PYLE Audio PLCD22MRP User Manual

PLCD22MRP

OWNER'S MANUAL

Shipboard Audio System

• PLL Synthesizer Stereo Radio

• Digital Compact Disc Player

• Automatically Memory Storing

• Direct Track Access

• Program CD Tracks

• Electronic Shockproof (ESP) Function

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CONTENTS

Installation.....................................3

Take out screw before installation ..3

Installing the unit ..........................3

Wiring Connection ........................4

Operation.......................................5

Location of keys .............................5

Control & function keys ..................6

Installation hardware ......................8

Switching on/off the unit ..............10

Display the disc slot .....................10

Sound adjustment ........................10

Menu selection function ...............10

Set the clock.................................11

Mute..............................................11

Equalization ..................................11

Loudness ......................................11

Mode selection .............................11

Liquid crystal display ...................11

illumination....................................11

Reset function ..............................12

Recovering initial value.................12

Radio operation ............................12

Switching to radio mode ............12

Selecting the frequency band ....12

Selecting station.........................12

Automatically memory storing &

preset scan.................................12

Station storing ............................12

Scan ...........................................12

CD operation ................................13

Switching to CD mode ...............13

Ejecting a disc ............................13

Pausing playing ..........................13

Selecting tracks..........................13

Direct track access.....................13

Repeating the same track ..........13

Playing all tracks in random .......13

Previewing all tracks...................13

Program CD tracks.....................13

Track/time display ......................14

MP3 operation ..............................14

Select songs...............................14

Pause .........................................15

Repeat the same song ...............15

Play songs in random order .......15

Scan ...........................................15

Display information.....................15

Disc notes.....................................16

Specification .............................. 17

Trouble shooting ........................ 18

2

INSTALLATION

TAKE OUT SCREW BEFORE INSTALL

Before install the unit, please remove the
two screws.

Take out screw before install.

NOTE: This unit is installed on the ship,
so you should use two pieces of plastic
film (30mmX20mm) supplied with the unit
to seal the two holes after remove the
screws. And this will be waterproof.

INSTALL THE UNIT

1. According to the mounting paper
supplied with the unit, determine the
mounting location in the dashboard,
and then stick the paper to the
dashboard.

Dashboard

Mounting paper

3. Use the glue paper to stick the two
mounting bracket to the back of the
dashboard. The screw holes of the
brackets must respectively aim at the
mounting holes in order to fix the unit
to the dashboard.

Mounting Bracket

Dashboard

4. Open the two pieces of rubber cover
on the unit to display the four screw
holes, and then use four screws
(M4X30) to mount the unit to the
dashboard with the mounting plate
between the dashboard and the unit.

Dashboard

Mounting plate

Rubber cover

2. Then cut and remove the part of the
dashboard in a rectangle shape the
same as the hatching area on the
mounting paper. And then drill four
mounting holes (ø5) in the exact
position also according to the mounting
paper.

Dashboard

Mounting Location

Mounting holes

Mounting plate

Rubber cover

Note: If you don’t install the unit
according to the installation instructions
above, the main unit may be not up to
the IPX5 waterproof standard.

3

Screw (M4x30)

WIRING CONNECTION

ANTENNA

CONNECTOR

FUSE

(BLACK)

(YELLOW)

(YELLOW)

AUX IN CABLE

WIRING REMOTE
CONNECTOR SOCKET

RED Rch

WHITE Lch

FRONT Lch

SPEAKER

REAR Lch
SPEAKER

WHITE

WHITE/BLACK

GREEN

GREEN/BLACK

RCA CABLE (GREY)

GREY

GREY/BLACK

VIOLET

VIOLET/BLACK

4

BLUE

WHITE

RED

YELLOW

BLACK

FRONT Rch

SPEAKER

REAR Rch
SPEAKER

RED

Rch

Lch

POWER ANTENNA

IGNITION SWITCH (ACC+)

MEMORY BACK-UP (B+)

GROUND (B-)

OPERATION

12

119

17

6 15

10

16

When pull open the disc cover:

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OPERATION

CONTROL & FUNCTIONS KEYS

This unit is a marine rated wired remote control made using a modified controller or
similar layout. It is capable of operation specified functions on the marine AM/FM/CD
receiver and the marine AM/FM/Cassette receiver. The body, buttons, controls and
display need to be UV and water-resistant. It includes and LCD and an illumination
circuit. The flat body should be watertight and the circuit board clear coated.

