2017 RENAULT ALASKAN Owners Manual

6.
Rear defogger
button (See “Defogger
switch (where fitted)” in the “2. Instruments
and controls” section.)
7. Temperature control buttons (right side seat)
8. (zone control ON/OFF) button
9. A/C
(Air Conditioner) button
10. Fan speed control button
11. button
12. button
13. button
Automatic operation (AUTO)
The mode may be used year-round as the
system automatically controls the air conditioner to
ac onstant temperature, air flow distribution and fan
speed after the desired temperature is set manually.
To turn the heater and air conditioner on or off, push
the button.
Cooling and dehumidified heating:
1. Push the button (the indica- tor light will illuminate).
2. If the A/Cindicator light is not illuminated, push
the A/C button (the A/Cindicator light will illumi-
nate).
3. Push the temperature control buttons ( and
)t os
et the desired temperature.
• When the indicator light is not illu-
minated, pushing the button (the indicator light will illuminate) allows
the user to independently change the driver
and passenger side temperatures with the
corresponding temperature control buttons
( and ).
• To cancel the separate temperature setting,
push the button (the indi-
cator light will turn off) and the driver’s side
temperature setting will be applied to both
the driver and passenger sides.
4. Push either the outside air circulation but-
ton or the air recirculation
button (the but-
ton with an indicator light illuminated) for approxi-
mately 2seconds to switch to the automatic air
intake control mode (the indicator light will blink
twice).
Av isible mist may be seen coming from the vents in
hot, humid conditions as the air is cooled rapidly.
This does not indicate amalfunction.
Heating (A/C off):
1. Push the button (the indica- tor light will illuminate).
2. If the A/Cindicator light is illuminated, push the
A/C button (the A/Cindicator light will turn off).
3. Push the temperature control buttons ( and
)t os
et the desired temperature.
• When the indicator light is not illu-
minated, pushing the button (the
indicator light will illuminate) allows
the user to independently change the driver and passenger side temperatures with the
corresponding temperature control buttons
( and ).
• To cancel the separate temperature setting,
push the button (the indi-
cator light will turn off) and the driver’s side
temperature setting will be applied to both
the driver and passenger sides.
• Do not set the temperature lower than the out-
side air temperature. Doing so may cause the
temperature to not be controlled properly.
• If the windows fog up, use dehumidified heating
instead of the
A/Coff heating.
Dehumidified defrosting/defogging:
1. Push the front defogger button (the
indicator light will illuminate).
2. Push the temperature control buttons ( and
)t os
et the desired temperature.
• To quickly remove frost from the outside surface
of the windscreen, set the temperature control
and the fan speed to the maximum levels.
• After the windscreen is cleared, push the
button to return to the mode.
• When the front defogger button is pushed,
the air conditioner will automatically turn on,
sensing the outside air temperature to defog the windscreen. For the best defogging perfor-
mance, do not select the air recirculation mode.
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•
Do not set the temperature too low when the
front defogger mode is on (the indicator
light is illuminated), because doing so may fog
up the windscreen.
Manual operation
The manual mode can be used to control the heater
and air conditioner to your desired settings.
Fan speed control:
Push the fan speed control button
(+side or
−s ide) to manually control the fan speed.
Air flow control:
Push the button to select the desired
mode:
m —
Air
flows from the centre and side
vents.
m —
Air
flows from the centre and side
vents and foot outlets.
m —
Air
flows mainly from the foot outlets
m
—
Air
flows from the front defogger
outlets and foot outlets.
Temperature control:
Push the temperature control buttons ( and
)t os
et the desired temperature.
• When the indicator light is not illumi-
nated, pushing the button (the
indicator light will illuminate) allows the user to
independently change the driver and passenger side temperatures with the corresponding tem-
perature control buttons ( and ).
• To cancel the separate temperature setting, push
the button (the indicator light
will turn off) and the driver’s side temperature
setting will be applied to both the driver and pas-
senger sides.
Outside air circulation:
Push the outside air circulation button to draw the
air flow from outside the vehicle. (The indica-
tor light will illuminate.)
