Opel CDR 500 User manual

Radio
cDR 500
OPEL.o

English
ShortOverview .... 20
TheftPrevention..... ...... 21
On/OffSwitch ..... 21
VolumeControl
. ...........22
ToneControl .. .... 23
Radio .... 23
TrafficAnnouncements ..... 25
RDS-EON ........ 26
RadioStationKeys.. ....... 27
CDOperation ..... 29
CarTelephone .... 30
Steering
WheelRemoteControl ..... 31
Coding ........... 32
General
lnformation ........ 34
@1999
Adam
OoelAG

ShortOverview
The radioCDR500enablesreception of
VHF,mediumandlongwave
wavebands.
Itisequipped witha trafficradiodecoder
(TP)and receivesdatafor RadioData
System(RDS). Six radiostationkeysen-
ablethe storage
of a totalof 30 radiosta-
tions.
Theunit is
equipped
with
a CDdriveunit
for playing standardCD's.
Operating Elements
no. symbol denotes
O Ol on/off:depress
.- volumecontrol:turn
\J lefVrightbalance:
pull
andturn
O Jl bass:turn
treble:
pull
andturn
O 7/ tronlhackfader:
turn
o - cD aperture
O A eject
key
andCD/radio
@ - unlockoperatingconsole
O - LEDunlockkey
O t11-161
radiostationkeys
O IRDSI RadioDataSystem
@ ITPI traffic
radio
Steering
WheelRemoteControl
no. symboldenotes
o
@
@
@
@
+
o
@
(D
@
@
@
@
[AS] automaticradiostation
allocation
[UMLI change
waveband
- detachableoperatingconsole
radio:advanceonestation
CD:restart
reversesearchkey
forwardsearchkey
increasevolume
reducevolume
radio/CDselectionmode
Display
The
displayInthe
vehicle
(see
vehicleope-
ratinginstructlons)is
also
usedforexternal
displayofInformation
fromtheradio.Two
basictyposofdisplays
canbeinstalledin
thevahicle.
10digit display
Thedisplaysof the10
digitdisplay
are
described
intheseoperatinginstructions.
Thedisplaysofthe8 digitdisplaycorre-
spondtothoseof
the10
digit
displaywith
theexception
ofthewavebandandcertain
radiofunctions.
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tlttr ttrtr ttrtr fH! ffi lltfi fm !fits !#i H#
fltrt flfl ililt tH! ffi." ffi." fis fifr ii#rsif,
fltrr till fltrt !!Ht H.'t!tr! !fltr flqfl
fltrffitrilffiffiffiffi,ffi
I digit display

Theft
Prevention
Goding
Theunit
isequipped
withasafetysystem
against
theft. A codedradio
isof no
value
tothe
thiefand
therefore
youshould
code
your
unit
(see
the
section
"Coding"
on
page
32)and
donotleave
theRadio
orCar
pass
with
thecode
numberin
thevehicle.
Theradioiscoded
beforeitleaves
the
plant.
Detachable Operating Console
The
unithas
a detachable
operating
con-
sole
asanadditional
theft
Drotection.A
LEDintherelease
key @ for
theoperating
console
blinksO after
switching
offthe
radio
andthecarignition.
Take
theoperating
console
initscase
when
youleave
your
car. Theunitwill
only
work
withits
original
operating
console.
Should
this
belost, a replacement
opera-
tingconsole
must
befirst
adaptedby
appropriate
coding
(see
section"Adaptation
ofthe
Operating
Console"
onpage
33).
Removing
theOperating
Console
Press
therelease
key
G)
and
detach
the
operating
console
@.
Refitting
theOperating
Console
Put
theoperating
console
backinto
the
recess
and
press
onboth
sidesto
lock.
On/Off
Switch
Ol Depress
knob O toturn
theradio
onoroff.
Automatic Switch-On
lftheunithas
beenturned
onbydepres-
singknob (l ,itisturned
off
byswitching
off
theignition
andremoving
thekey,or
simply
bylurning
the
ignition
off
(in
some
types
ofcars).
Theradio
comes
onagain
automatically
when
theignitionis
turned
on.
You
candeactivate
andreactivate
this
automatic
switch-on
bythefollowing
steps:
. Switchignition
on.
