Panasonic CQ-FX721P Operating Instructions

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Panasonic welcomes you to their 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.

	Precautions	Volume Level
		For your driving safety, keep the volume level low enough to be aware of road
		and traffic conditions.
		Car Washing
		To avoid electrical shorts which may cause fire, or other damage, do not
		expose this Product (including the speakers and tape) to water or excessive
		moisture.
		Car Ventilation
		If your car is parked for several hours in direct sunlight, the temperature
		inside the car may become very high. It is advisable to drive the car and give
		the interior a chance to cool down before switching the unit on.
		Power Supply
		This Product is designed to be used in a car having a 12-Volt negative ground
		battery system.
		Tape Mechanism
		Keep magnets, screwdrivers and other metallic objects away from the tape
		mechanism and tape head.
		Service
		This Product is made of precision parts. Do not attempt to disassemble or
		adjust any parts. For repair, please consult your nearest authorized
		Panasonic Service Center.
		Note: The preset memory is cleared to return to the original factory setting
		when the power connector or battery is disconnected.

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Components

Components	1.	Operating Instructions	1
	2.	Supplied Hardware .................................................................	1set ( a page 30)
	3.	Warranty Card ..................................................................................................	1

Remote Control Preparation

Battery Installation	1.	Remove the battery holder.
		Pull the holder out at position B while pushing position A as indicated.
	2.	Install the battery on the battery holder.
		Place the battery in the holder with its (+) side upwards as shown.
	3.	Insert the battery holder.
		Push in the battery holder back into its original position.

(Back side)

Lithium battery

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Battery Notes

Position B

Battery holder

Position A

Remove and dispose of an old battery immediately. Battery Information:

¡Battery Type: Panasonic lithium battery (CR2025) (Included)

¡Battery Life: Approximately 6 months under normal use (at room temperature)

Caution: Improper use of batteries may cause overheating, an explosion or ignition, resulting in injury or a fire. Battery leakage may damage the unit.

¡Do not disassemble or short the battery. Do not throw a battery into a fire.

¡Keep batteries away from children to avoid the risk of accidents. ¡Follow local regulations when disposing of batteries.

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General

[VOL}] [VOL{] (Volume)	[DISP] (Display)	[DIM] (Dimmer)

VOL

MENU

PT

REM	OTE	SET/AUTO·P	PRG

BAND
CH·C
1	2

P-SET
	TUNE
	TRACK
DISC	EON	PTY CT
	MUTE

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								DOLB
						MATR	IX DISP	LAY
					DOT
				FULL
			WITH
		RECEIVER
CASS	ETTE

[HDB]

(S•HDB)

[MUTE]

Turn the key in the ignition until the accessory indicator lights.

DISP
	TA
	SOURCE
	DIM
S·HDB
HDB	AF

[SOURCE]

(Power)

Note : When you use this unit for the first time, a demonstration message appears on the display.

To cancel this display, press

[DISP].

Power	Volume
ON : Press [SOURCE].	[VOL}] : Up
	[VOL{] : Down

Setting Range : 0 to 40

OFF : Press [SOURCE] again and hold for more than 1 second.

A security message is displayed, and the warning alarm that reminds you to take the panel off.

(When S-LED is set to ON a page 28)

Note: When ACC selection is set to ON, security message and warning alarm are performed after turning off the ignition key. (a page 28 about ACC selection)

Source

Press [SOURCE] to change the source.

Radio

Cassette Tape

Note : The sound level for each source is stored in memory.

(For radio, one volume setting for AM, one volume setting for all FMs)

[SOURCE] (Power)

[DISP] (Display)

[VOL}] [VOL{]

(Volume)

(When a cassette is in the player)

Auxiliary	CD Changer

[MUTE]

Mute/ATT (Attenuation)

MUTE/ATT ON : Press [MUTE].

MUTE/ATT OFF : Press again.

Decreasing volume range depends on setting. (MUTE/ATT setting a page 28)

(When AUX-IN setting is set	(When a CD changer is connected
to ON) (a page 28)	and magazine is in the changer)

: No sound

: Decrease the volume to 1/10 of previous level.

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Dimmer

Press [DIM] on the main unit to change the dimmer level.

		DIMMER 3		(Brighter)(Default)
		DIMMER 2		(Medium)
		DIMMER 1		(Darker)

Super High Definition Bass (S•HDB)

Especially for rock music, the bass-sound will be more powerful.

Press [HDB] on the main unit to change the Super High

Definition Bass on.

S•HDB OFF

S•HDB BOOM

S•HDB TIGHT

The bass sound of the speakers are strongly emphasized.

The bass sounds of the speakers are moderately emphasized. (The sounds of the Sub-Woofer can be heard clearly.)

