Ford Escort (2003 year). Manual — part 3

AM/FM STEREO/CASSETTE

Volume/power control

Press the control to turn the audio
systemon or off.

Turn control to raise or lower
volume.

If the volume is set above a certain level and the ignition is turned off,
the volume will come back on at a “nominal” listening level when the
ignition switch is turned back on. If you wish to maintain your preset
volume level, turn the audio system off with the power control before
switching off the ignition.

OFF

R.DEF

A/C

MAX

A/C

HI

LO

TUNE

SEEK

SCAN

AM
FM

1

SIDE 1-2

2

3

4

5

6

EJ

REW

FF

TAPE

H

M

+

BAL

FADE

BASS

TREB

DOLBY B NR

VOL

PUSH ON

VOL

PUSH ON

VOL

PUSH ON

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Bass/treble adjust
• The bass adjust control allows

you to increase or decrease the
audio system’s bass output.

• The treble adjust control allows

you to increase or decrease the
audio system’s treble output.

Speaker balance/fade adjust
• Speaker sound distribution can be

adjusted between the right and
left speakers.

• Press the BAL control. Toggle

between the + and — control to
adjust the speaker sound.

• Speaker sound can be adjusted between the front and rear speakers.

• Press the FADE control. Toggle between the + and — control to

adjust the speaker sound.

Seek function

The seek function control works in
radio or tape mode.

Seek function in radio mode
• Press

to find the next listenable station down the frequency band.

• Press

to find the next listenable station up the frequency band.

Seek function in tape mode
• Press

to listen to the previous selection on the tape.

• Press

to listen to the next selection on the tape.

Scan function

The scan function works in radio or
tape mode.

Scan function in radio mode
Press the SCAN control to hear a brief sampling of all listenable stations
on the frequency band. Press the control again to stop the scan mode.

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Scan function in tape mode

Press the SCAN control to hear a short sampling of all selections on the
tape. (The tape scans in a forward direction. At the end of the tape’s
first side, direction automatically reverses to the opposite side of the
tape.) To stop on a particular selection, press the control again.

AM/FM select

The AM/FM select control works in
radio modes.

AM/FM select in radio mode

This control allows you to select AM
or FM frequency bands. Press the
control to switch between AM, FM1
or FM2 memory preset stations.

AM/FM select in tape mode

Press this control to stop tape play and begin radio play.

Radio station memory preset

The radio is equipped with six station memory preset controls. These
controls can be used to select up to six preset AM stations and twelve
FM stations (six in FM1 and six in FM2).

Setting memory preset stations

1. Select the frequency band with
the AM/FM select control.

2. Select a station. Refer to Tune adjust or Seekfunction for more
information on selecting a station.

3. Press and hold a memory preset
control until the sound returns,
indicating the station is held in
memory on the control you selected.

AM

FM

AM

FM

AM

FM

1

SIDE 1-2

2

3

4

5

6

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Setting the clock

To set the hour, press the hour (H)
control and press :
• (+) to increase hour and
• (−) to decrease hour

To set the minute, press the minute
(M) control and press:
• (+) to increase minutes and
• (−) to decrease minutes.

Tune adjust

The tune control works in radio
mode.

Tune adjust in radio mode
• Press the

to move to the next

frequency down the band
(whether or not a listenable
station is located there). Hold
the

to move through the frequencies quickly.

• Press the

to move to the next frequency up the band (whether or

not a listenable station is located there). Hold

for quick

movement.

+

H

M

12:

+

H

M

:01

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