Press CAT. The last selected category displays.
2. Turn the
Oeknob to select a category.
3. Press and hold
toruuntil a beep sounds and
SCAN CATEGORY displays. The radio begins
scanning the stations in the category.
4. Press
toruto stop scanning.
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Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error):Displays if the radio
is no longer congured properly for the vehicle.
The vehicle must be returned to your dealer/retailer
for service.
LOC (Locked):Displays when the THEFTLOCK
®
system has locked up. The vehicle must be returned to
your dealer/retailer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or cannot be corrected,
contact your dealer/retailer.
RDS Messages
ALERT!:Alert warns of local or national emergencies.
When an alert announcement comes on the current
radio station, ALERT! displays. The announcement is
heard, even if the volume is low or a CD is playing. If a
CD is playing, play stops during the announcement.
Alert announcements cannot be turned off.
ALERT! is not affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by all
RDS stations.
4(Information):If the current station has a message,
INFO (information) displays. Press
4to see the message.
The message can display the artist, song title, call in
phone numbers, etc.
If the entire message is not displayed, parts of the
message appears every three seconds. To scroll through
the message, press and release
4. A new group of
words display after every press of the button. Once the
complete message has displayed, INFO disappears
from the display until another new message is received.
The last message can be displayed by pressing this
button. The last message until a new message is
received or the radio is tuned to a different station.
NO INFO displays when a message is not available from
a station.
TRAF (Traffic):TA (traffic) displays when the station
broadcasts traffic announcements, the announcement
will be played.
Press TRAF and the radio seeks to a station that
broadcasts traffic announcements. When a station is
found, the radio stops seeking and TA displays.
NO TRAFFIC INFO displays if a station that broadcasts
traffic announcements can not be found.
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Press TRAF to turn off the traffic announcements
if TA is on the display.
The radio plays the traffic announcement even if the
volume is low. The radio interrupts the play of a CD if
the last tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements.
This function does not apply to XM Satellite Radio
Service.
Radio Messages for XM Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 3-95XM Radio
Messages later in this section for further detail.
Using the CD Player
The CD player can play smaller 3 inch (8 cm) single
CDs with an adapter ring.
A CD in the player it stays in the player when the
ignition is turned off. When the ignition or radio is turned
on, the CD starts to play where it stopped, if it was
the last selected audio source.
Loading a CD
Single CD Radio:
Insert the CD partway into the slot, label side up, until
the player pulls the CD in. The CD begins playing
automatically.
The CD symbol displays when a CD is inserted, and
the track number displays when each new track starts
to play.
Six-Disc CD Radio:
If more than one CD has been loaded, a number for
each CD displays.
M(Load):Press to load CDs into the CD player.
To insert one CD:
1. Press
M.
2. Load a CD and insert the CD partway into the slot,
label side up when INSERT CD # displays.
The player pulls the CD in.
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To insert multiple CDs:
1. Press and hold
Mfor two seconds. Two beeps
sound and LOAD ALL DISCS displays.
2. Load a CD and insert the CD partway into the slot,
label side up when INSERT CD # displays.
The player pulls the CD in.
3. Wait for INSERT CD # to display after the previous
CD is loaded, then load the next CD. The CD
player takes up to six CDs.
To load more than one CD but less than six, complete
Steps 1 through 3. When nished loading CDs,
press the
Mbutton to cancel the loading function.
The radio begins to play the last CD loaded.
Playing a CD
Oe(Tune):Turn to go to the next or previous track.
{(Reverse):Press and hold to reverse within the
current track.
|(Fast Forward):Press and hold to fast forward
through the current track.
tSEEKu:Press the left arrow to go to the start of
the current track if more than eight seconds have
played. Press the right arrow to go to the start of the
next track. If either arrow is held or pressed more than
once, the player continues moving backward or
forward through the CD.
tSCANu:To scan one CD, press and hold either
arrow for more than two seconds until SCAN displays
and a beep sounds. The radio goes to the next track,
plays for 10 seconds, then goes to the next track.