Air recirculation:
Push the air recirculation button to circulate
the air flow inside the vehicle. (The indicator
light will illuminate.)
Automatic air intake control:
Push either the outside air circulation or the air
recirculation button (the button with an indica-
tor light illuminated) for approximately 2seconds.
The or indicator light will blink twice, and
the air intake will then be controlled automatically.
When the automatic control is set, the system auto-
matically alternates between the outside air circula-
tion and the air recirculation
modes (the
indicator light of the active mode will illuminate).
To turn system on/off
To turn off the heater and air conditioner, push the
button. SERVICING AIR CONDITIONER WARNING
The air conditioner system contains refrigerant
under high pressure. To avoid personal injury,
any air conditioner service should be done only
by an experienced technician with the proper
equipment.
The air conditioner system in your vehicle is charged
with arefrigerant designed with the environment in
mind. This refrigerant will not harm the earth’s ozone
layer. However, it may contribute in asmall part to
global warming.
Special charging equipment and lubricant are re-
quired when servicing your vehicle’s air conditioner.
Using improper refrigerants or lubricants will cause
severe damage to the air conditioner system. (See
“Recommended fluids/lubricants and capacities” in
the “9. Technical information” section.)
An approved dealer or qualified workshop will be
able to service your environmentally friendly air con-
ditioner system.
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Air conditioner filter
The air conditioner system is equipped with an air
conditioner filter which collects and neutralises dirt,
pollen, dust, etc. To make sure that the air condi-
tioner heats, defogs and ventilates efficiently, re-
place the filter in accordance with the specified
maintenance intervals listed in the separate mainte-
nance booklet. To replace the filter, contact an ap- proved dealer or qualified workshop.
The filter should be replaced if the air flow decreases
significantly or if windows fog up easily when oper-
ating the heater or air conditioner. AUDIO OPERATION PRECAUTIONS WARNING
Do not adjust the audio system while driving so
that full attention may be given to vehicle opera-
tion.
Radio
• Radio reception is affected by station signal
strength, distance from radio transmitter, build-
ings, bridges, mountains and other external influ-
ences. Intermittent changes in reception quality
normally are caused by these external influences.
• Using
amobile phone in or near the vehicle may
influence radio reception quality. Compact Disc (CD) player
•
During cold weather or rainy days, the player
may malfunction due to the humidity. If this oc-
curs, remove the CD from CD player and dehu-
midify or ventilate the player completely.
• The player may skip while driving on rough roads. SAA0480
AUDIO SYSTEM (where fitted)
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•
The CD player sometimes may not function when
the passenger compartment temperature is ex-
tremely high. Lower the temperature before use.
• Do not expose the CD to direct sunlight.
• CDs that are of poor quality, or are dirty,
scratched, covered with fingerprints, or that have
pin holes may not work properly.
• The following CDs may not work properly.
–C
opy control compact discs (CCCD)
–R ecordable compact discs (CD-R)
–R ewritable compact discs (CD-RW)
• Do not use the following CDs as they may cause
the CD player to malfunction.
–8
cm (3.1 in) discs
–C Ds that are not round
–C Ds with apaper label
–C Ds that are warped, scratched or have un-
usual edges.
• This audio system can only play prerecorded
CDs. It has no capabilities to record or burn
CDs. USB (Universal Serial Bus) Connection
Port WARNING
Do not connect, disconnect or operate the USB
device while driving. Doing so can be adistrac-
tion. If distracted you could lose control of your
vehicle and cause an accident or serious injury.
CAUTION
• Do not force the USB device into the USB
port. Inserting the USB device tilted or up-
side-down into the port may damage the port.
Make sure that the USB device is connected
correctly into the USB port.
• Do not grab the USB port cover (where fitted)
when pulling the USB device out of the port.
This could damage the port and the cover.
• Do not leave the USB cable in
aplace where
it can be pulled unintentionally. Pulling the
cable may damage the port.
The vehicle is not equipped with aUSB device.
USB devices should be purchased separately as
necessary.
This system cannot be used to format USB devices.
