audio LINCOLN AVIATOR 2003 Owners Manual
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PREMIUM AM/FM STEREO/CASSETTE/SINGLE CD
1. Tape eject control
2. CD eject control
3. Bass/treble control
4. Balance/fade control
5. Compression/shuffle control
6. Select control
7. Side direction/Dolby control
8. Rewind/fast forward control
9. RDS/Mute control10. Autoset control
11. Scan control
12. Seek control
13. Tune control
14. AM/FM/CD control
15. Power/volume control
16. Tape control
17. CD door
18. Cassette door
Volume/power control
Press the control to turn the audio
system on or off.
Turn control to raise or lower
volume.
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If the volume is set above a certain level and the ignition is turned off,
the volume will come back on at a “nominal” listening level when the
ignition switch is turned back on.
Audio power can also be turned on by pressing the AM/FM select control
or the TAPE/CD select control.
Speed sensitive volume
With this feature, radio volume automatically changes slightly with
vehicle speed to compensate for road and wind noise.
The recommended level for speed sensitive volume is from level 1
through level 3. Level 0 turns the speed sensitive volume off and level 7
is the maximum setting.
With the radio on, press and hold
the volume control for five seconds,
until the display reads SPEED VOL,
then press:
•
to increase volume
compensation
•
to decrease or shut off the
volume compensation
AM/FM select
The AM/FM select control works in
radio, tape and CD modes.
AM/FM select in radio mode
This control allows you to select AM or FM frequency bands. Press the
control to switch between AM, FM1 or FM2 memory preset stations.
AM/FM select in tape mode
Press this control to stop tape play and begin radio play.
Tune adjust
The tune control works in radio mode.
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If there are less than six strong stations available on the frequency band,
the remaining memory preset controls will all store the last strong
station available.
These stations are temporarily stored in the memory preset controls
(until deactivated) and are accessed in the same manner as your original
presets.
To deactivate autoset and return to your audio system’s manually set
memory stations, press the AUTO control again.
Bass adjust
The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system’s bass output.
Press the BASS control then press:
•
to decrease the bass output
and
•
to increase the bass output.
Treble adjust
The treble adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system’s treble output.
Press the TREB control then press:
•
to decrease the treble output
and
•
to increase the treble output.
Speaker balance adjust
Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the right and left
speakers.
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Press the BAL control then press:
•
to shift sound to the left and
•to shift sound to the right.
Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound can be adjusted
between the front and rear
speakers.
Press the FADE control then press:
•
to shift the sound to the
front and
•
to shift the sound to the rear.
Tape/CD select
•To begin tape play (with a tape
loaded into the audio system)
while in the radio or CD mode,
press the TAPE control. Press the
button during rewind or fast forward to stopthe rewind or fast
forward function.
•To begin CD play (if CD is
loaded), press the CD control.
The first track of the disc will
begin playing. If returning from
radio or tape mode, CD play will begin where it stopped last.
Rewind
The rewind control works in tape
and CD modes.
•In tape mode, radio play will
continue until rewind is stopped
(with the TAPE control) or the beginning of the tape is reached.
•In CD mode, pressing the REW control rewinds the CD within the
current track.
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Compression adjust
Compression adjust brings soft and
loud CD passages together for a
more consistent listening level.
Press the COMP control to activate
and deactivate compression adjust.
Radio data system (RDS) feature
This feature allows your audio system to receive station identification or
program type from RDS-equipped FM radio stations.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Canadian Radio
and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) recommend that FM radio
broadcasters use RDS technology to transmit information. FM radio
stations are independently operated and individually elect to use RDS
technology to transmit station ID and program type as desired.
Press the RDS control until RDS ON
or RDS OFF appears in the display.
Use the SEL control to enable (ON)
or disable (OFF) the feature. With
the RDS activated, press the RDS control to scroll through the following
selections:
Traffic
•Press the RDS control until
TRAFFIC is displayed.
•Use the SEL control to select ON
or OFF. With the feature on, use
the SEEK or SCAN control to
find a radio station broadcasting a
traffic report (if it is broadcasting
RDS data).
This feature also allows you to control the volume of traffic
announcements. With the display reading TRAFFIC ON, adjust the
volume (using the volume control) to the desired level. The volume level
will show at the bottom of the display. Interrupting traffic
announcements will be at the selected volume level.
Trafficinformation is not available in most U.S. markets.
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Soft mute
When the vehicle is in reverse, and an obstacle is detected by Rear Park
Assist, the radio volume is reduced to a level that allows the warning to
be heard. After the obstacle warning is gone, the radio will return to the
previously set volume level.
Setting the clock
Your vehicle is equipped with a separate instrument panel mounted
clock. Please refer toClockin theDriver controls chapterfor
instructions on setting the clock.
AUDIOPHILE AM/FM STEREO IN DASH SIX CD RADIO
Volume/power control
Press the control to turn the audio
system on or off. Turn the control to
raise or lower volume.
If the volume is set above a certain level and the ignition is turned off,
the volume will come back on at a “nominal” listening level when the
ignition switch is turned back on.
Speed sensitive volume
With this feature, radio volume changes automatically and slightly with
vehicle speed to compensate for road and wind noise.
