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Contents
Safety Information ........................................ 1
Panel Controls.............................................. 2
General Operation........................................ 3
Sound Setting............................................... 3
CD Player Operation .................................... 4
Playing MP3/WMA Files .............................. 5
Menu Function.............................................. 6
USB/SD/MMC MP3 Playback ...................... 7
Anti-Theft System......................................... 7
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SafetyPrecautions
Thank you for purchasing this TXDOLW\ product.
Please read through these operating
instructions so \RXFDQHIIHFWLYHO\RSHUDWHLWV
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PRECAUTIONS
Use only in a 12-volt DC negative-ground
electrical system.
Disconnect the vehicle's negative battery
terminal while mounting and connecting
the unit.
When replacing the fuse, be sure to use
one with an identical amperage rating.
Using a fuse with a higher amperage rating
may cause serious damage to the unit.
DO NOT attempt to disassemble the unit.
Laser beams from the optical pickup are
dangerous to the eyes.
Make sure thDW pins or other IRUHLJQ
objects do not get inside the unit7KLV
may cause malfunction or create safety
hazards such as electrical shock or
laser beam exposure.
If YHKLFOHLV parkedfor a long time in
hot or cold FRQGLWLRQV, wait until the
temperature LQVLGH becomeVnormal
before operating the unit.
Keep the volume at a level VR outside
warning sounds (horns sirens, etc.)FDQ
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CD NOTES
Playing a defective or dusty CD can
cause dropouts in sound.
Handle the disc by holding its
outer edges.
Do not touch the unlabeled side.
Do not attach any seal, label or data
protection sheet to either side of a disc.
Do not expose a GLVF to direct sunlight or
excessive heat.
Wipe a dirty CD from the centUH outward
with a VRIWcleaning cloth.
Never use solvents such as benzine or
alcohol.
This unit can not play 3-inch ( 8cm ) CDs.
Never insert a 3-inch CD ZLWKDQ adapter
or an irregularly shaped CD. The unit
may not be able to eject it, resulting in a
malfunction.
In addition to ordinary CDs, this unit can
play a CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/UDF/CD-TEXT.
CAUTION
Please LPPHGLDWHO\ power off thHunit if one
of the following symptoms RFFXUV:
 Water or obstacleVenters the unit;
 Smoking;
 %XUQLQJ smell.

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PanelControls
Power on/off: Press to turn on/off the unit.
 - Power On/Off (press more than 2 seconds)
-Mute
 - Radio local/distant
 - Radio
- SD/MMC mode (when card inserted)
- Disc (when disc inserted)
- USB (when USB inserted)
- Aux In
 - Panel open
 - Radio station auto preset
 - Rotate the control to adjust volume level
- Audio mode select.
- Press more than 2 seconds to enter into
menu mode.
TOP
- Track seek
 - AUX IN (&DQQRWEHXVHGDWVDPHWLPHDV
REAR AUX IN)
 - USB connector
 - SD/MMC card slot
 - Disc eject
 - Disc slot
 - Remote sensor
 - Band Switch: FM1-FM2-FM3-AM1-AM2
 - 3ress to switch to clock display
3ress again to exit.
-+ROGGRZQ to enter clock setting.
 - Button 1: Play / Pause
/ Preset station 1
- Button 2: Scan play / Preset station 2.
- Button 3: Repeat play / Preset station 3.
- Button 4: Random play / Preset station 4.
- Button 5: Previous folder / Preset station 5.
/MP3 track -10 down (KROGGRZQ)
- Button 6: Next folder / Preset station 6.
/MP3 track +10 up (KROGGRZQ)
* 1-6 Radio presetV:
- Press to tune in a preset station.
- Hold for more than 2 seconds to store
station.
9 & 10. - Radio tune

GeneralOperation
Power On/Off Button
Press the /MUTE button to turn RQthe unit
when the vehicle ignition switch is DFWLYH.
