MCD270 - Car stereo CALIBER - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL MCD270 CALIBER

Power Supply DC 11-14V

Polarity Negative Ground

Speaker impedance 4 ohms

Power Output 4 x 55W

CD PLAYER

System Compact disc audio system

Usable disc Compact disc

Sampling frequency 44.1KHz

No of quantization bits 1bit

Frequency 5-20,000Hz

Number of channels 2 stereo

S/N Ratio 70dB

RADIO SECTION

FM

Frequency Range 87.5-108 Mhz

Usable Sensitivity Better than 15dB at S/N 30 dB

Stereo Separation 25 dB at I KHz

S/N Ratio 50 dB

AM/MW

Frequency Range 522-1620 Khz

Intermediate Frequency 450KHz

Usable Sensitivity Better than 45dB

S/N Ratio 40 dB

REMARK:

Specifications subject to change without notice.

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DISC PLAY

PRECAUTIONS

• Disconnect the vehicle's negative battery terminal while mounting and connecting the unit.
• When replacing the fuse, be sure to use one with an identical amperage rating.
  O sing a use with a higher amperage rating may cause senous damage to the unit.
  D. O'NOT attempt to disassemble the unit. Laser beams from the optical pickup are cannot progress in Ung eyes.
  Make sure that pins or other objects do not get inside the unit; they may cause mal
  functions, or create safety hazards such as electrical shock or laser beam exposure.
• If you have parked the car for a long time in hot or cold weather, wait until the temperature in the car becomes normal before operating the unit.
• Keep the volume at a level at which you can hear outside warning sounds (horns, sirens, etc.).

CD NOTES

• P laying a defective or dusty CD can cause dropouts in sound.
  HOLD CDs as illustrated.
  DO NOT touch the unlabeled side
  DO NOT attach any seal, label or data protection sheet to either size of a disc.
  DO NOT expose a CD to direct sunlight or excessive heat.
  Wipe a dirty CD from the center outward with a cleaning cloth.
• Never use solvents such as benzine or alcohol.
  This unit cannot play 3-inch (8cm) CDs.
• NEVER insert a 3-inch CD contained in the adapter or an irregularly shaped CD.
• The unit may not be able to eject it, resulting in a malfunction.

BEFORE OPERATION

• DO NOT raise the volume level too much, as this will block outside sounds, making driving dangerous.

• Stop the car before performing any complicated operation.

CAUTION

DO NOT open covers and do not repair by yourself.

Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help.

Installation procedures

First complete the electrical connections, and then check them for correctness.

Anti-Theft System

This unit is equipped with a detachable panel.

Removing this panel makes the radio totally inoperable.

Removing the panel

1. Switch off the power of the unit.
2. Remove the detachable panel
3. Gently press the burton of the case and open the
   of course , press the button on the case and open thecover . Place the panel into the case and take it wi
   cover. Place the paner into the case and take it with when you leave the car.

Install detachable panel

I. Fix right part of face plate in the right part of panel slot of the unit.
2. Press down the left side of the face plate until it clicks into the panel slot of the unit.

Remove the unit

Switch of the power of the unit.
1. Remove the panel and the trim plate
2. Insert both T-Keys into hole in front of the ser until
2. insert body 1-Keys into hole in front of the set until
theylock. 3. Roll over the unit.

CALIBER

1. Insert mounting bracket into the dashboard, and bend the mounting tabss out with a screwdriver.(Make sure that lock lever is flush with the mounting bracket.Not projecting outward)
2. Secure the rear of the unit After fixing mounting bolt and power connector, fix the rear of the unit to the car body by rubber cushion.
3. Insert trimplate

BASIC OPERATIONS

ON/OFF

Switch on the unit by pressing POWER button(7) or any other button on the radio (except eject) when system is on, press POWER button(7) to turn off the unit.

FACEPANEL RELEASE

Press REL button (I) to remove the facepanel.

SOUND ADJUSTMENT

Press button (8) volume knob to enter the sound set up, the sound set up will change in the following order Volume, Bass,Treble, Balance, Fader and back to Volume. Press button (2) "BAND/LOUDNESS" longer then 3 seconds then Loudness will be activated or disactivated.

