APPLICATIONS
FORD |
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Crown Victoria | Aviator | 2003 | |
Econoline Van | Continental | ||
Escape | LS | ||
*(Without amplified system) | Navigator | ||
Escort | Town Car | ||
Excursion | MAZDA |
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Expedition | B Series Pick Up | ||
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| MERCURY |
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Explorer | Grand Marquis | ||
Mountaineer | |||
Mustang |
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Ranger |
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Thunderbird |
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Windstar |
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INTRODUCTION
The Ford OEM Radios vary in what buttons they have. This manual covers as many buttons as possible. The Radio connected to the XiA Unit, most likely, will not have all the buttons listed in this document. However, the definitions of the buttons dis- played on the radio will still be valid.
PORT OVERVIEW
1)This port is used with the optonal
2)This port is used with the XM cable
3)This port is used with the iPOD cable
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CABLE HARNESS PREPARATION
Various Cable Harnesses have been developed for the Ford Application that pro- vides the capability of having the XiA emulate either an OEM CD Changer or OEM Satellite Receiver depending on the vehicle model and year. In vehicles that are not equipped for Satellite Receiver operation, the XiA Adapter must be arranged for CD Changer emulation. This is accomplished by removing a jumper wire in the Cable Harness. Looking at the Cable Harness, locate the white
Cut this jumper wire, and store it away with insulating tape. Once this is done, the board will emulate an OEM external CD Changer.
If the XiA Adapter unit is working with a radio that supports ACP protocol and is Satellite ready, no modification to the cable harness is required.
WIRING CONNECTIONS
Connect the Yellow wire coming off the 20 pin Molex connector to a 12 volt (+) constant battery wire which can be found in the OEM radio harness. Be sure to use a multimeter to verify the 12 volt (+) constant battery wire. Connect the Black wire to coming off the 20 pin Molex connector to a ground. There is a ground wire in the OEM radio harness, use a multimeter to verify, or you can connect the Black wire to a metal brace in the dash.
POWERING UP THE XIA UNIT
When the unit is first connected to the car battery, the installer must cycle the radio “on” & “off” at least 3 times, pausing each time for about 6 seconds. This is required for the unit to synchronize with the external equipment such as iPod and XM Tuner.
RADIO OPERATION
To use the iPod or the XM Receiver after installing the XiA Adapter, turn the radio “on” and push the “Tape,” “CD,” or “Mode” button. The iPod or XM
depending on which is
LCD DISPLAY UNIT
The LCD Display Unit
RADIO BUTTON CONTROL
Control For CD Changer Mode
Button | Description of Function |
CD/Tape Button | Selects either iPod Mode or XM Mode by toggling |
| between the two. If iPod was the previous device that |
| was playing, them XM Receiver is selected. |
Mode | Selects the next device. If iPod was the previous device that |
| was playing, them XM is selected as the next device. |
FM/AM Button | Deselects XM mode or iPod mode. |
SEEK > | The right arrow button goes one track up in iPod mode or |
| one channel up in XM mode. |
<SEEK | The left arrow button goes one track down in iPod mode or |
| one channel down in XM mode. |
Scan | In XM and iPod modes, this button scans though channels |
| or stations. |
<<CD (1) | In iPod mode, Button 1 advances to the previous playlist of |
| music. In XM mode, Button 1 goes to the last station of the |
| previous category. |
CD>> (2) | In iPod mode, Button 2 advances to the next playlist of |
| music. In XM mode, goes to the first station in the next cat- |
| egory. |
Shuffle (6) | In iPod mode, this Button shuffles the songs in the current |
| playlist. In XM it has no effect. |
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