Ford Taurus X (2009 year). Manual — part 16

jammed. It is recommended that homemade CDs or DVDs be
identified with permanent felt tip marker rather than adhesive
labels. Ball point pens may damage CDs or DVDs. Please contact
your authorized dealer for further information.

Playing a DVD

1. Ensure that the vehicle is on or the ignition is in accessory mode.

2. Ensure that the navigation system is on.

3. Insert a DVD label-side up into the system.

4. Use the DVD bezel controls to:

Press to play or pause a DVD.

Press to stop or eject a DVD.

Press and release to go to the
previous chapter. Press and hold for
a fast reverse search.

Press and release to go to the next
chapter. Press and hold for a fast
forward search.

Press when not in menu mode to
adjust brightness, or when in menu
mode to navigate through the menu
selections.

Press to adjust volume levels.

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Slow play

1. With a DVD playing, press pause.

2. Press and hold the reverse or
advance button to enter into slow
play mode. Once in slow play mode,
press and release the reverse or advance button repeatedly to cycle
through 1/4 and 1/2. These will display on the status bar on top of the
screen as the screens cycle through at this rate.

Frame by frame

1. With a DVD playing, press pause.

2. Press the right cursor button. The
DVD will advance one frame. Each
press of the right cursor button will
advance the DVD video by one
frame.

Headphone/auxiliary jacks

There are wired headphones (not included) and auxiliary jacks on the
left and right side of your DVD system. They can be used to plug in
wired headphones or to connect and play auxiliary electronic devices
such as game systems, personal camcorders, video cassette recorders,
etc.

On the left side of the system is the
Headphone A input jack. This
headphone will listen to the media
selected on the Channel A source.
When you need to make any
adjustments to the media, volume,
etc, ensure that the Channel A
source is highlighted.

Also located here are the various
auxiliary jacks which can be used to
plug in a VCR, camcorder, video
games, etc. The specific jacks are as follows:

1. Yellow: video input

2. White: left channel audio input

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3. Red: right channel audio input

4. Black: wired headphone jack (not included)

The B headphone jack (5) is located
on the right side of the DVD system.
Plug in wired headphones (not
included) here.

Note: The B headphones can only
access DVD and AUX modes. They
cannot access radio sources.

Audio displays

Your DVD system interacts closely with the front audio system. Status
messages will appear in the radio display showing the DVD status. Some
possible radio display messages:
• SINGLE PLAY or DUAL PLAY
• DVD LOAD
• DVD MENU
• DVD STOP
Audio interaction

You can then also use the front audio controls to advance, reverse, play
and pause a DVD. While a DVD is playing you may use the following
controls on the front radio:

• SEEK: Press to advance to the previous (

) or next (

) DVD

chapters.

•

: Press to play a DVD or to pause the DVD.

When the radio displays “DVD MENU”, press PLAY on the radio
(memory preset #6), to play the disc.

Parental control for the DVD system

Your Family Entertainment System (FES) allows you to have control
over the rear seat controls in a few different ways. The DVD system is
automatically activated when the vehicle ignition is ON, which allows the
rear seat passengers to use the DVD system.

There are three levels of control of
the FES buttons. The states are
FULL (enabled), LOCAL or

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LOCKED (disabled). To change the level of control, press the memory
preset controls 3 and 5 simultaneously on the front audio controls. The
control level will cycle each time the buttons are pressed simultaneously.
The three states are described as:

FULL (enabled): The FES has control over the primary (speaker) and
secondary (headphone) audio sources.

LOCAL: The FES has control over the secondary source (headphones)
only. The radio will ignore button presses that affect the primary
(speaker) audio source.

LOCKED (disabled): The FES buttons are locked and all FES button
presses are ignored by the radio and the FES except for load and eject.

When the DVD system is ON, you
can then press the memory preset
controls 2 and 4 simultaneously to
toggle between Single Play and Dual Play. In Single Play mode, all
speakers listen to the same media. In Dual Play mode, rear seat
passengers can use the infrared wireless, or wired (not included)
headphones to listen to a different playing media than the front seat
passengers.

General information

Note: DVDs are formatted by
regions. US and Canada systems can
only play region 1 DVDs and Mexico
systems can only play region 4
DVDs. Systems sold in vehicles
targeted for other parts of the world
would have different regions. If a
playback problem is encountered,
please ensure that you are using a
disc designed for your vehicle. The
region coding can be found stamped
on the disc or on the box, and can say ‘region-1’ or ‘region 4’, etc. They
may also be marked by a numerical symbol.

Macrovision: This product incorporates copyright protection technology
that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other
intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other
rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be
authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and
other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by
Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is
prohibited.

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