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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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.