Caliber RMD 213 User manual

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MP3/WMA PLAYER SECTION
Signal to Noise Ratio > 60 dB
Channel Separation > 50 dB (1kHz)
Frequency Response 60Hz - 15 kHz
TUNER FM
Frequency range 87.5-108 MHz
Sensitivity 2.8 µV
Stereo separation 30 dB
Signal to noise ratio 45 dB
Channel step 50 kHz
LINE-OUT
Output 5V (max.)
Impedance 10k Ohm
FRONT AUX IN
Frequency Response 60 Hz - 20 kHz
Sensitivity 775 mV
Impedance 20k Ohm
GENERAL
Power Supply 24V DC (10.8-32V allowable)
Speaker impedance 4 or 8 Ohm
Output power 25W x 4CH
Fuse 7.5A
Note:Specicationandthedesignaresubjecttopossiblemodicationwithoutnoticeduetoimprovements.

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Location of parts and controls
1. Switching the device on and off ( ) / turning the sound off (MU)
2. Call up Settings menu
3. Turn to set values/volume
4. Preset stations (1,2,3,4,5,6)
5. Setting the operating mode (MD) / setting the PTY function (PTY)
6. Selecting memory location band (BD) / showing display information (DISP)
7. Title / Station search backwards/forwards ( /)
8. Automatic station memory / search function during MP3/WMA playback (A/PS)
9. LCD display
10. Pause playback (1 PAU)
11. Repeat function (2 RPT)
12. Intro function (3 INT)
13. Random play (4 RDM)
14. Directory backwards/forwards (MP3/WMA Files only) (5 FL-/6 FL+)
15. USB port
16. Card reader for SD cards
17. 3.5 mm stereo input socket for the connection of an external audio device
18. Left speaker
19. Right speaker
AUX
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RMD 213

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1. UNIT
2. RELEASE CASE
3. DASH BOARD
4. HEX NUT
5. LOCK WASHER
6. PLAIN WASHER
7. CAR BODY
8. REAR SUPPORT STRAP
9. TAPPING SCREW
10. M5 X 15 HEX BOLT
Dashboard
Wire connection
RCA Jack Line Out:
Red (right) White (left)
CONNECTOR A
4. MEMORY +24V
5. AUTO ANTENNA OUTPUT
7. +24V (TO IGNITION KEY)
8. GROUND
Note: (connector A no. 7) must be connected by car ignition
key in order to avoid that car battery being drained when the
car will be not used for long period.
CONNECTOR B
1. REAR RIGHT SPEAKER (+)
2. REAR RIGHT SPEAKER (-)
3. FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER (+)
4. FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER (-)
5. FRONT LEFT SPEAKER (+)
6. FRONT LEFT SPEAKER (-)
7. REAR LEFT SPEAKER (+)
8. REAR LEFT SPEAKER (-)
To support the unit
Installation
PRECAUTIONS
• Choosethemountinglocationcarefullysothattheunitwillnotinterferewiththenormaldrivingfunctionsofthedriver.
• Avoidinstallingtheunitwhereitwouldbesubjecttohightemperatures,suchasfromdirectsunlightorhotairfrom
theheater,orwhereitwouldbesubjecttodust,dirtorexcessivevibration.
• Useonlythesuppliedmountinghardwareforasafeandsecureinstallation.
• Besuretoremovethefrontpanelbeforeinstallingtheunit.
NOTE :Inclinationangleforcarradioinstallationmustnotexceed30˚otherwisethefrontpanelwillnotopen.
53mm
182mm
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Bendthese
claws,ifnecessay
Note: Keepthereleasekeyinthesafeplaceasyoumayneeditinfuturetoremovetheunitfromthecar.
L (WHITE)
LINE OUT
R (RED)
ANTENNA
CONNECTOR
ISO CONNECTOR
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FUSE 7.5A

