Equalizer
• Touch the “Equalizer” soft-key to adjust the Bass, Mid and Treble. Use the “+” or “–”soft-key to adjust the equalizer to your desired settings. Press the “Done” soft-key when
done.
Balance/Fade
• Touch the “Balance/Fade” soft-key to adjust the sound from the speakers. Use the “arrow” soft-key to adjust the sound level from the front and rear or right and left side
speakers. Touch the center “C” soft-key to reset the balance and fade to the factory
setting. Press the “Done” soft-key when done.
Speed Adjust Volume
• Touch the “Speed Adjust Volume” soft-key to select between OFF, 1, 2 or 3. This will decrease the radio volume relative to a decrease in vehicle speed. Press the “Done”
soft-key when done.
Uconnect® 8.4 & 8.4N AT A GLANCE
Displaying The Time
• If the time is not currently displayed on the radio or player main page, touch the “More”soft-key and then touch the SETTINGS soft-key. In the Settings list, touch the “Clock”
soft-key, then touch the check box next to Show Time in Status Bar.
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Setting The Time
• Model 8.4N synchronizes time automatically via GPS, so should not require any timeadjustment. If you do need to set the time manually, follow the instructions below for
Model 8.4.
• For Model 8.4, turn the unit on, then touch the “Time Display” at the top of the screen. Touch “Yes”.
• If the time is not displayed at the top of the screen, touch “More” soft-key and then “Settings” soft-key. In the Settings screen, touch the “Clock” soft-key, then check or
uncheck this option.
• Touch “+” or “–” next to Set Time Hours and Set Time Minutes to adjust the time.
• If these features are not available, uncheck the “Sync” with GPS box.
• Touch “X” to save your settings and exit out of the Clock Setting screen.
Audio Settings
• Touch the “Audio” soft-key to activate the Audio settings screen to adjust Balance\Fade, Equalizer and Speed Adjusted Volume.
• You can return to the Radio screen by touching the “X” located at the top right.
Balance/Fade
• Touch the “Balance/Fade” soft-key to Balance audio between the front speakers or fade the audio between the rear and front speakers.
• Touching the “Front,” “Rear,” ”Left” or “Right” soft-keys or touch and drag the red Speaker Icon to adjust the Balance/Fade.
Equalizer
• Touch the “Equalizer” soft-key to activate the Equalizer screen.
• Touch the “+” or “ –” soft-keys, or by touching and dragging over the level bar for each of the equalizer bands. The level value, which spans between ±9, is displayed at the bottom
of each of the Bands.
Speed Adjusted Volume
• Touch the “Speed Adjusted Volume” soft-key to activate the Speed Adjusted Volume screen. The Speed Adjusted Volume is adjusted by touching the “+” and “–” buttons or by
touching and dragging over the level bar. This alters the automatic adjustment of the
audio volume with variation to vehicle speed.
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RADIO
Models 4.3 & 4.3S
Models 8.4 & 8.4N
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• To access the Radio mode, touch the RADIO hard-key on the upper left side of thefaceplate (4.3 & 4.3S) or the “Radio” soft-key at the lower left of the screen (8.4 & 8.4N).
• Unless otherwise noted, the information provided on the operation and functionality of the radios in this section is common to all Uconnect® radios.
Selecting Radio Stations
• Touch the “Radio band” soft-key to cycle through AM, FM or SAT (4.3 & 4.3S) or the desired radio band (AM, FM or SAT) soft-key (8.4 & 8.4N). SiriusXM Satellite Radio is not
available on the 4.3.
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the “Seek arrow” soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through radio stations.
• Touch and hold either “arrow” soft-key for more than two seconds to bypass stations without stopping. The radio will stop at the next listenable station once the arrow
soft-key is released.
Direct Tune
• Tune directly to a radio station by pressing the “Tune” button on the screen, and entering the desired station number.
