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Radio, Stereo, and Compact Disc: Description and Operation



In-Car Entertainment (ICE)

General description & layout

In-Car Entertainment Component Layout Fig. 1:






1. Radio Cassette
2. Auto Changer
3. Door Speakers
4. Tweeters
5. Electrical Aerial
6. Electric Aerial Mast
7. Premium Amplifier
8. Premium Subwoofer
9. Premium Tweeters

The plan view in the image shows the locations of the In-Car Entertainment (ICE) equipment. This consists of a radio cassette player (1) installed inside an aperture of the center console switch assembly, a optional compact disc auto-changer (2) secured to two mounting brackets located inside the trunk, four speakers (3) installed to the front and rear doors and four tweeters (4).

NOTE: Items 7,8,9 are not installed to standard vehicles.

Standard sound system equipped vehicles have their front tweeters located on either side of the crash-roll dash below the windscreen. The tweeters used with the premium sound system are installed to the 'A' post upper trim pad. Standard vehicles have rear tweeters located on either side of the rear parcel shelf, Premium vehicles have tweeters in the rear doors.

Radio Set Up Modes
Preset 1 There are two radio modes for all markets other than the UK and Europe. By pressing Preset 1, select the market mode to suit your country.
Preset 2 This controls the 'Tape Clean' reminder facility. Press this button until 'TAPE OFF' shows on the display.
Preset 3 This controls the 'Aerial Clean' reminder facility. Press this button until 'AER OFF' shows on the display.
Preset 4 This controls the telephone 'Mute' facility. Press this button until 'TEL ON' shows on the display.
Preset 5 This preset for UK and Europe only, controls the 'RDS' facility and selects the two states of 'Automatic Program Tuning' 'RDS NORM and 'RDS MUTE'.
Preset 5 This preset for UK and Europe only, controls the 'Automatic Program Tuning' modes 'RDS NORM and 'RDS MUTE'. 'RDS NORM' should be used at alt times. Select 'RDS MUTE' mode when a specific broadcasting related problem occurs.