1 Power button

Press the button (1) shortly to turn on/off the head unit.
Press button (1) for more than 3 seconds, the button is operated to initial volume
control button. When system power turns on, the volume is set to initial volume
level.

2 MUTE button

In RADIO/AUX IN mode, press MUTE / button (2) to activate mute function and
“MUTE” will appear on the display. Press the button once again to release mute
function and return the volume to the last position before it was muted.
In CD (or CASSETTE) mode, press
CASSETTE) player. Press it again to resume play.

3 VOLUME +/- buttons

Press VOL / buttons (3) to increase/decrease volume level.

/ MUTE button (2) to pause CD (or

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OPERATION

4 MODE SELECTION button

Press the MODE button (4) to step sequentially through the following sources:
e.g. radio mode to CD mode (or cassette mode) to AUX in mode.

5 BAND SELECTION button

FOR WEATHER BAND VERSION ONLY:
Press the BAND button (5) to step sequentially through the following bands: FM1,
FM2, AM, WX.

6 TRACK/SEARCH/TUNE buttons

• STATION SELECTION (FOR RADIO OPERATION)

Press
more than 3 seconds until “MAN” appears on the display, the manual tuning
mode is selected. If both buttons have not pressed for several seconds, they
will return to seek tuning mode and “AUTO” appears on the display.

• STATION SELECTION (FOR WEATHER BAND OPERATION)

Press
of selecting forward or backward is CH1~CH7 Channels.

• CASSETTE REWIND/FORWARD (FOR CASSETTE OPERATION)

Press

• SELECT TRACKS (FOR CD OPERATION)

Press the
track.
Press the
rewind of the disc. Disc play starts from when you release the button.

/ buttons (6) shortly to activate automatic seek function. Press for

/ buttons (6) shortly to select channel forward or backward. The range

/ buttons (6) to activate the cassette fast forward or rewind.

/ buttons (6) shortly to move to the following track or the previous

/ buttons (6) for more than 3 seconds to activate fast forward or

7 SCAN button

• SCAN (FOR RADIO OPERATION)

Press

SHIFT/SCAN button (7) to scan through strong stations in the current
band. Radio pauses for five seconds at each strong station. At each time the
frequency is flashing on the display. Press
listen to current station.

8 Liquid Crystal Display

Exhibit the number, the current disc and the current track, and other activated
functions on the display (8).

SHIFT/SCAN button (7) again to

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OPERATION

INSTALLATION HARDWARE

HOLDER

SCREW (ø4X50) NUT

INSTALLATION DIAGRAM

BASE

X2 X2

REMOTE

MOUNTING BRACKET

X1X1X1

1. First insert the hooks on the base into the slots of the holder to install the base to
the holder.

2. Select the proper object, then place the remote mounting bracket on the base and
let the object go through the base and the mounting bracket.

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OPERATION

3. Align the screw holes on the holder with the screw holes on the base and the screw
holes on the bracket, then use the two screws (ø4X50) and nuts to fix the bracket,
the base and holder to the proper location.

4. Last install the remote control to the holder. See below, align the four hooks on the
holder with the four slots on the remote control.

WIRE

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OPERATION

• SWITCHING ON/OFF THE UNIT

Switch on the unit by pressing any
button (except

EJECT (4)). When
system is on, press POWER button (9)
to turn off the unit. When system power
turns on, the system is returned to
previous mode.

• DISPLAY THE DISC SLOT

Press the hook (7) of the plastic disc
cover then poke it at a slight downward
force to let the cover open, then you
can see the disc slot (5).

Hook

When you want to close the disc cover,
push the hook into proper location at
a horizontal force.

• SOUND ADJUSTMENT

Press SEL/MENU button (10) shortly
to change audio mode through volume,
bass, treble, balance, and fader mdoes,
Press VOLUME
VOLUME

button (11) or

button (12) to adjust the
selected mode. When the currently
displayed function has not been
adjusted for several seconds, the mode
shall return to volume position and
display will return to normal radio, CD
display.

