KIA Spectra 2008 2.G Owner's Manual

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1. POWER ON-OFF Control
Knob
• The radio unit may be operated
when the ignition key is in the "ACC"
or "ON" position. Press the button to
switch the power on. The LCD
shows the radio frequency in the
radio mode or CD/MP3 track in the
CD/MP3 mode. To switch the power
off, press the button again.
• Push the FM/AM, TAPE or CD/MP3
to turn on that function without push-
ing the Power ON-OFF control knob.
VOLUME Control
Rotate the knob clockwise to increase
the volume and turn the knob coun-
terclockwise to reduce the volume.
2. AUDIO Select Button
Pressing the AUDIO button changes
the BASS, MID-RANGE, TREBLE,
FADER and BALANCE mode.
The mode selected is shown on the
display.After selecting each mode, rotate the
Audio control knob clockwise or
counterclockwise.
BASS Control
To increase the BASS, rotate the
knob clockwise, while to decrease
the BASS, rotate the knob counter-
clockwise.
MID-RANGE Control
To increase the MID-RANGE, rotate
the knob clockwise, while to decrease
the MID-RANGE, rotate the knob
counterclockwise.
TREBLE Control
To increase the TREBLE, rotate the
knob clockwise, while to decrease
the TREBLE, rotate the knob coun-
terclockwise.
FADER Control
Turn the control knob clockwise to
emphasize rear speaker sound (front
speaker sound will be attenuated).
When the control knob is turned
counterclockwise, front speaker
sound will be emphasized (rear
speaker sound will be attenuated).BALANCE Control
Rotate the knob clockwise to empha-
size right speaker sound (left speak-
er sound will be attenuated).
When the control knob is turned
counterclockwise, left speaker sound
will be emphasized (right speaker
sound will be attenuated).
3. BAND Select Button
Pressing the FM/AM button changes
the AM, FM1 and FM2 bands. The
mode selected is shown on the dis-
play.
4. SCAN Button
When you press the button, frequen-
cy is changed and the next channel
is received automatically.
To stay on a station, press the SCAN
button again.
5. EQ Button
Press the EQ button to select the
CLASSIC, POPS, ROCK, JAZZ and
OFF MODE for the desired tone
quality. Each press of the button
changes the display as follows;

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6. AUTO SEEK Select Button
(Automatic Channel Selection)
Press the AUTO SEEK select button.
When the side is pressed, the
unit will automatically tune to the
next higher frequency and when the
side is pressed, it will automati-
cally tune to the next lower frequen-
cy.
7. TUNE Select/Audio Control
Knob
Rotate the knob clockwise to
increase the frequency and turn the
knob counterclockwise to reduce the
frequency.
8. PRESET STATION Select
Buttons
Six stations for AM, FM1 and FM2
respectively can be preset in the
electronic memory circuit.
HOW TO PRESET STATIONS
Six AM and twelve FM stations may
be programmed into the memory of
the radio. Then, by simply pressing
the AM/FM band select button and/or
one of the six station select buttons,
you may recall any of these stations
instantly. To program the stations, fol-
low these steps:
• Press AM/FM selector to set the
band for AM, FM1 and FM2.
• Select the desired station to be
stored by seek or manual tuning.
• Determine the preset station select
button you wish to use to access
that station.
• Press and hold the station select
button for more than 0.8 seconds. A
select button indicator will show in
the display indicating which select
button you have depressed. The fre-
quency display will flash after it has
been stored in to the memory. You
should then release the button, and
proceed to program the next
desired station. A total of 18 stations
can be programmed by selecting
one AM and two FM stations per
button.• When completed, any preset sta-
tion may be recalled by selecting
AM, FM1 or FM2 band and the
appropriate station button.
CAUTION
• Do not place beverages close
to the audio system. The play-
back mechanism may be dam-
aged if you spill them.
• Do not strike or allow anything
to impact the audio system,
damage to the system mecha-
nisms could occur.
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1. AUDIO/MP3 CD or AUX Select Button
2. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
3. FF/REW Button
4. REPEAT (RPT) Button
5. RANDOM (RDM) Button
6. BOOKMARK (MARK) Button
7. SCROLL Button
8. EQ Button
9. CD EJECT Button
10. CD SCAN Button
11. FILE SEARCH Knob
(TUNE Select Knob)
12. DIRECTORY SEARCH (DIR) Button
LD 445MP3 NA
COMPACT DISC PLAYER (M455MP3) (IF EQUIPPED) - COMPATIBLE WITH MP3/WMA/AAC/WAVE

