Booklet 3.3 Technical Data
Maximum Vehicl e Weight s lb
s. kg.
Tra nsm iss ion A
utomatic
I Ma nua l A
utom atic I Manua l
Tota l p ermi ssibl e weig ht
I 4,255 1
,950 I 1 ,930
Maxim um payload 1,105
50
1
Maximum front axle load 2,293
2,249
1,040
I 1,020
Maxi mum re a r ax le load 2,
116 960
Maximum roof weight 1
65 75
Th e roof weig ht in creases the we igh t of t he front and
axle and correspo ndingly red uces th e
ot her th at yo ur veh icle can car ry.
Maxim um Permissible Trailer Weig hts lb
s. kg.
Trailer with brakes 1,0
00 454
Tra iler w itho ut brakes 1.
000 454
Tongu e load 200
91
Th e tong ue load increa ses the we ight of th e rear axle and correspon dingly reduces the ot her load
th at yo ur vehicl e can carry. Always rea d and heed fu rther information about trailer towing
3.2 " Tips and Adv ice", chapter "Trai le r tow ing.". The maxi mum tongue loa d is o nly app li-
cab le if th e two holes o n th e out er, ve rtical wall of the mai n ch assis beam were use d when in sta lling
th e tra iler hi tc h.
W hee lbase 1
0 1.4 in ./ 2,578111111
Le ngt h 1
78 .8 in .
I 4,544 mm
W idth
in . / !,9 87 mm
H eig ht (unloaded ) 57.5
in.
I 1.463 mm
T urni ng ci rcle diame te r (wall to wall ) 35.7 ft.
I 10.9 me
te rs
Tra ck front 60.3
in./ I,533111111
Track re ar 59.7
in.
I 1,517 111111
Grou nd clearance (loaded) 5.4
in.
I 136 111111
Slight diff erences th ese arc possible , depending on whee l and tire size and the leve l se
lect ed
10 Technical data
About this booklet
This booklet contains important informati on,
tip s, sugges tions and warning s o n using your ve
hicle . Th e other booklets in th e Owner's Litera
tur e contain more informati on that you should
be aware of for your own safety and for th e safe ty
of your passenger s.
Make sure that you alwa ys kee p the compl ete
Owner 's Literature in the vehicle. Thi s is espe
ciall y important when you lend or sell the ve
hicle.
This manual describes the vehicle equipment at
the time of publicat ion. The content s of this
booklet correspond to the equi pment options
on your vehicle.
Illustratio ns ma y vary from your vehicle. For
this r ea so n you sh ou ld regard illustration s as a
gene ral guide.
At the beginning of
bookle t, you will find a
tab le of con tents sho win g all the item s de
sc ribed in thi s manua l in the ord er th ey appear.
An alphabetical index is at the end of the
bookl et.
Directions and posit ions (for example ri ght , le ft,
front, rear) ar e always relative
10 the direction of
tra vel of the vehicle unl ess stated otherw ise .
So me section s of thi s book let do not appl y
to all
vehicles. If this is the case, a texl at the b eginnin g
of the section indicates which vehicle s it appli es
to , for examp le "Applies to
Models onl y".
Th e section is cont inued on th e nex t p age.
Indicat es the end of a sect ion .
® Reg is tered trad emar ks are mark ed or®.
H owever, t he ab senc e of thi s symbol does
1101 con stitute a waiver of the right s co n
cern ing any te rm.
Cross- re fere nce to a "WARN IN G" within
or ou ts id e of a sec tion.
Cross-refe re nce to a within or side of a sec tion.
W AR NIN G
Tex ts with this symbo l contain impo rtant in
formation on safety and how to reduce t he risk
of persona l injury or death.
No te
Tex ts w ith this sy mbol draw yo ur attent ion to
po tent ial source s of dam age to your vehicl e.
Fo r th e sake of environ men t
with this symbol contain informa tion env ironm ent and how you can he lp
prot ect it.
Tip s
symbol special tips and
o th er inform ation abo ut getting the most out of
your veh icle and its fe ature s.
Booklet 3.4 Premium Sound System
• Briefly press ing butto n wh ile a track is
pl ayi ng (more than 2 seconds play) will cause the u
nit to ''j um p" back to the beginning of the
track and resume playing from there.