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Adjust Volume level
RotatetheVOLcontroltoadjust volume
level.Rotateclockwiseto increase and
anticlockwise to decrease the volume.
Audio Mute
Press the /MUTE button to mute the volume
from the system. “MUTE” will appear on the
displayand the volume will be muted.
Press the /MUTE button again to return
the volume level to the setting in use before
the Mute function was activated.
Audio Controls
To adjust the balance and fader, press
the VOL control until the appropriate audio
control appears on the display panel.
Within five seconds, rotate the VOL control
to adjust the audio settings for the selected
function.
Mode Button (SRC)
Press the SRC button to change between
Radio, DISC (when disc is in), USB (when
USB is connected), Card(when SD/MMC card
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is LQor AUX play, etc.
Auxiliary Input
To access an auxiliary device:
1. Connect the portable audio player to the
AUX interface on the front panel.
2. Press the SRC button to select Aux-In
mode.
Press SRC again to cancel Aux-In mode and
go to the next mode.
The front AUX IN and rear AUX IN canQRW be
useGVLPXOWDQHRXVO\
Setting the Clock
The correct time of day can be set by pressing
and holding the DISP button.
To set the clock:
1. Turn the vehicle ignition and radio on.
2. Press the DISP button to view the clock.
3. With the clock visible on the display,
press and hold the DISP button until the
time display Àashes.
4. Within 5 seconds, rotate the VOL control
counter clockwise to adjust the minutes
to the desired setting. To change the
hour, rotate the VOL control clockwise to
adjust the hour to the desired time.
SOUNDSETTING
*QNF FQYP the [ VOL ] button to enter sound
effect mode. Rotate the knob to change
BEAT EQ in this order:
DSP OFF -> POP -> CLASSIC -> ROCK ->
JAZZ
Press the [ VOL ] button, to select USER
presetVincluding:
BALANCE -> FADER , rotate the knob to
select a value.
BALANCE:LEFT 1-7->CENTR(->RIGHT 1-7
FADER:FRONT 1-7->CENTR(->REAR 1-7

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CDPlayerOperation
Inserting a Disc
With the label surface facing up, fully insert
a compact disc into the slot until the
mechanism engages and ORDGV the disc
Play will automatically begin from the first
track on the disc.
NOTE: The unit is designed WR play
standard 5” (12 cm.) compact discs only. Do
not attempt to use D3” (8 cm) VLQJOHCD
either with or without an adaptor
Disc Eject Button
Press the eject button to stop disc play
and eject the disc. The unit will revert to
radio operation. Discs may be ejected
with the vehicle ignition switch on or off. If
an ejected disc is not removed from the
disc slot within 10 seconds of being ejected,
the disc will be re-inserted automatically.
NOTE: To prevent a disc from accidentDO
damage, always remove the disc from the
unit when play is Iinished.
CD Play/Pause Selector
Press the 1/>||TOP button to freeze
disc playback. Press 1/>||TOP again to
resume disc playback.
Seek Up/Next Track
Press the next track >>| button during disc
play to select the beginning of the next track.
Seek Down/Previous Track
Press the previous track |<< button during
disc play to select the beginning of the current
track. Press twice to select the beginning of
the previous track.
Cue/Review Functions
High-speed audible search to any section of
the disc can be made by the Cue and Review
functions. Press and hold the next track >>|
button to advance rapidly in the forward
direction or the previous track |<< button to
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Intro Play Selector
During disc play, press the 2/INT button
to select “INT ON”,and play the Iirst 10
seconds of each track. When a desired
track is reached, press the 2/INT button to
select “INT OFF” and play the current track.
Track Repeat Play Select
During disc play, press the 3/RPT button to
select “RPT TRK” and repeatedly play the
selected track. Repeat play will continue until
3/RPT is pressed to select “RPT OFF”.
Random Play Select
During disc play, press the 4/RDM button to
select “RDM ON” and play all tracks on the
disc in random, shuffled order. In
Random Play mode, press the |<< / >>|
buttons to select tracks in a random
order instead of the normal progression.
