Scrolls to next or previous item

		Car Dock Button Descriptions Continued

Button	Action	Live Environment Description	Playback
Button	Action	Live Environment Description	Environment Description
			Environment Description

		If listening to live broadcast,	If listening to playlist, no action
		tunes next channel	If listening to playlist, no action
	Turn	tunes next channel	If in a list, menu, or prompt,
Media Dial	Turn	If in a list, menu, or prompt,	If in a list, menu, or prompt,
		If in a list, menu, or prompt,	scrolls to next or previous item
		scrolls to next or previous item	scrolls to next or previous item
		scrolls to next or previous item

	Press	Selects highlighted items in lists, menus, or prompts

Select	Hold	Allows you to Add/Move/Re-	No Action
Select	Hold	move a preset	No Action
		move a preset

			Goes to the most recent playlist
			menu screen and highlights the
	Press	Allows you to browse the	currently selected song or show
	Press	playlists	If browsing playlists, moves up
		playlists	If browsing playlists, moves up
Playlists			one level in the playlist menu
			structure

	Hold	No Action	No Action

		If listening, returns to previous channel or playlist
		If in a list at the top level, exits and returns back to previous
	Press	content
		If in a list not at the top level, moves up one level in the list
Back		structure

		Jumps to programmed traffic/weather or other channel
		Jumps to programmed traffic/weather or other channel
	Hold	If a jump is pending, cancels jump
		If in a list or in Setup, exits the list or Setup

		Car Dock Button Descriptions Continued

Button	Action	Live Environment Description	Playback
Button	Action	Live Environment Description	Environment Description
			Environment Description

		First push allows you to browse live channels according to the
	Press	current tuning mode
	Press	Second push cycles browse mode between Channel, Genre, and
		Second push cycles browse mode between Channel, Genre, and
		Presets
Mode
Mode		Cycles between channel
		Cycles between channel
	Hold	name/artist/title when in	No Action
		browse mode

	Press	Displays the Setup menu
	Press	If in the Setup menus, moves up one level in the menu structure


		First push and hold displays the frequency of the currently se-
Setup	Hold	lected FM preset for 10 seconds
	Hold	Second and subsequent push within 10 seconds cycles through
		Second and subsequent push within 10 seconds cycles through
		the FM presets


		Car Dock Connector Descriptions

Connector		Description

FM OUT	FM output connection.

DC 5V	Connection for the Cigarette Lighter Adapter.

LINE OUT	Optional audio output for connection to the vehicle’s audio system. An
LINE OUT	audio cable (not supplied) is required to utilize this connection.


ANT	Connection for the Magnetic Antenna.

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S50 specifications

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S50 specifications