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10balance and Le-Ri balance) to the middle 
position, setting the musical ambience to "None", 
setting loudness correction to "Active" in CD 
mode and "Inactive" in Radio mode.
The preset stations do not function (no 
sound, 87.5 MHz is displayed, etc.).
The wrong waveband is selected.
► 
Press the BAND button to return to the 
waveband (FM, FM2, DAB, 
AM) on which the 
stations are preset.
Traffic announcement (TA) is shown but I 
receive no traffic information.
The radio station is not part of the regional traffic 
information network.
►
 
T
 une to a radio station that broadcasts traffic 
information.
The reception quality of the tuned radio 
station gradually deteriorates or the station 
presets are inoperative (no sound, 87.5 MHz 
is displayed, etc.).
The vehicle is too far from the selected station’s 
transmitter, or no transmitter is present in the 
geographical area.
►
 
Activate the RDS function to allow the system 
to check for a more powerful transmitter in the 
area.
The environment (hills, buildings, tunnels, 
basement car parks, etc.) may block reception, 
including in RDS mode.
This is a perfectly normal phenomenon, and is 
not indicative of an audio system malfunction. 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 dealer
 .
The sound intermittently cuts out for 1 or 2 
seconds in radio mode.
During this brief sound cut-out, the RDS 
searches for another frequency giving better 
reception of the station.
►
 
Switch off the RDS function if the 
phenomenon occurs too frequently and always 
on the same route.
Media
The Bluetooth connection is cut.
The battery in the peripheral device may not be 
sufficiently charged.
►
 
Charge the battery in the peripheral device.
The message "USB device error" is displayed 
in the screen.
The USB stick has not been recognised, or may 
be corrupted.
►
 
Reformat the USB memory stick.
The CD is systematically ejected 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 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 in the case of a burned 
CD: read the recommendations in the "Audio" 
section.
Due to poor quality
 , certain burned CDs will not 
be played by the audio system.
The CD audio quality is is poor.
The CD 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.
I am unable to play the music files on my 
smartphone via the USB port.
Depending on the smartphone, access by the 
audio system to music on the smartphone may 
have to be approved on the latter
.
►
 
Manually activate the MTP
  profile on the 
smartphone (USB settings menu).
Telephone
I am unable to access my voicemail.
Few telephones or service providers allow the 
use of this function.
►
 
Call your voicemail, via the telephone menu, 
using the number provided by your operator
.
I am unable to access my directory of 
contacts.
►
 
Check the compatibility of your telephone.  

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11PEUGEOT Connect 
Radio
 
 
Multimedia audio system - 
Applications - Bluetooth
® 
telephone
The functions and settings described 
vary according to the vehicle version and 
configuration.
For safety reasons and because they 
require sustained attention by the driver, 
the following operations must be carried out 
with the vehicle stationary and the ignition 
on:
–
 
Pairing the smartphone with the system in 
Bluetooth mode.
–
 
Using the smartphone.
–
 
Connection to the CarPlay®, MirrorLinkTM 
or Android Auto  applications  (certain 
applications interrupt their display while the 
vehicle is moving).
–
 
Changing the system settings and 
configuration.
The system is protected in such a way  that it will only operate in the vehicle.
The Energy Economy Mode message is 
displayed when the system is about to enter 
the corresponding mode.
The system’s Open Source Software  (OSS) source codes are available at the 
following addresses:
https://www.groupe-psa.com/fr/oss/
https://www.groupe-psa.com/en/oss/
First steps
With the engine running, a press mutes 
the sound.
With the ignition off, a press turns the system on.
Increase or decrease the volume using 
the wheel or the "plus" or "minus" buttons 
(depending on the equipment).
Use the buttons on either side of or below the 
touch screen for access to the menus, then 
press the virtual buttons in the touch screen.
Depending on the model, use the "Source" or 
"Menu" buttons on the left of the touch screen 
for access to the menus, then press the virtual 
buttons in the touch screen.
At all times it is possible to display the rolling 
menus by pressing the screen briefly with three 
fingers.
All of the touch areas of the screen are white.
For pages with multiple tabs at the bottom of the 
screen, it is possible to switch between pages 
either by tapping the tab for the desired page, or 
by using a finger, sliding the pages to the left or 
to the right.
Press in the grey zone to go back up a level or 
to confirm.
Press the back arrow to go back a level or 
confirm.
The touch screen is of the "capacitive"  type.
To clean the screen, use a soft, non-abrasive 
cloth (e.g. spectacles cloth) with no additional 
product.
Do not use sharp objects on the screen.
Do not touch the screen with wet hands.
Certain information is displayed permanently in 
the upper bar of the touch screen:
–
 
