Panasonic CQC1505N User Manual

WMA MP3 CD Player/Receiver

English

Model:

CQ-C1505N

Operating Instructions

• Please read these instructions carefully before using this product and keep this manual for future reference.

Safety Information

 Read the operating instructions for the unit and all other

components of your car audio system carefully before using the system. They contain instructions about how to use the system in a safe and effective manner. Panasonic assumes no responsibility for any problems resulting from failure to observe the instructions given in this manual.

This pictograph intends to alert you to the presence of important operating instructions and installation

Warning

instructions. Failure to heed the instructions may result in severe injury or death.

Warning

Observe the following warnings when using this unit.

 The driver should neither watch the display nor operate

the system while driving.

Watching the display or operating the system will distract the driver from looking ahead of the vehicle and can cause accidents. Always stop the vehicle in a safe location and use the parking brake before watching the display or operating the system.

 Use the proper power supply.

This product is designed for operation with a negative grounded 12 V DC battery system. Never operate this product with other battery systems, especially a 24 V DC battery system.

 Protect the Deck Mechanism.

Do not insert any foreign objects into the slot of this unit.

 Do not disassemble or modify the unit.

Do not disassemble, modify the unit or attempt to repair the product yourself. If the product needs to be repaired, consult your dealer or an authorized Panasonic Service Centre.

 Do not use the unit when it is out of order.

If the unit is out of order (no power, no sound) or in an abnormal state (has foreign objects in it, is exposed to water, is smoking, or smells), turn it off immediately and consult your dealer.

 Refer fuse replacement to qualiﬁ ed service personnel.

When the fuse burns out, eliminate the cause and have it replaced with the fuse prescribed for this unit by a qualiﬁ ed service engineer. Incorrect replacement of the fuse may lead to smoke, ﬁ re, and damage to the product.

 This manual uses pictographs to show you how to use the product

safely and to alert you to potential dangers resulting from improper connections and operations. The meanings of the pictographs are explained below. It is important that you fully understand the meanings of the pictographs in order to use this manual and the system properly.

This pictograph intends to alert you to the presence of important operating instructions and installation

Caution

instructions. Failure to heed the instructions may result in injury or material damage.

Observe the following warnings when installing.

 Disconnect the lead from the negative (–) battery

terminal before installation.

Wiring and installation with the negative (–) battery terminal connected may cause electrical shock and injury due to a short circuit. Some cars equipped with the electrical safety system have speciﬁ c procedures of battery terminal disconnection.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE MAY LEAD TO THE UNINTENDED ACTIVATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SAFETY SYSTEM RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE AND PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH.

 Never use safety-related components for installation,

grounding, and other such functions.

Do not use safety-related vehicle components (fuel tank, brake, suspension, steering wheel, pedals, airbag, etc.) for wiring or ﬁ xing the product or its accessories.

 Installing the product on the air bag cover or in a

location where it interferes with airbag operation is prohibited.

 Check for piping, gasoline tank, electric wiring, and

other items before installing the product.

If you need to open a hole in the vehicle chassis to attach or wire the product, ﬁ rst check where the wire harness, gasoline tank, and electric wiring are located. Then open the hole from outside if possible.

 Never install the product in a location where it interferes

with your ﬁ eld of vision.

 Never have the power cord branched to supply other

equipment with power.

 After installation and wiring, you should check the

normal operation of other electrical equipment.

The continuation of their using in abnormal conditions may cause ﬁ re, electrical shock or a trafﬁ c accident.

 In the case of installation to an airbag-equipping

car, conﬁ rm warnings and cautions of the vehicle manufacturer before installation.

 Make sure the leads do not interfere with driving or

getting in and out of the vehicle.

 Insulate all exposed wires to prevent short circuiting.

Caution

Observe the following cautions when using this unit.

 Keep the sound volume at an appropriate level.

Keep the volume level low enough to be aware of road and trafﬁ c conditions while driving.

 This unit is designed for use exclusively in automobiles.  Do not operate the unit for a prolonged period with the

engine turned off.

Operating the audio system for a long period of time with the engine turned off will drain the battery.

 Do not expose the unit to direct sunlight or excessive

heat.

Otherwise these will raise the interior temperature of the unit, and it may lead to smoke, ﬁ re, or other damage to the unit.

 Do not use the product where it is exposed to water,

moisture, or dust.

Exposure of the unit to water, moisture, or dust may lead to smoke, ﬁ re, or other damage to the unit. Make especially sure that

the unit does not get wet in car washes or on rainy days.

