2015 Peugeot RCZ radio

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FREQUENTLY ASKE d QUESTIONS
QUESTION ANSWER SOLUTION
Some characters in the
media information are not
displayed correctly while
playing. The audio system does not read some types of characters.
Use standard characters to name tracks and
folders.
Playing
of streaming files
does not start. The peripheral device connected does not support automatic play

. Start the playback from the device.
The names of tracks and
the track length are not
displayed on the screen
when streaming audio. The
Bluetooth profile does not allow the transfer of this information.
The

quality of reception
of the radio station
listened to gradually
deteriorates or the stored
stations do not function
(no sound, 87.5

Mhz is
displayed...). The vehicle is too far from the transmitter used by the station listened\

to or there is no transmitter in the geographical area through which the\

vehicle is travelling.
Activate the "RDS" function by means of the
short-cut menu to enable the system to check
whether there is a more powerful transmitter in the
geographical area.
The environment (hills, buildings, tunnels, basement car parks...) blo\
ck
reception, including in RDS mode. This phenomenon is normal and does not indicate
a fault with the audio system.
The aerial is absent or has been damaged (for example when going
through an automatic car wash or in an underground car park). Have the aerial checked by a PEUGEOT dealer.
I

cannot find some radio
stations in the list of
stations received. The station is not received or its name has changed in the list.
Some radio stations send other information in place of their name (the \
title of the song for example).
The system interprets this information as the name of the station.
The name of the radio
station changes.

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FREQUENTLY ASKE d QUESTIONS
QUESTION ANSWER SOLUTION
When modifying the
treble and bass setting,
the choice of ambience is
cancelled. The
selection of an ambience imposes specific treble and bass settings.Modify the treble and bass settings or choose a
musical ambience to obtain the desired sound
quality.
When modifying the
ambience, the treble
and bass settings are
cancelled.
When modifying the
balance settings,
the "Driver" or "All
passengers" setting is
cancelled. The
choice of the "Driver" distribution setting imposes specific balance
settings.
When modifying
the "Driver" or "All
passengers" distribution
setting, the balance
settings are cancelled.
There is a dif

ference in
sound

quality between
the dif

ferent audio
sources (radio, CD...). For
optimum sound quality, the audio settings for Volume, Bass,
T
reble,
Equalizer

and Loudness can be adapted to the different sound sources,
which may result in audible dif

ferences when changing source (radio,
CD...). Check that the audio settings for (Volume, Bass,
Treble,
Equalizer, Loudness) are adapted to
the sources listened to. It is advisable to set the
AUDIO functions (Bass,

Treble, Fr-Re balance,
Le-Ri balance) to the middle position, select the
"None", musical ambience and set the loudness
correction to the "Active" position in CD mode or
to the "Inactive" position in radio mode.

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FIRST STEPS
Eject CD.Select source:
radio, audio CD / MP3 CD, USB,
j

ack connection, Streaming,
AU x .
Select the screen display
mode:
Date, audio functions, trip
computer, telephone. Automatic
frequency search
down/up.
Select previous/next CD, MP3
or USB track.
Audio settings: front/
rear fader

, left/right
balance, bass/treble,
loudness, audio
ambiences. Display the list of
local stations.
Long press: CD
tracks or MP3
folders (CD / USB).
TA

(Traffic
Announcements)

on/of

f.
Long press: PTY* (radio
Programme TYpe) mode.
Display main menu.
The DARK 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.
On/off, volume setting.
Buttons 1 to 6:
Select a pre-set radio station.
Long press: pre-set a station. Select next frequency down/up.
Select previous/next MP3 folder.
Select previous/next folder / genre /
artist / playlist (USB). Confirm.
Selection of FM / DAB /
AM* wavebands.
* Depending on model.
Abandon the current
operation.
*
Available according to version.

