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Frankfurt RCM 169

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Page 1: ...Radio Cassette Operating instructions Frankfurt RCM 169 ...

Page 2: ...23 20 21 22 Optional 16 2 1 3 19 18 17 Refer to the Quick Reference for the explanation of these operating elements 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 12 5 2 3 1 4 ...

Page 3: ...e INSTALL menu 70 Selecting the operating mode 71 Optimising the viewing angle 71 Radio operation with RDS 72 Switching between the menu levels 72 AF Alternative frequency 72 REG regional program 73 Selecting a waveband 73 Station tuning 73 Automatic tuning 73 Manual tuning with 74 Scrolling through the broadcasting networks FM only 74 Changing the memory bank FM 74 Storing stations 74 Automatical...

Page 4: ...with Blank Skip BLS 84 Care instructions 84 Contents CD changer operation 85 Switching on CD changer operation 85 Selecting the display mode 85 Selecting CDs 85 Selecting tracks 86 Repeating tracks CDs 86 TPM Track Program Memory 86 Switching TPM playback on off 86 Storing tracks with TPM 86 Deleting the TPM 86 MIX 87 SCAN 87 Entering CD names 87 Deleting CD names TPM at the same time 87 Clock Tim...

Page 5: ...ode last selected at the power on volume When the unit is switched on for the first time INSTALL will appear in the top line of the display Now it is possi ble to alter important basic settings such as the clock proof of ownership reset to the default settings etc If necessary refer to the section on First time installation Press EXIT to quit this menu Switching the unit off Press ON for approx 1 ...

Page 6: ...can press TU to switch between menu level 1 and menu level 2 Menu level 1 contains four pages FM1 FM2 FM3 FMT which can be used to store radio stations Press NEXT to switch to the next page Menu level 2 has two pages containing functions related to radio operation Page 1 includes FM TS TA AM PS SCAN Page 2 includes AF LOC PTY REG RT MONO Press PRE or NEXT to switch between the pages The unit will ...

Page 7: ...on Press EXIT Menu level 2 Adjusting the radio functions NEXT FM Switches to additional radio functions AF LOC PTY REG RT MONO PRE Switches to the previous radio func tions FM TS TA AM PS SCAN FM Switches to FM TS Travelstore Automatically stores the six stations with the strongest reception in the FMT memory bank TA Traffic Announcement Priority for traffic information TP will appear in the displ...

Page 8: ...unit is switched on it auto matically switches to stereo Tape deck operation During tape deck operation the tape deck functions can be selected when you press the corresponding softkeys REVerse Switches to the other tape track side The display indicates which side A B is currently playing SCAN Scans the songs on the cassette briefly To start stop Scan Press SCAN When Scan is switched on the corre ...

Page 9: ...s REP TRCK repeats track REP CD repeats CD RPT off switches the function off TPM Track Program Memory Stores and plays back your favourite tracks It is possible to archive up to 99 CDs with a maximum of 40 tracks each refer to the section on TPM program ming BLS Blank Skip Skips over blank portions of the tape When the red arrow lights up in front of BLS this function has been activat ed As soon a...

Page 10: ... rocker switch while you are on menu level 2 the unit will automatically switch back to menu level 1 Radio station seek tuning Up Down Up down in increments for FM only when AF and PTY are switched off For FM only Pages through the station net work when AF and PTY are switched off e g NDR 1 2 3 4 N JOY Quick Reference Radio operation EUROPE 1 radio station name or 102 40 frequency or Pop M usic PT...

Page 11: ... out put level with SUB and Page 2 Switches on off DPE and sets LOW HIGH the equalizer Switching the equalizer on off Press AUD NEXT and DPE in succes sion Use the rocker switch to switch DPE on or off The equalizer can be set with LOW and HIGH For more information refer to the sec tion on Setting the equaliser Switching AUD off Press AUD or EXIT Tape deck operation Selects title S CPS Forward Rew...

Page 12: ...n Press DIS repeatedly to select the name of the station selected the current frequency PTY code clock This will not operate properly unless the radio is tuned into an RDS station with adequate signal strength Press DIS for approx 4 sec to synchronise the clock internal clock with the DCF 77 atomic clock Tape deck operation Press DIS Tape side Clock CD changer operation Press DIS CD number track n...

Page 13: ...nstalled correctly and switched off the operating panel is opened the KeyCard has been removed LED is switched to on in the DSC menu default setting For more information refer to the sec tion on DSC programming KeyCard LED on off B KeyCard theft protection system To operate this unit the KeyCard must be inserted KeyCard Inserting the KeyCard Press 1 to unlock the operating pan el the operating pan...

