Adjusting the sound characteristics

You can adjust the bass, treble, balance, and fader.

The bass and treble levels can be stored independently for each source.

1 Select the item you want to adjust by pressing (SOUND) repeatedly.

Each time you press (SOUND), the item changes as follows:

BAS (bass) t TRE (treble) t

BAL (left-right) t FAD (front-rear)

2 Adjust the selected item by pressing either side of (SEEK).

When adjusting with the rotary commander, press (SOUND) and rotate the VOL control.

Note

Adjust within 3 seconds after selecting the item.

Quickly attenuating the sound

(With the rotary commander or the card remote commander)
Press (ATT) on the rotary commander or card remote commander.

After “ATT-ON” momentarily appears, the “ATT” appears in the display.

To restore the previous volume level, press (ATT) again.

Tip

When the interface cable of a car telephone is connected to the ATT lead, the unit decreases the volume automatically when a telephone call comes in (Telephone ATT function).

Changing the sound and display settings — Menu

The following items can be set:

SET (Set Up)

•CLOCK (page 9)

•BEEP — to turn the beeps on or off.

•RM (Rotary Commander) — to change the operative direction of the controls of the rotary commander.

—Select “NORM” to use the rotary commander as the factory-set position.

—Select “REV” when you mount the rotary commander on the right side of the steering column.

DSPL (Display)

•D.INFO (Dual Information) — to display the clock and the play mode at the same time (ON).

•M.DSPL (Motion Display) — to select the Motion Display mode from “1,” “2,” and “OFF.”

—Select “1” to show decoration lines in the display and activate Demo display.

—Select “2” to show decoration lines in the display and deactivate Demo display.

—Select “OFF” to deactivate the Motion Display.

•A.SCRL (Auto Scroll)

—Select “ON” to scroll all automatically displayed names exceeding 8 characters.

—When Auto scroll is set to off and the disc/track name is changed, the disc/ track name does not scroll.

SND (Sound)

•LOUD (Loudness) — to enjoy bass and treble even at low volumes. The bass and treble will be reinforced.

P/M (Play Mode)

•LOCAL-ON/OFF (Local seek mode) (page 14)

—Select “ON” to only tune into stations with stronger signals.

•MONO-ON/OFF*(Monaural mode) (page 14)

—Select “ON” to hear FM radio/TV stereo broadcast in monaural. Select “OFF” to return to normal mode.

•IF AUTO/WIDE (page 14)

*This function cannot change the TV sound setting if the optional TV tuner XT-40V is connected.

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