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Autorádio MS 202Škoda Auto 08.03

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GENERAL VIEW 2

BRIEF OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 3

IMPORTANT INFORMATION 4

RADIO MODE 5

CASSETTE MODE 12

SETTINGS 13

THEFT PROTECTION CODING 15

HINTS 17

BRIEF TECHNICALDESCRIPTION 18

CEThis unit corresponds to the EMV protec-tive requirements (EC directives 89/336EWG and 93/68/EWG) according to theEN 55013 and EN 55020 norms.

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GENERAL VIEW

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AUD GEO 1 TP1 2 3 4 5 6 A/F

TP

AUD GEO TP1 2 3 4 5 6 A/F

TP

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BRIEF OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

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1 – Tone control .................................... 6Press the tone control buttons andturn the control knob/push button 6to change the setting.

– 1 pressure: bass control (BASS)– 2 pressures: treble control (TRE)

2 – Tone balance button ........................ 7Press the tone balance button andturn the control knob/push button 6 to change the setting pressures: balance (BAL)

3 – Station buttons ................................. 9for 12 FM and 12 AM stations.

4 – A/F button......................................... 6This button serves for switching overbetween FM 1/2 and AM 1/2 mode.

5 – TP/Set button ................................. 10Briefly pressing this button switcheson the traffic programme functions.Pressing this button a longer time dis-plays the Setup menu.

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6 – Control knob/push button ................. 5– Switch on/off: press the button.– Volume control: turn the knob.– Tone control: press the tone control

button 1 then turn the control knob.– Tone balance: press the tone balance

button 2 then turn the control knob.

9 – Cassette compartment ................... 12

ß` – Cassette ejection............................ 12

ßQ – Station search rocker ...................... 8Briefly press the rocker to start a sta-tion search cycle in the AM range.When in the FM range, you can scrollthrough the memory list.

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Display7 – TP indication .................................... 28 – Wavebands ...................................... 2ßI – Station buttons indication ................. 2ß? – Station name .................................... 2

Operation while driving

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The requirements in today’s road trafficcall for the full attention of the road usersat any time.

The comprehensive and pretentious fea-tures of modern car radios offer a lot ofinformation about traffic and road condi-tions besides an abundance of entertain-ment.

However, the radio system with its manyfunctions should only be operated if thetraffic situation allows for this.

For example, changing cassettes or read-ing a cassette lable while driving hasalready often led to dangerous situations.

In addition, the volume of the radio systemshould always be adjusted so that you canstill safely hear outside acoustic signals.

Caution Keep complete control of yourvehicle at all times!

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Control knob/push button

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6 – Control knob/push buttonThis knob/button permits:

• Switching on/off the radio

• Volume control

• Tone control

• Tone balance control

AUD GEO 11Switching on/off, volume controlPressing the push button 6 switchesthe radio on and off.The frequency and volume adjusted befo-re switching off are recovered.

If the ignition key is removed from the igni-tion lock with the radio switched on, theradio is automatically switched off.

If the ignition key is refit into the ignitionlock and turned, the radio is automaticallyswitched on.

If the ignition key is pulled out, you mayswitch on the radio by pressing the controlknob/push button 6 twice.After about 1 hour the radio is automati-cally switched off to avoid discharging ofthe car battery.You may repeat this operation as often asdesired.

If the car radio remains mute after switch-ing on and "SAFE" appears in the display,observe the notes from page 16.

Turning the control knob 6 allows you to change the volume, the tone or the tonebalance settings.

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RADIO MODE

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Bass control (BASS)

• Press the AUD button 1. "BASS" andthe current setting +6 to –6 appear in thedisplay.

• Turn the control knob/push button 6 tothe left or the right to adjust the desiredsetting.

• If you wish to adjust the bass controlimmediately to its centre setting, pressthe AUD button 1 until "BASS 00"appears in the display.

• When this is done, press the AUD button1 again to store the setting. This will sel-ect at the same time the treble controlmode.

RANGE SELECTION BUTTON Tone control

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RADIO MODE

4 – A/F buttonUse the A/F button 4 to switch betweenthe "FM" and "AM" ranges.

Press the A/F button 4 repeatedly toswitch between the memory levels "FM1"and "FM2" or “AM1“ and “AM2“.

The display shows "FM1" or "FM2" for thememory levels in the FM range, and"AM1" or "AM2" for the memory levels inthe AM range.

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1 – Tone control buttonAfter pressing the AUD button 1, the fol-lowing indications appear in the display:

• 1 pressure: bass control "BASS",• 2 pressures: treble control "TRE".

You may change the tone control settingby turning the control knob/push button 6.

