LAB5900RN - Car radio LG - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	Car Stereo
Brand	LG
Model	LAB5900RN
Dimensions (W x H x D)	178 x 50 x 160 mm
Weight	0.6 kg
Power Supply	12V DC (negative ground)
Max Power Output	50 W x 4 channels
RMS Power Output	22 W x 4 channels
Radio Bands	FM/AM
Preset Stations	30 (FM) + 10 (AM)
Playback Media	CD, CD-R/RW
Audio Inputs	Front AUX, USB
Supported Audio Formats	MP3, WMA
Equalizer	Preset EQ modes (Pop, Rock, Classic, etc.)
Display	LCD with white backlight
Remote Control	Included (wired or IR)
Mounting Type	Single DIN
Front Panel	Detachable for security
Maintenance	Clean with a soft, dry cloth; avoid liquids
Safety	Use only in vehicles with 12V electrical system; avoid exposure to moisture
Spare Parts & Repairability	Contact LG customer service for replacement parts and repairs

Frequently Asked Questions - LAB5900RN LG

How do I install the LG LAB5900RN car stereo?

Use the included mounting sleeve and screws. Connect the wiring harness to your vehicle's ISO connector. Secure the unit in the dashboard. Ensure the front panel is removable after installation.

Can I connect my smartphone via Bluetooth?

The LAB5900RN does not support Bluetooth. Use the front AUX input or USB port for audio playback from external devices.

How do I set the clock?

Press the 'Clock' button (or hold 'Menu' until clock appears). Use the volume knob or arrow buttons to adjust hour and minute. Confirm by pressing 'Menu' or waiting.

What audio formats are supported via USB?

The USB port supports MP3 and WMA files. Ensure your USB drive is formatted as FAT32 for compatibility.

How can I improve FM radio reception?

Check the antenna connection at the rear of the unit. Ensure the antenna is fully extended. If reception is still poor, consider an amplified antenna.

Why is the CD not loading?

Ensure the CD is inserted label-side up. If the unit is in 'Protect' mode or if there is an obstruction, gently reset the unit by pressing the reset button with a pin.

How do I adjust the sound settings?

Press the 'EQ' button to cycle through preset equalizer modes. To manually adjust bass, treble, balance, and fader, press 'Menu' and select 'Audio' using the volume knob.

The front panel is not turning off when removed. What should I do?

Make sure the panel is correctly detached. If the unit remains on, check the ignition switch wiring; the stereo should turn off when the key is removed. Press the reset button if needed.

Can I use steering wheel controls with this stereo?

The LAB5900RN does not include a steering wheel control adapter. You would need an aftermarket adapter compatible with your vehicle and this model.

How do I clean the unit?

Use a soft, dry microfiber cloth to wipe the front panel and display. Do not use any liquid cleaners or abrasive materials. For CD lens cleaning, use a commercially available CD lens cleaner disc.

USER MANUAL LAB5900RN LG

CAR CD/MP3/WMA Receiver

Please read this manual carefully before operating your set and retain for future reference.

MODEL

LAB5900RN

P/NO : MFL60361548

Table of Contents

3 Safety Note

4 Front Panel

5 Basic operation

Mute

Using the EQ

Adjusting the sound level

XDSS+(Extreme Dynamic Sound System)

Checking the clock

Setting the clock

6 Listening to a CD

Pause or restart a CD

Search for a section within a track / file

Skip to another track / file

Intro scan

Repeat

Shuffle

MP3/WMA Track -10 / +10

MP3/WMA Folder UP/DOWN

Checking information about your music

7 Listening to the radio

Auto search memory

Storing and recalling broadcast frequencies

To scan the preset stations

To tune in the preset stations

Listening RDS broadcasting

Connecting USB device

8 Connecting an Auxiliary Equipment

Changing settings

9 Troubleshooting

10 Specifications

Safety Note

CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT SPLIT COVER(OR BACK) NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

This lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.

Always operate the vehicle in a safe manner.

Do not become distracted by the vehicle while driving, and always be fully aware of all driving condition. Do not change settings, or any functions. Pull over in a safe and legal manner before attempting such operations.

Do not use for many hours at extremely low or high temperature. (-10\~60°C)

To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the cover or back of this product. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product to dripping or splashing water, rain, or moisture.

The temperature of unit's outside can be extremely high, please use the unit after proper installation in your vehicle.

This unit cannot play 8cm disc (use 12cm disc only).

CAUTION: This product uses a Laser System.

To ensure proper use of this product, please read this owner's manual carefully and retain it for future reference.

