18
MirrorLinkTM smartphone
connection
The " MirrorLinkTM" function requires
the use of a compatible smartphone and
compatible applications.
From the system, press
"Applications " to display the
primary page.
Press " Connectivity " to go to the MirrorLink
TM
function.
Press "MirrorLink
TM" to start the
application in the system.
Depending on the smartphone, it may be
necessary to activate the " MirrorLink
TM"
function.
During the procedure, several
screen pages relating to certain
functions are displayed.
Accept to start and complete the
connection. Once the connection is established, a page
is displayed with the applications already
downloaded to the smartphone and compatible
with the MirrorLink
TM technology.
Access to the different audio sources remains
available in the margin of the MirrorLink
TM
display, using the touch buttons located in the
u p p e r b a r.
Access to the menus for the system is possible
at any time using the dedicated buttons.
There may be a wait for the availability of
applications, depending on the quality of
the network.
Android Auto smartphone
connection
The " Android Auto " function requires
the use of a compatible smartphone and
applications. During the procedure, several
screen pages relating to certain
functions are displayed.
Accept to start and complete the
connection.
Different audio sources remain accessible in
the margin of the Android Auto display, using
touch buttons in the upper bar.
Access to the menus for the system is possible
at any time using the dedicated buttons.
In Android Auto mode, the function to
display the menus by pressing the screen
briefly with three fingers is deactivated.
There may be a wait for the availability of
applications, depending on the quality of
the network.
When connecting a smartphone
to the system, it is recommended
that Bluetooth
® be started on the
smartphone.
Connect a USB cable. The
smartphone charges when
connected by the USB cable.
Connect a USB cable. The
smartphone charges when
connected by the USB cable.
Vehicle apps
Press Applications to display the
primary page.
Press " Vehicle apps " to display the
applications home page.
From the system, press
"
Applications " to display the
primary page.
Press " Connectivity " to go to the "Android
Auto" function. Press "
Android Auto " to start the
application in the system.
CITROËN Connect Nav
21
Press "OK" to confirm.
Radio reception may be affected by the
use of electrical equipment not approved
by the Brand, such as a USB charger
connected to the 12
V socket.
The exterior environment (hills, buildings,
tunnels, basement car parks, etc.)
may block reception, including in RDS
mode. This behaviour is normal in the
propagation of radio waves and does not
indicate any failure of the audio system.
Presetting a station
Select a radio station or frequency.
(refer to the corresponding section)
Press " Presets ".
Make a long press on one of the
buttons to preset the station.
Changing waveband
Press Radio Media to display the
primary page.
To change the waveband, press "Band…"
displayed at the top right of the screen.
Activating/Deactivating RDS
Press Radio Media to display the
primary page.
Press the " OPTIONS" button to go to the
secondary page.
Select "Radio settings ".
Select " General ".
Activate/deactivate " Station
tracking ".
Press " OK" to confirm.
RDS, if activated, allows 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 entire country as radio
stations do not cover 100% of the territory.
This explains the loss of reception of the
station during a journey.
Displaying text information
The "Radio Text" function allows
information transmitted by the radio
station and related to the station or the
song playing to be displayed. Press Radio Media
to display the
primary page.
Press the " OPTIONS" button to go to the
secondary page.
Select "Radio settings ".
Select " General ".
Activate/deactivate " Display radio
text ".
Press " OK" to confirm.
Play TA messages
The TA (Traffic Announcement) function
gives priority to TA alert messages.
To operate, this function needs good
reception of a radio station that carries
this type of message. While traffic
information is being broadcast, the current
media is automatically interrupted so that
the TA message can be heard. Normal
play of the media previously playing is
resumed at the end of the message.
Select " Announcements ".
Activate
/ Deactivate "Traffic
announcement ".
Press " OK" to confirm.
.
CITROËN Connect Nav
22
DAB (Digital Audio
Broadcasting) radio
Terrestrial Digital Radio
Digital radio provides higher quality sound.
The different "multiplexes/ensembles"
offer a choice of radio stations arranged in
alphabetical order.Press Radio Media to display the
primary page.
Press "Band…" at the top right of the screen to
display the " DAB" waveband.
DAB-FM tracking
"DAB" does not cover 100 % of the
t e r r i to r y.
When the digital radio signal is poor,
"DAB-FM auto tracking" allows you to
continue listening to the same station,
by automatically switching to the
corresponding FM analogue station (if
there is one).
Press Radio Media to display the
primary page.
