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Features
Product Overview: The Clarion FB275BT is a unique car audio receiver
which features an SD Memory card slot and Bluetooth. You can play MP3 files
stored on an SD card or MultiMediaCard, wirelessly connect your
Bluetooth-enabled cellular phone or PDA, or wirelessly stream audio from a
Bluetooth-enabled audio player.Note: There is no CD slot on this unit.
Variable Color Display: The front panel has 8 curved buttons with
backlighting between each button to give the unit it's Metal Shark design. You
can choose the color of the backlighting from the following: blue, surf blue,
white, aqua, green, lime, orange, red, pink, pale pink, violet, or purple You
can also design your own "user color" by individually selecting the intensity (0
to 8) of red, green, and blue, a total of 728 combinations. If desired, the unit can be set to continuously
scan all of the possible colors, or you can turn the backlighting off
completely. Note: The variable color feature does not apply to the main
front panel display.
SD Memory Card Slot:The SD Memory Card slot is located on the top
edge of the flip-down front panel. In addition to SD Memory Cards, the unit can
also accept MultiMediaCards (MMC). SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) and SDIO
(Secure Digital Input/Output) cards are not supported. This unit can only play
MP3 files stored on the memory cards--WMA, AAC, and other audio formats are not
supported. SD Memory cards of up to 2 GB are supported.
MP3 Playback:This unit can play MP3 files recorded onto SD/MMC cards
at bit rates of 8-320 kbps. It can support up to 255 files, 255 folders, and up
to 8 hierarchical levels. ID3 tags of up to 30 characters will be displayed for
both folder and file names. The files should be recorded in FAT12 or FAT16
format. The unit has the following MP3 playback features:
- Track Selection: Track up/Track down (fast forward/fast reverse
are not supported)
- Manual Navigation: Once manual navigation is engaged, you can
select folder or track navigation. Turning the control knob during manual
navigation allows you to search for a particular folder on the card, or a
particular track on a selected folder.
- Restarting Current Track: The current track will be automatically
restarted after telephone, interrupt, audio streaming, front panel opening,
or power cycle. This unit does not have a resume feature.
- Top Function:During playback, you can restart playback from the
first track of the current folder, or start from the first track on the
memory card.
- Repeat Mode:You can select Track Repeat or Folder Repeat
playback.
- Random Mode:There are 3 types of Random Mode:
- Track Random:plays the tracks of the current folder randomly
- Folder Random:plays all of the tracks alphabetically in a
random folder
- Card Random:plays all of the tracks of all of the folders in
a random order
Bluetooth:The FB275BT is equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology
for connecting mobile phones and audio devices without wires over a short
distance (approximately 10 meters or 33 feet). This unit supports the following
profiles: Hands-Free Profile (HFP), Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP),
and Audio Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP). You can pair up to 8 devices to
this unit.
Bluetooth Telephone Operations:Once you have paired your
Bluetooth-enable mobile phone to this unit, you can make and receive calls
through the car stereo system. You can answer, reject, and end calls using
buttons on the front panel. You can store up to 6 telephone numbers in the
preset memory and dial them by pressing appropriate preset button on the front
panel. The unit has a built-in microphone on the front panel, so you can conduct
your calls hands-free, as well as activate the VoiceDial feature (speaking the
name of your contact for automatic dialing--this feature must be supported by
your mobile phone). An external microphone is supplied as well for better
hands-free results.
Audio Streaming:Audio streaming is a technique for transferring audio
data such that it can be processed as a steady and continuous stream. You can
stream audio to this unit from an external Bluetooth audio player that supports
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP). Using the front panel buttons on the
head unit, you can play/pause a track and select a track using the Track Up and
Track Down buttons.Note: This unit is also compatible with Clarion's
Bluetooth Audio Transmitter (DGL370 or DGL373) as well as the Cradles for iPods
(BC001N, BC002M or BC003V), all sold separately.
FM Tuner:The FB275BT is equipped with an FM tuner. It does not have
an AM tuner. You can select your favorite station manually, through DX seek and
Local seek tuning, or by preset memory. You can store up to 18 stations--6
stations each for the FM1, FM2 and FM3 bands. Stations can be stored manually or
through the Auto Store function. When Auto Store is activated, the unit will
store the 6 strongest stations sequentially in the FM3 band, even if FM1 or FM2
was selected at the time.You can store one favorite radio station in the
Instant Station Recall (ISR) memory, and recall it at any time, even when the
unit is playing another source.
Auxiliary Input:This unit has an RCA stereo auxiliary input on the
rear panel for connecting an external device, such as an MP3 player, Plug-n-play
satellite radio receiver, or portable CD player. You must control the external
device on the unit itself. If no device is connected, you can deactivate the
Auxiliary input so that it does not appear as a selectable source.