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General operations
Switching on and off
Pressanybutton to switch the device on. To switch off, press and hold the /MU button pressed.
Volume
Turn the VOL(3) knob to set the volume.
Switching mute on / off
Press the /MU button briefly to turn the sound off. Press the /MU button again to turn the sound on again.
Muting is cancelled when receiving a PTY or TA station.
Operating mode
Press the MD button to switch between AUX/TUNER/USB/SD mode.
Display
Keep pressing the BD button to have the following information displayed in turn:
Radio station, time (automatically set with RDS reception), frequency and PTY settings (these RDS functions are
sent by broadcasting services in various volumes; also refer to Section “Radio functions”).
Settings using the SEL(2) button (VOL/BAS/TRE/BAL/FAD)
Press the SEL button on the device. The current volume level is shown. Each further press of the SEL button
accesses the next setting.
The following settings are possible:
1 2 3 4 5
SEL SEL SEL SEL SEL
1. Volume 2. Bass 3. Treble 4. Balance 5. Fader
Turn the VOL(3) knob to change the settings of the menu item displayed.
Further settings using the SEL button (TA/AF/EQ/AVOL/STEREO/LOUD/SPEAKER/LOCAL/ADUST CLOCK)
• HolddowntheSEL buttonforabout2secondsandthenkeeppressingtheSELbuttonuntiltherequiredfunction
isshownonthedisplay.
• TurntheVOLknobtochangethesettingsofthemenuitemdisplayed.
2 sec.
SEL TA SEL AF SEL EQ SEL AVOL SEL STEREO SEL LOUD SEL LOC SEL SPK SEL ADJUST
CLOCK
TA - Enabling / disabling Trafc Announcement (trafc information)
TA ON:IfTAmodeisenabled,thedeviceimmediatelyswitchesfromotherstationsoroperatingmodestotheradio
stationthatiscurrentlytransmittingtrafcinformation.
Note: When the TA function is enabled, you can only search for or save stations that are transmitting trafc
information. Stations that are transmitting trafc information signals are denoted in the display by TP.
TA OFF:TheTAfunctionisdisabled.
AF - Enabling / disabling Alternative Frequencies
AF ON:WhentheAFfunctionisenabled,thedevicesearchesforthecurrentstation’soptimumfrequency.
AF OFF:TheAFfunctionisdisabled.
EQ - Equaliser
 Turnthemulti-controllertoselectoneoftheFLAT,CLASSIC,ROCK,POPorEQOFFsettings.Theequaliserwill
bedisabledifEQOFFisset.Theequalisersettingisshownatthebottomofthedisplay.
AVOL - Set the volume when radio is switched on
 TurntheVOLknobtosetthevolumelevelusedwhentheradioisturnedon.
STEREO / MONO - Set the audio output
 TurntheVOLknobtosettheaudiooutputinradiomodetostereoormono.Ifyouarereceivingastereostation,
thestereosymbol appearsonthedisplay.
LOUD - Enable / disable the loudness function
 TurntheVOLknobtoincreasebaseortreblelevels(LOUDON)ortodisablethefunction(LOUDOFF).When
theloudnessfunctionisenabled,LOUDisshownontherightofthedisplay.
SPEAKERS
 TurntheVOLknobtoturnONorOFFbuilt-inspeakers.

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DX / LOCAL - Set reception sensitivity
 TurntheVOLknobtoalignthereceptionsensitivitytonationalstations(DX)orregionalstations(LOCAL).
ADJ - Set the time
 TurntheVOLknobtotherighttosettheminutesandtothelefttosetthehours.
Note: The device has an RDS-controlled clock. The clock sets itself automatically when the RDS function is enabled
and continues to run when the radio is switched off . If you do not receive any RDS signal, you can set the time of
day manually.
Radio functions
Selecting the station memory band
 PresstheBDbuttontoswitchbetweenstationmemorybands(FM1,FM2,FM3).Eachstationmemorybandcovers
thesamefrequencyrangeandhas6memorylocations.
Automatic station search
 Keepthe or buttonpressedtostartautomaticstationsearch.Thesearchstopswhenastationisfound.
Manual station selection
 Pressthe or buttonbrieytochangethefrequencyuntiltherequiredfrequencyisset.
Storing radio stations
 Keeponeofthe 1to 6buttonspressedforabout3secondstostorethestationcurrentlyselected.Theshowing
ofnumbers1to6onthedisplayindicatesasuccessfulstore.
Selecting stations stored
 UseBDtoselectthestationmemoryband(FM1, FM2, FM3).Pressoneofthe 1to6buttonstoselectthestation
stored.
Automatic storing
 Keepthe A/PS buttonpressedfor3seconds.Asearchstartsimmediatelyandstaysforabout5secondsateach
stationfound.Thestationindicatorand/orthestationfrequencyashesandthememoryslotisdisplayed.The
searchcontinuesautomaticallywhenweakstationsarefound.
Run through the stations stored
 Pressthe A/PS buttonbriey.Allstationsareselectedbriey.Whenyouheartherequiredstation,pressthe A/
PS button.Thestationchosenremainsselected.
Programme type (PTY)
 Youcanusethisfunctiontosearchforaparticulartypeofstation.Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:
 POPM,ROCKM,NEWS,AFFAIRS,INFO,EASYM,LIGHTM,SPORT,EDUCATE,DRAMA,CLASSICS,OTHER
M,CULTURESCIENCE,VARIED,JAZZ,COUNTRY,WEATHER,FINANCE,CHILDREN,NATIONM,OLDIES,
SOCIAL,RELIGION,PHONEIN,FOLKM,TRAVEL,LEISURE,DOCUMENT
Note: Please note that this information is dependent on region, broadcasting corporation and station.
Setting the PTY ID
• KeeppressingtheMDbuttonuntilthePTYmessageisshownatthebottomofthedisplay.
• Thenpressoneofthe1to6buttonstoselecttherequiredPTYentry.
• Tochangebetweenthe“Musicalstyle”and“Vocalstyle”PTYentries,presstheMDbuttonagainwhentherst
PTYentryisdisplayed.
 Buttons 1to6areassignedasfollows:
Musical genre
1 Pop M, Rock M 2 Easy M, Light M 3 Classics, Other M
4 Jazz, Country 5 Nation M, Oldies 6 Folk M
Vocal style
1 News, Affairs, Info 2 Sport, Educate, Drama 3 Culture, Science, Varied
4 Weather, Finance, Children 5 Social, Religion, Phone IN 6 Travel, Leisure, Document
If there is no further input for 2 seconds, an automatic search for stations matching the PTY entry starts. The search
stops when the first station is found.