What you see in the display when listening to a CD
Fig. 19 Dis pla y w he n liste ning to a CD
Track elap sed time
CDs inside the in te rnal CD-c hanger trays or
CDs in the external CD changer• trays
Which CD track is c urr ent ly being p layed
Th e CD being reproduced
The selected CD is indicated by an un
descore.
Error displays when using the CD-Player
The following error messages can be displayed:
NOCD
No disc in the CD c hanger.
PLEASE CHECK CD
There is a problem with the inserted CD. The CD
i s ejected.
FAIL
The CD is clirry, scratc hed or inserte d upside
down. The CD is au tomatically ejected. If th e
problem persists afte r reloading t he CD th e next
CD available will be reproduced
error mes
sage FAIL will appear in the corresponding CD
s lot in the display.
24 Radio I CD
ROM
A CD ROM has been inse rted into the int ernal or
externa l CD-C hange r. The CD is ejected.
HARDWARE ERROR
The CD ch anger mechanis m is ma lfunc tion ing.
NO EX TERNAL CD
No disc in the external CD changer i s available .
Tips
If the unit still malfunctions, contact your au
thorized Volkswagen dea ler for
Booklet 3.4 Premium Sound System
Error displays when playing MP3 music with the CD player
The following err or messages can b e displayed:
NOCD
No disc in the CD ch an ge r.
PLEASE CHECK CD
There is a problem with the in serted CD. The CD
i s automatica lly ejec te d .
ROM
A CD ROM has bee n in serte d into the ch anger.
The CD is automatic ally ejected.
About MP3
Except for personal enjoyment, duplicati ng
data or distributing, transferring or copying it, whether for free or for a fee , withou t the permis
sion of the copyright holder i s strict ly prohib
i t ed by the Copyright Act and by internationa l
treaty.
What is
MP3
MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) is a compress ion
stan dard prescribed by the ISO and MEG.
MP3 files contain compressed audio data. MP3
encoding is capable of compress ing the audio
da ta at extremely hi gh ratios , shrinki ng mu sic
file s by as mu ch as one-tent h their original size.
The MP3 forma t rea lizes su ch high compre ssion
ratios by elimi nating th e sounds that are either
in audible to t he hum an ear or ma sked b y other
sounds.
How to create
MP3 files
The soft wa re use d to create MP3 files is wide ly
so ld from var ious sourc es. For d etail s on cre
atin g MP3 files, re fer to the owner's manual for
t hat so ftwa re.
The MP 3 files that can be played by this device
ha ve the file extension "MP3". Files wit h no ex
tension can not be played back .
Cor respon ding File Syste ms
T hi s unit support s discs formatted
ISO
9660. It a lso can p lay back d iscs in Jolie t standard
30 Radio I CD
FAIL
Th e CD is dirty, scratc hed or inserted upside
down. T he CD is auto mati cally ejected. If the
p roblem pers ist s after reload ing the CD the next
CD avai lable will be reproduced and error mes
s age FAIL will appea r in the correspo nding CD
s lo t in
display.
HARDWARE ERROR
The CD chan ger mechanism is malfunctioning.
Tips
If the unit still malfunctions, contact your au
thori zed Vo lkswagen dealer for assistance.
which conforms to ISO 9660. However , some
time s the file names, fo lder nam es, etc. are not
displayed correct ly.
P lease
in to account the follow ing points:
• When creati ng a CD the burner software
mu st be set up to burn a Mode
1 CD ROM type
disc. Mode 2 CD ROM XA can not b e pla yed
back.
• Multi-session discs can not be played back
by this unit.
• Remembe r tha t th e audio quality depends
o n th e
rate" used to create the MP3
file .
• Make sure the crea ted disc is finalized. Your
CD burner softwar e has an option to fina lize the
disc.
• Whe n nam ing you r MP3 file s, use short file
nam es (no more than 64 char acters).
• We recommend th at you use onl y one word
to name t he folde rs (i.e. Fold er_A) and t hat yo u
do not repeat the same fold er name throughout
the CD. This cou ld cause t he rad io un it not
to recognize the file path .
• When creat ing an MP3 disc, use no more
than 99 fo lder s. Altho ugh thi s unit can support
up
to 255 folders , finding the files yo u wa nt t o
p lay w ill be mor e difficult if you have used man y