Legacy Car Audio LCD18M User Manual

INSTRUCTIONMANUAL

THEFTDETERRENTDETACHABLESYSTEM

AUTO-LOADINGDISCCD/MP3PLAYER

WITHELECTRONICANTI-SHOCKFUNCTION

AM/FMSTEREO2BANDTUNINGRADIO

MODEL:LCD18M

WELCOME!

Thankyouforyourpurchaseofouraudio-visualproduct.
Selectingfineaudioequipmentsuchastheunityouhavejustpurchasedisonlythestart
ofyourmusicalenjoyment.Nowitistimetoconsiderhowyoucanmaximizethefunand
excitementyourequipmentoffers.
Wehopeyougetthemostoutofyourequipmentbyplayingitatasafelevel.
Onethatletsthesoundcomethroughloudandclearwithoutannoyingblareordistortion,
and,moreimportant,withoutaffectingyoursensitivehearing.
Soundcanbemisled.Overtimeyourhearing"comfortlevel"adaptstohighervolumes
ofsound.Sowhatsounds"normal"canactuallybeloudandharmfultoyourhearing.
GuardagainstthisbysettingyourequipmentatasafelevelBEFOREyourhearingadapts.

Toestablishasafelevel:
Startyourvolumecontrolatthelowestsetting,thenslowlyincreasethesounduntilyoucan
hearitcomfortablyandclearly,andwithoutdistortionwewantyoulisteningforalifetime.

SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL
SupplyVoltageDC12V.NegativeGround
CurrentConsumptionMax.7A
PowerOutput40WX4
UnitDimensions178[W]X157[D]X50[H]mm.

FMSECTION
Frequencyrange88MHz-108MHz
Effectivesensitivity3uV.
I.FFrequency10.7MHz.

AM(MW)SECTION
Frequencyrange530KHz-1700KHz
I.FFrequency455KHz

Onceyouhaveestablishedacomfortablesoundlevel:
Setthedialandleaveitthere.
Takingaminutetodothisnowwillhelptopreventhearingdamageorlossinthe
future.Afterall,wewantyoulisteningforalifetime.

ABOUTTHISMANUAL
Thisproductfeaturesanumberofsophisticatedfunctionsensuringsuperiorreceptionand
operation.Allaredesignedfortheeasiestpossibleuse,butmanyarenotself-explanatory.
Thisoperationmanualisintendedtohelpyoubenefitfullyfromtheirpotentialandto
maximizeyourlisteningenjoyment.

Werecommendthatyoufamiliarizeyourselfwiththefunctionsandtheiroperationby
readingthroughthemanualbeforeyoubeginusingthisproduct.Inthisoperationmanual,
theBasicOperationforeachsoundsourceisoutlinedatthebeginningofitsexplanation,
coveringsimpleoperationforthatsource,suchasmerelyplayingmusic.

Remark:

InadditiontonormalaudioCD,thisunitcanplayCD-RandCD-R/Wdiscthatcontain
audiotracksaswell;however,dependingontheconditionsoftherecordingequipment,
recordingprogramortheCD-RaswellasCD-R/Wdiscitself,someCD-RorCD-R/W
maynotplay.

WhenmakingmusicCDwithCD-RorCD-R/Wdisc,toohighrecordingspeedmay
resultinpoorsignalqualityandtherefore,itisrecommendabletoselect24xorlower
speedforCD-Rrecordingand4xorlowerspeedforCD-R/Wrecording.

RCALINEOUT(OPTION)
OutputCDMax.800mV.

CDPLAYER
SystemCompactDiscAudioSystem.
SuitableCDsMP3,CD,CD-R,CD-RWDisc.
SignalformatSamplingfrequency44.1KHz.

No.ofquantizationbits1bit.

Frequencycharacteristics20-100Hz<5dB

10-20KHz<5dB.
S/NRatiotoCD50dB[1KHz]
Number ofchannels2STEREOchannels.

Specificationssubjecttochange,forgivewithoutnotification.

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a)PresstheSELbuttonbriefly,itisactivatedasselectingeachmodeofE.VOL.

Afterselectingthedesiredmode,pressthe+and-buttontoselectonesetup

VOLADJ:AfterpressingSELbutton,youcanpre-selectaconstantswitch-on

INSTALLATIONMETHOD

Thisisananti-theftinstallationmethod.
ThemainunitwearsaMETALMOUNTINGSLEEVE.
Pleaseconnectthewiring,eg,thePowersupply,theSpeakersandtheAntenna
accordingtotherequirementsofthisInstructionManual,theninstallthe
metalmountingsleeveintothecarasperthediagramillustratedbelow.

Bendthetabsonthemounting
sleeveagainstthedashboard
withascrewdriver.

