Citroen C3 2013 2.G Owner's Manual

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
QUESTIONANSWER SOLUTION
With the engine off, the system switches off after a few minutes of use.When the en
gine is switched off, the system's operating time depends on
the battery charge.
The switch-off is normal: the s
ystem switches to economy mode and
switches off to prevent discharging of the vehicle's battery.
Start the vehicle's engine to increase the batterycharge.
Playback o
f my USB memory stick starts only
after a very long wait (around 2 to 3 minutes).
Some fi les supplied with the memory stick may greatly slow down access
to reading the memory stick (multiplication by 10 of the catalogue time). Delete the fi les supplied with the memory stickand limit the number of sub-folders in the fi le structure on the memory stick.

When I connect myiPhone as telephone and
to the USB port at thesame time, I am unable
to play the music fi les. When the iPhone connects automaticall
y as a telephone, it forces the
streaming function. The streaming function takes the place of the USBfunction which is then not useable, there is a period without sound of the
track being played with Apple® players.®
Disconnect and reconnect to the USB port (the USB function takes priority over streaming).

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Audio system
Your Audio system is coded in such a way that it willonly operate in your vehicle.

For safet
y reasons, the driver must only carry out
operations which require prolonged attention while the
vehicle is stationary.
When the en
gine is switched off and to prevent
discharging of the battery, the audio equipment mayswitch off after a few minutes.

AUDIO SYSTEM / BLUETOOTH ®


01 First steps

02 Steering mounted controls

03 Main menu

04 Audio

05 USB Box

06 Bluetooth functions

07 Screen menu map

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FIRST STEPS


Eject CD.

Select source:
radio, audio CD / MP3 CD, USB,Jack connection, Streaming,AUX.

Select the screen displaymode:
Date, audio functions, tripcomputer, telephone.
Automatic frequency search
down/up.
Select previous/next CD, MP3
or USB track.
Audio settings: front/rear fader, left/right
balance, bass/treble, loudness, audio ambiences. Displa
y the list of local stations.
Lon
g press: CD
tracks or MP3 folders(CD / USB).
TA
(Traffi c Announcements)
on/off.
Lon
g press: PTY * (radio
Programme TYpe) mode.
Display main menu. The DARK button changes the screen display
for improved driving comfort at night.
1st
press: upper bar only illuminated.
2ndpress: black screen.
3rdpress: return to standard display.
On/off, volume setting.

Buttons 1 to 6:
Select a pre-set radio station.
Lon
g press: pre-set a station.
Select next frequency down/up.
Select previous/next MP3 folder.
Select previous/next folder / genre /
artist / playlist (USB).
Confi rm.
Select wavebandsFM1, FM2, FMast and AM.
Abandon the current
operation.
*
Available according to version.

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STEERING MOUNTED CONTROLS
Radio: select the previous/next pre-setstation.
U
SB: select genre / artist / folder from the classifi cation list.
Select the previous/next item in a menu.

Chan
ge audio source.

Confi rm a selection.
Call/end call on the telephone.
Pr
ess for more than 2 seconds:
telephone main menu.

R
adio: automatic search for a lower
frequency.

CD / MP3 / USB: selection of theprevious track.

CD / USB: continuous press: fastreverse.
M
ove in the list.

Radio: automatic search for a hi
gher
frequency.

CD / MP3 / USB: selection of the next
track.

CD / USB: continuous press: fastforwards play.
M
ove in the list.

V
olume increase.

V
olume decrease.
Mute: press the volume increase and decrease buttons simultaneously.
The sound is restored by
pressing one of the two
volume buttons.

03 MAIN MENU
AUDIO FUNCTIONS
:radio, CD, USB, options.








> MONOCHROME SCREEN C
For a detailed
global view of
the menus available, refer to
the "Screen menu map" in thissection.

TELEPHONE
:
Bluetooth hands-free,
pairing, managementof a call.
PERSONALISATION-
CONFIGURATION:
vehicle parameters,
display, languages.
TRIP COMPUTER
: enteringof distances, alerts, status of
functions.
> MONOCHROME
SCREEN A

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AUDIO

Press the SOURCE button several
times in succession and select theradio.

Press the BAND A
ST button to select
a waveband: FM1, FM2, FMast, AM.

Briefl
y press one of the buttons tocarry out an automatic search of theradio stations.

Press one o
f the buttons to carry out
a manual search up / down for radiofrequencies.

Press the LI
ST REFRESH button to
display the list of stations received
locally (30 stations maximum).
To update this list, press for more
t
han two seconds.

The external environment
(hills, buildings, tunnels, basement car parks, ...) may block reception, including in RDS mode. This is a normal effect of the
way in which radio waves are transmitted and does not indicate any failure of the audio system.


RDS





RADIO

SELECTING A STATION

Press the MENU button.

Select AUDIO FUNCTIONS thenpress OK.

Select the FM WAVEBANDPREFERENCES function then pressOK.

Select ACTIVATE RDS then pressOK. RDS appears on the screen.