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Treble control (TRE)

• "TRE" and the current setting +6 to –6appear in the display

• Turn the control knob/push button 6 tothe left or the right to adjust the desiredsetting.

• If you wish to adjust the treble controlimmediately to its centre setting, pressthe AUD button 1 until "TRE 00"appears in the display.

• When this is done, press the AUD button1 again to store the setting.

• To go directly to the treble control mode,press the AUD button 1 briefly twice.

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Tone control Tone balance control

Balance (BAL)

With this function you may adjust the volu-me balance of the left/right loudspeakers.

• "BAL" and the current setting (from LEFT15 via CENTER to RIGHT 15) appear inthe display.

•Turn the control knob/push button 6 tothe left or the right to adjust the desiredsetting.

• If you wish to adjust the Balance controlimmediately to its centre setting, pressthe GEO button 2 until "CENTER"appears in the display.

• When this is done, press the GEO button2 again to store the setting.

• To go directly to the balance controlmode, press the GEO button 2 briefly.

RADIO MODE

2 – Tone balance buttonAfter pressing the tone balance buttonGEO 2, the following indications appearin the display:

• Balance (BAL)

Turn the control knob/push button 6 tothe left or the right to adjust the desiredsetting.

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First press the A/F button 4 repeatedly toselect one of the memory levels of the"FM1", "FM2", "AM1" or "AM2" ranges.

ßQ – Station search rockerPress on � or � of the rocker ßQ to startthe manual station search.

• Briefly press one side of the rocker ßQ:"MAN" and the current reception fre-quency appear in the display.

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Manual tuning

RADIO MODE

• Briefly press repeatedly on � or � of therocker ßQ:The frequency is changed in single steps(50 kHz steps in FM, 1 KHz steps inAM).

• Hold down � or � of the rocker ßQ: the frequency scrolls at high speed.

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Manual storing• Press the station button 3 on which the

station is to be stored until the mutefunction is deactivated (the frequency tobe stored appears in the display). Thestation is stored.

Please make sure that the station nameis shown while the station is stored andnot a moving text as otherwise themoving text will be stored instead ofthe station name.

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Manual storing Station buttons

You may store up to 24 stations on the 6station buttons in connection with the res-pective memory levels.

FM1/FM2 range = 6 stations eachAM1/AM2 range = 6 stations each

"FM2" means that you are in the secondmemory level. Press the A/F button 4 toswitch between the memory levels.

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RADIO MODE

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5 – TP buttonThe TP standby mode allows you to hearonly traffic announcements. Even if thevolume is set to minimum, the traffic an-nouncements are heard with the program-med volume – see also page 13. If thetransmission range of the traffic stationtuned to is left, the radio will start afterabout 30 seconds an automatic stationsearch.

TP6 A/F TPInterrupting a traffic announcementYou may wish to interrupt a traffic an-nouncement in certain situations, forexample– if the announcement does not concern

your route,– if the announcement is very long and the

part concerning you is already comple-ted.

While an announcement is heard, thiswill be aborted and the previous mode, forexample radio reception or cassette play,is continued. A new traffic announcementwill be heard again.

To switch definitely off all traffic an-nouncements, deactivate the TP function.

Traffic programme functions

RADIO MODE

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When storing RDS stations you shouldpress the corresponding station buttononly when the station name appears in the display. This ensures that all RDSinformation has been interpreted and stored automatically.

When calling up stored RDS stations,the corresponding station name is display-ed. If the stored frequency is too weak forgood reception, the radio searches auto-matically for an appropriate alternative fre-quency (best station function).

If non of the stored alternative frequenciesis strong enough for good reception, thedesired station cannot be received at themoment. In this case, tune to another sta-tion.

�! Please make sure that the stationname is displayed when the stationis stored. If a moving text should bedisplayed, this will be storedinstead of the station name.

In many European countries, RDS is al-ready transmitted by many radio stations.The goal is to provide an overall coverage.

With this system, an inaudible digitizeddata current is transmitted in addition tothe normal FM radio signal, providing theRDS receiver with information in encodedform which controls, among other things,the following functions:

• Programme identification(PI code)

With the help of the PI code, the radiorecognizes the currently received station.

• Programme service name(PS code)

The PS code transmits the station namewhich is shown in the display.

• Alternative frequencies (AF code)

Because of the limited transmission rangeof the FM waves, the programme of oneradio provider is transmitted by severalstations on different frequencies. The AFcode informs the radio about all alternativefrequencies of the same programme. This enables the radio to tune to the fre-quency which can be received in the bestquality.

Tuning to another frequency is carried outin an inaudible way. The station name in the display remainsunchanged.

While you are driving, the RDS radio sear-ches permanently for alternative frequen-cies of the station selected and tunes tothis in an automatic and inaudible way.

