2014 DODGE DART audio

Operating Instructions — Radio Mode
NOTE:The ignition switch must be in the ON/RUN or
ACC position to operate the radio.
Power Switch/Volume Control (Rotary)
Push the ON/VOLUMEcontrol knob to turn on the
radio. Push the ON/VOLUME
control knob a
second time to turn off the radio.
Electronic Volume Control
The electronic volume control turns continuously
(360 degrees) in either direction, without stopping. Turn-
ing the ON/VOLUME control knob to the right increases
the volume, and to the left decreases it.
When the audio system is turned on, the sound will be
set at the same volume level as last played.
SEEK Buttons
Press and release the SEEK buttonsto search for
the next listenable station in AM/FM mode. Press the
right switch to seek up and the left switch to seek
down. The radio will remain tuned to the new station
until you make another selection. Holding either but-
ton will bypass stations without stopping until you
release it.
TIME Button
Press the TIME button to alternate display of the time
and radio frequency.
Clock Setting Procedure
1. Press and hold the TIME button until the hours are highlighted.
2. Adjust the hours by turning the right side TUNE/ SCROLL control knob.
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Setting The Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance Or
Fade
To set the Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or Fade
settings press the AUDIO button to access the Audio
sub-menu.
The Audio sub-menu can also be reached by pressing the
MENU button until AUDIO appears in the display. Press
the ENTER/BROWSE button to select the AUDIO menu
and use the TUNE/SCROLL knob to highlight select
Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or Fade. Once the
desired selection is highlighted, press the ENTER/
BROWSE button to select the item and use the TUNE/
SCROLL knob to adjust the setting.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button and BASS will dis-
play. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control knob clockwise to
increase or counterclockwise to decrease the bass tones.Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a second time and
MID RANGE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL
control knob clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to
decrease the mid-range tones.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a third time and
TREBLE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control
knob clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to de-
crease the treble tones.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a fourth time and
BALANCE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL con-
trol knob clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the
sound level from the Left or Right side speakers.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a fifth time and FADE
will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control knob
clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the sound level
between the front and rear speakers.
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Press the BACK button to exit Bass, Mid Range, Treble,
Balance or Fade.
MENU Button
Pressing the MENU button allows you to scroll between
the setting sub-menus. Once the desired sub-menu setting
is highlighted press the TUNE/SCROLL knob to select the
setting. The following items are selectable:
Radio Mode
•Audio —
Selecting the Audio sub-menu will allow you
to adjust the Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or Fade,
just like pressing the Audio hard control. If the BACK
button is pressed the radio will return to the Main Menu.
• Clock —Selecting Clock will allow you to set the clock.
Adjust the hours by turning the TUNE/SCROLL control
knob. After adjusting the hours, press the ENTER/ BROWSE button to set the minutes. The minutes will
highlight. Adjust the minutes using the right side TUNE/
SCROLL control knob. Press the ENTER/BROWSE but-
ton to save time change.
Player Mode
•
Player Browse — Selecting Player Browse will go to
the appropriate browse menu depending on the device
currently playing (will function the same as pressing
the browse button while in that mode). This will only
appear in the menu if the device currently playing can
support these features.
• Shuffle (SHFL) — This function shuffles (randomizes
the order of the files). This will only appear in the
menu if the device currently playing can support these
features.
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•Repeat (RPT) — When Repeat is activated, the cur-
rently playing song will begin again when it ends. It
will continue to cycle through the same song until
repeat is turned Off. Repeat will be turned off once one
for the following conditions are met: 1) The source is
ejected 2) A different track list within that source is
initiated 3) The REPEAT button is toggled OFF. This
will only appear in the menu if the device currently
playing can support these features.
• Audio — Selecting the Audio sub-menu will allow you
to adjust the Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or Fade,
just like pressing the Audio hard control. If the BACK
button is pressed the radio will return to the Main
Menu.
• Clock — Selecting Clock will allow you to set the
clock. Adjust the hours by turning the TUNE/SCROLL
control knob. After adjusting the hours, press the ENTER/BROWSE button to set the minutes. The min-
utes will highlight. Adjust the minutes using the right
side TUNE/SCROLL control knob. Press the ENTER/
BROWSE button to save time change.
System Info
• Selecting System Info will display the software ver-
sion, serial number and SIRIUS ID.
RADIO Button
Press the button to select either AM, FM and Satellite
mode if equipped.
Buttons1-5
These buttons tune the radio to the stations that you
commit to pushbutton memory AM (A, B, C), FM
(A, B, C) and Satellite — 15 AM, 15 FM and 15 SAT
stations.
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To Set The Pushbutton Memory
When you are receiving a station that you wish to
commit to pushbutton memory, press and hold the
button (1–5) you wish to lock onto this station for three
seconds.
