Insignia NS-C3112 User Manual

User Guide

Guide de l’utilisateur

Guía del Usuario

CD/MP3 Car Deck

L’autoradio Lecteur de CD/MP3

Unidad de CD/MP3 para Auto

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Insignia NS-C3112 CD/MP3

Car Deck

Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing your car deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Removing your car deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using your car deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Maintaining your car deck. . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Français . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Español . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of a high-quality Insignia product. Your NS-C3112 CD/MP3 Car Deck represents the state of the art in car stereos, designed for reliable and trouble-free performance.

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Safety information

Electric shock warning

CAUTION

Risk of Electric Shock

Do Not Open

Warning

To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover or back. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

This lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the car deck’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the car deck.

Warning

To prevent fire or electric shock hazard, do not expose this car deck to rain or moisture.

Caution

The car deck should not be exposed to water (dripping or splashing) and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the car deck.

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Read and follow instructions

Read all safety and operating instructions before operating your car deck.

Follow all operating and use instructions.

Retain instructions

Keep the safety and operating instructions for future reference.

Heed warnings

Follow all warnings on your car deck and in the operating instructions.

Accessories

Use only attachments and accessories specified.

Vents and radiator panels

Do not block vents or radiator panels. Blocking will cause heat to build up inside and may result in fire.

Object and liquid entry

Do not push objects through any openings in your car deck because they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in fire or electric shock. Never spill or spray any type of liquid into your car deck.

Damage requiring service

Do not try to service your car deck yourself. Opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions:

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• When the wiring is damaged.

• If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen, into your car deck.

• If your car deck has been exposed to rain or water.

• If your car deck does not operate normally by following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions because an incorrect adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore your car deck to its normal operation.

Replacement parts

When replacement parts are required, make sure that the service technician uses replacement parts specified by Insignia or those that have the same characteristics as the original part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

Safety check

Upon completion of any service or repairs to your car deck, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that your shelf system is in correct operating condition.

Disc slot

Keep your fingers clear of the disc slot while it is closing. You may injure yourself.

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Disc

Do not use cracked, deformed, or repaired discs. These discs are easily broken and may cause serious personal injury and product malfunction.

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Equipment classification

This is classified as Class II equipment, which means

that the car deck has a double-insulation system.

Laser safety

This car deck employs an optical laser beam system in the CD mechanism designed with built-in safeguards. Do not try to disassemble. Refer to

Invisible laser radiation possible when open and interlock failed or defeated. Avoid direct exposure to laser beam.

qualified service personnel. Exposure to this invisible laser light beam may be harmful to the human eye.

This is a Class 1 laser product. Using controls, adjustments, or procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous laser light beam exposure.

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Features

AUX IN

Controls

Front panel

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AUX IN

# Control Description

1 Aux In Slot Use to connect an external

2 MUTE button Press to cut off the sound output.

3 LCD panel LCD shows current status.

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auxiliary source.

Press again to resume sound.

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# Control Description

4 AMS button While in radio mode, press quickly

5 RELEASE button Press to release the front panel. 6 DISPLAY button Press to display the time. 7 Power button Press to turn on the car deck.

8 VOL/SEL knob Rotate to adjust the volume.

9 MODE button Press to select mode:

10 Number buttons While in radio mode, press for

11 ST button While in radio mode, press to

12 LOC button While in radio mode, press to

to scan each stored station for five seconds. Press and hold to activate automatic station storage.

Press and hold to turn off the car deck.

Press to set sound characteristics.

•Radio

• Playback

• Aux In (external source)

preset tuning. While in playback mode, press to

activate functions:

•,

• INT (Intermittent)

• RPT (Repeat)

• RDM (Random)

•DOWN

•UP

move between mono and stereo.

move between distant and local stations.

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# Control Description

13 LOUD button Press and release quickly to

14 BAND button While in radio mode, press to

15 Select Station/Track

buttons

activate the loud function.

select band. While in radio mode, press for to

select station. Press three times to search stations automatically.

While in playback mode, press to select tracks. Press and hold for fast forward or fast reverse.

