Icartech Aurora gx730e User manual

DVD/CD/VCD/MP3/WMA/SD/MMC/USB PLAYER

BLUETOOTH/TV/GPS WITH FM/MW TUNER

Operation Instructions aurora GX730E

1. Only connect this unit to a 12V DC power

supply with negative grounding.

2. Never install this unit where the operation

for safety driving is restrained.

3. Never use the video display function in the

front when driving to prevent the violation

of laws & regulations and also to reduce

the risk of trafc accident except using the

rear view video camera.

4. Never expose this unit, amplier, speakers

to moisture or water to prevent electronic

sparks or res.

Warnings

5. Please don't change the fuse in the power

cord without professional guidance,

improper fuse may cause damage to this

using unit or even cause re.

6. Please power off this unit at once and send

it back to the after-sales service center or

the dealer / distributor you purchased from

if one of the following symptoms is found:

(a) No audio output;

(b) No image output;

(d) Smoking;

(e) Peculiar smell.

7. To ensure safe driving, please adjust the

volume to a safe and comfort level in case

of emergency situations.

Precautions

1. Never disassemble or adjust the unit

without any professional guide. For

details, please consult any professional car

shop / dealer for inquiry.

2. If the front panel or TFT monitor is squalid,

please use a clean silicone cloth and

neutral detergent to wipe off the spot.

Using a rough cloth and non-neutral

detergent such as alcohol for cleaning may

result in scratching or decoloration to the

applicant.

3. If any abnormal behavior of the unit is

found, please refer to trouble shooting

guide of this manual. If no relevant

information is found,please press the

[RESET] key on the front panel to resume

factory default.

4. If you have parked the car in hot or cold

weather for a long time, please wait until

the temperature in the car becomes normal

before operating the unit.

5. Using in-car heater in low temperature

environment may result in beads coagulate

inside the unit, DO NOT use the unit in

this situation, eject the disc and wipe off

the bead on the disc. If the unit still doesn't

work after a few hours, please contact with

after-sales service center.

6. No erce impact to the LCD monitor when

it is in open position for preventing the

damage to any mechanisms inside.

7. To prevent the damage to the screen,

avoid touching it with sharp objects.

8. The monitor employs auto motorizing

mechanism, please don't push, pull, or

swivel the monitor manually to prevent

damage to the core mechanism.

9. To provide a clear demonstration and an

alternative for easy understanding to the

operation of this unit, graphic illustrations

areused.However, these illustrations are

some different from the actual images

displayed on the screen.

10.During operating the unit, “ ” will

display if the current operation is not

available or illegal.

11.Operate the unit correctly according to this

manual to prevent unnecessary problem.

The guarantee won't be valid if the problem

is caused by inappropriate operation.

Declaration

This product incorporates copyright

protection technology that is protected

by U.S patents and other intellectual

property rights. Use of this copyright

protection technology must be authorized

by Macrovision, and is intended for home

and other limited viewing uses only unless

otherwise authorized by Macrovision.

Reverse engineering or disassembly is

prohibited.

