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Important Notes

Ç Warning:
Safety precautions designed to
prevent serious or life-threaten-
ing injuries to the rider or other
persons.

É Caution:
Specific notes and precautions
designed to prevent damage to
the motorcycle. Non-compliance
may invalidate the warranty.

i Note:
Specific notes to help the reader
operate, check, set and also main-
tain equipment.
 Contents

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Intro
R
Radio operation ..............7, 8, 9
RDS - Radio Data System .....8
Regional programs ...............13
Remote control .......................4
A
S
Auto store ............................. 11 Safety instructions ................20

B Selecting a waveband ............7

Basic settings ......................... 5 Selecting stations
by frequency ...........................7
C Selecting stations by name ...8
Calling up stations ............... 11 Selecting stations manually ...7
Cassette deck Selecting the station ..............9
operation ........................ 16, 17 Storing stations ....................10
Controls .............................. 2, 3 Storing/recalling
stations ...........................10, 11
D Switching the TP function
Display and controls .............. 4 on/off .....................................12

L T
Locating stations Technical data ......................21
(station scan) .......................... 8 TP function ............................12
Traffic Program (TP) ..............12
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Presets .................................. 10 V
Program Type (PTY) ............. 14 Volume control .....................19
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Controls

1
2
5 5
Quick reference and functions

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2
10
1 11
10
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Controls

1
3

Quick reference and functions

Radio Cassette
Combination
1 ON/VOL rotary button for
ON/OFF and volume control
Ä
( 5)
2 Tape reverse button ( Ä 17)
3 Cassette deck (slot)
4 FF/REW (fast forward/ Ä
7 Station buttons ( 10)
rewind) and tape eject Ä
8 TA/RDS button ( 8, 12)
buttons ( Ä 16) 9 RADIO/CASSETTE DECK
5 Station scan buttons ( Ä 8) OPERATION button ( 16) Ä
6 Button for toggling between 10 Up/down buttons
automatic and manual sta- (for audio functions)
tion scan ( Ä 7) 11 AUDIO mode button Ä
( 6)
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Display and controls

1
4
Quick reference and functions

12 13
14 15

23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16

LCD digital display

14 Digital display
15 Channel indicator ( Ä 10)
Remote control 16 FM/MW symbol ( Ä 7)
12 TP MUTE button 17 MAN symbol ( Ä 7)
Switching between radio/ 18 LD symbol ( Ä 6)
cassette mode ( Ä 18) 19 PTY symbol ( Ä 14)
13 Volume button 20 TA symbol ( Ä 12)
Increase + /Decrease - and 21 TP symbol ( Ä 12)
station scan backwards
/ 22 REG symbol ( Ä 13)
forwards  Ä ( 19) 23 RDS symbol ( Ä 8)
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Basic settings

Switching the unit on/off

Switching the unit on
• Turn the ignition key to
1
5
position R

Quick reference and functions

Adjusting the volume
• Press the ON/VOL button
— Unit is switched on and the
audio source used most
recently is selected (radio/
• Turn the ON/VOL button
— Clockwise to increase the
cassette)
volume
Switching the unit off
— Anti-clockwise to decrease
• Press the ON/VOL button
the volume
again

i Note:
While the ignition is off (ignition
Setting the volume for the
Traffic Program
• Use the ON/VOL button dur-
ing a traffic message to set
key in position 0 or the key has
the required volume
been removed), the radio can
— The volume set for traffic
be used for a further
messages is maintained even
30 minutes.
if you turn down the volume of
Whenever the ignition is turned
the radio or cassette
off, the unit is also powered

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down.

