DODGE DART 2013 PF / 1.G Owners Manual

Uconnect200 — AM/FM STEREO RADIO WITH
CD PLAYER (MP3 AUX JACK) AND SiriusXM™
RADIO
Operating Instructions — Radio Mode
NOTE: The ignition switch must be in the ON/RUN or
ACC position to operate the radio.
Power Switch/Volume Control (Rotary)
Push the ON/VOLUMEcontrol knob to turn on the
radio. Push the ON/VOLUME
control knob a second
time to turn off the radio.
Electronic Volume Control
The electronic volume control turns continuously (360
degrees) in either direction without stopping. Turning the
ON/VOLUME control knob to the right increases the
volume and to the left decreases it.
When the audio system is turned on, the sound will be
set at the same volume level as last played.
SEEK Buttons
Press and release the SEEK buttonsto search for
the next listenable station in AM/FM mode. Press the
right switch to seek up and the left switch to seek down.
The radio will remain tuned to the new station until you
make another selection. Holding either button will by-
pass stations without stopping until you release it.
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TIME Button
Press the TIME button to alternate display of the time
and radio frequency.
Clock Setting Procedure
1. Press and hold the TIME button until the hours are
highlighted.
2. Adjust the hours by turning the right side TUNE/
SCROLL control knob.
3. After adjusting the hours, press the right side ENTER/
BROWSE control knob to set the minutes. The minutes
will highlight.
4. Adjust the minutes using the right side TUNE/
SCROLL control knob.
5. To exit, press the TIME button or press the BACK
button to return to the previous menu.The clock can also be set by pressing the MENU button.
For vehicles equipped with satellite radio, press the
MENU button until CLOCK appears in the display.
Using the ENTER/BROWSE button select SET TIME,
and then follow the above procedure, starting at Step 2.
NOTE:
Time format has the options of 12HR or 24HR.
Selecting one of these options will change the way the
clock is displayed.
INFO Button
Press the INFO button for an RDS station (one with call
letters displayed). The radio will return a Radio Text
message broadcast from an FM station (FM mode only).
RW/FF
Pressing the RW (Rewind) or FF (Fast Forward) buttons
causes the tuner to search for the next frequency in the
direction of the arrows. This feature operates in either
AM or FM frequencies.
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TUNE Control
Turn the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob clockwise
to increase or counterclockwise to decrease the frequency.
Setting The Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance Or
Fade
To set the Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or Fade
settings press the AUDIO button to access the Audio
sub-menu.
The Audio sub-menu can also be reached by pressing the
MENU button until AUDIO appears in the display. Press
the ENTER/BROWSE button to select the AUDIO menu
and use the TUNE/SCROLL knob to highlight select
Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or Fade. Once the
desired selection is highlighted, press the ENTER/
BROWSE button to select the item and use the TUNE/
SCROLL knob to adjust the setting.Press the ENTER/BROWSE button and BASS will dis-
play. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control knob clockwise to
increase or counterclockwise to decrease the bass tones.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a second time and
MID RANGE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL
control knob clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to
decrease the mid-range tones.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a third time and
TREBLE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control
knob clockwise to increase or counterclockwise to de-
crease the treble tones.
Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a fourth time and
BALANCE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL con-
trol knob clockwise or counterclockwise adjust the sound
level from the right or left side speakers.
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Press the ENTER/BROWSE button a fifth time and FADE
will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control knob
clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the sound level
between the front and rear speakers.
Press the BACK button to exit Bass, Mid Range, Treble,
Balance or Fade.
MENU Button
Pressing the MENU button allows you to scroll between
the setting sub-menus. Once the desired sub-menu set-
ting is highlighted press the TUNE/SCROLL knob to
select the setting. The following items are selectable:
Radio Mode
•Audio— Selecting the Audio sub-menu will allow
you to adjust the Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or
Fade, just like pressing the Audio hard control. If the
BACK button is pressed the radio will return to the
Main Menu.
•Clock — Selecting Clock will allow you to set the
clock. Adjust the hours by turning the TUNE/
SCROLL control knob. After adjusting the hours, press
the ENTER/BROWSE button to set the minutes. The
minutes will highlight. Adjust the minutes using the
right side TUNE/SCROLL control knob. Press the
ENTER/BROWSE button to save time change.