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1. AUDIO/MP3 CD or AUX
Select Button
AUDIO/MP3 CD Select
• Insert the CD with the label facing
upward.
• Insert the CD to start CD playback,
during radio operation.
• If you press the CD/AUX button
while a disc is in the CD deck, the
CD player will begin playing even if
the radio or cassette player is
being used.
• The CD/AUX player can be used
when the ignition switch is in either
the “ON” or “ACC” position.
• Push the CD/AUX button to turn on
that function without pushing the
Power ON-OFF control knob.
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NOTICE
• Do not stick paper or tape etc., on the
label side or the recording side of any
discs, as it may cause a malfunction.
• The unit can play a multi-session
CD-R (recordable CD) and CD-
RW (rewritable CD) that consists
of more than two sessions.
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Please refer to the manual of CD-
R/CD-RW recoder or CD-R/CD-
RW software for more informa-
tion on finalization process.
• Depending on the recording sta-
tus, some CD-Rs/CD-RWs may
not be played on this unit.
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NOTICE
Playback of MP3, AAC and WMA
file formats are supported. Load to
play time for these formats may be
longer due to the compressed nature
of these discs.
AUX-IN Select
• When the AUX device (such as
portable MP3 players) is connect-
ed to vehicle's AUX-IN terminal,
you can switch to AUX-IN mode by
pressing CD/AUX button.
• With a CD loaded and AUX device
connected at the same time, this
button switches between AUX-IN
mode and CD mode.
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NOTICE
• If the AUX device is not connected,
you cannot switch to AUX-IN
mode.
• When the AUX device is discon-
nected while in AUX-IN mode, the
unit automatically switches its
mode to last selected mode (CD
mode or RADIO mode).
• The quality of sound may be defect-
ed or distorted when the unit's EQ
(BASS/MID/TREBLE) control and
AUX device's EQ control are both
enabled (not flat). When you want
to use the unit's EQ control feature,
disable the AUX device's EQ con-
trol feature, and vice versa.
• When using a portable audio device
connected to the power outlet, noise
may occur during playback. If this
happens, use the power source of
the portable audio device.
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2. TRACK UP/DOWN Button
• The desired track on the disc cur-
rently being played can be select-
ed using the track number.
• Press button once to skip for-
ward to the beginning of the next
track.
Press within a second after
playback begins to quickly move
backward through a CD.
If you press after more than a
second, it will take you to the
beginning of the file you are now
listening to.
3. FF/REW Button
If you want to fast forward or reverse
through the compact disc track, push
and hold the FF or REW button.
When you release the button, the com-
pact disc player will resume playing.
4. REPEAT (RPT) Button
• To repeat the track you are current-
ly listening to, press the RPT but-
ton. To cancel, press it again.• To repeat the music within selected
folder, press the RPT button for
more than 0.8 seconds. To cancel,
press it again. (MP3 CD only)
• If you do not release RPT opera-
tion when the track ends, it will
automatically be replayed.
This process will be continued until
you push the button again or turn
the power OFF then ON.
5. RANDOM (RDM) Button
With random, you can listen to the
tracks in random, rather than
sequential order.
To use random, do the following:
• Press the RDM button to listen to
recorded tracks in random
sequence. Press RDM again to
cancel or turn the power OFF then
ON. The unit defaults to playing
tracks in sequential order.
• To listen to the music within the
selected folder in random order,
press the RDM button within a sec-
ond. To cancel, press it again or
turn the power OFF then ON. (MP3
CD only)
6. BOOKMARK (MARK) Button
When the CD player unit is operat-
ing, the desired track on the disc can
be bookmarked by using the MARK
button. (MP3 CD only)
• Press the MARK button for more
than 0.8 seconds to bookmark the
desired track.
“M” will be displayed on the LCD
and “MEMORY(1~50)” will display
for approximately five seconds with
beep sound.
To play a bookmarked track, press
the MARK button within 0.8 sec-
onds and select the bookmarked
track to play.
• To erase a bookmarked track,
press the MARK button for more
than 0.8 seconds. The unit will
beep once when the bookmark is
erased.
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NOTICE
Tracks stored on Mark Memory will
be automatically erased after you
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7. SCROLL Button
Press the button, and you can check
the file names with more than 16
characters on MP3 CD (max 34
characters.).
The button doesn’t work on file
names less than 16 characters.
8. EQ Button
Press the EQ button to select the
CLASSIC, POPS, ROCK, JAZZ and
OFF MODE for the desired tone
quality. Each press of the button
changes the display as follows;
9. CD EJECT Button
When the button is pressed with a
CD loaded, the CD will eject.
Forcing to eject : To force to eject a
CD, press this button for more than 3
seconds.
(Do this only when a CD is jammed
and you can not eject it in the normal
way - e.g.) in case that you have
inserted 2 CDs by mistake)
10. CD SCAN Button
• To playback the first 10 seconds of
each track, press the CD SCAN
button more than 0.8 seconds.
• To playback the first 10 seconds of
each track in the selected folder,
press the CD SCAN button within
0.8 seconds. (MP3 CD only)
• Press the CD SCAN button again
within 10 sec. when you have
reached the desired track.
11. FILE SEARCH Knob
(TUNE Select Knob)
• You can skip the track (file) by turn-
ing the FILE SEARCH knob clock-
wise or counterclockwise.
After selecting the desired track
(file), press the FILE SEARCH
knob to playback the track (file).
If you do not press the FILE
SEARCH knob within five seconds,
the search will stop.
12. DIRECTORY SEARCH (DIR)
Button
• You can move through the folder by
pushing the DIR button to up ( )
and down( ).
• After moving the desired folder,
press the FILE SEARCH knob to
play back in the selected folder. If
you do not press the FILE
SEARCH knob within 5 seconds,
the folder searching function will be
released. It can not be operated in
a single folder.
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NOTICE
• To assure proper operation of the
unit, keep the vehicle interior tem-
perature within a normal range by
using the vehicle's air conditioning
or heating system.
• When replacing the fuse, replace it
with a fuse having the correct
capacity.
• All stored bookmarks are all
erased when the car battery is dis-
connected or power to the vehicle
is lost. If this occurs, the book-
marks will have to be reset.
• This equipment is designed to be
used only in a 12 volt DC battery
system with negative ground.
• This unit is made of precision
parts. Do not attempt to disassem-
ble or adjust any parts.
• Do not expose this equipment
(including the speakers and tape)
to water or excessive moisture.CAUTION
• Do not insert warped or poor
quality discs into the CD play-
er as damage to the unit may
occur.
• Do not insert anything like
coins into the player slot as
damage to the unit may occur.
• Do not place beverages close
to the audio system. The play-
back mechanism may be dam-
aged if you spill them.
• Do not strike or allow anything
to impact the audio system,
damage to the system mecha-
nisms could occur.
• Off-road or rough surface
driving may cause the com-
pact disc to skip. Do not use
the compact disc when driv-
ing in such conditions as
damage to the compact disc
face could occur.
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• Do not attempt to grab or pull
the compact disc out while the
disc is being pulled into the
audio unit by the self-loading
mechanism. Damage to the
audio unit and compact disc
could occur.
• Avoid using recorded com-
pact discs in your audio unit.
Original compact discs are
recommended for best
results.
WARNING
When driving your vehicle, be
sure to keep the volume of the
unit set low enough to allow you
to hear sounds coming from the
outside.