Note:
If the volume for traffic messag-
es is set above 6, the default
Turning the unit back on setting will override the original
• Press the ON/VOL button setting.
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Basic settings

1
6
Quick reference and functions

Changing the sound settings

• Press the Audio button

— The sound settings are called
up and the display switches
to bass, e.g.:
Adjusting the sound
quality
Sound reproduction
The following sound settings
Selecting the required sound
can be adjusted:
settings:
— Bass: Increase or reduce
• Press the Audio button until
bass tones
the required setting appears
— Treble: Increase or reduce
on the display
treble tones
— Loudness: Switch loudness
on/off
— Balance right/left: Left or right Changing the sound settings:
increase/decrease • Press or hold down the up/
— Fader front/rear: down button until the
not applicable required setting appears
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Radio operation

1
Selecting a waveband 7
Your radio can receive the fol-
lowing wavebands:

Quick reference and functions

UKW (FM), MW and LW (AM).
The MW and LW (AM) bands
allow the listener to tune into
outlying stations since the radio
waves are propagated both as
ground waves along the earth’s
surface and as spatial waves
that are reflected by the iono-
sphere. Selecting stations by
The FM band offers by far the frequency
best reception compared with
Selecting stations manually
the other wavebands. However,
the transmitting range is short
since the radio waves are prop-
Press the MAN button
agated in straight lines.
Selecting a waveband

— MAN (manual) is displayed on

• To select a waveband, press
the frequency symbol on the
radio/cassette button.
— The frequency band changes
in the following sequence:
FM1 = FM2 = FM3 =
AM (LW/MW) = FM1 ...
the operating mode bar
• Press or hold down one of the
station scan buttons
— The frequency changes each
time the button is pressed
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Radio operation

Selecting stations by
name
1 RDS - Radio Data System
8 Sophisticated systems have
now solved many of the prob-
Looking for stations lems of listening to the radio
Quick reference and functions

(station scan) while driving:

The Radio Data System (RDS)
is used to broadcast supple-
mentary information on the
• Press or hold down one of the
UKW (FM) waveband. Radio
station scan buttons
stations that broadcast RDS
— The scan starts with the fre-
information provide the follow-
quency that was set most
ing features:
recently
— Radio stations that broadcast
— The scan stops as soon as a
on multiple frequencies, auto-
station is located
matically switch to the fre-

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quency with the best
reception
Note: — Once the RDS signals have
— During the first run, the tuner
been processed, the station
only tries to pick up strong
name is displayed
stations (LO displayed);
— Supplementary information
can be displayed or called up
105.3 LO
RDS FM 3 (e.g. text messages from the
radio station)
— where a second run is initi-
RDS data can however only be
ated, the tuner also tries to
received under good reception
pick up weaker stations
conditions. With poor or dis-
(DX displayed)
torted reception, there may be

105.3 DX
RDS FM 3
a prolonged delay before the
station name is displayed.
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Radio operation

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9

Quick reference and functions

Selecting the station

Press RDS on the TA/RDS

button
— RDS is displayed together
with the name of the current
station, provided this station
broadcasts RDS information
i Note:
If a station is received with no
RDS or the RDS data cannot be
received, the RDS symbol in the
display flashes once the scan
stops.
If the tuner locates an RDS sta-
tion but no data is received,
NO RDS is displayed.

NO RDS
RDS

• Press or hold down one of the

Switching off RDS
station scan buttons
— The scan starts with the sta-
tion that was set most
recently • Press RDS on the TA/RDS
— The scan stops as soon as a button
station is located — The RDS symbol is displayed
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Storing/recalling stations

1
10
Quick reference and functions

Presets Storing stations

Your radio can store up to 24
• Select the waveband by
stations:
pressing briefly the frequency
— 18 in the UKW (FM) waveband
symbol on the radio/
and 6 in the MW (AM) wave-
cassette button
band
• Select the station ( Ä 7, 9)

i Note:
The presets for individual wave- • Hold down the station buttons
bands are distributed on mem-
ory levels FM1, FM2, FM3
and MW.
The various memory levels
mean that individual station
buttons will be assigned to
more than one station.
• To select a waveband, press
the frequency symbol on the
radio/cassette button
• The selected memory level is
displayed
(1...6) until you can hear the
station again after a short
pause
— The station has been stored
87.5 FM 2
FM 3
— The selected memory level
and the selected station but-
ton are displayed
If the button has already been
assigned, the station stored last
is displayed briefly and the new
frequency or, where the RDS
function is switched on, the
new station name is displayed.
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Storing/recalling stations

