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Automotive Audio Player

with USB 2.0 Host

and optional HDD

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with iPod USB Audio and Controls

www.vaistech.com 

2010  TOYOTA • LEXUS

Owner’s Manual

Copyright (C) 2003-2009  VAIS Technology   

 Published  February 22, 2010 

Summary of Contents for MultiMediaLinQ VML

Page 1: ...O OL LO OG GY Y Automotive Audio Player with USB 2 0 Host and optional HDD Now with iPod USB Audio and Controls www vaistech com 2010 TOYOTA LEXUS Owner s Manual Copyright C 2003 2009 VAIS Technology Published February 22 2010 ...

Page 2: ...O FOLLOW INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS MAY DAMAGE THE PRODUCT AND THE VEHICLE WILL VOID THE PRODUCT WARRANTY AND MAY VOID THE VEHICLE WARRANTY CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS Some States Provinces or other governmental jurisdictions such as cities may have laws that prohibit the operation of a video screen within the sight of the Driver If you have purchased such a product you should use the product only in loc...

Page 3: ...ns can not be played for example Flash drive with Hardware encryption USB memory or USB Audio Player may not function correctly at high or low temperature Do not leave the USB memory or USB Audio Player in direct sunlight for extended amounts of time It can result in USB memory or USB Audio Player malfunction USB memory or USB Audio Player may take time to playback Depending on amount of files and...

Page 4: ...se that can cause damage of amplifier and or speakers You must maintain Free Space on HDD necessary for unit operation approximately 1 of partition capacity Be sure HDD has enough free space to complete file transfer Touching the connector terminals may transmit static electricity to the inner circuits of unit or HDD and may lead to malfunctions Use precautions to prevent damage to the system by e...

Page 5: ... Wiring Harness included Connecting MultiMediaLinQ Connecting the units Used for programming Power and Audio wiring harness Service Port To the factory Audio harness To the Head Unit Audio Y Harness included USB 2 0 Host ...

Page 6: ...ta Lexus vehicles A A Factory Audio harness if present Plug into Head Unit connector B 12 pin connector To Un plug any connector do NOT pull it by the wires WARNING Radio Receiver shown Locate connector B 12 pin connector on your Radio Connector location on the Radio may be different from shown above To MultiMediaLinQ Audio Harness 36 12 Pin Y harness ...

Page 7: ...has at least two Folders playlists in order for this unit to operate properly Please mount this unit in an easy accessible location for upgrading Do not plug iPod USB cable directly to the MultiMediaLinQ Use USB 2 0 certified extension cable Secure the Head Unit in its original position Installation 7 USB Emulation Mode Selection USB emulation USB Emulation Mode programming steps Properly install ...

Page 8: ... to the car chassis for best results Do not use any screws longer than 5mm Using screws larger then 5mm may damage the PCB board NOTE Carpet or car chassis Soft Velcro Fastener Hard Velcro Fastener VML MultiMediaLinQ M3 x 5mm see note below WARNING We strongly recommend to Ground VML to the vehicle s chassis i Installation 8 ...

Page 9: ...io extension to Lower Sampling Frequencies File extensions must be used properly non audio data will not be recognized Playback of non audio data may generate a noise that can cause damage of amplifier and or speakers You must maintain Free Space on HDD necessary for unit operation approximately 1 of partition capacity Be sure HDD has enough free space to complete file transfer Touching the connec...

Page 10: ...I DISC PLAY Physical SCAN button Push and hold for SCROLL Physical DISC DISC button Lexus RX350 2010 Radio shown for reference Push to Pause playback Push and hold for A RAND function Activate Menu screen for browsing category selection Playlists artists albums songs podcasts audiobooks genres composers List of Songs Displays list of songs for selected browsing category AutoSelect functionality 1 ...

Page 11: ... Next Previous Category item For Playlists Podcasts Audiobooks and Albums Disc will select Next Playlist Podcast Audiobook or Album For Artists and Genres Disc will select Next Album for current Artist Quick Track Selection U Select Playlist Select Playlist Playlist 6 Playlists Playlists Playlist 7 Playlist 8 Playlsit 9 Playlist 10 Artists Artists Albums Albums USB Track 11 4 45 iPod USB U Track A...

Page 12: ...t Move by 5 items DOWN in list AutoSelect functionality disabled Highlighted item correspond to current playing song See next picture Highlighted item can not be chosen If song is highlighted please select any other then desired song first and then select desired song Another way to do it by using buttons Track or Track either one once After that operation of Track or Track buttons will return to ...

Page 13: ... or does not correspond to any selection in this screen AutoSelect functionality disabled Browsing Artist 10 Highlighted item feature does not make or does not correspond to any selection in this screen Browsing by Artists U Select Audiobook Select Audiobook Songs Songs Podcasts Podcasts Audiobooks Audiobooks Browsing by Audiobooks Audiobooks tab will always be EMPTY To select audiobooks please pr...

Page 14: ...s AUDIOBOOKS MODE SWITCHING NO HDD FOUND SELECT USB SOURCE Composers Menu Switching between USB Device and iPod Modes USB Folder 1 File 1 0 00 MP3 USB U File Folder Artist Select Select RPT RAND SCAN Sound AM AM FM FM SAT SAT CD DVD CD DVD BT BT USB USB Song 1 Name Folder Folder 1 Name Artist Name Switch VML to USB Device Mode Click on SCAN button twice to switch back to iPod Device Mode x U Selec...

Page 15: ...g HDD SOURCE U Select Composers Select Composers Genres Genres Composers Composers AUDIOBOOKS MODE SWITCHING SELECT HDD SOURCE SELECT USB SOURCE In case internal Hard Disc Drive installed and enabled you will see SELECT HDD SOURCE instead of NO HDD FOUND Same for USB devices If USB device connected into VML USB port and recognized by VML player SELECT USB SOURCE will be shown Otherwise NO USB FOUN...