Page 14: ...he KeyCard to protect the equipment against theft F Radio operation Station seek tuning up down down up in short intervals for FM only when AF is switched off For FM only Pages through the station net work with AF on e g NDR 1 2 3 4 N JOY Tape deck operation Select title S CPS Forward Rewind Fast forward Fast rewind 23 20 21 22 D V V Volume control E SRC Source Switches operating modes Press SCR r...

Page 15: ...s for approximately 1 second CD changer operation Select CD up Press briefly down Press briefly Select track up Press briefly CUE fast forward audible Hold pressed down down Press twice or repeat edly briefly To restart the track Press briefly REVIEW fast reverse audi ble Hold pressed down TIM Select TIM messages To switch TIM on off Press SCR for approx 1 sec RC 08 remote control unit Option ...

Page 16: ... mute Phone will then appear in the display Traffic announcements continue to have priority if you have activated TA You can activate TIM when the system is switched to telephone mute Accessories Use only Blaupunkt approved accessories and spare parts You can use the following Blaupunkt prod ucts with this unit RC 08 remote control unit The RC 08 infrared remote control unit al lows you to conveni...

Page 17: ...e operating panel must remain locked when the vehicle is in motion When you leave the vehicle unlock the panel and remove the KeyCard to protect the equipment against theft This car radio comes equipped with one KeyCard but it can also be operated with a second card If you have lost your KeyCard or if it was damaged you can buy a replacement Key Card from your specialised dealer If you use two Key...

Page 18: ...lable from your specialised dealer allows you to read out short information under the DSC menu item KC READ This information will run through the display and could include for example the phone number of your car re pair service or the emergency call number of your automobile association The freely selectable text with a maximum of 162 characters can be programmed by any dealer who has the require...

Page 19: ...Switch the unit off Press TU and Key1 at the same time and switch the unit on 0000 will ap pear in the display Now use the rocker switch to enter the four digit master code from the radio pass Make sure that the unit is switched off the operating panel is unlocked the KeyCard has been removed LED ON has been se lected in the DSC mode default setting If necessary please refer to the section on DSC ...

Page 20: ...play will indicate CLK Sync while it is synchronis ing the time If you would like to set the clock manually press CLK the field to be adjusted will flash in the top line of the display hours or minutes Press to switch fields if neces sary and use to enter the correct time Once you have completed the setting press ENT the INSTALL menu will re turn to the display For more information on the clock pl...

Page 21: ...ay Use to switch this setting to on or off Press ENT to store the new setting and return to the INSTALL menu If you would like to alter the entry in a spe cific line press NEXT as often as required To complete your entry press ENT If the unit is switched on without the Key Card this owner ID information will appear in the top line of the display for approximately 8 sec Reset to default settings NO...

Page 22: ...st one CD in the magazine To switch the operating mode press TU CC or CDC If you press TU again the unit will switch to menu level 2 On this level there are two pages which you can use to adjust the func tions for radio operation The unit will switch back to menu level 1 automatically approx eight seconds after the last adjustment was made Optimising the viewing angle The viewing angle of the disp...

Page 23: ...u level 2 has two pages for adjusting radio functions To activate menu level 2 Press TU The following functions are available FM TS TA AM PS SCAN To move to page 2 press NEXT The following functions are available AF LOC PTY REG RT MONO The Radio Data System offers you more convenience when you listen to FM radio stations More and more radio stations have begun to broadcast RDS information along si...

Page 24: ...gram and want to continue to listen to that program it is ad visable to switch to REG on Radio operation with RDS Radio Data System If you leave the service area of the regional program you are tuned into or if you would like to take advantage of the full RDS serv ice switch to REG off To activate REG in the display For radio operation Press TU menu level 2 with the radio functions will appear Pre...

Page 25: ...ion on Automatically storing the strongest stations with Travelstore b AF is switched on and PTY is switched off In this case PTY will not light up under the top line of the display If necessary switch these functions on or off in menu level 2 Scrolling If it is possible to receive several different sta tions in the station network you can use forward or back to scroll through the broadcasting net...

Page 26: ...flash briefly in the DOT display Automatically storing the strongest stations with Travel store You can automatically store the six most powerful FM stations in your current recep tion area sorted according to their signal strength This function is particularly con venient on longer trips Press TU menu level 2 will appear in the display To select a station on a different waveband Press NEXT as oft...

