Owner`s manual

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Design and Interface
Optimedia Display
Combining impeccable styling with full-color
touch-screen capability, Clarion’s reformatted
Graphic User Interface (GUI) provides superior
functionality in an environment where ease-of-
use is of utmost importance. Intuitively linking the
movement of the user’s fingertips to the screen,
Clarion’s advanced Optimedia display found on
the DXZ865MP, provides precise control of display
functions and features.
Fine Integrated Full-Dot Vacuum Fluorescent
Display
The VFD consists of a vacuum tube in which
there are three electrodes - filament, anode
and grid. The VFD is similar in designed to a
very small Cathode Ray Tube. The filament is
heated to a temperature just below the point of
incandescence. At this temperature it remains
invisible, but releases electronics. A transpar-
ent metal grid covers each of the image anodes
(dots). These glow when struck by the electrons
from the filament. The amplitude of the voltage
applied to the grid and anode determines the
intensity of the illumination.
Clarion's Fine Integrated Full-DOT VFD display
offers exceptional resolution, clarity and con-
trast. With 16 intensity levels, images and text
are easily displayed at high speed.
operates by built-in flash memory, allows one to
freely record, play and erase up to 13 CDs worth
of music data files (Music Catcher will not record
MP3/WMA files). Music Catcher offers four record-
ing modes to choose from, so you can choose
between storage capacity and fidelity.
Music Catcher II is also capable of recording
audio at 4x normal playback speed, letting you
record your favorite songs faster than ever.
By using the Music Catcher System, no longer is
there a need to carry around that cumbersome CD
storage case, or risk damage to your favorite CD.
This system also eliminates the need for space-
taking CD changers.
CD-R/CD-RW Playback
Clarion CD Players let you play a variety of CDs.
You can burn WAV files on CD-R or CD-RW and
listen to them on Clarion source units. You can
even add disc/artist/song titles when burning the
CD-R/RWs, and many source units will display
this information.
MP3 and WMA
All source units except but the DB165 and DXZ265
offer MP3 playback and all units at the 3-series
and up offer playback of WMA-encoded (Windows
Media Audio) music. WMA formats have a higher
compression rate than MP3s, permitting more
music information with maximum fidelity to be
recorded on a CD-R or CD-RW. Clarion’s MP3/
WMA players support ID3/WMA Tags and dis-
play Album Title, Track Title, and Artist Name.
Furthermore, the DXZ665MP and higher models
can also play back “Play Lists” that you setup on
your PC (with file extensions “.m3u” or “.asx”).
MP3 technology is a different way of compressing
music into a smaller storage space. A standard
audio CD touts up to 700 megabytes (MB) of stor-
age, enough for a standard music playback time of
about 80 minutes. MP3 is a compression format
that stores digital audio information in about 1/10
the space of a standard audio CD. In other words, a
700-MB CD can store up to 10 HOURS of music!
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