radio controls Mercury Villager 1999 s User Guide

Speaker fade adjust
Speaker sound can be adjusted
between the front and rear
speakers.
Tape/CD changer mode select (if equipped)
²To begin tape play (with a tape
loaded into the audio system)
while in the radio or CD changer
mode, press the TAPE control.
Press the button during rewind or fast forward to stop the rewind or
fast forward function and begin play.
²To begin CD play (if CD[s] are
loaded), press the CD control.
The first track of the disc will
begin playing. After that, CD play
will begin where it stopped last.
Rewind
The rewind control works in tape
and CD changer modes (if
equipped).
²In tape mode, radio play will
continue until rewind is stopped
(with the TAPE or FF control) or the beginning of the tape is
reached.
²In CD changer mode, pressing the REW control for less than three
seconds results in slow rewind. Pressing the control for more than
three seconds results in fast rewind.
Fast forward
The fast forward control works in
tape and CD changer modes (if
equipped).
²In the tape mode, tape direction
will automatically reverse when the end of the tape is reached.
SEL
BAL
FADE
CD TAPE
CD TAPE
REW
1
FF
2
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Press the SHUFFLE control to start this feature. Random order play will
continue until the SHUFFLE control is pressed again.
Radio Data System (RDS) feature
When selected, the RDS (Radio
Data System) function performs the
following:
²Displays the radio station call
letters
²Displays the type of music format (jazz, country, rock)
²Searches for a particular type of music format by selecting the SEEK
control
²Allows traffic information broadcasts to be turned on and off with the
SEL control
Press the RDS/CLK control until RDS OFF is displayed.
²Use the SEL control to select ON
or OFF.
Traffic
²Press the RDS control until
TRAFFIC is displayed.
²Use 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).
Program type
²Press the RDS control until FIND
program type is displayed.
RDS / CLK
SEL
RDS / CLK
SEL
RDS / CLK
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Use the SEL control to manually set
the time.
²Press
to increase
hours/minutes.
²Press
to decrease
hours/minutes.
Mute mode
Press the control to mute the
playing media. Press the control
again to return to the playing media.
Rear seat controls (if equipped)
The Rear Seat Controls (RSC) allow
the rear seat passengers to operate
the radio, tape, or CD changer (if
equipped).
To turn on the rear seat controls, press the memory preset controls 3
and 5 at the same time. The
will appear in the radio display.
Pressing 3 and 5 at the same time again will turn the rear seat controls
off.
SEL
MUTE
VOLUME MEDIA
MEMSEEK
REW
1
FF
2
SIDE 1.
2
34
COMP
5
SHUFF
6
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Adjusting the volume
Press the + control to increase
volume.
Press the Ð control to decrease
volume.
From the RSC, the speaker volume
can not be set higher than the
current volume radio setting. Once in headphone mode, the RSC volume
controls will only change volume in the headphones to a desired level
(muting the speakers will not mute the headphones).
Turning the speakers on and off
Press the control to turn all
speakers on or off.
Using headphones
Plug a 3.6 mm headphone (not
included) into either one of the two
jacks. Press the/control
to operate the headphones.
The speakers will cut out once the
speaker on/off control is pressed. Press the
/control again to
deactivate headphones.
Media select
Push the MEDIA control to toggle
between AM, FM1, FM2, tape, or CD
changer (if equipped).
VOLUME MEDIA
MEMSEEK
VOLUME MEDIA
MEMSEEK
VOLUME MEDIA
MEMSEEK
VOLUME MEDIA
MEMSEEK
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Your audio system is equipped with selective lighting, a unique lighting
strategy. This lighting feature is operable when the headlamps are
illuminated. During the operation of any selected mode, lighting for the
individual function controls will either illuminate or turn off. Those
controls which have a function for the specific mode of operation
selected will be lit, while the controls which have no function for that
mode will be turned off.
Volume/power control
Press the control to turn the audio
system on or off.
Turn 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 ªnominalº listening level when the
ignition switch is turned back on. If you wish to maintain your preset
volume level, turn the audio system off with the power control before
switching off the ignition.
AM/FM select
The AM/FM select control works in
radio, tape and CD modes.
VOL - PUSH ON
VOL - PUSH ON
AM FM
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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.
AM/FM select in CD mode
Press this control to stop CD play and begin radio play.
Tune adjust
The tune control works in radio or CD mode.
