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Radio / CD / MP3 Los Angeles MP74 7 644 815 310 Seattle MP74 7 644 810 310 Operating instructions http://www.blaupunkt.com http://www.blaupunkt.com...
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CONTROLS MENU button to open the basic Button, to switch the device on/ settings menu (short press) off, Activate/deactivate demo mode and mute the device’s volume (long press) Volume control AUDIO button to adjust the button, to unlatch the detach- bass, treble, balance, fader and able control panel X-BASS (short press)
Familiarise your- Amplifiers self with the device before setting off You can use all Blaupunkt and Velocity on your journey. amplifiers. You should always be able to hear police, fire and ambulance sirens in good time from inside your vehicle.
NOTES AND ACCESSORIES THEFT PROTECTION CD changers Theft protection You can obtain the following CD chang- Detachable control panel ers from accessory retailers for connec- Your device is equipped with a detach- tion to this device: CDC A 03, CDC A 08 able control panel (flip-release panel) as and IDC A 09.
THEFT PROTECTION SWITCHING ON/OFF Switching on/off First, pull the control panel straight off the device and then out towards There are various ways of switching the the left. device on/off. The device switches off after the Switching on/off using button control panel is detached.
“LAST VOL” display item installation instructions. in the volume menu. You can find out from your Blaupunkt Risk of injury! If the power-on dealer which navigation systems can be volume is set to maximum, the vol- used with your car sound system.
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME being made, you will only be able to hear Automatic sound the traffic announcement after the call This feature automatically adjusts the or navigation announcement is finished volume of the car sound system to suit (in so far as the traffic announcement is the speed at which the vehicle is travel- still being broadcast).
SOUND AND VOLUME DISTRIBUTION SETTINGS Sound and volume Adjusting the right/left volume distribution (balance) distribution settings To adjust the balance, press the Note: AUDIO button :. You can adjust the bass and treble indi- “AUDIO MENU” appears in the display. vidually for each audio source.
X-BASS ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS X-BASS Adjusting the display settings The X-BASS feature can be used to boost the bass at low volume levels. You You can adjust the display settings to can set the X-Bass boost for one of the suit the installation position in your ve- following frequencies: 32 Hz, 40 Hz, 50 hicle and your own preferences.
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS DAY and NIGHT are displayed in the Setting the display illumination top display line together with the cur- colour (only Los Angeles MP74) rently set values. When setting the display illumination, Move the flashing selection marker you can choose one of four preset col- ours or mix a colour yourself from the behind DAY or NIGHT by pressing...
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS Press the softkey 5 assigned to Press the joystick OK 8 or the MENU button 9 to close the the “COLOR” display item. menu. Press the softkey 5 assigned to The settings are saved. the “USER” display item. In the following menu you can set Configuring the spectrum the red, blue and green colour...
ADJUSTING THE RADIO MODE DISPLAY SETTINGS Radio mode Inverting the appearance of the display content This device is equipped with an RDS radio receiver. Many of the receivable You can invert the appearance of the FM stations broadcast a signal that not display content.
RADIO MODE Switching to radio mode Switching the RDS function on/off To use the RDS functions (AF and If you are in CD/MP3 mode or CD- REG), changer/Compact Drive MP3 mode, press the TUNER button = while press the TUNER button =. in radio mode.
RADIO MODE Selecting an FM memory bank Selecting the waveband / memory bank To switch between the FM memory banks FM1, FM2, FM3 and FMT, This device can receive programmes press the NEXT button 4 repeat- broadcast over the FM, MW and LW (AM) wavebands.
RADIO MODE Move the joystick 8 up/right or Browsing through broadcasting networks (only FM) down/left to adjust the sensitivity. If a radio station provides several pro- You can adjust the sensitivity in steps grammes, you have the option of brows- from 1 to 6.
RADIO MODE Storing stations automatically Setting the scanning time (Travelstore) Press the MENU button 9. You can automatically store the six sta- Press the softkey 5 assigned to tions providing the best reception in the the “VARIOUS” display item. region (only FM). The stations are stored Press the softkey 5 assigned to in the FMT memory bank.
RADIO MODE Programme type (PTY) Activating PTY To use the PTY function, Besides transmitting the station name, some FM stations also provide informa- press the TUNER button = while tion on the type of programme that they in radio mode. are broadcasting.
RADIO MODE The next receivable station correspond- “HICUT 0” means that no automatic re- ing to your selected programme type will duction of the treble and interference then be tuned into. level will be made; “HICUT 2” means that a maximum reduction will be made. If the tuner does not find a station that Press the joystick OK 8 or the corresponds to the selected programme...
TRAFFIC INFORMATION If you want to deactivate priority for traf- Traffic information fic announcements in general, Your device is equipped with an RDS- press the softkey 5 assigned to EON receiver. EON (Enhanced Other the “TA OFF” display item. Network) is a feature that involves the broadcasting of radio station informa- Note: tion within a broadcasting network.
SOURCE button < re- “burned” yourself) can generally also be played. Due to the varying quality of CD peatedly until CD mode is dis- blanks, Blaupunkt cannot guarantee played. that this will work properly. To ensure The CD menu appears and playback...