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Disabling / enabling the PTY function
• PresstheMD button to activate the PTY search. The PTY symbol is shown on the display with the last PTY entry
selected (e.g. POP M, Rock M...). Only stations with the PTY ID currently selected are included in the station
search.
• PresstheMD button again to disable the PTY search. PTY is no longer shown on the display.
Station search by PTY ID
If you do not input anything for 2 seconds whilst a PTY ID is being displayed, an automatic search for stations
matching this PTY ID is started. If no stations matching this PTY ID are found, PTY NONE is shown briefly and
the search then ends at the station last set.
USB port
The device can process USB data carriers up to 16 GB.
Connecting data carriers
• PushtheUSBportprotectivecaptotheright.
• ConnectyourUSBdevicetotheport.
• To protectagainstdirt,replacetheprotectivecapontheUSBportwhennoUSBdeviceisconnected.
Card reader
The device can process SD/MMC memory cards up to 2 GB, and SDHC memory cards up to 32 GB.
Connecting data carriers
Push a memory card into the memory card slot with the lettering pointing upwards.
MP3 / WMA playback functions
Playback
• ThedevicecanplaybackfilesintheMP3andWMAformats.
• Amixtureoftitlesanddirectoriesonthesamelevelcancauseproblemswhenplayingback.
• Duringplayback,theinformationfromtheMP3fileID3tagisreadandshowninturnonthedisplay.
• PlaybackoftheMP3orWMAtitleontheUSBdeviceormemorycardbeginsautomatically.
Stop playback
Press the 1 PAU button to stop playback. Press the 1 PAU button again to continue playback.
Note: Keep the 1 PAU button pressed to play the first title on the storage medium.
Skip title
Press the or button to select the next or previous title. The title number is shown on the display.
Fast forward/backward
Hold down the or button for longer to start fast forward or backward.
Repeat function (RPT - Repeat)
Press the 2 RPT button several times to switch between the repeat functions. The following settings are available:
RPT ONE: The current title is repeated.
RPT DIR: All titles in the current directory are repeated.
RPT ALL: All titles on the storage medium are repeated.
Title sampling
Press the 3 INT button. All titles are played back one after the other for approximately 10 seconds. Press the 3
INT button again to commence playback of the title currently selected.
Random playback of all titles (RDM - Random)
Press the 4 RDM button. A randomly controlled playback is started. Press the 4 RDM button to commence normal
playback again.
Skip directory
Press the 6 FL+ button to skip to the next directory or the 5 FL- button to skip to the previous directory. Playback
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Search functions
Title number search
 • PresstheA/PS button.
 • Turnthe VOL knob to set the first digit of the title number required.
 • PresstheSEL button to confirm the entry and to skip to entry of the second, third or fourth digit.
 • Pressthe1 PAU button to commence playback of the selected title.
Title name search
 • PresstheA/PS button twice. The search for title names starts immediately. If no title starting with the digit set
is found.
 • TurntheVOL knob until the desired character or digit appears.
 • Pressthe or button to confirm the character set and to display all titles beginning with the required
character.
 • Pressthe1 PAU button to commence playback of the title displayed.
Search for directories
 • PresstheA/PS button three times. The directory currently being played back is shown.
 • TurntheVOL knob to switch between the available directories.
 • Pressthe 1 PAU button to select the directory currently being displayed. Playback of the first title from the
selected directory starts immediately.
Connecting an external audio device to the device
 Connecttheaudiooutputofanexternalaudiodevice(e.g.anMP3player)viaa3.5mmstereojackplugtothe
AUXINsocketonthefrontpanelofthedevice.SelectaudioinputplaybackbyrepeatedlypressingtheMDbutton
untilAUXisshownonthedisplay.
Memory Backup
Thisunitisequippedwithbuilt-inmemoryI.C.(IntegratedCircuits)tosaveusersettingssuchastunerpresetstations
andaudiocontrolsettings.Wheneverpowerisunplug,thesesettingswillnotbelost.
Reset
Toresetthedevicetoitsfactorydefaultsettings,pressandhold6sec.theRESETbutton
withapointedobject,suchasapen.
Resetthedevice:
•whenoperatingforthersttime,
•afterthecableconnection,
•ifnotallfunctionbuttonsareworking
•whenanerrormessageappearsinthedisplay.
Note: To access the RESET button the face plate must be completely detached, see also the section “Removing
the face plate”.
RESET