Contents

Before using

Front panel ............................................. 1

Remote Control ...................................... 2

Basic operations

Power on / off......................................... 4

Mute ....................................................... 4

Volume adjustment................................. 4

Open SOURCE MENU .......................... 4

Playing source selection ........................ 4

Using the TFT Monitor ........................... 4

Reset the unit......................................... 4

RDS operations

PTY function........................................... 5

Program Service (PS) ........................... 5

CT (Clock Time) ..................................... 5

RT (Radio Text) ...................................... 5

Radio mode

Select radio as playing source ............... 5

Select one radio band ............................ 5

Auto tuning ............................................. 5

Manual tuning......................................... 5

Auto save ............................................... 5

Manual save........................................... 6

Preview scan ......................................... 6

Recall the stored stations....................... 6

Local seeking ......................................... 6

Disc mode

Insert a disc............................................ 6

Eject the disc.......................................... 6

Touch screen controls ............................ 6

Onscreen control buttons....................... 7

Suspend playback.................................. 8

Stop playback ..................................... 8

Display le list ........................................ 8

Fast playback ......................................... 8

Previous / next ....................................... 8

Change folder......................................... 8

Repeat playback .................................... 8

Repeat A-B............................................. 8

Random playback .................................. 8

Intro playback......................................... 8

Direct search ......................................... 9

GOTO search......................................... 9

MENU and TITLE................................... 9

Select subtitle language......................... 9

Select multi-angle views ........................ 9

Select audio channel ............................. 9

PBC function ......................................... 9

Zoom in/out ......................................... 10

Rotate picture....................................... 10

Playback information............................ 10

SD/USB mode

Select SD/USB as playing source.........11

Using the touch screen controls............11

Onscreen control buttons......................11

Stop playback temporarily.....................11

Stop playback entirely...........................11

Display le list .......................................11

Fast forward/Fast reverse .....................11

Play the next or previous le ................11

Repeat playback ...................................11

Random playback .................................11

Intro playback........................................11

Search for a particular le .....................11

GOTO search........................................11

Zoom in/out ..........................................11

Rotate picture........................................11

Select picture slide mode .....................11

Playback information display.................11

Bluetooth mode ........................................ 12

TV mode .................................................... 13

Other modes

AUX...................................................... 14

Camera ................................................ 14

Navigation ............................................ 14

SWC..................................................... 14

Setup

Setup procedures................................. 15

General ................................................ 15

Language ............................................. 15

Audio.................................................... 15

Bluetooth.............................................. 15

Rating .................................................. 16

Hardware.............................................. 16

P.VOL ................................................... 16

TS CAL................................................. 16

EQ .............................................................. 17

Troubleshooting ....................................... 18

Device connections

Notes of connection ........................... 20

Control Cables ..................................... 20

Parking Brake Cable Connections ..... 21

Reverse Driving Cable Connections .... 21

Installation and uninstall

Notes of installation.............................. 22

Unit Installation..................................... 22

Trim Ring installation............................ 23

Uninstall .............................................. 23

Specications

Appendix

Region Code ....................................... 25

Cautions of disc using.......................... 25

Wiring Diagram .................................... 25

EN - 1

Before using

Front panel

1. Eject disc

2. Reset the unit

3. [VOL] Knob: Adjust volume

Play / Pause(short press)

4. [SRC/ ] Key:Switch to the current source and the main menu

5. [ MUTE] Key: Mute audio outputs

6. [TILT+] Knob: Increase the display angle

7. [PIC] Key: Adjust the bright the contrast of the TFT monitor

8. [TILT-] Knob: Decrease the display angle

9. [OPEN/CLOSE] Key: Open / Close the TFT monitor

10.USB Slot

11. AUX IN jack

12.Eject disc

13.Disc slot

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Before using

Remote Control

Note:

Your remote control may differ

slightly from the one pictured here.

The above diagram is for illustrative

purpose only.

1. [SRC]Key:select playing source

2. [EJECT]Key: Eject disc

3. [AUDIO] Key: Select DVD dialogue

language

4. [VOL+/-] Key: Adjust volume

5. [ZOOM] Key: Image zoom in/out

6. [ /BAND] Key: Select radio band

7. [WIDE] Key: Change display mode

8. [PRESET / ] Key: Select preset radio

station

9. [EQ] Key: Enter/Exit the EQ setting

10.[GOTO/ ] Key: GOTO search/Call

11.[OPEN/CLOSE] Key: Open / Close the

TFT monitor

12.

[TILT / ] Key: Adjusting display tilting angle

13.[REPT A-B] Key: A-B repeat

14.[REPT] Key: Repeat playback

15.[MUTE] Key: Mute audio outputs

16.[POWER] Key: Unit power

17.[SUBTITLE] Key: Select DVD subtitle

language

18.[ANGLE] Key: Select view angle

19.[MENU] Key: DVD MENU / PBC

20.[TILT ] Key: DVD TITLE

21.[SETUP] Key: Setup menu

22.[ ] Key: Fast Forward / Move cursor up

23.[ ] Key: Auto search / Previous / Move

cursor to the left

24.[ ] Key: Play / Pause / Enter

25.[ ] Key:Auto search / Next / Move cursor

to the right

26.[PIC] Key: Image setting

27.

[ ] Key: Fast Reverse/ Move cursor down

28.[ / ] Key: Stop Playback/Hangup

29.[DISP] Key: Display information

30.[0~9] Key: Numeric keys

31.[RDM] Key: Random playback

32.[CLEAR] Key: Clear information

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Before using

Notes of remote control using

1) Aim the remote control at the remote

sensor on the unit.

2) Remove the battery from the remote

control or insert a battery insulator if the

battery has not been used for a month or

longer.

3) DO NOT store the remote control under

direct sunlight or in high temperature

enviro nment, or it may n ot fun ction

properly.

4) The battery can work for 6 months under

normal condition. If the remote control can't

work, please change the battery.

5) Use “button shaped” lithium battery

“CR2025” (3V) only.

6) DO NOT recharge, disassemble, heat or

expose the battery in re.

7) Insert the battery in proper direction

according to the (+) and (-) poles.

8) Store the battery in a place where children

cannot reach to avoid the risk of accident.

