VBD 1500MP

OWNER’S MANUAL

Mobile Audio System

• PLL Synthesizer Stereo Radio

• Digital Compact Disc Player

• Automatically Memory Storing

• Preset Equalization

• MP3

• Remote Control

• Slide Down Electronic Detachable Panel

CONTENTS

Installation .....................................................................................................3

DIN Front-Mount (Method A) ..................................................................................3

Installing the unit ...............................................................................................3

Removing the unit .............................................................................................4

DIN Rear-Mount (Method B) ...................................................................................4

Using the Detachable Front Panel ..............................................................5

Wiring Connection ........................................................................................6

Operation .......................................................................................................7

General Operation ..................................................................................................7

Radio Operation......................................................................................................9

CD Operation ........................................................................................................10

MP3 Operation......................................................................................................11

Remote Control Handset ......................................................................................12

Specification................................................................................................13

Trouble Shooting .........................................................................................14

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INSTALLATION

Notes:

• Choose the mounting location where the unit will not interfere with the normal driving function of the driver.

• Before finally installing the unit, connect the wiring temporarily and make sure it is all connected up properly and the unit and the system work properly.

• Use only the parts included with the unit to ensure proper installation.

The use of unauthorized parts can cause malfunctions.

• Consult with your nearest dealer if installation requires the drilling of holes or other modifications of the vehicle.

• Install the unit where it does not get in the driver’s way and cannot injure the passenger if there is a sudden stop, like an emergency stop.

• If installation angle exceeds 30˚ from horizontal, the unit might not give its optimum performance.

30˚

DIN FRONT-MOUNT (Method A)

Installing the unit

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(Fig. 1)

1. Dashboard

2. Holder

After inserting the holder into the dashboard, select the appropriate tab according to the thickness of the dashboard material and bend them inwards to secure the holder in place.

3. Screw

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6

2

3

2

3

7

4

5

• Avoid installing the unit where it would be subject to high temperature, such as from direct sunlight, or from hot air, from the heater, or where it would be subject to dust, dirt or excessive vibration.

DIN FRONT/REAR-MOUNT

This unit can be properly installed either from “Front” (conventional DIN Frontmount) or “Rear” (DIN Rear-mount installation, utilizing threaded screw holes at the sides of the unit chassis).

For details, refer to the following illustrated installation methods.

(Fig. 2)

1. Dashboard

2. Nut (5mm)

3. Spring washer

4. Screw (5 x 25mm)

5. Screw

6. Strap

Be sure to use the strap to secure the back of the unit in place. The strap can be bent by hand to the desired angle.

7. Plain washer

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INSTALLATION

Removing the unit

1

(Open/Close)

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DIN REAR-MOUNT (Method B)

Installation using the screw holes on the sides of the unit.

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2

4

2

3

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4

1. Before removing the frame, press the

(OPEN/CLOSE) button to slide down the front panel.

2. Frame

3. Insert fingers into the groove in the right side of the frame and pull out to remove the frame. (You can also remove the frame from the left side.)

4. Lever

After removing the frame, press the

(OPEN/CLOSE) button again to slide up the front panel. Then insert the levers supplied with the unit into the grooves at both sides of the unit as shown in figure until they click.

Pulling the levers makes it possible to remove the unit from the dashboard.

Fastening the unit to the factory radio mounting bracket.

1. Select a position where the screw holes of the bracket and the screw holes of the main unit become aligned

(are fitted), and tighten the screws at

2 places on each side.

Use either truss screws (5 x 5mm), depending on the shape of the screw holes in the bracket.

2. Screw

3. Factory radio mounting bracket

4. Dashboard or Console

Note: The mounting box, outer trim ring, and half-sleeve are not used for method

B installation.

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USING THE DETACHABLE FRONT PANEL

To Detach the Front Panel

1. Press the (OPEN/CLOSE) button, the front panel will slide down.

To Reinstall the Front Panel

1. When the panel bracket is in slide down position, insert the front panel into panel bracket and press

(OPEN/CLOSE) button to slide up.