Press either arrow again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded CDs, press and hold either arrow for
more than four seconds until SCAN displays and a
beep sounds. Use this feature to listen to 10 seconds of
the rst track of each loaded CD. Press either arrow
again, to stop scanning.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press to
select the equalization setting while playing a CD.
The equalization is stored when a CD is played. For
more information on AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ” listed
previously in this section.
BAND:Press to listen to the radio when a CD is
playing. The inactive CD(s) remains inside the radio
for future listening.
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CD AUX (Auxiliary):Press to play a CD when listening
to the radio. CD displays when a CD is in the player.
If your system has a remote playback device, pressing
this button a second time allows the remote device
to play.
X(Eject):Press to eject a CD from the Single CD
Radio and the Six-Disc CD Radio.
Single CD Radio:Press
Xto eject a CD.
Six-Disc CD Radio:
Press
Xto eject the CD that is currently playing.
To eject multiple CDs:
1. Press and hold
Xfor two seconds. A beep sounds
and EJECT ALL displays.
2. The ejected CD can be removed when REMOVE
DISC displays.
To stop ejecting the CDs, press the
MorX.
The CD is automatically pulled back into the player if
the CD is not removed after 25 seconds. Pushing a
CD back into the player, before the 25 second time
period is complete causes the player to sense an error
and the CD player tries to eject the CD several times
before stopping.Wait for the timer to expire before pressing
Xagain.
Pressing
Xrepeatedly after trying to push a CD
in manually causes the CD players 25-second eject
timer to reset.
RPT (Repeat):Press to hear a track or an entire CD
over again.
Single CD Radio:
Press RPT to hear a track over again, REPEAT displays.
Press again to turn off repeat, REPEAT OFF displays.
Six-Disc CD Radio:
Press RPT until REPEAT displays to repeat a track.
Press RPT until REPEAT ONE DISC displays to
repeat an entire CD
Press RPT until REPEAT OFF displays to turn off
repeat.
RDM (Random):Press to hear the tracks in random,
rather than sequential order, on one CD or all of
the loaded CDs.
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Single CD Radio:
Press and release RDM, until RANDOM DISC PLAY
displays. Press and release the RDM until RANDOM
OFF displays to turn off random play.
Six-Disc CD Radio:
Press and release RDM until RANDOM DISC PLAY
displays to play the tracks on one CD in random
order. Once all tracks on this disc have played,
RANDOM DISC PLAY will repeat.
Press and release RDM until RANDOM ALL DISCS
displays to play the tracks on all of the CDs that are
loaded in random order.
Press and release RDM until RANDOM OFF
displays to turn off random play.
R(Song List):The Song List feature can save
20 track selections.
To save tracks:
1. If S-LIST is displayed, press
Rto turn it off.
2. Select the desired CD by pressing the numbered
pushbutton and then use
uorOeknob to
select the track to be saved.3. Press and hold
Runtil a beep sounds and
ADDED SONG displays.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to save other selections.
SONGLIST FULL displays if more than 20 selections are
stored.
To play tracks:
1. Press
R. One beep sounds and S-LIST displays.
The recorded tracks begin to play in the order they
were saved
2. Press
toruto go back or forward within the
saved tracks.
To delete tracks:
1. Press
Rto turn song list on. S-LIST displays.
2. Press
toru, use theOeknob to select the
desired track to be deleted.
3. Press and hold
Runtil SONG REMOVED displays.
After a track has been deleted, the remaining tracks
are moved up the list. When another track is added to
the song list, the track is added to the end of the list.
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To delete the entire song list:
1. Press the
Rbutton to turn song list on.
S-LIST displays.
2. Press and hold
Rfor more than four seconds.
One beep sounds and SONGLIST EMPTY
displays to conrm that the song list has
been deleted.
If a CD is ejected, and the song list contains saved
tracks from that CD, those tracks are automatically
deleted from the song list. Any tracks saved to the
song list again are added to the bottom of the list.
To end song list mode, press
R. One beep sounds
and S-LIST is removed from the display.
