Using the Auxiliary Input JackThe radio system has an auxiliary input jack located onthe lower right side of the faceplate. This is not an audiooutput; do not plug the headphone set into the frontauxiliary input jack. You can however, connect anexternal audio device such as an iPod™, laptopcomputer, MP3 player, CD changer, or cassette tapeplayer, etc. to the auxiliary input jack for use as anothersource for audio listening.Drivers are encouraged to set up any auxiliary devicewhile the vehicle is in P (Park). See Defensive Drivingon page 5‑2 for more information on driver distraction.To use a portable audio player, connect a 3.5 mm(1/8 inch) cable to the radio's front auxiliary input jack.When connecting an auxiliary device, the radioautomatically detects the device and “Aux Input Device”displays. The device begins playing audio over thevehicle speakers. If an auxiliary device has alreadybeen connected, the device does not begin playingaudio until the radio's CD/AUX button is pressed.O (Power/Volume): Turn to increase or decrease thevolume of the portable player. You might need to doadditional volume adjustments from the portable device.BAND: Press to listen to the radio when a portableaudio device is playing. The portable audio devicecontinues playing, so you might want to stop it orpower it off.CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary): Press to play a CD whena portable audio device is playing. Press again andthe system begins playing audio from the connectedportable audio player. If a portable audio player is notconnected, “No Aux Input Device Found” displays.Using an MP3MP3/WMA CD-R or CD-RW DiscThe radio plays MP3 and WMA files that were recordedon a CD-R or CD-RW disc. The files can be recordedwith the following fixed bit rates: 32 kbps, 40 kbps,56 kbps, 64 kbps, 80 kbps, 96 kbps, 112 kbps,128 kbps, 160 kbps, 192 kbps, 224 kbps, 256 kbps,and 320 kbps or a variable bit rate. Song title, artistname, and album can display when files are recordedusing ID3 tags version 1 and 2.Compressed AudioThe radio also plays discs that contain bothuncompressed CD audio (.CDA files) and MP3/WMAfiles. By default the radio reads only the uncompressedaudio and ignores the MP3/WMA files. Pressingthe CAT button toggles between compressed anduncompressed audio format.4-103InformationProvidedby:
