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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES MODE D'EMPLOI
CT-FX929M YU
STEREO CAR CASSETTE RECEIVER
RADIO-CASSETTE ESTEREOFONICO PARA AUTOMOVIL
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ESPAÑOL
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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 vi/hen you contact your AIWA dealer in case of difficulty.
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ThankyouforyourpurchasingthisAIWAproduct.
To optimize the performance of this unit, piease read through this manuai carefully.
In addition to this operating instructions manual, be sure to refer to the separate installation and connections manuals as well.
• 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.
•Keep screwdrivers, etc. and other metallic or magnetic objects away from the playback head.
•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.).
Do NOT expose cassettes to direct sunlight, extremely high or cold temperature or moisture. Keep cassettes away from equipment with builtin magnets to avoid unwanted noise or loss of sound quality.
Do NOT touch the tape of a cassette, as any dirt or dust will contaminate the heads.
Be sure to remove any cassette from the unit if you are not using it.
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 ortelevision 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 circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
—Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for help.
Modifications oradjustments to this product, which are not expressly approved by the manufacturer, may void the user’s right or authority to operate this product.
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FRONT PANEL.............................................................................................................................................. |
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DETACHING AND ATTACHING THE FRONT PANEL................................................................................. |
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SELECTING THE COLOR OF THE ILLUMINATION.................................................................................... |
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SETTING THE CLOCK.................................................................................................................................. |
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RADIO OPERATION ..................................................................................................................................... |
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PRESETTING STATIONS............................................................................................................................. |
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MY INFORMATION SWITCH ....................................................................................................................... |
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TAPE PLAYBACK........................................................................................................................................ |
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SOUND ADJUSTMENTS ............................................................................................................................ |
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CD CHANGER PLAY................................................................................................................................... |
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CONNECTING A PORTABLE CD/MD PLAYER OR OTHER EQUIPMENT.............................................. |
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SETTING THE BEEP TONE........................................................................................................................ |
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SETTING THE CONTRAST CONTROL...................................................................................................... |
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TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................................................................................. |
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MAINTENANCE........................................................................................................................................... |
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SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................................................... |
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Refer to the operating instructions manuai suppiied with the AiWA RC-SW1 remote controi for operation with the remote controi.
The unit has an extra display (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.
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.
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Display window
® +/— (audio control) button (DSEL (select) button
H-BASS/A.VOL (auto-volume) button DIR (direction) button
(DCD (CD changer play/pause) button* (DBAND button
@ OPEN button
(DA.ME (auto memory/preset scan) button
TUNE/DISC* T/A buttons
REW/FF (rewind/fast forward) buttons CD/MD IN jack (3.5-mm dia.) MUTE/POWER OFF button
Preset station buttons 1-6 K4 (back skip) button* MS (music sensor) button PM (forward skip) button* □□ (Dolby NR) button
INT (intro) button* MTL (metal) button REP (repeat) button* BL (blank skip) button
REP1 (repeat 1) button* RANDOM button* DISP (display) button
(§) LO (local/DX) button
@MY INFO (my information) button
@DRV (drivers sound stage adjustment) button
@CD changer operation indicator* (g)VOL (volume) indicator
@BASS (bass) indicator
(§)DDB (Dolby B NR) indicator
®TRE (treble) indicator
(g)MTL (metal) indicator
®DSSA (drivers sound stage adjustment) indicator
®BAL (balance) indicator
®Tape/CD* running indicator
(g) FAD (fader) indicator ST (stereo) indicator LO (local) indicator
@ H-BASS indicator
(||) MY INFO (my information) indicator @ Main display section
(S> Level indicator
*Usable only when an optional CD changer is connected.
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DETACHING AND |
Attaching the front panel |
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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.
•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.
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 a 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 systems such as a security alarm, so there are limitations to its effectiveness.
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You can select the color of the illumination between green and amber.
Open the front panel and slide the switch on the back of the front panel to the “G” (green) position or “A” (amber) position.
You can turn the unit on by pressing any button except OPEN on the front panel.
1With the unit on, press and hoid SELfor more than 2 seconds until the clock indication appears.
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2 Press TUNE ▼ to set the hour. Press TUNE A to set the minute.
