radio CHRYSLER 300 2012 2.G User Guide

INTRODUCTION/WELCOMEWelcome From Chrysler Group LLC......2
CONTROLS AT A GLANCEDriver Cockpit................4
Instrument Cluster ..............6
GETTING STARTEDKeyFob ...................8
Remote Start.................8
Keyless Enter-N-Go™ .............9
Theft Alarm .................11
Seat Belt ...................12
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) — Air Bags ...............13
Child Restraints ................14
Front Seats ..................16
Rear Seat ...................18
Heated Seats .................18
Heated And Cooled Cupholders .......19
Adjustable Pedals ...............20
Tilt/Telescoping Steering Column .......20
OPERATING YOUR VEHICLEEngine Break-In Recommendations ......22
Turn Signal/Wiper/Washer/High
Beam Lever .................23
Headlight Switch ...............24
Speed Control ................25
Electronic Shifter – 3.6L Engine ........28
Transmission Modes/AutoStick® ........30
Climate Controls ...............32
Power Sunroof ................34
Wind Buffeting ................35
ELECTRONICSYour Vehicle's Sound System .........36
Identifying Your Radio .............38
Uconnect Touch™ 8.4 & 8.4N At A Glance . . . 38
Radio ....................40
Sirius XM™ Satellite Radio ...........41
iPod®/CD/AUX Controls ...........43
Garmin® Navigation (8.4N Only) .......44
Sirius Travel Link (8.4N Only) .........47
Playing iPod/USB/MP3 Devices ........48
Uconnect™ Phone (Bluetooth® Hands
Free Calling) .................49
Uconnect™ Voice Command .........53
Electronic Vehicle Information
Center (EVIC) ................55
Programmable Features ............56
Universal Garage Door Opener
(HomeLink®) .................57 Power Outlets
................59
UTILITYTrailer Towing Weights (Maximum
Trailer Weight Ratings) ............61
Recreational Towing
(Behind Motorhome, Etc.) ...........62
SRT8AutoStick®..................63
Electronic Control Damping System ......64
Performance Features .............65
Summer/Three-Season Tires .........67
WHAT TO DO IN EMERGENCIES24-Hour Towing Assistance..........68
Instrument Cluster Warning Lights .......68
If Your Engine Overheats ...........72
Jacking And Tire Changing ..........73
TIREFIT Kit .................78
Battery Location ...............83
Jump-Starting ................83
Shift Lever Override .............85
Towing A Disabled Vehicle ..........87
Freeing A Stuck Vehicle ............88
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ..........89
MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLEOpening The Hood..............90
Fuel Door Release ..............91
Engine Compartment .............93
Fluids And Capacities .............96
Maintenance Chart ..............99
Fuses ....................104
Tire Pressures ................108
Wheel And Wheel Trim Care ........108
Exterior Bulbs ................109
CONSUMER ASSISTANCEChrysler Group LLC Customer Center ....110
Chrysler Canada Inc. Customer Center . . . 110
Assistance For The Hearing Impaired ....110
Publications Ordering ............110
Reporting Safety Defects In
The 50 United States
And Washington, D.C. ............111
MOPAR ACCESSORIESAuthentic Accessories By MOPAR® ..... 112
INDEX................. 113
FAQ(HowTo?)Frequently Asked Questions......... 116
TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME FROM CHRYSLER GROUP LLC
Congratulations on selecting your new Chrysler Group LLC vehicle. Be assured that it
represents precision workmanship, distinctive styling, and high quality - all essentials that are
traditional to our vehicles.
Your new Chrysler Group LLC vehicle has characteristics to enhance the driver's control under
some driving conditions. These are to assist the driver and are never a substitute for attentive
driving. They can never take the driver's place. Always drive carefully.
Your new vehicle has many features for the comfort and convenience of you and your
passengers. Some of these should not be used when driving because they take your eyes from
the road or your attention from driving. Never text while driving or take your eyes more than
momentarily off the road.