To format aUSB device, use apersonal computer.
In some areas, the USB device for the front seats
plays only sound without images for regulatory rea-
sons, even when the vehicle is parked. This system supports various USB memory devices,
USB hard drives and iPod players. Some USB de-
vices may not be supported by this system.
• Partitioned USB devices may not play correctly.
• Some characters used in other languages (Chi-
nese, Japanese, etc.) may not appear properly in
the display. Using English language characters
with
aUSB device is recommended.
General notes for USB use:
Refer to your device manufacturer’s owner informa-
tion regarding the proper use and care of the de-
vice.
Notes for iPod use:
iPod is atrademark of Apple Inc., registered in the
U.S. and other countries.
• Improperly plugging in the iPod may cause a
checkmark to be displayed on and off (flicker-
ing). Always make sure that the iPod is con-
nected properly.
• An iPod nano (1st Generation) may remain in
fast forward or rewind mode if it is connected
during
aseek operation. In this case, please
manually reset the iPod.
• An iPod nano (2nd Generation) will continue to
fast-forward or rewind if it is disconnected dur-
ing
aseek operation.
• An incorrect song title may appear when the Play
Mode is changed while using an iPod nano (2nd
Generation).
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Audiobooks may not play in the same order as
they appear on an iPod.
• Large video files cause slow responses in an
iPod. The vehicle centre display may momen-
tarily black out, but will soon recover.
• If an iPod automatically selects large video files
while in the shuffle mode, the vehicle centre dis-
play may momentarily black out, but will soon
recover.
Bluetooth® audio player (where fitted)
• Some Bluetooth® audio devices may not be
used with this system. For detailed information
about Bluetooth® audio devices that are avail-
able for use with this system, contact an ap-
proved dealer or qualified workshop.
• Before using
aBluetooth® audio system, the ini-
tial registration process for the audio device is
necessary.
• Operation of the Bluetooth® audio system may
vary depending on the audio device that is con-
nected. Confirm the operation procedure before
use.
• The playback of Bluetooth® audio will be paused
under the following conditions. The playback will
be resumed after the following conditions are
completed.
–w
hile using ahands-free phone
–w hile checking aconnection with amobile
phone •
The in-vehicle antenna for Bluetooth® communi-
cation is built in the system. Do not place the
Bluetooth® audio device in an area surrounded
by metal, far away from the system or in
anarrow
space where the device closely contacts the
body or the seat. Otherwise, sound degradation
or connection interference may occur.
• While
aBluetooth® audio device is connected
through the Bluetooth® wireless connection, the
battery power of the device may discharge
quicker than usual.
• This system is compatible with the Bluetooth®
AV profile (A2DP and AVRCP).
m Bluetooth®
is
at rademark
owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc.,
and licensed to Visteon Cor-
poration and Robert Bosch
GmbH.
Compact Disc (CD)/USB device with
MP3/WMA/AAC (where fitted)
Terms:
• MP3
—MP3 is short for Moving Pictures Ex-
perts Group Audio Layer 3. MP3 is the most well
known compressed digital audio file format. This
format allows for near “CD quality” sound, but at
af raction of the size of normal audio files. MP3
conversion of an audio track from CD can re-
duce the file size by approximately 10:1 ratio
(Sampling: 44.1 kHz, Bit rate: 128 kbps) with
virtually no perceptible loss in quality. MP3 com- pression removes the redundant and irrelevant
parts of
asound signal that the human ear
doesn’t hear.
• WMA
—Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a
compressed audio format created by Microsoft
as an alternative to MP3. The WMA codec offers
greater file compression than the MP3 codec,
enabling storage of more digital audio tracks in
the same amount of space when compared to
MP3s at the same level of quality.
• AAC (where fitted)
—Advanced Audio Coding
(AAC) is acompressed audio format. AAC of-
fers greater file compression than MP3 and en-
ables music file creation and storage at the same
quality as MP3.
• Bit rate
—Bit rate denotes the number of bits
per second used by adigital music files. The size
and quality of acompressed digital audio file is
determined by the bit rate used when encoding
the file.