Should the unit require maintenance, contact an authorized service center. Performing controls, adjustments, or carrying out procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

To prevent direct exposure to laser beam, do not try to open the enclosure. Visible laser radiation when open. DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

7 Caution

When being connected in a wrong way, the unit displays as follows.

- Antenna port short : "ANTENNA ON PORT SHORT CIRCUIT CHECK"

After connecting it again, restart the unit.

You have to set the disc format option to [Mastered] in order to make the discs compatible with the players when formatting rewritable discs.

When setting the option to Live File System, you cannot use it on the players.

(Mastered/Live File System : Disc format system for Windows Vista)

Front Panel

1 CD slot
2 SOURCE [SRC]
3 [SEL]
4 [MENU]
5 [ BAND]/[DRIVE]
6 • Volume
• [MUTE]
• Power [PWR]
- ENTER
7 Reset hole
8 • Play/Pause ▶/II
- Intro Scan [SCAN]
- Repeat [RPT]
- Shuffle [SHF]
- Preset Station [1\~6]
9 Display window
10 Eject ▲
11 • Traffic Announcement [TA]
Programme Type [PTY]
12 • Equalizer [EQ]
• Extreme Dynamic Sound System [XDSS]
13 Display [DISP]
14 USB slot
15 • Auto Store [AS]
- Preset Scan [PS]
• MP3/WMA Track +10/-10
- Folder Up/Down
- Skip / Search / Seek / Tune / |◀- +▶|
16 AUX in

Basic Operation

	ON PLAYER
1. Turn the unit on.	PWR
2. Select a source.	SRC
3. Adjust the volume.	Rotate PWR

Basic operation - more you can do

Mute

Press PWR/MUTE to cut the sound. To cancel it, press again.

Using the EQ

EQ is to increase or decrease the signal strength of audio frequencies. The function helps you to enjoy sound more plentifully. Press EQ/XDSS repeatedly. The indicator lights up in the following order.

POP → CLASSIC → ROCK → JAZZ → VOCAL → SALSA → SAMBA → REGGAE → RUSSY → USER1 → USER2 → Off (not displayed)

- When XDSS+ is set to "Off", you can adjust the EQ settings.

- You can adjust sound level to your preference. Once you select a USER mode and then adjust the sound level, it will be automatically stored for the currently selected USER mode. Refer to the "Adjusting the sound level" for USER 1/2 mode.

Adjusting the sound level

Press SEL repeatedly to select the mode you want to adjust from VOL(volume), BAL(left/right speaker), FAD(front/rear speaker) and SUB(Sub-woofer:optional). To adjust sound quality, rotate PWR.

When EQ and XDSS+ is set to "Off", you can also adjust the sound level (BAS(bass), MID(middle), TRB(treble)) settings.

XDSS+ (Extreme Dynamic Sound System)

Press and hold EQ/XDSS. (XDSS+ : Improves the treble, bass sound.) To cancel it, press and hold it again.

Checking the clock

You can see the clock pressing DISP.

Setting the clock

When RDS CT information is not received and then you set CT on the setting menu to OFF, you can adjust the time by yourself. Refer to the page 8 for setting the CT(Clock Time) ON/OFF.

1 Press the DISP and then, press and hold it for more 1 second.
2 Press the ◀- to adjust the hour.
3 Press the +▶I to adjust the minute.
4 Press DISP again to finish the setting.

Listening to a CD

	ON PLAYER
1. Insert a CD.	-
2. Adjust the volume.	Rotate PWR

Listening to a CD - more you can do

Pause or restart a CD

Press ▶/□ on the player during playback. Press this button again to resume play.

Search for a section within a track / file

Press and hold |◀ - / +▶| on the player for about 1 second during playback and then release at the point you want.

Skip to another track / file

Press I◄- / +►I on the player. To skip to previous track, press briefly I◄- within 3 seconds of playing time.

Intro scan

Press or press and hold SCAN on the player. Each files in the current selected folder (■ INT) or the first 10 seconds of each tracks/files (INT) on the disc are played. To cancel it, press the button again.

Repeat

Press or press and hold RPT on the player. The current selected tracks/files (1 RPT) or folder (■ RPT) on the disc is played repeatedly. To cancel it, press the button again.

Shuffle

Press or press and hold SHF on the player. Each files in the current selected folder (■ SHF) or all of the tracks/files (SHF) on the disc is played randomly. Press SHF again to cancel it.

Note

During random playback, if you press ◀◀- , you won't go back to the previous track.