 Set the volume level to low enough before the AUX

connection is completed.

Failure to observe this, the loud noise may come out and damage your speakers and your hearing. Direct connection of the speaker/ headphone output of an external device without any attenuator may distort sound or damage the connected external device.

Observe the following cautions when installing.

 Refer wiring and installation to qualiﬁ ed service

personnel.

Installation of this unit requires special skills and experience. For maximum safety, have it installed by your dealer. Panasonic is not liable for any problems resulting from your own installation of the unit.

 Follow the instructions to install and wire the product.

Not following the instructions to properly install and wire the product could cause an accident or ﬁ re.

 Take care not to damage the leads.

When wiring, take care not to damage the leads. Prevent them from getting caught in the vehicle chassis, screws, and moving parts such as seat rails. Do not scratch, pull, bend or twist the leads. Do not run them near heat sources or place heavy objects on them. If leads must be run over sharp metal edges, protect the leads by winding them with vinyl tape or similar protection.

 Use the designated parts and tools for installation.

Use the supplied or designated parts and appropriate tools to install the product. The use of parts other than those supplied or designated may result in internal damage to the unit. Faulty installation may lead to an accident, a malfunction or ﬁ re.

 Do not block the air vent or the cooling plate of the unit.

Blocking these parts will cause the interior of the unit to overheat and will result in ﬁ re or other damage.

 Do not install the product where it is exposed to strong

vibrations or is unstable.

Avoid slanted or strongly curved surfaces for installation. If the installation is not stable, the unit may fall down while driving and this can lead to an accident or injury.

 Installation Angle

The product should be installed in a horizontal position with the front end up at a convenient angle, but not more than 30˚. The user should bear in mind that in some areas there may be restrictions on how and where this unit must be installed. Consult your dealer for further details.

 Wear gloves for safety. Make sure that wiring is

completed before installation.

 To prevent damage to the unit, do not connect the power

connector until the whole wiring is completed.

 Do not connect more than one speaker to one set of

speaker leads. (except for connecting to a tweeter)

Information on Disposal for Users of Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (private households)

This symbol on the products and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general household waste. For proper treatment, recovery and recycling, please take these products to designated collection points, where they will be accepted on a free of charge basis. Alternatively, in some countries you may be able to return your products to your local retailer upon the purchase of an equivalent new product. Disposing of this product correctly will help to save valuable resources and prevent any potential negative effects on human health and the environment which could otherwise arise from inappropriate waste handling. Please contact your local authority for further details of your nearest designated collection point. Penalties may be applicable for incorrect disposal of this waste, in accordance with national legislation.

For business users in the European Union

If you wish to discard electrical and electronic equipment, please contact your dealer or supplier for further information.

Information on Disposal in other Countries outside the European Union

This symbol is only valid in the European Union. If you wish to discard this product, please contact your local authorities or dealer and ask for the correct method of disposal.

Label Indications and Their Locations

CAUTION

LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN. DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

Caution:

This product utilizes a laser. Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those speciﬁ ed herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT

Caution Label

Laser Product

Do not take apart this unit or attempt to make any changes yourself.

This unit is a very intricate device that uses a laser pickup to retrieve information from the surface of compact discs. The laser is carefully shielded so that its rays remain inside the cabinet. Therefore, never try to disassemble the player or alter any of its parts since you may be exposed to laser rays and dangerous voltages.

Deck Ass’y (in the unit, upper side)

Before Reading These Instructions

Panasonic welcomes you to our constantly growing family of electronic products owners. We endeavor to give you the advantages of precise electronic and mechanical engineering, manufactured with carefully selected components, and assembled by people who are proud of the reputation their work has built for our company. We know this product will bring you many hours of enjoyment, and after you discover the quality, value and reliability we have built into it, you too will be proud to be a member of our family.

Preparation

Set your car’s ignition

switch to the ACC or ON position.

Press [SOURCE] (PWR:

Power).

First Time Power OnClock Setting

C C A

N O

The 24-hour system is used for the clock. Notes:

• Adjust the clock when “NO CT” appears on the display.

• When a broadcast of FM Radio Data System is received, the clock is adjusted automatically by the Clock Time service.

• Hold down [] or [] to change numbers rapidly.

Select the radio AM mode. ( “Radio (AM

[LW/MW]/FM )”)

Press [DISP].

(clock display)

Hold down [DISP] for more than 2

seconds.

Hour blinks

Adjust the hour.

Hour entered

Adjust the minute.

[]: sets the minute ahead.

[]: sets the minute back.