SOURCE

Press button (9) "MODE" to switch between CD, USB, SD/MMC and radio.

BEEPS 2ND, BEEP ALL, BEEP OFF

Press button (8) "VOLUME KNOB" longer than 3 seconds. Now press the volume knob until you see "BEEP" in the display. You can rotate the volume knob to select the following options:
BEEP 2ND Beeps only when the second function of the dual function button is selected (long press).
BEEP ALL Beeps when any button is pressed.
BEEP OFF To disable the beep option.

RADIO OPERATIONS

BAND SELECTION

At tuner mode, press button (2) shortly to select the desired band. The reception band will change in the following order: FM1, FM2, FM3 and MW

STATION SELECTION

Press up or down button (20) shortly to activate automatic seek function. Press for 2 seconds until "MANUAL" appeared on the display, the manual tuning Mode is selected. If the buttons are not touched for more than 3 seconds it automatic goes back to "AUTO SEEK"

AUTOSTORE AS

Automatic Memory Storing

Press func button (10) "AS/PS" longer then three seconds, activate AS. The radio searches for the 6 strongest stations and stores them into the preset of the currently selected band. NOTE: Any stations that were previously stored in this memory bank are replaced by a new station.

PRESET SCAN PS

Press func button (10) "AS/PS" for less than three seconds. The unit will pause for ten seconds at each preset station. Press button (10) "AS/PS" again to stop scanning when the desired station is reached.

Station store and recall

Press any one of the preset buttons (12 to 17) to recall a station which had been stored in the memory. Press a preset button for 2 seconds, previous preset station is overwritten by current tuned frequency.

RDS (RADIO DATA SYSTEM) OPERATIONS

The RDS data are the PI, PS, TP, PTY, TA and AF data.

PI: Program identification code

Code for Identifying program

PS: Program service name

Broadcast station name data expressed

In alphanumericically character

TP:Traffic program identification

Identification data for traffic information broadcasting station

TA:Traffic announcement identification

Identification data showing traffic information is being transmitted or not

AF:Alternative frequencies

Frequency list of broadcasting station transmitting the same program

SETTING AF MODE

Press button (3) AF for less then three seconds to select AF to be ON or OFF Whenever AF is switched on, symbol "AF" appears on the display. The tuner will return to Alternative Frequencies whenever the reception signals getting worse."ALARM" will be displayed when an emergency broadcasting is received;meanwhile sound output level will be adjusted to the preset output level automatically when the volume control is set at minimum.

USING PTY TO SELECT PROGRAM

The PTY function allows you to search for stations with a particular program type. To select your program type, press the button (5) "PTY" less then three seconds. Display will show: "pop music" or "news. Now you can select the music type or speech type using preset keys 1 to 6 for you selection as listed table:

Preset number PTY "pop" group PTY in "news" group

I pop m, rock m news,affairs,info

2 easy m, light m sport, educaticdrama

3 classics, other m culture, science, varied

4 jazz, country weather, finance, children

5 nation m, oldies social, religion, phone in

6 f olk m travel, leisure, document

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While selecting PTY engagement, its selection is implemented by preset button as described in notes.When PTY is selected, the radio starts to search corresponding PTY information is detected. If corresponding PTY information is not found ,normal radio reception is resumed.After the text "NON PTY" is at the display for 5 seconds.

LISTENING TO TRAFFIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Traffic announcement can interrupt CD play or radio listening when broadcast. Briefly press the button (4) "TA" to select the TA mode on or off.When TA mode is on, you will hear the traffic announcement when broadcast. During traffic announcement, you can interrupt it by short press of TA button (4).Without switching off the TA mode. By doing so, the set will return to the previous operating mode. Long press on TA button(4) allows ON/OFF selection of EONTA LOCAL/EONTA DX

EONTA LOCAL will only allow traffic announcement from strong station to come through EONTA DX selection will allow all received announcements to interrupt CD play or radio listening.

ADVANCED RDS SETTINGS

Press the volume knob (8) for more then three seconds to enter the advanced RDS settings menu.

When TP information gets lost at the current station for retune time which is set by RETUNE SHORT (30 sec.) or RETUNE LONG (90 sec.), the radio starts to retune to next same PI station.