You may add a second or third station to each pushbut-
ton by repeating the above procedure with this exception:
Press the A–B–C button to select the A, B or C mode. Each
button can be set for up to 3 stations in AM, FM and Sat.
This allows a total of 15 AM, 15 FM and 15 SAT stations
to be stored into pushbutton memory.
Player Button
Pressing the Player button will allow you to switch from
AM/FM modes to Player mode (CD, USB/iPOD®, AUX,
Bluetooth®).
Operation Instructions — CD MODE For CD And
MP3 Audio Play
NOTE:
•The ignition switch must be in the ON/RUN or ACC
position to operate the radio.
• This radio is capable of playing compact discs (CD),
recordable compact discs (CD-R), rewritable compact
discs (CD-RW), compact discs with MP3 tracks and
multisession compact discs with CD and MP3 tracks.
Inserting Compact Disc(s)
Gently insert one CD into the CD player with the CD
label facing up. The CD will automatically be pulled into
the CD player and the CD icon will illuminate on the
radio display. If a CD does not go into the slot more than
1.0 in (2.5 cm), a disc may already be loaded and must be
ejected before a new disc can be loaded.
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Supported Medium Formats (File Systems)
The medium formats supported by the radio are ISO 9660
Level 1 and Level 2 and includes the Joliet extension.
When reading discs recorded using formats other than
ISO 9660 Level 1 and Level 2, the radio may fail to read
files properly and may be unable to play the file nor-
mally. UDF and Apple HFS formats are not supported.
The radio uses the following limits for file systems:
•Maximum number of folder levels: 8
• Maximum number of files: 255
•
Maximum number of folders. (The radio display of file
names and folder names is limited. For large numbers of
files and/or folders, the radio may be unable to display
the file name and folder name, and will assign a number
instead. With a maximum number of files, exceeding 20
folders will result in this display. With 200 files, exceeding
50 folders will result in this display.)
Maximum number of characters in file/folder names:
• Level 1: 12 (including a separator .and a three-
character extension)
• Level 2: 31 (including a separator .and a three-
character extension)
Multi-session disc formats are supported by the radio.
Multi-session discs may contain combinations of normal
CD audio tracks and computer files (including MP3 files).
Discs created with an option such as keep disc open after
writing are most likely multi-session discs. The use of
multi-session for CD audio or MP3 playback may result
in longer disc loading times.
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Supported MP3 File Formats
The radio will recognize only files with the *.MP3 exten-
sion as MP3 files. Non-MP3 files named with the *.MP3
extension may cause playback problems. The radio is
designed to recognize the file as an invalid MP3 and will
not play the file.
When using the MP3 encoder to compress audio data to
an MP3 file, the bit rate and sampling frequencies in the
following table are supported. In addition, variable bit
rates (VBR) are also supported. The majority of MP3 files
use a 44.1 kHz sampling rate and a 192, 160, 128, 96 or
VBR bit rates.MPEG
Specification Sampling
Frequency (kHz) Bit Rate (kbps)
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 48, 44.1, 32 320, 256, 224,
192, 160, 128,
112, 96, 80, 64, 56, 48, 40, 32
MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 24, 22.05, 16 160, 128, 144,
112, 96, 80, 64,56, 48, 40, 32, 24, 16, 8
ID3 Tag information for artist, song title, and album title
are supported for version 1 ID3 tags. ID3 version 2 is not
supported by the radios.
Playlist files are not supported. MP3 Pro files are not
supported.
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Press and hold the INFO button again for three seconds
to return toelapsed time display.
Operation Instructions — Auxiliary Mode
The auxiliary (AUX) jack is an audio input jack which
allows the user to plug in a portable device such as an MP3
player and utilize the vehicle’s audio system to amplify the
source and play through the vehicle speakers.
Pressing the PLAYER button will change the mode to
auxiliary device if the AUX jack is connected.
NOTE:
•
The head unit will have no control of the AUX device. You
can only control the volume on the head unit. No infor-
mation about the song will be displayed.
•The AUX device must be turned on and the device’s
volume set to the proper level. If the AUX audio is not
loud enough, turn the device’s volume up. If the AUX
audio sounds distorted, turn the device’s volume down
and radio volume up.
Operation Instructions — Universal Serial Bus
(USB)
The USB audio input allows the user to plug in a flash
drive and utilize the vehicle’s audio system to amplify
the source and play through the vehicle speakers.
Pressing the PLAYER button will change the mode to
USB when an iPod® or external USB drive is connected.
Pressing the ENTER/BROWSE button while in USB
mode will bring up a list of available categories within
the USB. The categories will consist of: Playlists, Artist,
Album, Genre, Audiobooks, Podcasts and all Songs..
Browsing through the categories will function the same
as iPod® browse. USB will not have folder browsing.
If the USB connected does not have any audio files and
the user selects USB as the device to play audio the screen
will display, “No audio files found.” This messaged is to
be displayed for all devices that do not have audio files
when connected and selected.
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