Volume Bass Treble Balance Fader

Volume

Press SEL/MENU button (10) one time.
Adjust volume level by VOLUME
(11) or VOLUME

button (12).

button

Notes:
The unit is initially set to volume mode.

Bass

Press SEL/MENU button (10) two times.

Adjust bass level by VOLUME
(11) or VOLUME

button (12).

button

Treble

Press SEL/MENU button (10) three times.
Adjust treble level by VOLUME
(11) or VOLUME

button (12).

Balance

Press SEL/MENU button (10) four times.
Adjust sound balance between left and
right speakers by VOLUME
or VOLUME

button (12).

button (11)

Fader

Press SEL/MENU button (10) five times.
Adjust sound balance between front and
rear speakers by VOLUME
or VOLUME

button (12).

button (11)

MENU SELECTION FUNCTION

Hold press SEL/MENU (10) for several
seconds to enter menu select function,
then step short press SEL/MENU (10) to
select different set mode and separately
to press VOLUME

VOLUME

button (12) to select your

button (11) or

requisite as following order.

BEEP ON/OFF PROGRAM POWER ON VOLUME LEVEL

CLOCK ON/OFF WHILE POWER OFF USA/EUR

FREQ/CLOCK/NO PRI PRIORITY 12 HOURS/24 HOURS

For detailed operations, please see below:

BEEP ON/OFF

Hold press

SEL/MENU button (10) for
several seconds, when BEEP ON/OFF
appears, press

VOLUME

VOLUME button (11) or

button (12). to select BEEP
on or BEEP OFF. When beep on, the beep
in generated when every button is pressed.
When beep off, the beep is disabled when
press any button.

Program power on volume level

Hold press

SEL/MENU button (10) for
several seconds, when BEEP ON/OFF
appears, press

SEL/MENU button (10)
shortly one time to select “program power
on volume level” mode. And then you can
press

VOLUME button (11) or VOLUME

button (12) to select the level when the

unit turns on.

USA/EUR

Hold press

SEL/MENU button (10) for
several seconds, when BEEP ON/BEEP
OFF appears, press
(10)

shortly two times to select “USA/EUR”

mode. And then you can press

10

SEL/MENU button

VOLUME

button

OPERATION

button (11) or VOLUME button (12) to
select USA or European radio frequency
spacing.

- USA radio spacing is 200k for FM and

10k for AM. This is the default frequency
spacing.

- European radio spacing is 50k for FM

and 9k for AM.

CLOCK ON/OFF while power off

Hold press

SEL/MENU button (10) for
several seconds, when BEEP ON/OFF
appears, press

SEL/MENU button (10)
shortly three times to select “clock on/off
while power off” mode. And then you can
press

VOLUME button (11) or VOLUME

button (12) to select if the clock is to be

displayed while power off.

FREQ/CLOCK/NO PRI priority

Hold press

SEL/MENU button (10) for
several seconds, when BEEP ON/OFF
appears, press

SEL/MENU button (10)
shortly four times to select
“FREQ/CLOCK/NO PRI priority” mode.
And then you can press
(11)or VOLUME

VOLUME button

button (12) to select
frequency priority or clock priority or no
priority.

- When select Frequency Priority:

The frequency will appear on the unit
all the while. Pressing DSP button (1)
while in Frequency Priority will temporarily
display clock and then returns to
frequency display.

- When select Clock Priority:

The clock will appear on the unit all the
while. Pressing DSP button (1) while in
Clock Priority will temporarily display
selected station frequency (in RADIO
mode) or track number (in CD mode)
and then returns to clock display.

- When select No Priority:

When the frequency appears on the unit,
pressing DSP button (1) will display
clock and it will not return to frequency
display until DSP button (1) pressed
again. When the clock appears on the
unit, pressing DSP button (1) will display
frequency information.

12hours/24hours

Hold press SEL/MENU button (10) for
several seconds, when BEEP ON/OFF
appears, press SEL/MENU button (10)
shortly five times to select
“12hours/24hours” mode. And then you
can press

VOLUME button (11) or

VOLUME

button (12) to set 24 hours

mode or 12 hours mode.

