ECO mode Ram 1500 2013 Get to Know Guide 

Selecting Radio Stations
• Touch the desired radio band (AM, FM or SXM) soft-key.
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the Seek arrow soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through radiostations.
• Touch and hold either arrow soft-key for more than two seconds to bypass stations without 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 soft-key on the screen, and entering the desired station number.
Store Radio Presets
• Your radio can store 12 total preset stations. They are shown at the top of your screen. To see 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.
SiriusXM PREMIER OVER 160 CHANNELS
• Get every channel available on your satellite radio, and enjoy all you want, all in one place. Hear commercial-free music plus sports, news, talk and entertainment.
Get all the premium programming, including Howard Stern, every NFL game,
Oprah Radio
®, every MLB®and NHL®game, every NASCAR®race, Martha
Stewart and more. And get 20+ extra channels, including SiriusXM Latino,
offering 20 channels of commercial free music, news, talk, comedy, sports and
more dedicated to Spanish language programming.
• To access SiriusXM Satellite Radio, touch the SXM soft-key on the main Radio screen.
• The following describes features that are available when in SiriusXM Satellite Radio mode.
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the Seek arrow soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through channels in SXM mode.
• 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 SXM channel by pressing the Tune soft-key on the screen, and entering the desired station number.
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Replay
• Lets you replay up to 44 minutes of the content of the current SiriusXM channel.
Replay
OptionOption Description
Play/Pause Touch to Pause content playback. Touch Pause/Play again to resume playback.
Rewind/RW Rewinds the channel content in steps of five 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.
• SiriusXM services require subscriptions, sold separately after the 12-month trial
included with the new vehicle purchase. If you decide to continue your service at the
end of your trial subscription, the plan you choose will automatically renew and bill at
then-current rates until you call SiriusXM at 1-866-635-2349 for U.S. residents and
1-888-539-7474 for Canadian residents to cancel. See SiriusXM Customer Agreement
for complete terms at www.siriusxm.com (US residents) or www.siruisxm.ca (Canadian
residents). All fees and programming subject to change. Our satellite service is
available only to those at least 18 and older in the 48 contiguous USA and D.C.
Our Sirius satellite service is also available in PR (with coverage limitations). Our
Internet radio service is available throughout our satellite service area and in AK
and HI. © 2013 Sirius XM Radio Inc. Sirius, XM and all related marks and logos
are trademarks of Sirius XM Radio Inc.
Disc Operation
• Your vehicle may have a remote CD player located in the lower center console storage bin, or in the lower center bench seat bin.
• CD/Disc Mode is entered by either inserting a CD/Disc or by touching the Media button located on the side of the display. Once in Media Mode, select Disc.
• Gently insert one CD into the CD player with the CD label facing as indicated on the illustration located on the Disc player.
Seek Up/Down Buttons
• Press to seek through Disc tracks.
• Hold either button to bypass tracks without stopping.
Browse
• Touch the browse soft-key to scroll through and select a desired track on the Disc. Touch the exit soft-key if you wish to cancel the browse function.
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Ty p e s o fVoiceCom-
mands
Available Steering
Wheel
Buttons to Press:
(1) RadioMode(2) Media Mode(3) Cli-mate
Controls (4) Navi-
gation(5) Phone Mode (6) APPS
Uconnect
®
Voice Com- mand (VR) Button AM/FM
& Satel-
lite Band ControlMedia
Devices Control Te m -
perature Control Destina-
tion
Selec-
tion and View - Yelp®
GENERAL
Uconnect®
Phone Pick
Up Button----
Call Ini-tiation, Call
Manage- ment,Pre-
format-
ted Voice Text
Reply
-
Voice Command Examples – Uconnect® 8.4A
GENERAL
Anytime “Go to Radio” (Media, Climate, Navigation,
Phone, Apps) – Settings, and Controls are not Voice Command accessible“Cancel”
“Help” (to listen to suggested commands specific to current need“Repeat”
“Launch Yelp
®” – Required 1st voice command
to launch Yelp®app
“Yelp®Search” – Required 2nd voice command
to activate app functionality using Steering Wheel Voice Control Button
RADIO
AM/FM “Tune to AM950”, “Tune to 95.5FM (preset 5)
Satellite Band Control “Tune to Satellite Channel 80's on 8”, Tune to
Satellite Channel 32 (preset 4)
MEDIA
Media Devices Control
(Functionality is dependent on compatibility between devices and radio) “Browse” (show) “artist” (albums, music)
“Show paired phones” (devices)
“Play song – Maple Leaf Rag” (artist - Scott Joplin, genre - rock, album - Ragtime Favorites)
“Shuffle” – available with iPod
®, USB and SD Card
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RADIO
• To access the Radio mode, touch the Radio soft-key at the lower left of the screen.
