Aiwa CDC-MP3 Operating Instruction

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES MODE D’EMPLOI

CDC-MP3

STEREO CAR CD RECEIVER RADIO-CD ESTEREOFONICO PARA AUTOMOVIL

ENGLISH ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS

OWNER’S RECORD

For your convenience, record the model number and serial number (you will find them on the right side of your set) in the space provided below. Please refer to them when you contact your AIWA dealer in case of difficulty.

Model No. CDC-MP3 Serial No.

Welcome

Thank you for your purchasing this AIWA product. To optimize the performance of this unit, please read through this manual carefully.

•Do NOT expose the CD to direct sunlight or excessive heat.

In addition to this operating instructions manual, be sure to refer to the separate installation and connections manuals as well.

PRECAUTIONS

•This unit is designed to be operated on a 12-volt DC negative-ground electrical system only.

•To prevent short-circuiting, disconnect the negative car battery terminal until the unit has been mounted and connected completely.

•When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one whose amperage rating is identical. Use of a fuse of higher amperage may cause serious damage to the unit.

•Do NOT attempt to disassemble this unit. Laser rays from the optical pickup are dangerous to the eyes.

•Make sure that pins or other foreign objects do not get inside the unit; they may cause malfunctioning, or a safety hazard such as electrical shock or exposure of laser rays.

• When your car was parked in direct sunlight resulting in a considerable rise in temperature inside the car, allow the unit to cool off before operating it.

•Keep the volume at such a level that you can hear outside warning sounds (horns, sirens, etc.).

Notes on CDs

•A defective or soiled CD inserted in the unit can cause sound to drop out during playback.

• Handle a CD by holding its inner and outer edges.

•Do NOT touch the surface of the unlabeled side of a CD.

•Do NOT attach any seal or label to either side (the labeled side or the recorded side) of a disc.

ENGLISH

•Clean the CD before playback. Wipe the CD from the center outward with a cleaning cloth.

•NEVER use solvents such as benzine or alcohol to clean a CD.

•

Smaller 3-inch (8-cm) CDs cannot be played on this unit. And do not use an adaptor as it may cause a malfunction. NEVER insert a 3-inch (8cm) CD or its adaptor. If inserted, it may not eject.

•

Do NOT use irregularly shaped CDs (example: heart-shaped, octagonal ones). Doing so may result in a malfunction. NEVER insert an irregularly shaped CD. If inserted, it may not eject.

NOTE

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

— Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. —Increase the separation between the

equipment and receiver.

— Connect the equipment into an outlet on a

circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

— Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/

TV technician for help.

CAUTION

Modifications or adjustments to this product, which are not expressly approved by the manufacturer, may void the user’s right or authority to operate this product.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PARTS AND CONTROLS .................................................................................................................. 3

DETACHING AND ATTACHING THE FRONT PANEL ...................................................................... 4

SETTING THE CLOCK ....................................................................................................................... 5

RADIO OPERATION .......................................................................................................................... 5

PRESETTING STATIONS .................................................................................................................. 6

MY INFORMATION SWITCH ............................................................................................................. 8

CD PLAY........................................................................................................................................... 10

MP3 PLAY ........................................................................................................................................ 11

SOUND ADJUSTMENTS ................................................................................................................. 14

CD CHANGER PLAY........................................................................................................................ 16

CONNECTING A PORTABLE CASSETTE/MD/MP3 PLAYER OR OTHER EQUIPMENT.............. 17

SETTING THE BEEP TONE............................................................................................................. 17

SETTING THE CONTRAST CONTROL ........................................................................................... 17

STEERING-WHEEL-MOUNTED REMOTE CONTROL UNIT .......................................................... 18

TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................................... 22

MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................ 22

SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 23

DEMO (Demonstration) mode

The unit has an extra display mode (DEMO mode), which demonstrates the display of the operation modes of the unit. The unit switches to DEMO mode automatically if you turn the unit on and leave it as it is for 5 seconds after all the connections have been completed.

To cancel DEMO mode

During DEMO mode, press and hold DISP for more than 2 seconds. To resume DEMO mode, press and hold DISP again for more than 2 seconds.

ENGLISH

Before operation

Discs with the logo on the right side can be played back on this unit. In addition, this unit can be played back a CD-R or CD-RW that contains audio

titles or MP3 files.

Notes

• Depending on the conditions of the recording equipment or the CD-R/RW disc itself, some CD-R/ RW discs can not be played on this unit.

• The unit can not play back the CD-R/RW discs that contains no data or different kind on formatted data other than MP3.

For more information about MP3, see page 11.

ENGLISH

PARTS AND CONTROLS

Front panel

Display window

Front panel

1 PWR (power on/off)/MUTE button 2 FUNCTION button 3 TUNE i/t (forward skip) button 4 TUNE k/r (back skip) button 5 DISP (display) button 6 OPEN button 7 A.ME (Auto Memory)/PS (Preset Scan)

button

8 SELECT button 9 Jog Dial 0 Preset station buttons 1 – 6 ! ALBUM/DISC M button* @ ALBUM/DISC N button* # INT (intro) button $ REP (repeat) button* % REP1 (repeat 1) button ^ RANDOM button & AUX IN jack (3.5-mm dia.) * Sensor for the remote control ( INFO (My Information) button ) LO (local) button

Rear panel

Display window

- Main display section = MT (mute) indicator q CD-CH (CD changer) indicator w CD operation indicator e DSSA (Drivers Sound Stage Adjustment)

indicator

r MY INFO (My Information) indicator t ST (stereo) indicator y LO (local) indicator u H-BASS (High BASS) indicator i Level indicator o CD indicator p CD-ROM indicator

Rear panel

[ Antenna jack ] REAR preout jacks \ FRONT preout jacks a Power supply/speaker connector s Fuse d CD changer connector

*Usable only when MP3 play or an optional CD

changer is connected.

