2018 NISSAN QASHQAI Owner´s Manual

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contribute in a small part to global
warming.
Special charging equipment and lubricant
are required when servicing your vehicle’s
air conditioner. Using improper refriger-
ants or lubricants will cause severe da-
mage to the air conditioner system. (See
“Air conditioning system refrigerant and
lubricant recommendations” (P.10-6).)
A NISSAN dealer will be able to service
your environmentally friendly air condi-
tioner system.
In-cabin microfilter
The air conditioner system is equipped
with an in-cabin microfilter. To make sure
the air conditioner heats, defogs, and
ventilates efficiently, replace the filter
according the specified maintenance in-
tervals listed in the "9. Maintenance and
schedules" section. It is recommended to
visit a NISSAN dealer to replace the filter.
The filter should be replaced if the air flow
decreases significantly or if windows fog
up easily when operating the heater or air
conditioner.
AUDIO OPERATION PRECAUTIONS
Radio
Place the ignition switch in the ACC or ON
position and push the FM·AM button to
turn on the radio. If you listen to the radio
with the engine not running, the ignition
switch should be placed in the ACC
position.
Radio reception is affected by station
signal strength, distance from radio
transmitter, buildings, bridges, mountains
and other external influences. Intermit-
tent changes in reception quality nor-
mally are caused by these external
influences.
Using a cellular phone in or near the
vehicle may influence radio reception
quality.
Radio reception:
Your vehicle radio system is equipped
with state-of-the-art electronic circuits to
enhance radio reception. These circuits
are designed to extend reception range,
and to enhance the quality of that recep-
tion.
However there are some general charac-
teristics of both FM and AM radio signals
that can affect radio reception quality in a
moving vehicle, even when the finest
equipment is used. These characteristicsare completely normal in a given recep-
tion area, and do not indicate any mal-
function in your vehicle radio system.
Reception conditions will constantly
change because of vehicle movement.
Buildings, terrain, signal distance and
interference from other vehicles can work
against ideal reception. Described below
are some of the factors that can affect
your radio reception.
Some cellular phones or other devices
may cause interference or a buzzing
noise to come from the audio system
speakers. Storing the device in a different
location may reduce or eliminate the
noise.
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FM radio reception:
Range: FM range is normally limited to 25
to 30 miles (40 to 48 km), with monaural
(single station) FM having slightly more
range than stereo FM. External influences
may sometimes interfere with FM station
reception even if the FM station is within
25 miles (40 km). The strength of the FM
signal is directly related to the distance
between the transmitter and receiver. FM
signals follow a line-of-sight path, exhibit-
ing many of the same characteristics as
light. For example they will reflect off
objects.
Fade and drift: As your vehicle moves
away from a station transmitter, thesignals will tend to fade and/or drift.
Static and flutter: During signal interfer-
ence from buildings, large hills or due to
antenna position, usually in conjunction
with increased distance from the station
transmitter, static or flutter can be heard.
This can be reduced by lowering the
treble setting to reduce the treble re-
sponse.
Multipath reception: Because of the re-
flective characteristics of FM signals, di-
rect and reflected signals reach the
receiver at the same time. The signals
may cancel each other, resulting in mo-
mentary flutter or loss of sound.
AM radio reception:
AM signals, because of their low fre-
quency, can bend around objects and
skip along the ground. In addition, the
signals can be bounced off the iono-
sphere and bent back to earth. Because
of these characteristics. AM signals are
also subject to interference as they travel
from transmitter to receiver.
Fading: Occurs while the vehicle is pas-
sing through freeway underpasses or in
areas with many tall buildings. It can also
occur for several seconds during iono-
spheric turbulence even in areas where
no obstacles exist.
Static: Caused by thunderstorms, electri- cal power lines, electric signs and even
traffic lights.
Satellite radio reception (if so
equipped):
When the satellite radio is used for the
first time or the battery has been re-
placed, the satellite radio may not work
properly. This is not a malfunction. Wait
more than 10 minutes with the satellite
radio ON and the vehicle away from any
metal or large buildings for the satellite
radio to receive all of the necessary data.
The satellite radio mode requires an
active SiriusXM Satellite Radio subscrip-
tion. The satellite radio is not available in
Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
Satellite radio performance may be af-
fected if cargo carried on the roof blocks
the satellite radio signal.
If possible, do not put cargo near the
satellite antenna.
A buildup of ice on the satellite radio
antenna can affect satellite radio perfor-
mance. Remove the ice to restore satellite
radio reception.
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Compact Disc (CD) player
.Do not force a Compact Disc (CD)
into the CD insert slot. This could
damage the CD and/or CD player.