Uninstall Battery

Slide out the battery compartment

tray at the bottom on the back of the

remote control.

Install Battery

Use button-shaped lithium battery

“CR2025 (3V)” only. Insert the

battery to the battery tray with proper

direction according to the (+) and (-)

poles.

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Basic operations

Power on / off

Press any key on the front panel or the

[POWER] key on the remote control to turn

on the power under standby mode. The unit

goes back to the last status after power on.

Press and hold the [SRC] key on the front

panel or press the [POWER] key on the

remote control to turn off the power under

work mode.

Mute

Press the [MUTE] key on the front panel or

remote control to mute the volume from the

unit.

Notes:

Doing the operation above again or

adjusting volume will release muting.

Mute icon winks on the TFT during muting.

Volume adjustment

Turn the volume knob on the front panel or

press the [VOL] key on the remote control.

The adjustable range of volume is 0 to 40.

Open SOURCE MENU

Press the [SRC] key on the front panel or

remote control or touch the top left corner of

the screen to open the SOURCE MENU.

Do the above operation again to return to the

original source.

Playing source selection

Open the SOURCE MENU, and then touch

the source you desired or select one source

by moving the cursor and then conrm.

Notes:

Playing source selection means selecting

work mode, such as DVD mode, Radio

mode, Camera mode, etc.

When some devices are not ready, they

cannot be selected.

Display system time

Press and hold the [DISP] key on the remote

control to switch the display information

between system time and playing source

when the TFT monitor is closed.

Using the TFT Monitor

Open / Close monitor

Press the [OPEN/CLOSE] key on the front

panel or remote control topush the display

panel out or in.

Change the monitor tilt angle

Due to the inherent character of LCD, you

will get different vision impressions when you

watch it from different angles.

The display angle of this unit can be changed;

hence you can select the best angle where

you can get the best vision impression.

Press the [TILT] key on the display panel or

the remote control to adjust the tilt angle one

step at a time.

Press and hold the [TILT] key on the display

panel or the remote control to adjust the tilt

angle continuously.

Change aspect ratio

Press the [WIDE] key on the display panel or

remote control to adjust the aspect ratio.

Image setting

(1) Enter image setting mode

Press the [PIC] key on the front panel.

(2) Select one item to adjust

Press the [ ]/[ ] keys on the remote

control.

(3) Adjust the value

Press the [ ] / [ ] keys on the remote

control.

(4) Exit image setting mode

To exit image setting mode, repeat the rst

step or stop operation for some seconds.

Reset the unit

If the unit can not work correctly, you should

reset the unit by pressingthe [RESET] button

on the front panel.

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RDS operations

PTY function

PTY is the abbreviation for Program Type

which is a code dening the type of program

being broadcast (e.g. News or Rock).

Six PTY options will display on the screen. To

view more PTY options, touch the scroll bar

and arrows on the screen.

When one PTY option is touched (e.g.

News), auto search for next available PTY

by increasing tuning frequency until the PTY

of the next station matches the current. If no

matched PTY has been found, the unit will

return to the original radio frequency.

Program Service (PS)

Used for receiver displays of an 8 character

alpha numeric Program Service name which

may use Upper or Lower case characters, e.g.

{BBC_4_FM}, {Classic_}.

CT (Clock Time)

Some stations broadcast the time and date

within the encoded RDS signal. The clock

time is automatically adjusted when 'CT' is set

to 'On'.

RT (Radio Text)

When this function is activated, the unit will

display short message data transmitted from

the provider, such as station information, the

name of the current broadcasting song and

the artist name.

Radio mode

Select radio as playing source

Open the SOURCE MENU and then touch RADIO.

Select one radio band

Press the [BAND] key on the display panel or

remote control or touch the [BAND] icon on

the user interface to select one radio band

among FM1, FM2, FM3, MW1 and MW2.

Auto tuning

Press the [ ] / [ ] key on the display

panel or remote control or touch the [ ]

/ [ ] icon on the user interface to seek a

higher / lower station.

To stop searching, repeat the operation above

or press other keys having radio functions.

Note:

When a station is received, searching stops

and the station is played.

If the unit receives a stereo broadcasting, the

indicator light of stereo ‘ST’ on the TFT or

LCD display will be lighted.

Manual tuning

During manual tuning, the frequency will be

changed in steps.

Press the [ ] / [ ] key on remote control

or touch the [ ] / [ ] icon on the user

interface to tune in a higher / lower station.

Touch the numeric keypad icon( ) and then

touch the numeric buttons to input the radio

station frequency numbers.

Auto save

Only stations with sufficient signal strength

will be detected and stored in the memory.

When the monitor is closed, press and hold

the [AS] key on the display panel.