Player Mode
•Player Browse — Selecting Player Browse will go to
the appropriate browse menu depending on the device
currently playing (will function the same as pressing
the browse button while in that mode). This will only
appear in the menu if the device currently playing can
support these features.
•Shuffle (SHFL) — This function shuffles (randomizes
the order of the files). This will only appear in the
menu if the device currently playing can support these
features.
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•Repeat (RPT)— When Repeat is activated, the cur-
rently playing song will begin again when it ends. It
will continue to cycle through the same song until
repeat is turned Off. Repeat will be turned off once one
for the following conditions are met: 1) The source is
ejected 2) A different track list within that source is
initiated 3) The REPEAT button is toggled OFF. This
will only appear in the menu if the device currently
playing can support these features.
•Audio — Selecting the Audio sub-menu will allow
you to adjust the Bass, Mid Range, Treble, Balance or
Fade, just like pressing the Audio hard control. If the
BACK button is pressed the radio will return to the
Main Menu.
•Clock — Selecting Clock will allow you to set the
clock. Adjust the hours by turning the TUNE/
SCROLL control knob. After adjusting the hours, press
the ENTER/BROWSE button to set the minutes. The
minutes will highlight. Adjust the minutes using the
right side TUNE/SCROLL control knob. Press the
ENTER/BROWSE button to save time change.
System Info
•Selecting System Info will display the software ver-
sion, serial number and SIRIUS ID.
RADIO Button
Press the button to select either AM, FM and Satellite
mode if equipped.
Buttons1-5
These buttons tune the radio to the stations that you
commit to pushbutton memory AM (A, B, C), FM (A, B,
C) and Satellite — 15 AM, 15 FM and 15 SAT stations.
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To Set The Pushbutton Memory
When you are receiving a station that you wish to
commit to pushbutton memory, press and hold the
button (1–5) you wish to lock onto this station for
3 seconds.
You may add a second or third station to each pushbut-
ton by repeating the above procedure with this exception:
Press the A–B–C button to select the A, B or C mode. Each
button can be set for up to 3 stations in AM, FM and. This
allows a total of 15 AM, 15 FM and 15 SAT stations to be
stored into pushbutton memory.
Player Button
Pressing the Player button will allow you to switch from
AM/FM modes to Player mode (CD, USB/iPOD, AUX,
Bluetooth).
Operation Instructions — CD MODE For CD And
MP3 Audio Play
NOTE:
•The ignition switch must be in the ON/RUN or ACC
position to operate the radio.
•This radio is capable of playing compact discs (CD),
recordable compact discs (CD-R), rewritable compact
discs (CD-RW), compact discs with MP3 tracks and
multisession compact discs with CD and MP3 tracks.
Inserting Compact Disc(s)
Gently insert one CD into the CD player with the CD
label facing up. The CD will automatically be pulled into
the CD player and the CD icon will illuminate on the
radio display. If a CD does not go into the slot more than
1.0 in (2.5 cm), a disc may already be loaded and must be
ejected before a new disc can be loaded.
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If you insert a disc with the ignition ON/RUN and the
radio ON, the unit will switch from radio to CD mode
and begin to play when you insert the disc. The display
will show the track number, and index time in minutes
and seconds. Play will begin at the start of track 1.
CAUTION!
•This CD player will accept 4–3/4 in (12 cm) discs
only. The use of other sized discs may damage the
CD player mechanism.
•Do not use adhesive labels. These labels can peel
away and jam the player mechanism.
•Uconnect200 is a single CD player. Do not
attempt to insert a second CD if one is already
loaded.
EJECT Button — Ejecting A CD
Press the EJECT button to eject the CD.
If you have ejected a disc and have not removed it within
10 seconds, it will be reloaded. If the CD is not removed,
the radio will reinsert the CD but will not play it.
A disc can be ejected with the radio and ignition OFF.
SEEK Button
Press the right SEEK button for the next selection on the
CD. Press the left SEEK button to return to the beginning
of the current selection, or return to the beginning of the
previous selection if the CD is within the first second of
the current selection. Pressing and holding the SEEK
button will allow faster scrolling through the tracks in
CD and MP3/WMA modes.
