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– M.M. PLAYER - this submenu makes it
possible to select digital audio tracks in the
library by folder, artist, genre, album or
playlist. This submenu can also be used to
access the multimedia player iPod settings
- see dedicated paragraph.
– SETTINGS - this submenu makes it
possible to manage the names in your
phone list, register a new device or access
the hands free system identification code.Launching the Main Menu
To activate the system Main Menu, press
ßafter which you can start to interact
with the system using the controls on the
steering wheel.
Navigation through menu options
To navigate through menu items, press
Qor Z.
When the names in the directory are
displayed, if the number of characters ex-
ceeds the maximum permitted, the name
will be shortened.
To select the option shown on the dis-
play, press OKor
ß.
To exit the item shown on the display or
a submenu, press ESC.INSTANT NAV FUNCTIONS
MENU
– M.M. PLAYER
Select the “M.M. PLAYER” source and
press MUSIC to access the information
screen, press the OK button to access the
Multi Media Player menu, select the de-
sired item turning the OK knob and press
again to confirm the selection.
–TEL
Press the TEL button to access the in-
formation screen, press the OK knob to
access the TEL menu, select the desired
item by turning the actual knob and press
it again to confirm the selectin.
For more information, see the de-
scription in the Instant Nav manual.
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The M.M. PLAYER menu allows you to:
– display the tracks saved on your USB
device
– listen to the audio files saved on your
USB device.
Note
Before using the player, in order to make
sure that your USB device is compatible
with the system, read the section on
COMPATIBLE USB MEMORY DEVICES
or the paragraph about iPod.CONNECTION OF USB DEVICE
TO THE SYSTEM
To connect your UBS device to the sys-
tem, proceed as follows:
– Copy the tracks on your USB device
(for further information, see "Technolo-
gies compatible with the system").
– For USB devices without a USB lead,
simply connect the device (directly or with
the help of an extension) to the USB port
in the car (see fig. 1).
– For USB devices with a lead, connect
one end to your USB device and the oth-
er to the USB port in the car (see fig. 1).– Turn the ignition key to MAR. The sys-
tem will automatically start playing your
digital tracks, selecting them from a library
that is created the moment the USB de-
vice is connected.
– If the AUTO PLAY function is set to
“On”, the system will automatically start
playing your digital tracks.
MULTIMEDIA PLAYER - Setting func-
tions.
When the creation of the multimedia li-
brary is over, it is possible to use the sys-
tem to display and select the tracks pre-
sent and to activate playing.
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MANAGEMENT OF THE
MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY
The multimedia player allows you to se-
lect the digital audio on your USB device
using the controls on the steering wheel
or the Instant Nav controls.
You can scroll through the audio files by
folder, artist, genre, album or playlist. You
can use voice recognition to select one
of these categories. Once the category
you want is selected, use the manual con-
trols to select a file within it. To facilitate
exploring your multimedia library, insert
multimedia information (title of the track,
author, album, genre) for each track.
Note
Multimedia information cannot be in-
serted for all formats. Amongst the for-
mats recognized by the system, .mp3 and
.wma, .accinclude multimedia information,
whilst the .wavformat does not. It is also
possible that multimedia information may
not have been entered for an audio file
with this capability. In these cases the se-
lection of audio files can only take place by
folder. For further information, refer to
the SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THE
MULTI MEDIA PLAYER section.Selection by folder
If folders containing tracks are saved on
your USB device, they can be shown in the
FOLDERS menu.
?To select tracks in the folders through
manual interaction, proceed as fol-
lows:
Activate the Main Menu, select the
M.M. PLAYER option and then press
OKor
ß.
Select the option FOLDERS and then
press OKor
ß.
Scroll through the available folders. To
listen to the entire contents of the
folders, select the PLAY ALL and then
press OKor
ß. To display all the
tracks in the folder displayed, press
OKor
ß.
Scroll through the tracks in the fold-
er you have selected. To play a track,
select the title of the track and press
OKor
ß. To select a previous or
next folder you can also press the In-
stant Nav
N/Obuttons. For further
information on personalizing the
FOLDERS menu, refer to the SUG-
GESTIONS FOR USING THE MUL-
TIMEDIA PLAYER section.Selection by artist
}To select all the tracks by a particu-
lar artist, using manual interaction:
Activate the Main Menu, select the
M.M. PLAYER option and then press
OKor
ß.
Select the option ARTISTS and then
press OKor
ß.
Scroll through the available artists. To
select the artist displayed, press OK
or
ß.
Scroll through the albums by artist. To
listen to the albums of one artist, se-
lect the PLAY ALL option and then
press OKor
ß.
To play an album, select the album and
then press OKor
ß.