. Turn
radio
offwithknob O.
. Keepradio
stationkeys
[1]and[3] O
depressed.
. Turn
radio
on. The
message"lGNl
ON"is
shown
onthe
display. Release
the
depressed
radio
station
keys
onlyafter
the
confirmation
signalhas
given.
Themessage
"IGNI
OFF' is
shownonthe
display.
Theunit
maynow
only
beturned
on
andoffwith
knob
0.
21

Thesamestepsas described
aboveare
followedto reactivate
the automatic
switch-
on. Themessage
"lGNlON"is shownon
thedisplay.
Theautomatic
switch-on
isactivated when
theunit
hasbeendisconnected
and
then
connected
againto the operating
voltage.
AutomaticCD
Play-Back
lfa CD hasbeen
insertedinto
theunit
whenswitched
off(seesection
"lnsertCD"
onpage 29),theunit
willswitchonautoma-
ticallyandplay
theCD.
AutomaticSwitch-Off
Theunit
will
automatically
switch
offone
hourafterthecar
ignitionhasbeen
turned
off. Theautomatic
switch-off
functionis
independentoftheautomatic
switch-on.
22
VolumeControl
^l Setvolume
. Turnknob
lO.
rz SetBalancelefUright
. Pullknob
(O.
. Turnknob.
7/ SetFaderforward/back
Depress
retractable
knob
O.
Turn
theknob.
Theknobretractsout.
. Depressthe knobto returnitto retracted
oosition.
Whenswitching
ontheset,
theradiois
set
tothe
volumelevel
youlastadjusted,ifthis
leveldid notexceed
thefactoryset basic
volumelevel.
lfthevolume
levelwashigher,theradiois
setto it's basiclevel.
Adomatic Volume Control
Thevolurne
isregulatedinaccordance
with
the speedofthevehicle. You can regulate
thisvolumecontrol.
Set Volume Regulation
KeepIUILI @ keydepressed
until
the
confirmationsignalis given.
Setlhe desired
volumeincreaseusing
the
searcfrbuttons @ and @.
"SD-VOL
U or "SD-VOL
+1"
to
"SD-VOL
+5"appearson thedisplay.
Depressthe [UML] @ keyagainuntil
the
confirmationsignalisgiveninorder
to
storethe setting.
The
automatic
volume
regulationisnot
activeinthe setting"SD-VOL0". .
lfyou donotdepressany
keywithin10 sec-
onds,thentheprevious setting
willremain
stored.

Tone
Gontrol
You
can
adjust
the
tone
using
the
r€traot'
able
knob
O. You
canadjust
thebasa
and
the
treble
independently
fromeach
other.
The
knob
retracts
into
the
neutral
position
(middle
setting).
J Adiustment of the Bass
. Depress
the
retractable
knob@
'
The
knob
retracts
out.
. Turn
the
knob
(to
the
left
toreduce
th€
bass;
tothe
right
toincrease
thebass).
. Depress
theknob
toreturn
ittoitsretrao'
ted
position.
I Adjustment of the Treble
. Depress
the
retractable
knobO '
The
knob
retracts
out.
. Pull
the
knobout
further.
. Turn
the
knob
(to
theleft
toreduce
the
treble;
tothe
right
to
increase
the
trebl€).
. Depress
theknob
toreturn
ittoitsretrac'
ted
position.
Radlo
grlcatWavcband
Iunrlng
tlte
radlo
on
will
automatically
se-
lcol
ltre
waveband
previouslytuned.Adif-
lcrenlwaveband
can
be
selected
using
the
IUMLI
@ koY.
D€prcBF
tho
[UML]
key
repeatedly
until
the
dc:lrad
waveband
l8selected'
Dopreealng
the
key
once
from
the
VHF
waveband
(Very
Hlgh
Frequency)
willse-
laottho
MW
waveband
(MediumWave).
Dcpreaalng
the
keyagain
will
select
the
LW
wavcband
(Long
Wave).
Depressing
the
IUMLI
koyagaln
willswitch
back
to
the
VHF
waveband
again.
Tho
waveband
currently
selected
isshown
on
th6dlsplay
('U",
'U AS",
"M',
"MAS"or
"L').