PLASTICTRIMRING

METALSUPPORTSTRAP

DASHBOARD

METALMOUNTINGSLEEVE

ToremovetheCDplayeroutofthemountingsleeve,
insertthetwosuppliedkeysintotheleftandrightside
slotsofthechassisatthesametime.
Thenpullthechassisoutofthemountingsleeveas
shownintheillustration.

Toraisetheanti-skipcapabilityoftheunit,
pleaseensurethemetalsupportstrapis
connectedfirmlytothecarchassis.

Toremovetheplastictrimringoutoftheunitchassis,pleasegrasptheupside
oftheplastictrimringandpullitupalittlefirstly,then

leftandrighttwosidesof
drawitout.Orgrasptheupsideofonesideoftheplastictrimringandpullitup
alittle,anddrawitoutward,thengrasptheothersideandpullitupalittleand
drawitoutward.

UNITCHASSIS

NOTE

FRONTPANEL

LOCATIONANDFUNCTIONOFCONTROLS

1,2&3.SEL(MENU)BUTTONANDVOLUMEUP(+)/DN(-)BUTTONS

->VOLUME->BASS->TREBLE->BALANCE->FADER->

Whenselectingadesiredaudiomode,pressthe+and-buttontoadjustthe

audioeffect.
Ineachmode,thewaitingtimeisabout5seconds,andthetimewaitingtime
isover,itreturnstothelastdisplaymodeoftunerorCDPmode.
ThecontrolmodeofE.VOLisoperatedwithfollowingnumericdisplay.

-VOL:(MIN)00,01,......49,50(MAX).

-BASS/TREB:-10,-9,...,0,...9,10

-BAL:10L,9L,...,L=R,...9R,10R

-FAD:10F,9F,...,F=R,...9R,10R

b)Whenpressedlonger2seconds,itisactivatedascyclicalmodeoffollowing

functionsforusersselection.

->DSP(OFF/FLAT/POPM/ROCK/CLASSICS)->BEEP(2ND/ALL/OFF)->

VOLLAST/VOLADJ->ESP10seconds/40secondsmode.

Beforeinstallingandoperating
theCDplayer,removethemetal
mountingsleeveillustratedbythe
arrows.

Removethetwoscrewsthatprotect
theCDplayerduringtransportation
beforeoperatingtheplayer.

Toattachtheremovablefaceplate,insertthe
rightsideofthefaceplateintotherightofthe
CDplayerchassisfirst.Thenpushtheleftside
ofthefaceplateintothechassisuntilyouhear
itclick.

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itemofthedesiredmode.
BEEP2ND,BEEPALL,BEEPOFFMODE
Thesituationofbeepsoundisselected.The3modeisselectedasalsothe
+or-button.

-BEEP2NDmode:
Thebeepisonlygeneratedwhenanallotteddoublekeyispressedlong(2
second).

-BEEPALLmode:
Thebeepisgeneratedwhenanykeyispressed.

-BEEPOFFmode:
Thebeepsoundisdisabled.

VOLLAST/VOLADJ
YoucanselectVOLLASTorVOLADJmodebyusingthe+and-button.
VOLLAST:Theradioswitchesonattheactualvolumeithadwhenitwaslast

switchedoff.

volumebyusingthe+and-button.

ESP10seconds/40seconds:

10.TOP/BUTTON

11.CDEJECTBUTTON

12.MUTEON/OFFBUTTON

13.MODEBUTTON

INESPmode,youcanselect10secondsor40secondselectronicshockproof
modebyusingthe+and-button.

4.POWERON/OFF

TurnthedeviceonbyusinganybuttonexcepttheRELbutton,EJECTkeyand
TUNINGknobonthefrontpanel;andtheLCDwilldisplayWELCOME.Itcan
alsoturnonthisdevicetoinsertadiscintotheCDslotwithlabelsurfaceup.
Presspowerbuttonandholdforapproximately1secondtoturnpoweroff;and
theLCDwilldisplayGOODBYE.

5.LCDDISPLAY

6.CDSLOT
7&8.CDTRACKUP/DOWNANDCDFF/REWBUTTONS

WhilstinCD/MP3mode,pressthe>>|buttonbrieflytoplaynexttrack.
Pressthe|<<buttonbrieflytoplaytheprevioustrack.
Pressthe>>|or|<<buttonandholdtoskipforwardsorbackwards,releaseto
resumediscplayback.

