2015 Citroen C3 Owner's Manual

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audio system
Audio system / Bluetooth®
Contents
First steps
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Steering mounted controls

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81
Menus
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2
Radio

2
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Media

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Telephone
2

88
Screen menu map(s)

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Frequently asked questions

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Your Audio system is coded in such a way that it will only operate
in your vehicle.
as a s

afety measure, the driver must only carry out operations
which require prolonged attention while the vehicle is stationary.
When the engine is switched off and to prevent discharging of the
battery, the audio equipment may switch off after a few minutes.
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First steps
* available according to version.
on /
o
f
f, volume setting.
Select source:
Radio; USB; AUX; CD; Streaming.
di
splay the list of local stations.
Long press: CD tracks or MP3 folders
(CD / USB). Select the screen display mode:
da
te, audio functions, trip computer,
telephone.
aud
io settings:
Front/rear fader, left/right balance,
bass/treble, loudness, audio
ambiences. The da
Rk
button changes the
screen display for improved driving
comfort at night.
1
st press: upper bar only illuminated.
2nd press: black screen.
3rd press: return to standard display. Select next frequency down/up.
Select previous/next MP3 folder.
Select previous/next folder / genre /
artist / playlist (USB).
ab

andon the current operation. Confirm. Buttons 1 to 6
Select a pre-set radio station.
Long press: pre-set a station.
Automatic frequency search down/
up.
Select previous/next CD, MP3 or
US
b
track.
Eject C
d
.
di

splay main menu. TA (Traffic Announcements) on/off.
Long press: PT Y* (radio Programme
T Yp e).
Selection of AM / FM wavebands.
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Steering mounted controls
Radio: select the previous/next pre-
set station.
US
b: s
elect genre / artist / folder
from the classification list.
Select the previous/next item in a
menu.
Volume decrease.
Radio: automatic search for a higher
frequency.
CD / MP3 / USB: selection of the next
track.
C
d

/ US
b: c
ontinuous press: fast
forward.
Move in the list.
Mute: press the volume increase and
decrease buttons simultaneously.
The sound is restored by pressing
one of the two volume buttons. Radio: automatic search for a lower
frequency.
CD / MP3 / USB: selection of the
previous track.
C
d

/ US
b: c
ontinuous press: fast
back.
Move in the list.
Change audio source.
Confirm a selection.
Call/end call on the telephone.
Press for more than 2 seconds:
telephone main menu. Volume increase.
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Menus
Screen C
Audio functions
Radio; CD; USB; AUX.
Trip computer
Enter distances; Alerts: Status of
functions.
Bluetooth
®: Telephone - Audio
Pairing; Hands-free kit; Streaming.
Personalisation-configuration
Vehicle parameters; Display;
Languages. For an overview of the menus available,
refer to the "Screen menu map"
section.
Screen A
Radio
Selecting a station
Press the SOURCE
button several
times in succession and select the
radio.
Press the BAND AST button to
select a waveband.
br

iefly press one of the buttons to
carry out an automatic search of the
radio stations.
Press one of the buttons to carry out
a manual search up / down for radio
frequencies.
Press the LIST REFRESH button to
display the list of stations received
locally (30 stations maximum).
To update this list, press for more
than two seconds.
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RDS
The external environment
(hills, buildings, tunnels, basement
car parks, ...) may block reception,
including in R
dS m
ode. This is a
normal effect of the way in which radio
waves are transmitted and does not
indicate any failure of the audio system.
Press the MENU button.
Select " Audio functions ".
Press OK.
Select the " FM waveband
preferences " function.
Press OK. Select "
Activate RDS ".
Press OK , R
dS i

s displayed in the
screen.
In " Radio " mode, press OK directly to activate /
deactivate R
dS

mode.
RdS, if displayed, enables you to continue
listening to the same station by automatic
retuning to alternative frequencies.
However, in certain conditions, coverage
of an R
dS s
tation may not be assured
throughout the country as radio stations
do not cover 100 % of the territory. This
explains the loss of reception of a station
that can occur during a journey.
Receiving TA messages
Press the TA button to activate or
deactivate traffic messages.
The TA (Traffic Announcement)
function gives priority to T
a