To play a track by an artist, select the
title of the track and press OKor
ß.
To select a previous or next artist, you
can also press the Instant Nav
N/Obuttons.
Note
If your USB device contains a lot of au-
dio files, the ARTISTS menu may be di-
vided into alphabetic submenus. An al-
phabetical submenu may only show the
first letter of the tracks it contains (e.g.:
A-F) or it may show the first two letters
of the actual tracks (e.g.: Aa-Ar).
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Selection by playlist
If there are playlists saved on your USB
device, you can display them in the
PLAYLIST menu.
?To select a playlist, using manual in-
teraction:
Activate the Main Menu, select the
M.M. PLAYER option and then press
OKor
ß.
Select the option PLAYLISTS and then
press OKor
ß.
Scroll through the available playlists.
To listen to the playlist displayed, press
OKor
ß.
To select a previous or next playlist
you can also press the Instant Nav
N/Obuttons.
For further information on creating
playlists, refer to the SUGGESTIONS
chapter.LISTENING TO AUDIO TRACKS
Random play for the entire
multimedia libraray
The option “Any” allows you to quickly
play the entire contents of your multime-
dia library in random order.
?To activate the “Any” function, using
manual interaction:
Activate the Main Menu, select the
M.M. PLAYER option and then press
OKor
ß.
Select the option ANY and then press
OKor
ß.Playing audio
?To start listening to digital audio, us-
ing manual interaction:
If the “AUTO PLAY” function is on,
connect your USB device to the sys-
tem and the tracks will start playing
automatically.
MULTIMEDIA PLAYER -
SETTING FUNCTIONS.
With the USB device connected to the
system, press the MEDIAcontrol on
the front of the Instant Nav to select
the “M.M. PLAYER” source.
You can also select the digital audio
you want to listen to and then press
OKor
ßto start playing.
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Pause
To pause the track you are listening to:
Press ESCor the
&button at the front
of the Instant Nav.
Resume
To resume listening to a track that you
have paued: Press ESCor the
&button
at the front of the Instant Nav.
Next track
?To move on to the next track, using
manual interaction:
Whilst listening to a track press
N
(controls on the steering wheel) or ˙(Instant Nav controls).Previous track
?To return to the previous track
through manual interaction:
Whilst listening to a track press
O(controls on the steering wheel) or ¯(Instant Nav controls).
Note
If the command Previous track is given
after 3 seconds into the track, the track
will have to be listened to again. If, on the
other hand, the command is given within
the first 3 seconds of the start of the track,
the previous track will be played.Changing audio source
To change the audio source activated
(Radio, CD, Multimedia player), press OK
or the dedicated buttons RADIO, MEDIA
on the front of the Instant Nav.
Note
For further information on the voice
commands that can be used with the play-
er, see the LIST OF AVAILABLE VOICE
COMMANDS chapter.
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MULTIMEDIA PLAYER
SETTINGS (Instant Nav only)
To enter the Multimedia Player settings
menu on the Instant Nav you can:
– Select the Audio function on the
Instant Nav Menu, confirm by pressing the
OK knot to enter the Media Player, press
the OK knob again to confirm the selec-
tion and turn to select the desired item.
or
– Select the Media Player source on
Instant Nav pressing the OKor MEDIA
buttons, press the MUSICbutton and
then press the OK button/knob to confirm
the selection and turn it to select the de-
sired item.Automatic play
The Automatic play function allows you
to set the Instant Nav so that the playing
of digital audio on your USB device starts
as soon as the ignition key is turned to the
MAR position. Once this function is
turned on, the first time you use the play-
er, playing will start automatically, do it be-
fore inserting the device in the USB port
on the car and create or update the mul-
timedia library.Note
If you change the setting of the Auto-
matic play after having connected a USB
device, the new setting will only be acti-
vated the first time you connect another
USB device (or the same USB device with
the updated musical tracks library).
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Random play
The Random play function changes the
order in which the digital audio is played.
When the Random play function is acti-
vated the Instant Nav plays digital audio in
a random order.
Track repeat
When the Continuous play function is
turned on, a track is played repeatedly.
Note
If the Track repeat is on, the play previ-
ous track and next track functions will
move to the previous or next audio track
and start playing this track continuously.
For more information, see the de-
scription in the Instant Nav manual.SUGGESTIONS FOR THE USE
OF THE MULTIMEDIA PLAYER
Scrolling
– To improve scrolling within the
FOLDERS menu, organize the folders on
your USB device before connecting the
device to the system. To facilitate and im-
prove the selection in the FOLDERS
menu, organize your music tracks in fold-
ers that have names that mean something
to you.Organizing multimedia files
– To produce categories that mean
something on the system, the information
in the multimedia files must be updated.
