2014 DODGE DURANGO radio

•The system can be controlled by the front seat occu-
pants utilizing either the touchscreen radio, or by the
rear seat occupants using the remote control.
Rear Seat Entertainment System Remote Control
Channel SelectorRear Seat Entertainment System Headphone Channel Selector
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Dual Video Screen
NOTE:Typically there are two different ways to operate
the features of the Rear Seat Entertainment System.
• The Remote Control
• The Touchscreen Radio (If Equipped)
Blu-ray™ Disc Player
Play A Blu-ray™ Disc
The Blu-ray™ Disc player is located in the center console.
Blu-ray™ Disc Player Location
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To view a Blu-ray™ insert the disc into the Blu-ray™ Disc
Player. Playback will begin automatically after the Blu-
ray™ Disc is recognized by the disc drive. If playback
does not begin automatically after the disc is inserted into
Blu-ray™ Disc Player follow these steps:
Using The Touchscreen Radio•
Press the Media soft-key, then touch the Rear Media
soft key.
• Touch the OK soft-key to begin playing the Blu-ray™
Disc on the touchscreen radio.
Using The Remote Control
• Select an audio channel (Rear 1 for driver’s side rear
screen and Rear 2 for passenger’s side rear screen),
then press the source key and using the up and down
arrows, highlight disc from the menu and press the OK
button.
• Press the popup/menu key to navigate the disc menu
and options.
Play Video Games
Connect the video game console to the Audio/Video
RCA/HDMI input jacks located on the side of each seat.
Rear Media Control Screen
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Audio/Video RCA/HDMI Jacks (AUX/HDMI Jacks) on
the side of each seat enable the monitor to display video
directly from a video camera, connect video games for
display on the screen, or play music directly from an MP3
player.When connecting an external source to the AUX/HDMI
input, ensure to follow the standard color coding for the
audio/video jacks:
1. HDMI Input
2. Right audio in (red)
3. Left audio in (white)
4. Video in (yellow)
NOTE:
Certain high-end video games, such as Playsta-
tion4 and XBox One will exceed this power limit of the
vehicle’s Power Inverter.Play A DVD/Blu-ray™ Disc Using The
Touchscreen Radio
1. Insert the DVD/Blu-ray™ Disc with the label facing as indicated on the DVD/Blu-ray™ Disc player. The
Audio/Video RCA/HDMI Input Jacks
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radio automatically selects the appropriate mode after
the disc is recognized and displays the menu screen or
starts playing the first track.
2. To watch a DVD/Blu-ray™ Disc on Rear 1 (driver’s side rear passenger) ensure the Remote Control and
Headphone channel selector switch is on Rear 1.
3. To watch a DVD/Blu-ray™ Disc on Rear 2 (passen- ger ’s side rear passenger) ensure the Remote Control
and Headphone channel selector switch is on Rear 2.
Using The Remote Control
1. Press the SOURCE button on the Remote Control.
2. While looking at Rear 1 or 2, highlight DISC by eitherpressing Up/Down/Left/Right buttons, then press
ENTER/OK.
Using The Touchscreen Radio Controls
1. Press the Media soft-key on the Uconnect® radiotouchscreen.
Select DISC Mode On The Rear Seat Entertainment
Screen
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2. Touch the Rear Media soft-key to display the RearMedia Control screen.
3. Touch the 1 or 2 soft-key, the select source soft-key and then the DISC soft-key in the MEDIA column. To exit
touch the X at the top right of the screen. NOTE:
Touching the screen on a Touchscreen radio while
a DVD or Blu-ray™ Disc is playing, brings up the basic
remote control functions for DVD play such as scene
selection, Play, Pause, FF, RW, and Stop. Pressing the X in
the upper corner will turn OFF the remote control screen
functions.
Rear Media Control Screen
Rear Seat Entertainment Source Screen
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•Other compression formats such as AAC, MP3 Pro,
Ogg Vorbis, and ATRAC3 will not play. The Blu-ray™
player will automatically skip the file and begin play-
ing the next available file.
• If you are creating your own files, the recommended
fixed bit rate for MP3 files is between 96 and 192Kbps
and the recommended fixed bit rate for WMA files is
between 64 and 192Kbps. Variable bit rates are also
supported. For both formats, the recommended
sample rate is either 44.1kHz or 48kHz.
• To change the current file, use the remote control’s or
Blu-ray™ Disc player ’s button to advance to the
next file, or the button to return to the start of the
current or previous file.
Disc Errors
If the Blu-ray™ Disc player is unable to read the disc, a
Disc Error message is displayed on the rear screen and Radio displays. A dirty, damaged, or incompatible disc
format are all potential causes for a
Disc Errormessage.
If a disc has a damaged track which results in audible or
visible errors that persists for two seconds, the Blu-ray™
Disc player will attempt to continue playing the disc by
skipping forward one to three seconds at a time. If the
end of the disc is reached, the Blu-ray™ Disc player will
return to the beginning of the disc and attempt to play
the start of the first track.
The Blu-ray™ Disc player may shut down during ex-
tremely hot conditions, such as when the vehicle’s inte-
rior temperature is above 120° F (48.9° C). When this
occurs, the player will display High Tempand will shut
off the Rear Seat displays until a safe temperature is
reached. This shutdown is necessary to protect the optics
of the Blu-ray™ Disc player.
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The right-hand control is a rocker-type switch with a
push-button in the center and controls the volume and
mode of the sound system. Pressing the top of the rocker
switch will increase the volume, and pressing the bottom
of the rocker switch will decrease the volume.Pressing the center button will make the radio switch
between the various modes available (AM/FM/SXM/
CD/AUX/VES, etc.).
The left-hand control is a rocker-type switch with a
push-button in the center. The function of the left-hand
control is different depending on which mode you are in.
The following describes the left-hand control operation in
each mode.
Radio Operation
Pressing the top of the switch will “Seek” up for the next
listenable station and pressing the bottom of the switch
will “Seek” down for the next listenable station.
The button located in the center of the left-hand control
will tune to the next preset station that you have pro-
grammed in the radio preset pushbutton.
Remote Sound System Controls (Back View Of Steering
Wheel)
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