Ford Excursion (2000 year). Manual — part 9

Eject function

Press the EJ control to stop and
eject a tape.

Press the EJ control to stop and
eject a CD.

Dolby

T

noise reduction

Dolby

t noise reduction operates in

tape mode. Dolby

t noise reduction

reduces the amount of hiss and
static during tape playback.

Press the

control to activate (and deactivate) the Dolby

t noise

reduction.

Dolby

t noise reduction is manufactured under license from Dolbyt

Laboratories Licensing Corporation. “Dolby

t” and the double-D symbol

are trademarks of Dolby

t Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

Compression adjust

Compression adjust brings soft and
loud CD passages together for a
more consistent listening level.

Press the COMP control to activate
and deactivate compression adjust.

Shuffle feature

The shuffle feature operates in CD
mode (if equipped) and plays all
tracks on the current disc in random
order. If equipped with the CD
changer, the shuffle feature
continues to the next disc after all tracks on the current disc are played.

Press the SHUFFLE control to start this feature. Random order play will
continue until the SHUFFLE control is pressed again.

EJ

EJ

4

COMP

5

SHUFFLE

6

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Setting the clock

To set the hour, press and hold the
CLK control and press SEEK:

•

to decrease hours and

•

to increase hours.

To set the minute, press and hold
the CLK control and press TUNE:

•

to decrease minutes and

•

to increase minutes.

If your vehicle has a separate clock
module, (other than the digital radio
display), the CLK button will not
function in the above manner.

AUTO

CLK

SEEK

SEEK

TUNE

TUNE

AUTO

CLK

SEEK

TUNE

SEEK

TUNE

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The CLK button will allow you to
switch between media display mode
(radio station, stereo information,
etc.) and clock display mode (time).
When in clock mode, the media
information will display for 10
seconds, when the radio is turned
on, and then revert to clock
information. Anytime that the media
is changed, (new radio station, etc.), the media information will again
display for 10 seconds before reverting back to the clock. In media mode,
the media information will always be displayed.

Mute mode

Press the control to mute the
playing media. Press the control
again to return to the playing media.

Rear seat controls (if equipped)

The Rear Seat Controls (RSC) allow
the rear seat passengers to operate
the radio, tape, CD, or CD changer
(if equipped).

To turn on the rear seat controls, press the memory preset controls 3
and 5 at the same time. The

will appear in the radio display.

Pressing 3 and 5 at the same time again will turn the rear seat controls
off.

AUTO

CLK

EJ

MUTE

VOLUME

MEDIA

MEM

SEEK

REW

FF

SIDE 1-2

COMP

SHUFFLE

1

2

3

4

5

6

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If there is a discrepancy between the rear seat and the front audio
controls, (i.e, both trying to listen to the same playing media), the front
audio system will receive the desired selection.

Adjusting the volume

Press the + control to increase
volume.

Press the — control to decrease
volume.

From the RSC controls, the speaker
volume can not be set higher than
the current volume radio setting. Once in headphone mode, the RSC
volume controls will only change volume in the headphones to a desired
level and will have no effect on the front speakers (muting the speakers
will not mute the headphones).

Using headphones/Personal Audio System

The Personal Audio System allows
the rear seat passengers to listen to
one media source (radio, tape, CD,
or CD changer if equipped) while
the front seat passengers listen to
another. However, front and rear seat passengers can not listen to two
different radio stations simultaneously.

Plug a 3.5 mm headphone (not included) into either one of the two
jacks. Press the

/

control to operate the headphones.

The rear speakers will cut out once the speaker on/off control is pressed.
A soft audible sound may be heard from the rear speakers. The front
speaker will remain playing for the front passengers. Press the

/

control again to deactivate the headphones (Personal Audio System).

Media select

Push the MEDIA control to toggle
between AM, FM1, FM2, tape, CD,
or CD changer (if equipped).

VOLUME

MEDIA

MEM

SEEK

VOLUME

MEDIA

MEM

SEEK

VOLUME

MEDIA

MEM

SEEK

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