1999 Lexus SC 400 Owners Manual - Page 205
1999 Lexus SC 400 Manual
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AIR CONDITIONING AND AUDIO To prevent the battery from being discharged, do not leave the car audio on longer than necessary when the engine is not running. To ensure the correct audio system operation: D Be careful not to spill beverages over the audio system. D Do no put anything other than a cassette tape or CD magazine into the cassette tape slot or CD changer. D The use of cellular phone inside or near the vehicle may cause a noise from the speakers of the audio system which you are listening to. However, this does not indicate a malfunction. You can listen to the car audio when the ignition key is at "ON" or "ACC". However, if the engine is not running, the key must be in the "ACC" position. You can adjust the brightness of the display. See "Instrument panel light control on page 64 for details. Audio operation is described in detail on the following pages: D Radio operation - See page 187. D Cassette tape player operation - See page 192. D Compact disc player operation - See page 196. Radio operation (a) Listening to the radio (AM) or (FM1/2) button to turn the 1. Push the radio on and select either an AM or FM broadcast. "AM", "FM1" or "FM2" will appear on the display. The radio can also be turned on by pushing the "PWR.VOL" knob if the radio was being used when the system was turned off. 2. Turn the "PWR.VOL" knob to adjust the volume. 3. Tune in the desired station. (See "(b) Selecting a station".) The radio will change automatically to stereo reception when an FM stereo broadcast is being received. At the same time "ST" will appear on the display. When the receiving signal gets weak, the channel separation will automatically be reduced for lowest noise. If the signal becomes extremely weak, the radio will switch over to monaural reception. 4. Adjust the tone and sound balance. (See "(d) Adjusting the tone" and "(e) Adjusting the sound balance".) 5. To turn the radio off, push the "PWR.VOL" knob. 187