The aerial is embedded into the window glass.
When washing the inside of the window which has an aerial, use a soft cloth dampened in lukewarm water, gently wiping the aerial lines.
Use of glass cleaning products could damage the aerial.
Always adjust the audio while the vehicle is stopped:
Do not adjust the audio control switches while driving the vehicle. Adjusting the audio while driving the vehicle is dangerous as it could distract your attention from the vehicle operation which could lead to a serious accident.
Even if the audio control switches are equipped on the steering wheel, learn to use the switches without looking down at them so that you can keep your maximum attention on the road while driving the vehicle.
For the purposes of safe driving, adjust the audio volume to a level that allows you to hear sounds outside of the vehicle including car horns and particularly emergency vehicle sirens.
To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not leave the audio system on for a long period of time when the engine is not running.
If a cellular phone or CB radio is used in or near the vehicle, it could cause noise to occur from the audio system, however, this does not indicate that the system has been damaged.
Do not spill any liquid on the audio system.
Do not insert any objects, other than CDs, into the slot.
AM characteristics
AM signals bend around such things as buildings or mountains and bounce off the ionosphere.
Therefore, they can reach longer distances than FM signals.
Because of this, two stations may sometimes be picked up on the same frequency at the same time.
FM characteristics
An FM broadcast range is usually about 40―50 km (25―30 miles) from the source. Because of extra coding needed to break the sound into two channels, stereo FM has even less range than monaural (non-stereo) FM.
Signals from an FM transmitter are similar to beams of light because they do not bend around corners, but they do reflect. Unlike AM signals, FM signals cannot travel beyond the horizon. Therefore, FM stations cannot be received at the great distances possible with AM reception.
Atmospheric conditions can also affect FM reception. High humidity will cause poor reception. However, cloudy days may provide better reception than clear days.
Multipath noise
Since FM signals can be reflected by obstructions, it is possible to receive both the direct signal and the reflected signal at the same time. This causes a slight delay in reception and may be heard as a broken sound or a distortion. This problem may also be encountered when in close proximity to the transmitter.
Flutter/Skip noise
Signals from an FM transmitter move in straight lines and become weak in valleys between tall buildings, mountains, and other obstacles. When a vehicle passes through such an area, the reception conditions may change suddenly, resulting in annoying noise.
Weak signal noise
In suburban areas, broadcast signals become weak because of distance from the transmitter. Reception in such fringe areas is characterised by sound breakup.
Strong signal noise
This occurs very close to a transmitter tower. The broadcast signals are extremely strong, so the result is noise and sound breakup at the radio receiver.
Station drift noise
When a vehicle reaches the area of two strong stations broadcasting at similar frequencies, the original station may be temporarily lost and the second station picked up. At this time there will be some noise from this disturbance.
Without Bluetooth® Hands-Free
With Bluetooth® Hands-Free
To increase the volume, press up the volume switch ().
To decrease the volume, press down the volume switch ().
AM/FM radio (Type A/Type C/Type D), MW/LW/FM radio (Type B)
Press the seek switch (,
). The radio switches to the next/previous stored station in the order that it was
stored.
Press and hold the seek switch (,
) to seek all usable stations at a higher or lower frequency whether programmed or
not.
Radio stations which have been previously stored in the auto memory tuning (Type A/Type
B)/favourite radio (Type C/Type D) can be called up by pressing the seek switch (,
) while any radio station stored in the auto memory tuning (Type A/Type B)/favourite
radio (Type C/Type D) is being received. Radio stations can be called up in the order
they were stored with each press of the switch (
,
).
DAB radio (Type D)
Press the Seek switch (,
) while listening to DAB radio to call up a station previously stored to the favourites
list. With each operation of the switch, radio stations can be called up in the order
they were stored.
Press and hold the seek switch () to go to the next station, (
) to return to the previous station.
USB Audio/Bluetooth® Audio /CD
Press the seek switch () to skip forward to the beginning of the next track.
Press the seek switch () within a few seconds after playback begins to track down to the beginning of the
previous track.
Press the seek switch () after a few seconds have elapsed to start playback from the beginning of the current
track.
Press and hold the seek switch (,
) to continuously switch the tracks up or down.
DVD (Type C)
Press the seek switch () to skip forward to the beginning of the next chapter.
Press the seek switch () to return to the beginning of the previous chapter.
Aha™/Stitcher™ Radio (Type C/Type D)
Press the seek switch () to skip forward to the beginning of the next track.
Press and hold the seek switch () to evaluate the playback of the current song as “Like”.
Press and hold the seek switch () to evaluate the playback of the current song as “Dislike”.
Press the mute switch () once to mute audio, press it again to resume audio output.
If the ignition is switched off with the audio muted, the mute will be cancelled.
Therefore, when the engine is restarted, the audio is not muted. To mute the audio
again, press the mute switch ().