This guide illustrates and describes the operation of features and equipment that are either
standard or optional on this vehicle. This guide may also include a description of features and
equipment that are no longer available or were not ordered on this vehicle. Please disregard
any features and equipment described in this guide that are not available on this vehicle.
Chrysler Group LLC reserves the right to make changes in design and specifications and/or
make additions to or improvements to its products without imposing any obligation upon itself
to install them on products previously manufactured.
This User Guide has been prepared to help you quickly become acquainted with the
important features of your vehicle. It contains most things you will need to operate and
maintain the vehicle, including emergency information.
The DVD includes a computer application containing detailed owner's information which can
be viewed on a personal computer or MAC computer. The multimedia DVD also includes
videos which can be played on any standard DVD player (including the Media Center
Touch-Screen Radios). Additional DVD operational information is located on the back of the
DVD sleeve.
For complete owner information, refer to your Owner's Manual on the DVD in the owner’s kit
provided at the time of new vehicle purchase. For your convenience, the information
contained on the DVD may also be printed and saved for future reference.
Chrysler Group LLC is committed to protecting our environment and natural resources. By
converting from paper to electronic delivery for the majority of the user information for your
vehicle, together we greatly reduce the demand for tree-based products and lessen the stress
on our environment.
INTRODUCTION/WELCOME
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FRONT SEATS
Power Seats
• The power seat switches are located onthe outboard side of the front seat
cushions.
• The seat switch controls, forward/ backward, up/down or to recline the seat.
The passenger’s seat will move up or
down, forward or rearward.
• The recline switch controls the angle of the seatback. Press the switch forward or
rearward and the seatback will move in
either direction.
Power Lumbar
• Push the switch forward to increase thelumbar support. Push the switch rearward
to decrease the lumbar support.
• Pushing upward or downward on the switch will raise and lower the position of
the support.
Memory Seat
• The memory seat feature allows you tosave two different driver seating positions,
driver's outside mirror, adjustable brake
and accelerator pedals, power tilt and
telescopic steering column and radio
station preset settings. The memory seat
buttons are located on the driver's door
panel.
• Adjust all memory profile settings, press the SET (S) button then press 1 or 2 within
five seconds.
• Your Key Fob can be programmed to recall one of two pre-programmed memory profiles by pressing the UNLOCK button on the Key Fob.
• To program your Key Fobs, perform the following: • Change the ignition to OFF.
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HEADLIGHT SWITCH
Automatic Headlights/Parking
Lights/Headlights
• Rotate the headlight switch, located onthe instrument panel to the left of the
steering wheel, to the first detent from the
off position for parking light
and
to the second detent for headlight
.
• With the parking lights or low beam headlights on, push the headlight switch for fog lights. Press the switch a second time for front and rear fog lights. Pressing the switch a
third time will deactivate the rear fog lights, and a fourth time will deactivate the front fog
lights. Turning the headlight switch off will also deactivate the fog lights.
• Rotate the headlight switch to “AUTO” for AUTO headlights.
• When set to AUTO, the system automatically turns the headlights on or off based on ambient light levels.
SmartBeams™
• This system automatically controls the use of the headlight high beams. Refer toProgrammable Features in Electronics for further details.
Instrument Panel Dimmer
• Rotate the dimmer control to the extreme bottom position to fully dim the instrumentpanel lights and prevent the interior lights from illuminating when a door is opened.
• Rotate the dimmer control up to increase the brightness of the instrument panel and cupholders when the parking lights or headlights are on.
• Rotate the dimmer control up to the next detent position to fully brighten the odometer and radio when the parking lights or headlights are on. Refer to your Media Center/Radio
User Manual on the DVD for display dimming.
• Rotate the dimmer control up to the last detent position to turn on the interior lighting.
Ambient Light Dimmer
• Rotate the ambient light control up or down to increase or decrease the brightness of the release handle, map pocket (if equipped), overhead and floor lighting when the parking
lights or headlights are on.
