CITROEN C3 2007 Owners Manual

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A. Chassis number plateOn the left hand door centre pil-lar
Or,A’. In the boot close to the catch.1. EU type approval number.2. Vehicle identifi cation No. (VIN).3. Gross vehicle weight.4. Gross train weight.5. Maximum weight on front axle.6. Maximum weight on rear axle.B. Body serial numberC. Paint colour codeTyre reference
Tyre pressures
All CITROËN original replacement parts are available exclusively within the dealer network.
For your safety and in order to remain within the terms of the guarantee, you are advised to use only CITROËN replacement parts.For your safety and in order to remain within the terms of order to remain
Fitting parts or units not supplied by CITROËN may even result in violation of the law, if it involves non-compliance with regulations concerning safety, pollution control, interference suppression and the noise leve l of the vehi-cle. Fitting such parts or units could also deprive the user of any recourse against the maker.
This applies in particular to: parts of the braking equipment, lighting and sig-nalling equipment, engine equipment, the exhaust system, ste ering system, structural and suspension parts.

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AOn / Off.Volume adjust.
BCD eject.
CCD aper ture.
DSOURCESelection of sound source (Radio, CD, CD changer).
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Shor t press : Selection of frequency bands and memor y banks.Long press : Automatic pre-set function (Autostore).
FCall-up of audio adjustments :Sound ambiences, bass, treble, loudness, fade, balance, speed-sensitive volume.
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Radio source :Short press : Display of the list of radio stations available (30 maximum).Long press : Update of list of stations.CD source : Display of list of tracks of the CD.

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Radio source :Scrolling of pre-set stations.Within a menu, selection of a choice.CD changer source :Selection of CD.

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ON / O FFWith the key in Drive position M, press on control A to switch the radio on or off.
Note :If the radio was on the last time you switched of f the ignition, it will resume automatically when you switch on the ignition again. You will not have to press on control A.After switching off the ignition, you can still operate the audio system even without the ignition key being present. Simply press on button A. The system will turn itself off after approx.30minutes.
ANTI -THEFT SYSTEMThis radio is c oded in such a way as to function only on your par ticular vehicle. It would be unusable if installed on any other vehicle.
Note :T he ant i - t hef t system i s auto m at i c an d requires no action on your part.

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NOTES ON RADIO RECEPTIONYour radio will be subject to certain phenom-ena that are not encountered by domestic systems.The reception of AM and FM signals may suf fer from inter ference, which is caused by the nature and propagation of the signals and does not refl ect on the quality of your radio installation.In AM, the reception may be affected when passing under power lines or bridges, or when travelling through tunnels.In FM mode, the reception may be affected by the distance from the station transmit-ter, the refl ecting of signals of f obstacles (mountains, hills, tower blocks) and radio blackspots (no coverage from the station transmitter).
S ELECTION OF RADIO SOURCEPress button D to select the source.You can also do this by means of control 5at the steering wheel.
S E L EC T I O N O F FR EQ U E N C I E S A N D MEMORY BANKSPress button E successively to go through the memor y banks FM1, FM 2 and FM 3, fo r t he FM waveband, and t he m em o r y banks MW/LW, for the AM waveband.
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M ANUAL SEARCHManual seearch is via buttons J or M.By keeping button J or M pressed, you will be able to scroll through the waveband. Scrolling will stop as soon as you release the button. The radio will remain tuned to the frequency that is displayed.
T UNING SENSITIVITYAutomat ic searc hes c an be c ar r ied out according to two levels of sensitivity :To capture the most power ful transmit-ters, choose the local search mode “LO” (default option).To capture the weakest or most distant transmitters, choose the sensitive search mode “DX”.Search for a station is done fi rst in “LO” (loc al) sensitivit y, then in “DX” (dist ant) sensitivity.To commence a search in sensitivity “DX” (distant) immediately , press twice in succes-sion on one of the buttons K or N.

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MANUAL PRE -SETTINGSelect the waveband and memor y bank required using button E.Select a station using either automatic or manual search.Keep pressing for more than two seconds on one of the pre-selection buttons 1 to 6on the keypad P.The sound momentarily cuts off, then returns to its previous level to confi rm that it has memorised the station.
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A UTOMATIC MEMORISATION OF TRANS -MITTERS (AUTOSTORE FUNCTION )In FM, if you hold down button E for more than two seconds, your radio will automati-cally memorise the 6 strongest stations on the FM3 memory bank.The display shows “FM AST”.The radio memorises the 6 strongest trans-mit ters, deleting the 6 previously memo -rised.After the memorisation, the radio goes directly to memory 1 of memory bank FM3.
Note :If the traf f ic infor mation f unc tion has b e e n a c t i vat e d (s e e R D S SYST E M), the stations of fering this facility will be memorised as priority.If it is unable to memorise any new sta-tions, the system will retain the previously memorised stations.If the system is unable to fi nd 6 stations, the unf illed memor y slots will remain free.

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USING THE RDS ( RADIO DATA SYSTEM ) FUNCTION ON FMUSING THE RDS ( R RDS (R
The majority of FM radio stations use the RDS system. The radio in your vehicle has this system,.The RDS system enables these stations to transmit non-audible data in addition to the broadcasting of their programmes. The data provides access to various functions described in this chapter, such as: display of the station name, intermittent traffi c informa-tion fl ashes or automatic scanning of stations. This enables you to continue listening to your chosen radio station, regardless of the different frequencies it uses in the regions through which you are travelling.
SCANNING OF RDS STATIONSYour radio keeps the best possible recep-tion by c ontinuously looks for any other frequencies on which the selected radio station is broadcast, automatically choosing the frequency of fering the best reception (if the station broadcasts on more than one transmitter or frequency.
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A CTIVATION /DEACTIVATION OF THE RDS FUNCTIONSThe RDS functions can be accessed via the following two menus :Main menu (press button O).AUDIO menu (press button L).To activate/deactivate the RDS functions on the display C :
1. Press button O.2. Select the AUDIO icon using buttons Jor M.3. Confi rm your choice with a press on button L.4. Select the sub-menu for the FM wave-band, via buttons J or M. Confi rm your choice with a press on button L.5. Select scanning for RDS stations, via buttons J or M.6. Validate your choice with a press on button L.7. Using control L, select /deselect to acti-vate/deactivate the function.8. Validate your choice by selecting “OK” on the display.

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REGIONAL SEARCH MODESome stations, when they are organised in networks, broadcast regional programmes at cer tain times of day, and national pro-grammes at other times.It is possible to search :Either for a regional station only.Or across the whole network in order to fi nd a different programme.To activate/deactivate this function, proceed as for Scanning of RDS stations.
Note :When this mode is activated, the system will remain tuned to one specifi c regional station.
TA TR AFFIC INFORMATION (TR AFFIC ANNOUNCEMENTS )TA TR AFFIC INFOR INFOR
Some st ations allow broadc asting, only in FM, of these messages thanks to the “TA” function.TATAYou can activate the “TA” function by press-TATAing on button I. This allows you, even though you are listening to another audio source or to a radio programme not itself providing traf fi c messages, to receive traf fi c infor-mation fl ashes from an FM station which broadcasts them.While the messages are being broadcast the or iginal sourc e is paused and when the messages have ended your radio will automatically revert to the music programme you were listening to.