(Open/Close)

2. Press the (OPEN/CLOSE) button again, the front panel will slide up.

(Open/Close)

3. When the front panel slides down, press the bottom button of the front panel upward and pull it out from the panel bracket.

Bottom

Button

2. When the panel bracket is in slide up position, insert a side of the front panel to its proper position and push another side into the panel bracket, a

‘click’ sound should be heard.

Front Panel

Bottom

Button

4. For safekeeping, store the front panel in the supplied protective case immediately after being removed.

Protective Case

3. Note that if the front panel fails to lock in position properly, press control button may not function and LCD display may be missing some segments. Press the

(OPEN/CLOSE) button and then reinstall the front panel again.

Front Panel

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WIRING CONNECTION

ANTENNA CONNECTOR

IGNITION

SWITCH (B+)

RED

MEMORY

BACK-UP

YELLOW

GROUND (B–)

BLACK

CHOKE

BOX

POWER

ANTENNA

BLUE

FRONT Lch

SPEAKER

WHITE

WHITE/BLACK

REAR Lch

SPEAKER

GREEN

GREEN/BLACK

MAIN UNIT

SUBWOOFER CABLE

(GREEN)

FRONT RCA CABLE

(BROWN)

Rch RED

Lch WHITE

REAR RCA CABLE

(GREY)

Rch RED

Lch WHITE

GREY

GREY/BLACK

FRONT Rch

SPEAKER

VIOLET

VIOLET/BLACK

REAR Rch

SPEAKER

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OPERATION

Location and Function of Controls

1 11 10 12 8 9 18 23 4 7 2

25 13 16 17 19 20 21 14

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22 6 15 24 3

GENERAL OPERATION

• ON/OFF/ILLUMINATE

Switch on the unit by pressing any button [except (OPEN/CLOSE) button (7) and EJECT button (24)].

When system is on, press ILL/PWR button (9) shortly to adjust the brightness of VFD display, press it for several seconds to turn off the unit.

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• FACEPLATE RELEASE

Press (OPEN/CLOSE) button (7) to slide down the front panel and you can press it again to slide the front panel into the main body or detach the removable faceplate.

• SOUND ADJUSTMENT

Press SEL button (10) shortly to select the desired adjustment mode.

OPERATION

The adjustment mode will change in the following order:

Volume Bass Treble Balance Fader

For Electrical Volume:

By pressing AUDIO ADJUST button

(11) or AUDIO ADJUST button (12), it is possible to adjust the desired sound quality.

For Digital Rotating Volume:

By rotating the knob (11&12) clockwise or counter-clockwise, it is possible to adjust the desired sound quality.

• LOUDNESS

Press LOU/BND button (13) to increase bass output and display will show “LOUD”. Press it again to release this function.

• SET THE CLOCK

Press and hold DISP button (15) until the clock is shown on the display and flashed. Then press the

TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button (17) to change hours or

TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button (16) to change minutes.

• SELECT MODE

Press MODE button (6) to choose desired listening mode.

[e.g. radio mode to CD (MP3) mode]

• SUBWOOFER

Press MODE/SW button (6) for several seconds to toggle subwoofer output.

When subwoofer on, display will show

“ SW”. Press it again for several seconds to release this mode.

• MUTE

Press MUT button (4) to silence the receiver. Press it again to release the mode.

• VACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLAY

Exhibit current frequency and activated functions on the display (8).

• EQUALIZATION

Press EQ button (1) to turn on equalization function and to select desired audio mode. There are four kinds of mode as below:

FLAT CLASSICS POP M JAZZ DSP OFF

• REMOTE SENSOR

Point the remote control handset to the remote sensor IR (23).

Press the function keys on the handset to control the system.

• RESET

RESET button (25) is placed on the front panel and must be activated with either a ball point pen or thin metal object. RESET button (25) is to be activated for the following reasons:

- Initial installation of the unit when all wiring is completed.

- All the function buttons do not operate.

