CITROEN C-CROSSER 2012 Handbook (in English)
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RADIO 
   
Selectin
g radio mode 
 
Press the "PWR" button 
or the "AM/FM" button to 
switch on the radio.  
  Disconnecting the battery terminals 
clears the stored radio stations.  
 
 
Selecting the waveband 
 
Press the "AM/FM" button 
several times in succession 
to select the waveband; it 
changes in the following 
order: FM1/FM2/FM3/MW/
LW/FM1...  
 
 Automatic station search 
 
Press the "SEEK    
" or 
"SEEK   
 
" button to search 
the lower frequencies or the 
higher frequencies respec-
tively. 
Manual station search 
  Turn the "TUNE" dial re-
spectively to the left to 
search the lower frequen-
cies or to the right to search 
the higher frequencies.  
Manual station storing 
 
Press one of the six buttons "1" to "6" 
until an audible signal is heard. 
  The sound cuts out then becomes au-
dible again when the station has been 
stored. 
  The number of the button and the as-
sociated radio frequency appear on the 
screen. 
   
Automatic station storing
 
Press the "AM/FM" button 
for more than two seconds. 
   
Recalling stored stations 
 
Press one of the six buttons "1" to "6". 
The station corresponding to the wave-
band selected appears on the screen. 
  The search begins automatically and 
stops at the fi rst station found.    The six stations offering the best recep-
tion are stored and classifi ed from the 
weakest to the strongest on the six cor-
responding buttons.     You can store up to six stations on each 
waveband. 
  Storing a new station replaces the pre-
vious station.   Stations can only be stored automati-
cally on wavebands FM3, MW and LW. 
  Storing new stations replaces the pre-
vious stations. 
  This storing can be activated automatically 
irrespective of the waveband selected. 
  To recall the pre-set stored setting, 
press the button and release it within 
two seconds.   
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"RDS" 
   
Alternative fre
quencies "AF"
 
Your radio automatically checks and 
selects the best frequency for the radio 
station to which it is tuned (if the station 
broadcasts on several transmitters or 
frequencies). 
  The frequency of a radio station cov-
ers approximately 30 miles (50 km). The 
change from one frequency to another 
explains the temporary loss of reception 
during a journey. 
  If the station to which you are listening does 
not have several frequencies in the region in 
which you are currently located, you can de-
activate the alternative frequency following.  
 
 
Traffic information "TP" 
 
The "Traffi c Program" (TP) function per-
mits automatic and temporary switching 
to an FM station broadcasting traffi c  in-
formation. 
  The radio station or the source that you 
are listening to at this point is paused. 
  Once the traffi c information has ended, 
the system switches back to the radio 
station or the source that you were lis-
tening to initially. 
   
Regional following mode "REG"
 
Some stations are organised in a network. 
  In different regions, they broadcast diffe-
rent or shared programmes depending 
on the time of day. 
  You can follow: 
   
 
-   a regional station only, 
   
-   the entire network, with the possibility 
that you will be listening to a different 
programme.  
  The "AF", "REG" and "TP" 
functions can be deacti-
vated or activated via the 
"TUNE" button functions 
setting mode.   Press the "TP" button. 
  "TP" appears on the display. 
If the station is compatible, 
"RDS" also appears. 
  If the radio detects traffi c  information, 
"TRAF INF" appears on the display, 
followed by the frequency of the broad-
casting station, then its name. 
  The volume is different from that of the 
previous source. 
  Following the broadcasting of the traffi c 
information, the volume returns to that 
of the source prior to the interruption. 
  When "TP" appears on the display, 
the radio stops solely at RDS stations 
broadcasting traffi c information.     On long distance journeys, when the 
stored station becomes weak, the ra-
dio searches fi rst for another frequen-
cy for the same station (AF). Then, if 
this fails, it searches for a frequency 
broadcasting the regional programme 
(REG). If this also fails, the radio re-
turns to the stored station.     The "Radio Data System" (RDS) function 
on the FM waveband permits: 
   
 
-   access to the display of information, 
such as the name of the station, ... 
   