Store Radio Presets
• Your radio can store 12 total preset stations. They are shown at the top of your screen. To see all 12 stations, Press the “All” soft-key (4.3 & 4.3S) or press the “arrow” soft-key at the
top right of the screen to toggle between the six presets (8.4 & 8.4N).
• To set a station into memory press and hold the desired numbered soft-key for more than two seconds or until you hear a confirmation beep.
SiriusXM SATELLITE RADIO
• SiriusXM Satellite Radio gives you over 130 channels, including 100% commercial-freemusic from nearly every genre, plus all your favorite sports, news, talk and entertainment
channels – all with crystal clear, coast-to-coast coverage, all in one place and all at your
fingertips.
• To access SiriusXM Satellite Radio, touch the “Radio band” soft-key and select the “SAT” soft-key (4.3S) or touch the “SAT” soft-key on the main Radio screen (8.4 & 8.4N).
• The following describes features that are available when in SiriusXM Satellite Radio mode.
• Unless otherwise noted, the information provided on the operation and functionality of the radios in this section is common to all Uconnect® radios.
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Selecting SiriusXM Satellite Channels
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the “Seek arrow” soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through channels inSAT mode.
• Touch and hold either “arrow” soft-key for more than two seconds to bypass channels without stopping. The radio will stop at the next listenable channel once the arrow
soft-key is released.
Direct Tune
• Tune directly to a SAT channel by pressing the “Tune” button on the screen, and entering the desired station number.
Info (4.3S Only)
• Provides detailed information about the current SiriusXM Satellite Radio channel.
More... (4.3S Only)
• Access more menus: Audio, Favorites, Game Zone, and Replay.
Traffic & Weather (8.4 & 8.4N Only)
• Automatically tells you when Traffic & Weather for a favorite city is available, and gives you the option to switch to that channel. Select Traffic & Weather then touch “Jump” to
activate the feature. After listening to Traffic and Weather, touch “Jump” again to return
to the previous channel.
Fav (8.4 & 8.4N Only)
• Activates the favorites menu. You can add up to 50 favorite artists or songs. Just touch “Add Fav Artist” or “Add Fav Song” while the song is playing. You will then be alerted any
time one of these songs, or works by these artists, is playing on other SiriusXM Satellite
Radio channels.
SiriusXM Parental Controls
• You can skip or hide certain channels from view if you do not want access to them. Press the SETTINGS hard-key (4.3S) or touch the “More” soft-key, then the “Settings” soft-key
(8.4 & 8.4N), next touch the “SiriusXM Satellite Radio Setup” soft-key, then select
“Channel Skip.” Touch the channel(s) to be skipped (4.3S) or touch the box, check-mark,
next to the channel you want skipped (8.4 & 8.4N). They will not show up in normal usage.
• SiriusXM Satellite Radio also offers the option to permanently block selected channels. Call 1-888-539-7474 and request the Family Package.
Browse
• Lets you browse the SiriusXM Satellite Radio channel listing, Favorites, Genres, Game Zone, and Weather channels. Jump setting, and also provides the SiriusXM Satellite
Radio channel list. Browse contains many sub-menus.
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Browse
Sub-MenuSub-Menu Description
All Shows the channel listing.
Genre Provides a list of all genres, and lets you jump to a channel within the se- lected genre.
Presets (8.4
& 8.4N Only) Lets you scroll the list of Preset satellite channels. Touch the “Channel”, or
press “Enter” on the Tune knob, to go to that channel. Touch the “Trash can”
icon to delete a preset. Your presets are also shown at the top of the main
Satellite Radio screen.
Favorites Lets you manage artists and songs in the Favorites list and configure Alert Settings to let you know when favorite songs or artists are playing on other
channels). Also, view a list of channels airing any of your Favorites.
Game Zone Provides alerts when your favorite sports teams are starting a game which is being aired on other SiriusXM Satellite Radio channels, or when their game
score is announced. You can select and manage your Teams list here, and
configure alerts.
Traffic/
Weather
(4.3S only) Lets you browse Traffic & Weather information by city.