To update the information for each file,
follow the instructions in your software
support documentation for managing mul-
timedia files.
– If your library contains items with in-
formation relating to the Artist, Album,
Title or Genre, the system will display
UNKNOWN in the ALBUM and GENRE
menus. To insert information on a ditital
audio file, follow the instructions in your
software support documentation for man-
aging multimedia files.
– To improve listening to your favourite
music, we suggest creating specific playlists
(see “Creating playlists” in this chapter).
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Creating a multimedia library
– It may take a few minutes to create a
multimedia library. If the time for creating
the multimedia library is too long, you can
intervene by reducing the amount of au-
dio files saved on your USB device.
– It is possible to listen to a selection of
music tracks whilst creating the library.
The system will continue to create the li-
brary whilst the music is playing.Creating playlists
To create a .m3uor .wplplaylist for the
system using Microsoft
®Windows Media®
Player, proceed as follows:
– Copy all the songs you want on the
playlist in a new folder or onto your USB
memory device.
– Open Microsoft
®Windows Media®
Player. Select File, Open from the menu.
– Scroll through the contents of the USB
device connected to your computer and
select the audio files you want on the
playlist.
– Click on Open.
– Move onto “File” and select “Save
playlist with name...” .... Enter the name
you want in the field “File name” and set
the type .wplor .m3uin the “Save as” field.
– Click on Save.
Once the previous stages have been
completed, the new .m3uor .wplfile will
be produced.
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Mobile phones with management
of individual contacts
If your mobile phone has the capability
of transmitting individual contacts in the
phone directory via Bluetooth
®, during
the registration procedure you will be
asked to transfer the names in the phone
list using your mobile phone.
Mobile phones with management
of SMS text messages (not all
mobile phones support listening to
incoming SMS text messages)
If your mobile phone has the capability
of transmitting SMS messages via Blue-
tooth
®, it is possible to read the incom-
ing SMS text messages via the hands free
system, save them in a dedicated message
list or delete them.COMPATIBLE USB MEMORY
DEVICES USB
Memory devices
The multimedia player is compatible with
most of the USB mass storage devices 1.0,
1.1 or 2.0, which can be configured as hard
disks.
Management of audio files from
iPod™ devices
To improve the connection of your iPod
with the system it is usually necessary to
carry out these few simple operations on
your iPod:
– Configure the iPod for use as an ex-
ternal disc with reference to the instruc-
tion manual for the iPod;
– if the configuration has been made on
an Apple PC, make the configuration in
Windows format:
– Store the sound tracks as Mp3 audio
files compatible with Blue&Me™.
These operations do not adversely
affect listening quality or using tracks
managed by iPod.What I can do
– Listening of tracks in digital quality
– Select tracks (by artist, album, type,
etc.) through voice control or by using the
controls on the steering wheel
– Display information about the track
being played (song title, singer, etc.) on the
instrument panel.
– Recharge your iPod through the USB.
What I cannot do
– Playing of audio tracks from iPod™
devices not configurable as external disks
or iPhone™ (without Media Player
Blue&Me™adapter, see following
Note).
NoteA Lineaccessori Fiat Media Play-
er Blue&Me™ adapter is available for
playing tracks stored on iPod and iPhone
models which cannot be configured as an
external disk.
NoteTo manage audio files from
iPod™ or iPhone™ devices, refer to
“Technologies compatible with the sys-
tem”.
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Note
It is not advisable to use USB devices
with a password function. In this case, al-
ways check that this USB device function
has been deactivated.
The multimedia player has only one mul-
timedia library. When a new USB device
is inserted, the system creates a new li-
brary replacing the existing one.Compatible digital audio files
The multimedia player supports the playing of audio files with the following formats:
Audio Code extension
.wma
.mp3
.wav
.aac
.M4A
.MP4
Note
The multimedia player does not support compressed audio files with other formats
and protected audio files DRM (Digital Right Management). If there are audio files on
the USB device that are not supported, they will be ignored.It supports WMA standard version 1 and WMA version 2.
(WMA2 = 353, WMA1 = 352). It supports WMA
Voice audio formats.
MPEG-1 Layer 3 files (sampling frequencies 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz
and 48 kHz) and MPEG-2 layer 3 (16 kHz, 22.05 kHz and 24 kHz).
The following bit rates are supported: 16 kbps, 32 kbps, 64 kbps,
96 kbps, 128 kbps and 192 kbps. It also supports the Fraunhofer
MP2.5 extension (sampling frequencies 8 kHz, 11.025 kHz a
nd 12 kHz).
Audio in digital format, without data compression.
MPEG-4 file (sampling frequencies between
22.05 kHz and 48 kHz)
The following bit rates are supported: 8Kbps - 529 kbps
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