-TA ALARM mode:

When TP information gets lost at the current station beeps will be heard.

B) PI SOUND or PI MUTE

• In some countries, there is a possibility of having 2 different stations with same frequencies but different PI.

If PI SOUND is selected, radio will switch to the new PI station for few seconds before switch back to current PI station.

If PI MUTE is selected, radio will mute when a new PI station is received.

C) RETUNE L or RETUNE S.

When PI information is not caught for return time, the radio starts to return to next same PI station.

RETUNE L mode: Retune time selected as 90 seconds.

RETUNE S mode: Retune time selected as 30 seconds.

• MASK DPI mode: Masked only the AF which has different PI.

• MASK ALL mode: Masked the AF which has different PI and any other interfering non PI station which having the same transmitting frequency.

CD OPERATIONS

This CD player is suitable for 12cm disc, do not use irregular shaped CD.

SELECT TRACKS

During CD operations, press button (20) "for next track. Press button (20)

" for previous track.Tracknumber shows on display.

During CD operation, hold button (20) "for fast forward. Hold button (20)

"for fast reverse. Cd will starts from when you release the button.

PAUSE

Press button (12) "▶/” to pause the CD player. Press it again to resume play.

REPEAT THE SAME TRACK

Press button (14) "RPT" to continuously repeat the same track. Press it again to stop repeat.

SCAN TRACKS

Press button (13) "SCN" to play first several seconds of each track of current CD. Press again to stop Intro and listen to track.

PLAY TRACKS IN SHUFFLE

Press button (15) "SHF" to play all tracks on CD in random order. Press again to cancel the function.

EJECT

Press button (6) " " to stop playing and eject the CD.

PLAYING A CD-R/RW

Depending on the type of CD-R/RW CD, surface condition of the CD, as well as writer, certain CD-R/RW CD may not operate normally on this unit.

MP3 FUNCTION

How to select MP3 files

I. SEARCHING TRACK

By using volume knob. Rotate the volume knob to scroll through the numbers, then press MP3 enter button (2) to confirm.

2. SEARCHING BY DIRECTORY AND TRACK NAME

By using volume knob (8). Under MP3 play mode, press MP3 menu button (10) twice, the display shows "MP3". Rotate the volume knob (8) for selecting the character. In this search mode, select button (8) use as move cursor. Press band/oud button (2) use as MP3 confirm button. The unit searches files and directories which have the same character which is inputted by the user. The unit shows these sorted files and directories

by volume knob (8) (rotate anti-clockwise first). If the selected name is directory, the user can go into the selected directory by press MP3 confirm button (2) and continue to search the directory or file name in the directory by volume knob (8) (rotate anti-clockwise first). The selected file can be played by pressing MP3 enter button (2).

3.SEARCHING FROM DIRECTION

By using volume knob (8). Under MP3 play mode, press MP3 menu button (10) three times, then the first directory name is shown. Rotate volume knob (8) (rotate anticlockwise first) to navigate through the directory list, press MP3 enter button (2) to select the desired directory. The display will show "V". To select the tracks under the selected directory, by rotate volume knob (8) (rotate anti-clockwise first) then press MP3 enter button (2) to confirm when desired track is found.

4. Navigating THROUGH DIRECTORY BY USING PREVIOUS/NEXT FOLDER (M5/M6) BUTTONS

Press next folder (M6) or previous folder (M5) buttons to skip in the current directory. On a multi-level directories CD, the movement will take place at the current level until last folder is reached. At this point press previous folder (5) again, it will move to the next level or directory

ID3 INFORMATION DISPLAY

Press display button (18) repeatedly to display ID3 TAG information. If the MP3 file is available with ID3 TAG, pressing the display button (18) repeatedly will show information in the following sequence:

Song title -> Artist -> Album title -> Year -> Comments

If any of the ID3 TAG information is not available, pressing the display button repeatedly will show information in the following sequence:

Unknown Song title Unknown Artist No Album title Unknown Year No Comments

If the MP3 file is without ID3 TAG, pressing the display button (18), and "NO ID3 TAG" will be displayed on the display. The file name and track number of the MP3 file will scroll repeatedly through the display during the playing of the MP3 file.