Jump (8.4 &
8.4N only) Lets you select your favorite cities for Traffic & Weather information, by se-
lecting Traffic, then Jump feature on the main satellite radio screen.
Replay
• Lets you replay up to 44 minutes of the content of the current SiriusXM Satellite Radio
channel.
Replay
Option Option Description
Play/Pause Touch to Pause content playback. Touch “Pause/Play” again to resume playback.
Rewind/RW Rewinds the channel content in steps of five seconds. Touch and hold to rewind continuously, then release to begin playing content at that point.
Fast
Forward/FW Forwards the content, and works similarly to Rewind/RW. However, Fast
Forward/FW can only be used when content has been previously rewound.
Replay Time Displays the amount of time in the upper center of the screen by which your content lags the Live channel.
Live Resumes playback of Live content at any time while replaying rewound content.
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STEERING WHEEL AUDIO CONTROLS
The steering wheel audio controls are located on the rear surface of the steering wheel.
Left Switch
• Press the switch up or down to search forthe next listenable station or select the
next or previous CD track.
• Press the button in the center to select the next preset station (radio) or to
change CDs if equipped with a CD
Changer.
Right Switch
• Press the switch up or down to increase or
decrease the volume.
• Press the button in the center to change modes AM/FM/CD/SAT.
PLAYING iPod®/USB/MP3 DEVICES
• There are many ways to play music from iPod®/MP3 players or USB devices through your vehicles sound system.
Audio Jack (AUX)
• The Audio Jack, located in the center console, allows a portable device, such as an MP3player or an iPod®, to be plugged into the radio and utilize the vehicles sound system,
using a 3.5 mm audio cable, to amplify the source and play through the vehicle speakers.
• Touching the “Player” soft-key then choose AUX source will change the mode to auxiliary device if the Audio Jack is connected, allowing the music from your portable device to be
heard through the vehicles speakers.
• The functions of the portable device are controlled using the device buttons. The volume may be controlled using the radio or portable device.
• To route the audio cable out of the center console, use the access cut out in the front of the console.
USB Port
• Connect your iPod® or compatible device using a USB cable into the USB Port. The USBPort is contained within the center console. USB Memory sticks with audio files can also
be used. Then, audio from the device can be played on the vehicles sound system while
providing metadata (artist, track title, album, etc.) information on the radio display.
• When connected, the iPod®/compatible USB device can be controlled using the radio or Steering Wheel Audio Controls to play, skip to the next or previous track, browse, and list
the contents.
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• The iPod® battery charges when plugged into the USB port (if supported by the specificdevice).
• To route the USB/iPod® cable out of the center console, use the access cut out in the front of the console.
NOTE:
• When connecting your iPod® device for the first time, the system may take several minutes to read your music, depending on the number of files. For example, the system
will take approximately five minutes for every 1000 songs loaded on the device. Also
during the reading process, the Shuffle and Browse functions will be disabled. This
process is needed to ensure the full use of your iPod® features and only happens the first
time it is connected. After the first time, the reading process of your iPod® will take
considerably less time unless changes are made or new songs are added to the playlist.
• The USB port supports certain Mini, Classic, Nano, Touch, and iPhone® devices. The USB port also supports playing music from compatible external USB Mass Storage Class
memory devices. Some iPod® software versions may not fully support the USB port
features. Please visit Apple’s website for iPod® software updates.
SD Card (8.4 and 8.4N Only)
• Play songs stored on an SD card inserted into the SD card slot, located on the radiofaceplate.
• Song playback can be controlled using the radio or Steering Wheel Audio Controls to play, skip to the next or previous track, browse, and list the contents.
Bluetooth® Streaming Audio
• If equipped with Uconnect® Voice Command, your Bluetooth® - equipped iPod® devices,cell phones or other media players, may also be able to stream music to your vehicles
sound system. Your connected device must be Bluetooth® - compatible, and paired with
your Uconnect® system (see Uconnect® Phone for pairing instructions). You can access
the music from your connected Bluetooth® device by touching the “Source” soft-key
while in Player mode.
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