- When the currently displayed function
has not been adjusted for several
seconds, it will exit menu set mode.

- When you have set CLOCK ON during
power off state, LCD backlight will be
turn on together.

DISPLAY INFORMATION

When pressed quickly, the DSP button (1)
changes the display as follows.

- In AM/FM mode:

-> Frequency ->CLOCK ->

- In CD mode:

-> CD ->CLOCK ->

Each display time is 5 seconds, the display
will return to the first position after 5
seconds.

SET THE CLOCK

Press the DISP button (1) shortly until the
clock is shown on the LCD display. Then
hold down DISP button (1) until the clock
flashes. Then press the TUNE button
(17) clockwise to change hours or rotate
the TUNE button (16) to change minutes.

MUTE

In radio/AUX IN mode, press /MUTE
button (3) to mute audio level. Press the
button again to release mute function.

EQUALIZATION

Press EQ button (19) to turn on equalization
function and to select desired audio mode.
There are five kinds of mode as below:

DSP OFF FLAT POP JAZZ CLASSIC ROCK

LOUDNESS

Press LOUD (DIM) button (15) shortly to
reinforce the bass output and display will
show “LOUD”. Press it again to release
this function.

MODE SELECTION

Press MODE button (6) to sequence through
primary operating modes in the following
order: radio > CD.
If playback media (CD) is not loaded into
mechanism, CD mode will be skipped.

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY

Exhibit current frequency and activated
functions on the display (8).

ILLUMINATION

Press LOUD (DIM) button (15) for more
than 2 seconds to adjust the brightness

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OPERATION

of the LCD display backlight.

RESET FUNCTION

When you pull out the plastic panel covering
the CD opening, you will see the reset
button (26) is placed above the disc slot
(5). It must be activated with either a
ballpoint pen or thin metal object. The
reset button is to be activated for the
following reasons:

- Initial installation of the unit when all
wiring is completed.

- All the function buttons do not operate.

- Error symbol on the display.

RECOVERING INITIAL VALUE

In radio (AM/FM/WB) mode, press MODE
button (6) for more than three seconds,
the display will appear “EEP INIT”, and all
settings recover factory value.

ESP FUNCTION

If the unit has the electronic shockproof
function, it can be shockproof about
several tens of seconds.

RADIO OPERATION

• SWITCHING TO RADIO MODE

Press MODE button (6) shortly to select
radio mode, the radio mode appears in
the display together with the memory
band and frequency.

• SELECTING THE FREQUENCY BAND

At radio mode, press BAND/ENTER
button (18) shortly to select the desired
band.
The reception band will change in the
following order:

FM1 FM2 FM3 AM1 AM2

• STATION SELECTION

Press TUNE
button (17) shortly to activate automatic
seek function. Press for more than 3
seconds until “MANUAL” appears on
the display, the manual tuning mode
is selected. If both buttons have not
been pressed for several seconds, they
will return to seek tuning mode and
“AUTO” appears on the display.
FOR WEATHER BAND OPERATION:
Press TUNE button (16) or TUNE
button (17) shortly to choose channel
backward or forward. And the range
of selecting backward or forward is
CH1~CH7. And you can also press
M1~M7 buttons (20~26) shortly to

button (16) or TUNE

select CH1~CH7 directly.

• AUTOMATICALLY MEMORY
STORING & PRESET SCAN

-Automatic memory storing

Press AS/PS button (2) for several
seconds, the radio searches from the
current frequency and checks the
signal strength until one cycle search
is finished. And then 10 strongest
stations are stored into the
corresponding preset number button.

-Preset Scan

Press AS/PS button (2) shortly to scan
all station presets saved in memory.

• STATION STORING

The preset buttons (14) can be used
to store 10 stations in each band (FM
1, FM 2, FM 3 and AM1, AM2) for
convenient access to your favorite
stations.

Programming stations

1. Select the desired band, then

tune in the station you want to
store in memory.

2. Press and hold one of the preset
buttons (14) for more than 2
seconds until the corresponding
preset button number appears.
Repeat steps 1. and 2. to
program additional stations.

Quick tuning

Select the desired band, then press
one of the ten preset buttons (14).