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TIME Button
Press this button to change the display from a large CD
playing time display to a small CD playing time display.
RW/FF
Press and hold FF (Fast Forward) and the CD player will
begin to fast forward until FF is released or RW or
another CD button is pressed. The RW (Reverse) button
works in a similar manner.
Shuffle (SHFL) And Repeat (RPT)
This feature plays the selections on the compact disc in
random order to provide an interesting change of pace.
Press the MENU button to display the Player menu. Use
the TUNE/SCROLL knob to scroll to the Shuffle or
Repeat sub-menu. Once the Shuffle or Repeat sub-menu
setting is highlighted press the ENTER/BROWSE button
to select the setting and turn it on or off.Shuffle and Repeat cannot be active at the same time. If
one is selected while the other is currently active the
currently active one will be changed to OFF. These
settings will be dependent of the current source. If shuffle
is on in iPod, moving to CD will not have shuffle On
unless it was previously set to On.
Press the right SEEK button to move to the next ran-
domly selected track.
Notes On Playing MP3/WMA Files
The radio can play MP3 files; however, acceptable MP3
file recording media and formats are limited. When
writing MP3 files, pay attention to the following restric-
tions.
Supported Media (Disc Types)
The MP3 file recording media supported by the radio are
CDDA, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, WMA and CDDA+MP3.
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Supported Medium Formats (File Systems)
The medium formats supported by the radio are ISO 9660
Level 1 and Level 2 and includes the Joliet extension.
When reading discs recorded using formats other than
ISO 9660 Level 1 and Level 2, the radio may fail to read
files properly and may be unable to play the file nor-
mally. UDF and Apple HFS formats are not supported.
The radio uses the following limits for file systems:
•Maximum number of folder levels: 8
•Maximum number of files: 255
•Maximum number of folders. (The radio display of file
names and folder names is limited. For large numbers
of files and/or folders, the radio may be unable to
display the file name and folder name and will assign
a number instead. With a maximum number of files,
exceeding 20 folders will result in this display. With
200 files, exceeding 50 folders will result in this
display.)
•Maximum number of characters in file/folder names:
•Level 1: 12 (including a separator.and a three-
character extension)
•Level 2: 31 (including a separator .and a three-
character extension)
Multisession disc formats are supported by the radio.
Multisession discs may contain combinations of normal
CD audio tracks and computer files (including MP3 files).
Discs created with an option such as keep disc open after
writing are most likely multisession discs. The use of
multisession for CD audio or MP3 playback may result in
longer disc loading times.
Supported MP3 File Formats
The radio will recognize only files with the *.MP3 exten-
sion as MP3 files. Non-MP3 files named with the *.MP3
extension may cause playback problems. The radio is
designed to recognize the file as an invalid MP3 and will
not play the file.
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When using the MP3 encoder to compress audio data to
an MP3 file, the bit rate and sampling frequencies in the
following table are supported. In addition, variable bit
rates (VBR) are also supported. The majority of MP3 files
use a 44.1 kHz sampling rate and a 192, 160, 128, 96 or
VBR bit rates.
MPEG Specifi-cation Sampling Fre-
quency (kHz) Bit Rate (kbps)
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 48, 44.1, 32 320, 256, 224,
192, 160, 128,
112, 96, 80, 64, 56, 48, 40, 32
MPEG-2 Audio Layer 3 24, 22.05, 16 160, 128, 144,
112, 96, 80, 64,
56, 48, 40, 32, 24, 16, 8
ID3 Tag information for artist, song title, and album title
are supported for version 1 ID3 tags. ID3 version 2 is not
supported by the radios. Playlist files are not supported. MP3 Pro files are not
supported.
Playback of MP3/WMA Files
When a medium containing MP3 data is loaded, the
radio checks all files on the medium. If the medium
contains a lot of folders or files, the radio will take more
time to start playing the MP3 files.
Loading times for playback of MP3 files may be affected
by the following:
•Media - CD-RW media may take longer to load than
CD-R media
•Medium formats - Multisession discs may take longer
to load than non-multisession discs
•Number of files and folders - Loading times will
increase with more files and folders
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