Press [DISP].

Minute entered

Completed

[]: sets the hour ahead. []: sets the hour back.

Press [DISP].

Minute blinks

Accessories

Operating Instructions

(English : YEFM285908) (Deutsch : YEFM285909) (Français : YEFM285910) (Nederlands : YEFM285911) (Svenska : YEFM285912) (Italiano : YEFM285913) (Español : YEFM285914) (Dansk : YEFM285915)

(Polski : YEFM285916) (Česky : YEFM285917) (Magyar : YEFM285918)

(Pуccкий : YEFM285919)

Installation Instructions

(English, Deutsch, Français, Nederlands : YEFM294288) (Svenska, Italiano, Español, Dansk : YEFM294289)

(Polski, Česky, Magyar, Pуccкий : YEFM294290)

PAN EUROPEAN GUARANTEE (Warranty Card)

Q’ty: 1 set

Q’ty: 1

Installation Kit (YEP0FZ5700)

Q’ty: 1 set

Lock Cancel Plate

Mounting Bolt

Mounting Collar

(YEFX0217263A)

Trim Plate

(YEFC051020)

Power Connector

(YEAJ02874)

Removable Face Plate Case

(YEFA131839A)

Power Mode (Source)

(5 mm )

Q’ty: 1

Notes:

• The number in parentheses underneath each accessory part name is the part number for maintenance and service.

• Accessories and their part numbers are subject to modiﬁ cation without prior notice due to improvements.

• Mounting Collar and Trim Plate are mounted on the main unit at shipment.

(CA-RC80N)

Mute/attenuation

Volume

Notes:

• Remote Control Unit for CQ-C1505N is option (CA-RC80N).

• The optional remote control is available from your local dealer. (CA-RC80N)

Sales and Support Information

For UK and Ireland customers only.

Customer Care Centre

• For customers within the UK: 08705 357357

• For customers within the Republic of Ireland: 01 289 8333

• Visit our website for product information

• E-mail: customer.care@panasonic.co.uk

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Web Site: http://panasonic.net

Tune Band Pause

Track selection

Fast forward/fast reverse

Direct Sales at Panasonic UK

• Order accessories and consumable items for your product with ease and conﬁ dence by phoning our Customer Care Centre Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:30pm, Friday 9:30am

- 5:30pm. (Excluding public holidays).

• Or go on line through our Internet Accessory ordering application at www.panasonic.co.uk.

• Most major credit and debit cards accepted.

• All enquiries, transactions and distribution facilities are provided directly by Panasonic UK Ltd.

• It couldn’t be simpler!

• Also available through our Internet is direct shopping for a wide range of ﬁ nished products, so take a browse on our website for further details.

YEFM285908B FT1006-2116 Printed in China

Notes on Discs

If you use commercial CDs, they must have either of these labels shown at right. Some copy-protected music CDs are not playable.

How to hold the disc

• Do not touch the underside of the disc.

• Do not scratch on the disc.

• Do not bend the disc.

• When not in use, keep disc in the case.

Do not leave discs in the following places:

• In direct sunlight

• Near car heaters

• Dirty, dusty and damp areas

• On seats and dashboards

Disc cleaning

Notes on CD/CD Media

Use a dry, soft cloth to wipe from the center outward.

(CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW)

Do not write on the disc label with a ballpoint pen or other hard-point pens.

• You may have trouble playing back some CD-R/RW discs recorded using CD recorders (CD-R/RW drives), either due to their recording characteristics or dirt, ﬁ ngerprints, scratches, etc. on the disc surface.

• CD-R/RW discs are less resistant to high temperatures and high humidity than ordinary music CDs. Leaving them inside a car for extended periods may damage and make playback impossible.

• Some CD-R/RWs cannot be played back successfully due to incompatibility among writing software, a CD recorder (CDR/RW drive) and the discs.

• This player cannot play the CD-R/RW discs if the session is not closed.

• This player cannot play the CD-R/RW discs which contain other than CD-DA or MP3/WMA data (Video CD, etc.).

• Be sure to observe the instructions of the CD-R/RW disc for handling it.

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Printed side

Labels created by a printer, Protective ﬁ lms or sheets

Disc with adhered stickers or tape

• You may encounter trouble in playing MP3/WMA ﬁ les or displaying the information of MP3/WMA ﬁ les recorded with certain writing software or CD recorders.

• The ﬁ le extension “.mp3” or “.wma” should be assigned to each ﬁ le depending on the ﬁ le format.

• This unit does not have the play list function.