3Press SEL to start working the clock from 0 second.
Press DISP repeatedly until the clock is displayed. The clock display appears for 5 seconds, then the unit returns to its former display.
See page 15 for display orddr.
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Press BAND to turn the radio on.
The radio frequency appears.
Press BAND again to select the band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1) and A2 (AM2).
The band indications appear cyclicaliy in order.
•F1, F2 and F3 share the same frequency range.
•A1 and A2 share the same frequency range.
Band indication Frequency indication
Press (more than 2 seconds) either TUNE T or TUNE A to tune in the desired station.
The unit starts scanning and tunes in a station automatically (seek tuning).
Press TUNE T to decrease and TUNE A to increase the frequency.
Press the button again to cancel seek tuning. Repeat the procedure until the desired station is tuned in.
if you press (iess than 0.5 second at a time) either TUNE ▼ or TUNE A, the frequency decreases or increases step by step.
Adjust the volume with +/—.
TUNET/A CD BAND
Press and hold MUTE for more than 2 seconds.
The unit turns on in the last mode selected when you turned off the unit with the exceptions of pressing the following buttons.
• Pressing DIR turns on the unit in Tape Play mode.
•Pressing CD turns on the unit in CD Changer Play mode.
• Pressing BAND turns on the unit in Radio mode.
When the unit is in Radio or CD Changer Play mode, inserting a cassette switches the unit to Tape Play mode automatically.
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.
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Press BAND to select a desired band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1) and A2 (AM2).
2 Press and hold A.ME for more than 2 seconds to activate the automatic presetting function.
The six strongest available stations will be stored in memory on the 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 FI, F2, F3, A1 and A2 (up to a total of 30 stations).
•When auto memory is completed, the preset stations are automatically tuned in for 5 seconds each in order.
•To stop auto memory, press A.ME again.
To check the preset stations (preset scan)
•If you wish to check the preset stations, press A.ME 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 again or press any of the preset station buttons 1 to 6.
You can manually preset stations that have not been selected by auto memory.
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Press BAND to select the band from among F1 (FM1), F2 (FM2), F3 (FM3), A1 (AM1)and A2 (AM2).
Tune in the station that you wish to preset with TUNE T or TUNE A.
Press one of the preset station buttons 1 to 6 for approximately 2 seconds.
The number of the pressed preset station button appears next to the frequency indication.
Preset number
Repeat these procedures to preset up to 6 stations each for F1, F2, F3, A1 and A2.
•If you try to 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.
During presetting of stations, beeps are heard regardless of the beep on/off setting (page 16).
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The number of the pressed preset station button appears next to the frequency indication.
This unit automatically suppresses FM noise caused by varying signal strength resulting from movement of the car.
•The buiit-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 the sound quality.
•If the reception becomes even weaker, the unit automatically switches to Monaural mode to reduce noise.
You can timer-activate the radio for up to two daily radio programs. The unit turns on and off in fiadio mode at the preset time automatically.
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The “PROGRAM1” or ‘‘PROGRAM2” indication flashes in the display window.
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The number on which no program is preset flashes.
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The “ON TIME” indication flashes.
Press SEL again.
Timer indication flashes.
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MY INFORMATION SWITCH
4Set the time you wish the unit to turn on in Radio mode.
Press TUNE T to set the hour. Press TUNE k to set the minute.
5Press SEL.
The “BAND SEL” indication flashes.
Press SEL again.
Radio indication flashes.
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10 Set the time you wish the unit to turn off.
Press TUNE Y to set the hour. Press TUNE k to set the minute.
11 Press SEL.
The clock indication appears.
12 Press MY INFO.
Your setting is stored in memory and the unit turns off.
•If you preset another program, repeat all the steps from step 1.
•To cancel a timer setting in progress, press and hold MUTE for more than 2 seconds.
You can activate the timer for program 1 and/or program 2.
6 Press BAND to select the band.
7Press SEL.
The “FREQ” indication flashes.
Press SEL again.
Radio indication flashes.
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8Tune in the station that you wish to preset with TUNE ▼ or TUNE k.
9Press SEL.
The “OFF TIME” indication flashes.
Press SEL again.
Timer indication flashes.
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1 With the unit on, press MY INFO.