Air conditioning status information (depending 
on version), and direct access to the 
corresponding menu.
–
 
Radio Media and 
 Telephone menu status 
information.
–
 
Privacy status information.
–
 
Access to the touch screen and digital 
instrument panel settings.
Audio source selection (depending on 
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Short press: confirm a selection; if nothing 
selected, access to presets.
Radio: display the list of stations.
Media: display the list of tracks.
Radio (press and hold): update the list of 
stations received.
Menus
Applications 
 
Access configurable equipment.  
– FM/DAB/AM radio stations (depending on 
equipment).
–
 
T
 elephone connected via Bluetooth and 
Bluetooth multimedia broadcast (streaming).
–
 
USB Memory stick.
–
 
Media player connected via the auxiliary 
socket (depending on equipment).
 
 
In the "Settings" menu, it is possible to 
create a profile for an individual or for a 
group of people with shared interests, and 
configure a wide range of settings (radio 
presets, audio settings, ambiences, etc.). 
Settings are applied automatically.
In very hot conditions, the volume may 
be limited to protect the system. It may 
enter standby mode (with the screen and 
sound off) for 5 minutes or more.
The system will resume normal operation 
when the temperature in the passenger 
compartment has dropped.
Steering mounted controls
Steering mounted controls - 
Type 1
  
Radio:
Select the previous/next preset radio 
station.
Select the previous/next item in a menu or a list.
Media:
Select the previous/next track.
Select the previous/next item in a menu or a list.
Radio:
Short press: display the list of radio 
stations.
Long press: update the list.
Media:
Short press: display the list of folders.
Long press: display the available sorting options.
Change audio source (radio; USB; AUX if 
equipment connected; CD; streaming).
Confirm a selection.  
Increase volume. 
Decrease volume. 
Mute/restore sound by simultaneously 
pressing the increase and decrease 
volume buttons.
Steering mounted controls - 
Type 2
  
Voice commands:
This control is located on the steering 
wheel or at the end of the lighting control stalk 
(depending on equipment).
Short press, smartphone voice commands via 
the system.
Increase volume. 
Decrease volume.
Mute by pressing the volume increase 
and decrease buttons simultaneously 
(depending on equipment).
Restore the sound by pressing one of the two 
volume buttons.
Media (short press): change the 
multimedia source.
Telephone (short press): start telephone 
call.
Call in progress (short press): access 
telephone menu.
Telephone (long press): reject an incoming call, 
end call; when no call is in progress, access 
telephone menu.
Radio (rotate): automatic search for the 
previous/next station.
Media (rotate): previous/next track, move in a 
list.   

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11Short press: confirm a selection; if nothing 
selected, access to presets.
Radio: display the list of stations.
Media: display the list of tracks.
Radio (press and hold): update the list of 
stations received.
Menus
Applications 
 
Access configurable equipment.  
Radio Media 
 
Select an audio source or radio station. 
Telephone 
 
Connect a mobile phone via Bluetooth®.
Run certain applications on a smartphone 
connected via MirrorLink
TM, CarPlay®  or Android 
Auto.
Settings 
 
Configure a personal profile and/or 
configure the sound (balance, ambience, 
etc.) and the display (language, units, date, time, 
etc.).
Driving 
 