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LD 600 NA
1,2. Power on /off and volume control button
3. Radio selection button
4. Scan Button
5. Automatic station selection button (Seek)
6. Manual station selection button (Tune)
7. Pre-set button
8. LCD Display
9. Bass control/ left, right audio control
RADIO AND AUDIO QUALITY/VOLUME CONTROL, EQ (HMP600) (IF EQUIPPED)

1. Power on/off and volume
control button
When the ignition switch is on ACC
or ON, push this button to power on.
Push this button again to power off.
2. Volume control button
Rotate this button clockwise to vol-
ume up and anti-clockwise to volume
down.
3. Radio selection button
(FM/AM)
Push [FM/AM] button for FM or AM
radio. Each press will change
FM1
➟FM2➟AM➟FM1 and repeats.
4. Scan button
Push this button to automatically
select available stations and remains
for 5 seconds from current station.
Push again to stay on current station.
BSM button
Push [BSM] button to start automatic
search from current station. The sta-
tions are memorized in 1~6 pre-set
buttons from smallest station.
Number 1 pre-set station will be on
after the search and memory.
5. Automatic station selection
button (Seek)
Push [seek ] button, to increase
the band and [seek ] button to
decrease the band. It automatically
finds available station. If the station is
already memorized in pre-set memo-
ry, it will show the pre-set number.
6. Manual station selection
button (Tune)
Rotate this tune button clockwise 1
click to increase band 1 step and
anti-clockwise to decrease.
Regular export
• FM: Move by 0.1MHz
(87.5
➟87.6➟87.7····87.7➟87.6
➟87.5)• AM: Move by 9 KHz
(531
➟540➟549····549➟540➟531)
North America export (Columbian
units FM move by 0.1 MHz)
• FM: Move by 0.2MHz
(87.5
➟87.7➟87.9····87.9➟87.7
➟87.5)
• AM: Move by 10 KHz
(530
➟540➟550····550➟540➟530)
7. Pre-set button (1~6)
Push these buttons to listen to mem-
orized stations. Push pre-set button
for more than 1.5 seconds (with a
beep) to memorize current station.
8. LCD display
It indicates FM1/FM2/AM along with
current band, pre-set channel, FM
stereo with "ST".
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9. Bass control/ left, right
audio control
Push this button to select BASS➟
MIDDLE➟TREBBLE➟FADER➟
BALANCE on LCD display screen.
Rotate the volume button
clockwise to increase
high sound and anti-
clockwise to decrease
high sound.
Rotate the volume button
clockwise to enable right
speakers and anti-clock-
wise to enable left speak-
ers.
Rotate the volume button
clockwise to increase
back speaker sound and
anti-clockwise to increa-
se front speaker sound. TREBLE
BALANCE
FADER
Rotate the volume button
clockwise to increase
Bass sound and anti-
clockwise to decrease
Bass sound.
Rotate the volume button
clockwise to increase
middle sound and anti-
clockwise to decrease
Middle sound. BASS
MIDDLE