CD MODE Random track play (MIX) Scanning tracks (SCAN) Press the softkey 5 assigned to You can briefly play (scan) all the tracks on the CD. the “MIX” display item. Press and hold down the joystick “MIX CD” appears briefly in the display. OK 8 for longer than two sec- The next track to be played will be picked at random.
CD MODE MP3 MODE Setting scrolling text MP3 mode You can allow the CD text to be dis- You can also use this car sound sys- played as scrolling text in the bottom line tem to play CD-Rs and CD-RWs that of the display.
MP3 MODE Fig. 1 Fig. 2 If you like your files to be in the correct order, you should use burner software that places files in alphanumerical or- der. If your software does not provide this feature you also have the option of sorting the files manually.
MP3 MODE Note: Selecting a directory Any directories not containing MP3 Selecting from the directory list files will be skipped automatically. You can display a list of all the directo- If, for instance, you are listening to ries on the inserted CD and then con- tracks in directory D01 and you se- veniently select a directory from it.
MP3 MODE Selecting tracks using the joystick Cancelling SCAN and continuing listening to a track To move up or down to another track in the current directory, To cancel scanning, move the joystick 8 to the right for press the joystick OK 8. the next track or to the left for the The currently scanned track will then previous track until the number of...
MP3 MODE Repeatedly press the softkey 5 “REPEAT DIR” appears briefly in the display. assigned to the “INFO” display item until the display that you want ap- Cancelling REPEAT pears in the bottom line of the dis- To stop the current track or current di- play.
“Accessories” want (CD1 - CD10). To do so you chapter in these instructions or contact might need to switch “pages” in the your Blaupunkt dealer. main CD-changer menu by press- ing the softkey 5 assigned to the Note: “NEXT”...
CD-CHANGER MODE “REPEAT CD” appears briefly in the dis- Scanning tracks (SCAN) play. You can briefly play (scan) all the tracks on the CD. Cancelling REPEAT Press and hold down the joystick To stop the current track or current CD OK 8 for longer than two sec- from being repeated, onds.
CD-CHANGER MODE Naming CDs Deleting a CD name The car sound system allows you to Listen to the CD whose name you assign names for up to 99 CDs (not with want to delete. the Compact Drive MP3) so that you can Press the NEXT button 4.
CLOCK TIME CLOCK time Adjust the minutes by moving the joystick 8 up or down. Setting the clock time Press the joystick OK 8 or the The clock can be set automatically us- MENU button 9 to close the ing the RDS signal. You can also set menu.
CLOCK TIME EQUALIZER Displaying the clock time Equalizer continuously This device is equipped with a DEQ Max digital equalizer. It provides you with You can make the system display the three self-calibrating 5-band equalizers clock time when the device is off and and five sound presets.
The microphone that you need is sup- item and select an equalizer. plied with the Los Angeles MP74. If you have a Seattle MP74, you can obtain To deactivate the equalizer, the microphone from retailers. press the softkey 5 assigned to To calibrate an equalizer, the “OFF”...
EQUALIZER Selecting an equalizer Select one of the presets using the corresponding softkeys 5. After calibration has taken place or af- Press the joystick OK 8 or the ter you have finished making manual AUDIO button : to close the adjustments, menu.
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EQUALIZER To adjust the quality factor, Making adjustments repeatedly press the joystick 8 to Press and hold down the AUDIO button : for longer than two sec- the left or right until the quality fac- tor displayed after “Q” flashes. onds.
EQUALIZER Help adjusting the equalizer Sound Impression / problem Measures Bass sound is too weak Increase bass with Frequency: 32 to 160 Hz Level: +4 to +6 dB Dirty bass Reduce the lower mid level with Booming sound Frequency: 400 Hz Unpleasant pressure Level: approx.
We recommend system has a TMC output, which you you use well-matched products from the can use for connecting Blaupunkt nav- Blaupunkt or Velocity product ranges. igation systems. You can find out from your Blaupunkt dealer which navigation...
SOURCE button <. cable. You can obtain this cable from a Naming the AUX input Blaupunkt dealer. You can give each AUX input a name Switching the AUX input on/off so you can recognise them more easily Press the MENU button 9.
8 up or the display. The factory default for this down. text is “BLAUPUNKT-THE ADVAN- TAGE IN YOUR CAR”. Instead of this Once you have finished entering you can enter your own text up to 35 the name, press the joystick OK characters long.
SERIAL NUMBER RESETTING Resetting the device Displaying the serial number You can reset the device to its factory default settings. All custom settings will You can display the device’s serial then be cleared. number. Press the MENU button 9. Press the MENU button 9. Press the softkey 5 assigned to Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “VARIOUS”...
SPECIFICATIONS Specifications Amplifier Output power: 4 x 18 watts sine at 14.4 V and 1% distortion factor at 4 ohms. 4 x 26 watts sine in accordance with DIN 45324 at 14.4 V at 4 ohms. 4 x 50 watts max. power Tuner Wavebands:...