Frcquency
Display
ota VHF
Radio
Station
t..l
Manual
Adiustment to the
TransmitterFrequencY
. Touching
the
search
key@ willdrop
the
frequency
by100
kHz.
. Touching
the
search
key(D
willraise
the
frequency
bY
1
00
kHz'
Start Radio Station Search
Depress
search
keY
@ or @ until
the
automatic
search
starts.
Reception
ofthe
next
radio
station
will
beselected.
Keeping
oneof
the
search
keys
depressed
willsweep
the
frequency
band
as
long
as
the
key
isreleased
again.
Thereception
remains
dormant
until
aradio
station
islocked
in.
lfthe
RDS
function
has
been
activated,
reception
of
the
next
RDS
transmitter
station
will
be
selected.
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UseoftheRDS Function
'What
isRDS?'
Raaio
Data
System
RDSisaserviceofthe
public
radioinstitu-
tionswhichhasbeenintroduced
Eurooe-
wide
tofacilitate thesearchfor
thedesired
VHFradio
stationanditsinterference-free
receDtion.
In
additiontothe
programs
transmitted,
RDS
transmittersalsoradiate
adigitaldata
telegram
containinginformationwhich
is
automaticallyinterpreted
byRDSreceivers.
lfRDSis
switchedon,the
designationof
theradio
stationisshownonthe
display.
EachRDSstationtransmits
atseveralfre-
quencies.
Theradioreceiver
continually
comparesthesignal
quality
ofthesefre-
quencies
duringiravelandchangesfre-
quencies
tomaintain
receptionofthe
stron-
gest
frequency
atall
times
(best
reception
oftheselectedradio
station).Theradio
stationdesignation
on
the
displayremains
unchanged.
Activate RDS
. SelecttheVHFwaveband
. Depress
[RDS]
O.
Display: RDSactivated
Thesymbol
"RDS"is
displayed.The
searchfunctionwillnowonlyreactto RDS
transmitters.The radiowillautomatically
selectthe frequency
aswellas the radio
stationwhichcan be received
best.
@ RDS TP
lfthe radio
statlonset
isnotaRDS
trans-
mitter,then
aMEMORY search
will
becon-
ducted
andtheVHFadditionalmemory
will
beautomatlcelly
updated
(see
section
"Update
VHF
AdditionalMemor/',
page
28).
Deactlvate RDS
Depress
IRDSI
O keyagain.
Thesymbol
'rgDS';
isno longerdisplayed.
Thefrequency
isdisplayedinstead
ofthe
radio
stationdesignation.Theradiono
lon-
ger
determinesthebestreceptionfrequen-
cyforthatradio
station.
Display
the Frequency
of a RDS
Transmltter,
Depress
the
IUMLI
@ key
(approx.
1second)
until
the
displayswitchesfrom
theradiostation
designationovertothe
reception
frequency.
Thelrequency
isdisplayedforapprox.
5
seconds.

Selection of Regional RadioStatlone
SomeRDS
radiostations
transmitregional
programs.
They
canbe
allocatedtoeach
radio
stationkey
sothatalternative
trans-
mitter
frequencies
should
beselectedfor
only
thoseregional
programspreviously
heard.
Keeptheradio
stationkeys
depressed,i.e.
[1]to[6] @
,for
thosewhich
aretobeallo-
caledtoregional
programs,
untiltheconlir-
mation
signalis
given.
"REG
ON"will
bedisplayeo.
Repeatthe
samesteps
todeactivatethis
function.
"REG
OFF"will
bedisplayed.
Traffic
Announcements
Thefunctions
fortrafficradio
are internatio-
naland
aredesignated
bythe symbolTP =
TrafficProgram. Receptionof a radio
sta-
tionwithtrafficisshownonthedisplayby
thesymbol"IP".
Activate Traffic Radio (TP)
. SelectVHFwaveband.
. Depress
key
[TPI @.
The
symbol
"[TP]"is
shownonthe
display.
The
symbol"[ ]" isshown
onthedisplay
when
searchisbeingconducted
orifthe
reception
ofthe radio
stationis notpos-
sible.
When
a CDisbeing
played,
theplay-back
isinterrupted
bytrafficannouncements.