Display Change

When Power is ON

Press [DISP].
				Mode & Spectrum
Mode Display				Analyzer Display		Spectrum Analyzer Display *1			If you press a button, the
					*1
									Mode & Spectrum Analyzer
									Display appears for 5 sec-
									onds.
								*2	If you press a button, the
Display OFF *2						Mode & Clock Display			light is turned on, the Mode
									Display appears, and the
									light is turned off approxi-
Notes :									mately 5 seconds later.
¡Set the Spectrum Analyzer pattern in a separate procedure. (a page 26)
¡“NO CT” is displayed before adjusting the clock. (Adjustment a page 26)

Active Indicator Display

Press and hold [DISP] for more than 2 seconds.	AUDIO Indicator
Indicators which are not displayed on Mode Display are displayed.

Press [DISP] again to cancel.

When Power is OFF (when ACC Selection is set to ON)

Press [DISP].

Clock Display			Display OFF

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(Back light is on)

(Back light is off)

Note : See page 28 about ACC Selection setting.

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Radio

[BAND]

(Auto preset memory/Set)

[MENU]

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OPEN

DISP

D·M

REMOTE								SOURCE
CH·C								DIM
1	2						S·HDB
							HDB	AF
							NR
							DOLBYB
TUNE							DISPLAY
TRACK					FULL	DOT	MATRIX
				WITH
MENU
				RECEIVER
DISC		EON PTY	CT	CASSETTE
							[SOURCE]
PTY

[TUNE]] [TUNE[]

[P·SET}] [P·SET{] (Preset station/Select)	1

Radio Mode Display

Band

Frequency

Stereo Indicator

Note: The stereo indicator lights during reception of an FM stereo broadcast.

Press [SOURCE] to select the radio mode.

[SOURCE]	2	Band
		Press [BAND].
	[1] to [6] (Preset station)	FM1
	[SEL] (Menu)	FM2

	[BAND] (Auto preset memory/Set)	FM3
	[]] [[] (Tune)	AM (LW/MW)
	3
[}] [{]		[TUNE]] / []] : Down
(Preset station/Select)		Press and hold [TUNE[] or [TUNE]] /
		[[] or []] for more than 0.5 seconds,
		then release. Seeking will start.

Mono/Local Selection

q Press [MENU] / [SEL] during radio (FM or AM) mode.

w Press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] to select MONO or LOCAL.

(in AM mode, only LOCAL can be selected.)

e Press [BAND] to switch on or off in turn.

MONO ON : Noise is significantly decreased when weak signals are received from an FM broadcast station.

LOCAL ON : In seek tuning, only strong stations are detected. LOCAL OFF: Relatively weak stations are picked up.

FM Menu Display

AM Menu Display

Notes:

¡If no keys have been pressed for more than 15 seconds, the display returns to the previous one after changing to the menu display.

¡Press [DISP] to return to the regular mode.

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One-touch Selection of a Preset Station

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Up to 6 stations can be stored in each of the FM1, FM2, FM3 and AM (LW/MW) band selections.

			Select a band and frequency (step q, w and e on the previous page)
			q Press and hold [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] for more
			than 2 seconds until the preset number blinks.
			w Press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] to select a preset
			number.
Manual Preset			e Press and hold [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] for more
			than 2 seconds to memorize.
Memory			The display blinks once, and a receiving
Manually save a station in
			station is saved in the memory.
the preset memory.			Note: Frequency setting can be performed even after selecting a preset
			number.
			Entering numbers directly from the remote control

Auto Preset

Memory

Automatically save strong stations in the preset memory.

Select a band and frequency (step q, w and e on the previous page) Press and hold [1] to [6] on the remote control for more than 2 seconds.

Select a band (step q, w on the previous page)

	Press and hold [BAND] for more than	Scanning
	2 seconds.

¡The 6 strongest available stations will be automatically saved in the memory under preset numbers 1 to 6.

¡Once set, the preset stations are sequentially scanned for 5 seconds each. ¡To stop the scanning, press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{].

(Pressing [1] to [6] on the remote control also can stop the scanning.)

Note: New stations are overwritten on existing saved stations after following this procedure.

Preset Station

Calling

Select a band (step q, w on the previous page)

Press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] to select the preset number for tuning in the preset station.

Entering numbers directly from the remote control

Press [1] to [6] on the remote control.

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Radio Data System (RDS)

RDS Basics

7Some FM stations are broadcasting added data compatible with RDS. This radio set offers convenient functions using such data.

RDS service availability varies with areas. Please understand if RDS service is not available in your area, the following service is not available, either. This chapter explains the summary and operation regarding RDS.

The following functions are available when receiving RDS stations.

