User manual BOSS RDS-3160MP3

[. . . ] BUTTONS LOCATION AND FUNCTIONING 1 12 3 VARIABLE COLOR DISPLAY BUTTON(COLOR) 17 PRESET EQUALIZER BUTTON 4 PANEL OPEN BUTTON PANEL RELEASE POWER BUTTON BUTTON ENCODER VOLUME BUTTON MUTE AUDIO BUTTON BUTTON PRESET MEMORY BUTTONS (M1~M6) BAND/LOUDNESS BUTTON 10 5 2 7 13 MP3 ENTER BUTTON ID3 TAG INFORMATION BUTTON 8 6 DISPLAY BUTTON TA BUTTON 15 REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER PTY BUTTON AUTOMATICALLY TUNING UP / DOWN SOURCE STORE / PRESET TRACK UP / DOWN BUTTON / BUTTONS SUB-WOOFER SCAN BUTTON FOLDER DOWN /UP BUTTONS 9 16 11 14 18 MP3 MENU BUTTON E-1 2. HANDLING COMPACT DISCS MOISTURE CONDENSATION On a rainy day or in a very damp area, moisture may condense on the lenses inside the unit. In such a case, remove the disc and wait for about an hour until the moisture has evaporated. NOTES ON CDs 1. To keep the disc clean, do not touch the surface (P . 1). NOTES ON DISCS If you use the discs as explained below, the sticky residue can cause the CD to stop spinning and may cause malfunction or ruin your discs. [. . . ] AUDIO OPERATIONS 10) ENCODER VOLUME BUTTON Turn this knob to adjust desired volume level. 5) AUDIO BUTTON Press this button to select desired audio function. ORDER OF FUNCTION: VOLUME(VOL) -> BASS(BAS) -> TREBLE(TRE) ->BALANCE(BAL) ->FADER(FAD) While the selected function is displayed, turn Volume Knob to adjust the level within 5 seconds, otherwise the unit will return to volume adjustment mode. 17) PRESET EQUALIZER BUTTON (EQ) Press this button to toggle the following EQ settings: FLAT->CLASSICS->POP M->ROCK M->DSP OFF At DSP OFF mode, EQ will be controlled by Bass/Treble setting. 13) BAND/LOUDNESS BUTTON (BAND/LOUD) Press the Band/Loudness Button for couple of seconds to switch the loudness on or off. When Loudness is on, display will show 'Loud On' for a few seconds. E-9 9. RADIO OPERATIONS 11) AUTO MEMORY STORE/PRESET SCAN BUTTON (AS/PS) 1. PRESET SCAN: Press AS/PS button briefly to enter Preset Scan mode, it will scan all the preset stations in the memories, you can hear that it will stay on each station for about 5 seconds. 2. AUTO MEMORY STORE: Press AS/PS button for couple of seconds to enter Auto Store mode, this feature will automatically scan the current band and enter up to 6 strongest stations into the 6 preset memories. 7) STATION PRESET BUTTONS (M1-M6) 1. Press these buttons briefly to recall the stored stations in the selected band. 2. Presetting stations manually, Press the BAND button to select the band for the stations to be preset. Press the Preset button at which you want to store the station for at least 2 seconds. The preset number will appear on the display accompanied by a beep, this indicates that the station has been stored into memory. - EON TA LOCAL mode When the field strength level of EON linked is less than the threshold level. The radio does not switch that station and user can hardly listen to any disturbances. - EON TA DISTANCE mode EON TA switching is implemented by the infomation of current station , "EON TA DX" is displayed for few seconds this mode is selected Note: When TA switch is on, at this moment use tuning up/down to search station, it will only stop at station which has TA broadcasting. 9) PTY BUTTON Each time when this button is pressed, the PTY mode will toggle in the following order: PTY Music Group -> PTY Speech Group ->PTY Off The current PTY code is displayed on the LCD, use the 6 preset buttons to select the other PTY code, the distribution of program types are as follow: Button Number Music Group Speech Group M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 POP , ROCK EASY, LIGHT CLASSICS, JAZZ, COUNTRY NATION, OLDIES FOLK NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO SPORT, EDUCATE, DRAMA CULTURE, SCIENCE, VAR IED WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN TRAVEL, LEISURE, DOCUMENT When PTY code is selected, the radio will search the band for the station that matches the PTY code. OVERVIEW OF THE RDS FUNCTION Radio Data System (RDS) is a broadcasting service that allows FM stations to send additional digital information along with the regular radio program signal. Here are just a few: - PI (Program identification) It is a code that identified RDS stations; it is unique for each station. - PS (PROGRAM Service Name) The name of current station, it is shown on the display. - AF (Alternative Frequencies List) The list(s) of Alternative Frequencies give information on the various transmitters broadcasting the same program in the same or adjacent reception area. If the main frequency should get worse, the radio will tune automatically to the strongest Alternative frequency. - TP (Traffic Program) If the tuned program carries Traffic Announcement, the TP indicator will turn on. - TA (Traffic Announcement) When an actual traffic bulletin is on air, the TA indicator will also turn on. [. . . ] The unit searches files and directories which have the same character which is inputted by the user. The unit shows these sorted files and directories by ENCODER VOLUME KNOB (ROTATE ANTI-CLOCKWISE First). If the selected name is directory, the user can go into the selected directory by press MP3 CONFIRM BUTTON and continue to search the directory or file name in the directory by ENCODER VOLUME KNOB (ROTATE ANTI-CLOCKWISE First ) The selected file can be played by pressing MP3 ONFIRM BUTTON. (C) SEARCHING FROM DIRECTORY (1) SEARCH DIRECTORY BY USING TUNE UP / DOWN BUTTON. Under MP3 play mode, press MP3 MENU BUTTON three times, Then the first Directory name is shown. [. . . ]