Back

2 3

# Control Description

1 EJECT button Press to eject the compact disc

2 RESET button Press to set the car deck back to

3 Disc loading slot Insert disc in this slot for

after releasing the front panel.

initial factory settings.

playback.

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Wiring

Caution

Make sure that you connect the color-coded leads according to the diagram. Incorrect connections may cause the car deck to malfunction or damage the vehicle’s electrical system.

Be sure to connect the (-) speaker leads to the (-) speaker terminal. Never connect the left and right channel speaker cables each other or to the vehicle body.

Make sure all the connections are completely correct before turning on your car deck.

Antenna

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Front R RCA

Front L RCA

Rear L RCA

Rear R RCA

Magnifier Magnifier

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Ignition key

Memory

backup 12V

Negative ground

Rear L

speaker

Front L

speaker

Red

Yel low

Black

Green/Black

Green

White/Black

White

Choke box

# Connection

1 Screw holes 2 Front right RCA jack 3 Front left RCA jack 4 Rear left RCA jack 5 Rear right RCA jack 6 Output jack 7 Antenna receptacle 8 Output plug for output jack

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Blue

Violet/Black

Violet

Grey/Black

Grey

To pow er antenna

Rear R speaker

Front R speaker

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Installing your car deck

Attaching the mounting case

There are two methods for installing your car deck:

• the DIN front-mount method

• the screw-mount method.

The screw-mount method uses only the screw holes at the sides of the car deck.

To install your car deck using the DIN front-mount method:

Insert the mounting case into the car deck opening.

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2 Bend the mounting tabs outward until the mounting

case is secure.

3 Attach the mounting case to the firewall for additional

support.

4 Slide the car deck into the mounting case and attach

face plate to the front of the car deck.

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To install your car deck using the screw-mount method: 1

Remove the hooks on both sides of the car deck.

2 Align the two screw holes on each side of the car

deck with the screw holes of the mounting bracket (supplied with the vehicle), then tighten the screws to secure the car deck.

Bracket (supplied with your

Hook

Dashboard

Note

Outer trim frame, hook, and mounting case are not used for installation.

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Installing and removing the face plate

To install the face plate: 1

Align face plate by securing the notch (2) to the shaft (1) and pressing the face plate into the right side.

2 To secure the face plate to the front of the car deck,

slide the face plate to the right and up.

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To remove the face plate:

Press the REL button located at the upper right

corner of the car deck. The face plate releases and folds down.

REL

(Release)

2 Hold the face plate at a 45-degree angle and slide it

to the left to remove.

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Removing your car deck

To remove your car deck from the vehicle: 1

Remove the face plate.

2 If the outer trim frame is used, remove it by pulling it

straight out.

3 Insert the keys supplied with the car deck at both

sides of the car deck until you hear them click.

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Pull the keys straight toward you to remove the car

deck and mounting case from the dashboard.

To install your player using the screw method:

• Remove the hooks on both sides of the player.

Using your car deck

Operating the car deck

The display changes according to the button pressed or feature selected.

To turn the tuner on and off:

Press POWER to start the tuner.

OR, insert a CD in the disc slot with the power off.

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The CD/MP3 player will begin playing.

2 Press and hold POWER to turn the car deck off

completely.

To adjust the sound: 1

Rotate VOL/SEL clockwise to increase the volume.

2 Rotate VOL/SEL counterclockwise to decrease the

volume.

To reset the car deck:

When operating the car deck for the first time or after

replacing the car battery, restart the car deck by pressing RESET with a pointed object.

2 Press RESET when errors occur in the display. The

clock setting and some memorized features will be erased.

To eject a stuck disc:

If a disc becomes stuck in the car deck and EJECT

does not release it, press MODE to change to radio mode.

2 Release the face plate, then press and hold EJECT

for three seconds. The disc ejects.

To use auxiliary in:

Insert the audio plug for an external device in the

Aux In slot on the front of the car deck. The volume

increases.

2 Remove the external device to resume normal

volume.

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To display and adjust the time:

Press DISPLAY to show the current time on the

LCD. After displaying the time for five seconds, the LCD returns to its normal status.

2 To adjust the time, press and hold DISPLAY until the

digital numbers of the clock stop blinking. Rotate VOL/SEL .

