BMW MINI Countryman Cooper, Owner'S Handbook Manual

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Radio MINI CD
Entertainment
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Regional programmes*
Certain FM stations broadcast regional pro-
grammes all the time or at certain times of day.
If you have activated this function and the sta-
tion is switched to a regional programme, the
device remains tuned to the regional pro-
gramme that you have selected.
1. Hold button down until "REG ON" or "REG
OFF" is displayed.
2. Press … button.
>
"REG ON"
Regional programme switched on
>
"REG OFF"
Regional programme switched off
Radio Data System RDS
The Radio Data System transmits additional
information in the FM range. RDS stations there-
fore offer the following features:
> Where a radio station is broadcast on several
frequencies, the frequency with the best
reception is automatically selected.
> When the reception conditions are good, the
station names are displayed.
>
Additional information can be shown on the
display such as text messages from the sta-
tion.
>
Some stations transmit the type of received
programme, PTY, via RDS. This is briefly dis-
played when the station is selected, e.g.
news reports, NEWS. With PTY emergency
and catastrophe warnings can also be dis-
played.
Switching RDS on/off
Press the button.
The status "RDS ON" or "RDS OFF" is shown on
the display.
Press
button again to change the status.
Switching on/off PTY
1. Hold button down until "REG ON" or "REG
OFF" is displayed.
2. Press button repeatedly until "PTY AUTO"
or "PTY OFF" is displayed, e.g.:
3. Press … button.
> "PTY AUTO": PTY switched on
>
"PTY OFF": PTY switched off
The programme type is automatically shown on
the display for several seconds with:
>
a change of station.
>
a change of programme type.
>
a change of source to FM.
>
switching on and off of radio.
CD player
Listening to CD
The CD player can also play CDs with com-
pressed audio files, e.g. MP3.
Depending on the number of titles, it may take
some time before the CD player starts.
1. Switching on radio, see page 108 .
2. Slide CD with labelled side upwards into the
CD drive.
If there is already a CD in the CD drive:
Press the
button repeatedly until "CD" is
displayed.
Changing the track
Jumping tracks
Press … button repeatedly until the
desired track is reached.
If there is a CD with compressed audio data, e.g.
MP3: