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Vanity Mirrors — If Equipped
To use the vanity mirror, rotate the sun visor down and
swing the mirror cover upward.
Sun Visor Sliding Feature
The sun visors may be extended out to provide more
coverage of the side glass.
uconnectphone — IF EQUIPPED
NOTE: The sales code RER and REU radios contain an
integrated uconnect phone. Refer to your “Navigation
User’s Manual” for uconnect phone operating instruc-
tions for these radios. Radio sales code can be located
on the lower right corner of the Radio faceplate.
uconnect phone is a voice-activated, hands-free, in-
vehicle communications system. uconnect allows you to
dial a phone number with your cellular phone using
simple voice commands (e.g., Call”\b“Mike” \b”Work or
Dial” \b“248-555-1212). Your cellular phone’s audio is
transmitted through your vehicle’s audio system; the
system will automatically mute your radio when using
the uconnect phone.
Vanity Mirror
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Phone ButtonThe rearview mirror contains the microphone
for the system (depending on the type of
mirror and radio equipped), and either the
radio or the mirror has the two control buttons
(PHONE Button and VOICE RECOGNITION button)
that will enable you to access the system.
Voice Recognition Button Actual button location may vary with the ra-
dio. The individual buttons are described in the
“Operation” section.
The uconnect phone can be used with any Hands-Free
Profile certified Bluetooth cellular phone. See the
uconnect website for supported phones. If your cellular
phone supports a different profile (e.g., Headset Profile)
you may not be able to use any uconnect phone
features. Refer to your cellular service provider or the
phone manufacturer for details. The uconnect
phone is fully integrated with the vehi-
cle’s audio system. The volume of the uconnect phone
can be adjusted either from the radio volume control
knob or from the steering wheel radio control (right
switch), if so equipped.
The radio display will be used for visual prompts from
the uconnect phone such as CELLor caller ID on
certain radios.
Operation
Voice commands can be used to operate the uconnect 
phone and to navigate through the uconnect phone
menu structure. Voice commands are required after most
uconnect phone prompts. You will be prompted for a
specific command and then guided through the available
options.
•Prior to giving a voice command, one must wait for
the beep, which follows the Readyprompt or another
prompt.
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Phone Call Features
The following features can be accessed through the
uconnectphone if the feature(s) are available on your
cellular service plan. For example, if your cellular service
plan provides three-way calling, this feature can be
accessed through the uconnect phone. Check with your
cellular service provider for the features that you have.
Answer or Reject an Incoming Call - No Call
Currently in Progress
When you receive a call on your cellular phone, the
uconnect phone will interrupt the vehicle audio system,
if on, and will ask if you would like to answer the call.
Press the PHONE button to accept the call. To reject the
call, press and hold the PHONE button until you hear a
single beep, indicating that the incoming call was
rejected.
Answer or Reject an Incoming Call - Call
Currently in Progress
If a call is currently in progress and you have another
incoming call, you will hear the same network tones for
call waiting that you normally hear when using your
cellular phone. Press the PHONE button to place the
current call on hold and answer the incoming call.
NOTE: The uconnect phone compatible phones in the
market today do not support rejecting an incoming call
when another call is in progress. Therefore, the user can
only answer an incoming call or ignore it.
Making a Second Call While Current Call is in
Progress
To make a second call while you are currently on a call,
press the VOICE RECOGNITION button and say Dial
or Call followed by the phone number or phonebook
entry you wish to call. The first call will be on hold while
the second call is in progress. To go back to the first call,
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phone, the audio will be played through your vehicle’s
audio system. The uconnectphone will work the same
as if you dial the number using voice recognition.
NOTE: Certain brands of cellular phones do not send
the dial ring to the uconnect phone to play it on the
vehicle audio system, so you will not hear it. Under this
situation, after successfully dialing a number the user
may feel that the call did not go through even though the
call is in progress. Once your call is answered, you will
hear the audio.
Mute/Un-Mute (Mute OFF)
When you mute the uconnect phone, you will still be
able to hear the conversation coming from the other
party, but the other party will not be able to hear you. In
order to mute the uconnect phone:
•Press the VOICE RECOGNITION button.
•Following the beep, sayMute. In order to un-mute the uconnect
phone:
•Press the VOICE RECOGNITION button.
•Following the beep, sayMute off.
Advanced Phone Connectivity
Transfer Call to and from Cellular Phone
The uconnectphone allows ongoing calls to be trans-
ferred from your cellular phone to the uconnect phone
without terminating the call. To transfer an ongoing call
from your uconnect phone paired cellular phone to the
uconnect phone or vice versa, press the VOICE REC-
OGNITION button and say Transfer Call.
Connect or Disconnect Link Between the
uconnectphone and Cellular Phone
Your cellular phone can be paired with many different
electronic devices, but can only be actively connected
with one electronic device at a time.
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•It is not recommended to store similar sounding
names in the uconnect phonebook.
•Phonebook (Downloaded and uconnect phone Local)
name recognition rate is optimized when the entries
are not similar.
•You can say O(letter O) for 0(zero). 800must be
spoken eight-zero-zero.
•Even though international dialing for most number
combinations is supported, some shortcut dialing
number combinations may not be supported.
•In a convertible vehicle, system performance may be
compromised with the convertible top down.
Far End Audio Performance
•
Audio quality is maximized under:
•low-to-medium blower setting,
•low-to-medium vehicle speed,
•low road noise,
•smooth road surface,
•fully closed windows,
•dry weather conditions, and
•operation from the driver’s seat.
•Performance, such as audio clarity, echo, and loudness
to a large degree rely on the phone and network, and
not the uconnect phone.
•Echo at the far end can sometimes be reduced by
lowering the in-vehicle audio volume.
•In a convertible vehicle, system performance may be
compromised with the convertible top down.
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Commands
The Voice Recognition system understands two types of
commands. Universal commands are available at all
times. Local commands are available if the supported
radio mode is active.
Changing the Volume
1. Start a dialogue by pressing the VR button.
2. Say a command (e.g., “Help”).
3. Use the ON/OFF VOLUME rotary knob to adjust the
volume to a comfortable level while the Voice Recogni-
tion system is speaking. Please note the volume setting
for VR is different than the audio system.
Main Menu
Start a dialogue by pressing the VR button. You may say
“Main Menu” to switch to the main menu.In this mode, you can say the following commands:
•“Radio” (to switch to the radio mode)
•“Disc” (to switch to the disc mode)
•“Memo” (to switch to the memo recorder)
•“System Setup” (to switch to system setup)
Radio AM (or Radio Long Wave or Radio Medium
Wave — If Equipped)
To switch to the AM band say “AM” or “Radio AM”. In
this mode, you may say the following commands:
•“Frequency” (to change the frequency)
•“Next Station” (to select the next station)
•“Previous Station” (to select the previous station)
•“Radio Menu” (to switch to the radio menu)
•“Main Menu” (to switch to the main menu)
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL
CONTENTS
Instrument Panel Features ............... 166
 Instrument Cluster – Base ............... 167
 Instrument Cluster – Premium ............ 168
 Instrument Cluster Descriptions ........... 169
 Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) —
If Equipped .......................... 180
▫ Oil Change Required .................. 182
▫ EVIC Functions ..................... 183
▫ Compass/Temperature/Audio ........... 184▫
Average Fuel Economy ................ 184
▫ Distance To Empty (DTE) .............. 184
▫ Elapsed Time ....................... 185
▫ Tire Pressure Monitor (TPM) ............ 185
▫ Personal Settings (Customer-Programmable
Features) .......................... 185
 Sales Code REQ — AM/FM Stereo Radio And
6–Disc CD/DVD Changer (MP3/WMA AUX
Jack) ............................... 190
▫ Operating Instructions - Radio Mode ...... 1914

▫Operation Instructions - (Disc Mode For CD
And MP3/WMA Audio Play, DVD-Video) . . . 198
▫ Notes On Playing MP3/WMA Files ....... 200
▫ List Button (Disc Mode For
MP3/WMAPlay) .................... 203
▫ Info Button (Disc Mode For MP3/WMA
Play) ............................. 203
 AM/FM/CD/DVD Radio (RER/REN) – If
Equipped ............................ 205
▫ Operating Instructions — Voice Recognition
System (VR) — If Equipped ............. 206
▫ Operating Instructions — uconnect phone
— If Equipped ...................... 206
▫ Clock Setting Procedure ............... 206 
Sales Code RES — AM/FM Stereo Radio With
CD Player (MP3 AUX Jack) ............... 208
▫ Operating Instructions — Radio Mode ..... 208
▫ Operation Instructions — CD Mode For CD
And MP3 Audio Play ................. 211
▫ NotesOnPlayingMP3Files ............ 214
▫ Operation Instructions - Auxiliary Mode .... 217
 Sales Code RES/RSC — AM/FM Stereo Radio
With CD Player (MP3 AUX Jack) And Sirius
Radio ............................... 217
▫ Operating Instructions — Radio Mode ..... 218
▫ Operation Instructions — CD Mode For CD
And MP3 Audio Play ................. 223
▫ NotesOnPlayingMP3Files ............ 225
▫ List Button (CD Mode For MP3 Play) ...... 228
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