Press the " OPTIONS" button to go to the
secondary page. Select "
Radio settings ".
Select " General ".
Activate/deactivate " FM- DAB
tracking ".
Activate/deactivate " Station
tracking ".
Press " OK".
If "DAB-FM auto tracking" is activated,
there may be a difference of a few
seconds when the system switches to
"FM" analogue radio with sometimes a
variation in volume.
Once the digital signal quality is restored,
the system automatically changes back
to " DA B ".
If the "DAB" station being listened to is not
available on FM (" DAB- FM" option greyed
out), or "DAB-FM auto tracking" is not
activated, the sound will cut out while the
digital signal is too weak.
Media
USB socket
Insert the USB memory stick in the USB socket
or connect the USB device to the USB socket
using a suitable cable (not supplied).
To protect the system, do not use a USB
hub.
The system builds playlists (in temporary
memory), an operation which can take from
a few seconds to several
minutes at the first
connection.
Reduce the number of non-music files and the
number of folders to reduce the waiting time.
The playlists are updated every time the
ignition is switched off or a USB stick is
connected. The lists are memorised: if they are
not modified, the subsequent loading time will
b e s h o r t e r.
CITROËN Connect Nav
23
Auxiliary socket (AUX)
Depending on equipment
This source is only available if "Auxiliary input"
has been checked in the audio settings.
Connect a portable device (MP3 player, etc.) to
the auxiliary Jack socket using an audio cable
(not supplied).
First adjust the volume on the portable device
(to a high level). Then adjust the volume of the
audio system.
Management of the controls is via the portable
device.
CD player
Depending on equipment
Insert the CD in the player.
Selecting the source
Press Radio Media to display the
primary page. Select "
Source".
Choose the source.
Watching a video
Insert a USB memory stick in the USB socket.
Select " Sources ".
Select Video to start the video.
To remove the USB memory stick,
press the pause button to stop the
video, then remove the memory
stick.
Bluetooth® audio streaming
Streaming allows you to listen to music from
your smartphone.
The Bluetooth profile must be activated ; first
adjust the volume on the portable device (to a
high level).
Then adjust the volume of the audio system. If play does not start automatically, it may be
necessary to start the audio playback from the
telephone.
Control is from the portable device or by using
the system's touch buttons.
Once connected in streaming mode, the
telephone is considered to be a media
source.
Connecting Apple® players
Connect the Apple® player to the USB port
using a suitable cable (not supplied).
Play starts automatically.
Control is via the audio system.
The classifications available are those of
the portable device connected (artists/
albums/genres/playlists/audio books/
podcasts).
The default classification used is by artist.
To modify the classification used, return
to the first level of the menu then select
the desired classification (playlists for
example) and confirm to go down through
the menu to the desired track.
The version of software in the audio system
may not be compatible with the generation of
the Apple
® p l aye r.
Video control commands are accessible
only through the touch screen.
Press Radio Media to display the
primary page.
.
CITROËN Connect Nav
24
Information and advice
The system supports USB mass storage
devices, BlackBerry® devices or Apple®
players via the USB sockets. The adapter
cable is not supplied.
Device management is via the audio
system controls.
Other devices, not recognised on
connection, must be connected to the
auxiliary socket using a Jack cable (not
supplied) or via Bluetooth streaming,
depending on compatibility.
To protect the system, do not use a USB
hub.
The audio system will only play audio files with
".wma", ".aac", ".flac", ".ogg" and ".mp3" file
extensions and with a bit rate of between 32
Kbps and 320 Kbps.
It also supports VBR (Variable Bit Rate) mode.
No other file types (".mp4", etc.) can be read.
Files of the ".wma" type should be to the wma
9 standard.
The sampling rates supported are 32, 44 and
48 kHz. It is recommended that file names are less
than 20 characters long and do not contain
any special characters (e.g. « »
? . ; ù) so as to
avoid any reading or display problems.
Use only USB memory sticks in FAT32 format
(File Allocation Table).
It is recommended that the original USB
cable for the portable device be used.
CD player (depending on equipment).
In order to be able to play a burned CDR or
CDRW, select standards ISO 9660 level 1, 2, or
Joliet, if possible, when burning the CD.
If the disc is burned in another format, it may
not be played correctly.
It is recommended that the same burning
standard be always used on an individual disc,
with the lowest speed possible (4x maximum)
for the best acoustic quality.
In the particular case of a multi-session CD, the
Joliet standard is recommended.