Program Service Name (PS)

Display

The name of station is displayed.

Alternative Frequency (AF)

When reception is poor, an RDS station broadcasting the same program is tuned in automatically.

Best Station

Best Station Research is automatically activated to store the station with the best reception for each preset button.

Traffic Program (TP)

Clock Time (CT) Service

When receiving an RDS station, the CT (Clock Time) service automatically adjusts the time.

"-- : --" is displayed in areas where CT service is not available. (a Page 26 for Clock Adjustment)

Program Type (PTY) Display

Some RDS FM stations periodically provide traffic information.

The program which broadcast the traffic information is called Traffic Program (TP).

RDS FM stations provide a program type identification signal.

Example: news, rock, classical music, etc.

Traffic Announcement (TA)

Radio announcements on traffic conditions.

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Alternative Frequency (AF)

Alternative Frequency (AF) mode

Press and hold [DIM] on the main unit for more than 2 seconds to switch the AF mode on or off.

Default : AF ON

[BAND] (Set)

·P PRG

BAND
CH	2
1

[MENU]	TUNE
	TRACK
	MENU
	PTY

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When AF is on

OPEN

DISP

TA

PWR

SOURCE

DIM

S·HDB

							HDB	AF
						DOLB	YB NR
					MATRIX	DISPLAY
			FULL	DOT
		WITH
	RECEIVER						[DIM] (AF mode)
CASSETTE

·SET{] [P·SET}] (Select)

Auto Preset Memory

When AF ON is selected, only

RDS stations will be memorized automatically.

(a Page 13 for auto preset memory)

*New stations are overwritten on existing saved stations after following this procedure.

AF Level and REG Mode	FM Menu Display

q Press [MENU] / [SEL] to display the menu.

w Press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] to select an item.

	AF Level		Region (REG) Mode
	Press [BAND] to change the AF level.		Changes the selection range of AF and PI Seek.
			Press [BAND] to switch on or off in turn.
	AF 1	Low level AF sensitivity		The frequency is changed only for programs
			REG ON
	(Default)			within the region.
				The frequency is changed also for programs
		High level AF sensitivity	REG OFF
	AF 2
				outside the region.
			(Default)
	Note: When REG mode is switched from ON to OFF or vice versa, AF mode turns on automatically.

Program Identification (PI) Seek

(Only for remote control)

If Best Station does not work properly and reception is poor when tuning in a preset station, press the same preset number button again. PI Seek will search an AF station with good reception.

Preset buttons

[SEL]

(Menu)

[}]

(Select)

	[{]	[BAND]
		(Set)
	(Select)

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Radio Data System (RDS) (continued)

Traffic Announcement (TA)

Traffic Announcement (TA) mode	When Traffic Information is received

	Press [TA] on the main unit to switch the TA	TA	on
	mode on or off.
	Searches for and tunes into traffic information
	broadcasts automatically when set to TA on.	TA	off

When TA is on

[VOL}] [VOL{]

REMOTE

SET/AUTO

BAND
CH	2
1

VOL

TUNE

TRACK

MENU

DISC

PTY

[BAND] (TP auto preset memory)

						OPEN
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						TA
					PWR
						SOURCE
					S·HDB	DIM
					HDB	AF
				DOLB	YB NR
			MATRIX	DISPLAY		[TA]
	FULL	DOT
RECEIVER
WITH

(TA mode/Volume set)

[TUNE]] [TUNE[] (TP seek tuning)

TP Seek Tuning

When TA ON is selected, only traffic program will be searced.

Press and hold [TUNE]] or

[TUNE[] / []] or [[] for more than 0.5 seconds, then release. Seeking will start.

TP Auto Preset Memory

When TA ON is selected, only traffic program will be memorized automatically.

Press and hold [BAND] for more than 2 seconds.

				* New stations are overwritten on
TA Volume Set	Muting in TA mode			existing saved stations after
				following this procedure.
While listening to an FM station	To listen to only	traffic information
(including a traffic information	announcements. While listening to
announcement), press and hold	an FM station which is not current-
[TA] for more than 2 seconds to	ly broadcasting traffic information,
store the volume level as the TA	press [VOL{] to set the volume
Volume level.	to 0. The traffic information		[VOL}] [VOL{] (Volume)
	announcement will be output at the
	TA volume level.

TA Standby Mode

When set to TA ON with the unit in another mode (Cassette tape, CD changer, etc.) it will automatically switch to radio mode and output the traffic information.

When the traffic information has finished, the unit will return to the previous mode.

[]]

(TP Seek

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Program Type (PTY) Reception

Program Type (PTY) mode

Press and hold [MENU] / [SEL] for more than 2 seconds to switch the PTY display mode on or off.