• Turn clockwise to adjust hours.

• Turn counterclockwise to adjust minutes.

If there is no adjustment for five seconds, the time returns to its original display status.

3 Press DISPLAY again to save the changes to the

time.

Adjusting the car deck settings

Adjusting sound

To set the sound characteristics:

Press VOL/S EL to show the sound modes on the

LCD:

• VOL (Volume)

•BAS (Bass)

•TRE (Treble)

• FAD (Fade)

• BAL (Balance)

2 Press VOL/S EL repeatedly to select the desired

mode, then rotate VOL /S EL again to adjust the current level.

When adjusting some modes, if you do not adjust VOL/SEL within three seconds, the mode automatically returns to the previous level.

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To set the sound display characteristics:

Press VOL /S EL and hold for three seconds to show

the display modes on the LCD:

• DISP OFF (In radio mode, adjusts sound quality)

• ESP 12 (In playback mode, determines playback buffer time)

• SEEK 1 (Adjusts the tuner seek speed)

• BEEP ON (Turns beep on or off)

DSP OFF

SEEK 1

ESP 12

BEEP ON

2 Press VOL /S EL repeatedly to select the desired

mode, then rotate VOL/ SE L to adjust the status of the selected mode.

3 After selecting DISP OFF, the status changes to

adjust the sound quality of the tuner perfectly in the following order:

• DISP OFF

• POP M (Pop music)

• FLAT M (Flat music)

• CLASSIC M (Classical music)

• ROCK M (Rock music)

DSP OFF POP M

CLASS MFLAT M ROCK M

In this mode, BAS and TREB modes in the sound characteristics return to their initial settings and the

BASS and TREBLE icons do not show on the LCD.

4 After selecting ESP 12, rotate VOL/S EL to choose

one of the following to set playback buffer times (in playback mode) when playing CDs or MP3s:

• ESP 12 (12 seconds of buffer time)

• ESP 45 (45 seconds of buffer time)

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After selecting SEEK 1, press VOL/ SEL to choose a

seek speed while in radio mode. The seek speed is used when searching for radio stations.There are two options:

• SEEK 1 (Slower speed)

• SEEK 2 (Faster speed)

The selected speed displays on the LCD.

6 After selecting BEEP ON, press VOL/SEL to enable

the audio beep option. There are two choices to determine whether or not the audio beep is enabled:

• BEEP ON

• BEEP OFF

Note

If the selection is not adjusted within 10 seconds, the setting returns to its previous mode.

Using the features

Using loudness

To turn loudness on and off:

Press LOUD. Loudness is turned on, which can

improve sensitivity for your ears.

2 Press LOUD repeatedly to increase the low

frequency until LOUD appears on the LCD. Press LOUD again to turn off loudness.

Using mute

To turn mute on and off: 1

2 Press MUTE again to restore the volume level.

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Press MUTE to shut off the sound input. MUTE appears on the LCD.

Using the mode selector

To change the mode:

Press MODE to display the mode selector screen on

the LCD:

• Tuner (Radio mode)

• S-CDP (Single-disc playback mode)

• Aux (Auxiliary mode)

TUNER

AU X

2 Press MODE to change from one mode to another.

Using the radio

Band selector

To select a frequency band:

Select the radio mode, then press BAND. Press

BAND again to change the setting.

2 Select one of the following options:

For two bands:

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S-CDP

FM1

AM2 AM1

For three bands:

FM1

LW MW

FM2FM2

FM2

FM3

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Manual/Automatic tuning

To select a tuning option:

Select the radio mode, then press one of the Select

Station buttons.

2 For manual tuning, press a Select Station button and

hold continuously to move either higher or lower on the band.

3 For automatic tuning, press and hold a Select Station

button for three seconds. The radio automatically searches for a station either higher or lower on the band and stops to play when a station is located.

Number buttons

To use the number buttons:

In the radio mode, press one of the six number

buttons to listen to a stored station.

2 Press and hold the number buttons to memorize

stations.

• When receiving a station’s broadcast, press and hold one of the six number buttons until the number displays on the LCD. This indicates that the station is stored in memory area for the corresponding number.

•Press AMS to automatically scan and store radio stations.