CONSTANTB+

IGNITIONSWITCH

FRONT

LOUDSPEAKER

REAR

Note:

ANTENNAPLUG

YELLOW

BLACK(GND)

RED(B+)

+

LEFT

-

+

-

WIRINGDIAGRAM

FUSE7A

RCAOUTPUTLINE

FUSE0.5A

WHITE

WHITE/BLACK

GREEN

GREEN/BLACK VIOLET/BLACK

FUSE0.5A

GRAY

GRAY/BLACK

VIOLET

REDR

WHITEL

BLUEAUTOANT

+

FRONT

-

RIGHT

LOUDSPEAKER

+

REAR

-

9.INTROON/OFFBUTTON

InCD/MP3playbackprocess,presstheINTbuttonbrieflytoactivatetheCD
trackscanmode.
WhilstINTROison,itbeginsplayingthefirst10secondsectionofeachsong,
untilthelastsongisplayed.ItstopstheCDtrackscanningandbeginsplaying
theselectedtrackwhentheINTbuttonispressedagain.

InCD/MP3playbackprocess,presstheTOP/buttontopausetheCDplay­back,pressagaintoresumenormalplayback.
FirstsongwillbeplayedwhentheTOP/buttonispressedforlongerthan1
secondduringCD/MP3playback.

TheloadedCDcanbeejectedbypressingtheEJECTbutton.IftheCDisleft
intheCDslotafterejection,itwillreloadtheCDafter8seconds.

ThisbuttonservestoswitchtheMUTEDstateon/off.
PresstheMUTEbuttontosuppresstheloudspeakertemporarily,andpress
againtoresumelistening.Themutedstatewillbealsoreleasedwhenthe
MODE,BAND,SELandthe+and-buttononthefrontpanelispressed.

WhenadiscispresentintheCDslot,pressingtheMODEbuttonwillallowyou
tochangetoRADIOmode(andback).TheLCDdisplayinformationchanges
withthemode(pleasenote:whennodiscispresentintheunit,thisbuttondoes
notprovideafunction).

1.Makesureyouuseaspeakerwith4ohmloadimpedance

2. Makesuretheautoantennawiredoesnotcomeintocontactwiththevehicle
chassis.

CAUTION:

InordertoprotectpowerICfrombeingburntoutduringinstallationthecarstereo,
itisnecessarytofollowthestepsbelowtoconnectthewiresduringinstallation:

Step1:Connectthegroundwire();
Step2:Connectallspeakerwiresandpowerantennawire():

Frontspeaker:
Rearspeaker:

Step3:RCALineOut(R-/L-).
Step4:ConnectBackup()andAccwire()

Green(+)Green/Black(-)

LeftspeakerRightspeaker

White(+)White/Black(-)

RedWhite

Black

Blue

Gray(+)Gray/Black(-)

Violet(+)Violet/Black(-)

YellowRed

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TROUBLESHOOTING

14.TUNINGCONTROL

Rotatethiscontrolatradiomodetoselectyourdesiredradiobroadcasting
station.TheselectedfrequencywillappearontheLCDdisplay.

Beforeusingthechecklistpleasemakealltheconnectionsfirst.
Ifyoustillhavequestionsaftergoingthroughthechecklist,pleaseconsult
yourlocalcustomerservicerepresentative.

PROBLEM

Nopower

Disccannot
beloadedor
ejected

Nosound

Soundskips

Theradiodoes
notwork

AnotherCDispresentinthe
player

Discincorrectlyinserted
upside-down

CDisextremelydirtyor
defective

Temperatureinsidethecaris
toohigh

Condensation

Volumeistoolow
Wiringisnotproperly

connected
Theinstallationangleismore

than30degrees
CDisextremelydirtyor

defective

Theantennacableisnot
connected

CAUSE

Thecarignitionisnoton.

Thefuseisblown

SOLUTION

Ifthepowersupplyisproperly
connectedtothecar,switchthe
ignitionkeyto"ACC"

Replacethefuse

RemoveCDintheplayer,theninsert

anewonewithlabelfaceup

InserttheCDwithlabelfaceup

CleantheCDortryadifferentCD

Giveenoughtimeforthetemper­atureinthevehicletocooldown.

Turnofftheplayerforatleastan
hour,thentryagain.

Adjustvolumetodesiredlevel
Checkthewiringconnection

Adjusttheinstallationangletoless
than30degrees

CleantheCDortryadifferentCD

Inserttheantennacablefirmly

15.BANDBUTTON

Inradiomode,presstheBANDbuttonforAMorFMreception.
Thecharacteroftheselectedbandwillbevisibleonthedisplay.
InCD/MP3format-mixeddiscplaybackmode,longpressBNDbutton,itwill
changefromCDmodetoMP3mode(thedefaultedmodeisCD).

