PRESENTATION ..............FADER adjustment ..............Tips ..................... LOUDNESS function .............. - Road safety ................Antitheft protection ............... - Reception conditions ............- Care and maintenance ............RADIO (Tuner) ............... - CD ................... Introduction ................Technical characteristics ............Selecting the frequency band ..........Preselection buttons ...............
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CD MP3 PLAYER ..............Selecting the CD MP3 player ..........Loading/ejecting the CD ............Error messages ................ Display information ..............Track selection ................ Fast forward/back track selection ........Pause function ................MP3 mode ................. Display information - ID3-TAG information view ... Select next/previous folder ...........
The car radio, which is equipped with a CD TIPS WARNING and MP3 player, has been designed ac- Volume that is too high is a cording to the specific characteristics of the risk to the driver to others in passenger compartment, with a person- WARNING traffic.
In the case of dam- wards; age, contact a Fiat Dealership. Always take the CD by holding it around ❒ never use chemical products (for ex. an- its external circumference. Never touch...
WARNING If a copy protected CD is WARNING The CD player is able to read In the presence of a HiFi system (if re- used, it may take a few seconds before the most of the compression systems cur- quested): system will start to play it.
F0S0075m AUDIO SECTION RADIO SECTION CD / MP3 SECTION ❒ Loudness function ❒ Reception of traffic information (TA) ❒ Play / Pause ❒ Calibrated equalisation ❒ Automatic storage of 6 ❒ Select previous / ❒ Customisable equalisation stations in the dedicated FM band - next tract FMA (AS –...
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Tasto MAIN FUNCTIONS Procedure FM1, FM2, FM Autostore radio source selection Push button cyclically MW, LW radio source selection Push button cyclically Radio / CD source selection Push button cyclically Volume on / off (MUTE / PAUSE) Push button briefly Audio adjustments: low tones (BASS), high tones (TREBLE), Menu activation: push button briefly right / left balancing (BALANCE),...
GENERAL INFORMATION CD and CD MP3 section In addition to audio tracks, ❒ Direct disk selection; Multimedia CDs also have The equipment has the following func- recorded data tracks. Playing tions: ❒ Track selection (forward/backward); this type of CD could provoke ❒...
TURNING THE CAR RADIO ON SELECTING THE RADIO AUDIO SOURCE MEMORY FUNCTIONS FUNCTION The car radio turns on by briefly press- ing the button g . By pressing the FM-AS button quickly and If while listening to a CD you select an- repeatedly, the following audio sources other function (for example, the radio), When the car radio is turned on, the vol-...
MUTE /PAUSE FUNCTION AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS TONE ADJUSTMENT (sets volume to zero) (bass/treble) The functions that can be selected from the audio menu change depending on the Press the MUTE button briefly to activate Proceed as follows: context: AM/FM/CD. the MUTE function. The volume will de- ❒...
FADER ADJUSTMENT PRESET/USER*/CLASSIC/ *USER EQ SETTINGS function ROCK/JAZZ functions (equaliser settings only if the Proceed as follows: (equaliser on/off) USER setting has been selected) ❒ Use the button to set the The built-in equaliser can be turned on/off. To set a customised equaliser adjustment, “FADER”...
INTRODUCTION The FM band is divided into the following MEMORISING THE LAST sections: FM1, FM2 and FMA; the FMA re- SELECTED STATION When the car radio is turned on, the last ception band is reserved for the stations function that was selected before turning The radio automatically memorises the stored automatically with the AutoSTore it off (Radio, CD) is activated.
MANUAL TUNING AUTOSTORE FUNCTION When the AutoSTore function has fin- ished, the radio will tune itself automati- (automatic station storage) This is used to manually search for stations cally to the first preset station in the FMA in the preselected band To activate the AutoSTore function, press band stored on the preset 1 side.
❒ MP3 DISPLAY (CD MP3 display set- EMERGENCY ALARM STEREOPHONIC BROADCASTERS ting); RECEPTION ❒ SPEED VOLUME (automatic volume If the incoming signal is weak, the repro- The car radio is preset to receive emer- duction is automatically switched from control based on speed); gency announcements in the RDS mode in Stereo to Mono.
AF SWITCHING function TRAFFIC INFO function WARNING In some countries there are radio stations that activate the TP function (alternative frequency search) (traffic information) (“TP” appears on the display), but do not With regard to the RDS system, the car Some stations in the FM band (FM1, FM2 transmit traffic information.
The volume at which the traffic update is REGIONAL MODE function MP3 DISPLAY FUNCTION transmitted depends on the reception vol- (reception of regional (Compact Disc MP3 data display) ume: transmissions) This function is used to select the infor- ❒ reception volume lower than 20: traf- mation shown on the display when a CD Some national broadcasters will transmit fic update volume equal to 20 (fixed val-...
SPEED VOLUME function EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL function WARNING If the radio is turned off au- tomatically after the key is turned to the (volume change based on speed) This function is used to adjust (settings STOP position (turning off immediately or from 0 to 40) or exclude (OFF setting) the This function automatically adapts the vol- delayed after 20 minutes), it will turn on...
CD MP3 PLAYER SELECTION To guarantee best sound reproduction, CD LOADING/EJECTION we recommend using original CDs. If CD- To turn on the built-in CD player, pro- To load the CD, insert it slightly into the R/RW are used, we recommend using ceed as follows: slot to activate the motorised loading sys- good quality media that are burned at the...
ERROR MESSAGES DISPLAY INFORMATION TRACK SELECTION (forward/backward) If the CD is not legible (for ex. a CD-ROM When the CD player is operating, the fol- Briefly press the button ¯ to play the pre- was loaded or a CD was loaded upside lowing information will appear on the dis- vious CD track and the button ˙...
PAUSE FUNCTION MP3 MODE The operating conditions and character- istics for playing MP3 files are as follows: To pause the CD player, press the MUTE NOTE MPEG Layer-3 audio decoding ❒ the CD-ROMs used must be burned in button. “PAUSE” will appear on the dis- technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS play.
Display information - Information Select next/previous folder ANTITHEFT PROTECTION view ID3-TAG Press the button to select one of the The car radio has an antitheft protection successive folders or press the button system based upon information exchange The car radio can manage, in addition to to select a previous folder.
Entering the password After the fourth number is entered (with- Code Card in 20 seconds), the car radio will start to When the car radio is turned on, in the This document certifies ownership of the function. case of a code request, the message car radio.
GENERAL CD PLAYER MP3 FILE PLAYBACK Sound volume low The CD does not play Tracks jump during mp3 file The Fader function must be adjusted on- The CD is dirty. Clean the CD. playback ly to the “F” (front) values, to avoid the The CD is scratched.
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