• Traffic programme identification(TP code = Traffic programme)

This information tells the radio that it iscurrently receiving a traffic programmestation.

Information about How does RDS work?RDS stations

RADIO MODE

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When the TP function is activated duringcassette mode, cassette play is automati-cally interrupted during a traffic announce-ment so that this can be heard.

If the transmission range of the traffic sta-tion tuned to is left, the radio will automati-cally search a new traffic radio station.

Briefly press the TP button 5 if you wishto abort a traffic announcement and tocontinue cassette play.

A new traffic announcement is heardagain.

Insert the cassette fully into the cassettecompartment. When inserting a cassette,the radio switches automatically to cas-sette play.

CASSETTE MODE

Cassette compartment Fast forward and rewind Cassette mode and trafficradio programmes

ß` Fast forward and rewindPressing the button �� ß` selects fastrewind or forward, respectively.

“WIND” appears in the display.

Briefly pressing the button �� ß` ends thefast forward or rewind function

Cassette ejection• Press and hold down the button ß`

during cassette play to eject the cassette(motor ejection).

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The Setup menu

Pressing the TP button 5 for more than 2seconds enables you to carry out specialsettings and special RDS functions.

To select the individual Setup menu items,use the two rockers (see pos. �� or ��and ßQ).It is possible to select the following menufunctions.

• TAVOL• LRN• REG• ONVOL• IGN• CODE/SAVE

Exit the Setup menu

Press the TP button 5 or make no adjust-ment for more than 30 seconds to saveyour changed settings and to exit theSetup menu.

TAVOL

The TAVOL function enables you to adjustthe minimum volume for traffic announce-ments.If the current volume is lower than theTAVOL setting, the volume of the trafficannouncement will be increased to theTAVOL setting.

• Select TAVOL in the setup menu."SETUP TAVOL" and the current settingappear in the display.

• Use the control knob/push button 6 toselect the desired setting. The settingrange is 04 – 20.

LRN ON/OFF

If you are driving in a region where thereception of RDS programmes with trafficannouncements is poor, you may preventthe automatic station search in radiomode.

"LRN ON" automatic LEARN desired,

"LRN OFF" automatic LEARN not desired.

• Press � or � of the rocker ßQ to selectthe desired setting.

SETTINGS

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IGN ON/OFFSwitching on and off with the ignitionswitch.

"IGN ON" You may switch the car radioon and off with the ignitionswitch of the vehicle.

"IGN OFF" You may switch the car radioon and off only with the "IO"button.

• Press � or � of the rocker ßQ to selectthe desired setting.

CODE/SAVE

If "CODE" appears in the display, codingis not activated.

If "SAFE" appears in the display, coding isactivated.

The way how to activate and deactivatethe coding is described on the the follow-ing pages.

REG ON/OFF

If the reception quality gets poor, your carradio first only selects an alternative fre-quency of the current station.

However, if the reception quality gets sopoor that a lose of the station becomespossible, the radio will also accept fre-quencies of a “related” station.

The "REG ON/REG OFF" function ena-bles you to select whether alternative fre-quencies with identical programme are tobe tuned to with the help of the RDS sig-nal, that is, regional stations are onlyselected in the case of emergency.

• Select REG ON/REG OFF in the Setupmenu."SETUP" and the current setting are dis-played. The "REG ON" setting is presetat the factory.

• Press � or � of the rocker ßQ to selectthe desired setting.

REG OFF: free change between all regio-nally related stations.

REG ON: preferred change between identi-cal programmes; in the “case of emergen-cy” also change to a regional programme.

ONVOL

With the ONVOL function you may limitthe maximum switch-on volume.Normally the last adjusted volume will berecovered when switching the car radioon. However, if the switch-off volume ishigher then the ONVOL setting, theswitch-on volume will automatically belimited to the ONVOL setting.

• Select ONVOL in the Setup menu."SETUP ONVOL" and the current settingappear in the display.

• Use the control knob/push button 6 toselect the desired setting. The settingrange is -- – 47.

SETTINGS

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Deactivating the electronic securitysystemIf the electronic security system haslocked the car radio for any reason, forexample, when the car battery has beendisconnected or a fuse has blown, “SAFE”appears in the radio’s display after swit-ching on.

• After about 1 second, "1– – – –"appears in the display.

If you now enter the correct code number,the electronic security system can bedeactivated.

If is absolutely necessary to follow theorder of the operational steps:

• Switch the radio on: "SAFE" appears inthe display.

• After about 1 second, "1– – – –"appears in the display (1 stands for thefirst attempt).

• Use the station buttons 3 to enter thecode number which is to be found on theradio card.

Coding

Briefly press the station button 1 to en-ter the first digit of the code number, thenstation button 2 for the second digit,etc.