-   tuning to the same station while trav-
elling through different regions, 
   
-   temporary tuning to traffi c information 
announcements.  
  Most FM stations use RDS. These 
stations transmit non-audible data in 
addition to their programmes. 
  The data transmitted in this way allows 
you access to various functions, mainly 
displaying of the name of the station, 
automatic station following or temporary 
tuning to traffi c information announce-
ments. 
  The RDS allows you to continue listen-
ing to the same station by means of the 
alternative frequency following. How-
ever, in certain conditions, this RDS 
frequency following cannot be provided 
throughout the country. Radio stations 
do not cover the whole country, which 
explains the loss of reception of the sta-
tion during a journey.  
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Themed type of programme
"PTY"
  Some stations offer the option of listen-
ing to a themed type of programme as a 
priority, selected from the list available 
below: 
  NEWS, AFFAIRS, INFO, SPORT,  EDUCATE, 
DRAMA, CULTURE, SCIENCE, VARIED, 
POP M,  ROCK M,  EASY M,  LIGHT M, 
CLASSICS, OTHER M, WEATHER, FINANCE, CHILDREN, SOCIAL, RELIGION, PHONE IN, 
TRAVEL, LEISURE, JAZZ, COUNTRY, 
NATION M, OLDIES, FOLK M, DOCUMENT. 
   
Emergency broadcasts 
"ALERT"
  An emergency broadcast automatically 
and temporarily interrupts the FM station 
or the source that you are listening to. 
  The message "ALERT" appears on the 
display and the volume is different from 
that of the previous source. 
  Following the emergency broadcast, 
the message disappears and the volume 
returns to that of the source prior to the 
interruption.     
Search for a "PTY" broadcast 
  Press the "PTY" button. 
  Turn the "TUNE" dial to se-
lect the type of programme 
required. 
  Two seconds later, the radio searches 
for a broadcast which corresponds to 
your selection; the type of PTY selected 
fl ashes on the display. 
  Once the station has been found, its 
name appears on the display. 
  You can press the "SEEK    
" or "SEEK    
" buttons to fi nd another station. 
 
If no station is found corresponding 
to your selected type of programme, 
"NONE" appears on the display for 
fi ve seconds and the radio returns to 
the previous station.  
  You can store up to six PTY programmes. 
  Each new programme stored replaces 
the previous one.     
Storing a "PTY" programme   To recall the pre-set memory setting, 
press the button and release it within 
two seconds.  
   
Changing the display language of 
the "PTY" programme 
  Press the "TUNE" button for 
more than two seconds to 
access the functions setting 
mode. 
  Then, press this button several times in 
succession; the functions setting mode 
changes in the following order: 
  AF/CT/REG/TP-S/PTY (languages)/SCV/
PHONE/OFF. 
  Turn the "TUNE" dial to the left or to the 
right to select the language (ENGLISH, 
FRANCAIS, DEUTSCH, SVENSK, 
ESPAGNOL, ITALIANO).  
    The sound cuts out then becomes au-
dible again when the programme has 
been stored. 
  The number of the button and the asso-
ciated PTY programme appear on the 
display. 
  Turn the "TUNE" dial to set 
the PTY programme to be 
stored. 
  Press one of the six but-
tons "1" to "6" for more than 
two seconds.  
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CD PLAYER
  This can play audio CDs (CD-DA, CD-
Text, CD-R/RW) or MP3 CDs. 
Selecting CD mode 
  If the player already con-
tains a disc, press the "CD" 
button. 
  "CD", the track number and 
the playing time appear on the screen. 
   
Functions setting mode 
 
This permits activation or deactivation 
of the functions below. 
  Press the "TUNE" button for 
more than two seconds to 
access the functions setting 
mode. 
  Then, press this button sev-
eral times in succession; 
the functions setting mode changes in 
the following order: 
  AF/CT/REG/TO-S/PTY (languages)/SCV/
PHONE/OFF. 
  Turn the "TUNE" dial respectively to the 
left to deactivate the function ("OFF") or 
to the right to activate it ("ON"). 
  The "PHONE" is not operational at 
present. 
  The functions setting mode is deacti-
vated after approximately 10 seconds 
without any action.    After inserting a disc, printed face up-
wards, the player starts automatically. 
Ejecting a disc
  Press this button to remove 
the disc from the player. 
The system automatically 
switches to radio mode.    
Fast search 
  Press and hold button "   
" 
or "   
" to carry out a fast 
backwards or forwards 
search respectively. 
  Play begins when the button is released.  
   
Selecting a track 
  Press button "   
" or "   
" to 
select the previous or next 
track respectively.  
   
Repeating a track 
  Press the "RPT" button to 
repeat the play of the cur-
rent track. "RPT" appears 
on the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.  
   