• SCAN

Press SHIFT/SCAN button (13) to set
function to scan mode, which scanning
to higher frequency station with
receivable signal and keep on each
station for several seconds.

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OPERATION

CD OPERATION

• SWITCHING TO CD MODE

If there is no CD inserted in the driver:
Gently insert the CD with the printed
side uppermost into the CD
compartment until you feel some
resistance. The CD will be drawn into
the driver automatically. CD playback
begins.
If a CD is already inserted in the driver:
Keep pressing MODE button (6) shortly
until the CD mode display appears.

• EJECTING A DISC

When pull out the plastic panel and
display the disc slot (5), the disc in the
slot will eject automatically.
If insert a disc into the slot to play with
the plastic panel open, press
(4) to eject the disc.
When the plastic panel is open, long
press
for some seconds automatically to
detect if there are some small scrip or
other objects in the disc slot and eject
them out.

• PAUSE PLAYING

Press /MUTE button (3) to pause
CD player. Press it again to resume
play.

• SELECTING TRACKS

Press TUNE button (16) or TUNE
button (17) to move to the previous
track or the following track. Track
number shows on display.
Hold press TUNE button (16) or TUNE

forward. When release the button, the
disc will start play from the current
position.

• DIRECT TRACK ACCESS

Pressing number buttons 0~9(14) (i.e.
19~28) can activate DIRECT TRACK
ACCESS according to your need. For
example, press button (19), and “T-01”
will be flashing on the display. Then
press button (20), “T-12” will appear
and track 12 will be selected to play.
If you don’t press any button when “T­01” is flashing. After several seconds,
“T-01” doesn’t flash and track 1 is
selected to play. If you select a track
number that doesn’t belong to the
current disc, “NO TR” will appear on
the display.

button (4), the unit will eject

button (17) to fast reverse or fast

button

• REPEAT THE SAME TRACK

Hold press RPT button (22) for several
seconds to continuously repeat the
same track. Press it for several seconds
again to stop repeat.

• PLAYING ALL TRACKS IN RANDOM

Hold press SHF button (23) for several
seconds to play all tracks on CD in
random order. Hold press again to

cancel the function.

• PREVIEW ALL TRACKS

Hold press SCN button (24) for several
seconds to play first several seconds
of each track on the current disc. Hold
press again to stop intro and listen to
track.

• PROGRAM CD TRACKS

Use Program function to select up to
32 tracks to play in any order. Program
works by allowing you to select a track
number for each spot in the playing
sequence. A CD must be inserted and
in CD playing mode to use Program.

- How to program CD tracks

1. Press MEM button (20) for several
seconds to enter Program mode,
then “PGM” stars flashing and “P­01” icon appear on the display.

2. Press

Note: Using Program function can only
select up to 32 tracks to play in any
order. When you have selected 32
tracks to be programmed. “FULL” will
appear on the display.

-

When the CD is played in programmed
order by pressing PGM button (21)
for several seconds, pressing it again

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button (16) or button (17)
to choose track number. For
example, select track 6, then press
MEM button (20) shortly to
memorize it and “P-02” will appear
on the display. So track 6 will be
played first. Thus, you can also
press / buttons (17) and (16) to
choose track number 10 and press
MEM button shortly, then “P-03”
will appear. So track 10 will be
secondly played. Repeat these
operations, and you can program
CD tracks to your need. If you
completed program setting, press
PGM button (21) for several
seconds to play CD in
programmed order.

OPERATION

for several seconds will exit PGM
mode.

- When the disc is playing in
programmed order, pressing MEM
button (20) for several seconds will
cancel the all programmed content
and “CLR” appears on the display.

- If you don’t press MEM button (20)
to carry out program setting, then
press PGM button (21) for several
seconds, “NO-P” will appear.

• TRACK/TIME DISPLAY

Press AS/PS (ELAPSE) button (2) to
show running time/remain time of track.

MP3 OPERATION

• SELECT SONGS
SINGLE STEP SELECTION:

Press TUNE button (16) or TUNE

button (17) to reverse or advance

the previous song in single step.

