For 1990-2009 cars

## Radio with Cassette System Operation - Option

### How to Operate your Cassette Stereo System (Option)

For AM/FM radio operation, refer to AM/FM Stereo for instruction.

Power/Volume/Recall Knob

The power/Volume/Recall knob does the following:

Tapes

Your cassette tape player is built to work best with tapes that are 30 or 45 minutes long on each side. Longer playing tapes are so thin that they may not work well in this player.

The tape player will play either standard or metal tapes. Metal tape sensing is automatic. "MTL" will appear on the display when a metal tape or high bias tape is playing.

Dolby B® Noise Reduction

Press the Noise Reduction button when a tape is being played to remove background hiss noise from the tape player. The Noise Reduction button also selects station preset 5 when the radio is playing. The Dolby B® Noise Reduction does not remove background hiss noise from a radio station.

Tape Player Operation

The shorter side of the tape cartridge goes in first with the tape opening toward the right side. The radio needs to be "ON" when inserting a tape. If you hear nothing or just gargled sound, the tape may not be in squarely. Push the eject (EJCT) button to remove the tape and start over. Once the tape is playing, use the Volume, Balance, Fade, Bass and Treble knobs just as you do for the radio. Press (EJCT) to remove the tape.

To move ahead in the tape, press the forward (FWD) button. To stop moving forward, push FWD again. To move to the end of the tape, push the FWD button and the player will play the other side of the tape when the end of the current side is reached. The FWD button also selects station preset 3 when the radio is playing.

To move backward in the tape or to rewind back to the beginning of the tape, use the reverse (REV) button in the same way as the forward button. The REV button also selects station preset 1 when the radio is playing.

The arrows on the display show which side of the tape is playing. The up arrow refers to the top side of the tape. The down arrow refers to the bottom side of the tape. To change the side of the tape, press the program (PRG) button. The PRG button also selects station preset 2 when the radio is playing.

Tape Head Cleaning

After 30 hours of tape playing, the display will tell you to "CLEAN" the cassette tape head. This is to remind you that regular cleaning of the tape player will help prevent the buildup of oxides and other contaminates that can cause reduced sound quality or damage to your tapes or player. Proper tape head cleaning should be done with a wiping action non-abrasive cleaner cassette. To properly clean your tape player, you should follow the directions on the cleaning cassette. If the cleaner cartridge ejects within a few second after it is inserted, it will need to be reinserted 3 to 5 times to completely clean the tape head.

After cleaning your cassette tape player head, the CLEAN indicator can be reset by the following sequence:

• | Eject the cassette cartridge and return to radio play mode.

• | Press and hole the EJCT button for 5 seconds.

## Radio with Cassette Cassette Player Operation - Optional

Tapes

Your cassette tape player is built to work best with tapes that are 30 or 45 minutes long on each side. Longer playing tapes are so thin that they may not work well in this player. The tape player will play either standard, metal, or CrO² tapes. Metal tape sensing is automatic. "MTL" will appear on the display when a metal or high bias tape is playing.

Dolby B® Noise Reduction

Press the Noise Reduction (NR) button, when a tape is being played to remove background hiss noise from the tape player. Dolby B® Noise Reduction does not remove background hiss noise from a radio station.

How to Play a Cassette Tape

The shorter side of the tape cartridge goes in first with the tape opening toward the right side. If you hear nothing or just garbled sound, the tape may not be in squarely. Push the EJECT button to remove the tape and start over. Once the tape is playing, use the Volume, Balance, Fade knobs, and the Equalizer levers just as you do for the radio.

To move ahead in the tape, press the forward (FWD) button. To stop moving forward, push FWD again. To move to the end of the tape, push FWD button and when the player reaches the end of the current side, the player will play the other side of the tape.

The FWD button also selects station preset 6 when the radio is playing.

To move backward in the tape or to rewind back to the beginning of the tape, use the reverse (REV) button in the same way as the forward button. The REV button also selects station preset 4 when the radio is playing.

To listen to the radio while the tape is moving forward or backward, push the radio monitoring (RDM) button after pushing either FWD or REV. Radio monitoring will be active until either the power is turned off or the RDM button is pushed again. The RDM button also selects station preset 2 when the radio is playing.