Random playing of a disc 
  Press the "RDM" button 
to start random play of the 
tracks on the disc. "RDM" 
appears on the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.     Insert circular compact discs only. 
  8 cm compact discs must be inserted 
in the centre of the player slot.  
  Once ejected, if the compact disc is 
not removed within fi fteen seconds, it 
is reloaded into the player.  
Audio CDs  
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MP3/TAG ID3 CD
   
Playing the beginning of each track 
  Press the "SCAN" button to 
start playback of the fi rst ten 
seconds of each track on 
the disc. "SCAN" appears 
on the screen and the corresponding 
track number fl ashes. 
  To exit this mode, press this button again.   The CD player and the CD changer 
are compatible with the playing of MP3 
fi les. 
  These must be recorded in ISO9660 
Level 1/Level 2, Joliet or Romeo format 
on CD ROMs, CD-Rs or CD-RWs. 
The CDs can contain a maximum of 
255 fi les and 100 folders on 16 levels. 
  The Tag ID3 version 1 can be displayed 
while playing MP3 fi les. 
  In the case of compact discs contain-
ing both CD-DA and MP3 fi les,  play 
automatically begins with the CD-DA 
fi les. 
  To switch play between the two types 
of fi le, press the "CD" button for more 
than two seconds until an audible 
signal is heard. 
  While using these compact discs, the 
"Repeat", Random play" and "Play-
ing of the beginning of the tracks" 
functions are only applied to fi les  of 
the same format.  
   
Selecting an MP3 folder 
  Turn the "FOLDER" dial 
respectively to the right to 
select a folder in ascending 
order or to the left to select a 
folder in descending order.     Press the "DISP" button 
several times in succession; 
the CD-Text information ap-
pears in the following order: 
  DISC NAME/TRACK NAME/NORMAL 
DISPLAY MODE. 
CD-TEXT DISPLAY 
  If the information exceeds 
12 characters, press the 
"PAGE" button to see the 
rest. 
  In the absence of CD-Text information 
to be displayed, "NOTITLE" appears on 
the screen.    The CD player and the CD changer are 
compatible with the display of CD-Text 
information. 
  On CD-R/RWs, the quality of the 
playback sound depends on the en-
coding software, the burning device 
and the burning speed used.  
  
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  When play begins, "READING" appears 
in the screen then disappears to make 
way for the folder number, the track 
number, the playing time and "MP3".     
Playing the beginning of each track 
  Press the "SCAN" button 
to start playing the fi rst  ten 
seconds of each track in all 
of the folders. "SCAN" ap-
pears in the screen and the correspond-
ing track number fl ashes. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.  
   
MP3/Tag ID3 display 
  Press the "DISP" button sev-
eral times in succession; the 
MP3 information appears in 
the following order: 
 
FOLDER NAME/TRACK NAME/NORMAL DISPLAY MODE.   If the information exceeds 
12 characters, press the 
"PAGE" button to see the 
rest. 
  In the absence of MP3 or Tag ID3 in-
formation to be displayed, "NOTITLE" 
appears in the screen. 
  Press the "DISP" button for 
more than two seconds to 
activate the Tag ID3 infor-
mation. "TAG" appears in 
the screen. 
  Press the "DISP" button several times 
in succession; the Tag ID3 information 
appears in the following order: 
  ALBUM NAME/TRACK NAME/ARTIST 
NAME/NORMAL DISPLAY MODE.   To deactivate this information, press 
the "DISP" button again for more than 
two seconds.     
Repeating the tracks in a folder 
  Press the "RPT" button for 
more than two seconds to 
repeat the playing of the 
tracks contained in the cur-
rent folder. "D-RPT" appears in the 
screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.  
   
Random playing of a folder 
  Press the "RDM" button to 
start random playing of the 
tracks in the current fold-
er. "RDM" appears in the 
screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.  
   
Random playing of a disc 
  Press the "RDM" button for 
more than two seconds to 
start random playing of the 
tracks in all of the folders. 
"D-RDM" appears in the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.    On CD-R/RWs, the quality of the 
playing sound depends on the en-
coding software, the burning device 
and the burning speed used. 
  Depending on the fl ow chart of the 
MP3 folders and fi les on the disc, 
play may not begin immediately.  
  
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Selecting changer mode
 
If the changer already
contains a disc, press the 
"CD" button. 
  "CD", the disc and track 
numbers and the playing time appear 
in the screen.     After inserting at least one disc, printed 
face upwards, the changer starts auto-
matically. 
   
Ejecting a disc 
 
Press this button briefl y  to 
remove the current disc 
from the changer.    Once ejected, if the compact disc is 
not removed within fi fteen seconds it 
is re-loaded into the changer.  
 
 
Loading a disc
 
Press the "LOAD" button 
briefl y. "WAIT" appears on 
the display. 
  When the changer is ready, 
the indicator lamp on the "LOAD" button 
comes on and "LOAD DISC N° (1-6)" 
appears in the screen. 
  If several slots are empty, select one 
using one of the "DISC" buttons.    The CD changer can hold up to 6 CDs. 
  Insert circular compact discs only. 
  8 cm compact discs cannot be 
played by the changer.  
 