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11
Calling up stations

Quick reference and functions

• Select the waveband by
pressing the frequency sym-
bol briefly on the radio/
cassette button
• Select the station ( Ä 7, 9)

• Select stored stations by

pressing the station buttons
(1...6)

Auto store
The auto store function is useful
on long trips where you need to
quickly find the strongest sta-
tion at any given moment.
Auto store only works on FM
memory level 3.
• Press the frequency symbol
on the radio/cassette button
for at least 2 seconds
— The six strongest stations at
that moment are stored in
sequence in memory level
FM 3 and the station stored
under station button 1 is
selected
Auto store can also be run in
the background while using the
cassette deck. In this case,
either AST (Traffic Program off)
or AST TA (Traffic Program on)
is displayed.
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Traffic Program (TP)

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12
Quick reference and functions

Switching the TP function

on/off

TP function
Where the TP function (Traffic
• Briefly pressTA on the TA/
Program) is on, a station broad-
RDS button
casting traffic messages is
— The TA mode (Traffic Pro-
automatically selected in the
gram) is selected and the
following order:
tuner scans to find a station
— If a station is located that has
with TPtraffic messages
a Traffic Program, traffic mes-
Where TA is selected and a sta-
sages from this station are
tion with traffic messages is
relayed
available, TA TP is displayed.
— If the radio is tuned into a sta-
tion that does not have a Traf-
fic Program but which is part
103.2 FM
TP TA FM 3

of a station chain with a Traffic At the start of a traffic message,

Program, traffic messages are first TP INFO and then the fre-
relayed from this source quency of the station is dis-
— If a station is located that played.
does not have a Traffic Pro- Cassette playback is inter-
gram and is also not part of a rupted for the duration of the
station chain with a Traffic traffic messages.
Program, the station scan Volume for traffic messages
stops at the next TP station (Ä 5).
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Regional programs

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13

Quick reference and functions

In the UKW (FM) waveband,
certain stations broadcast
regional programs all day or at
certain times. You can tune into
these programs by using the When the regional program
regional function on your radio. function is switched on REG is
displayed next to RDS.
Switching regional pro-
grams on/off BAYERN 3
RDS REG FM1

— REG can only be received in

RDS mode
• To switch regional programs Whenever the REG function is
on/off, press RDS on the TA/ on and the station switches
RDS button for at least two over to a regional program, the
seconds radio will receive the selected
— The REG (regional programs) regional program as long as you
function is switched on/off stay within the coverage area of
respectively the regional station.
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Program Type (PTY)

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14
Quick reference and functions

Switching PTY on/off

• Press TA on the TA/RDS but-

ton for at least 2 seconds
— The program type function
PTY is enabled and NEWS
displayed along with the PTY
symbol

RDS
News
TP PTY FM1 Selecting the program
The PTY mode remains active
type
for 15 seconds once selected
so that the listener can select a
program type.
• Press one of the station scan

É
buttons to select the required
program type or
Caution:
When listening to a tape, the
PTY function can only be
switched off by holding down • Press one of the station but-
TA on the TA/RDS button for tons (1...6) to select the
some time. required program type
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Program Type (PTY)

The following 29 programs can be selected

1
15
1 NEWS
2 INFROM

Quick reference and functions

3 SPORTS
4 TALK
5 ROCK
6 CLS ROCK
7 ADLT HIT
8 SOFT RCK
9 TOP 40
10 COUNTRY
11 OLDIES
12 SOFT
13 NOSTALGA
14 JAZZ
15 CLASSICAL
16 R_ B
17 SOFT R_ B
18 LANGUAGE
19 REL MUSC
20 REL TALK
21 PERSNLTY
22 PUBLIC
23 COLLEGE
24 Unassigned –
25 Unassigned –
26 Unassigned –
27 Unassigned –
28 Unassigned –
29 WEATHER
30 NO PTY
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Cassette deck operation

