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Peripheral Electronics®, a division of AAMP of America™ 13160 56th Court Clearwater , Florida 33760 866-788-4237 in the US or 727-572-9255 ext.265 for international calls support@peripheralelectronics.com ©2006 AAMP of Florida, Inc. PXDP2InsMan (PXDP2) OEM INSTRUCTION MANUAL (CAN-BUS)[...]
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T able of Contents Pages CHAPTER 1- Getting Star ted 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Precautions 1 1.3 Compatibility Notes 2 1.4 Conguration & Harnesses selection 2 1.5 Programming the iPod2car 3 CHAPTER 2- F or d Installation 3 CHAPTER 3 - Operation 3.1 General Operation Overview 4-7 3.2 Ford Specic Operation 7-1 1 3.3 T roubleshooting 12 3.4 W a[...]
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Chapter 1- Getting Star ted 1.1 Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing Peripheral Electronic’s® iPod2car Gen2 interface for OEM radios. The iPod2car Gen2 OEM is designed to provide endless hours of listening pleasure from your factory radio. T o ensure that your iPod performs cor - rectly with your radio, we recommend that you read this entire m[...]
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2 1.3 Compa tibility Notes This section will inform you of the specic requirements for your factory radio to be compatible with the iPod2car Gen2 OEM. These notes will in- form you of any issues or circumstances that can affect the compatibility of our product with your radio, audio system, or accessories. Not all Fac- tory radios are compatible[...]
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Dip Switch Conguration Char t 3 1.5 Pr og ramming the iPod2car T o program the interface, set the dip-switches located on the side of the interface (see Fig.1 below) to the conguration listed for your radio on the Harness and Dip Switch Conguration Chart. Switches are in their default setting of “of f” in the up position and are turned[...]
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4 Chapter 3- Oper ation This chapter will explain how to control the iPod from your factory radio. This will include selecting the iPod, searching for music with the browse menu, and using the Fast Forward, Rewind, Repeat and Random func - tions. 3.1 Gener al Oper a tion Over view F ast Forward When playing a track on the iPod if you want to advanc[...]
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5 Browse Menu Flow Chart[...]
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6 Browsing The iPod2carGen2 OEM allows you to search for les on the iPod with its BROWSE Menu. The BROWSE menu consists of 4 categories. These categories are Artist, Album, Genre and Playlist. The Browse feature works the same as the iPod. All searches begin when you enter the Browse Menu and end with the song selection. Y ou auto - matically ex[...]
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7 tracks from that album will be displayed on the radio. Browsing by Genre When you choose to browse by Genre, the list of Genre’s on your iPod will be displayed on the radio. After the desired Genre has been selected, the radio will display the names of the artist from the selected Genre on your iPod. Once the desired artist has been selected, t[...]
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8 Exit Browse menu Press the Preset # 3 button to exit the browse menu and continue playing the current song. Selecting the iP od Press the source button on the radio until the display shows Sat1 , this is the source where you can control the iPod playback. Browse by Ar tist Press Preset #2 to enter the browse menu The word ”BROWSE” will appear[...]
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9 Browse by Album Press Preset #2 to enter the browse menu. The word ”BROWSE” will appear on your display . Y ou have entered the Browse menu. P r e s s t h e SEEK► or ◄SEEK b u t t o n u n t i l A L B U M i s d i s p l a y e d . (“F” in front of the different albums indicates that this is the folder of albums). Pr e ss p re se t #2 t o[...]
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10 The list of Artists on your iPod from the desired Genre will be displayed one at a time in Alphabetical order . “AR” will be displayed in front of the artist’s name to indicate that you are searching in the artist folder . Press the SEEK► or ◄SEEK button to cycle through the artists. If the artist you are looking for is toward the end [...]
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1 1 Press the SEEK► or ◄SEEK button to cycle through the songs in the selected Playlist. When the desired song is displayed on the radio, Press preset #2 to select and play the desired song. A satellite channel number will be displayed, this number represents the number of the song in that playlist. The display will automatically change to disp[...]
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Symptom Cause Remedy No Power Blown fuse in vehicle fuse block. Replace fuse with same amp rating. If the fuse blows again, call tech support. No Power Bad connection Check cable and wiring connection. iPod does not display the brand of the radio. the interface is not initialized properly verify the dip switch cong. Disconnect interface. Reconne[...]
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13 3.4 War r anty One Y ear Limited Warranty The quality controls used in the manufacture of this product will ensure your satisfaction. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser of this product from an authorized Peripheral Elecronics dealer . This warranty covers any supplied or manufactured parts of this product that, upon inspec- tio[...]
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Peripheral Electronics®, a division of AAMP of America™ 13160 56th Court Clearwater , Florida 33760 866-788-4237 in the US or 727-572-9255 ext.265 for international calls support@peripheralelectronics.com ©2006 AAMP of Florida, Inc. www .peripheralelectronics.com[...]