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IDENTIFYING YOUR RADIO
Uconnect Touch™ 8.4 & 8.4N
• Models 8.4 and 8.4N have an 8.4” touchscreen.
• Model 8.4N has all Model 8.4 features, plus Garmin® Navigation and Sirius Travel
Link (1-year trial subscription included).
• Model 8.4N is identified by the unique Nav button on the main screen menu bar,
located at the bottom of the screen, and
the presence of Travel Link within the
More menu.
Uconnect Touch™ 8.4 & 8.4N AT A GLANCE
Displaying the Time
• If the time is not currently displayed on the radio or player main page, touch the Moresoft-key and then touch the Settings soft-key. In the Settings list, touch the Clock soft-key
then touch the check box next to Show Time in Status Bar.
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Setting the Time
• Model 8.4N synchronizes time automatically via GPS, so should not require any timeadjustment. If you do need to set the time manually, follow the instructions below for
Model 8.4.
• For Model 8.4, turn the unit on, then touch the time display at the top of the screen. Touch Yes.
• If the time is not displayed at the top of the screen, touch More soft-key and then Settings soft-key. In the Settings screen, touch the Clock soft-key, then check or uncheck
this option.
• Touch + or – next to Set Time Hours and Set Time Minutes to adjust the time.
• If these features are not available, uncheck the Sync with GPS box.
• Touch X to save your settings and exit out of the Clock Setting screen.
Audio Settings
• Touch of the Audio soft-key to activate the Audio settings screen to adjust Balance\Fade, Equalizer, and Speed Adjusted Volume.
• You can return to the Radio screen by touching the X located at the top right.
Balance/Fade
• Touch the Balance/Fade soft-key to Balance audio between the front speakers or fade the audio between the rear and front speakers.
• Touching the Front, Rear, Left, or Right soft-keys or touch and drag the blue Speaker Icon to adjust the Balance/Fade.
Equalizer
• Touch the Equalizer soft-key to activate the Equalizer screen.
• Touch the + or - soft-keys, or by touching and dragging over the level bar for each of theequalizer bands. The level value, which spans between plus or minus 9, is displayed at the
bottom of each of the Bands.
Speed Adjusted Volume
• Touch the Speed Adjusted Volume soft-key to activate the Speed Adjusted Volumescreen. The Speed Adjusted Volume is adjusted by touching the + and - buttons or by
touching and dragging over the level bar. This alters the automatic adjustment of the
audio volume with variation to vehicle speed.
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RADIO
• To access the Radio mode, touch the Radio soft-key at the lower left of the screen.
• Unless otherwise noted, the information provided on the operation and functionality ofthe radios in this section is common to all Uconnect Touch™ radios.
Selecting Radio Stations
• Touch the desired radio band (AM, FM or SAT) soft-key.
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the Seek arrow soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through radio stations.
• Touch and hold either arrow soft-key for more than two seconds to bypass stationswithout stopping. The radio will stop at the next listenable station once the arrow soft-key
is released.
Direct Tune
• Tune directly to a radio station by pressing the “Tune” button on the screen, and enteringthe desired station number.
Store Radio Presets
• Your radio can store 12 total preset stations. They are shown at the top of your screen. Tosee all 12 stations, press the arrow soft-key at the top right of the screen to toggle
between the six presets.
• To set a station into memory press and hold the desired numbered soft-key for more than two seconds or until you hear a confirmation beep.
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Sirius XM™ SATELLITE RADIO
• Sirius XM™ Satellite Radio gives you over 130 channels, including 100% commercial-freemusic from nearly every genre, plus all your favorite sports, news, talk and entertainment
channels –all with crystal clear, coast-to-coast coverage, all in one place and all at your
fingertips.
• To access Sirius XM™ Satellite Radio, touch the SAT soft-key on the main Radio screen.
• The following describes features that are available when in Sirius XM™ Satellite Radio mode.
Selecting Sirius XM™ Satellite Channels
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the Seek arrow soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through channels in SATmode.