PUSH ON
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If there are fewer than six strong stations available on the frequency
band, the remaining memory preset controls will all store the last strong
station available.
To deactivate autoset and return to your audio system’s manually set
memory stations, press the AM/FM control again.
CD select
CD mode may be entered by
pressing the CD control. The first
track of the disc will begin playing.
After that, CD play will begin where
it stopped last.
If an alternative CD is desired, press the corresponding preset control
(1–6) of a loaded CD, or press the TUNE control to access the other
loaded CDs.
NO CD will display if the CD control is activated when there is not a CD
present in the audio system.
If the CD control is pressed followed by with a preset number and that
particular slot is empty, NO CD will display and the system will begin to
play the next available disc.
Display description
Six circles are always lit in the digital display. These signify the six CD
slots in the audio system. When a disc is loaded into a particular slot
(1–6), the number inside that specific circle lights. If the circle is empty,
there is no CD in that particular slot.
Load
The load feature allows you to load
single CDs into the player internal
to the radio.
This six discCD player is equipped with a CD door. Compact
discs should only be inserted into the player after the CD door
has been opened by the player. Do not attempt to force the door
open. Compact discs should only be loaded by pressing the LOAD
control.
Press the LOAD control. (You can choose which slot will be loaded by
pressing the desired preset number. If you do not choose a slot, the
system will choose the next available one.) Wait until the CD door opens.
Load the CD into the player. LOADING CD# is displayed. When the CD
CD AM
FM
LOAD
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has been loaded, the door will close and the CD will begin to play. For
example, to load a CD into slot 2, press the LOAD control and then press
preset 2.
Auto load
This feature allows you to autoload
upto 6 discs into the multi disc CD
player internal to the radio.
Press and hold the LOAD control until AUTO LOAD# is displayed. The
CD door will open. Load the desired discs, one at a time. The CD is
loaded into position and the audio system will display CD#. Each time
the CD door opens, AUTO LOAD# is displayed. The door will close and
the player will move to the next slot after each disc has been loaded.
The process is repeated until all 6 slots are full. The audio system plays
the last CD loaded and the display is updated. If some slots are already
full and autoload is activated, the system will fill all empty slots.
Eject
Press the EJ control to stopand
eject a CD. You can choose which
CD will be ejected by pressing the
EJ control and the desired preset number (1–6). For example, to eject
CD 2, press the EJ control and then press the preset 2 control. If you do
not choose a specific CD, the player will eject the current CD.
If a CD is ejected and not removed from the door of the CD player, the
player will automatically reload the CD. This feature may be used when
the ignition is ON or OFF.
Auto eject
Press and momentarily hold the EJ
control to engage auto eject. All CDs
which are present in the player will
be ejected one at a time. If a CD is ejected and not removed from the
door of the CD player, the player will automatically reload the CD. This
feature may be used when the ignition is ON or OFF.
Rewind
The rewind control works in CD
modes.
Press and hold the REW control
until the desired selection is reached. If the beginning of the disc is
reached, the CD will begin play at the first track. Release the control to
disengage rewind mode.
LOAD
EJ
EJ
REW FF
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When in rewind mode, your audio system will automatically lower the
volume level of the playing media.
Fast forward
The fast forward control works in
CD modes.
Press and hold the FF control until
the desired selection is reached. If the end of the disc is reached, the CD
will return to the first track. Release the control to disengage fast
forward mode.
When in fast forward mode, your audio system will automatically lower
the volume level of the playing media.
Shuffle feature
Press the SHUF control until the
desired shuffle mode is displayed.
The audio system will then engage
the desired shuffle mode.
When engaged, the shuffle feature has two different modes: SHUFFLE
DISC and SHUFFLE TRK.
SHUFFLE DISC randomly plays tracks from all the discs presently in the
audio system.
SHUFFLE TRK plays all the tracks on the current disc in random order.
Compression feature
The compression feature operates in
CD mode and brings soft and loud
CD passages together for a more
consistent listening level.
Press the MENU control until compression status is displayed. Press the
SEL control to enable the compression feature when COMPRESS OFF is
displayed. Press the SEL control again to disable the feature when
COMPRESS ON is displayed.
REW FF
SEL+MENU
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Bass adjust
The bass adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system’s bass output.
Press the BASS control. Use the
SEL control to increase or decrease
the amount of bass.
Treble adjust
The treble adjust control allows you
to increase or decrease the audio
system’s treble output.
Press the TREB control. Use the
SEL control to increase or decrease
the amount of treble.
Speaker balance adjust
Speaker sound distribution can be
adjusted between the right and left
speakers.
Press the BAL control. Use the SEL
control to adjust the sound between
the left and right speakers.
Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound can be adjusted
between the front and rear speakers.
Press the FADE control. Use the
SEL control to adjust the sound
between the front and rear
speakers.
Menu mode
The MENU control allows you to
access many different features
within your audio system. There are
three sets of menus available
depending upon which mode or feature is activated.
SEL
BASS
TREB
+
SEL
BASS
TREB
+
BAL
FADE
SEL+
BAL
FADE
SEL+
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