alert
messages. To operate, this function
needs good reception of a radio station
transmitting this type of message.
When a traffic report is transmitted, the
current audio source (Radio, CD, ...)
is interrupted automatically to play the
T
a

message. n
o
rmal playback of the
audio source resumes at the end of the
transmission of the message.
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Media
USB player
This unit consists of a USb port
and an auxiliary Jack socket,
depending on model.
Insert a US
b

memory stick into the US
b
port
or connect a US
b

peripheral device to the US
b

port using a suitable cable (not supplied).
The system creates playlists
(temporary memory), which can take
from a few seconds to several minutes
on the first connection.
Reducing the number of non-music
files and the number of folders reduces
this waiting time. Playlists are updated
every time the ignition is switched off or
a US
b

memory stick is connected.
The lists are memorised: if the lists are
not changed, the subsequent loading
time is reduced. Press and hold REFRESH LIST
to
display the different classifications.
Select by " Folder" / "Artist " /
" Genre " / "Playlist ".
Press OK to select the classification
required, then press OK again to
confirm. Press REFRESH LIST
briefly to
display the previously selected
classification.
na

vigate through the list using the
left /right and up/down buttons.
Confirm the selection by
pressing


OK.
Press one of these buttons to gain
access to the previous / next track in
the list.
Press and hold one of the buttons for
fast for ward or back.
Press one of these buttons to
gain access to the previous / next
" Folder " / "Artist " / "Genre " /
" Playlist " in the list
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Auxiliary socket (AUX)
Connect the portable device (MP3 player, …) to
the auxiliary Jack socket using an audio cable
(not supplied).Press the SOURCE button several
times in succession and select AUX .
First adjust the volume on your portable device
(to a high level). Then adjust the volume on
your audio system.
o
p
eration of controls is via
the portable device.
do n

ot connect a device to both the
Jack auxiliary socket and the USB port
at the same time.
CD player
Insert circular compact discs only.
Some anti-pirating systems, on original discs
or C
ds c

opied using a personal recorder, may
cause faults which are no reflection on the
quality of the vehicle's player.
Insert a C
d

in the player, play begins
automatically. To play a disc which has already
been inserted, press the SOURCE

button several times in succession
and select CD .
Press one of the buttons to select a
track on the C
d.
P

ress the LIST REFRESH button to
display the list of tracks on the C
d.
P

ress and hold one of the buttons for
fast for ward or fast back.
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The audio system will only play files with the
extension ".mp3" with a sampling rate of
22.05 KHz or 44.1 KHz. No other type of file
(.wma, .mp4, .m3u...) can be played.
It is advisable to restrict file names to
20 characters without using special characters
(e.g. " ?
; ù) to avoid any playing or displaying
problems.
In order to be able to play a recorded C
dR o

r
CDRW, when recording, the ISO 9660 level 1. 2
or Joliet file format is recommended.
If the disc is recorded in another format, it may
not be played correctly.
It is recommended that the same recording
format is always used for an individual disc,
with as low a speed as possible (4x maximum)
for optimum sound quality.
In the particular case of a multi-session C
d, t

he
Joliet format is recommended.
Information and advice
To play a disc which has already
been inserted, press the SOURCE
button several times in succession
and select CD .
Press one of the buttons to select a
folder on the C
d.
P

ress one of the buttons to select a
track on the C
d.
P

ress the LIST REFRESH button to
display the list of directories of the
MP3 compilation.
Press and hold one of the buttons for
fast for ward or backward play.
Playing an MP3 CD
compilation
Insert an MP3 CD compilation in the player.
The audio equipment searches for all of the
music tracks, which may take anything between
a few seconds and several tens of seconds,
before play begins.
on a s

ingle disc, the C
d
player can
read up to 255 MP3 files spread over
8 folder levels. However, it is advisable
to keep to a limit of two levels to reduce
the access time before the C
d

is
played.
While the C
d

is being played, the folder
structure is not followed.
al

l of the files are displayed on a single
level.
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