Use the repeat (RPT), previous (PREV), and NEXT buttons to move between selections on the tape. To repeat the current selection on the tape, push the RPT button. The selection will be repeated until the RPT button is pushed again. To move to the beginning of the current selection, push the PREV button. Push the PREV button again to move to the beginning of the previous selection. To skip the current selection and being playing the next selection, push the NEXT button. The RPT, PREV, and NEXT buttons also select station preset 5, 1, and 3 when the radio is playing.

The arrow on the display show which side of the tape is playing.

The up arrow refers to the top side of the tape. The down arrow refers to the bottom side of the tape. To change the side of the tape, press the program button.

To stop playing the tape and return to radio mode, push the AM/FM button. To return to playing the tape, push the TAPE button. To remove the tape from the player, push the EJECT button .

Tape Head Cleaning

After about 30 hours of tape playing, the display will tell you to "CLEAN" the cassette tape head. This is to remind you that regular cleaning of the tape player will help prevent the buildup of oxides and other contaminates that can cause reduced sound quality or damage to your tapes or player. Proper tape head cleaning should be done with a wiping action nonabrasive cleaner cassette. To properly clean your tape player, you should follow the directions on the cleaning cassette. If the cleaner cartridge ejects within a few seconds after it is inserted, it will need to be reinserted 3 to 5 times to completely clean the tape head.

After cleaning your cassette tape player head, the CLEAN indicator can be reset by the following sequence:

• | Eject the cassette cartridge and return to radio play mode.

• | Press and hold the EJECT button for 5 seconds.

### CD Player Operation (Optional)

When you insert a CD into the player, CD mode will automatically activate and track one will begin to play. To stop the CD and resume playing the radio, press the AM/FM button or eject the CD.

In CD mode, the Recall button and the channel preset buttons 1-6 will change their function.

Recall Button: Pressing the Recall button will alternately change the display between the time of day and the track being played.
1 PRV Button: When you quickly press and release the PREV button, the beginning of the previous track will be selected and played. If the button is held down for more than 1 second, the player will continue to change to previous track selections until the button is released.
2 RDM Button: Pressing the random play (RDM) button will alternately turn the random play feature on or off. When the random play feature is on, the letters "RDM" will be displayed and the player will randomly select and play tracks.
3 NEXT Button: When you quickly push and release the NEXT button, the player will stop playing the current track and begin playing the next track selection. If the button is held down for more than 1 second, the player will continue to move forward one track at a time until the bottom is released.
4 REV Button: If you press and hold the REV button while a disc is playing, the player will play in reverse at a rate of approximately 6 times the normal play speed. This feature allows you to sample the audio at a fast rate in reverse to locate a chosen passage. Because the disc is being sampled in reverse at a higher than normal speed, the audio will be recognized , but will not be of normal listening quality. Elapsed time is displayed while operating this feature. If a new track is encountered during the search, the updated track number will be displayed for approximately 5 seconds. When the beginning of the disc is encountered, the player will stop until the bottom is released and then resume playing. The display will change to the time of day approximately 5 seconds after you release the REV button.
5 RPT Button: Pressing the repeat (RPT) button will alternately turn the repeat tract feature on or off. When the repeat track feature is on, the letters "RPT" will be displayed. When the repeat feature is on, the current track will be repeated until the RPT button is pushed again. The repeat feature is also cancelled by pushing TAPE, PREV, RDM, or NEXT, by cycling the ignition, or by turning off the radio power switch.
6 FWD Button: When the FWD button is pushed and held during CD play mode, the player will play the disc at a rate of approximately 6 times the normal speed. This feature allows the user to sample the disc audio at a fast rate to locate a desired passage. Because the disc is being played at a higher than normal speed, the audio can be recognized, but will not be of normal listening quality. Elapsed time is displayed while operating this feature. If a new track is encountered during the search, the updated track number will be displayed for approximately 5 seconds. When the end of the disc is encountered, the player will stop until the bottom is released and then resume playing. The display will change to the time of day approximately 5 seconds after you release the FWD button.
Errors: Several conditions will cause an error preventing proper CD operation. These include loading a disc upside-down, moisture on the disc, and a dirty or damaged disc. Moisture on the focusing mechanism internal to the player may also cause an error. When an error is detected "ERR" will be displayed for about 5 seconds and the disc will be ejected.