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Enter the FM and AM waveband values 
using the virtual keypad.
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 phenomenon is perfectly normal in the 
context of radio wave transmission, and 
in no way indicative of an audio system 
malfunction.
Changing the waveband
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page. 
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Press "Band" to change waveband. 
Press in the shaded area to confirm.  
Presetting a station
Select a radio station or frequency.Make a short press on the star outline. If 
the star is solid, the radio station is 
already preset.
Navigation 
 
Configure the navigation and select your 
destination via MirrorLinkTM, CarPlay® or 
Android Auto.
Air conditioning 
21,518,5
 
Manage various temperature and air flow 
settings.
Applications
Viewing photos
Insert a USB memory stick in the USB port.
To protect the system, do not use a USB  hub.
The system can read folders and image files in 
the formats: .tiff; .gif; .jpg/jpeg; .bmp and .png.
Press Applications  to display the main 
page.
Press "Photos". 
Select a folder. 
Select an image to view. 
Press this button to display the details of 
the photo.
Press the back arrow to go back a level. 
Managing messages
Press Applications  to display the main 
page.
Press "SMS". 
Select the "SMS” tab. 
Press this button to select the display 
settings for messages.
Press this button to search and select a 
recipient.
Select the "Quick messages” tab. 
Press this button to select the display 
settings for messages.
Press this button to write a new message. 
Press the bin alongside the selected 
message to delete it.
Press this button alongside the selected 
message to display the secondary page.
Press this button to edit and modify the 
existing text.
Press this button to write a new message. 
Press the bin to delete the message. 
Radio
Selecting a station
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press one of the buttons to perform an 
automatic search for radio stations.
Or
Move the slider to manually search for 
frequencies up or down.
Or
Press the frequency.    

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11Enter the FM and AM waveband values 
using the virtual keypad.
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 phenomenon is perfectly normal in the 
context of radio wave transmission, and 
in no way indicative of an audio system 
malfunction.
Changing the waveband
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page. 
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Press "Band" to change waveband. 
Press in the shaded area to confirm.  
Presetting a station
Select a radio station or frequency.Make a short press on the star outline. If 
the star is solid, the radio station is 
already preset.
Or
Select a radio station or frequency.
Press "Preset ".
Make a long press on one of the buttons 
to preset the station.
Activating/Deactivating RDS
RDS, if activated, allows you to continue 
listening to the same station by automatically 
retuning to alternative frequencies.
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Activate/deactivate "RDS". 
Press in the shaded area to confirm.  
RDS station tracking may not be 
available nationwide, as many radio 
stations do not cover 100
  % of the country. 
This explains the loss of reception of the 
station during a journey.
Displaying text information
The "Radio Text" function displays information 
transmitted by the radio station relating to the 
station or the currently playing song.
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page. Press the "OPTIONS
" button to access the 
secondary page.
Activate/deactivate "News". 
Press in the shaded area to confirm.  
Playing 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 transmits 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 
previously playing media resumes at the end of 
the message.
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Activate/deactivate "TA ". 
Press in the shaded area to confirm.  
Audio settings
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Press "Audio settings ".    