Thetrafficradiofunction(TP)
can alsobe
activated
duringCDplay-back. Inthis
case,thedesignation
ofthe radiostation
lastheardis
displayedfor
5seconds.lfthe
reception
hadbeenthat of a radio
station
nottransmitting
trafficradio,
thenthestron-
gest
trafficradio
transmitter
willbesear-
ched.
lf trafficradiois activated
anda transmitter
isselectednottransmittingtrafficradio,
thenthe strongest
trafficradio
transmitter
will
besearched.
Withthe automaticradio
stationmemory
activated
by the [AS] @ fey, thesweep
willbecontinued
untilat leastonetratfic
radio
transmitterhasbeenfound,provided
thetratficradiofunctionhasbeenactivated
beforehand.Aftermemorizing,
theradio
willswitchoverto a memory
slotwitha traf-
ficradio
lransmitter,
provided
thereisone
available.
Deactivate Traffic Radio
DepressthefIPl @ key
again.Thesym-
bolf /"will nolongerbedisplayed.
lf a trafficannouncement
isgiven, the but-
ton [TP] mustbedepressed
twiceinorder
to deactivate
thetrafficradio.
ThealternativesTP on orTP offarenot
memorizedwhen
allocatingtransmitters
to
the radiostationkeys.
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PROG
iF-i.i#il +#
ITP]
Adjustment
ofthe
Volume
for
Traffic
Announcements
The
volume
for
the
traffic
announcements
can
bepreset
and
independently
of
thenor_
malvolumelevelfor the radio.
Presetthe votumelevel for traffic
announcements.
. Depress
the [Tp] @ keylapprox.
3 seconds)
until
theconfirmation
signalis
given.
Thepreset
volume
will
appear
on
thedis_
play,for example"Tp-VOL+l',.
. The desired
setting
between
_3
and+3
can beselected
usingthesearchkeys
O and (D
' Ke.ep.the
ITPI @ keydepressed
again
until
the
confirmation
signal
isgiven.
r
hesetting
is
then
memorized.
26
lf_you
do
not
depress
the
Fpl key
within
10seconds,
the
unit
will
revert
to
the
nor_
mal
operation
without
memorizing
any
change
in
the
setting.
During
traffic
announcement
playback
you
can
adjust
the
volume
with
the O tey.
The
radio
returns
to
the
volume
set
only
by
increasing
the
volume
after
the
traffic
anno-
uncement
has
finished.
Hearing
Traff
ic Announcements
only
lfyou
only
want
tohear
the
traffic
an-
nouncements,
turn
traffic
on.Turn
knob
O to
the
left
until
the
normal
sound
volu-
me
isreduced
tozero.
Only
the
traffic
announcements
are
then
heard
atthe
preset
volume.
InterruptTrafficAnnouncements
Depress
the
[TP] @ key
for
ashoft
time,
in
order
tointerrupt
the
traffic
announce_
ments
(for
example
during
CD
play_back).
I
ne
traffic
radio
function
remains
activated.
RDS.EON
An
extension
of
RDS
is
the
EON
function.
EON
is
an
abbreviation
for:
Enhanced
Other
Networks
(support
ofother
transmit-
ters).
With
RDS-EON,
certain
Transmitting
Insti-
tutions
offer
thepossibility
ofhearing
traffic
announcements
even
by
reception
of
non-
traffic
radio
transmitters.
The
radio
unit
interprets
information
from
RDS
data
from
alternative
radio
stations
transmitting
tratfic
radio.
Non{raffic
radio
transmitters
with
associa_
ted
RDS-EON
are
treated
as
traffic
radio
transmitters
bythe
radio
unit.
lJrg.symOot
"EoN"
(10
digir
disptay)
or,,Tp,,
(8
digit
display)
is
disptayed
for
these
trans_
mitters.

Hearing
TrafficAnnouncements vla
RDS-EON
Depresskey
[TP]@. Tnesymbol"[PJ"is
displayed.When
atratficannouncementis
given,
theradio
unitwillswitchoverto
a
trafficradiotransmitter
whichisintheEON
network.
Afterthe
announcement,theunitwillrevert
totheradio
station
previously
heard.
Duringthetraffic
announcement,thedes-
ignationoftheradio
stationisshownonthe
display.