The “PRG1 ON” or “PRG1 OFF” indication (the current setting for program 1) appears.
2Press TUNE T or TUNE k repeatedly until the “PRG1 ON” indication flashes.
3Press MY INFO.
The “PRG2 ON” or “PRG2 OFF” indication (the current setting for program 2) appears.
4Press TUNE T or TUNE k repeatedly until the “PRG2 ON” indication flashes.
5Press MY INFO to activate the timer.
The “MY INFO” indicator lights up.
If you do not proceed to the next step within 5 seconds in steps 1 - 4, the display returns to the current source indication.
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To cancel program 1, press TUNE ▼ or TUNE ▲ repeatedly until the “PRG1 OFF” indication flashes in step 2.
To cancel program 2, press TUNE T or TUNE ▲ repeatedly until the “PRG2 OFF” indication flashes in step 4.
•When you preset two programs, be sure that they do not overlap.
•Even if the unit is in a mode other than Radio mode, the unit switches to Radio mode and tunes in the preset radio program at the preset time automatically. When the program is over,
the unit returns to the former mode automatically. •When this function is activated, TUNE ?/A, A.ME, LO and the preset number buttons do not
work for tuning in stations.
•Even if you are listening to a radio program with this function, pressing the following buttons switches the unit to other mode:
—Pressing BAND changes the unit to Radio mode.
—Pressing DIR changes the unit to Tape Play mode.
—Pressing CD changes the unit to CD Changer
Play mode.
If you switch modes with these buttons, the unit does not turn off at the turn-off time of the timer. To switch to CD/MD IN mode, press DIR, CD, or BAND before connecting a portable CD/MD player, etc. to the CD/MD IN jack.
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•If a cassette is already inserted, press DIR to start playback.
•Be sure to close the front panel after inserting or ejecting a cassette.
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TAPE PLAYBACK
Press the following buttons to operate tape transport.
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•At the end of the tape in Fast Forward mode, the other side of the cassette will start playing automatically.
•Atthe end of the tape in Rewind mode, the same side will start playing automatically.
FI...ID Displayed when the upper side of the cassette is being played.
REU Displayed when the lower side of the cassette is being played.
Tape transport display
When you start tape playback, the transport display indicates the tape movement.
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Upper side: During rewinding
During fast-forwarding or rewinding, the transport display accelerlates.
Be sure to eject any cassette from the unit before turning the ignition off.
When the unit is in Radio or CD Changer Play mode, inserting a cassette switches the unit to Tape Play mode automatically.
Before inserting a cassette into the unit, make sure that there is no slack in the tape. If necessary, take up the slack by inserting a pencil into the spindle hole and winding.
Tapes of 90 minutes or longer are extremely thin and easily deformed or damaged. They are not recommended.
Press □□ (the Dolby NR button) when playing a tape recorded in this mode. The B” indicator lights up.
Press this button again to cancel this mode.
If a tape recorded without Dolby B NR is played back in Dolby B NR mode, the sound will not be reproduced properly.
Press MTL (metal) when playing a metal or Cr02 tape. The “MTL” indicator lights up.
Press this button again to cancel this mode.
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If you play a normal tape in Metal mode, the sound will not be reproduced properly.
By using this function, you can fast-forward or rewind the tape to the beginning of the next or current track, from which the tape playback will resume automatically.
1.Press MS to stand by for the music sensor function. The “MS” indication appears.
2.To search for the beginning of the next track, press FF.
To search for the beginning of the current track, press REW.
The “MS” indication flashes during scaning. To cancel this function, press MS again.
There must be at least a 4-second blank between the tracks for this function to be activated correctiy.
By using this function, when the unit detects a blank portion longer than 12 seconds between tracks, it automaticaily fast forwards the tape to the beginning of the next track.
Press BL to activate this function.
The “BL” indication appears. The indication flashes during scanning the next track.
To cancel this function, press BL again.
• If the end of the tape is reached during fast forwarding, the unit switches to the other side of the tape and continues fast-forwarding.
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Press SEL to select the mode that you wish to adjust from: VOL (volume), BASS (bass), TRE (treble), BAL (balance) and FAD (fader).
The following indicators appear in cyclic order.
