Panasonic cqc1303nw User Manual

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CQ-1323/1313/1303NW 01-Eng-2 YFM284C506CA
General
General Operations
Power On/Off
Set your car's ignition switch to the ACC or ON position.
Power on: Press [SRC] (PWR).
Power off: Hold down [SRC] (PWR) for
more than 1 second.
Source Selection
Press [SRC] to change the source.
Press [SRC] to change the source.
Volume Adjustment
(Setting Range: 0 to 40, Default: 18)
Turn [VOL] (Volume).
Mute
ON: Press [MUTE]
(
lights.)
OFF: Press [MUTE] again.
SQ (Sound Quality) 
SQ is a function that can call up various sound types at the
touch of button in accordance with your listening music
type.
Hold down [SQ] for more than 1 second to select the
sound type as follows:
Note: Settings of SQ, bass and treble are influenced one
another. If such an influence causes distortion to the audio
signal, readjust bass/treble or volume.
[MUTE]
toggles mute on/off.
(SQ) (Sound Quality)
selects a sound type (SQ).
(Hold it down for more
than 1 second.)
Remote control sensor 
for an optional remote control unit (CA-RC80N).
[VOL] (Volume) 
Radio
Disc Player
(FLAT) flat frequency response:
does not emphasize any part. (Default)
(ROCK) speedy and heavy sound:
exaggerates bass and treble.
(POP) wide-ranged and deep sound:
slightly emphasizes bass and treble.
(VOCAL) clear sound:
emphasizes middle tone and slightly empha-
sizes treble.
Troubleshooting
Trouble
Check point
No power
Start the engine. (Or turn the ignition
switch to the ACC position.)
Verify the wiring. (battery lead, power
lead, ground lead, etc.)
Fuse blown (Contact the nearest
Panasonic Service Centre.)
Ask a professional for fuse replacement.
Be sure to use the same rated fuse.
No sound
Disable the mute function.
Verify the wiring.
Wait until the dew disappears before
turning on the unit.
Noise
Make sure that grounding is established
properly.
Common
Frequent
noise
Tune in to another station of high-inten-
sity waves.
Make sure that the antenna mounted
point is grounded properly.
Radio
Preset data
deleted
The preset memory is cleared to return
to the original factory setting when the
power connector or battery is discon-
nected.
No sound, or disc
is automatically
ejected
Load the disc correctly.
Clean the disc.
Disc Player
Sound skip,
poor sound
quality
Clean the disc.
Sound skip
due to
vibration
The maximum permissible tilt angle is
30°.
Secure the unit.
Disc not
ejectable
Press [u]If the disc is still not ejected,
contact the nearest Panasonic Service
Centre.
No sound from
left, right, front,
or rear speaker
Adjust the balance and fader.
Verify the wiring.
Trouble
Check point
Left and right
sounds are
reversed
Connect the speaker lead correctly.
Error Display Messages
(The disc is ejected automatically.)
The disc is dirty, or is upside down.
The disc has scratches.
Check the disc.
No operation by some cause.
If normal operation is not restored, con-
sult your dealer or the nearest Service
Centre to ask for repairs.
Cannot read the file
Check the file.
If You Suspect Something Wrong
Check and take steps as described below.
If the described suggestions do not solve the problem, it is recom-
mended to take the unit to your nearest authorized Panasonic Service
Centre. The product should be serviced only by qualified personnel.
Please refer the checking and the repair to professionals. Panasonic
shall not be liable for any accidents arising out of neglect of checking
the unit or your own repair after your checking.
Warning
¡
Do not use the unit in an irregular condition, for example, with-
out sound, or with smoke or a foul smell, which can cause
ignition or electric shock. Immediately stop using the unit and
consult your dealer.
¡
Never try to repair the unit by yourself because it is dangerous
to do so.
Radio (AM [LW/MW]/FM)
[TUNE 
]] [TUNE []
down/up the frequency. (Hold it down
for more than 0.5 seconds and release
it for seek tuning.)
[BAND]
selects a band in the radio source.
(APM) (Auto Preset Memory)
executes APM in the radio source. (Hold it down for more than 2 seconds.)
Preset buttons [1] to [6]
selects a preset station in the radio
source, and presets the current
station. (Hold it down for more
than 2 seconds.)
Station Preset
Up to 6 stations can be preset in AM (LW/MW), FM1, FM2, and
FM3 respectively.
Preset stations can be simply called up by pressing one of the
preset buttons from [1] to [6].
Auto Preset Memory (APM)
With this operation, stations with good receiving conditions can
be automatically stored in the preset memory.
1
Select a band.
2
Hold down [BAND] (APM) for more than 2
seconds.
The preset stations under best receiving conditions are
received for 5 seconds each after presetting the stations
(SCAN). To stop scanning, press one of the buttons from
[1] to [6].