TheRDS-EON
functionisalsoin
oDeration
duringCD
play-back
ifthetrafficradio
(TP)
has
beenactivated.
Radio
StationKeys
Therearememory
slotsavailablefor
atotal
of30radiostations:
6
x
U
(VHF)
6xM(MW)
6xL(LW)
6xU
AS
(VHF,
automaticstorage)
6xMAS
(MW,
automatic
storage)
MemorizeRadioStation
. Selectdesired
waveband.
. Tuneto
desired
radio
station.
. Keep
oneoftheradiostationkeys
depressed
[1]
to
[6] @ untiltheradio
stationselectedcanbeheardagain.
Duringthe
search,theradiostationis
dis-
played
whichwas
previously
storedand
allocatedtothatkey.
Theradio
stationsetisthusstored
and
allocatedtothisradio
stationkey.The
memory
slotselected
is
shownonthe
display.
Automatic
Storageof Radio
Stations
. Selectdesiredwavelength.
' Keep
[AS] @ keydepressed
untilthe
confirmation
signalis
given.
Theradio
stationsearchcommencesand
thesymbol7S"is shownonthedisplay.
Afterthesearchhas
beencompleted,six
of
the
strongesttransmittersinthatwaveband
arestored.They
areallocatedtotheAS
memory
slotsoftheradiostationkeys.
RDStransmitterswill
automaticallybe
pre-
ferentially
storedandallocatedtothefirst
memory
slots.
Whenthetratficradio
function
(TP)
isturn-
edoneither
beforeorduringautomatic
storageofradio
stations,theunitwillrecall
amemoryslotwith
astoredtrafficradio
transmitter
(not
necessarilymemory
slot
1).
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Recall Stored Radio Station
. Select
desired
waveband.
. Depress
oneof the radiostationkeys[1]
to [6] @ fora short
time.
Radio station on bufton 3, waveband
VHF-AS
(automatic
storage).
lf youwantto recalla radio
station
stored
withAS:
. Select
desired
waveband.
. Depress
tASl @ key
forashod
time.
. Depress
oneof
theradio
station
keys
[1]
to [6] O for a shorttime.
rt"r
i i .t 1-. lri !'- ";
4.,. .J r.-i i,i.- I lr-.
AS co RDS TTPI
28
Use
ofVHF
Additional
Memory
ln addition
to the radiostation
buttons,
the
unit
has
anadditional
memory
for
VHFin
which
allVHFradio
stations
are
stored
which
canbe received.
This
memory
can
be
"pagedthrough"
using
thesearch
keys'
TheVHF
additional
memory
canbere-
assigned
either
manually
orautomatically
using
the
automatic
storage
(AS)'
Paging Through the VHF Additional
Memory
. Turn
the
RDS
function
on.
. Depress
oneofthesearch
keys(D or
@ forashod
time.
The
frequencies
or
designations
of
those
radio
stations
are
given
on
thedisplay
which
are
stored
inthe
VHF
additional
memory.
Update VHF Additional MemorY
Keep
theIRDSI O key
depressed
until
the
confirmation
signal
isgiven.Thedisplay
shows"MEMORY'U"fora shorltime,fol-
lowedby "MEMO"and
thefrequencies
(sequentially).
Thememory
sweep
iscomPleted
after
approx.
30seconds
and
theradio
will
then
return
to itsnormal
mode
ofoperation,
whereby
the strongest
transmitter
received
will
beselected.
The radiostations
allocated
to the radio
station
keyswillnotbe replaced
bythis
function.
Afurther
possibility
is
to recallthe
function
ofthe automatic
storage
(AS)of radiosta-
tions.Thisfunction
will
replace
theradio
stations
which
were
allocated
tothe
AS
memory
slots
for
those
radiostations.

CDOperation
Insert
CD
Inserl
theCD(lettered
sideup)intothe
slot
untilthe
CDis automaticallyreceived
and
taken. The display
shows "T- CD"during
this.
AftertheCDhas
beenaccepted,
theplayer
beginswithfirst
trackontheCD. Onthe
display,initiallythe
totalnumber
oftracks
onthe CD isshown "TxxCD",followed
by
,,T1CD".