 
Loading all of the discs   
Ejecting all of the discs
 
Press this button for more 
than two seconds. The cur-
rent disc is ejected. 
  Once this disc has been 
removed, the next disc is ejected auto-
matically in its turn. 
  Repeat these steps until unloading is 
complete. 
   
Selecting a disc
 
Press one of the "DISC" but-
tons several times in suc-
cession until you reach the 
disc required. The symbol 
of the disc selected appears 
in the screen.     See also "CD-Text display" and "MP3/
Tag ID3 CD". 
  Press the "LOAD" button for 
more than two seconds. 
  The changer selects an 
empty slot number from the 
lowest to the highest and switches to 
waiting for loading mode. 
  "LOAD DISC N° (1-6)" appears on the 
display; insert the disc in the corre-
sponding slot. 
  The changer automatically selects the 
next empty slot number and returns to 
waiting for loading mode. 
  Repeat these steps until loading is 
complete. Play begins with the last disc 
inserted.  
CD CHANGER  
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Playing of the beginning of each track 
  Press the "SCAN" button 
to start play of the fi rst  ten 
seconds of each track on 
the disc. "SCAN" appears in 
the screen and the corresponding track 
number fl ashes. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again. 
  On CD-R/RWs, the playback sound 
quality depends on the encoding 
software, the burning device and the 
burning speed used.  
 
   
Random playing on all of the discs 
  Press the "RDM" button for 
more than two seconds to 
start random playing of the 
tracks on all of the discs. 
"D-RDM" appears in the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.      
Fast search 
  Press and hold button "   
" 
or "   
" to carry out a fast 
backwards or forwards 
search respectively. 
  Play begins when the button is re-
leased.  
   
Selecting a track 
  Press button "   
" or "   
" to 
select the previous track or 
next track respectively.  
   
Repeating a track 
  Press the "RPT" button to 
repeat the playing of the cur-
rent track. "RPT" appears in 
the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.     
Random playing of a disc 
  Press the "RDM" button to 
start random playing of the 
tracks on the disc. "RDM" 
appears in the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.      
Repeating a disc 
  Press the "RPT" button for 
more than two seconds to 
repeat the playing of the 
tracks of the current disc. 
"D-RPT" appears in the screen. 
  To exit this mode, press this button 
again.   
 
Audio CD 
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ERROR MESSAGES
  If an error message appears on the screen, refer to the table below to fi nd out what it means and the solution to be applied 
in order to rectify it. 
   
 
TEXT 
 
   
 
DESCRIPTION 
 
   
 
SOLUTION 
 
 
   
NO DISC    No disc present.  
Disc not compatible.   Insert a disc. 
   
ERROR 01    Disc inserted incorrectly.  
Disc with condensation.   Insert the disc with the printed face upwards.  
Clean the dampness off the disc. 
   
ERROR 02    Disc dirty, scratched or distorted.  
Excessive vehicle vibration.   Clean or replace the disc.  
Try again when the vibration has stopped. 
   
ERROR 03    Error on insertion or ejection.  
Playing head misaligned.   Eject the disc and insert it again. If it is not ejected, 
have the audio equipment checked. 
   
ERROR HOT    Triggering of the internal protection against high 
temperatures.   Wait approximately 30 minutes to allow the audio 
system to cool. 
   
ERROR    Communication error between the audio system 
and the external system.  
External system supply error.   Consult a CITROËN dealer.  
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AUDIO: selection of Audio-video 
(FM, CD, music server, ...) or Navi-
gation (map) display.  
   
VOL: adjustment of audio-video 
volume.  
 
 
OPEN: tilts the screen and permits access to the CD/DVD. A second press closes the screen.     
SCALE: changing the scale of the 
map.  
   
ENT: confi rms the choice of the 
item selected on the screen. 
  For certain operations, confi rma-
tion is given by contact with the 
touch screen.  
   
Scrolling the map displayed or 
selection of an item.  
   
 
For safety reasons, the driver 
must only carry out operations 
which require prolonged atten-
tion with the vehicle stationary.   
 
AUDIO-TELEMATIC SYSTEM
 
 
Changing the audio-video source 
(FM, CD, music server, ...).      
Mute on/off. 
  Next or previous selection for: 
   
 
-   a radio station, 
   
-   an audio track (CD), 
   
-   a chapter (DVD).  
 
  Move a fi nger over the screen to operate 
the system. 
  Use the buttons offered on the screen.     
POWER: audio system on/off 
(only).  
   
Setting the audio volume.