The information in this manual describes
features that may or may not be on your
specific vehicle either because they are options
that you did not purchase or due to changes
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subsequent to the printing of this owner manual.
Overview
The Radio system is controlled by using the
buttons, RSA or steering wheel controls.
Radio Button Operation
SRC/PWR
Press to switch to FM -> AM -> WX -> SXM ->
CD -> USB/iPod -> AUX -> Bluetooth Audio (if
equipped) and to turn Radio ON. Press and
hold to turn radio OFF.
One-Hour Timer
With the ignition off, pressing the
SRC/PWR button will turn on the
receiver and activate the receiver’s onehour timer. The receiver will turn off after
one hour or by pressing and hold the
SRC/PWR button.
VOLUME KNOB/OK
Press for less than 3 seconds to display
Audio Control Menu.
Press for more than 3 seconds to Show
the User Menu. Rotate to
Increase/decrease Volume or during a
Menu for Navigation. Press while in a
Menu to confirm the selected action.
PREV (Previous/Reverse):
Press to select previous track or station.
Press and hold for FR or Tune Down
NEXT (Next/Forward):
Press to select next track or station.
Press and hold for FF or Tune Up
EJECT
Press to eject the CD
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PHONE (If equipped)
Press the Phone button for more than 3
seconds to show the Bluetooth Menu.
When Bluetooth is enabled, press the button to
display the Dial Menu or to accept an Incoming
Call (if a Phone is paired).
During a call press the button for more than 3
seconds to transfer the call from the radio to the
Phone.
CLOCK/ALARM
Press during Alarm activation to cancel the
Alarm.
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ESC (ESCAPE)
Press to exit one Menu Level.
While on Bluetooth (if equipped): Press to reject
or cancel a Call.
DISP (DISPLAY)
If vehicle Ignition is ON:
Press to Change Source Display Views.
Press for more than 3 seconds to show the
Clock for a short time.
If vehicle Ignition is OFF:
Press to turn on the Radio and show the clock
for a few seconds.
through Front Aux and Bluetooth or USB and
Bluetooth at the same time.
AM-FM-WX Radio
Playing the Radio
Tuning
Select the desire “Tuner Configuration”
following the steps in the Menu section (page
15).
If is set to MANUAL, the radio will:
SCAN/ASCAN
Scans stations/CD tracks/MP3/WMA files and
folders and in tuner, stores strongest stations to
presets.
PLAY/PAUSE:
Press to pause / unpause current Media.
RPT (Repeat):
Press to repeat current track. Press again to
stop repeat. Look for the RPT icon in the radio
display to turn this feature ON or OFF.
BROWSE
Press to Navigate on the device and select a
specific song or play context (Applicable to USB
sticks, CD MP3 discs and iPods)
RDM (Random)
Press to play the tracks randomly. Press again
to stop random mode. Look for the RDM icon to
turn on in the radio display.
Radio
Audio Source
To access AM, FM, WX, SXM (if equipped),
iPod, USB, Rear Aux, Front Aux, CD or BT
Audio do one of the following:
Press the SRC radio button to scroll
through the options and select the desired
one.
Press the SRC button and then scroll the
source menu by knob rotation or
NEXT/PREV short presses and then select
by short-pressing the knob.
CD/MP3, USB/iPod, Front AUX and BT Audio
shall be accessed only if the radio model
supports them and a device is connected /
inserted for that specific source.
Please note, if a device is connected through
different sources at the same time, the
functionality cannot be guaranteed (Device
Dependent). Example: Device connected
Execute Manual Tuning when the
NEXT or PREV buttons are short
pressed.
Execute Seek when the NEXT or
PREV buttons are long pressed.
If is set to AUTO, the radio will:
Execute Seek when the NEXT or
PREV buttons are short pressed.
Execute Manual Tuning when the
NEXT or PREV buttons are long
pressed.
Manual Tuning
The current frequency will be
increased/decreased by 1 step of 0.2MHz (USA
FM mode), 10 kHz (USA AM mode) and one
channel (25 kHz) in WX mode.
Seeking a Station
When the Seek function is activated the radio
increments/decrements the frequency until a
tunable station is found.
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If a tunable station is not found the radio will
display “NO STATION FOUND”
Presets
Storing Radio Station Presets
Tune the desire frequency, and then long press
any of the Preset(1-6) buttons until the radio
produces a beep.
Tuning Radio Station Presets
Short press any of the Preset(1-6) buttons. The
frequency stored at the preset location is tuned
when the button is released.
SCAN
To initiate the Scan function, short press the
SCAN/ASCN button. When SCAN is initiated,
the radio seeks up in frequency and stops on
the next strong frequency for 8 seconds before
continuing to seek for the next strong station.
If no station is found in two passes through the
band, the radio will display “NO STATION
FOUND” and then tune its starting frequency.
AUTOSCAN
This function temporally stores the strongest 6
stations of the current band in the presets until
the radio is powered off or the source is
changed.
AUTOSCAN does not store the frequencies on
the presets on numerical order; they are stored
based on the order in which they were found
and on the quality of the frequency.
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To initiate the AUTOSCAN function, long press
the SCN/ASCN button until the radio performs a
beep; then the “AUTO SCAN” icon will blink
while the radio is storing the temporary presets.
When the store process finishes the radio will
tune to the station stored in Preset 1 and the
“AUTO SCAN” icon shall be illuminated while
the mode is active.
To tune any of the 6 frequencies or to store new
presets follow the steps defined in the Presets
section.
To exit this mode and return to the original
presets execute any of the following actions:
•Press and hold the SCAN/ASCAN
button.
• Press the SRC/PWR button.
• Turn off the radio.
• Make an ignition cycle.
• Disconnect the battery.
WX
The WX band is for the Governmental weather
radio services frequencies; the radio can tune
the 7 weather channels following the steps in
Tuning, Presets and SCAN sections.
SXM (If Equipped)
Vehicles with a valid SiriusXM® satellite radio
subscription can receive SiriusXM
programming.
SiriusXM satellite radio has a wide variety of
programming and commercial-free music, coast
to coast, and in digital-quality sound.
SXM Display
When SiriusXM is active, the channel number,
channel name, artist name/content info, song
title or category name could be displayed on the
screen. SiriusXM may update the information at
any time.
To change the current display view, short press
the DISP button.
When a new channel is selected, a song
change occurs, SXM source is selected (from
power up or source change) or the information
is updated, all the elements will be displayed
using paging; the paging can be stopped by
short pressing the DISP button.
Display labels:
To easily recognize the displayed text the radio
uses the following convention:
Channel Number: CH
Channel Name: CH
Artist Name: ART
Content Info: INFO
Song Title: SONG
Category name: CAT
SXM Categories
SiriusXM stations are organized in categories.
The category list for SXM is in the following