MP3/WMA Track -10 / +10

(If there is no folder or one folder.) During playback press PS to go back 10 tracks, or press AS to go forward 10 tracks.

MP3/WMA Folder UP/DOWN

(If there are more than two folders.) During playback, press PS to go back to the previous folder, or press AS to go forward to the next folder.

Checking information about your music

MP3/WMA files often come with tags. The tag gives the Title, Artist or Album. Press DISP repeatedly during MP3/WMA/CD TEXT file playback. If there is no Information, "NO TEXT" will be shown in the display window.

Note

• The icon is displayed during MP3/WMA playback.
- MP3/WMA Disc compatibility with this unit is limited as follows:

1. Sampling Frequency / 8 - 48kHz (MP3) 22.05 - 48kHz (WMA)

2. Bit rate / within 8 - 320kbps (include VBR) (MP3) 32 -320kbps (WMA)

3. CD-R/CD-RW file system should be "ISO 9660"
4. If you record MP3/WMA files using software which cannot create a FILE SYSTEM, for example "Direct-CD" etc., it will not be possible to playback MP3/WMA files. We recommend that you use "Easy-CD Creator" which creates an ISO9660 file system.

Customers should also note that permission is required in order to download MP3/WMA files and music from the Internet. Our company has no right to grant such permission. Permission should always be sought from the copyright owner.

Listening to the radio

	ON PLAYER
1. Select a source to tuner.	SRC
2. Select a band.	BAND
3. Auto seek.Manual seek.	|◄- / +►|
	Press and hold|◄- / +►|

Listening to the radio - more you can do

Auto search memory

Press AS. The six strongest broadcast frequencies will be stored under preset button 1-6 in the order of their signal strength. To cancel, press AS.

Storing and recalling broadcast frequencies

1 Press BAND to select desired band you want to store.
2 Select the desired frequency and press one of preset buttons 1-6 and hold until the beep sound.
3 Repeat steps 1-2 to preset other stations. The next time, you press the same preset button, the radio station frequency is recalled from the memory.

To scan the preset stations

Press PS. Each preset station appears. To cancel, press PS.

To tune in the preset stations

Press BAND to select the desired band and press the desired preset button 1-6. Note

- When a station is stored on the preset numbers on which another station of the same band has already been preset, the previously preset station is automatically erased.

Listening RDS broadcasting

	ON PLAYER
1. Select a source to tuner.	SRC
2. Select a band to FM.	BAND
3. Select a programme types.	Press and hold TA/PTY
4. Select a station In PTY type.	1-6

RDS broadcasting information.

Press and hold the TA/PTY repeatedly for selecting each mode.

Music group → Speech Group → Search off

NO. MUSIC GROUP	NO. SPEECH GROUP
1. POP M, ROCK M2. EASY M, LIGHT M.3. CLASSICS, OTHER M4. JAZZ, COUNTRY5. NATION M, OLDIES6. FOLK M	1. NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO2. SPORT, EDUCATE, DRAMA3. CULTURE, SCIENCE, VARIED4. WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN5. SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN6. TRAVEL, LEISURE, DOCUMENT

Connecting USB device

	ON PLAYER
1. Open the USB cover.	-
2. Connect the USB device.	-
3. Adjust the volume.	Rotate PWR

Moving to another drive

When connecting this unit to multi reader, press BAND to go to the next drive. Each time you press the button, the driver modes changes.

• If the USB device is already connected, press SRC to select a source to USB.
• Pause / Intro Scan / Repeat / Shuffle / ... functions are same with "Listening to a CD - more you can do". Refer to the page 6.

Connecting an Auxiliary Equipment

	ON PLAYER
1. Connect an auxiliary equipment to the AUX jack with line input cable.	-
2. Select a source to AUX.	SRC
3. Play the connected Auxiliary Equipment.	-
4. Adjust the volume.	Rotate PWR

Changing settings

	ON PLAYER
1. Select one item.	PressMENU
2. Select a source.	Rotate PWR
3. Finish the setting .	Press MENU

● AF(Alternative frequency) ON / OFF

When the reception quality drops, the tuner automatically changes to another station in the network, broadcasting a better reception quality, using the PI and AF codes.

REG ON : The unit switches to another station, within the same network, broadcasting the same program when the receiving signals from the current station become weak.

REG OFF : The unit switches to another station, within the same network when the receiving signals from the current station become weak. (This mode, the program may differ from the one currently received.)

● TA(Traffic Announcement) ALARM / SEEK

TA ALARM: When the tuned station has no TP information for 5 seconds, a double beep sound is output.