Afterthe last
trackhas beenplayed,
play-
backoftheCDbeginsagain,
startingwith
thefirsttrack.
lftheCDhasbeeninserted
incorrectlv.the
displaywillshow "EF-CD".
Interrupt
GDPlay-Back
. Depress
eiectkey
|o for
ashorttime.
Theradio
unit
willrevert
from
CDmode to
radio
oDeration.
. Depress
ejectkeyagainfor
a shorttime
to returntheunittoCDplay-back
mode.
Title Selection
Depress
searchkeys
(Doder
@ fora
shorttime
anduntilthenumberfor
thede-
siredtrack
appearsonthe
display.lf
you
depressthe
searchkey{ for
ashorltime,
thetrack
just
played
willberepeated.
Useof Search
Keep
searchkey(Doder
@ depressed
untilthedesiredtrack
on
the
CDhasbeen
reached.
Thedisplaywillshowthenumber
ofthe
trackaswellas its
durationinminutes
and
seconds,e.g. "302-42". A fastplay-back;
initially
at 10times
andthenat30timesthe
normal
speedoccurs
ata reduced volume
level.
Eject CD
Depress
ejectkey @ until "EJECT
CD"is
displayed.TheCDis
ejectedandtheradio
unitrevertstotheradio
modeofooeration.
lfyoudonottake
theCDoutoftheunit
within
approx.20seconds,itwillbere-
turnedintotheCD playeragain(toprotect
theCDfrom
damage).
Inthiscase,theunitwillremaininradio
mode. The
displaywill
showthesymbol
"cD tN".
29

Youcanremove
theCD
fromtheunit
as
describedabove,
even
whenthe
radiois
switched
off.lf
you
donot
taketheCDout,
itwillbereturned
backinto
theunitafter
approx.5
seconds.
Theradiounitsubse-
quently
switches
otfagain.
RadioDisplay DuringCDPlay-Back
During
CDPlay-back,
the
transmitter
fre-
quency
orthe
radiostation
designation
(for
RDS
hansmitters)
oftheVHFstation
last
heard
canbedisplayed.
Depress
the
IUMLI
(E keyforashort
time.
Thedesired
information
willbe
displayed
for
5
seconds,e.g.
"Ul 101.2".
During
these5seconds,
adifferent
radio
station
canbe
recalled,orasearch
canbe
started
using
thesearch
keys.
lfthe
trafficradio
(TP)
function
is
active,
or
ifitisactivated
during
play-back
ofaCD,
theradiounit
willautomatically
search
for
thestrongest
traffic
radiotransmitter
ifthe
radiostation
last
heardcan
nolongerbe
received.
30
Car
Telephone
lfaninstalled
cartelephone
isconnected
to
theunit,
theradio
will
gointotelephone
mode
whena callcomes
in.
The
display
willshow "MESSAGE".
Inorderto utilize
the
telephonemode,
the.cartelephone
mustbe connected
tothe radiobyan aut-
horizedOpeldealer.
Set
Telephone
Volume
Level
Youcan
preset
the
volumelevel
forthe
telephone
andindependently
fromthenor-
malvolume
fortheradiounit.
. Turn
radiooff.
. Keep[TP] @ keydePressed
andturn
theradio
onagain.
Theconfirmation
signal
willbe
given.The
preset
volume
levelwillappear
onthedis-
play,
e.g."MS-VOL+ 1".
. Select
thedesired
setting
between
-3and
+3using thesearch
keys (D and @.
. Againkeep
the[TP]keydepressed
until
thecontirmation
signal
isgiven.
Thesetting
willbestored.
lfthe
[TP]
keyis
notdepressed
within
10seconds,
theunit
willreverttoitsoriginal
setting
withoutstoring
anychanges.
Thevolumelevelcan
beadjusted
duringan
incomingcall
byusingthe
knob
O.
Interchanging
of IncomingCalls
andTrafflcAnnouncements
When
thetratficradio
isactivated
(symbol
"[TP]"onthedisplay)
andatelephonecall
isreceivedduring
atraffic
announcement,
the
incomingcall
willbe
given
precedence.
By
use
ofthebutton
tTPl@,you
areable
tointerchange
insuchcases
between
the
running
trafficannouncement
and
thetele-
phone
call.

