audio Mercury Mercury Cougar 1996 Owner's Manuals

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[AS04450(MBC )04/95]
After all stations have been filled, the radio
will begin playing the station stored on
memory button 1.
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[AS04550(MBC )04/95]
To deactivate the Auto Memory Store mode
and return to the manually-set memory
button stations (or those stations set using
Auto Memory Load), simply push the
ªAUTO PRESETº button. Display will show
ªAUTOº then ªOFFº. The next time Auto
Memory Store is activated on that band, the
radio will store the next set of five strong
stations.
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[AS04600(MBC )02/95]
Adjusting the tone balance and speaker
output of your radio
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[AS04700(MBC )04/95]
q
Increasing or decreasing bass response
[AS04750(MBC )05/94]
Push the ªAUDIOº button repeatedly until
the display reads ªBASSº. Push the top (+)
side of the ªVOLUMEº button to increase
bass (more ªlowsº), and push the bottom (±)
side to decrease bass (less ªlowsº).
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[AS04800(MBC )04/95]
q
Increasing or decreasing treble response
[AS04900(MBC )05/94]
Push the ªAUDIOº button repeatedly until
the display reads ªTREBº. Push the top (+)
side of the ªVOLUMEº button to increase
treble (more ªhighsº), and push the bottom
(±) side to decrease treble (less ªhighsº).
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[AS04950(MBC )04/95]
q
Adjusting speaker balance
[AS05000(MBC )05/94]
Balance control allows you to adjust the
sound distribution between the right and left
speakers. Push the ªAUDIOº button
repeatedly until the display reads ªBALº.
Push the top (+) side of the ªVOLUMEº
button to shift the sound to the right
speakers, and push the bottom (±) side to
shift the sound to the left speakers.
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[AS05100(MBC )04/95]
q
Adjusting speaker fader
[AS05200(MBC )05/94]
Fade control allows you to adjust the sound
distribution between the front and rear
speakers. Push the ªAUDIOº button
repeatedly until the display reads ªFADEº.
Push the top (+) side of the ªVOLUMEº
button to shift the sound to the front
speakers, and push the bottom (±) side to
shift the sound to the rear speakers.
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[AS05300(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: Illuminated bars in the display show
relative levels of bass and treble, and
positions of speaker balance and fader
functions (left to right, front to rear).
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[AS06800(MBC )04/95]
Using the Controls on Your New Compact
Disc Player
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[AS07000(MBC )04/95]
Your new Ford Compact Disc Player is capable
of playing 12 cmor8 cm discs, without an
adapter! The Player operates when the power is
on and a disc is inserted (label side up). Handle
the disc by its edge only. (Be sure to read and
follow all of the care and cleaning instructions
underHow To Take Care of and Clean Your CD
Player and Discs.
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[AS07100(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: If after you insert a disc, the disc is
ejected and ªERRORº begins scrolling
in the display, remove the disc and
reinsert it right side up (label side up).
[AS07200(MBC )03/95]
The digital display on your CD player will
either show the track (selection) number or the
elapsed time. (The display mode can be selected
by pressing the memory preset button #6.)
Indicators for play
b, stop
Xand compression
on (ªCº) are also in the display. (These features
are described later.)
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[AS07300(MBC )04/95]
Once a disc is inserted, operation of the CD
player will override that of the radio.
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[AS08020(MBC )04/95]
Using the ªSCANº function
[AS08030(MBC )03/95]
Press the ªSCAN/TUNEº button to enter the
scan mode. Once in the scan mode, press the top
aor bottom
bhalf of the ªSEEKº button to
scan forward or reverse, respectively. The CD
player will begin scanning the disc, stopping on
each listenable track for approximately eight
seconds. This continues until you press the
ªSCAN/TUNEº button a second time. While in
the scan mode, the display shows the current
sampled track number.
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[AS08040(MBC )04/95]
Special features of your CD player
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[AS08050(MBC )04/95]
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Compression
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[AS08060(MBC )04/95]
The compression feature will bring soft and
loud passages closer together for a more
consistent listening level.
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[AS08070(MBC )04/95]
To turn the compression on, press the
ªCOMPº button. When on, the compression
indicator (ªCº) will appear in the display.
Press the button again to turn off.
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[AS08080(MBC )04/95]
q
Automatic Disc Storage
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[AS08090(MBC )04/95]
If the disc is ejected from the CD player but
is not removed from the disc opening within
approximately 10 seconds, the player will
automatically reload the disc for storage,
unless the disc is automatically ejected due to
a ªfocus errorº (disc inserted upside down).
