INTRODUCTION ............Balance adjustment ........... Advice ..............FADER adjustment ............. - Road safety ............LOUDNESS function ........... - Reception conditions ..........Protection against theft ..........- Care and maintenance ..........RADIO (Tuner) ............- Compact Disc ............Introduction ............. Technical data ............Selecting the frequency band ........
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COMPACT DISC PLAYER ..........Introduction ............. Selecting the CD player ..........Loading/ejecting CD ..........Possible error messages ..........Display information ........... Select track ............. Fast forward/backward ..........Pause function ............Protection against theft ..........- Entering the secret code ........... - Code Card ..............
Care and maintenance The car sound system, fitted with CD player ADVICE (radio with Compact Disc player) or MP3 CD The radio structure ensures long operation player (radio with MP3 CD player) has been Road safety with no need for particular maintenance. designed in accordance with the special fea- In the event of a fault, contact Alfa Romeo You are advised to learn how to use the var-...
❒ Carefully clean all Compact Discs of fin- Always hold Compact Discs by the outer cir- IMPORTANT Should copy-protected CDs be gerprints and dust using a soft cloth. Sup- cumference. Never touch the surface. used, then, few seconds may be required port Compact Discs from the outer cir- for playing them.
Protected discs (and their cover) very often TECHNICAL DATA For Alfa BRERA / Alfa SPIDER are not marked with the audio CD identifica- tion symbol: Radio For Alfa 159 Maximum power: 4x40W Radio Speakers Maximum power: 4x40W The system includes: Speakers –...
HI-FI BOSE SYSTEM Technical data for Alfa 159 Technical data for Alfa BRERA / (optional for versions/ Alfa SPIDER The system includes: markets where applicable) The system includes: – 2 tweeters with 50 W max. power, The HI-FI BOSE system installed on your car set at dashboard ends;...
AUDIO SECTION ❒ Loudness function (excluding versions with Bose HI-FI system) ❒ Standard equalization (excluding versions with Bose HI-FI system) ❒ Personal equalization (excluding versions with Bose HI-FI system) ❒ Automatic volume changing according to car speed (SPEED VOLUME) ❒ MUTE function RADIO SECTION ❒...
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Button GENERAL FUNCTIONS Mode Radio band selection FM1, FM2, FM Autostore Brief cyclic button pressing Radio band selection MW, LW Brief cyclic button pressing Audio source selection (radio/CD/CD-Changer) Brief cyclic button pressing Volume on/off (MUTE / PAUSE) MUTE Brief button pressing AUDIO Audio settings: bass (BASS), treble (TREBLE), Menu activation: brief button pressing...
GENERAL Compact Disc section MP3 CD section ❒ Direct disc selection; ❒ MP3-Info function (ID3-TAG); The set possesses the following functions: ❒ Track selection (forward/backward); ❒ Directory selection (previous/next); Radio section ❒ Fast forward/backward; ❒ Track selection (forward/backward); ❒ PLL tuning with FM/AM/MW/LW fre- ❒...
TURNING THE SELECTING CD/CD CHANGER VOLUME ADJUSTMENT SOUND SYSTEM ON FUNCTIONS Adjust volume through button/knob The set is switched on pressing briefly the ON/OFF. Pressing briefly and repeatedly button CD button/knob ON/OFF. it is possible to select the following audio If the volume level is changed during the sources in sequence: When turning the sound system on, the vol-...
TONE ADJUSTMENT MUTE /PAUSE FUNCTION AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS (turning off the volume (bass/treble) The options proposed by the audio menu dif- completely) fer according to the audio source selected: Proceed as follows: AM/FM/CD/CDC. To switch on the Mute function, briefly press ❒...
*USER EQ SETTINGS function FADER ADJUSTMENT PRESET/USER*/CLASSIC/ ROCK/JAZZ functions (only if the USER equalizer Proceed as follows: setting has been selected) (equalizer on/off) ❒ Use button N or O to select “FADER” in (excluding versions with The integrated equalizer can be turned on Bose HI-FI system) the AUDIO menu;...
