Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product P-953 Audiovox
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Released 6-14-02 O O O O O WNER'S WNER'S WNER'S WNER'S WNER'S MA MA MA MA MA NUAL NUAL NUAL NUAL NUAL P-953 AM/FM/MPX RADIO WITH FOLD-DOWN DET ACHABLE FRONT P ANEL, COMP ACT D.
INDEX Pa g e Operating Inst ructions ................................................................ 3 - 9 Setting the Cl oc k ........................................................................... 9 CD Pla yer Error Codes ......................
-3- 1 1 1 1 1 POWER ON-OFF/ILLUMINA TION (PWR/ILL) BUTTON Press this button t o turn the unit on or off. If t he i gn ition switch is “on”, the unit will also turn on automatically when a compact d i sc i s i nserted, or if any other switch is pressed.
4 4 4 4 4 BASS CONTROL T o adjust the bass level (Equalizer function inactive), first select the Bass mode by pressing the SEL button 3 so the BAS indication appears on the display panel. Within 5 seconds of choosing the Bass mode, press the AUDIO CONTROL 2 button to decrease the bass response, or the AUDIO CONTROL button to increase it as desired.
-5- disc play , pressing this button will mute disc audio and disc play will be paused. During this time, the indication will remain on the display panel to show that a disc is still loaded in the unit. bl bl bl bl bl AM/FM BAND SELECTOR (BAND) Each time the BAND/LOUD button is pressed momentarily , the radio band is changed.
-6- 4. Repeat the above procedure for the remaining 5 pre-sets on that band and for the other 3 bands on the unit. br br br br br V ACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLA Y (VFD) The V acuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) panel displays the frequency , time, and activated functions using one of three illumination levels as selected by the PWR/ILL button 1 .
-7- cn cn cn cn cn P AUSE (P AU) BUTTON The Pause function is used to freeze disc play when the CD player or optional CD changer is in use. S--P AUSE will appear on the display . Press this button again to resume disc play from the point at which it was stopped and S--P AUSE will disappear.
-8- dl dl dl dl dl PRE-SET SCAN (PS) /AUTO-STORE TUNING (AS) Press this button momentarily to scan the stations pre-set into the six memories of the current band in use.
-9- NOTES ON USE OF REMOTE INPUT JACK: The remote input jack provides the user option of applying an external audio source to the radio.The audio jack is compatible with most "Walkman" CD and cassette players, or an MP3 digital audio pl ayback unit.
-10- Size: 7" W x 2" H x 6-1/4"D 178 mm x 50 mm x 158 mm Operating Voltage: 12 volts DC, negative ground Fuse Ratings: Constant (Yellow wire): 15 AMP. Switched (Red wire): 0.5 AMP. Output Power: 160 watts maximum (40 watts x 4 channels) Out pu t Wir in g: Floating-ground t yp e d es i gned for 4 speaker use.
-1 1- dt dt dt dt dt CUE/REVIEW FUNCTIONS ( / ) High-speed audible search to any section of the disc can be made by the Cue and Review functions. Repeatedly press the Cue ( ) side of the button to adv.
will be continually repeated until the Disc Repeat mode is canceled by pressing the RPT button again or by activating the Scan or Shuffle Play functions.
-13- WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL OPERA TION The wireless remote control supplied with this model is capable of operating most of the features of the unit from a remote location. Each button on the remote control functions in the same way as the referenced button on the main unit.
-14- PLA YING MP3 MUSIC FILES MP3 (Moving Picture Experts Group, Layer 3) are digital audio files that are compressed to about 1/10th the size of a CD recording. As a result, you can compress a CD song that has 50 megabytes of data into an MP3 that has only 4 or 5 megabytes.
6. Preset 4: This button functions in the same manner as Preset 1, except it represents alphanumeric characters J, K, L, 4 . 7. Preset 5: This button functions in the same manner as Preset 1, except it represents alphanumeric characters M, N, O, 5 . 8.
ACCESSING THE ID T AG T o access the ID tag, when supported, proceed as follows: 1. Press the MP3 (AS/PS) button until the ID T ag, if supported, is displayed. NOTE: The ID T AG can specify the Songname , Artist , Album , Y ear , and/or Comments. 2. If no ID T AG is available, --NO ID3 will appear on the display follow ing Comments.
-17- NOTES ON DISCS: Attempting to use non-standard shape discs (e.g.; square, start, heart) may damage the unit. Be sure to use round-shape CDs only in this unit. NOTES ON CD-Rs (Recordable CDs)/CD-RWs (Rewriteable CDs): 1. Be sure to use discs with the following marks only for play in this unit: 2.
-18- CARE AND MAINTENANCE The radio section of your new sound system does not require any maintenance. We recommend you keep this manual for reference on the many features found in this unit as well as how to set the clock.
-19- AUDIOVOX CORPORATION (the Company) warrants to the original retail purchaser of this product that should this product or any pa rt thereof, under normal use and conditions, be proven defective in.
-20- © 2002 AUDIOVOX ELECTRONICS CORP., HAUPPAUGE, NY Printed in China 128-6356.
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