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Playlists are updated whenever the ignition 
is switched off or a USB memory stick is 
connected. The audio system memorises these 
lists, which will subsequently load faster if they 
have not been changed.
Auxiliary (AUX) jack socket
Depending on equipmentConnect a portable device (MP3 player, 
etc.) to the auxiliary jack socket using an 
audio cable (not supplied).
This source is only available if "Auxiliary input" 
has been selected in the audio settings.
First adjust the volume on the portable device 
(to a high level). Then adjust the volume of the 
audio system.
Controls are managed via the portable device.
Selecting the source
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press the "SOURCES" button.
Select the source.
BluetoothStreaming®
Streaming allows you to listen to the audio feed 
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 
system.
Select the "Tone", "Balance", "Sound ", 
"Voice" or "Ringtones" tab to configure 
the sound settings.
Press the back arrow to confirm. 
In the "Tone" tab, the Ambience, Bass , 
Medium and Treble sound settings are 
different and independent for each audio 
source.
In the "Balance” tab, the All passengers, 
Driver  and Front only  settings are common 
to all sources.
In the "Sound ” tab, activate or deactivate 
"Volume linked to speed ", "Auxiliary input" 
and "Touch tones ".
The balance/distribution (or spatialisation 
with  the Arkamys© system) uses audio 
processing to adjust the sound quality 
according to the number of passengers in the 
vehicle.
Onboard audio: Arkamys Sound Staging© 
optimises the sound distribution inside 
the passenger compartment.
DAB  (Digital Audio 
Broadcasting) radio
Terrestrial Digital Radio
Digital radio provides higher quality sound.
The various "multiplexes/ensembles" offer a 
choice of radio stations organised in alphabetical 
order.
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Press "Band" to select "DAB band". 
Press in the shaded area to confirm.  
FM-DAB Follow-up
"DAB" does not cover 100 % of the country.
When the digital radio signal is poor , the 
"FM-DAB Follow-up" enables 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 main 
page.
Press the "OPTIONS " button to access the 
secondary page.
Activate/deactivate "FM-DAB Follow-up ". 
Press in the shaded area to confirm. 
If "FM-DAB Follow-up" is activated, there 
may be a time offset of a few seconds 
when the system switches to "FM" analogue 
radio, and in some cases a change in volume.
When the digital signal quality is restored, the 
system automatically changes back to "DAB".
If the "DAB" station being listened to is 
not available on "FM", or if "FM-DAB 
Follow-up" is not activated, the sound will cut 
out while the digital signal is too weak.
Media
USB port
Insert the USB memory stick into the USB 
port or connect the USB device to the 
USB port using a suitable cable (not supplied).
To protect the system, do not use a USB  hub.
The system builds playlists (in temporary 
memory); this operation can take from a 
few seconds to several minutes at the first 
connection.
Reduce the number of non-music files and the 
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11Playlists are updated whenever the ignition 
is switched off or a USB memory stick is 
connected. The audio system memorises these 
lists, which will subsequently load faster if they 
have not been changed.
Auxiliary (AUX) jack socket
Depending on equipmentConnect a portable device (MP3 player, 
etc.) to the auxiliary jack socket using an 
audio cable (not supplied).
This source is only available if "Auxiliary input" 
has been selected in the audio settings.
First adjust the volume on the portable device 
(to a high level). Then adjust the volume of the 
audio system.
Controls are managed via the portable device.
Selecting the source
Press Radio Media to display the main 
page.
Press the "SOURCES" button.
Select the source.
BluetoothStreaming®
Streaming allows you to listen to the audio feed 
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 
system.
If play does not start automatically, it may be 
necessary to start the audio playback from the 
smartphone.
Control is from the portable device or by using 
the system's touch buttons.
Once connected in Streaming mode, the 
smartphone is considered to be a media 
source.
Connecting Apple® players
Connect  the Apple® player to the USB socket 
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). It is also possible to use a 
classification structured in the form of a 
library.
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
® player.
Information and advice
The system supports USB mass storage 
devices, BlackBerry® devices or Apple® players 
via the USB ports. The adapter cable is not 
supplied.
Devices are managed using 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, if compatible.
To protect the system, do not use a USB  hub.
The audio system will only play audio files with 
".wav", ".wma", ".aac", ".ogg" and ".mp3" file 
extensions, at bit rates between 32 Kbps and 
320 Kbps.
It also supports VBR (Variable Bit Rate) mode.
No other file types (".mp4", etc.) can be read.
All ".wma" files must be standard WMA 9 files.
The supported sampling rates are 11, 22, 44 and 
48 KHz.
To avoid reading and display problems, we 
recommend choosing file names less than 20 
characters long that do not contain any special 
characters (e.g. “ ? .
  ; ù).
Use only USB memory sticks in FAT32 format 
(File Allocation Table).
We recommend using the original USB 
cable for the portable device.