- Error symbol on the display.

Note: If press RESET button (25), the unit can’t work yet, please use a cotton swab soaked in isopropyl alcohol to clean the socket on the back of the front panel.

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OPERATION

RADIO OPERATION

• BAND SELECTION

At tuner mode, press LOU/BND button

(13) to select the desired band.

The reception band will change in the following order:

FM1 FM2 FM3 AM

• STATION SELECTION

Press TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button

(16) or TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button

(17) shortly to activate automatic seek function. Press for several seconds until “MANUAL” appeared on the display, the manual tuning mode is selected. If both buttons have not pressed for several seconds, they will retune to seek tuning mode and

“AUTO” appeared on the display.

• LOCAL/DISTANCE

Press LOC button (2) shortly to select between local and distant stations.

Local setting for reception of strong station, and a distant setting for reception of weaker stations.

This function is in effect during AUTO

SEEK operation.

• MONO/STEREO

Press MON button (3) to select monaural or stereo (Mono reception for radio stations). You can sometimes improve reception of distant stations by selecting mono operation.

• AUTOMATICALLY MEMORY

STORING & PROGRAM SCANNING

- Automatically Memory Storing

Press AMS button (18) for several seconds, the radio searches from the current frequency and checks the signal strength until one cycle search is finished. And then 6 strongest stations are stored into the corresponding preset number button.

- Program Scanning

Press AMS button (18) shortly to scan preset station. When the field strength level is more than the threshold level of stop level.

The radio is holding at that preset number for several seconds with releasing mute, then searches again.

• STATION STORING

Press any one of the preset buttons

(14) (M1 to M6) to select a station which had been stored in the memory.

Press this button for several seconds, current station is stored into the number button.

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OPERATION

CD OPERATION

• SELECT TRACKS

Press TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button

(16) or TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button

(17) to move to the previous track or the following track. Track number shows on display.

Hold TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button

(16) or TUNE/SKIP/TRACK button

(17) to fast reverse or fast forward.

CD play starts from when you release the button.

• PAUSE PLAYING

Press PAU button (19) to pause CD player. Press it again to resume play.

• REPEAT THE SAME TRACK

Press RPT button (21) to continuously repeat the same track. Press again to stop repeat.

• PREVIEW ALL TRACKS

Press SCN button (20) to play first several seconds of each track on the current disc. Press again to stop intro and listen to track.

• PLAY ALL TRACKS

Press SHF button (22) to play all tracks on CD in random order. Press again to cancel the function.

• EJECT

When the front panel is sliding down, press EJECT button (24) to stop CD playing and eject the disc from the disc slot (5).

NOTE ON CD-R/CD-RW DISCS

• On this unit, in addition to an audio

CD, you can play your original CD-R or CD-RW that contain audio titles.

• However, depending on the conditions of the recording equipment or the

CD-R/CD-RW disc itself, some

CD-Rs or CD-RWs cannot be played on this unit.

• DO NOT stick paper or tape, etc. onto the label side or the recording side of any CD-R/CD-RW, as it may cause a malfunction.

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OPERATION

MP3 OPERATION

During MP3 operation, these buttons serve the followings:

1. “Searching track directly” in Digital

Audio CD.

2. “Searching File Name” in Digital Audio

CD.

3. “Searching File or directory” by file directory structure in Digital Audio CD.

• Press the DSP button to display the

ID3 TAG. If available the ID3 TAG will contain the song title, artist, album title, year, and comments. If not available you may see “Unknown Song Name”,

“Unknown Artist”, “No Album Title”,

“Unknown Year”, or “No Comments”.

If ID3 TAG is not available you may also see “No ID3 TAG” or the file name may appear.

KEY Assigned IN Searching mode (Table 1)

AMS button is assigned as Digital Audio

Modeselection button in single CDP mode. When pressed, it is activated as selecting each mode of Digital Audio.

“Searching track directly” –> “Searching

File Name” –> “Searching File or directory”

• Press AMS(MP3) button for one time.

