Operating instructions

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Table of Contents
Getting Started
Resetting the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Canceling the Demo mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Preparing the card remote commander . . . . . . . 6
Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Detaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Attaching the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Location of controls and basic
operations
Main unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
RM-X174 Card Remote Commander. . . . . 10
Radio
Storing and receiving stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Storing automatically — BTM . . . . . . . . . . 11
Storing manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Receiving the stored stations . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tuning automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting AF and TA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting PTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Setting CT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
USB devices
Playing back a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing back via the USB (internal)
connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Playing back via the USB (external)
connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Repeat play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Enjoying music according to your mood
— SensMe™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Before using the SensMe™ function . . . . . 16
Installing “SensMe™ Setup” and “Content
Transfer” in your computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Registering a USB device using “SensMe™
Setup” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Transferring tracks to the USB device using
“Content Transfer” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing tracks in the channel
— SensMe™ channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
iPod
Playing back iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing back via the USB (internal)
connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing back via the USB (external)
connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Repeat play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Shuffle play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operating an iPod directly
— Passenger control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Searching for a track
Searching a track by name
— Quick-BrowZer™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Searching by skip items
— Jump mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Searching by alphabetical order
— Alphabet search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Searching a track by listening to track passages
— ZAPPIN™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
In the case of “SensMe™ channels”
playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sound Settings and Setup Menu
Changing the sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 24
Enjoying sophisticated sound functions
— Advanced Sound Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the sound quality
— EQ7 Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Customizing the equalizer curve
— EQ7 Parametric Tune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Optimizing sound by Time Alignment
— Listening Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Precisely calibrating by Time Alignment
— Listening Position Custom Tune. . . . . . 26
DM+ Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using rear speakers as subwoofer
— Rear Bass Enhancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Compensating volume level
— Dynamic Loudness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adjusting setup items — MENU . . . . . . . . . . 27