When the monitor is opened, touch the [AS]

icon on the user interface.

To stop auto save, press other keys having

radio functions.

Notes:

After auto save, the previous saved

stations will be overwritten.

The unit has 5 bands, such as FM1, FM2,

FM3, MW1, MW2, and Each band can

store 6 stations; hence the unit can store

30 stations in all.

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Manual save

When one expected radio station has been

detected……

(1) Press the [MEM] icon on the user interface

and the preset menu will be opened.

(2) Press one preset button among P1~P6.

(3) If you want to abort, press the [Exit] button.

Preview scan

Preview scan searching is such a process

that the searching pauses

when a station is received and then played

for 5~10 seconds. After being played, the unit

continues the process until the whole band is

detected.

When the monitor is closed, press the [AS]

key on the display panel.

When the monitor is opened, touch the [PS]

icon on the user interface.

To stop the process, press other keys having

radio functions.

Recall the stored stations

Press one numeric key among 1 to 6 on the

remote control or touch an onscreen station

button to select the corresponding stored

station.

Local seeking

When LOCAL seeking is on, only those radio

stations with strong radio signal could be

received.

To open or close LOCAL function, press and

hold the volume knob on the front panel.

Notes:

When the local radio station searching

is on, the indicator light ‘LOC’ lights up;

whereas the light goes off.

The number of radio stations that can

be received will decrease after the local

seeking mode is on.

Disc mode

Insert a disc

Upon inserting a disc, the unit will switch to

disc mode automatically.

Notes:

Please conrm whether there is a disc in

the unit before you insert another one.

Some recorded discs, such as CD-R, CD-

RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW

cannot be played back because of

different recording status. Otherwise, the

discs without being closed could not be

played back.

About the cautions of disc using, please

refer to the appendix.

Eject the disc

Press the [ ] key on the front panel or

remote control to eject the disc.

Touch screen controls

The touch key areas for DVD playback are

outlined below:

A - Return the last menu

B - Display playback information

C - Display onscreen control menu

Radio mode

EN - 7

Disc mode

Onscreen control buttons

EN - 8

Repeat playback

Press the [RPT] key on the remote control

repeatedly or open the onscreen control

buttons menu and then touch the [ ] button

repeatedly to alter repeat mode according to

the following table.

Notes:

When a VCD is played back, this function

is prohibited if the PBC is on.

Turning off the power or switching playing

source to other modes and back will

cancel this function.

Repeat A-B

When a DVD, VCD or CD disc is played back,

you can play back the contents between the

time points from A to B repeatedly.

Press the [RPT A-B] key on the remote

control or open the onscreen control buttons

menu and then touch the [RPT A-B] button to

set the start point (A) of the repeated section.

Do the above operation again to set the end

point of the repeated section.

The selected portion will repeat continuously.

Do the above operation for the third time to

cancel this function.

Random playback

When this function is on, the contents in the

disc will be played back randomly.

Press the [RDM] key on the remote control

repeatedly or open the onscreen control

buttons menu and then touch the [ ] button

repeatedly to alter random playback mode

among ‘Random on’, ‘Random off’.

Intro playback

When this function is on, the unit will play

back the first 10 seconds of each track of a

VCD or CD disc. You can search the le you

desired using this function.

Press the [SCN] key on the remote control to

activate this function.

Repeat chapter ėRepeat title ėRepeat off

DVD

VCD(PBC off)

Repeat single ėRepeat all ėRepeat off

MP3/WMA

Disctype Repeatmode

Picture

MPEG

Repeat single ėRepeat folder ėRepeat allėRepeat off

Suspend playback

Press the [ ] key on the remote control or

open the onscreen control buttons menu and

then touch the [ ] button.

To resume normal play, repeat the above

operation.

Stop playback

To stop playback, press the [■] key on the

remote control or open the onscreen control

buttons menu and then touch the[■] button.

When the above operation is executed for

the rst time, the current playback is paused

and the break point is memorized and the

playback will resume when you start playback

again or switch back from other playing

sources. The current playback will cancel if

the above operation is executed twice and

the playback will start over when you start

playback again.

Display le list

To display the file list of one recorded disc,

stop current playback.

Fast playback

Press the [ ]/[ ] key on the remote

control repeatedly or open the onscreen

control buttons menu and then touch the

[ ]/[ ] button repeatedly to change the

rate of fast forward/fast reverse.

Previous / next

Press the [ ]/[ ] key on the display

panel or remote control or open the onscreen

control buttons menu and then touch the

[]/[ ] button to play the next or previous

le.

