2018 CITROEN DS5 radio

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Radio
QUESTIONANSWER SOLUTION
The quality of reception of
the radio station listened
to gradually deteriorates
or the stored stations do
not function (no sound,
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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 power ful transmitter in
the geographical area.
The environment (hills, buildings, tunnels, basement car parks...)
block 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 a car wash or into an underground car park). Have the aerial checked by a CITROËN 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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QUESTIONANSWER SOLUTION
There is a difference in
sound quality between the
different audio sources. For optimum sound quality, the audio settings for Volume, Bass,
Treble, Equalizer and Loudness can be adapted to the different
sound sources, which may result in audible differences when
changing source. 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
"Linear", musical ambience and set the loudness
correction to the "Active" position in CD mode or
to the "Inactive" position in radio mode.
With the engine off, the
system switches off after a
few minutes of use. When the engine is switched off, the system's operating time
depends on the state of charge of the battery.
The switch-off is normal: the system switches to economy mode
and switches off to prevent discharging of the vehicle's battery. Start the vehicle's engine to increase the battery
charge.

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First steps
On / Off.
V olume adjustment.
Select preset radio station.
Long press: store a station. Display the list of stations received,
CD/MP3
tracks or folders.
Long press: managing the
classification of MP3/ WMA files
/
update the list of stations received.
Audio settings:
audio ambiences, treble, bass,
loudness, distribution, left /right
balance, front /rear fader, automatic
volume. TA (Traffic Announcement) function
On
/ Off.
Long press: access to type of
information. Automatic search up
/ down for radio
frequencies.
Select previous / next CD, USB,
streaming track.
Navigation in a list.
Access to main menu. Abandon the current operation.
Up one level (menu or folder). Confirmation or display of contextual
menu.
Manual step by step search up /
down for radio frequencies.
Select previous / next MP3 folder.
Select previous / next folder / genre /
artist / playlist in the USB device.
Navigation in a list.
Selection of AM / FM wavebands.
Select source:
Radio, CD, AUX, USB, Streaming.
Accept an incoming call. Select screen display between modes:
Full screen: Audio (or telephone if call
in progress)
/
In a window: Audio (or telephone
if call in progress)
- Time or Trip
computer.
Long press: black screen (DARK).

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Steering mounted controls
Media: change the multimedia
source.
Telephone: call.
Call in progress: access to the
telephone menu (end call, secret
mode, hands-free mode).
Telephone, press and hold: reject an
incoming call, end a call; when there
is no call in progress, access to the
telephone menu.Decrease volume.
Radio, rotate: automatic search for
the previous / next station.
Media, rotate: previous / next track.
Press: confirm a selection. Radio: display the list of stations.
Media: display the list of tracks.
Radio, press and hold: update the list
of stations received.
Increase volume.
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Menus
Screen c
"Multimedia ": Media parameters,
Radio parameters.
" Bluetooth connection ":
Connections management, Search
for a device. " Telephone ": Call, Directory
management, Telephone
management, Hang up.
" Personalisation-configuration ":
Define the vehicle parameters,
Choice of language, Display
configuration, Choice of units, Date
and time adjustment. For a detailed global view of the menus
available, refer to the "Screen menu
map" section.

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The exterior environment (hills, buildings,
tunnel, car park, below ground...) may
prevent reception, even in RDS station
tracking mode. This phenomenon is
normal in the propagation of radio waves
and is in no way indicative of a fault with
the audio system.Press SOUR
c
E o

r SR c
se
veral
times in succession and select radio.
Press BAN
d t

o select a waveband.
Press LIST to display the list of
stations received in alphabetical
o r d e r.
Select the desired radio station and
confirm by pressing OK.
A press changes to the next or
previous letter (e.g. A, B, D, F, G,
J,
K, ...). A long press on LIST
builds or
updates the list of stations; audio
reception is cut momentarily.
Audio
Selecting a station
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RdS
Select " Rd S" and confirm to save.
" Rd
S" is displayed in the screen.
When the radio is displayed on the
screen, press OK
to display the
contextual menu.
Select or deselect categories to
activate or deactivate the reception of
the corresponding messages. Make a long press on TA I N FO to
display the list of categories.
Press TA I N FO
to activate or
deactivate the reception of traffic
messages.
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. This
explains the loss of reception of the station
during a journey.
Receiving TA messages
The TA (Traffic Announcement)
function gives priority to TA 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,
USB,
...) is interrupted automatically to
play the TA message. Normal playback
of the audio source resumes at the end
of the transmission of the message. The INFO function gives priority to
TA alert messages. To be active, this
function needs good reception of a
radio station that transmits this type
of message. When a message is
transmitted, the current audio source
(Radio, CD, USB, ...) is interrupted
automatically to receive the INFO
message. Normal play resumes at the
end of the message transmission.
Receiving INFO messages

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display RAdIO TEXT
Radio text is information transmitted by
the radio station related to the current
programme or song.
Audio cd
With the radio displayed on the
screen, press OK to display the
contextual menu.
Select " RadioText (TXT) display "
and confirm OK to save.
Press and hold one of the buttons for
fast for ward or backward. Press LIST to display the list of
tracks on the CD.
Press one of the buttons to select a
track on the CD. To play a disc which has already
been inserted, press the SOUR
c
E
o

r SR c
b
utton several times in
succession and select "
cd".
Screen c
P
laying a cd
Insert 12 cm diameter 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 original
p l aye r.
Without pressing the EJE
c
T b

utton,
insert a CD in the player, play begins
automatically.
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