Steering
Wheel
Remote
Control
Notincluded
onallvehicles.
Adjust
Volume
. Depresskey * @ to increasethe
volume.
. Depress
key - @ todecreasethe
volume.
Mode Switch
Depress
key O €D to interchange
bet-
weenradio
operationandCDplay-back
operation.
TuneRadio
Station
Depress
oneofthesearchkeys @ or @
for
a shorttime
inordertoactivatethe
automaticsearchfunction
orto page
throughtheVHFmemory.Theradio
remains
dormantuntilatransmitterhas
beenlockedin.
Keep
oneofthesearchkeysdepressedin
orderto manuallytune
toa radiostation.
Recall Memorized Radio Station
Depresskey + (D toselectthe
desired
radio
stationfromtheallocatedkeysin
the
memory.Each
depression
of
thekeywill
advancethe
selectionbyonestoredradio
stationfromthewavebandin
currentselec-
tion.
Select CD Track
Depress
oneofthe
searchkeys (D or @
toadvancetothenexttrack
ontheCD" lf
youdepressthesearchkey { once
for
a
shorttime,
play-back
ofthetrackcurrently
being
played
willberepeated.
Use of CD Search
Keep
oneofthesearchkeysdepressed
untilthedesiredtrack
ontheCDhasbeen
found.
CD Repeat
DePresskeY + @. Play-backofthe
CDstartsagain
at
thefirst
track.
31

Goding
Secure
your
unit
bycoding
it. A coded
radioisof novaluetothethief.Thecode
number
isto befound
intheradio
orcar
pass.
Thecoding
oftheunit
isonly
possible
when
theignition
isturned
on.
lftheunit
isdetached
fromtheoperating
voltage,
forexample
byremovaloftheunit
(theft)
ordetachment
ofthe battery,
it is
electronically
saf
eguarded.
Only
youcanput
theunitback
intoopera-
tionbyentering
thecorrect
code
(see
"Put-
tingtheUnit
backintoOperation",
page
33).
Should
thetheft
protection
bedispensed
with,e.g.bysale
oftheunit,
itmustfirstbe
decoded
(see
"Decoding
theUnit",
page
33).
Inorder
thattheattempt
toput
theunitinto
operation
by
trialanderr6r
benotmade,
waiting
timestakeeffect
followingunsuc-
cessful
decodingattempts.
Thenumberof
remainingdecoding
attempts
isshown
on
thedisplay.
During
thewaiting
period,
theradiomust
remainswitched
on.
32
Thewaitingtimeafter
thefirst
twounsuc-
cessful
attempts
isapproximately
20se-
conds,after
whichthe
waitingtimeincrea-
sesto10minutesfollowing
thethird
attempt.
Following
theninthunsuccessful
aftempt,
thewaitingtime
hasreached
to
640minutes.
Theunitwilllockafter
thetenth
unsuc-
cessful
attempl("SAFE'is
shown
onthe
display).
Areplacementagainst
invoice
by
anauthorized
Opeldealer
isthen
neces-
sary.
Itistherefore
recommended
toletan
authorized
Opeldealer
put
theunit
back
intooperation
afterthesixth
unsuccessful
attempt.
Check
Coding
Thefollowing
functioncan
beused
to
check
whether
theunitiscoded
ornot.
Thecoded
unitindicates"CODE'onthe
display
forashort
period
every
timeafterit
isturnedonand
provided
the
ignitionis
switchedon.
Coding the Unit
Thetheftprotection
isactivatedbycoding
theunit.
. Switch
ontheignition.
. Turntheradiooff.
. Turnradioonwhilekeeping
the[AS] (9
keydepressed.
Thedisplay
shows
"CODE"
andafter3 seconds
appears.
. Enterthe
firstdigitofthecode
number
usingtheradiostation
key
[1] @. Each
depression
ofthekey
willraisethedigit
on
thedisplaybyone.
Depressthe keyas oftenas necessary
to
reach
thecorrectdigit
inthefirst
position
ofthedisplay.
. Enterthenext
threedigitsolthe code
numberusing
theradiostation
keys
[2]
and
I4l @.
. Keep
the[AS]keydepressed
until
the
confirmation
signal
is
given.
Theradiosubsequently
goes
outofdor-
mantmode.