ThisBANDbuttonasasearchfunctionduringMP3playback:
DuringMP3mode:
PresstheBANDbuttonshort,itisactivatedascyclicalselectingsongmodeas
following:->TRACKSERIALNUMBERSEARCH->THEFIRSTCHARACTER

SEARCH->DIRECTORYSEARCH

1)InTRACKSERIALNUMBERSEARCHselectingsongmode,theMP3T000

willbevisibleontheLCDdisplayandthehundredsdigit0thattheMP3disc
containwillflash.
Pressthe+or-buttontoselectandenterthenumberontheflashingdigit
placefrom1to9.
ThenpresstheSELbuttontoconfirmtheenterednumberandthe0onthe
tensdigitwillbeflashing.
Pressthe+or-buttontoselectandenterthenumberontheflashingdigit

from1to9.
ThenpresstheSELbuttontoconfirmtheenterednumberandthe0onthe
unitsplacedigitwillbeflashing.
Pressthe+or-buttontoselectandenterthenumberontheflashingdigit
from1to9.
Afterfinishingenterallthenumberofthesongserialnumberontheflashing
digit,presstheSELbuttontoplaythecorrespondingtrack.

2)IntheFIRSTCHARACTERSEARCHselectingsongmode,theA--......,will

bevisibleontheLCDdisplay.(Iftherearefilesnamesitsfirstcharacterare

A,the......isthefirstfilenameitsfirstcharacterisAbytheorderofA~Zand

0~9;otherwise,the......isNONE.)

Pressthe+or-buttontoselectfilesthatthefirstcharacterbytheorderof
A~Zand0~9.
Thenpressthe>>|or|<<buttontoselectonefileitsfirstcharacteristhe
selectedone.FinallypresstheSELbuttontoplaytheselectedfile.

3)InDIRECTORYSEARCHselectingsongmode,therootfolderwillbevisible
ontheLCDdisplay.(IfthereisnotarootfolderinthecurrentMP3disc,you
willfindarootnamedROOT.)
Thenpressthe+or-buttontoselectadesiredfolder.
Andthenpressthe>>|or|<<buttontoselectadesiredtrackinthefolder.
FinallypresstheSELbuttontoplaytheselectedtrack.

16&17.+10ANDLOC/-10BUTTON

DuringthenormalplaybackofCDsinMP3format:
Press+10andLOC/-10buttontomoveupanddown10tracksatatime.
Whenthe remainedtotaltracksislackof10,thebothbuttonsareinactively.
DuringRADIOmode,presstheLOC/-10buttontochangelocalreceptionor
distancereception.(Note:ThisoperationisforFMreceptiononly)

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18.DISPBUTTON

19.RELEASEBUTTON

InMP3playbackprocess,pressthisDISPbuttonrepeatedlytodisplayas
follows:TRACKNUMBER=>ELAPSEDTIME=>REALTIME=>TRACKNAME.
InRADIOmode,presstheDISPbuttononcetodisplayfrequencyorthereal

time.
Thetimewillappearonthedisplay,whentheDISPbuttonispressedfor2secs.
Thetimeflashes,youcanthenadjustHOURandMINUTEbypressingthe+

and-button,respectively.

Toremovethefrontcontrolpanelfromthemainbody,presstheRELbutton.

PRECAUTIONSANDMAINTENANCE

CAUTION:Donotinstallthedetachablepanelbeforeconnectingthewire.

1.Theunitisdesignedfornegativeterminalofthebatterywhichisconnectedtothevehiclemetal.
Pleaseconfirmitbeforeinstallation.

PRECAUTIONOFDISCPLAY:

CleaningtheCD:
BeforeplayingaCD,wipeitoffwithaclean,dust-freecleaningcloth.
Wipethediscinthedirectionofthearrow.

AlwaysinserttheCDwiththelabelsidefacingupwards.
IftheCDisinsertedwiththeprintedsidefacingdownwards,thedevicemaybe
damaged.

Note:IfthereisalreadyaCDintheCDslot,donottrytoinsertasecondCD.
Thismaydamagethedevice.
AlwaysholdCDsbytheedge.InordertokeeptheCDcleandonottouchthesurface.
PullouttheCDasshownbelow.

2.DuringtheradioorCDmode,ifyoudropthefrontpanel,theunitwillautomaticallyturnedoff.

3.Ifthecarinteriorisextremelyhot,asafterbeingparkedinthesun,donotusetheplayeruntilthe
carhasbeendrivenforawhiletocoolofftheinterior.

4.Storethedetachableinitsprotectivecaseforsafekeeping.

5.Todrop/takeaway/installandrecoverfrontpanel,seeundertheillustration.

FRONTPANEL

RELEASEBUTTON

PROTECTIVECASE

FRONTPANEL

FRONTPANEL

RELEASEBUTTON

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DonotattachanystickeroradhesivetapeontheCD.
DonotexposetheCDtodirectsunlightorsourcesofheatsuchasheatingvents.
DonotleaveCDsinacarifitisparkedindirectsunlightasthatwillleadtoacon­siderableriseinthetemperatureinsidethecar.

Note:Donotuseanysolventssuchaspetrolorthinningagents.
Commerciallyavailablecleaningsubstancesorantistaticspray.Thiswilldamage

thedevice.

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