TA SEEK : When the tuned station does not receive TP information for 5 seconds, the receiver retunes to the next station that has the TP information.

● PI (Programme Identification) SOUND / MUTE

PI SOUND : If the sound of a station with different PI is heard intermittently, the receiver mutes the sound after 1 second.

PI MUTE : If the sound of a station with different PI is heard intermittently, the receiver mutes the sound right now.

● C-T(Clock Time) ON/OFF

You can use the RDS CT information to update the time. When RDS CT information is not received and then you set CT to OFF, you can adjust the time by yourself. Refer to the page 5 for setting the clock.

● AUX (Auxiliary) ON / OFF

It is possible to use auxiliary equipment with this unit. Activate the auxiliary setting when using auxiliary equipment connected to this unit.

● AUX (Auxiliary) 00dB / +6dB

Only when you set AUX to ON as switching sources, you can adjust the volume level of each source to prevent radical changes in volume.

You can set to 0 dB or +6 dB. You may be surprised at a loud sound when you change the source from the external component to another source.

• DEMO OFF/ ON

You can change the initial indication on the display to information name (function name, EQ name, etc...) while listening to a source.

- LCD WHI / RED

You can change the LCD window color. WHI(white) <-> RED(red)

● LED RED / GRN / AUTO: You can change the button color.

- COL TM (Color changing time)

Only when you set LED to AUTO, you can set LED color changing time from 5 to 60 seconds.

● SW(Subwoofer) OFF / SW 55HZ / SW 85HZ / SW 120 HZ

You can enable the subwoofer. SW OFF <> SW 55HZ <> SW 85HZ <> SW 120HZ.

● DIM(Dimmer) OFF / ON / AUTO

You can change the brightness of the display window during the power-on status. When you set DIMMER to AUTO, the dimmer operates according to the car dimmer setting.

• DIM L (Dimmer Level)

When you set DIM to ON/AUTO, you can adjust the dimmer level. (-2,-1,0,+1,+2)

AUTO EQ operates only in the music file supported with Genre in the device. When you set AUTO EQ to ON, POP, CLASSIC, ROCK, or JAZZ is automatically selected according to the music genre.

BEEP 2ND / ALL

BEEP 2ND : The beep is generated when a key is long pressed. (1 sec) BEEP ALL : The beep is generated when any key is pressed.

Troubleshooting

	Symptom Cause Correction
General	Power doesn't turn on / The unit doesn't operate.	Leads and connectors are not properly.	Confirm once more that all connections are correct.
		The fuse is blown.	Rectify the problem that caused the fuse to blow, and then replace it. Be very sure to install the correct fuse with the same rate.
		Noise and other factors are causing the built-in microprocessor to operate incorrectly.	Turn the unit off and then on.
	No sound is heard / The volume level will not rise.	Cables are not connected correctly.	Connect the cables correctly.
CD	There's audio skipping.	This unit is not firmly secured.	Secure this unit firmly.
	The playback is not possible.	The disc is dirty.	Clean the disc.
		The loaded disc is of a type this unit cannot play.	Check what type the disc.
Radio	Radio stations cannot be tuned in.	The signal strength of the stations is too weak(when tuning in with automatic tuning.)	Tune in the stations manually.
		No station has been preset or preset stations have been cleared(when tuning by scanning preset stations.)	Preset the stations.(Refer to the page 7)

Specifications

General
Output Power 53W x 4CH (Max.)
Power Source DC 12V
Speaker impedance 4Ω
Ground System Negative
Dimensions (W x H x D) 188 x 100 x 186 mm
Net Weight 1.59 kg
Tuner
FM
Frequency Range 87.5-107.9, 87.5-108 MHz
S/N Ratio 55 dB
Distortion	0.7%
Usable Sensitivity 12 dBμV
AM (MW)
Frequency Range 520-1720 or 522-1620 kHz
S/N Ratio 50 dB
Distortion 1.0%
Usable Sensitivity 28 dBμV
CD
Frequency Response 20 Hz-20 kHz
S/N Ratio 80 dB
Distortion 0.12%
Channel Separation (1kHz) 55 dB
AUX
Frequency Response 20 Hz-20 kHz
S/N Ratio 80 dB
Distortion 0.1%
Channel Separation (1kHz) 45 dB
Max Input Level (1kHz) 1.1V
USB
Version USB 1.1
Line OUT
Frequency Response 20Hz ~ 20 kHz
Output Voltage	1.8 V (Max.)
Subwoofer (optional)
Frequency Response 20Hz ~ 120 Hz
Output Voltage	1.8 V (Max.)

Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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