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Table of Contents

Getting Started

Playable discs on this unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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-X151 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selecting PTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setting CT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

CD

Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

USB devices

Playing back a USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

iPod

Playing back iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Display items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Skipping albums, podcasts, genres, playlists
and artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Repeat and shuffle play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operating an iPod directly
— Passenger control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Searching for a track

Searching a track by name
— Quick-BrowZer™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Searching by skip items
— Jump mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Searching by alphabetical order
— Alphabet search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Searching a track by listening to track passages
— ZAPPIN™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sound Settings and Setup Menu

Changing the sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adjusting the sound characteristics . . . . . . 17
Enjoying sophisticated sound functions
— Advanced Sound Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selecting the sound quality
— EQ7 Preset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Customizing the equalizer curve
— EQ7 Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Optimizing sound by Time Alignment
— Listening Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Adjusting the listening position . . . . . . . . . 19
DM+ Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using rear speakers as subwoofer
— Rear Bass Enhancer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting setup items — SET . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Other functions

Using optional equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Auxiliary audio equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Additional Information

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Notes on discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playback order of MP3/WMA/AAC
files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Error displays/Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26