Change folder

Press the [DIR+]/[DIR-] icon on the user

interface (you should stop playback first if a

video or picture le is played back) to change

folder during the playback of one recorded

disc containing more than one folder.

Disc mode

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Disc mode

Do the above operation again to cancel this

function.

Direct search

When a DVD, VCD or CD disc is played back,

you can search for a particular chapter / track

by pressing the numeric keys of the remote

control. For example, if you want to select the

15th track, you should press numerical key [1]

and [5].

GOTO search

(1) Enter GOTO search mode Press the

[GOTO] key on the remote control to

open search menu.

For DVD, you can search according to

title, chapter and time.

For VCD, if PBC function is off, you can

search according to time; if PBC function

is on, you can search according to track,

time and Disc time.

For CD, you can search according to

track.

For MPEG les, you can search according

to track and time.

For record discs containing MP3 and/or

JPG files, you can search according to

track(le number).

(2) Enter search information

Select items by pressing the direction keys

on the remote control and enter search

information by pressing the numeric keys,

such as title, chapter and time.

(3) Conrm

Press the [Enter] key on the remote

control to conrm.

(4) Exit GOTO search mode

Repeat the above operation until the

search menu disappeared or touch the

[Exit] button on the menu.

MENU and TITLE

This function is only available for the DVD

discs having “MENU / TITLE”.

Press the [MENU] key on the remote control

or open the onscreen control buttons menu

and then touch the [MENU] button to open

DVD MENU.

You can select audio language, subtitle

language and so on for playback.

Press the [TITLE] key on the remote control

or open the onscreen control buttons menu

and then touch the [TITLE] button to open

DVD TITLE.

You can select a different title for playback.

Select subtitle language

Press the [SUBTITLE] key on the remote

control repeatedly or open the onscreen

control buttons menu and then touch the

[SUBTITLE] button repeatedly to choose a

subtitle language.

Select multi-angle views

Press the [ANGLE] key on the remote control

repeatedly to choose a shooting angle during

the playback of a DVD disc or video file

containing multi-angle views.

Select audio channel

For DVD containing multi-language audio

files, press the [AUDIO] key on the remote

control repeatedly or open the onscreen

control buttons menu and then touch the

[AUDIO] button repeatedly to change dialogue

language.

For VCD and CD, press the [AUDIO] key on

the remote control repeatedly or open the

onscreen control buttons menu and then

touch the [AUDIO] button repeatedly to alter

audio channel modes among Left vocal, Right

vocal, Mono left, Mono right, Stereo.

Note:

Left channel and right channel cannot work

properly if the audio files are not recorded

correctly.

PBC function

This function is available for the VCD discs

with PBC function (Ver 2.0 or higher).

Press the [MENU] key on the remote control

to activate this function.

Press again to cancel.

Notes:

When PBC is on, playback goes back to

the track list and starts from the rst track.

When PBC is on, fast motion playback,

slow motion playback or skip search

is available but repeat playback and

searching for a particular chapter or track

is prohibited.

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Disc mode

If you do the operation of random

playback, scan playback or searching

playback when PBC is on, PBC will be off

automatically.

Zoom in/out

To zoom in/out the image being played, press

the [ZOOM] key on the remote control or

open the onscreen control buttons and then

touch the [ ] icon.

Rotate picture

When one picture le is played back, you can

rotate the picture to get proper view angle

by pressing the [ ] icon on the onscreen

control buttons.

Playback information

Touch the top center area of TFT LCD when

playing back DVD and VCD discs and the

playback information will be displayed on the

top area of the TFT.

For DVD

(1) Disc type.

(2) Elapsed time of the current title.

(3) DVD Title information. “5/8” indicates that

this DVD has 8 titles and the title playing

back now is the fth title.

(4) DVD Chapter information. “2/16” indicates

that current title has 16 chapters and the

chapter playing back now is the second

chapter.

(5) Indicates that the subtitle of this DVD has

been recorded in 6 languages and the

language displayed now is the second,

that is English.

(6) Touch the [SUB TITLE] button repeatedly

to choose a subtitle language.

(7) Multi angle.

(8) Bitrate.

For VCD

(1) Disc type.

(2) Elapsed time of the current track.

(3) PBC function indicator. "PBC On" indicates

that PBC function has been activated.

EN - 11

Select SD/USB as playing

source

Method 1:

Method 2:

Open the 'SOURCE MENU' and then select

'SD'.

Notes:

The unit will switch to SD card mode or

USB mode after a SD card or USB device

has been inserted.

The unit supports hot swap.

Using the touch screen controls

The operation is the same as DVD mode.

Onscreen control buttons

Onscreen control buttons under USB mode

are the same as disc mode.

Stop playback temporarily