The
correct
wayto proceed ishighlighted
bythefollowing
example:
Example:
codenumber:0 3 6 5
radio
station
key display
depresskey
[1]
1x
depresskey
[2]
4x
depresskey
[3]7x
depresskey
[4]6x
0
0
0
0
;
3
3o 6 5
i i i t !. !! !
Codenumberentry;thefourth
position
is
still
missing.
Puttingthe Unit back into Operation
When
theoperatingvoltagehasbeeninter-
rupted
becausetheunithasbeenremoved
or
the
batterydisconnected,theunit
goes
intoaspecial
"safe"
mode.The
unit
remainsdormantinthismode.
lfyou thenwant
to return theunittoopera-
tingmode,thefollowing
stepsmustbecar-
ried
out.
. Switchtheignition
on,turnradiounitoff.
. Keepthe tASl @ keydepressedand
turntheradio
on. Initially"SAFE"will be
shownonthedisplay,followedby
"10
- - - -". Thenumber10indicatesthe
number
ofattemotslefttoenterthecor-
rect
codenumber.
. Enterthecodenumber
given
intheradio
pass
usingtheradiostationkeys
[1]to[4]
lO asdescribedin
"Coding
theUnit'.
OveMrite
thecodenumberifanincorrect
entryismade,i.e.thewholenumbermust
bere-entered.
. When
thecorrectcodenumberisvisible
onthedisplay,depressthe[AS] @ key
untiltheconfirmation
signal
isgiven. lf
thecodenumberiscorrect,theunit will
gooutofdormantmode.
. lfthecodenumberenteredisincorrect
andthe [AS] keyfor confirmationhas
been
depressed,thedisplaywillshow
'9 SAFE',afterthewaitingtime"9- - - -'.
The
correctcode
number
canthenonly
beentered
afterallowing
for
the
waiting
timeto elaose.
DecodingtheUnit
Thetheftprotection iscancelledwhenthe
unit
is
decoded.
Proceed
asdescribedin
"Coding
theUnit".
Afterthe unithasbeensuccessfullydeco-
ded,theunit will
gooutofdormantmode.
Theradiounitisthusnolonger
protected
againsttheft,andcanbe putbackintoope-
ration
followingan interruption
ofthe opera-
tingvoltage.
Adaptation of the Operating Console
Theradio
unitwillonlyoperateusingthe
originaloperatingconsole.lfthisislost,a
replacement
operatingconsolemustfirst
beadaptedtotheunitbycoding.
. Setoperatingconsole
@.
. Switchtheradio
uniton.
Theradioisindormant mode
andthedis-
playwillshow 'PANEL". To adaptthe new
operating
console,conductthosesteps
whicharedescribedinthesection"Codino
theUnit".
33

General
Information
ConsultanauthorizedOpeldealer
shouldfunctionalinterferences
occur.
VHFReception
Inspiteofthehightechnical
quality,
VHF
receotioninvehicles
candiffer
from
that
withstationaryreceivers
(HiFi
equipment).
Interferencescanthereforealsooccurin
thereceDtionfromRDStransmitters.
The
technicalcausesofsuch
interferences
can
be
foundinthe
operating
instructions
forthevehicle.
Handling
of CD's
AvoidlingerprintswheninsertingtheCD
intotheunit.ReturntheCDtotheCDbox
immediately
after
removalfrom
theunit,in
order
toprotect itfrom
damageanddirt.
ProtectCD'sfromheatanddirectsunshine.
34
InterruptionofVoltage
Supply
The memorizeddatabut notthe radiosta-
tiondesignationwillremainstoredifthe
batteryischanged.Theunitcanbeelec-
tronicallylocked
bythe theft
protection.
Enterthecodenumberin
orderto return
theunittonormaloperation
(see
"Putting
theUnitbackinto
Operation",
page
33).
lfthecodenumberislost,consultanau-
thorizedOpeldealer.
Thereturn
tooperati-
onof
theunit will
onlybecarriedoutupon
proof
ofidentity and
will
beinvoiced.
_a]}- TheseOperatinglnstructions
tt havebeen
printed
onchlorine
' freebleached
paper,
asacontri-
butiontothe
protection
oftheenvironment.