Press 4/RDM again to select “RDM OFF”
and cancel Random Play mode.

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desired directory/song.
 Press the VOL control to view the files
inside the selected directory.
 Rotate the VOL control to select the song/
file. +ROGGRZQ the VOL control to play
the selected song/file.
MP3 Overview
MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer
3 and refers to an audio compression
technology standard.
This product allows playback o MP3 ¿les
on CD-R or CD-RW discs.
The unit can read MP3 ¿les written in the
format compliant with ISO 9660. However
it does not support the MP3 data written
by thepacket writePHWKRG
The unit can not read an MP3 file that
has a ¿le extension other than “.mp3”.
If you play a non-MP3 file that has the
“.mp3” extension, you may hear some
EDFNJURXQGnoise.
In this manual, we refer to what are called
“MP3 ¿le” and “older” in PC terminology
as “Track” and “Album”, respectively.
Maximum number of directory levelV
is 8, including the root directory.
Maximum number of files and folders
per disc is 256.
The unit may notDOZD\V play tracks in
the order of track numbers.
The unit plays only the audio tracks if a
 Press the AMS button once and press the
knob to enable direct track search.
 Rotate the VOL control to select a digit.
 Press the VOL control to confirm entry
and the tens digit will flash.
 Rotate the VOL control to select digit.
 Repeat above steps to enter the hundreds
and thousands digit, if necessary.NOTE:
The unit will only allow theselection
of digits that correspond withthe
number of files on the media you are
searching.
 Once the track number appears on the
screen, KROGGRZQ the VOL control to
play the selected song/file.
Searching Folders/Files
1. Press the AMS button twice and press
the knob to access the ¿le search option.
2. Rotate the VOL control to select the
PlayingMP3/WMAFiles
Display Information
During playback, WKHID3 tag information
displayscrolling on the screenLV:
FOLDER, FILE, ALBUM, TITLE, ARTIST
and Track Number /Elapsed Time.
Folder Up/Down
Press the 5 button to go to the previous folder.
Press the 6 button to go to the next folder.
Direct Song/File Access
disc contains both audio tracks and MP3
¿les.
When playing a disc of 8kbps or VBR*,
the elapsed playing time in the display
window will not be correct and also the
intro play may not function properly.
*VBR: Variable Bit Rate.
Note on creating your own CD-Rs or
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To enjoy high quality sound, we
recommend converting to MP3 ¿les with
a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz and a
¿xed bit rate o 128 kbps.
DO NOT store more than 256 MP3 ¿les
per disc.
For ISO 9660-compliant format,
the maximum allowable depth of
nested folders is 8, including the root
directory(folder).
When DCD-R disc is used, playback
ispossible only for discs which have
beenfinalized.
Make sure that when MP3 CD-R is
burned that it is formatted as a data disc
and NOT as an audio disc.
You should not write non-MP3 files or
unneeded olders along with MP3 iles on
the CD-R otherwise it ZLOOtake a long
timeIRU the unit WRstart DQG play MP3
iles.With some CD-R media, data
may notbe properly written depending
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PlayingMP3/WMAFiles
In this case, data may not be FRUUHFWO\
reproduced.
High quality CD-R discVDUH
recommended. Up to 16 characters
are displayed for the name of an
Album or a Track. ID3 TAG version
1.x is required.
Note that the unit may not DOZD\V
play tracksin the order that you wrote
them to thedisc.
Press and hold the VOL knob more than 2
seconds to enter menu mode , then each
press changes the mode as follows:
DSP mode->DX/LOCAL mode->STEREO/
MONO mode(Radio mode)->BEEP ON/OFF-
>LOUD ON/OFF->12/24 HOURS mode-
>SWC mode
DSP mode:
Rotate the VOL knob to choose DSP sound
effect:
POP->CLASSIC->ROCK->JAZZ-> DSP OFF
DX/LO (RADIO mode)
Rotate the knob to choose local or
distant VWDWLRQat RADIO mode.
