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Caution: The device’s tuner is already configured at the factory for the North/South America region (“AREA USA”). If you are outside North/South America, please select the “AREA EUR” setting. For further details, please read the section entitled “Adjusting the tuner settings” in the “Radio mode” chapter. Attention : Le récepteur de l’autoradio est réglé par défaut sur la région Amérique du Nord / Amérique latine (« AREA USA »).
ITALIANO 6 7 13 12 11 10 9 FRANÇAIS 5 8 SVENSKA NEDERLANDS 4 ESPAÑOL 3 PORTUGUÊS 1 DANSK 2 3 ENGLISH DEUTSCH
CONTROLS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 Button, to switch the device on/ off, and mute the device’s volume Volume control button, to unlatch the detachable control panel NEXT button to display the next pages of a menu, and switch memory banks in radio mode Softkeys, the function of the softkeys depends on what is currently being displayed DIS•ESC button to change the display content and close menus button to open the detachable control panel (flip-release panel) Joystick and OK button 9 : ; < = MENU button to
Adjusting the volume ............. 10 Setting the power-on volume ......... 10 Volume mute ................................. 10 Telephone audio / navigation audio .. 10 Automatic sound ........................... 11 Sound and volume distribution settings ............... 12 Adjusting the bass ......................... 12 Adjusting the treble ....................... 12 Adjusting the right/left volume distribution (balance) ..................... 12 Adjusting the front/back volume distribution (fader) ........
CONTENTS MP3 mode .............................. 24 Amplifier/sub-out ................... 38 Preparing an MP3-CD ................... 24 Switching to MP3 mode ................ 25 Selecting a directory ...................... 26 Selecting tracks ............................ 26 Fast searching (audible) ................ 27 Scanning tracks (SCAN) ............... 27 Random track play (MIX) ............... 27 Repeating individual tracks or whole directories (REPEAT) ........... 27 Configuring the display ........
NOTES AND ACCESSORIES Road safety has absolute priority. Only operate your car sound system if the road and traffic conditions allow you to do so. Familiarise yourself with the device before setting off on your journey. You should always be able to hear police, fire and ambulance sirens in good time from inside your vehicle. DEUTSCH ENGLISH The car sound system and the device’s control panel (flip-release panel) heat up during use. Accessories Only use accessories approved by Blaupunkt.
NOTES AND ACCESSORIES CD changers You can obtain the following CD changers from accessory retailers for connection to this device: CDC A 03, CDC A 08 and IDC A 09. Compact Drive MP3 You can connect the Compact Drive MP3 instead of a CD-changer in order to play MP3 music tracks. If you decide to connect a Compact Drive MP3, you will first need to use a computer to store the MP3 music tracks on the Microdrive™ hard disk that is inside the Compact Drive MP3.
➮ Press the left edge of the control panel into the device until it clicks into place. Note: ● When attaching the control panel, make sure you do not press the display. ➮ To switch off the device, press and hold down button 1 for longer than two seconds. The device switches off. DEUTSCH ENGLISH FRANÇAIS right into the device’s guide. ton 1. The device switches on.
ADJUSTING THE VOLUME Adjusting the volume You can adjust the volume in steps from 0 (off) to 50 (maximum). ➮ To increase the volume, turn the volume control 2 clockwise. ➮ To decrease the volume, turn the volume control 2 anticlockwise. Setting the power-on volume You can set the default volume level at which the device plays when it is switched on. ➮ Press the MENU button 9. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “VOLUME” display item. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “ON VOL” display item.
➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. Note: You can also adjust the volume during the telephone call or navigation announcement using the volume control 2. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “AUTO SND” display item. ➮ Move the joystick 8 up or down to select the setting that you want. ➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the ENGLISH FRANÇAIS ITALIANO using the volume control 2.
SOUND AND VOLUME DISTRIBUTION SETTINGS Sound and volume distribution settings Note: You can adjust the bass and treble individually for each audio source. Adjusting the bass ➮ Press the AUDIO button :. “AUDIO MENU” appears in the display. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “BASS” display item. ➮ Move the joystick 8 up/right to boost the bass or move it down/left to reduce the bass. When you have finished making your changes, ➮ press the joystick OK 8 or the AUDIO button :.
➮ Move the joystick 8 left or right to select the frequency that you want to boost. the “ANGLE” display item. ➮ Move the joystick 8 up/right or down/left to adjust the viewing angle. ➮ Move the joystick 8 up to boost ➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the the X-BASS or move it down to reduce the X-BASS. When you have finished making your changes, MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. ➮ press the joystick OK 8 or the AUDIO button :.
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS DAY and NIGHT are displayed in the top display line together with the currently set values. ➮ Move the flashing selection marker behind DAY or NIGHT by pressing the joystick 8 to the left or right. ➮ Set the value that you want. To do so, move the joystick 8 down or up.
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. Selecting a display illumination colour during a colour scan ➮ Press the MENU button 9. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “DISPLAY” display item. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “COLOR” display item. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “COL-SCAN” display item. The device starts changing the display illumination colour.