• When this is done, press for more than 2seconds on �� or �� of the rocker ßQthen release the pressure.

• If you have entered the correct code, thefrequency will be displayed after a fewmoments.

The car radio is operational again.

�! If you should have lost the radiocard with the code number, pleasecontact a Skoda service point.

Incorrect code numberIf you enter an incorrect code numberwhen attempting to deactivate the electro-nic security system, "SAFE" appears afterabout 10 seconds and then “2 – – – –”(2nd attempt) in the display.

You may then repeat once the entire operation. The number of attempts is indicated in the display.

If you enter an incorrect code numberagain, the radio will be locked for the waiting times indicated in the table below.

Waiting times between attempts:

Attempt Waiting time(display) (approximately)

1 10 sec.

2 1.5 min.

3 5 min.

4 21 min.

5 1.5 hrs.

6 6 hrs.

7 24 hrs.

8 24 hrs.

THEFT PROTECTION CODING

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Activating the electronic securitysystemPress the TP button 5 to display theSetup menu.

• Select the "CODE/SAVE" function.

• Press � or � of the rocker ßQ.• "1– – – –" appears in the display.

• Use the station buttons 3 to enter thecode number which is to be found on theradio card.Briefly press the station button 1 toenter the first digit of the code number,then station button 2 for the seconddigit, etc.

• When this is done, press for more than 2seconds on �� or �� of the rocker ßQthen release the pressure.

• If you have entered the correct code,“SAVE” will be displayed after a fewmoments.

The car radio is locked again.

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The device is provided with an automatictape type switch-over function. For opti-mum playback quality we recommend youto use “chromium dioxide” or “metal” cas-settes. To ensure a troublefree operation,you should only use cassettes of well-known manufacturers.

If distortions should occur when playingprerecorded cassettes, we recommendyou to copy the recording on a cassette ofa renowned make.

To prevent distortions due to the cassetteitself, we recommend you to use only C-90or C-60 cassettes.

You should not stick adhesive labels or additional labels on the cassette.During cassette mode, the cassettemay get warm and the label detach causing malfunctions.

Tips to cassette mode Guarantee

Never expose cassettes for a long time to very low (below -10° C) or very high(above +50° C) temperatures inside thevehicle. Please consider that the tempera-ture inside the vehicle may be considerab-ly higher than outside the car.

Avoid exposure of the cassettes to directsunlight. It is best to store the cassettes intheir boxes or in the original cassette traywith reel lock available for most vehicles.

If the high frequencies should get lost afterlong operation (about 100 hrs. accordingto tape material), the sound head may besoiled by tape abrasion. In this case, cleanthe sound head using a wet cleaning cas-sette. Use only cleaning cassettes of anenowned make and follow the usermanual of the cassette manufacturer.

For our car radio systems apply the sameguarantee conditions as for new vehicles.

�! A damage in the sense of the guarantee must not be caused byimproper handling of the system orby inexpert attempts of repair. Inadditioin, no visible damages mustexist.

HINTS

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DisplayFrequency, station name, waveband, station button, TP (traffic programme),cassette functions.

Max. output power4 x 20 Watt (max.),4 x 17 Watt (to DIN at 4 Ohm).

IlluminationAnti-glare illumination of the control ele-ments and the display when the vehicleillumination is switched on (night design).The brightness can be adjusted accordingto the instrument board illumination.

Waveband selectionBy touch buttons.

Cassette playerWear-resisting high-performance soundhead, automatic tape type recognition, fastforwardand, switch-over to radio receptionin the case of traffic announcements.

Theft protectionElectronic security system locking theradio when the power supply is discon-nected. The radio can be put into opera-tion again only by entering the correctcode number.

Reception rangesFM, AM (MW).

Interference suppressionThe automatic interference suppressionintegrated in the radio eliminates mostinterferences during FM reception.

Special intereference suppression circuitseliminate most interfering impulses gene-rated by the motor and other parts of theelectrical system, for example, ventilator,windscreen wiper, etc.

Station selectionAutomatic play of the last station tuned to(last station memory) in radio mode.

Six station buttons each for AM1/AM2,FM1/FM2. Direct manual tuning for RDSstations. Manual tuning possible in thedirection of high or low frequencies. Micro-computer-controlled stabilization of thetransmission frequencies (PLL quarz-tuning).

Traffic radio programme functionsAutomatic station search, automatic trafficannouncements, switch-over to monoduring traffic announcements.

Audio functionsStereo, active tone control, sound balancecontrol integrated in the radio, multipleloudspeaker system.

BRIEF TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

The indications in this user manual com-ply with the information available at theday of printing.Subject to technical modifications.This paper has been made of chlorine-free and bleached pulp.

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