. During cold weather or rainy days,
the player may malfunction due to
the humidity. If this occurs, remove the CD and dehumidify or ventilate
the player completely.
. The player may skip while driving on
rough roads.
. The CD player sometimes cannot
function when the passenger com-
partment temperature is extremely
high. Decrease the temperature be-
fore use.
. Only use high quality 4.7 in (12 cm)
round discs that have the “COMPACT
disc DIGITAL AUDIO” logo on the disc
or packaging.
. Do not expose the CD to direct sun-
light.
. CDs that are of poor quality, dirty,
scratched, covered with fingerprints,
or that have pin holes may not work
properly.
. The following CDs may not work
properly:
—Copy Control Compact Discs
(CCCD)
— Recordable Compact Discs (CD-R)
— Rewritable Compact Discs (CD-
RW)
. Do not use the following CDs as they
may cause the CD player to mal-
function.
—3.1 in (8 cm) discs —
CDs that are not round
— CDs with a paper label
— CDs that are warped, scratched, or
have abnormal edges
. This audio system can only play
prerecorded CDs. It has no capabil-
ities to record or burn CDs.
. If the CD cannot be played, error
messages as the following examples
will be displayed.
Check Disc:
—Confirm that the CD is inserted
correctly (the label side is facing
up, etc.).
— Confirm that the CD is not bent or
warped and it is free of scratches.
Push Eject:
This is an error due to the tempera-
ture inside the player is too high.
Remove the CD by pushing the
(CD eject) button, and after a short
time reinsert the CD. The CD can be
played when the temperature of the
player returns to normal.
Unplayable Track:
The file is unplayable in this audio
system (only MP3 or WMA CD).

USB (Universal Serial Bus) Connec-
tion Port
WARNING
Do not connect, disconnect or oper-
ate the USB device while driving.
Doing so can be a distraction. 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 connection port. Insert-
ing the USB device tilted or up-
side-down into the port may da-
mage the port. Make sure that
the USB device is connected cor-
rectly into the USB connection
port.
. Do not grab the USB connection
port cover (if so equipped) when
pulling the USB device out of the
port. This could damage the port
and the cover.
. Do not leave the USB cable in a
place where it can be pulled unintentionally. Pulling the cable
may damage the port.
The vehicle is not equipped with a USB
device. USB devices should be purchased
separately as necessary.
This system cannot be used to format
USB devices. To format a USB device, use
a personal computer.
In some states/area, the USB device for
the front seats plays only sound without
images for regulatory reasons, even when
the vehicle is parked.
This system supports various USB mem-
ory devices, USB hard drives and iPod®
players. Some USB devices may not be
supported by this system.
. Partitioned USB devices may not be
played correctly.
. Some characters used in other lan-
guages (Chinese, Japanese, etc.) are
not displayed properly on display.
Using English language characters
with a USB device is recommended.
General notes for USB use:
Refer to your device manufacturer’s own-
er information regarding the proper use
and care of the device. Notes for iPod® use:
“Made for iPod®”, “Made for iPhone®”, and
“Made for iPad®” mean that an electronic
accessory has been designed to connect
specifically to iPod®, iPhone®, or iPad®,
respectively, and has been certified by the
developer to meet Apple performance
standards.
Apple is not responsible for the operation
of this device or its compliance with
safety and regulatory standards.
Please note that the use of this accessory
with iPod®, iPhone®, or iPad® may affect
wireless performance.
iPad®, iPhone®, iPod®, iPod classic®, iPod
nano®, iPod shuffle®, and iPod touch® are
trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the
U.S. and other countries. Lightning is a
trademark of Apple Inc.
.
Improperly plugging in the iPod® may
cause a checkmark to be displayed on
and off (flickering). Always make sure
that the iPod® is connected properly.
. An iPod nano® (1st Generation) may
remain in fast forward or rewind mode
if it is connected during a seek opera-
tion. In this case, please manually
reset the iPod®.
. An iPod nano® (2nd Generation) will
continue to fast-forward or rewind if it
is disconnected during a seek opera-
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. An incorrect song title may appear
when the Play Mode is changed while
using an iPod nano® (2nd Generation)
. Audiobooks may not play in the same
order as they appear on an iPod®.
. Large video files cause slow responses
in an iPod®. The display may momen-
tarily black out, but will soon recover.
. If an iPod® automatically selects large
video files while in the shuffle mode,
the display may momentarily black
out, but will soon recover.
Compressed Audio Files (MP3/
WMA)
Explanation of terms:
.MP3 — MP3 is short for Moving Pic-
tures Experts Group Audio Layer 3.