DIRECT TRACK ACCESS

Pressing number buttons 0~9 (14)
can activate DIRECT TRACK
ACCESS according to your need.
For example, press “1” button, “T1*”
appears and “*” is flashing on the
display and waiting for second
number to be input. Then press “2”
button in several seconds, “T12*”
will appear and “*” is flashing and
waiting for third number to be input.
Then press “3” button in several
seconds, “T123” will appear and
track 123 will be selected to play. If
you don’t press any button when “*”
is flashing, after several seconds,
“T12” appears on the display and
track 12 will be played directly. If you
select a track number that doesn’t
belong to the current disc, “NO FILE”
will appear on the display. For MP3
discs, the track selection range is up
to “254”.

SELECT BY SCAN/MP3 BUTTON:

“Searching track directly” =>
“Searching Directory or File Name”=>
searching from root by VOLUME

/ buttons (11&12) =>searching

from current directory by VOLUME

/ buttons (11&12).

1. SEARCHING TRACK DIRECTLY
Press the MP3 button (13) one
time to enter into “Searching track
directly” mode. Set desired track
by VOLUME / buttons (11&12),

and then press BAND/ENTER
button (18) shortly.
You can also press number
buttons 0~9 (14) can activate
DIRECT TRACK ACCESS to select
your desired track.

Note:
The unit searches the track after few
seconds, even if the BAND/ENTER
button (18) is not pressed.

2. SEARCHING DIRECTORY OR
FILE NAME

Press the MP3 button (13) two
times. It enters into “Searching
Directory or File Name” mode. The
unit searches files and directories
by name which is entered by the
user with the VOLUME / buttons
(11&12).

- Use VOLUME / buttons
(11&12) to select the characters
A to Z, blank, 0 to 9, _, -, +.

- Press SEL/MENU button (10)
to confirm entry of each
characters.

- Press BAND/ENTER button
(18) to start the title search.

In case the selected title is a
directory name, display will show
(‘ ‘), then

- Use VOLUME / buttons
(11&12) to list all songs under
this directory and select the title.

- Press BAND/ENTER button
(18) to confirm and start the
play.

- Repeat the above steps if the
newly selected title is again a
directory.

Note: In this mode, you can also
press the corresponding buttons
listed on the Table 1 below to input
the your desired character to
select the files or directories.

Key Assigned in Searching mode (Table

1)

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OPERATION

Normal In MP3 searching

SCAN MP3 Searching

Mode Select

BAND ENTER

M1 A, B, C, 1

M2 D, E, F, 2

M3 G, H, I, 3

M4 J, K, L, 4

M5 M, N, O, 5

M6 P, Q, R, 6

M7 S, T, U, 7

M8 V, W, X, 8

M9 Y, Z, SPACE, 9

M0 _,-,+,0

SELECT Character shift

CHARACTER SELECT

VOL UP/DOWN (A, B~Z, SPACE, 0~9,

_,-,+)

AS/PS Backspace

3. SEARCHING FROM ROOT
DIRECTORY

Press the MP3 button (13) three
times, the unit searches file or
directory from root directory by
VOLUME / buttons (11&12).
(D-DIR icon turns on if the name
is a directory). Display will list all
available directories and songs.
Select the desired directory/songs
by using VOLUME / buttons
(11&12) and BAND/ENTER button
(18) to confirm.
If the selected title is a song, it
starts to play.
If the selected title is a directory
name, display will show (‘ ‘), then

- Use VOLUME / buttons
(11&12) to list all songs under
this directory and select the title.

- Press BAND/ENTER button (18)
to confirm and start the play.

- Repeat the above steps if the
newly selected title is again a
directory.

4. SEARCHING FROM CURRENT
DIRECTORY

Press the MP3 button (13) four
times, the unit searches file or
directory from current directory by
VOLUME / buttons (11&12).
(D-DIR icon turns on if the name

is directory). The current directory
name is displayed for a second
and the currently playing file name
is displayed. The user can select
the directory or file in the directory
by VOLUME / buttons (11&12).
The selected file can be played by
pressing BAND/ENTER button
(18).

• PAUSE

Press /MUTE button (3) to pause
MP3 player. Press it again to resume
play.