In radio mode, press
OK directly to activate / deactivate RDSmode.
The RDS, if displayed, enables you to continue listening to the samestation by automatic retuning to alternative frequencies. However, in certainconditions, coverage of an RDS station may not be assured throughout thecountry as radio stations do not cover 100% of the territory. Under conditions of very weak reception, the system may change to a regional station.

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AUDIO
Insert circular compact discs only.
Some anti-pirating systems, on original discs or CDs copied using a
personal recorder, may cause faults which are no refl ection on the quality of the original player.
Without pressin
g the EJECT button, insert a CD in the player, playbegins automatically.

CD
PLAYING A CD


To play a disc which has already been
inserted, press the SOURCE buttonseveral times in succession andselect CD.

Pr
ess one of the buttons to select a
track on the CD.
Press the LIST REFRESH button to displa
y the list of tracks on the CD.

Pr
ess and hold one of the buttons for
fast forwards or fast backwards.






RECEIVING TA MESSAGES
Press the TA button to activate or
deactivate traffi c messages.
The TA
(Traffi c Announcement) function gives priority to TA alert messages. To operate, this function needs good reception of a
radio station transmitting this type of message. When a traffi c
report is transmitted, the current audio source (Radio, CD, ...) is
interrupted automatically to play the TA message. Normal playbackof the audio source resumes at the end of the transmission of themessage.

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The MP3 format, an abbreviation of MPEG 1.2 & 2.5 Audio Layer 3,
is an audio compression standard which permits the recording of several tens of music fi les on a single disc.
In order to be able to play a recorded
CDR or CDRW, when recording, the ISO 9660 level 1.2 or Joliet fi le format isrecommended.
If the disc is recorded in another format, it ma
y not be playedcorrectly.
It is recommended that the same recordin
g format is always used for an individual disc, with as low a speed as possible(4x maximum) for optimum sound quality.
In the particular case o
f a multi-session CD, the Joliet format is recommended.
The audio s
ystem will only play fi les with the extension ".mp3" with
a sampling rate of 22.05 KHz or 44.1 KHz. No other type of fi le(.wma, .mp4, .m3u...) can be played.
It is advisable to restrict fi le names to 20 characters without usin
gspecial characters (e.g. " ? ; ù) to avoid any playing or displaying problems.













MP3 CD
INFORMATION AND ADVICE

AUDIO

Empty CDs are not recognised and may damage the system.
Insert an MP3 compilation in the pla
yer.
The audio equipment searches
for all of the music tracks, which
may take anything between a few seconds and several tens of seconds, before play begins.









MP3 CD
PLAYING AN MP3 COMPILATION

On a single disc, the CD player can read up to 255 MP3 fi lesspread over 8 folder levels. However, it is advisable to keep to
a limit of two levels to reduce the access time before the CD isplayed.
While the CD is bein
g played, the folder structure is not followed.
All of the fi les are displayed on a single level.
To play a disc which has already
been inserted, press the SOURCEbutton several times in succession and select CD.
Pr
ess one of the buttons to select afolder on the CD.

Press the LI
ST REFRESH button to display the list of directories of
the MP3 compilation.
Pr
ess and hold one of the buttons for fast forward or backward play. Pr
ess one of the buttons to select atrack on the CD.

05 USB BOX


The system puts together playlists (temporary memory) createdover a period which depends on the capacity of the USB device.
The other sources are available durin
g this time.
The pla
ylists are updated each time the ignition is switched off or each time a USB memory stick is connected.
When connectin
g for the fi rst time, the classifi cation suggested
is by folder. When you reconnect, the classifi cation selected
previously is retained.
Connect the memory stick to the port, directly or using a lead. If the audio equipment is switched
on, the USB source is detected as soon as it
is connected. Pla
y begins automatically after a
delay which depends on the capacity of the USB memory stick.
The
fi le formats supported are .mp3 (mpeg1 layer 3 only) and .wma (standard 9 only,
128 kbits/sec compression).

Certain playlist formats are supported (.m3u, ...)
On reconnection of the previous memory stickused, play is resumed automatically with the last
track played.
This unit consists o
f a USB port and an auxiliaryJack socket * . The audio fi les are transmitted
from a portable device - digital player or a USBmemory stick - to your Audio system and heard
via the vehicle's speakers.

USB memor
y stick (1.1, 1.2 and 2.0) or Apple®
player of generation 5 or later:


- U
SB memory sticks should be formattedFAT or FAT 32 (NTFS not supported),

- the Apple ®player lead is essential,

- navi
gation through the fi le database is also
possible by means of the steering mountedcontrols.
The list of compatible equipment and the compression rates supported are available from CITROËN dealers. pqpp




















USING THE USB BOX

CONNECTING A USB MEMORY STICK

Other Apple®
players of earlier generations and®
players using the MTP protocol * :


- pla
y via Jack-Jack lead only (not supplied),

- navi
gation through the fi le database is from
the portable device.

*
Accordin
g to vehicle.