Notes:
¡
New stations overwrite existing saved stations.
¡
When you preset the Non-RDS stations, you should set the
AF mode to off.(
a
AF Level)
Manual station preset
1
Tune into a station.
2
Hold down one of the preset buttons from
[1] to [6] for more than 2 seconds.
(blinks once)
Note: New stations overwrite existing saved stations.
lights while receiving an FM stereo signal.
Frequency Preset Number
Band
Display change
Press [DISP] to change the display.
Radio Source Display
Operation Flow
1
Press [SRC] to select the radio source.
2
Press [BAND] to select a band.
3
Select a station.
Frequency adjustment
[TUNE 
]]: Lower
[TUNE 
[]: Higher
Note: Hold down either of them for more than 0.5 sec-
onds and release it for seek tuning.
Preset station selection
Press the corresponding preset button from [1] to [6] to
tune into a preset station.
AM (LW/MW) mode:
Band/frequency
CT (Clock Time)
FM (non RDS) mode:
Band/frequency
PS
CT
RDS mode:
PS (Programme Service name)
Band/frequency
CT
Useful functions such as AFTAPTY are available in the RDS (Radio Data System)-ready areas.
Some FM stations are broadcasting added data compatible
with RDS. This radio set offers convenient functions using
such data.
RDS service availability varies with areas. Please understand if
RDS service is not available in your area, the following service
is not available, either.
The following functions are available when receiving RDS
stations.
AF (Alternative Frequency)
The following functions are available when the AF mode is
active (
lights).
¡
When receiving conditions become bad, a station with bet-
ter receiving conditions is automatically tuned in to.
¡
When executing APM, only RDS stations are selected.
¡
When calling up a preset station, a best receiving station is
selected automatically. (BSR Best Stations Research)
Notes:
¡
The AF sensitivity can be adjusted.
¡
The AF available range can be adjusted. (
a
“Function
Settings”)
TA (Traffic Announcement)
The following functions are available when the TA mode is active
(
lights).
¡
A TP station is automatically searched for and received at
the instant of toggling the TA mode on if you are receiving
a non-TP station or TP station with poor reception.
¡
When executing station search or APM, only TP stations
are selected.
¡
Setting to TA on with the unit in another mode, it will auto-
matically switch to radio mode and output the traffic
announcement when the traffic announcement begins. The
traffic announcement having finished, the unit will return to
the previous mode. (TA Standby Mode)
PTY (Programme Type)
The following functions are available when the PTY mode is
active.
¡
The PTY of receiving station appears.
¡
Programs can be searched for by PTY.
Note: PTY language can be selected. (
a
“Function Settings”)
Other functions of RDS
CT (Clock Time)
The clock is automatically adjusted.
PS (Programme Service Name)
As well as the frequency, the name of the broadcast station
appears.
EON (Enhanced Other Network)
RDS information is updated constantly in response to the
current position.
EON-TA
Traffic information from the current and other network
stations can be received.
Emergency Announcement Reception
Emergency announcement automatically appears on the
display when it is received.
AF Level
Hold down [TA] (AF) for more than 2 seconds to select AF
level.
Low level AF operating sensitivity. (Default)
High level AF operating sensitivity.
When the AF network of an RDS station is not
required.
PI Seek (Programme Identification Seek)
If reception becomes poor when tuning in a preset station,
press the same preset number button. The same station with
better reception will be searched for.
Press same preset number button again to cancel. 
Note: For PI Seek, cancel the TA mode first, then execute PI
Seek.
AF (Alternative Frequency)
PTY On/Off
Holding down [DISP] (PTY) for more than 2 seconds toggles
PTY mode on and off.
Programme Search by PTY
Programs can be searched for by use of PTY that has been
originally preset.
Press [1] to [6] to select PTY in the PTY mode.
Another station in the same PTY is searched for by pressing
[BAND].
Notes:
¡
When there is no corresponding programme type station,
“NONE” is displayed.
¡
A desired PTY appears for 5 seconds.
¡
Preset contents are changeable.
Detailed PTY Selection
1
Press [
]or [[to select PTY.
2
Press [BAND].
Search starts.
Notes:
¡
To stop searching, press [BAND] (SET).
¡
When there is no corresponding programme type station,
“NONE” is displayed.
PTY Preset Change
Original PTY presets can be changed as you like.
1
Select a PTY that you would like to preset.
2
Follow the procedure of ordinary presetting.