Selecting Radio Stations
• Touch the desired radio band (AM, FM or SXM) soft-key.
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the Seek arrow soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through radiostations.
• Touch and hold either arrow soft-key for more than two seconds to bypass stations without 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 entering the desired station number.
Store Radio Presets
• Your radio can store 12 total preset stations. They are shown at the top of your screen. To see 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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HD Radio
• HD Radio technology (available on Uconnect 8.4AN) operates similar to conven-tional radio except it allows broadcasters to transmit a high-quality digital signal.
•
With an HD radio receiver, the listener is provided with a clear sound that enhances
the listening experience. HD radio can also transmit data such as song title or artist.
SiriusXM PREMIER OVER 160 CHANNELS
• Get every channel available on your satellite radio, and enjoy all you want, all in one place. Hear commercial-free music plus sports, news, talk and entertainment.
Get all the premium programming, including Howard Stern, every NFL game,
Oprah Radio
®, every MLB®and NHL®game, every NASCAR®race, Martha
Stewart and more. And get 20+ extra channels, including SiriusXM Latino,
offering 20 channels of commercial free music, news, talk, comedy, sports and
more dedicated to Spanish language programming.
•
To access SiriusXM Satellite Radio, touch the SXM soft-key on the main Radio screen.
•The following describes features that are available when in SiriusXM Satellite Radio
mode.
Seek Up/Seek Down
• Touch the Seek arrow soft-keys for less than two seconds to seek through channels in SXM mode.
• 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 SXM channel by pressing the Tune soft-key on the screen, and entering the desired station number.
Jump
• Automatically tells you when Traffic & Weather for a favorite city is available, and gives you 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 touch Add 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
SiriusXM channels.
SiriusXM Parental Controls
• You can skip or hide certain channels from view if you do not want access to them. Touch the 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.
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Ty p e s o fVoiceCom-
mands
Available
Steering Wheel
Buttons to Press: (1) Radio
Mode (2) Media
Mode(3) Cli-mate
Controls (4) Navi-
gation(5) Phone Mode(6) APPS
Uconnect
®
Voice
Command (VR)
ButtonAM/FM
& Satel- lite
Band
Control Media
Devices Control Te m -
perature Control Destina-
tion
Selec-
tion and View - Yelp
®
GENERAL
Uconnect®
Phone Pick
Up Button---- Call Ini-
tiation, Call
Manage- ment,Pre-
format- ted
Voice Text
Reply -
Voice Command Examples – Uconnect® 8.4AN
GENERAL
Anytime “Go to Radio” (Media, Climate, Navigation,
Phone, Apps) – Settings, and Controls are not Voice Command accessible“Cancel”
“Help” (to listen to suggested commands specific to current need“Repeat”
“Launch Yelp
®” – Required 1st voice command to launch Yelp®app
“Yelp®Search” – Required 2nd voice command to
activate app functionality using Steering Wheel Voice Control Button
RADIO
AM/FM “Tune to AM950”, “Tune to 95.5FM (preset 5)
Satellite Band Control “Tune to Satellite Channel 80's on 8”,
Tune to Satellite Channel 32 (preset 4)
MEDIA
Media Devices Control
(Functionality is dependent on compatibility between devices and radio) “Browse” (show) “artist” (albums, music)
“Show paired phones” (devices)
“Play song – Maple Leaf Rag” (artist - Scott Joplin, genre - rock, album - Ragtime Favorites)
“Shuffle” – available with iPod, USB and SD Card
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FIVE-POSITION/ON-DEMAND TRANSFER CASE
•
This electronically shifted transfer case
provides five mode positions:
• Two-wheel drive high range (2WD)
• Four-wheel drive automatic range
(4WD AUTO)
• Four-wheel drive lock range (4WD LOCK)
• Four-wheel drive low range (4WD LOW)
• NEUTRAL (N)
•
This electronically shifted transfer case
is designed to be driven in the two-wheel
drive position (2WD) or four-wheel drive
position (4WD AUTO) for normal street
and highway conditions on dry, hard-
surfaced roads.