It enters into “Searching track directly” in Digital Audio CD. The unit searches the track selected by following buttons:

M1-M6, MODE(7), TUNE/SKIP/

TRACK DOWN(8), TUNE/SKIP/

TRACK UP(9), DISP(0).

• Press AMS(MP3) button for two times. It enters into “Searching File

Name” in Digital Audio CD. 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 all the buttons listed on the Table 1 below. The selected file can be played by pushing LOU/BND(ENTER) button.

• Press AMS(MP3) button for three times. It enters into “Searching File or directory” by file directory structure in Digital Audio CD. The unit searches files or directory in file directory structure by TUNE/SKIP/TRACK

UP/DOWN buttons. The selected file can be played by pushing

LOU/BND(ENTER) button.

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M5 and M6 is assigned as 10 TRACK when Normal play and Searching File or directory.

OPERATION

REMOTE CONTROL HANDSET

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13

12

15

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7

10

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CONTROL & FUNCTION KEYS

1.

PWR/ILL

2.

MOD (7)

3.

S (SEL)

= Pressing shortly is the VFD brightness adjustment function, pressing for several seconds is power ON/OFF function

=

=

Mode Button

Select Button

4.

DSP (0) = Display Button

5.

BND (ENTER) = Band Select Button

6.

AMS (MP3)

7.

VOL +

= Automatically Memory Storing & Program Scanning Button

= Volume Up Button

8.

VOL – = Volume Down Button

9.

TUN/SEK (9) = Tune/Seek Up Button

10. TUN/SEK (8) = Tune/Seek Down Button

11. M1 - M6 = Preset Buttons

12. PAU

13. SCN

=

=

Pause Button

Scanning Button

14. RPT

15. SHF

= Repeat Button

= Shuffle Button

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SPECIFICATION

GENERAL

Power Supply Requirements

Chassis Dimensions

Tone Controls

- Bass (at 100 Hz)

- Treble (at 10 KHz)

Maximum Output Power

Current Drain

CD PLA YER

Signal to Noise Ratio

Channel Separation

Frequency Response

RADIO

Frequency Coverage

IF

Sensitivity (S/N = 30 dB)

Stereo Separation

Frequency Coverage

IF

Sensitivity (S/N = 20 dB)

: DC 12 Volts, Negative Ground

: 178 (W) x 180 (D) x 50 (H)

178 (W) x 160 (D) x 50 (H)

(For the unit with “N” version only)

:

± 10 dB

:

± 10 dB

: 4 x 60 Watts

: 15 Ampere (max.)

: More than 60 dB

: More than 60 dB

: 20 Hz - 20 KHz

FM

: 87.5 to 107.9 MHz

: 10.7 MHz

: 3

µV

: > 30 dB

AM

: 530 to 1710 KHz

: 450 KHz

: 32 dBu

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

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.

Symptom

No power.

The car ignition switch is not on.

Cause Solution

If the power supply is properly connected to the car accessory circuits, but the engine is not moving, switch the ignition key to “ACC”.

The fuse is blown.

Replace the fuse.

Disc cannot be Presence of CD disc inside Remove the disc in the player, loaded or ejected.

the player.

then put a new one.

Inserting the disc in reverse Insert the compact disc with direction.

the label facing upward.

Compact disc is extremely Clean the disc or try to play a dirty or defective disc.

new one.

No sound.

Temperature inside the car Cool off or until the ambient is too high.

temperature return to normal.

Condensation.

Leave the player off for an hour or so, then try again.

Volume is in minimum.

Wiring is not properly connected.

Adjust volume to a desired level.

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 Clean the compact disc, then or defective disc.

try to play a new one.

The operation keys The built-in microcomputer Press the RESET button.

do not work.

is not operating properly Front panel is not properly fixed due to noise.

into its place.

The radio does not The antenna cable is not work. The radio connected.

Insert the antenna cable firmly.

station automatic selection does not The signals are too weak.

Select a station manually.

work.

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