(
a
“Station Preset” in 
“Radio (AM [LW/MW]/FM))”
Programme Type
Contents
1
NEWS
NEWS
2
SPEECH
AFFAIRS, INFO, EDUCATE,
DRAMA, CULTURE, SCIENCE,
VARIED, WEATHER, FINANCE,
CHILDREN, SOCIAL, RELIGION,
PHONE IN, TRAVEL, LEISURE,
DOCUMENT
3
SPORT
SPORT
4
POP M
POP M
5
CLASSICS
CLASSICS
6
MUSIC
ROCK M, EASY M, LIGHT M,
OTHER M, JAZZ, COUNTRY,
NATION M, OLDIES, FOLK M
SPEECH
/
MUSIC
/
NEWS
/
AFFAIRS /
INFO
/
SPORT
/
EDUCATE  DRAMA 
/
CULTURE SCIENCE VARIED 
/
POP M
/
ROCK M
/
EASY M LIGHT M  CLASSICS /
OTHER M WEATHERFINANCE
/
CHILDREN /
SOCIAL 
/
RELIGION PHONE IN TRAVEL
/
LEISURE JAZZ
/
COUNTRY NATION M /
OLDIES
/
FOLK M DOCUMENT
PTY (Programme T
ype)
What is RDS?
TA On/Off
Pressing [TA] toggles TA on and off.
(Default: off)
Traffic Information Only (TA Mute)
For listening to only traffic information, activate TA and set the
volume to 0 in FM mode.
The audio volume will be changed to 0 automatically when the
TA is received in the TA mode (TA Mute.)
TA
 (T
raffic
Announcement)
Radio Data System (RDS) in FM Broadcasting
Disc Player
Operation Flow
1
Press [SRC] to select the Disc Player
source.
2
Select a desired portion.
Track/file selection
Press [6] / [7].
Note: To perform fast forward/reverse, hold down either
of them.
Disc Player (CD-DA disc):
Previous/next track
Disc Player (MP3 disc):
Previous/next file
Folder selection (MP3)
Disc Player (MP3 disc):
Press [
}
] / [
{
].
Skip to the previous/next folder.
Pause
Press [BAND] (5).
Press again to cancel.
Random, Repeat, Scan
Random play
All the available songs (tracks/files) are played in a random
sequence.
Press [4] (RANDOM).
Press again to cancel.
Folder random play (MP3)
All the available files in current folder are played in a random
sequence.
Hold down [4] (RANDOM) for more than 2
seconds.
Hold down again to cancel.
Repeat play
The current song (track/file) is repeated.
Press [6] (REPEAT).
Press again to cancel.
Folder repeat play (MP3)
The current folder is repeated.
Hold down [6] (REPEAT) for more than 2
seconds.
Hold down again to cancel.
Scan play
The first 10 seconds of each songs (tracks/files) is played in
sequence.
Press [5] (SCAN).
Press again to cancel.
Folder scan play (MP3)
From the next folder, the first 10 seconds of the first file on
each folder is played in sequence.
Hold down [5] (SCAN) for more than 2
seconds.
Hold down again to cancel.
Player Source Display
Notes:
¡
For scrolling text, press [3] (SCROLL).
¡
“NO TEXT” is displayed when there is no information on the
disc.
Caution
¡ Do not insert a disc when the 
indicator lights.
¡ Refer to the section of “Notes on Discs” and “Notes on
MP3”.
¡ This unit does not support 8 cm discs.
¡
If you insert an 8 cm disc and cannot eject it, turn ACC of your car
off once and turn it on again, then press [u(Eject).
¡
Do not insert foreign objects into the disc slot.
Audio Settings
Audio menu
Note: If the fader is set to front, the pre-amp. output (rear) is decreased.
1
Press [VOL] (PUSH SEL) to display the audio menu display.
Note: If no operation takes place for more than 5 seconds in the audio menu (2 seconds in Main volume adjust-
ment), the display returns to the regular mode.
2
Press [VOL] (PUSH SEL) to select a
mode to be adjusted.
3
Turn [VOL] clockwise or counterclock-
wise to adjust.
(Setting Range: 0 to 40, Default: 18)
q : Up
w : Down
(Setting Range: –12 dB to +12 dB by 2 dB,
Default: 0 dB)
q : Increased
w : Decreased
(Setting Range: –12 dB to +12 dB by 2 dB,
Default: 0 dB)
q : Increased
w : Decreased
(Setting Range: 15 levels each, Default CNT (cen-
tre))
q : Right enhanced
w : Left enhanced
(Setting Range: 15 levels each, Default CNT (cen-
tre))
q : Front enhanced
w : Rear enhanced
Volume
Bass
Treble
Balance
Fader
Function Settings
Function Menu
Disc slot
takes a disc in with the printed side facing
up.
Note: A disc which has both CD-DA data
and MP3 data on it may not be reproduced
normally.
(5(Pause/Play)
toggles pause/play in the
player source.
[DISP] (Display)
switches the information on the
display.
[6] [7]
skip to the previous/next
track/file in the player mode. 
Hold down either of them for
fast reverse/fast forward.
[3] (SCROLL)
scrolls the information on display.
