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Entertainment
On/off and tone
Multi-channel playback, surround
Adjustments
You can choose between stereo and multi-
channel playback, surround.
1. "CD/Multimedia", "Radio" or "Settings".
2. "Tone"
1. "CD/Multimedia", "Radio" or "Settings".
2. "Tone"
3. "Volume settings"
4. Select the desired volume setting.
3. "Surround"
5. To adjust: turn the controller.
6. To store: press the controller.
When surround is activated, multi-channel
playback is simulated when playing an audio
track in stereo.
Resetting tone settings
You can reset all tone settings to the default
setting.
Volume levels
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"Speed volume": volume is adapted
depending on the speed
1. "CD/Multimedia", "Radio" or "Settings".
2. "Tone"
3. "Reset"
"PDC": volume of the PDC acoustic signal
relative to the entertainment sound output
"Gong": volume of the acoustic signal, e.g.
for the acoustic Safety Belt Reminder rela-
tive to the entertainment sound output
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"Microphone": volume of the microphone
during a phone conversation.
"Loudspeak.": volume of the speaker
during a phone conversation.
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1. "Radio"
Vehicle equipment
In this chapter, all production, country, and
optional equipment that is offered in the model
range is described. Equipment is also described
that is not available because of, for example,
selected options or country version. This also
applies to safety related functions and systems.
General information
2. "FM" or "AM"
Your radio is designed for reception of the
following stations:
3. Select the desired station.
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FM and AM
HD Radio
Satellite radio
Selecting a station
The selected station is stored for the remote
control currently in use.
Changing stations
Turn the controller and press it
or
Press the
direction
button for the corresponding
Press the knob if the sound output is switched
off.
or
Press the buttons on the steering wheel, refer
to page 13.
Selecting a station manually
Station selection via the frequency.
1. "Radio"
2. "FM" or "AM"
3. "Manual"
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4. Select the frequency: turn the controller.
4. Press the controller for an extended period.
5. Select the desired memory location.
The stations are stored for the remote control
currently in use.
Via programmable memory keys
You can store a station on the programmable
memory keys, refer to page 25.
1. Select a station.
2.
...
button.
Press and hold the desired
To store the station: press the controller for an
extended period.
Renaming a radio station
RDS – Radio Data System
An FM station with changing station names can
be renamed.
In the FM waveband, additional information is
transmitted via RDS. If the reception conditions
are good, the station names are shown on the
Control Display. If the reception is weak or dis-
rupted, it can take some time before the station
names are displayed.
1. "Radio"
2. "FM"
3. Select the desired station.
4. Open "Options".
5. "Rename to:"
Switching the RDS on/off
1. "Radio"
If necessary, wait until the desired name
appears.
2. "FM"
The selected station name is added to the list of
current stations and stored stations.
3. Open "Options".
4. "RDS"
Storing stations
Via iDrive
1. "Radio"
2. "FM" or "AM"
3. Select the desired station.
The setting is stored for the remote control
currently in use.
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Displaying additional information
HD Radio™ reception
Many radio stations transmit analog and digital
signals.
Some stations broadcast additional information
on the current track, such as the name of the
artist.
License conditions
1. Select the desired station.
2. Open "Options".
HD radio technology manufactured under
license from iBiquity Digital Corporation. U.S.
and foreign patents. HD Radio™ and the HD,
HD Radio, and Arc logos are proprietary trade-
marks of iBiquity Digital Corp.
3. "Station info"
Selecting a substation
The symbol indicates that a main station also
broadcasts additional substations. The station
name of the main station ends in HD1. The sta-
tion names of the substations end in HD2, HD3,
etc.
Activating/deactivating digital radio
reception
1. "Radio"
2. "FM" or "AM"
3. Open "Options".
4. "HD Radio Reception"
1. Select the desired station.
2. Press the controller.
3. Select the substation.
The setting is stored for the remote control
currently in use.
When reception is poor, the substation is muted
for several seconds.
This symbol is displayed when a station is
being received digitally.
When setting a station that has a digital signal, it
may take several seconds before the station
plays in digital quality.
Presets
It is possible to store up to 40 stations.
Instructions for HD stations whose station
name ends with ...HD or ...HD1:
Selecting a station
1. "Radio"
In areas in which the station is not continuously
received in digital mode, playback switches
between analog and digital reception. In this
case, switch off digital radio reception.
2. "Presets"
3. Select the desired station.
Instructions for HD multicast stations whose
station name ends with ...HD2 or ...HD3:
In areas in which the station is not continuously
received in digital mode, interruptions in the
audio signal may occur, which can last for sev-
eral seconds. This depends on the reception.
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