In this case, the disc will not be automatically
reloaded.
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[AS08095(MBC )04/95]
How to eject the disc
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[AS08096(MBC )04/95]
Push the ªEJECTº button to stop play, eject the
disc and resume radio operation of your audio
system.
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[AS08097(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: You can eject the disc while the radio
power and/or ignition is on or off.
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[AS23200(MBC )04/95]
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Setting the Station Memory Preset buttons
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[AS23300(MBC )02/95]
Your radio is equipped with 6 station
memory buttons. These buttons can be used
to select up to 6 preset AM stations and 12
FM stations (6 in FM1 and 6 in FM2).
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[AS23400(MBC )02/95]
Follow the easy steps below to set these buttons
to the desired frequencies:
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[AS23500(MBC )04/95]
1. Select a band, then select a frequency.
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[AS23700(MBC )04/95]
2. Press one of the memory buttons and hold
the button until the sound returns. That
station is now held in memory on that
button.
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[AS23800(MBC )04/95]
3. Follow the two steps above for each station
memory preset button you want to set.
[AS23900(MBC )02/95]
NOTE: If the vehicle's battery is disconnected,
the station memory preset buttons will
need to be reset.
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[AS24000(MBC )02/95]
Adjusting the tone balance and speaker
output of your radio
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[AS24100(MBC )04/95]
q
Increasing or decreasing bass response
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[AS24250(MBC )02/95]
Push the ªAUDIOº button repeatedly until
the display reads ªBASS.º Push the right (+)
side of the ªVOLUMEº button to increase
bass (more ªlowsº), and push the left (s)
side to decrease bass (less ªlowsº).
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[AS24300(MBC )04/95]
q
Increasing or decreasing treble response
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[AS24450(MBC )02/95]
Push the ªAUDIOº button repeatedly until
the display reads ªTREB.º Push the right (+)
side of the ªVOLUMEº button to increase
treble (more ªhighsº), and push the left (s)
side to decrease treble (less ªhighsº).
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[AS24500(MBC )08/89]
Speaker features and operation
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[AS24600(MBC )04/95]
q
Adjusting speaker balance
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[AS24750(MBC )02/95]
Balance control allows you to adjust the
sound distribution between the right and left
speakers. Push the ªAUDIOº button
repeatedly until the display reads ªBAL.º
Push the right (+) side of the ªVOLUMEº
button to shift the sound to the right
speakers, and push the left (s) side to shift
the sound to the left speakers.
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[AS24800(MBC )04/95]
q
Adjusting speaker fader
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[AS24950(MBC )02/95]
Fade control allows you to adjust the sound
distribution between the front and rear
speakers. Push the ªAUDIOº button
repeatedly until the display reads ªFADE.º
Push the right (+) side of the ªVOLUMEº
button to shift the sound to the front
speakers, and push the left (s) side to shift
the sound to the rear speakers.
*
[AS24960(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: Illuminated bars in the display show
relative levels of bass and treble, and
positions of speaker balance and fader
functions (left to right, front to rear).
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[AS25000(MBC )02/95]
Using the Controls of Your Cassette Tape
Player
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[AS25500(MBC )02/95]
How to insert a tape
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[AS25600(MBC )02/95]
Insert a cassette (with the open edge to the
right) firmly into the tape door opening, making
sure the cassette is completely in and ªseated.º
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[AS25700(MBC )02/95]
How to locate a desired track on the tape
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[AS25800(MBC )02/95]
NOTE: The tape track number indicated in the
display does not necessarily correspond
to the tape track or side number on the
cassette label. It is used only to
indicate when the tape mechanism
reverses tracks.
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full page art:0060575-CHigh-Level Audio System
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[AS43458( BC )03/95]
High-Level Audio System
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[AS43460(MBC )02/95]
Using the Controls on Your New Radio
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[AS43470(MBC )04/95]
How to turn the radio on and off
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[AS43480(MBC )04/95]
Press the ªPOWERº button to turn the radio on.
Press it again to turn it off.
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[AS43500(MBC )04/95]
How to adjust the volume
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[AS43510(MBC )04/95]
Press the +/± side of the ªVOLUMEº button to
increase/decrease volume. Bars illuminate in the
display to show the relative volume level.
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[AS43520(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: If the volume level is set above a
certain listening level when the
ignition switch is turned off, when the
ignition switch is turned back on, the
volume will come back to a ªnominalº
listening level. However, if the radio
power is turned off (with the
ªPOWERº button), the volume will
remain in the position it was set at
when radio power is switched back on.
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[AS43530(MBC )04/95]
Selecting the AM or FM frequency band
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[AS43540(MBC )02/95]
Push the ªAM/FMº button to select the desired
frequency band or to stop/store cassette tape
(when in cassette mode). Pushing the button
more than once will alternate between AM, FM1
and FM2. These functions are used with the
station memory buttons described underHow to
tune radio stations.
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[AS43800(MBC )04/95]
After all stations have been filled, the radio
will begin playing the station stored on
memory button 1.
*
[AS43810(MBC )04/95]
To deactivate the Auto Memory Store mode
and return to the manually-set memory
button stations (or those stations set using
Auto Memory Load), simply push the
ªAUTO PRESETº button. Display will show
ªAUTOº then ªOFFº. The next time Auto
Memory Store is activated on that band, the
radio will store the next set of five strong
stations.
*
[AS43830(MBC )02/95]
Adjusting the tone balance and speaker
output of your radio
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[AS43850(MBC )04/95]
q
Increasing or decreasing bass response
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[AS43860(MBC )02/95]
Push the ªAUDIOº button repeatedly until
the display reads ªBASS.º Push the right (+)
side of the ªVOLUMEº button to increase
bass (more ªlowsº), and push the left (s)
side to decrease bass (less ªlowsº).
*
[AS43870(MBC )04/95]
q
Increasing or decreasing treble response
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[AS43880(MBC )02/95]
Push the ªAUDIOº button repeatedly until
the display reads ªTREB.º Push the right (+)
side of the ªVOLUMEº button to increase
treble (more ªhighsº), and push the left (s)
side to decrease treble (less ªhighsº).
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[AS43890(MBC )04/95]
q
Adjusting speaker balance
*
[AS43900(MBC )02/95]
Balance control allows you to adjust the
sound distribution between the right and left
speakers. Push the ªAUDIOº button
repeatedly until the display reads ªBAL.º
Push the right (+) side of the ªVOLUMEº
button to shift the sound to the right
speakers, and push the left (s) side to shift
the sound to the left speakers.
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[AS44010(MBC )04/95]
q
Adjusting speaker fader
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[AS44020(MBC )02/95]
Fade control allows you to adjust the sound
distribution between the front and rear
speakers. Push the ªAUDIOº button
repeatedly until the display reads ªFADE.º
Push the right (+) side of the ªVOLUMEº
button to shift the sound to the front
speakers, and push the left (s) side to shift
the sound to the rear speakers.
*
[AS44030(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: Illuminated bars in the display show
relative levels of bass and treble, and
positions of speaker balance and fader
functions (left to right, front to rear).
*
[AS44040(MBC )02/95]
Using the Controls of Your Cassette Tape
Player
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[AS44050(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: Radio power must be on to use the
cassette tape player or eject a tape.
[AS44060(MBC )04/95]
NOTE: Adjust the volume, treble, bass, balance
and fader controls in the same manner
as for radio stations.
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[AS44070(MBC )02/95]
How to insert a tape
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[AS44080(MBC )02/95]
Your cassette tape player is equipped with
power loading. Once you insert a tape and push
slightly (with theopen edge to the right), the
loading mechanism draws the tape the rest of
the way in and play will begin after a
momentary tape tightening process. Display
indicates ªMº (for metal/CrO
2) while tape is
playing.
*
[AS44090(MBC )02/95]
NOTE: A cassette tape can be loaded and
stored with the ignition and radio
power off.
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[AS62800( ALL)01/95]
Important Warranty and Service
Information
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[AS62900( ALL)07/90]
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Warranty
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[AS63000( ALL)03/95]
Your sound system is warranted for three years
or 36,000 miles (60,000 kilometers), whichever
comes first. Consult your vehicle warranty
booklet for further information. Ask your dealer
for a copy of this limited warranty.
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[AS63200( ALL)07/90]
q
Service
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[AS63300( ALL)01/95]
At Ford Electronics, we stand behind our audio
systems with a comprehensive service and repair
program. If anything should go wrong with
your Ford audio system, return to your dealer
for service. There is a nationwide network of
qualified Ford authorized repair centers to assist
you.
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