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Radio Shack 12-2156 Owner's Manual - Installation

Manual is about: CD Player- AM/FM Car Stereo

Summary of 12-2156

  • Page 1

    Cat. No. 12-2156 owner’s manual please read before using this equipment. Cd player am/fm car stereo 12-2156.Fm page 1 wednesday, november 24, 1999 10:39 am.

  • Page 2: Features

    2 features your radioshack cd player amfm car stereo has many practical, easy-to-use features, and you can install it in almost any vehicle using the supplied mounting bracket, hardware, and cables. Your stereo is easy to operate, so you can concentrate on driving safely. Caution: do not change your...

  • Page 3

    3 am/fm stereo tuner memory tuning — lets you quickly store and tune up to 30 of your favorite stations (12 am and 18 fm). Band button — lets you easily select one of the tuner’s am or fm bands. Memory scan tuning — scans all sta- tions stored in memory, playing for 5 seconds on each station. Seek t...

  • Page 4: Contents

    4 contents installation ............................................................................................................... 5 before you begin installation ............................................................................. 5 preparing the mounting area ...........................

  • Page 5: Installation

    5 installation before you begin installation before you install your stereo, read all the instructions in this owner's manual. You should be able to answer all of these questions about your vehicle's electrical and sound systems. • which terminal in my vehicle’s fuse box supplies power even when the...

  • Page 6

    6 removing the shipping screws the shipping screws help protect the stereo from being damaged during ship- ment. Before you mount the stereo, use a phillips screwdriver to remove the two screws from the top of the stereo. Note: save the shipping screws in case you ever want to mail or ship the stere...

  • Page 7

    7 • the stereo’s buzzer alarm sounds if you make an incorrect connection. For example, speaker wires make contact to ground and the battery’s positive (+) terminal for around 5 seconds with the power leads con- nected to the battery’s positive ter- minal and the ground wire connected to the battery’...

  • Page 8

    8 5. Connect the blue/white wire to any optional equipment, designed to run from a switched source, that you want the stereo to turn on and off (such as a booster or a power antenna). This wire does not provide power to the components. If you do not use this wire, secure it with a wire tie and do no...

  • Page 9

    9 2. Connect the white/black wire to the left front speaker's negative termi- nal. This terminal might be marked with a minus (–) sign, or it might not be marked at all. 3. Connect the gray wire to the right front speaker's positive terminal. 4. Connect the gray/black wire to the right front speaker...

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    10 1. Make sure the ignition is turned off, then disconnect the cable from the vehicle's negative (–) battery termi- nal. 2. Disconnect the 14-wire harness and the antenna. 3. Press release on the upper left corner of the control panel to remove the control panel. 4. Take out the plastic trim ring b...

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    11 10. Reconnect the cable to the vehicle's negative (–) battery terminal. Then install the stereo’s control panel (see “installing/removing the con- trol panel”). You might need to reset the stereo’s clock after you reconnect the cable to the vehicle battery. Removing the stereo from the dash 1. Di...

  • Page 12: Basic Operation

    12 basic operation to turn on the stereo, press pwr . The buttons and display light. To turn off the stereo, press pwr again. Setting the clock 1. Press pwr . 2. Press display for about 2 seconds until the colon ( : ) flashes, then repeatedly press skip seek until the stereo displays the correct hou...

  • Page 13

    13 repeatedly press sel until fad ap- pears. Then adjust sound balance front and rear using vol . Or vol . F (front) or r (rear) appears. If you only have one pair of speakers, adjust the fader toward the front speakers. To increase bass output, press loud . Lou appears. To return bass output to nor...

  • Page 14: Radio Operation

    14 radio operation playing the radio 1. Press pwr . The radio automatically tunes to the last station and band selected. 2. Press bnd to select the desired band. Fmi, fmii , or fmiii appears when an fm band is selected. Ami or amii appears when an am band is selected. 3. Tune to the desired station ...

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    15 2. Tune to the station you want to store. 3. Hold down the desired memory channel button ( 1 – 6 ), the memory channel number, and the frequency appear. The station is stored. The volume briefly mutes while the radio stores the station, then returns to nor- mal. Replacing stored stations 1. Selec...

  • Page 16: Cd Player Operation

    16 cd player operation cautions: • play only cds that have this mark on them: • the stereo has a wide dynamic range. As a result, if you turn your stereo's volume up too high during soft (low volume) sections of a pro- gram, your speakers might be dam- aged when a sudden loud passage occurs. • if th...

  • Page 17

    17 4. Press cd . To pause play. Paus appears. Press cd again to resume play. 5. To remove a cd from the cd player, press eject . Ejt replaces on the display. Notes: • if you eject a cd while it is playing and do not remove it from the cd player, the cd player automatically draws the cd back in and s...

  • Page 18

    18 the selection repeats until 3rpt a–b is pressed again. During the repeat selec- tion, rpt and b appear, and the cd player shows the time format for the se- lected section from (a) to (b). Random play you can set the cd player to randomly select and play tracks from the loaded cd. After each track...

  • Page 19: Care and Maintenance

    19 care and maintenance your radioshack cd player am/fm car stereo is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you care for your stereo so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the stereo dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry immediately. Liquids might contain miner...

  • Page 20

    20 the fcc wants you to know your stereo might cause tv or radio in- terference even when it is operating properly. To determine whether your stereo is causing the interference, turn off your stereo. If the interference goes away, your stereo is causing it. Try to eliminate the interference by: • mo...

  • Page 21

    21 3. If either fuse is blown, replace it. Use only 1¼ × ¼-inch fast-acting fuses with the proper rating. The red power wire's fuse must be 1 amp, and the yellow continuous power wire's fuse must be 15 amps. Caution: make sure you replace a fuse only with another fuse of the same rating. 4. Re-assem...

  • Page 22: Specifications

    22 specifications cd player frequency response (–3 db) ................................................................. 20–20000hz signal-to-noise ratio ........................................................................................ 65 db harmonic distortion ..................................

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    23 chassis size (hwd) .................................................................... 2 1 / 4 × 7 1 / 8 × 7 inches (59 × 181 × 178 mm) weight ................................................................................................................ 3.9 lb (1.76 kg) specifications are typi...

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    Radioshack a division of tandy corporation fort worth, texas 76102 11a99 printed in china limited one-year warranty this product is warranted by radioshack against manufacturing defects in material and workman- ship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from radioshack company-...