Page 27: ...m stereo to mono FM You can switch between stereo mono on menu level 2 If reception is poor you may get better sound quality by switching from stereo to mono Each time the radio is switched on stereo playback is activated au tomatically The unit will gradually switch to mono if the signal received is not strong enough for ster eo playback If you would like to switch to mono press TU and NEXT one a...

Page 28: ...rrent Affairs Information Sport Educate Drama Culture Science Varied Pop Music Rock Music Easy Music Light Music Classics Other Music Weather Finance Children s Programs Social Affairs Religion Phone in Travel Leisure Jazz Music Country Music National Music Oldies Music Folk Music Document Checking the program type of the sta tion You can check the type of program the sta tion you are tuned into i...

Page 29: ...casting network NDR Station playing NDR3 PTY is switched on Program type POP selected Seek tuning is started No station with PTY POP can be found The display shows No PTY and automatically switches back to NDR3 NDR2 airs a PTY POP program The radio will switch to the linked sta tion NDR2 for the duration of the POP program During tape deck and CD changer opera tion the set will also switch to the ...

Page 30: ...tions which do not actually transmit traffic infor mation themselves but by using RDS EON it is possible for them to forward the traffic messages broadcast by another traffic in formation station in the same radio network If you want to have the priority for traffic an nouncements activated while listening to one of these stations e g NDR3 TA Traffic Announcement priority must appear on the displa...

Page 31: ...are playing the tape deck or a CD the system will automatically start searching for a new TA station If no such station is found within approxi mately 30 seconds a warning beep will sound every 30 seconds To switch the warning beep off proceed as described above Adjusting the volume for traffic announcements and the warning beep This volume was preset at the factory but you can use the DSC functio...

Page 32: ...ause serious damage Read the next section to find out how to in terrupt the TIM standby function for the time you are using a car wash Temporarily interrupting the TIM standby mode before driving into a car wash Switch off the radio before driving into the car wash If the display goes out immediately the TIM standby mode is inactive and the motor an ceives for 2 hours if TIM is switched on and you...

Page 33: ...without the use of force The cassette will automatically be transport ed to its playing position Cassette playback will begin Grasp the left hand side of the operat ing panel to fold it back up and lock it into place Removing a cassette With the operating panel in the fold down position press the Eject button arrow briefly The cassette will eject To prevent damage to the mechanism do not attempt t...

Page 34: ...correctly It often helps to rewind the cassette completely Scanning cassette titles with SCAN It is possible to scan the titles on a cassette As soon as you find a title you like you can end SCAN This title will then continue to play SCAN is active when the corresponding red arrow flashes in the display To start end SCAN Press SCAN To ensure that this function works properly there must be a pause ...

Page 35: ...o Monitor on off Press RM The activated function will appear briefly in the top line of the display and in the DOT display Automatically skipping over blank portions of the tape with Blank Skip BLS As soon as there is a pause of more than 10 sec during cassette playback the fast forward will be activated automatically to move to the next title The Blank Skip function is active when the correspondi...

Page 36: ...ne Press CDC the CDC functions will ap pear in the display e g CD and track number name playback time Selecting the display mode You can select the desired display mode for CD changer operation Press DIS as often as necessary until you have selected the desired display mode Top line DOT display CD 2 T 2 CD number and track number The DOT display will indicate the elapsed playback time or VIVALDI C...

Page 37: ...lay This track has been stored Deleting the TPM You can delete the tracks stored with TPM TPM tracks can be deleted with CLR only when they are playing Switch on TPM If you would like to delete the track playing press CLR for approx 2 sec TR clr will flash briefly in the top line of the display If you would like to delete all of the tracks on the CD playing press CLR for approx 5 sec CD clr will f...

Page 38: ...me as de sired Press ENT in order to store it If you would like to name another CD press to select the next CD you want to name You can change any existing name by en tering and storing a new one overwriting Deleting CD names TPM at the same time Use the DSC menu to delete the CD names and the TPM at the same time Use CD to delete the name and TPM stored for the selected CD Use PREV to select the ...

Page 39: ...tic time correction feature can be switched off Displaying the clock You can set the clock to permanent display in any of the operating modes radio tape deck CD changer To do so Press TU CC or CDC to select the operating mode Press DIS repeatedly until the time ap pears in the top line of the display The clock will now appear in the display as the main element CD changer operation Clock display wh...

