Nissan Maxima: FM/AM/SAT radio with compact disc (CD) player (if so equipped) - Monitor, climate, audio, phone and voice recognition systems - Nissan Maxima Owners ManualNissan Maxima: FM/AM/SAT radio with compact disc (CD) player (if so equipped)

For all operation precautions, see "Audio operation precautions" in this section.

Audio main operation

VOL/ON·OFF control:

Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON position and push the VOL/ON·OFF control knob while the system is off to call up the mode that was playing immediately before the system was turned off.

To turn the system off, press the VOL/ON·OFF control knob.

Turn the VOL/ON·OFF control knob to adjust the volume.

This vehicle has Speed Sensitive Volume (SSV) for audio. The audio volume changes as the driving speed changes.

AUDIO control knob (Bass, Treble, Balance and Fade):

Press the AUDIO control knob to change the mode as follows:

Bass > Treble > Balance > Fade To adjust Bass, Treble, Balance and Fade, press the AUDIO control knob until the desired mode appears in the display. Turn the tuning knob to adjust Bass and Treble to the desired level. You can also use the tuning knob to adjust Fade and Balance modes. Fade adjusts the sound level between the front and rear speakers and Balance adjusts the sound between the right and left speakers.

Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the desired level, press the AUDIO control knob repeatedly until the radio or CD display reappears.

If the control knob is not pressed for approximately 10 seconds, the radio or CD display will automatically reappear.

 Speed Sensitive
 Speed Sensitive Volume (SSV):

To change the SSV mode from OFF to 5, press the SETTING button. Then select the Audio key using the NISSAN controller; the audio settings screen will be displayed. Select the key or + key to change the SSV.

While in this screen you can also adjust the other audio settings by selecting the corresponding key.

Once you have adjusted the sound quality to the desired level, press the BACK button.

For information on how to use the NISSAN controller, see How to use the NISSAN controller in this section.

 Clock operation
 Clock operation

For additional information on setting the clock, see Adjusting the time in this section.

 CD/MP3 display
 CD/MP3 display mode

While listening to a CD or an MP3/WMA CD, certain text might be able to be displayed (when CD encoded with text is being used).

Depending on how the CD or MP3/WMA CD is encoded, the following text might be able to be displayed by selecting the Text key:

- Folder displays the name of the current folder being accessed.

- File displays the name of the file currently playing.

- Song displays the ID3 encoded tag of the song name.

-Album displays the ID3 encoded tag of the album name.

-Album displays the ID3 encoded tag of the album name.

- Artist displays the ID3 encoded tag of the artists name.

- Disc displays the disc name of the CD currently playing.

- Track displays the name of the song on the CD currently playing.

Some of this text or modes might not display while playing a regular CD. Select the Menu key with the NISSAN controller, then select the Text key to display the text for the CD.

Press the BACK button to exit the CD text display screen.

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