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STEERING MOUNTEd CONTROLS
Radio: automatic search for a higher frequency.
CD / MP3 / USB: selection of the next track.
CD / USB: continuous press: fast forwards play
.
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.
Radio: automatic search for a lower
frequency.
CD / MP3 / USB: selection of the
previous track.
CD / USB: continuous press: fast
reverse.
Move in the list.
Radio: select the previous/next pre-set
station.
USB: select genre / artist / folder from the
classification

list.
Select the previous/next item in a menu. Volume increase.
Volume decrease.Mute: press the volume
increase and decrease
buttons simultaneously.
The sound is restored
by pressing one of the
two
volume buttons.

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MAIN MENU
AUdIO FUNCTIONS:
radio, CD, USB, options.
Screen C
For a detailed global view of the
menus available, refer to "Screen
menu map" in this section.
TELEPHONE:
hands-free kit, pairing,
management of a call.
PERSONALISATION-
CONFIGURATION:
vehicle parameters,
display, languages.
VEHICLE
d
IAGNOSTICS:
alert log.

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AUdIO
Press the SOURCE button several
times in succession and select the
radio.
Press the BAND AST button to select
a waveband: FM1, FM2, FMast, AM.
Briefly 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.
The external environment (hills, buildings, tunnels, basement car parks\
, ...) may
block reception, including in RDS mode. This is a normal effect of the way in which
radio waves are transmitted and does not indicate any failure of the aud\
io system.
RdS
RadioSelecting a station
Press the MENU button.
Select AUDIO FUNCTIONS then
press OK.
Select the FM WAVEBAND
PREFERENCES function then
press
OK.
Select ACTIVATE RDS then
press
OK. RDS appears on the
screen.
In radio mode, press OK directly to activate / deactivate RDS
mode.
The 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 RDS station may not be assured throughout the\


country as radio stations do not cover 100 % of the territory. Under conditions
of very weak reception, the system may change to a regional station.

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AUdIO
Receiving TA messages
Press the TA button to activate or
deactivate traffic messages.
The

T

A


(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

TA message. Normal playback
of the audio source resumes at the end of the transmission of the
message.
Change band (FM1, FM2, DAB, ...).
dAB (digital Audio Broadcasting)
d
igital radio
Digital radio provides a superior audio quality and also additional categories of traffic announcements (TA INFO).
The different "multiplex services" offer a choice of radio stations in
alphabetical order.
Change of station within the same "multiplex service".
Start a search for the next "multiplex service".
Long press: select the desired categories of
announcements from Transport, News, Entertainment
and Flash special (availability according to the station).
When the radio station is displayed in the screen, press on " OK" to
display the contextual menu.
(Frequency
hopping (RDS), DAB / FM auto tracking, RadioText
(T

x T) display, Information on the station, ...)

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Insert circular compact discs only.
Some anti-pirating systems, on original discs or CDs copied using a
personal recorder, may cause faults which are no reflection on the
quality

of the vehicle's player.
Without pressing the E
j ECT button, insert a CD in the player, play
begins automatically.
Cd
Playing

a C d
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 CD.
Press the LIST REFRESH button to display the list of tracks
on the CD. Press and hold one of the buttons for
fast forwards or fast backwards.
AUdIO
digital radio - dAB / FM tracking
"DAB" does not have 100% coverage of the country.
When the digital signal is weak, "DAB / FM auto tracking" allows you
to continue listening to the same station, by automatically switching
to the corresponding analogue "FM" station (if it exists).Press the "Menu" button.
Select "Multimedia"
and confirm.
Select "
d AB / FM auto tracking" and confirm
If "DAB / FM auto tracking" is on, there will be a difference of a few
seconds in the programme when the system changes to analogue
"FM" radio, with sometimes a variation in volume.
When the strength of the digital signal is good again, the system
automatically switches back to "DAB"
If the "DAB" station you are listening to is not available on "FM"
("
d AB/FM" option barred), or if "DAB / FM auto tracking" is not on,
the sound will be cut when the digital signal is too weak.