• When listening to a stored radio station, press and hold another number button for two seconds to store the same station in a second number.

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Scanning and memorizing stations automatically

To determine radio station reception:

Select the radio mode, then press AMS to scan.

Each stored station plays for five seconds and then automatically moves to the next stored station.

OR, press the number buttons that correspond to the station that you want to memorize.

The selected station broadcasts.

2 Press and hold AMS for three seconds to

automatically activate the memory storing function. The car deck automatically stores the selected station, which can be recalled using the number buttons.

Note

The car deck can store up to six stations for each band. The station is assigned to the next free number button from 1 to 6.

Selecting mono or stereo

To select mono or stereo:

Select the radio mode, then press ST. Press ST

again to change the setting.

2 Select ST to receive stereo reception. A stereo icon

displays on the LCD.

3 Select MO to receive mono reception. No icon

displays on the LCD.

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Using the CD/MP3 player

Playing discs

To play discs:

Insert a disc, label side up, into the disc slot.

1 2 If the car deck is not on, the car deck turns on and

the disc begins playback immediately.

3 If a disc is already in the car deck and the radio is

playing, press MODE to begin playback.

To repeat playback:

Press REPEAT to repeat playback of the current track.

RPT displays on the LCD.

2 Press REPEAT again to cancel the repeat playback.

To pause the playback:

Press a number button to pause playback. PAUS E

displays on the LCD.

2 Press the same number button again to cancel the

pause.

Fast rewind/forward

To move backward or forward through the disc:

In CD playback mode, press and hold one of the

Select Track buttons. Playback speed increases.

2 When the desired track is located, release the Select

Track button.

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Selecting tracks

To select tracks:

In CD playback mode, press one of the Select Track

buttons. Playback of the current track stops and begins again at the start of the current track.

2 Press one of the Select Track buttons again within

three seconds to move to the start of either the previous or next track.

Scanning tracks automatically

To scan tracks automatically:

In CD playback mode, press one of the six number

buttons to playback the first ten seconds of each track on the disc. INT displays on the LCD, along with the track number and the elapsed time.

2 Press the same number button again to begin

playback of the entire track. INT no longer displays on the LCD.

Playing tracks in random order

To playback tracks in random order:

In CD playback mode, press one of the six number

buttons to playback tracks in no specific order. RDM displays on the LCD.

2 Press the same number button again to return to

normal playback. The RDM no longer displays on the LCD.

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Using number buttons

To use the number buttons:

In CD playback mode, press and hold number button

1 to playback the first track on the disc.

2 During MP3 playback, press and hold number button

5 to return to and playback the tenth track on the disc

before the current track.

3 During MP3 playback, press and hold number button

6 to go forward to and playback the tenth track on the

disc after the current track.

Searching MP3 tracks

In MP3 playback mode, you can search discs by track, by file, and by character. There are two methods to search the tracks on a disc:

• by increments

• by track number.

Using track search

To search MP3 tracks in increments:

In MP3 playback mode, press AMS once. TRK SCH

displays on the LCD.

2 Press VOL/S EL. TRK 001 displays on the LCD. 3 Rotate VO L/ SE L clockwise to search the disc in

upward increments.

4 Rotate VO L/ SE L counterclockwise to search the

disc in downward increments.

5 When the desired track is found, press and hold

VOL/SEL to playback the track.

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To search MP3 tracks by track number:

In MP3 playback mode, press AMS once. TRK SCH

displays on the LCD.

2 Press VOL/S EL. TRK 001 displays on the LCD. The

1 in the 001 will blink twice a second.

3 Rotate VOL/SEL clockwise until the track number

you want displays on the LCD.

4 Press and release VOL/SEL to confirm selection of

the track number.

5 The middle 0 in the 001 will blink twice a second.

Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to select this part of the track number.

6 When the track you want is found, press and hold

VOL/SEL to playback the track.

Using file search

Files on an MP3 disc are arranged in a specific order, as shown below.

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To search MP3 files:

In MP3 playback mode, press AMS twice. FILE SCH

displays on the LCD.

2 Press VOL /S EL to enter the file searching mode.

CD01 blinks on the LCD.

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