MP3 is the most well known com-
pressed digital audio file format. This
format allows for near “CD quality”
sound, but at a fraction of the size of
normal audio files. MP3 conversion of
an audio track can reduce the file size
by approximately a 10:1 ratio (Sam-
pling: 44.1 kHz, Bit rate: 128 kbps) with
virtually no perceptible loss in quality.
The compression reduces certain
parts of sound that seem inaudible
to most people. .
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.
This product is protected by certain
intellectual property rights of Micro-
soft Corporation and third parties. Use
or distribution of such technology
outside of this product is prohibited
without a license from Microsoft or an
authorized Microsoft subsidiary and
third parties.
. Bit rate — Bit rate denotes the number
of bits per second used by a digital
music file. The size and quality of a
compressed digital audio file is deter-
mined by the bit rate used when
encoding the file.
. Sampling frequency — Sampling fre-
quency is the rate at which the
samples of a signal are converted
from analog to digital (A/D conver-
sion) per second.
. Multisession — Multisession is one of
the methods for writing data to med-
ia. Writing data once to the media is
called a single session, and writing more than once is called a multises-
sion.
. 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 in-
formation is displayed on the Album/
Artist/Track title line on the display.
* Windows® and Windows Media® are
registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United
States of America and/or other countries.

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Playback order:
Music playback order of a CD with MP3 or
WMA files is as illustrated.
.The names of folders not containing
MP3 or WMA files are not shown in the
display. .
If there is a file in the top level of the
disc, “Root Folder” is displayed.
. The playback order is the order in
which the files were written by the
writing software. Therefore, the files
might not play in the desired order.
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Specification chart (for models without navigation system):
Supported mediaCD, CD-R, CD-RW, USB2.0
Supported file systems CD, CD-R, CD-RW: ISO9660 LEVEL1, ISO9660 LEVEL2, Romeo, Joliet
* ISO9660 Level 3 (packet writing) is not supported.
* Files saved using the Live File System component (on a Windows Vista-based
computer) are not supported.
USB memory: FAT16, FAT32
Supported versions*1 MP3
Version
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
Sampling frequency 32 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 32 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR*4
WMA*2 Version
WMA7, WMA8, WMA9
Sampling frequency 32 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 32 kbps - 192 kbps, VBR4, 32 kbps - 320 kbps (WMA9 only)
Tag information (Song title and Artist name) ID3 tag VER1.0, VER1.1, VER2.2, VER2.3, VER2.4 (MP3 only)
WMA tag (WMA only)
Folder levels CD, CD-R, CD-RW
Folder levels: 8, Folders: 255, Files: 999 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
USB Folder levels: 8, Folders 255, Files: 2500 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
Memory size: 4GB
Displayable character codes*3 01: ASCII, 02: ISO-8859-1, 03: UNICODE (UTF-16 BOM Big Endian), 04: UNICODE (UTF-
16 Non-BOM Big Endian), 05: UNICODE (UTF-8)
*1 Files created with a combination of 48 kHz sampling frequency and 64 kbps bit rate cannot be played.
*2 Protected WMA files (DRM) cannot be played.
*3 Available codes depend on what kind of media, versions and information are going to be displayed.
*4 When VBR files are played, the playback time may not be displayed correctly.

Specification chart (for models with navigation system):
Supported mediaCD, CD-R, CD-RW
Supported file systems ISO9660 LEVEL1, ISO9660 LEVEL2, Apple ISO, Romeo, Joliet * ISO9660 Level 3 (packet writing) is not
supported.
Supported
versions*1 MP3
Version
MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG2.5
Sampling fre-
quency 8 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 8 kbps - 320 kbps, VBR
WMA*2 Version
WMA7, WMA8, WMA9
Sampling fre-
quency 32 kHz - 48 kHz
Bit rate 48 kbps - 192 kbps, VBR
Tag information ID3 tag VER1.0, VER1.1, VER2.2, VER2.3 (MP3 only)
Folder levels Folder levels: 8, Max folders: 255 (including root folder), Files: 512 (Max. 255 files for one folder)
Text character number limitation 128 characters
Displayable character codes*3 01: ASCII, 02: ISO-8859-1, 03: UNICODE (UTF-16 BOM Big Endian), 04: UNICODE (UTF-16 Non-BOM Big
Endian), 05: UNICODE (UTF-8), 06: UNICODE (Non-UTF-16 BOM Little Endian)
*1 Files created with a combination of 48 kHz sampling frequency and 64 kbps bit rate cannot be played.
*2 Protected WMA files (DRM) cannot be played.
*3 Available codes depend on what kind of media, versions and information are going to be displayed.
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