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and either wait five seconds for the search to initiate or press OK to
immediately initiate the search. (If you press another control within
those five seconds, the search will not initiate. ) The 10 strongest
stations will be filled and the station stored in preset 1 will begin playing.
If there are less than 10 strong stations, the system will store the last
one in the remaining presets.

RDS ON/OFF: Available only in FM mode. This feature allows you to
search RDS-equipped stations for a certain category of music format:
CLASSIC, COUNTRY, JAZZ/RB, ROCK, etc.
To activate, press MENU repeatedly until RDS (ON/OFF) appears in
the display. Use

SEEK/TRACK

to toggle RDS ON/OFF. When

RDS is OFF, you will not be able to search for RDS equipped stations or
view the station name or type.

To change categories: Press MENU until RDS ON appears in the
display. Press CAT. Press

/

until the desired category appears in

the display. Then press

SEEK/TRACK

to find the next station

playing that category of music or SCAN for a brief sampling of all
stations playing that category of music.

COMPRESSION: Available only in CD/MP3 mode. Press MENU until
COMPRESSION ON/OFF appears in the display. Use

SEEK/TRACK

to toggle ON/OFF. When COMPRESSION is ON,

the system will bring the soft and loud CD passages together for a more
consistent listening level.

7. TEXT: In MP3 mode, press
TEXT repeatedly to view Album
(AL), Folder (FL), Song (SO) and
Artist (AR) in the display, if available.

In satellite radio mode (if equipped), press and release to display
the artist and song title. While in TEXT MODE, press again to scroll
through the Artist (AR), Song (SO), Channel (CH) and Category (CA).

In TEXT MODE, sometimes the display requires additional text to be
displayed. When the < / > indicator is active, press TEXT and then
press

SEEK/TRACK

to view the additional display text.

8. AUX: Press AUX to access LINE
(auxiliary audio mode).
For location and further information
on auxiliary audio mode, refer to Auxiliary input jack later in this
chapter.

2008 Escape (204)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
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