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY SETTINGS Inverting the appearance of the display content You can invert the appearance of the display content. ➮ Press the MENU button 9. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “DISPLAY” display item. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “INVERT” display item. ➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. RADIO MODE Radio mode This device is equipped with an RDS radio receiver.
in radio mode. The radio functions menu appears in the display. Switching the RDS function on/off To use the RDS function, ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to ➮ press the TUNER button = while in radio mode. The radio functions menu appears in the display. ➮ Repeatedly press the softkey 5 assigned to the “RDS” display item until the “RDS ON” or “RDS OFF” setting that you want is displayed. To return to the main radio menu, ➮ press the TUNER button = or the joystick OK 8. The settings are saved.
RADIO MODE Tuning into a station There are various ways of tuning into a station. Automatic station seek tuning ➮ Move the joystick 8 down or up. The radio tunes into the next receivable station. Tuning into stations manually You can also tune into stations manually. Note: You can only tune into stations manually if the RDS function is deactivated. ➮ Move the joystick 8 left or right.
Note: ● The scanning time that you set is also applied by the system to scanning carried out in CD/MP3 mode and CD-changer mode. Storing stations Storing stations manually ➮ Select the memory bank that you want: FM1, FM2, FM3, FMT or AM1, AM2, AMT. ➮ Tune into the station that you want as described in the section entitled “Tuning into a station”. ➮ Press one of the six softkeys for longer than two seconds to assign the station to that softkey.
RADIO MODE Programme type (PTY) Besides transmitting the station name, some FM stations also provide information on the type of programme that they are broadcasting. Your car radio can receive and display this information. For example, the programme types can be: CULTURE TRAVEL JAZZ SPORT NEWS POP ROCK CLASSICS You can use the PTY function to select stations of a particular programme type.
➮ Press the TUNER button = while Setting HiCut in radio mode. The radio functions menu appears in the display. ➮ Press the TUNER button = while ➮ Repeatedly press the softkey 5 assigned to the “HIGH CUT” display item until the setting that you want appears in the display. “HICUT 0” means that no automatic reduction of the treble and interference level will be made; “HICUT 2” means that a maximum reduction will be made. ➮ Press the TUNER button = or the joystick OK 8. The settings are saved.
CD MODE CD mode You can use this device to play standard CDs with a diameter of 12 cm. CDRs and CD-RWs (CDs that you have “burned” yourself) can generally also be played. Due to the varying quality of CD blanks, Blaupunkt cannot guarantee that this will work properly. To avoid problems when playing CDs, you should not burn CDs at speeds greater than 16-speed. To ensure the system functions properly, only use CDs labelled with the compact disc logo.
Fast searching (audible) Scanning tracks (SCAN) To fast search backwards or forwards, You can briefly play (scan) all the tracks on the CD. the “MIX” display item again. “MIX OFF” appears briefly in the display. Repeating tracks (REPEAT) ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “REPEAT” display item. “REPEAT TRACK” appears briefly in the display. The track is repeated continuously until you deactivate REPEAT. Cancelling REPEAT ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “REPEAT” display item again.
CD MODE MP3 MODE Switching CD text on/off MP3 mode ➮ Repeatedly press the softkey 5 You can also use this car sound system to play CD-Rs and CD-RWs that contain MP3 music files. assigned to the “TEXT” display item until “CD TEXT ON” or “CD TEXT OFF” is displayed. Setting scrolling text You can allow the CD text to be displayed as scrolling text in the bottom line of the display.
D05 T001 T002 T003 T004 T005 T006 T007 D04 T001 T002 T003 T004 T005 T006 T007 T008 T009 T010 T011 Since using some burner software can lead to inconsistencies in the way items are numbered, you should ensure that the root directory D01 either contains only subdirectories containing tracks (Fig. 1) or only tracks (Fig. 2). You can name each directory using a PC. The device is capable of displaying the directory name. Name the directories and tracks using your CD burner software.
MP3 MODE Selecting a directory Selecting from the directory list You can display a list of all the directories on the inserted CD and then conveniently select a directory from it. The directories are displayed with the names that you created when burning the CD. ➮ Press the NEXT button 4 whilst an MP3 is playing. The track list is displayed for the current directory. ➮ Move the joystick 8 to the left or right to switch to the directory list. ➮ Press the joystick 8 up or down to browse through the list.
If you press the joystick 8 to the left once, the current track will be played again from the beginning. To play the tracks contained in all the directories on the inserted MP3-CD in random order, Fast searching (audible) ➮ press the softkey 5 assigned to ➮ Press and hold down the joystick OK 8 for longer than two seconds. The subsequent tracks on the CD are briefly played in ascending order. Note: ● You can set the scanning time.
MP3 MODE Configuring the display There are various options available for displaying the name of the artist, track and album (ID3 tag) or the directory and file name. The information contained in the ID3 tag (album, artist and track) can only be displayed if it was saved when the CD and MP3 file were created. The track name is always displayed in the top line of the display during playback.
peatedly until the CD-changer menu is displayed. Playback continues from the point at which it was last interrupted. If the magazine was removed from the CD changer and then replaced, the CD magazine will first be scanned, and playback will begin from the first track on the first CD that the CD changer detects. or down until the number of the CD that you want appears in the display.