USB DRIVE OPERATIONS

Flip open the USB cover.

Plug in the USB drive.The unit automatically starts playing.

Note: To stop USB playback, unplug the USB drive and the unit will automatically switch to radio mode. If you want to select another source you can use button (9) "mode" to select the desired source. You can leave the card in the unit.

SD/MMC OPERATIONS

Detach the control panel

Insert the SD/MMC Card with Label up side.

Push in until a "click" sound is heard.

Close the control panel.

Note: If you want to select another source you can use button (9) "mode" to select the desired source. You can leave the card in the unit.

Press button (20) "up/down" to go through the tracklist.

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CALIBER

Location Function
	A	B
1 Rear	ight (+) - Purple
2 Rear	ight (-) - Purple / Black stripe
3		F
4 Acc	12V(+) Front right (-) - Gray / Black stripe
5 Auto	Antenna Front Left (+) - White
6		F
7	A	CC+ Rear left (+) - Green
8	G	round Rear Left (-) - Green / Black Strip

TROUBLESHOOTING

Before going through the check list, check wiring connection. If any of the problems persist after check list has been made, consult your nearest service dealer.

Problem	Cause	Solution
No power	The car ignition switch is not on	If the power supply is properly connected to the car accessory terminal, switch the ignition key to "ACC"
	The fuse is blown	Replace the fuse
Disc cannot be loaded or ejected	Presence of disc inside the player	Remove the disc in the player, then insert a new one
	Inserting the disc in reverse direction	Insert the compact disc with the label facing upward
	The disc is extremely dirty or defective	Clean the disc or try to play a new one
	Temperature inside the car is too high	Cool off or until the ambient temperature returns to normal
	Condensation	Leave the player off for an hour, then try again
No sound	Volume is in minimum	Adjust volume to a desired level
	Wiring is not properly connected	Check wiring connection
Sound skips	The installation angle is more than 30 degrees	Adjust the installation angle less than 30 degrees
	The disc is extremely dirty or defective	Clean the compact disc, then try to play a new one
The operation keys do not work	The built-in microcomputer is not operating properly due to noise	Front panel is not properly fixed into its place Press the RESET button.
The radio does not work	The antenna cable is not connected	Insert the antenna cable firmly
	The signals are too weak	Select a station manually
Error 1	Mechanism error	Press the reset button to correct the problem. If the error code does not disappear, consult your nearest service dealer.
Error 2	Servo Focus error	Press the reset button to correct the problem. If the error code does not disappear, consult your nearest service dealer.

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I. TOUCHE DEBLOCAGE PANNEAU
2. TOUCHE GAMME (BAND/LOUD)
3. TOUCHE AUDIOFREQUENCY
4. TOUCHETA
5. TOUCHE PTY
6. DISC EIECT
7. TOUCHE ALIMENTATION (POWER)
8. BOUTON DE REGLAGE DE VOLUME TOUCHE DE SELECTION AUDIO/TOUCHE ENTREE MP3
9. TOUCHEMODE
10. TOUCHE MEMORISATION AUTOMATIQUE / BALAYAGE STATIONS PREREGLEES (AS/PS) TOUCHE BALISSES MP3-ID3
11. TOUCHES STATIONS PREREGLEES (1-6)
12. BOTON PAUSE
13. TOUCHE SCAN
14. TOUCHER RPT
15. BOTON SHUFFLE (RANDOM)
16. BOUTON DOSSIER PRÉCÉDENT
17. BOUTON DOSSIER SUIVANT
18. TOUCHE ECRAN D'AFFICHAGE/TOUCHE MP3 ID3
19.ENTREE USB
20. TOUCHES ACCORD HAUT/BAS, PLAGE SUIVANTE/PRECEDENTE
21. LECTEUR DE CARTE SD/MMC
22. TOUCHE DE REINITIALISATION

CARACTERISTIQUES

GENERALITES

Alimentation electrique DC 11-14V

Remarques relatives aux CD

BEEPS 2ND, BEEP ALL, BEEP OFF

ECRAN D'INFORMATION ID3

ZWEIFACHER PIEPTON, PERMANENTER PIEPTON, PIEPTON AUS