ENGLISH

DETACHING AND ATTACHING THE FRONT PANEL

You can detach the front panel from the unit and carry it with you when you leave your car unattended. When you carry the front panel out of your car, use the supplied carrying case.

1 Press and hold PWR for more than 2

seconds to turn the unit off.

2 Press OPEN to open the front panel

and pull it out as illustrated 1 – 3.

Notes

•When you leave the front panel open, do not put anything on the panel.

•When you carry the front panel in the carrying case, do not drop or apply mechanical shock to the panel, and never let the panel become wet.

Attaching the front panel

1 Fit the lower side of the front panel to

its hinge pegs as illustrated 1 – 2.

2 Close the front panel.

Notes

•Do not press OPEN by accident when you push the front panel to secure it in above procedure.

•Do not touch the connector on the reverse side of the front panel, as doing so may contaminate the connector and cause poor connection, resulting in a malfunction.

Security Lamp

When the front panel is detached, you can find an LED lamp on the front side of the unit. This lamp is designed to deter theft, and continues to flash when the front panel is detached. This unit is not equipped with any other security system, such as a security alarm, so there are limitations to its effectiveness.

LED lamp

ENGLISH

SETTING THE CLOCK

To turn the unit on

You can turn the unit on by pressing any button on the front panel except OPEN and the Jog Dial.

1 With the unit on, press and hold SELECT

for more than 2 seconds until the clock indication appears.

RADIO OPERATION

1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to select

the band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1) and A2 (AM2).

The band indications appear cyclically in order.

•F1, F2 and F3 share the same frequency range.

•A1 and A2 share the same frequency range.

Band indication

Frequency indication

2 Press TUNE

to set the hour. Press TUNE to set the minute.

Rotate the Jog Dial clockwise to go forward. Rotate the Jog Dial counterclockwise to go backward.

, then rotate the Jog Dial

3 Press SELECT.

The clock starts working from 0 second.

To have the clock displayed when the unit is on

Press DISP. To return the unit to its former display, press DISP repeatedly.

ENGLISH

2 Press (and hold for more than 2

seconds) either TUNE tune in the desired station.

The unit starts scanning and tunes in a station automatically (seek tuning). Press TUNE i to increase and TUNE k to decrease the frequency. Press the button again to cancel seek tuning. Repeat the procedure until the desired station is tuned in.

Note

If you press (for less than 0.5 second at a time) either TUNE i or TUNE k, the frequency increases or decreases step by step.

or TUNE k to

3 Adjust the volume with the Jog Dial.

To turn the unit off

Press and hold PWR for more than 2 seconds. If you press this button for less than 2 seconds, it functions as MUTE.

Note

The unit turns on in the last mode selected when you turned off the unit.

LO (local/DX) button

You can use Local mode when you wish to tune in only strong stations during seek tuning. In Radio mode, press LO to select Local mode. The “LO” indicator lights up.

•Press LO to cancel Local mode and switch to DX (distance) mode.

•The “ST” (stereo) indicator lights up when the tuned-in station is broadcasting in stereo and the reception is good.

FUNCTION button

Each time you press FUNCTION, the unit switches to one of the following modes, in cyclic order.

* CD Play mode (available while a CD is in

the unit)

** CD Changer Play mode (available while

the optional CD changer is connected)

PRESETTING STATIONS

To preset stations automatically (Auto Memory)

1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to select a

desired band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1) and A2 (AM2).

2 Press and hold A.ME/PS for more than

2 seconds to activate the automatic presetting function.

The 6 strongest stations found will be stored in memory for preset station buttons 1 to 6 in order of their signal strength. The “A MEM” indication appears while the unit is in this mode.

Use this function to automatically preset up to 6 stations each for F1, F2, F3, A1 and A2 (up to a total of 30 stations).

•When the auto memory operation is completed, the preset stations are automatically tuned in for 5 seconds each in order.

•To stop the auto memory operation, press A.ME/ PS again.

To check the preset stations (Preset Scan)

•If you wish to check the preset stations, press A.ME/PS for less than 2 seconds. The preset stations stored in memory will be tuned in for 5 seconds each in order.

•To stop this function, press A.ME/PS again or press any of the preset station buttons 1 to 6.

continued

ENGLISH

PRESETTING STATIONS

To preset stations manually

You can manually preset stations that have not been selected by an auto memory operation.

1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to select

the band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1) and A2 (AM2).

2 Tune in the station that you wish to

preset with TUNE

or TUNE k.

3 Press and hold one of the preset station

buttons 1 to 6 for approximately 2 seconds.

While the station you are presetting is being registered in memory, the unit beeps. The preset station number appears to the right of the frequency indication.

Preset station number

To tune in a preset station

1 Press FUNCTION repeatedly to select a

desired band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1) and A2 (AM2).

2 Press the desired preset station button.

The preset station number appears to the right of the frequency indication.

Active tuning reception control (ATRC)

This unit automatically suppresses FM noise caused by varying signal strength resulting from movement of the car.

•The built-in automatic blending circuit mixes the left and right channel signals according to the strength of the reception. At the same time, the high-cut circuit activates to maintain sound quality.

•If the reception becomes even weaker, the unit automatically switches to Monaural mode to reduce noise.

Repeat these procedures to preset up to 6 stations each for F1, F2, F3, A1 and A2.

•If you preset a station on a preset station button on which another station of the same band has already been preset, the previously preset station will be erased.

ENGLISH

+ 16 hidden pages