[BAND]

(PTY

·P PRG

BAND
1	2

		VOL
		TUNE
[MENU]		TRACK
	MEN	U
(PTY mode/menu)		DISC
	PTY

PTY Mode Display

PTY on

PTY off

OPEN

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			TA
		PWR
			SOURCE
		S·HDB	DIM
		HDB	AF
	DOLB	YB NR
MATRIX	DISPLAY

[TUNE]] [TUNE[] (PTY select)

[P·SET{] [P·SET}] (Select)

PTY Selection

q Press [TUNE[] / [[] to change the program type as

SPEECH

/ MUSIC

/ NEWS

/ AFFAIRS

/

INFO

/ SPORT

/ EDUCATE

/ DRAMA

/

shown on the right. ([TUNE]] / []] : opposite direc-

CULTURE

/ SCIENCE

/ VARIED

/ POP M

/

tion)

ROCK M

/ EASY M

/ LIGHT M

/ CLASSICS /

w Select the desired program and press [BAND]. Seek will

OTHER M

/ WEATHER/ FINANCE

/ CHILDREN /

SOCIAL

/ RELIGION / PHONE IN

/ TRAVEL

/

start to tune in to a station broadcasting the selected pro-

LEISURE

/ JAZZ

/ COUNTRY

/ NATION M /

gram type.

OLDIES

/ FOLK M

/ DOCUMENT/ SPEECH

Note: When there is no corresponding program type, “NONE” is displayed for 2 seconds.

[SEL]

PTY Language Selection

(PTY mode/menu)

q Press [MENU] / [SEL] to display the DISPLAY LANGUAGE

menu and press [BAND].

[[]

(PTY select)

[}]

w Press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] to select

(Select)

[]]

the PTY display language, and press [BAND].

(PTY select)

[BAND]

[{]

(PTY search/Set)

(Select)

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Radio Data System (RDS) (continued)

Program Type (PTY) Reception

PTY Preset Call

Program types are stored in memory under preset memory number 1 to 6 as shown in the table on the next page. To select the desired program type, press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{].

[BAND]

(Preset

VOL

MENU

PTY

2

TUNE

TRACK

DISC

MUTE

EON PTY	CT

OPEN

		CQ-FX721P			DISP
						TA
					PWR
						SOURCE
					S·HDB	DIM
					HDB	AF
				DOLB	YB NR
			MATRIX	DISPLAY
	FULL	DOT
WITH

RECEIVER

CASSETTE

[P·SET{] [P·SET}] (PTY preset call/change)

PTY Preset Change			Preset PTY Search
q Select the desired program type by using PTY Selection or			q Select a program type by PTY preset call.
PTY Preset Call.			w Press [BAND] to tune in the desired program
w Press and hold [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{]				type station.
for more than 2 seconds to select the preset memory
mode.
			Note: When there is no corresponding program
e Press [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{] to select			type, “NONE” is displayed for 2 seconds.
the desired preset number.
r Press and hold [P·SET}] or [P·SET{] / [}] or [{]				Preset buttons
for more than 2 seconds to memorize.
						[BAND]
						(Preset PTY search)
Preset Number Program Type
*On the remote control, press and hold the preset buttons			[}]
			(PTY preset call
for more than 2 seconds.			/change)

[{]

(PTY preset call/change)

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Program Type (PTY) Reception

PTY Preset (Default)

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Preset No.	Program Type	When PTY search is activated, these program type is receivable.
1	NEWS	NEWS
2	SPEECH	AFFAIRS, INFO, EDUCATE, DRAMA, CULTURE, SCIENCE, VARIED,
		WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN, SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN,
		TRAVEL, LEISURE, DOCUMENT
3	SPORT	SPORT
4	POP M	POP M
5	CLASSICS	CLASSICS
6	MUSIC	ROCK M, EASY M, LIGHT M, OTHER M, JAZZ, COUNTRY, NATION M,
		OLDIES, FOLK M

Other RDS functions

Enhanced Other Network (EON)

When EON data is received, the EON indicator lights and the TA and AF functions are expanded as follows.

TA : Traffic information from the current and other network stations can be received.

AF : The frequency list of preset RDS stations is updated by EON data.

EON enables the radio to make fuller use of RDS information. It constantly updates the AF list of preset stations, including that currently tuned in to. For example, if you preset a station far from home, you will later be able to receive the same station at an alternative frequency, or any other station serving the same program. EON also keeps track of locally available TP stations for quick reception.

Emergency Announcement

Reception

When an emergency announcement is broadcast, the unit is automatically switched to receiving that broadcast.

(Even when in Cassette tape mode, CD changer mode, etc.). During receiving the emergency announcement, "ALARM" blinks on the display.

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