Features of your vehicle
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Antenna
Manual antenna (if equipped)
Your car uses a manual stainless steel
antenna to receive both AM and FM
broadcast signals. Pull up the antenna
using your fingers, as shown in the draw-ing.
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NOTICE
Before entering an automatic car wash
or a place with a low height clearance,
be sure that the antenna is fully retract-ed.
Glass antenna (if equipped)
When the radio power switch is turned on
while the ignition key is in either the ON
or ACC position, your car will receiveboth AM and FM broadcast signals
through the antenna in the rear window
glass.
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CAUTION
• Do not clean the inside of the rear
window glass or quarter glasswith a cleaner or use a scraper to remove any foreign deposits as
this may cause damage to the antenna elements.
Avoid adding metallic coating such as Ni, Cd, and so on. Thesecan interfere with AM/FM recep-
tion.
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Features of your vehicle
Fading - As your car moves away fromthe radio station, the signal will weaken
and sound will begin to fade. When this
occurs, we suggest that you selectanother stronger station.
Flutter/Static - Weak FM signals or large obstructions between the trans-
mitter and your radio can disturb the
signal causing static or fluttering nois-
es to occur. Reducing the treble level
may lessen this effect until the distur-
bance clears. Station Swapping - As a FM signal
weakens, another more powerful sig-
nal near the same frequency may
begin to play. This is because your
radio is designed to lock onto the clear-
est signal. If this occurs, select anoth-er station with a stronger signal.
Multi-Path Cancellation - Radio signals being received from several directions
can cause distortion or fluttering. This
can be caused by a direct and reflect-
ed signal from the same station, or by
signals from two stations with close
frequencies. If this occurs, selectanother station until the condition haspassed. Using a mobile phone or a two-
way radio When a mobile phone is used inside the
vehicle, noise may be produced from the
audio equipment. This does not meanthat something is wrong with the audio
equipment. In such a case, use the
mobile phone at a place as far as possi-
ble from the audio equipment.
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CAUTION
When using a communication sys-
tem such a mobile phone or a radio set inside the vehicle, a separate
external antenna must be fitted. When a mobile phone or a radio setis used with an internal antenna alone, it may interfere with the vehi-
cle's electrical system and adverse-ly affect safe operation of the vehi- cle.