INTRODUCTION Each band is shown by the respective word- STORING THE LAST STATION ing on the display. HEARD When the set is turned on the last function selected before turning off is played (Radio, The last station selected in the respective fre- The radio automatically keeps in storage the quency band will be tuned.
At the end of the AutoSTore function the ra- MANUAL TUNING AUTOSTORE FUNCTION dio automatically tunes on the first preset (automatic station storage) This allows manual station searching in the station in the FMT band stored on preset but- chosen band. To switch on the AutoSTore function, keep ton 1.
EMERGENCY ALARM EON FUNCTION MENU RECEPTION (Enhanced Other Network) MENU button functions In the RDS mode the radio is set to receive Certain countries have circuits which group To activate the menu function, briefly press emergency announcements in the case of together several stations enabled to broad- button MENU.
IMPORTANT In certain countries radio sta- AF SWITCHING function TRAFFIC INFO function (alternative frequency search) (traffic information) tions exist which, even if the TP function is on (the display shows “TP”), do not trans- Within the RDS system the radio can work Certain stations in the FM band (FM1, FM2 mit traffic information.
MP3 CD DISPLAY REGIONAL MODE function The display will show the current status of (regional broadcast reception) the function: (MP3 CD data display) ❒ “REGIONAL MODE: ON”: function on. Certain national broadcasters, at determi- With this function it is possible to choose the information shown on the display, when lis- nate times of the day, transmit regional pro- ❒...
IMPORTANT When the sound system is SPEED VOLUME function EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL function (volume changing with speed) switched off automatically after removing With this function it is possible to adjust (set- the key from the ignition device (for both (excluding versions with ting from 0 to 40) or exclude (OFF) external Bose HI-FI system) immediate or 20-minute delayed power...
INTRODUCTION SELECTING THE COMPACT DISC INSERTING/EJECTING A CD PLAYER This section only describes CD player oper- To insert the CD set it gently in place to ac- ation variants: as concerns sound system op- tivate the powered loading system, which To turn on the Compact Disc player inte- eration, refer to section “FUNCTIONS AND will position it correctly.
POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES SELECT TRACK PAUSE FUNCTION (forward/backward) If the CD inserted is illegible (e.g.: CD-ROM To pause the CD player, press button MUTE. inserted, CD not inserted properly or read- The display will show “PAUSE”. Briefly press button ÷ to play the previ- ing error), the display will show the mes- ous track and button ˜...
Every time the user enters a wrong code, ANTITHEFT PROTECTION Entering the secret code the waiting time increases gradually (1 min, The radio is fitted with an antitheft protec- When turning the sound system on (in the 2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 16 min, 30 min,1h, tion system based on the exchange of in- event of code request), the display will show 2h, 4h, 8h, 16h, 24h) until reaching a max-...
INTRODUCTION MP3 MODE Technical data and operating conditions for MP3 files are as follows: This section only describes MP3 CD player In addition to standard audio CDs, the sound ❒ adopted CD-ROM shall be mastered ac- operation variants: as concerns sound sys- system can also play audio files in MP3 for- cording to ISO9660 Standard;...
DISPLAY INFORMATION SELECT NEXT/PREVIOUS PROTECTION AGAINST THEFT DIRECTORY Refer to section “COMPACT DISC PLAYER”. ID3-TAG info display Press button N to select the next directory In addition to time elapsed, directory name or press button O to select the previous one. and file name, also ID3-TAG info relevant The name of the new selected directory will to track Title, Artist, Author (see section...
POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES SELECTING THE CD Installation and connection of a Lineaccessori CD Error messages will be displayed in the fol- Press button N to select the next CD and Changer shall only be per- lowing cases: button O to select the previous CD. formed by Alfa Romeo Authorized ❒...
OVERVIEW COMPACT DISC PLAYER MP3 FILE READING Low volume CD not played Skipping when reading MP3 files The Fader function shall only be set to “F” Loaded CD is dirty. Clean the CD. Loaded CD is scratched or dirty. Clean the (front), to prevent sound system output Loaded CD is scratched.
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