Page 40: ...ts or voices may be distorted or the total sound quality may be completely lifeless The overall sound quality can be greatly enhanced if certain frequencies are sup pressed or boosted This car stereo is equipped with 2 paramet ric filters The first filter LOW can be set from 32 to 500 Hz the second filter HIGH from 630 to 10 000 Hz In this context par ametric means that it is possible to set one f...

Page 41: ...liser on off The equaliser can be switched on and off in the AUD menu page 2 Press AUD NEXT and DPE one after the other DPE on or DPE off will appear in the dis play Press to switch the function off or to switch it on The equaliser will switch on automatically if you have adjusted LOW or HIGH Now you can compare the sound produced by your car audio system with and without the equaliser Setting rec...

Page 42: ...equency approx 10 kHz Level 2 to 4 dB Notes Avoid distortion Boost the level carefully if the speaker diameter is too small The tone may become too lean and aggressive Pay attention to the underlying tone of the music Playback should not be too quiet Tone too powerless Avoid a piercing type of tone Strong hissing sound unpleas ant Sound impression problem Bass reproduction too weak Unclear bass Pl...

Page 43: ...adjust and press the corresponding key Use the rocker switch to select and adjust the functions described in the following The display will show you the setting you have selected Press ENT Enter to confirm your entry Return to the previous menu to make any further changes in the DSC menu Press DSC to quit the DSC menu TUN Tuner Use this menu to make any adjustments to radio operation NAME Enter yo...

Page 44: ...CUT 3 highest setting Switch off Hicut with adjust the values with Which setting is the most pleasant is a matter of personal preference DISP Display Use this menu to make the display settings ANGL angle Use to adjust the display to your indi vidual viewing angle DIM Use to adjust the display brightness for day and for night FADE Switches display off automatically Fader 1 15 sec after the last adj...

Page 45: ...ard supplied with the radio is used to display the model name type number 7 6 and the serial number With the extra card it is possible to display data entered by your specialised dealer See the section on Short Additional Mem ory S A M If you remove the KeyCard during the read ing process Insert will appear on the dis play panel LRN Learn To train a second KeyCard Please read the information in th...

Page 46: ...with the RDS CT signal only DCF Sync The clock is synchronised with the DCF 77 signal only When you switch off the audio system by pressing ON for approx 1 sec the system will not switch off immediately in order to synchronise the time first While this process is taking place you will hear Big Ben After the synchronisation has been completed the system will switch off after a couple of minutes If ...

Page 47: ...ete names and the TPM CD Deletes the name and TPM of the selected CD ALL Deletes the names and TPM of all the CDs PREV Selects the previous CD NEXT Selects the next CD For more information refer to Deleting CD names TPM at the same time To quit the DSC programming mode and store the adjustment Press DSC Overview of the DSC default settings INSTALL menu IGN on AMP on AUX off TU ner menu TA off AF o...

Page 48: ...tically from a traffic informa tion station to a station which does not broadcast traffic information in the same network After the traffic announcement has been put through the radio switches back to the original station Equalizer Adjusts the frequencies to the acoustic con ditions and personal tastes EXIT Press to end cancel a setting Subject to modifications AF Alternative Frequency In RDS this...

Page 49: ...same station because it has better reception Also see RDS Reverse Switches the tape running direction during cassette playback Autoreverse automatically switches to the other side at the end of the tape RM Radio Monitor Automatically switches to radio playback while the tape is fast forwarding or rewind ing RPT Repeat Repeats cassette titles In CD changer op eration you can repeat single CD tracks...

Page 50: ...telephone information 65 K KeyCard 62 66 67 68 M Menu level 55 56 Mono 76 O Operating mode 71 Operating panel 54 Owner Identification 69 P Preset Scan 75 Program type 77 PTY 76 A Accessories 65 Alternative frequency 72 B Blank Skip BLS 84 C CD changer operation 85 86 87 Clock 88 89 CPS 83 D Display 55 61 Dolby B NR 82 DSC default settings 96 DSC programming 92 93 94 95 96 E Equaliser 89 90 91 F Fi...

Page 51: ...g 74 SHARX 76 Short Additional Memory S A M 67 Softkeys 55 Specifications 97 Station tuning 73 Stereo 76 Storing stations 74 Synchronisation 89 95 T Tape operation 82 83 84 Telephone information 65 Telephone mute 65 Theft protection 62 66 67 68 Time 88 89 TPM 86 Traffic information station reception 79 Traffic Memo TIM 80 81 Traffic safety 65 Travelstore 56 75 Turn On Message T O M 67 V Volume 55 ...

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