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16
Quick reference and functions

Cassette playback
Starting playback
• Switch on the unit ( Ä 5)
• Insert the tape with the open
side facing forward until it
clicks into place in the slot or

Stopping playback

• Press the cassette symbol on

the radio/cassette button
— TAPE is displayed and the • Press the FF/REW buttons
simultaneously
tape direction indicated. The
— The tape ejects and the radio
cassette will start to play
comes on or

TAPE
RDS TP
>>
— If there is no tape in the unit
• Press the frequency symbol
NO TAPE flashes on the
display
on the radio/cassette button
— The tape remains in the slot

NO TAPE
RDS TP
and the radio comes on or
• Switch off the unit ( Ä 5)
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Cassette deck operation

1
17

Quick reference and functions

Fast forward/rewind
(FF/REW)

Reversing the tape

Automatic • Press one of the FF/REW
When the end of the tape is buttons
reached, the other side is — The tape is fast forwarded or
played automatically. rewound
To pause fast forward or rewind
Manual • Briefly press the button for the
opposite direction or the tape
reverse button

• Press tape reverse button

— The other side starts playing

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— Fast forward/rewind is can-
celed and playback starts

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Note:
If you press the tape reverse
button during FF (fast forward) Note:
or REW (rewind), the current When the end of the tape is
mode is canceled and playback reached, the other side is
starts. played automatically.
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Remote control

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18
Quick reference and functions

Mute
Switching mute on/off
• Briefly press MUTE
— The volume is reduced to
20dB
• Briefly press MUTE again
— Mute is canceled and the unit
returns to the volume set
previously

i Note:
If the audio source is changed
Functions while the mute is on, the mute
The following functions can also applies to the new audio
be called up using the remote source
control:
— Mute Changing the audio
— Switching from radio to cas- source
sette operation and vice versa • Hold down the MUTE button
— Calling up stored stations for more than 1.5 seconds
— Station scanning — The currently selected audio
— Volume control source is changed
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Remote control

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19

Calling up stored stations Quick reference and functions

• Briefly press the forward  or
backward
symbol on the
VOLUME/SEEK button
— Each time the button is
pressed, a stored station (up/
down) is called up ( Ä 11)

Station scanning
• Hold down the forward  or Volume control
backward
symbol on the • Press the VOLUME/SEEK
VOLUME/SEEK button for at button on the symbol
least 1.5 seconds — + increase
— Station scanning (down/up) is — - decrease
started ( Ä 7, 8) Ä
( 5)
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Safety instructions

2
20
Care and maintenance

Ç Warning:
Do not attempt to change
tapes while driving!!!
É Caution:
— Store any tapes you are not
using in their plastic box
— Do not expose tapes to

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Note:
Damage to tapes due to envi-
ronmental factors is the primary
reason for cassette-player mal-
function.
Handle your tapes with care.
excessive heat
(direct sunlight)
— Tighten the tape before play-
ing the cassette
— Do not use type C 120 tapes
or longer
— Only use a 10 A fuse as a
replacement for a faulty fuse
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Radio Cassette Combination

Radio
Tuner PLL Synthesizer Tuner

Waveband frequencies MW 531 to 1602 kHz

FM 87.5 to 108 MHz
3
Cassette player
21
Playback system Auto reverse, 4 tracks, 2 channels,
stereo cassette playback with

Technical data
2 programs (mono also possible)

General
Power requirement 14.4 V DC, negative pole to ground

Power consumption Less than 6 A

(at full power)

Speaker impedance 4Ω x 4
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