Tune adjust in radio mode
²Pressto move to the next
frequency down the band
(whether or not a listenable
station is located there). Hold the
control to move through the
frequencies quickly.
²Press
to move to the next
frequency up the band (whether
or not a listenable station is
located there). Hold for quick
movement.
Tune adjust for CD changer (if equipped)
²Pressto select the previous
disc in the CD changer. (Play will
begin on the first track of the
disc unless the CD changer is in
shuffle mode. Refer toShuffle
featurefor more information.
Hold the control to continue
reversing through the disc.
²Press
to select the next disc
in the CD changer. Hold the
control to fast-forward through the remaining discs.
Seek function
The seek function control works in radio, tape or CD mode.
SEEK
TUNE
SEEK
TUNE
SEEK
TUNE
SEEK
TUNE
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Seek function in radio mode
²Pressto find the next
listenable station down the
frequency band.
²Press
to find the next
listenable station up the
frequency band.
Seek function in tape mode
²Pressto listen to the previous selection on the tape.
²Press
to listen to the next selection on the tape.
Seek function for CD changer (if equipped)
²Pressto seek to the previous
track of the current disc. If a
selection has been playing for
three seconds or more and you
press
, the CD changer will
replay that selection from the
beginning.
²Press
to seek forward to the
next track of the current disc.
After the last track has been
completed, the first track of the
current disc will automatically replay.
Scan function
The scan function works in radio,
tape or CD mode.
Scan function in radio mode
Press the SCAN control to hear a brief sampling of all listenable stations
on the frequency band. Press the control again to stop the scan mode.
SEEKSEEK
TUNE TUNE
SEEKSEEK
TUNE TUNE
SCAN
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Scan function in tape mode
Press the SCAN control to hear a short sampling of all selections on the
tape. (The tape scans in a forward direction. At the end of the tape's
first side, direction automatically reverses to the opposite side of the
tape.) To stop on a particular selection, press the control again.
Scan function in CD mode
Press the SCAN control to hear a short sampling of all selections on the
CD. (The CD scans in a forward direction, wrapping back to the first
track at the end of the CD.) To stop on a particular selection, press the
control again.
Radio station memory preset
The radio is equipped with six station memory preset controls. These
controls can be used to select up to six preset AM stations and twelve
FM stations (six in FM1 and six in FM2).
Setting memory preset stations
1. Select the frequency band with
the AM/FM select control.
2. Select a station. Refer toTune
adjustorSeek functionfor more information on selecting a station.
3. Press and hold a memory preset
control until the sound returns,
indicating the station is held in
memory on the control you selected.
Autoset memory preset
Autoset allows you to set strong radio stations without losing your
original manually set preset stations. This feature is helpful on trips
when you travel between cities with different radio stations.
AM FM
REW1FF2SIDE 1-23
4COMP5SHUFFLE6
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Tape/CD/CD changer (if equipped) select
²To 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 stop the rewind or fast
forward function.
²To begin CD play (if CD(s) are
loaded), press the CD control.
The first track of the disc will
begin playing. After that CD play
will begin where it stopped last.
If equipped with a CD changer, press the CD control to toggle between
single CD and CD changer play.
Rewind
The rewind control works in tape
and CD modes.
²In tape mode, radio play will
continue until rewind is stopped
(with the TAPE control) or the beginning of the tape is reached.
²In CD mode, pressing the REW control for less than three seconds
results in slow rewind. Pressing the control for more than three
seconds results in fast rewind.
Fast forward
The fast forward control works in
tape and CD modes.
²In the tape mode, tape direction
will automatically reverse when
the end of the tape is reached.
²In CD mode, pressing the control for less than three seconds results in
slow forward action. Pressing the control for more than three seconds
results in fast forward action.
TAPE CD
TAPE CD
REW
1
FF
2
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Setting the clock
Press the RDS/CLK control until
SELECT HOUR is displayed and
press:
²
to decrease hours and
²
to increase hours.
To set the minute, press the
RDS/CLK control until SELECT MIN
is displayed and press:
²
to decrease minutes and
²
to increase minutes.
Radio Data System (RDS) feature
When selected, the RDS (Radio
Data System) function performs the
following:
²Displays the radio station call
letters
²Displays the type of music format (jazz, country, rock)
²Searches for a particular type of music format by selecting the SEEK
control
²Allows traffic information broadcasts to be turned on and off with the
SEL control
AUTO
RDS
CLK
SEL
AUTO
RDS
CLK
SEL
AUTO
RDS
CLK
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