Care of CD’s and the CD Player
Care of CDs
Store CD(s) in their original cases or other protective
cases and away from direct sunlight and dust. The CD
player scans the bottom of the disc. If the bottom of
a CD is damaged it may not play properly or at all.
Do not touch the bottom of a CD while handling it.
Pick up CDs by grasping the outer edges or the edge
of the hole and the outer edge.If the surface of a CD is dirty, take a soft, lint free cloth
or dampen a clean, soft cloth in a mild, neutral
detergent solution mixed with water, and clean it.
Make sure the wiping process starts from the center
to the edge.
Care of the CD Player
Do not add labels to a CD, it could get caught in the CD
player. Use a marking pen to write on the top of the
CD if a description is needed.
Do not use CD lens cleaners, they could damage the
CD player.
Notice:If a label is added to a CD, or more than
one CD is inserted into the slot at a time, or an
attempt is made to play scratched or damaged CDs,
the CD player could be damaged. While using the
CD player, use only CDs in good condition without
any label, load one CD at a time, and keep the
CD player and the loading slot free of foreign
materials, liquids, and debris.
If an error displays, see “CD Messages” later in this
section.
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Using the Auxiliary Input Jack
The radio system has an auxiliary input jack located on
the right side of the faceplate. This is not an audio
output; do not plug the headphone set into the front
auxiliary input jack. An external audio device can
be connected to the auxiliary input jack for use as
another source for audio listening.
Drivers are encouraged to set up any auxiliary device
while the vehicle is in P (Park). SeeDefensive
Driving on page 4-2.
Connect a 3.5 mm (1/8 inch) cable to the radio’s front
auxiliary input jack to use a portable audio player.
The radio displays AUX INPUT DEVICE when a device
is connected and begins playing audio from that
device.
Top Knob (Power/Volume):Turn to increase or
decrease the volume of the portable player. Additional
volume adjustments can be made from the portable
device.
BAND:Press to listen to the radio while a portable
audio device is playing. The portable audio device
continues playing.CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary):Press to play a CD while a
portable audio device is playing. Press again and
the system begins playing audio from the connected
portable audio player. If a portable audio player is
connected, AUX INPUT DEVICE displays. If a portable
audio player is not connected, AUX INPUT DEVICE
does not display.
Using an MP3
MP3 Format
Radios with the MP3 feature can only play CD-R discs.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 les on the
same disc.
Supported File Structure
Radios with the MP3 feature support up to:
50 folders.
11 folders in depth.
50 playlists.
255 les.
10 sessions.
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Root Directory:
The root directory is treated as a folder. Files are stored
in the root directory when the disc or storage device
does not contain folders. Files accessed from the root
directory display as F1 ROOT.
Empty Folder:
Folders that do not contain les are skipped, and the
player advances to the next folder that contains les.
Supported Bit Rates
The following bit rates are supported: 32 kbps,
40 kbps, 56 kbps, 64 kbps, 80 kbps, 96 kbps,
112 kbps, 128 kbps, 160 kbps, 192 kbps, 224 kbps,
256 kbps, and 320 kbps or a variable bit rate.
File Naming
ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags are supported. The track name
contained in the ID3 tag is shown on the display.
The display only shows up to 32 characters for track
and le names.
If the track name is not contained in the ID3 tag, the
display shows the le name without the le extension.
Playlists
Playlists that do not have a .mp3 or .wpl extension
may not work.
Preprogrammed playlists created by WinAmp™,
MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™ software are
supported and they cannot be edited using the radio.
Playing an MP3
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player pulls it in, and READING displays. The CD should
begin playing and the CD symbol displays.
If the ignition or radio is turned off with a CD-R in the
player, it stays in the player. When the ignition or radio is
turned on, the CD-R starts to play where it stopped, if
it was the last selected audio source.
As each new track starts to play, the track number
displays.
Order of Play
Tracks are played sequentially in the following order:
1. Playlists.
2. Files contained in the root directory.
3. Files contained in folders.
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