CD-CHANGER MODE Scanning tracks (SCAN) You can briefly play (scan) all the tracks on the CD. ➮ Press and hold down the joystick OK 8 for longer than two seconds. The subsequent tracks on the CD are briefly played in ascending order. Note: ● You can set the scanning time. For further details, please read the section entitled “Setting the scanning time” in the “Radio mode” chapter. Cancelling SCAN and continuing listening to a track To cancel scanning, ➮ press the joystick OK 8.
Naming CDs Deleting a CD name The car sound system allows you to assign names for up to 99 CDs (not with the Compact Drive MP3) so that you can recognise them more easily. The names can be a maximum of seven characters long. “FULL” will appear in the display if you try assigning more than 99 names. ➮ Listen to the CD whose name you ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “CD NAME” display item. The current name of the CD is displayed in the top line of the display.
CLOCK TIME CLOCK time Setting the clock time ➮ Adjust the minutes by moving the joystick 8 up or down. ➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the The clock can be set automatically using the RDS signal. You can also set the clock manually if you cannot receive a radio station that supports this feature. MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. Setting the clock automatically To set the clock automatically, Setting the date To set the date, ➮ press the MENU button 9.
DEUTSCH ENGLISH FRANÇAIS ITALIANO the “OFFCLOCK” display item. “SHOW CLOCK” means that the clock time will be displayed; “HIDE CLOCK” means it will not be displayed. NEDERLANDS the “CLOCK” display item. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to ESPAÑOL ➮ Press the MENU button 9. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to This device is equipped with a DEQ Max digital equalizer. It provides you with three self-calibrating 5-band equalizers and five sound presets.
EQUALIZER Switching the equalizer on/off To switch the equalizer on/off, ➮ press and hold down the AUDIO button : for longer than two seconds. The equalizer menu appears in the display. To activate the equalizer, ➮ press the softkey 5 assigned to the “USER” or “PRESET” display item and select an equalizer. To deactivate the equalizer, ➮ press the softkey 5 assigned to the “OFF” display item.
the “USER EQ” display item. ➮ Select one of the equalizers (“EQ1”, “EQ2” or “EQ3”) using the corresponding softkeys 5. ➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the AUDIO button : to close the menu. The settings are saved. Selecting sound presets You can select sound presets for the following music types. ● VOCAL ● DISCO ● ROCK ● JAZZ ● CLASSIC The settings for these music styles have already been programmed.
EQUALIZER Making adjustments ➮ Press and hold down the AUDIO button : for longer than two seconds. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “USER” display item. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the display item of the equalizer (“EQ-1”, “EQ-2” or “EQ-3”) whose settings you want to change. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the display item of the equalizer band (“LOW1”, “LOW2”, “HIGH1”, “HIGH2” or “HIGH3”) whose setting you want to change.
EQUALIZER Dull sound Little clarity No brilliance to the instruments Boost the treble range with Frequency: 6300 to 10000 Hz Level: +2 to +4 dB ENGLISH Reduce the mid level with Frequency: 1000 to 2500 Hz Level: -4 to -6 dB FRANÇAIS Sound very much in the foreground, aggressive, no stereo effect. ITALIANO Reduce the lower mid level with Frequency: 400 Hz Level: approx.
AMPLIFIER/SUB-OUT EXTERNAL AUDIO SOURCES Amplifier/sub-out External audio sources The car sound system provides connections that allow you to connect external amplifiers. You can also connect a subwoofer to the device’s integrated lowpass filter. In order for this to work, the amplifier and subwoofer must be connected in the manner described in the installation instructions. We recommend you use well-matched products from the Blaupunkt or Velocity product ranges.
➮ Press the joystick OK 8 or the MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. ➮ press the joystick 8 to the left or right to move the input marker. ➮ Enter the letter that you want by pressing the joystick 8 up or down. ENGLISH Note: ● If a CD changer is connected, you cannot change the “AUX1” input. To enter a name, ➮ Once you have finished entering the name, press the joystick OK 8 or the MENU button 9 to close the menu. The settings are saved. FRANÇAIS the “AUX2” display item.
POWER-ON MESSAGE SERIAL NUMBER Entering the power-on message Displaying the serial number After you switch on your device, the system displays a scrolling message in the display. The factory default for this text is “BLAUPUNKT-THE ADVANTAGE IN YOUR CAR”. Instead of this you can enter your own text up to 35 characters long. You can display the device’s serial number. ➮ Press the MENU button 9. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “SER NUM” display item.
Amplifier Output power: ➮ Press the MENU button 9. ➮ Press the softkey 5 assigned to the “VARIOUS” display item. ➮ Press and hold down the softkey 5 assigned to the “NORMSET” display item for longer than two seconds. The device will switch off and then back on again automatically. 4 x 18 watts sine at 14.4 V and 1% distortion factor at 4 ohms. 4 x 26 watts sine in accordance with DIN 45324 at 14.4 V at 4 ohms. 4 x 50 watts max. power Tuner Wavebands: FM : AM : 87.7 – 107.
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