• Sampling frequency
—Sampling frequency is
the rate at which the samples of asignal are con-
verted from analog to digital (A/D conversion)
per second.
• Multisession
—Multisession is one of the meth-
ods for writing data to media. Writing data once
to the media is called asingle session, and writ-
ing more than once is called amultisession.
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•
ID3/WMA Tag
—The ID3/WMA tag is the part
of the encoded MP3 or WMA file that contains
information about the digital music file such as
song title, artist, album title, encoding bit rate,
track time duration, etc. ID3 tag information is
displayed on the Album/Artist/Track title line on
the display.
* Windows® and Windows Media® are
registered trademarks and/or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States of
America and/or other countries.
jA Root folder
j B Folder
j C MP3/WMA
Playback order:
Music playback order of the CD with MP3/WMA/
AAC (where fitted) is as illustrated above. •
The folder names of folders not containing MP3/
WMA files are not shown in the display.
• If there is
afile in the top level of the disc,
FOLDER is displayed.
• The playback order is the order in which the files
were written by the writing software, so the files
might not play in the desired order. NAA984
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ANTENNA
Roof
antenna
The antenna can be removed if necessary.
Hold the bottom of the antenna and remove by turn-
ing anticlockwise.
To install the antenna, turn the antenna clockwise
and tighten. CAUTION
To avoid damaging or deforming the antenna, be
sure to remove the antenna under the following
conditions.
• The vehicle enters an automatic car wash.
• The vehicle enters
agarage with alow ceiling.
• The vehicle is covered with
acar cover.
Pillar antenna
Adjust the antenna length for the best reception. A
fully extended antenna is usually best for distant re-
ception.
CAUTION
To prevent damage, be sure that the antenna is
retracted before the vehicle enters an automatic
car wash.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection
port WARNING
Do not connect, disconnect or operate the USB
device while driving. Doing so can be adistrac-
tion. If distracted you could lose control of your
vehicle and cause an accident or serious injury. CAUTION
• Do not force the USB device into the USB
port. Inserting the USB device tilted or up-
side-down into the port may damage the port.
Make sure that the USB device is connected
correctly into the USB port.
• Do not grab the USB port cover (where fitted)
when pulling the USB device out of the port.
This could damage the port and the cover.
• Do not leave the USB cable in
aplace where
it can be pulled unintentionally. Pulling the
cable may damage the port.
Refer to your device manufacturer’s owner informa-
tion regarding the proper use and care of the de-
vice.
The USB port is located on the lower part of the
instrument panel. Insert USB devices or iPod con-
nectors into this port. JVH0666X
JVH1 109XZ
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AUX (Auxiliary) INPUT JACK
The AUX input jack is located on the lower part of
the instrument panel. Compatible audio devices,
such as some MP3 players, can be connected to
the system through the AUX input jack. Before connecting adevice to ajack, turn off the
power of the portable device.
With acompatible device connected to the jack,
push the corresponding button (depends on the au-
dio system) repeatedly until the display switches to
the AUX mode.
RENAULT strongly recommends using astereo mini
plug cable when connecting your music device to
the audio system. Music may not play properly when
am onaural cable is used. CD/USB MEMORY CARE AND
CLEANING
CD
•
Handle
adisc by its edges. Never touch the sur-
face of the disc. Do not bend the disc.
• Always place the discs in the storage case when
they are not being used.
• To clean
adisc, wipe the surface from the centre
to the outer edge using aclean, soft cloth. Do
not wipe the disc using acircular motion.
Do not use aconventional record cleaner or al-
cohol intended for industrial use.
• An
ew disc may be rough on the inner and outer
edges. Remove the rough edges by rubbing the
inner and outer edges with the side of apen or
pencil as illustrated.
USB memory
• Do not place heavy objects on the USB memory. •
Do not store the USB memory in highly humid
locations.
• Do not expose the USB memory to direct sun-
light.
• Do not spill any liquids on the USB memory.
Refer to the USB memory Owner’s Manual for de-
tails. JVH1
110XZ SAA0451Z
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