LO: Only stations with strong signal can be
received.
DX: Stations with strong and weak signals
can be received.
STEREO/MONO mode (Radio mode)
Rotate the VOL knob to choose FM stereo or
mono.
BEEP ON/OFF:
Rotate the VOL knob to choose beep sound
on or off.
MenuFunction
LOUD ON/OFF
Rotate the VOL knob to choose loudness on
or off.
12/24 HOURS mode:
Rotate the VOL knob to select 12 or 24 hour
mode.
SWC (Steering Wheel Control)
Up to 5 functionUcan be operated
via CPexisting steering wheel control. This
requires assigning the desired functions to the
buttons of the XGJKENGUsteering wheel.
 Press the knob to open the menu.
 Turn the knob to select a function key.
 Turn the knob VQselect a function for this
function key.
 *QNFFQYP a button of the steering wheel
control until SAVE OKappears on the
display.
The EQTTGURQPFKPIfunction is assigned to the
button beingpressed.
 Repeat these steps for every additional
function assigned to the steering wheel
control.

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Insert the SD/MMC card into the slot, with the
front side WRWKH right.
The unit will DXWRPDWLFDOO\play the music and
the LCD will show CARD.
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Push SRC button and switch to non CARD
mode, lightly press SD/MMC card, DQG
UHPRYHthe card RQFHLWKDV popped out.
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Open the rubber cap, insert the USB into the
connector7he unit ZLOOplay music IURP the
USB stLFN automatically, and the LCD will
show USB.
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Push the SRC button and switch to non USB
mode7hen take oXW the USB stLFN &lose the
rubber cap.
USB/SD/MMC Notes
USB functions (Àash memory type) MP3 music play
 SD/ MMC card support.
 USB flash memory 2 in 1 (SD/MMC ) support.
 Fat 12/fat 16/fat 32 is possible.
 File name : 32 byte/dir name : 32 byte/tag
name : 32 byte
 Tag (ID3 tag ver 2.0)
- title/artist/album : 32 byte support.
 Multi card reader not supportHG.
 USB 1.1 support, USB 2.0 support (It can not
support USB 2.0 speed. ,WZLOOSOD\DW the
samespeed DV USB 1.1).
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USB/SD/MMCMP3Playback
This unit is equipped with a detachable panel. Removing this
panel makes the radio totally inoperable.
Remove the detachable panel
1. Press button.
 2ull the panel VQYCTF[QW.
 Gently press the button of the case and open the cover.
Place the panel into the case and take with you when
leavKPI the XGJKENG.
Install detachable panel
 Fix right UKFG of face plate VQ the right UKFG of panel slot
 Press down the left side of the face plate until if clicks into
the panel slot.
Remove the unit
 Switch off power.
 Remove the panel and the trim plate.
 Insert both L-Keys into the holeVon the VLGHV of the IDFLD
untilthey lock.
 Pull out the unit.
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Band
During radio play, press the BAND button to
choose between three FM, two AM bands. The
indication “AM”, “FM” appears on the display
panel according to your selection.
Up Tuning
Press the seek up >>| button to tune stations
upward step-by-step. The current frequency
will be shown in digital format on the display
panel.
Press and hold the seek >>| button to the next
available station.
Down Tuning
Press the seek down |<< button to tune
stations downward step-by-step.
Press and hold the seek down |<< button to
the previous available station.
Auto Store
Press the AMS button to scan preset stations
1-6. Hold it to automatically select six strong
stations and store them in the current band.
The new stations replace stations already
stored in that band.
TunerOperation

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ElectricalConnections
Wiring Diagram
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Rear Right AUX IN (Red)
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Rear Right Line-out (Red)
Rear Left AUX IN (White)
Rear Left Line-out (White)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
SWC
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NOTE: The REAR AUX IN VKRXOGQRWEHXVHGDWWKHVDPHWLPHDVWKH FRONT AUX IN