• REPEAT THE SAME SONG

Press and hold RPT button (22) for
several seconds to continuously repeat
the same song. Press and hold it again
for several seconds to cancel repeat
function.

• PLAY SONGS IN RANDOM ORDER

During MP3 operation, press and hold
SHF button (23) for several seconds
to play songs in random order. Press
and hold it again for several seconds
to cancel the function.

• SCAN

The scan function enables you to listen
to the first few seconds of the song.
Press and hold SCN button (24) for
several seconds to activate/deactivate
scan function.

• DISPLAY INFORMATION

Press DSP button (1) to show the
following information, such as the
clock, the ID3 TAG (if available: song
title, directory name, artist name, other
contents…) and other information.

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OPERATION

Note:

A. Notes on discs:

1. Attempting to use non-standard shape
discs (e.g. square, start, heart) may
damage the unit. Be sure to use round
shape CD discs only for this unit.

2. Do not stick paper or tape, etc, onto
the label side or the recording side of
any discs, as it may cause a
malfunction.

3. Dirt, dust, scratches and warping discs
will cause misoperation.

B. Notes on CD-Rs (recordable CDs)/
CD-RWs (rewritable CDs):

1. Be sure to use discs with following
marks only for the unit to play:

2. The unit cannot play a CD-R and CD-

Recordable Rewritable

RW that is not finalized. (Please refer
to the manual of your CD-R/CD-RW
recorder or CD-R/CD-RW software for
more information on finalization
process).

3. Depending on the recording status,
conditions of the disc and the
equipment used for the recording,
some CD-Rs/CD-RWs may not be
played on this unit. (see *1)

* 1: To have more reliable play back,

please see following recommendations:
a: Use CD-RWs with speed 1x to 4x

and write with speed 1x to 2x.

b. Use CD-Rs with speed 1x to 8x and

write with speed 1x to 2x.

c. Do not play a CD-RW which has

been written for more than 5 times.

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SPECIFICATION

GENERAL

Power Supply Requirements : DC 12 Volts, Negative Ground
Chassis Dimensions : 178 (W) x 178 (D) x 50 (H) mm
Tone Controls

- Bass (at 100 Hz) : ± 10 dB

- Treble (at 10 KHz) : ± 10 dB

Maximum Output Power : 4 x 50 Watts
Current Drain : 15 Ampere (max.)

CD PLAYER

Signal to Noise Ratio : More than 60 dB
Channel Separation : More than 50 dB
Frequency Response : 40 Hz - 18 KHz

RADIO

FM

Frequency Coverage : 87.5 to 107.9 MHz
IF : 10.7 MHz
Sensitivity (S/N = 30 dB) : 3 μV
Stereo Separation : > 30 dB

AM

Frequency Coverage : 530 to 1720 KHz
IF : 450 KHz
Sensitivity (S/N = 20 dB) : 32 dBu

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

Before going through the check list, check wiring connection. If any of the problems
persist after check list has been made, consult your nearest service dealer.

Symptom Cause Solution

No power. The ignition switch is not If the power supply is

on. connected to the accessory

circuits, but the engine is not
moving, switch the ignition key
to “ACC”.

The fuse is blown. Replace the fuse.

Disc cannot be Presence of CD disc inside Remove the disc in the player,
loaded or ejected. the player. then put a new one.

Inserting the disc in reverse Insert the compact disc with
direction. the label facing upward.

Compact disc is extremely Clean the disc or try to play a
dirty or defective disc. new one.

Temperature inside the ship Cool off or until the ambient
is too high. temperature return to normal.

Condensation. Leave the player off for an hour

or so, then try again.

No sound. Volume is in minimum.

Adjust volume to a desired level.

Wiring is not properly Check wiring connection.
connected.

Sound skips. The installation angle is Adjust the installation angle less

more than 30 degrees. than 30 degrees.

The disc is extremely dirty Clean the compact disc, then
or defective disc. try to play a new one.

The operation keys The built-in microcomputer Press the RESET button.
do not work. is not operating properly Front panel is not properly fixed

due to noise. into its place.

The radio does not The antenna cable is not Insert the antenna cable firmly.
work. The radio connected.
station automatic
selection does not The signals are too weak. Select a station manually.
work.

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