Page 16: ...on USB Device Mode PWR VOL TUNE FILE LOAD SCAN AUX USB DISC SAT AUX USB SEEK TRACK CH DISC MULTI DISC PLAY Soft SCAN button Physical SCAN button Push and hold for SCROLL Physical DISC DISC button Lexus RX350 2010 Radio shown for reference Push and hold for FLD RPT function Push and hold for FLD RAND function File List Folder List VML offers two modes to control connected iPod iPhone or USB device ...

Page 17: ... to cancel folder changes and return to currently playing song otherwise use RAND or RPT buttons In the Folder Browsing Mode you can use FOLDER and FOLDER or DISC and DISC on the radio or steering wheel control as a Folder 50 and Folder 50 to speed up your search While you are in the Folder Browsing Mode you also can go to the List of folders and continue to use FOLDER or FOLDER or use TUNE FILE k...

Page 18: ...currently selected track will be renumbered to Track 1 and all subsequent tracks will be random selections from the playlist After activating the playlist randomizer the displayed track number does not map to the physical track number in the playlist but rather to the new randomized order NOTE Shuffles all songs in the active playlist VML player starts playing songs from your entire playlist in ra...

Page 19: ...ing unique playlist name album name artist name song title and etc for easier navigation through VML player FOR MP3 FILES ONLY VML player takes song title album name artist name and etc from ID3 tag data container If song title ID3 Tag does not exist or is empty VML player will generate song title from the MP3 file name Please make sure your file name is unique within 26 character limitation descr...

Page 20: ...t 3 multimedialinq ROOT Song 1 SCENARIO 2 PRIORITY 2 m3u cache music Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 multimedialinq ROOT Playlist1 m3u Playlist2 m3u PlaylistX m3u Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 M3U playlists files SCENARIO 1 PRIORITY 1 VML Player behavior depends on media file location i If the M3U folder is empty or no valid M3U files are found then VML player will check for the...

Page 21: ...linq music Folder1 Song2 mp3 multimedialinq music Folder2 Song1 mp3 Folder6 Folder7 Folder8 Song3 mp3 multimedialinq music Folder2 Song2 mp3 multimedialinq music Folder4 Folder5 Song1 mp3 Folder6 Folder7 Folder8 Song1 mp3 Folder9 Song2 mp3 Folder9 Song1 mp3 Playlists will be created in the order of the M3U files physical location in the m3u folder Media files will be organized according to their p...

Page 22: ...2 Song X Song 1 Song 2 Song X Song 1 Playlist 1 Playlist 2 Playlist 3 ROOT Song 1 SCENARIO 3 PRIORITY 3 VML Player will create playlists based on first level subfolders in partion s root folder VML Player accepts the subfolder s name as the playlist s name The Folder s name has no limitation on characters count as long as the full path name with file name does not exceed 255 characters VML player ...

Page 23: ... for software updates VML Player and Data CACHING Mechanism i VML player has been designed to incorporate a caching mechanism Every folder and playlist will be pre processed by VML player and it will create corresponding cache file s with a list of songs in the dlps cache folder for scenario 2 and scenario 3 to improve VML browsing and playback performance For scenario 1 cache file s will be creat...

Page 24: ...evice without shutdown the vehicle please refer to procedure on page 14 Never remove USB memory or USB Audio Player device Mass Storage USB Devices while playback or file transfer is in progress to prevent possible damage to its memory VAIS Technology is not responsible for any lost or damaged data on storage media NOTE How to adjust sound level gain of MP3 files i Due to different algorithms used...

Page 25: ...If a disc is selected but it is not ready to play VML player will flash this disc until it s fully processed or a reasonable amount of information is processed VML player will start playing even if processing is not over for this disc as long as a reasonable amount of information has been processed Playlists become available for browsing as they are processed on the disc After a reasonable amount ...

Page 26: ...mA without HDD and USB Bit rate 8 kbps to 320 kbps Sampling frequency 16 kHz to 48 kHz Compatible ID3 tag version 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 ID3 tag Version 2 x is given priority over Version 1 x M3u playlist Supported MP3 PRO Not supported Compatible format Linear PCM LPCM Quantization bits 8 16 24 and 32 LPCM Sampling frequency 16 kHz to 48 kHz LPCM FLAC subset format Sampling frequency up to 48 kHz 20...

Page 27: ...or structure of all or any portion of the Software in the PRODUCT by reverse engineering disassembly recompilation or any other means You shall not use the Software in the PRODUCT to operate a service bureau or for any other use involving the processing of data for other persons or entities VAIS and its licensor s shall retain all copyright trade secret patent and other proprietary ownership right...

Page 28: ...APPLY TO THE USE OF SAID PR ODUCTS EVEN IF VAIS HAS BEEN INFORMED OF KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH DAMAGES THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION IN THE AGGREGATE INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BREACH OF CONTRACT BREACH OF WARRANTY NEGLIGENCE STRICT LIABILITY MISREPRESENTATION AND OTHER TORTS IF VAIS S WARRANTY DISCLAIMER OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS...

Page 29: ... have no liability or obligation to Purchaser with respect to any PRODUCTS requiring service during the warranty period which is subjected to any of the following abuse improper operation negligence accident modification improper connections failure of the end user to follow the operating procedures outlined both herein and in any user s manual attempted repair by non qualified personnel Company o...

Page 30: ... insist upon strict performance of any provisions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver of its right and remedies F SEVERABILITY In the event that any of the provisions or portions thereof of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable or invalid by any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions or portions thereof shall not be affected th...

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