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If you do not proceed with step 2 within 5 seconds, the selected mode is canceled, and the indication returns to the current source mode.
2Press +/— to adjust the level.
Press and hold either button to change the level rapidly.
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Without selecting any mode with SEL, only the volume level can be adjusted by pressing +/-.
Press this button to temporarily lower the volume. Press it again to restore the previous volume.
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SOUND ADJUSTMENTS
You can adjust the position of sound stage and tone baiance to best serve a particuiar seat just by pressing DRV.
You can enjoy music with strong bass sound.
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Press DRV to change the position of sound stage.
Each time you press DRV, the sound stage changes as foliows.
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When DRV is activated, you cannot adjust BAL (baiance), FAD (fader), BASS (bass) and TRE (treble) modes.
Press H-BASS to obtain powerfui bass.
Each time you press H-BASS, the bass sound level changes as follows.
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When H-BASS is activated, the “H-BASS” indicator lights up.
With the auto-volume function, the volume is automatically adjusted for the surrounding noise level. As the noise becomes louder, the volume increases step by step (up to 6 steps). As the noise decreases, the volume decreases toward your setting.
To activate the auto-volume, press TUNE T or TUNE A repeatedly until the
“A-VR ON” indication appears.
To cancel the auto-volume, press TUNE T or TUNE A repeatedly until the “A-VR OFF” indication appears.
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You can play discs with this unit by connecting the optional AIWA ADC-EX106, ADC-M60 CD changer. Make sure that the disc magazine ioaded with the discs is inserted in the connected CD changer.
To install the unit, referto the separate Instailation and Connections manual.
The disc and track numbers appear.
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DISCT/A CD BAND
Press following buttons to operate the connected CD changer.
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•To turn the unit off, press and hold MUTE for more than 2 seconds.
•Even if the unit is in Radio or Tape Play mode, pressing CD switches the unit to CD Changer Play mode.
•If you wish to switch to another mode, press the following buttons.
-Pressing DIR switches the unit to Tape Play mode.
-Pressing BAND switches the unit to Radio mode.
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To start playing the previous disc in the disc magazine, press DISC T.
To start playing the next disc, press DISC A.
The number of the disc appears.
To repeat the current track, press REP1 (the “REPEAT 1” indication appears).
To repeat the current disc, press REP (the “REPEAT’’ indication appears).
To cancel either mode, press the same button again.
Press INT (the “SCAN” indication appears).
The first 10 seconds of each track on all the discs in the disc magazine are played in sequence.
To cancel Intro play, press INT again.
Random play (ADC-EX106, ADC-M60 only)
Press RANDOM (the “RANDOM” indication appears).
All the tracks on the current disc are played in random order.
To cancel Random play, press RANDOM again.
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CD CHANGER PLAY
CD text information is available only if the optional AIWA ADC-EX106 CD changer, which supports CD text, is connected to this unit and a CD with CD text is played on it.
Each time you press DISP, the display changes as follows.
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*CD text information (disc title, track title) is displayed only when It is available.
CONNECTING A PORTABLE CD/MD PLAYER OR OTHER EQUIPMENT___________
This unit is equipped with a line-level input (CD/ MD IN) jack, enabling high sound quality.
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• For further information on the portable CD/MD player, etc., refer to the operating instructions for the equipment.
•Connecting a plug to the CD/MD IN jack cancels Radio, Tape Play and CD Changer Play mode and activates CD/MD IN mode. Disconnecting the plug cancels CD/MD IN mode and returns the unit to its former status.
•When the timer is activated (page 9), connecting a plug to the CD/MD IN jack does not switch the unit to CD/MD IN mode. Press DIR, CD, or BAND before connecting the plug to the CD/MD IN jack.
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SETTING THE BEEP TONE
The unit is preset at the factory to beep each time you press any button on the front panel except OPEN. You can stop beeping by following the procedure below.
1With the unit off, press and hoid SEL for more than 2 seconds.
2Press TUNE ▼ or TUNE A repeatediy to select “BEEP ON” or “BEEP OFF”.
3Press SEL.
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You can change the contrast of the display.
With the unit on, press and hold DRV for more than 2 seconds.
The current contrast indication appears.
Press TUNE T or TUNE A repeatedly to select the contrast from among the following three levels.
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