The receiver will automatically scan the saved stations of that FM band. While listening to the AM radio, 15 press and hold F/PS button for more than 3 seconds. The receiver will automatically scan and save stations for that AM bands. 2. Scan saved stations: press F/PS button once to perform the scanning functions. In FM mode, press F/PS button and the stations in that FM band will be scanned; press this button in AM mode and scan that AM band stations. 16 CD/MP3 operations Electronic Shock Protection (ESP) The electronic shock protection is ideal for driving uneven road. For MP3 discs Electronic Skip Protection for MP3 discs is a default feature. Please note that this feature supports the CDs with songs encoded by 96 Kb/s and 32000 Hz. For songs encoded in higher quality, the anti-shock duration will decrease proportionally to the file size. For CD discs Press and hold VOL knob for 2 seconds, the display will show “DSP OFF”. Press the knob again, “ESP 12” will be shown on the display indicating that Electronic Shock Protection (ESP) will be activated for 12 seconds. When the display shows “ESP 12”, rotate VOL knob so that the setting will be changed to “ESP 45”, indicating that Electronic Shock Protection for 45 seconds is activated. Please leave the unit idle for the new setting to take effect. Insert/Eject discs Insert a disc into the disc slot with label side up. The disc will be automatically loaded into the unit, even when it is off or in radio mode. For MP3 discs, the word “MP3 DISC” will be displayed as the CD is loaded. The first file in the root folder will be played. As the file is playing “ROOT” will be displayed first, then if there is any ID3 information that will be displayed as the file is playing. For CD discs, the word “LOAD” will blink on the display and the CD will play automatically. Press EJECT button to eject the disc from the slot. If the disc is not removed from the slot within 5 seconds, it will automatically be loaded into the slot again. When the disc is ejected and removed, the unit will automatically switch to radio mode. MP3 Track search mode You can use the 4 search modes to find your favorite MP3 songs. The search modes work only with MP3 discs. Simple search Press PREV/NEXT button to choose your song. Press the 5/DN10 and 6/UP10 buttons to advance 10 songs up or down. Track search 17 Press F/PS button and the display will show “TRK SCH”. At this moment, press VOL knob so that “TRK” will blink on the display. Then rotate the knob to choose your desired track and press the knob again to confirm the selection. The selected track will be searched and play. File search Press F/PS button twice and the display will show “FILE SCH”. At this moment, press VOL knob to enter the root folder of the disc. Rotate the knob to choose a folder in the root folder, and press the knob to confirm. The selected folder will be opened. Character search Press F/PS button three times and the display will show “CHAR SCH”. This is for searching files by file names. At this moment, press VOL knob so that the initial character will blink on the display. Rotate the knob to select the character and press the knob once to confirm the selection advance to the next character. After you have input the name, press and hold the knob to confirm. The song nearest alphabetically to your input name will be searched and played. Multi-session CD reading This unit can read multi-session CDs. Press and hold VOL knob until “DSP OFF” is shown on the display, then press the knob to cycle through the menu selections until “MULT OFF” is shown. Rotate the knob to choose “MULT ON” or “MULT OFF”. The default is MULT OFF. Selecting tracks/Fast Forward/Rewind Press NEXT button to advance to the next track. Track numbers will be shown on the display. Press and hold NEXT button to fast forward. Press PREV button to go to a previous track. Track numbers will be shown on the display. Press and hold the PREV button to fast reverse. Disc will play normally when the PREV/NEXT button is released. Play/Pause disc Press 1/PAU button to pause the CD. Press this button again to resume playback. Scanning tracks Press 2/INT button to play the first 10 seconds of each track. Press this button again to resume playback. 18 Repeat Press 3/RPT button to repeat the same track continuously. “RPT ON" will appear on the display. Press this button again to stop repeating. Random playback Press 4/RDM button to play all the tracks in random order. “RDM” (for MP3 disc) or “RDM ON” (for CD disc) will appear on the display. Press the button again to stop random play. ID3 tag If an MP3 file has ID3 Tag information, it will be displayed on the LCD. If there is no ID3 Tag information, nothing will show on LCD. The sequence of ID3 Tag information will be shown as follows: File => Folder => Music => Album => Artist. 19 MP3 Overview Notes on MP3 • MP3 is short for MPEG Audio Layer 3 and refers to an audio compression t...