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Introduction, Xia cable harness preparation, Powering up the xia unit – Metra Electronics XIAH-FD2 User Manual

Page 2: Radio operation, Lcd display unit, Radio button control, Port overview

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XIAH-FD2

INTRODUCTION

The Ford OEM Radios vary in what buttons they have. This manual covers as
many buttons as possible.The Radio connected to the XiA Unit, most likely, will
not have all the buttons listed in this document. However, the definitions of the
buttons displayed on the radio will still be valid.

XIA CABLE HARNESS PREPARATION

Various Cable Harnesses have been developed for the Ford Application that pro-
vides the capability of having the XiA emulate either an OEM CD Changer or OEM
Satellite Receiver depending on the vehicle model and year.

In vehicles that are not equipped for Satellite Receiver operation, the XiA Adapter
must be arranged for CD Changer emulation. This is accomplished by removing a
jumper wire in the Cable Harness. Looking at the Cable Harness, locate the white
20-pin connector (J1, 2x10) and the jumper wire (White) between J1 Pins 7 and
17. Cut this jumper wire, and store it away with insulating tape. Once this is done,
the board will emulate an OEM external CD Changer.

If the XiA Adapter unit is working with a radio that supports ACP protocol and is
Satellite ready, no modification to the cable harness is required.

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POWERING UP THE XIA UNIT

When the unit is first connected to the car battery, the installer must cycle the
radio “on” & “off” at least 3 times, pausing each time for about 6 seconds. This is
required for the unit to synchronize with the external equipment such as iPod and
XM Tuner.

RADIO OPERATION

To use the iPod or the XM Receiver after installing the XiA Adapter, turn the radio
“on” and push the “Tape,” “CD,” or “Mode” button. The iPod or XM Receiver---
depending on which is connected---begins to play through the radio speaker sys-
tem. Once this is done, use the arrow keys to advance to the next track (or sta-
tion) or to the previous track (or station). The next section describes the button
operations when listening to either iPod or Satellite Radio.

LCD DISPLAY UNIT

The LCD Display Unit (XIA-LCD) connects to the XiA Adapter Unit to provide visual
display information from iPod or Satellite Receiver---the active device at the
moment. This unit is particularly important in XiA applications where the OEM
Radio does not have a digital display to show the information obtained from the
active device.

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RADIO BUTTON CONTROL

Control For CD Changer Mode

Button

Description of Function

CD/Tape Button Selects either iPod Mode or XM Mode by toggling

between the two. If iPod was the previous device that
was playing, them XM Receiver is selected.

Mode Selects the next device. If iPod was the previous device that

was playing, them XM is selected as the next device.

FM/AM Button Deselects XM mode or iPod mode.

SEEK > The right arrow button goes one track up in iPod mode or

one channel up in XM mode.

one channel down in XM mode.

Scan In XM and iPod modes, this button scans though channels

or stations.

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music. In XM mode, Button 1 goes to the last station of the
previous category.

CD>> (2) In iPod mode, Button 2 advances to the next playlist of

music. In XM mode, goes to the first station in the next cat-
egory.

Shuffle (6) In iPod mode, this Button shuffles the songs in the current

playlist. In XM it has no effect.

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PORT OVERVIEW

1) This port is used with the optonal XIA-LCD display.

2) This port is used with the XM cable XIAH-XMC or the AUX IN cable XIAH-RCA.

3) This port is used with the iPOD cable XIAH-IPC or the AUX IN cable XIAH-RCA.

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