• Although Multi-session recording is supported, the use of Disc-at-Once is recommended.

Irregularly shaped discs

Discs with cracks, scratches or parts missing

Supported ﬁ le systems

ISO 9660 Level 1/Level 2, Apple Extension to ISO 9660, Joliet, Romeo

Note: Apple HFS, UDF 1.50, MIX mode CD, CD Extra is not supported.

Compression formats

(Recommendation: “Points to remember when making MP3/WMA ﬁ les” on the right.)

Recording MP3/WMA ﬁ les on a CD-media

• You are recommended to minimize the chances of making

Notes on CD-Rs/RWs

a disc that contains both CD-DA ﬁ les and MP3/WMA ﬁ les.

• If CD-DA ﬁ les are on the same disc as MP3 or WMA ﬁ les,

the songs may not play in the intended order, or some songs may not play at all.

• When storing MP3 data and WMA data on the same disc,

use different folders for each data.

• Do not record ﬁ les other than MP3/WMA ﬁ les and unnecessary folder on a disc.

• The name of MP3/WMA ﬁ le should be added by rules as shown in the following descriptions and also comply with the rules of each ﬁ le system.

• MPEG 1 audio layer 3 Bit rate: 32 k–320 kbps VBR: Yes Sampling frequency: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

• Windows Media Audio Ver. 7, 8, 9* Bit rate: 32 k–192 kbps VBR: Yes Sampling frequency: 32, 44.1, 48 kHz

* WMA 9 Professional/LossLess/Voice are not supported.

• MPEG 2 audio layer 3 Bit rate: 8 k–160 kbps VBR: Yes Sampling frequency: 16, 22.05, 24 kHz

Notes on MP3/WMA

Note: MP3/WMA encoding and writing software is not supplied with this unit.

Points to remember when making MP3/WMA ﬁ les

Common

• High bit rate and high sampling frequency are recommended

for high quality sounds.

•

Selecting VBR (Variable Bit Rate) is not recommended because playing time is not displayed properly and sound may be skipped.

• The playback sound quality differs depending on the

encoding circumstances. For details, refer to the user manual of your own encoding software and writing software.

MP3*

• It is recommended to set the bit rate to “128 kbps or more”

and “ﬁ xed”.

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from

Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

WMA

•

It is recommended to set the bit rate to “64 kbps or more” and “ﬁ xed”.

• Do not set the copy protect attribute on the WMA ﬁ le to

enable this unit to play back.

Notes:

•

With some software in which MP3/WMA format ﬁ les have been encoded, the character information may not be displayed properly.

• Undisplayable characters and symbols will be converted

into an asterisk (

Folder selection order/ﬁ le playback order

Root folder (Root Directory)

Folder Selection

In the order

File Selection

In the order

Caution

• Never assign the “.mp3”, or “.wma” ﬁ le name

extension to a ﬁ le that is not in the MP3/WMA format. This may not only produce noise from the speaker damage, but also damage your hearing.

Display Information

Displayed items

Notes on MP3/WMA

• CD-TEXT

Disc title Album name Track title Title name/Artist name

• MP3/WMA • WMA (WMA tag)

Folder name Album name File name Title name/Artist name

Displayable characters

• Displayable length of file name/folder name: within 32 characters. (Unicoded file and folder names are reduced by half in the number of displayable characters.)

• Name ﬁ les and folders in accordance with the standard of

each ﬁ le system. Refer to the instructions of writing software for details.

• ASCII character set and special characters in each language

can be displayed.

• MP3 (ID3 tag)

Tree 1 Tree 2 Tree 3 Tree 4 ......................... Tree 8

(Max.)

Maximum number of ﬁ les/folders

• Maximum number of ﬁ les: 999

• Maximum number of ﬁ les in one folder: 255

• Maximum depth of trees: 8

• Maximum number of folders: 255 (Root folder is included.)

Notes:

• This unit counts the number of folders irrespective of the

presence or absence of MP3/WMA ﬁ le.

•

If the selected folder does not contain any MP3/WMA ﬁ les, the nearest MP3/WMA ﬁ les in the order of playback will be played.

• Playback order may be different from other MP3/WMA

players even if the same disc is used.

• “ROOT” appears when displaying the root folder name.

Windows Media, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries/regions.

It is prohibited by copyright laws to copy, distribute and deliver copyrighted materials such as music without the approval of copyright holder except enjoying yourself personally.

No warranty

Above description complies with our investigations as of September 2006. It has no warranty for reproducibility and displayability of MP3/WMA.

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