AUTOSET:
Press MENU until the display reads AUTOSET. Autoset
allows you to set the strongest local radio stations without losing your
original manually set preset stations for AM/FM1/FM2. Use
/
to
turn on/off.
When the six strongest stations are filled, the station stored in preset 1
will begin playing. If there are less than six strong stations, the system
will store the last one in the remaining presets.
RBDS
: Available only in FM mode. This feature allows you to search
RBDS-equipped stations for a certain category of music format:
CLASSIC, COUNTRY, INFORM, JAZZ/RB, ROCK, etc.
To activate,
press MENU repeatedly until RBDS (ON/OFF) appears in
the display. Use
/
to toggle RBDS ON/OFF. When RBDS is OFF,
you will not be able to search for RBDS equipped stations or view the
station name or type.
To search for specific RBDS music categories:
When the desired
category appears in the display, press
/
to find the desired type,
then press and release
SEEK, SEEK
or press and hold SCAN to
begin the search.
To view the station name or type:
When the desired category appears
in the display, press TEXT/SCAN to toggle between displaying the station
type (COUNTRY, ROCK, etc.) or the station name (WYCD, WXYZ, etc.).
BASS:
Press MENU to reach the bass setting. Use
/
to adjust.
TREB (Treble):
Press MENU to reach the treble setting. Use
/
to
adjust.
BAL (Balance):
Press MENU to reach the balance setting. Use
/
to adjust the audio between the left (L) and right (R) speakers.
FADE:
Press MENU to reach the fade setting. Use
/
to adjust the
audio between the back (B) and front (F) speakers.
SPEED VOL (Speed sensitive volume, if equipped):
Press MENU to
reach the SPEEDVOL setting. Radio volume automatically gets louder
with increasing vehicle speed to compensate for road and wind noise.
Use
/
to adjust.
The default setting is
off;
increasing your vehicle speed will not change
the volume level.
Adjust
1–7:
Increasing this setting from 1 (lowest setting) to 7 (highest
setting) allows the radio volume to automatically change slightly with
vehicle speed to compensate for road and wind noise.
2008 Taurus
(500)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
USA
(fus)
Entertainment Systems
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