[
}
] [
{
]
skip to the previous/next folder.
[u(Eject)
ejects the disc.
indicator
[4] (RANDOM)/[5] (SCAN)/[6] (REPEAT)
toggles on/off each play mode.
[SRC] (Source)
selects a source.
[DISP] (Display)
exits from the function
menu.
[VOL]
selects a value in the function menu.
(PUSH SEL) (Push to select)
selects items in the function menu.
[DISP] (Display)
exits from the audio
menu.
[VOL]
selects a value in the audio menu.
(PUSH SEL) (Push to select)
selects items in the audio menu.
Display change
Press [DISP] to change the display.
Disc Player (CD-DA disc): Disc Player (MP3 disc):
Play time
Normal
Folder name/
Album
*
*
File name/
Title, artist*
Clock
1
Hold down [VOL] (PUSH SEL) for more than 2 seconds to display the function menu display.
Note: If no operation takes place for more than 5 seconds in the function menu, the display returns to the regular mode.
2
Press [VOL] (PUSH SEL) to select a
mode to be adjusted.
3
Turn [VOL] clockwise or counterclockwise
to adjust.
Noise is significantly decreased when weak signals are
received from an FM broadcast station.
(Default: OFF)
MONO OFF
MONO ON
(
lights.)
LOCAL OFF
LOCAL ON
(
lights.)
LOCAL OFF
LOCAL ON
(
lights.)
The frequency is changed
also for programs outside the
region.
The frequency is changed
only for programs within the
region.
English
Swedish
FM Monaural 
FM
Only stations with good reception are detected in seek
tuning.
(Default: OFF)
FM Local
FM
Only stations with good reception are detected in seek
tuning.
(Default: OFF)
AM Local
AM
(Default: OFF)
Note: When the Region mode is switched from OFF to
ON or vice versa, the AF mode turns on automatically.
Region 
RDS
(Default: ENGLISH)
PTY Language 
RDS
AUX IN
Radio
Disc Player
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[DISP] (Display)(CT(Clock
Time))/PTY(Program Type))
switches the information on
the display.
sets the clock time.
selects a programme type.
Disc title
Normal
Track title
Clock
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[SRC] (Source)
selects a source
[SRC] (Source)
selects a source.
[PWR] (Power)
toggles power on/off.
*
[AUX] (AUX IN)
to a line output of an external
sound/audio device.
(ex. Silicon audio player, HDD audio
player, etc)
(for details 
Installation Instructions)
*
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*ID3 Tag On/Off
Hold down [3] for more
than 2 seconds.
album title and song
title/artist name are dis-
played.
(Default) 
folder name/file name are
displayed.
Printed side
lights when mute is on.
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Caution
Set the volume level to
low enough before the
AUX connection is com-
pleted.
*
AUX IN:
(TA)/(AF)
toggles TA on/off.
selects an AF mode.
CD-DA mode display
Track number
Random indicator
Play time
Repeat indicator
MP3 mode display
Folder number
lights when folder random/repeat/scan is on.
File number
Repeat indicator
Random indicator
Note: For whatever is printed in italics in “Check point” column,
Conduct the operations and checks by yourself.
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VOL
SRC/PWR
1
2
3
4
5
6
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SQ
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[TUNE 
]] [TUNE []
down/up the frequency. (Hold
it down for more than 0.5 sec-
onds and release it for seek
tuning.)
[PTY] (MONO/LOC)
toggles PTY on/off, selects MONO/LOCAL on/off in the
FM mode (Hold it down for more than 2 seconds.), and
toggles LOCAL on/off in the AM (LW/MW) mode.
[DISP] (Display)(CT(Clock
Time))
switches the information on the
display.
sets the clock time.
selects a programme type.
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Mono/Local selection
FM broadcast
Hold down [PTY] (MONO/LOC) for more
than 2 seconds to change the mode.
AM (LW/MW) broadcast
Press [PTY] (LOC) to change the mode.
AF Range (Region)
Holding down [AF] (REG: Regionfor more
than 2 seconds toggles region mode on/off.
MONO OFF/LOCAL OFF
MONO ON/LOCAL OFF
MONO OFF/LOCAL ON
MONO ON/LOCAL ON
LOCAL OFF
LOCAL ON
(Default)
(Default)
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[BAND]
selects a band in the radio source.
(APM) (Auto Preset Memory)
executes APM in the radio source. (Hold it down for more than 2 seconds.)
Preset buttons [1] to [6]
selects a preset station in the radio
source, and presets the current
station. (Hold it down for more
than 2 seconds.)
[AF] (REG)
selects an AF mode, toggles REG
on/off.
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[SRC] (Source)
selects a source
(TA)
toggles TA on/off.
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Display change
Press [DISP] to change the display.
Normal
Clock
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