Telephone
Pairing a Bluetooth®
telephone
Activate the Bluetooth function on the
telephone and ensure that it is "visible to
all" (telephone configuration).
Procedure from the telephone
Select the system name in the list of
devices detected.
In the system, accept the connection request
from the telephone.
To complete the pairing, whichever
procedure used (from the telephone or
from the system), ensure that the code
is the same in the system and in the
telephone.
Procedure from the system
Press Telephone to display the
primary page.
Press " Bluetooth search ".
Or
CITROËN Connect Nav
28
Press the "OPTIONS" button to go to the
secondary page.
Select "Email" to display the list of
messages.
Select the " Received" or "Sent " or
" Not read " tab.
Select the message chosen in one of the lists.
Settings
Audio settings
Press Settings to display the
primary page.
Select " Audio settings ".
Select " Ambiences ".
Or
" Position ".
Or
" Sound ". Or
"
Voice ".
Or
" Ringtone ".
Press " OK" to save the settings.
The balance/distribution (or spatialisation
with the Arkamys
© system) is audio
processing that allows the quality of the
sound to be adapted according to the
number of passengers in the vehicle.
Available only with the front and rear
speakers configuration.
The Ambience (6 optional ambiences)
and Bass , Medium and Tr e b l e audio
settings are different and independent for
each audio source.
Activate or deactivate " Loudness".
The settings for " Position" (All
passengers, Driver and Front only) are
common to all sources.
Activate or deactivate " Touch tones",
" Volume linked to speed " and "Auxiliary
input ".
On-board audio: the Arkamys Sound
Staging
© optimises the distribution of
sound in the passenger compartment.
Setting the profiles
Press Settings to display the
primary page.
Press " Play" to start playing the
message.
Access to " Email" depends on the
compatibility of the smartphone and the
integral system. Press the "
OPTIONS" button to go to the
secondary page.
Select "Setting of the profiles ".
Select " Profile 1 " or "Profile 2 " or "Profile 3 "
or " Common profile ".
Press this button to enter a name for
the profile using the virtual keypad.
Press " OK" to confirm.
Press this button to add a
photograph to the profile.
Insert a USB memory stick
containing the photograph in the USB
socket.
Select the photograph.
Press " OK" to accept the transfer of
the photograph.
Press " OK" again to save the
settings.
CITROËN Connect Nav
33
QUESTIONANSWERSOLUTION
Playback of my USB memory stick starts only
after a very long wait (around 2 to 3
minutes).Some files supplied with the memory stick
may greatly slow down access to reading
the memory stick (multiplication by 10 of the
cataloguing time). Delete the files supplied with the memory stick
and limit the number of sub-folders in the file
structure on the memory stick.
The CD is ejected every time or is not played. The CD is upside down, cannot be read, does not contain audio files or contains audio files of
a format not recognised by the audio system.
The CD has been recorded in a format that is
not compatible with the player (udf, etc.).
The CD is protected by an anti-pirating system
not recognised by the audio system.Check that the CD is inserted in the player the
right way up.
Check the condition of the CD: the CD cannot
be played if it is too badly damaged.
Check the content if it is a burned CD: consult
the advice in the "AUDIO" section.
The audio system CD player does not play
DVDs.
Due to poor quality, certain burned CDs will not
be played by the audio system.
Media
I cannot find some radio stations in the list of
stations received.
The name of the radio station changes.
The station is not received or has changed its
name in the list.
Some radio stations send other information
in place of their name (the title of the song for
example).
The system interprets these details as the
station name.Press on the "Update list" button in the "Radio
stations" secondary menu.
.
CITROËN Connect Nav
34
There is a long waiting period following the
insertion of a CD or connection of a USB
memory stick.Upon insertion of a new external media,
the system reads a certain amount of data
(directory, title, artist, etc.). This may take from
a few seconds to a few
minutes.This is per fectly normal.
The CD sound is of poor quality. The CD used is scratched or of poor quality. Insert good quality CDs and store them in
suitable conditions.
The audio settings (bass, treble, ambience) are
unsuitable. Return bass and treble settings to 0, without
selecting an ambience.
Some information characters in the currently
playing media are not displayed correctly. The audio system does not display some types
of characters.Use standard characters to name tracks and
folders.
Playback of streaming files does not start. The connected device does not automatically launch playback.Start playback from the device.
Names of tracks and playing time are not
displayed on the audio streaming screen. The Bluetooth profile does not allow the
transfer of this information.
CITROËN Connect Nav