• Touch and hold either arrow soft-key for more than two seconds to bypass channels without stopping. The radio will stop at the next listenable channel once the arrow
soft-key is released.
Direct Tune
• Tune directly to a SAT channel by pressing the “Tune” button on the screen, and enteringthe desired station number.
Jump
• Automatically tells you when Traffic & Weather for a favorite city is available, and givesyou the option to switch to that channel. Touch Jump to activate the feature. After
listening to Traffic and Weather, touch Jump again to return to the previous channel.
Fav
• Activates the favorites menu. You can add up to 50 favorite artists or songs. Just touchAdd Fav Artist or Add Fav Song while the song is playing. You will then be alerted any
time one of these songs, or works by these artists, is playing on other Sirius XM™
channels.
Sirius XM™ Parental Controls
• You can skip or hide certain channels from view if you do not want access to them. Touchthe More soft-key, then the Settings soft-key, next touch the Sirius Setup soft-key, then
select Channel Skip. Touch the box, check-mark, next to the channel you want skipped.
They will not show up in normal usage.
• Sirius XM™ also offers the option to permanently block selected channels. Call 1-888-539-7474 and request the Family Package.
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Browse
• Lets you browse the Sirius XM™ channel listing, Favorites, Genres, Game Zone, andWeather channels. Jump setting, and also provides the Sirius XM™ channel list. Browse
contains many sub-menus.
Browse
Sub-Menu Sub-Menu Description
All Shows the channel listing.
Genre Provides a list of all genres, and lets you jump to a channel within the selected genre.
Presets Lets you scroll the list of Preset satellite channels. Touch the channel, or press Enter on the Tune knob, to go to that channel. Touch the trash can icon to
delete a preset. Your presets are also shown at the top of the main Satellite
Radio screen.
Favorites Lets you manage artists and songs in the Favorites list and configure Alert Settings to let you know when favorite songs or artists are playing on other
channels). Also, view a list of channels airing any of your Favorites.
Game Zone Provides alerts when your favorite sports teams are starting a game which is being aired on other Sirius XM™ channels, or when their game score is
announced. You can select and manage your Teams list here, and configure
alerts.
Jump Lets you select your favorite cities for Traffic & Weather information, which is used by the Jump feature on the main satellite radio screen.
Replay
• Lets you replay up to 44 minutes of the content of the current Sirius XM™ channel.
Replay Option Option Description
Play/Pause Touch to Pause content playback. Touch Pause/Play again to resumeplayback.
Rewind/RW Rewinds the channel content in steps of 5 seconds. Touch and hold to rewind continuously, then release to begin playing content at that point.
Fast Forward/FW Forwards the content, and works similarly to Rewind/RW. However, Fast Forward/FW can only be used when content has been previously rewound.
Replay Time Displays the amount of time in the upper center of the screen by which your content lags the Live channel.
Live Resumes playback of Live content at any time while replaying rewound content.
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PLAYING iPod/USB/MP3 DEVICES
• There are many ways to play music from iPod®/MP3 players or USB devices through yourvehicle's sound system.
1. Audio Jack
• The Audio Jack allows a portable device, such as an MP3 player or a cassette player, tobe plugged into the radio and utilize the vehicle’s sound system, using a 3.5 mm audio
cable, to amplify the source and play through the vehicle speakers.
• Touching the Player soft-key then choose AUX source will change the mode to auxiliary device if the Audio Jack is connected, allowing the music from your portable device to be
heard through the vehicle's speakers.
• The functions of the portable device are controlled using the device buttons. The volume may be controlled using the radio or portable device.
• To route the audio cable out of the center console, use the access cut out in the front of the console.
2. USB Port
• Connect your iPod® or compatible device using a USB cable into the USB Port. USBMemory sticks with audio files can also be used. Then, audio from the device can be
played on the vehicles sound system while providing metadata (artist, track title, album,
etc.) information on the radio display.
• When connected, the iPod®/compatible USB device can be controlled using the radio or Steering Wheel Audio Controls to play, skip to the next or previous track, browse, and list
the contents.
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