• Driving the vehicle in 2WD will have greater fuel economy benefits as the front axle is not engaged in 2WD.
Shifting Procedure
• Shifting between 2WD and 4WD AUTO or 4WD LOCK can be made with the vehicle stopped or in motion at speeds up to 55 mph (88 km/h).
• Shifting between 2WD, 4WD AUTO and 4WD LOCK into 4WD LOW must be made with the transmission in NEUTRAL and the vehicle stopped or rolling at 2 to 3 mph
(3 to 5 km/h).
NOTE:
It is preferred to have the engine running and the vehicle moving at 2 to 3 mph
(3 to 5 km/h).
WARNING!
You or others could be injured if you leave the vehicle unattended with the transfer
case in the NEUTRAL position without first fully engaging the parking brake. The
transfer case NEUTRAL position disengages both the front and rear driveshafts
from the powertrain and will allow the vehicle to move regardless of the transmis-
sion position. The parking brake should always be applied when the driver is not
in the vehicle.
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FIVE-POSITION/ON-DEMAND TRANSFER CASE
•
This electronically shifted transfer case
provides five mode positions:
• Two-wheel drive high range (2WD)
• Four-wheel drive automatic range
(4WD AUTO)
• Four-wheel drive lock range (4WD LOCK)
• Four-wheel drive low range (4WD LOW)
• NEUTRAL (N)
•
This electronically shifted transfer case
is designed to be driven in the two-wheel
drive position (2WD) or four-wheel drive
position (4WD AUTO) for normal street
and highway conditions on dry, hard-
surfaced roads.
•Driving the vehicle in 2WD will have greater fuel economy benefits as the front axle
is not engaged in 2WD.
Shifting Procedure
• Shifting between 2WD and 4WD AUTO or 4WD LOCK can be made with the vehicle stopped or in motion at speeds up to 55 mph (88 km/h).
• Shifting between 2WD, 4WD AUTO and 4WD LOCK into 4WD LOW must be made with the transmission in NEUTRAL and the vehicle stopped or rolling at 2 to 3 mph
(3 to 5 km/h).
NOTE:
It is preferred to have the engine running and the vehicle moving at 2 to 3 mph
(3 to 5 km/h).
WARNING!
You or others could be injured if you leave the vehicle unattended with the transfer
case in the NEUTRAL position without first fully engaging the parking brake. The
transfer case NEUTRAL position disengages both the front and rear driveshafts
from the powertrain and will allow the vehicle to move regardless of the transmis-
sion position. The parking brake should always be applied when the driver is not
in the vehicle.
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TOW/HAUL MODE
•When driving in hilly areas, towing a trailer, carrying a heavy load, etc., and frequent
transmission shifting occurs, press the TOW/HAUL switch to select TOW/HAUL
mode. This will improve performance and reduce the potential for transmission
overheating or failure due to excessive shifting. When operating in TOW/HAUL mode,
transmission upshifts are delayed, and the transmission will automatically downshift
(for engine braking) during steady braking maneuvers.
• The “TOW/HAUL Indicator Light” will illuminate in the instrument cluster to
indicate that TOW/HAUL mode has
been activated. Pressing the switch a
second time restores normal operation.
If the TOW/HAUL mode is desired, the
switch must be pressed each time the
engine is started.
INTEGRATED TRAILER BRAKE MODULE
• The Integrated Trailer Brake Controller allows you to automatically or manuallyactivate the Electric Trailer Brakes and Electric Over Hydraulic Trailer Brakes for a
better braking performance when towing a trailer.
NOTE:
The Integrated Trailer Brake Controller is located in the center stack below the
climate controls.
• This module will have four different options depending on the type of trailer you want to tow and can be selected through the Electronic Vehicle Information Center
(EVIC) or touch-screen radio – if equipped.• Light Electric
• Heavy Electric
• Light EOH (Electric Over Hydraulic)
• Heavy EOH (Electric Over Hydraulic)
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Cold Start Procedure
• Turn the ignition switch to the ON position. If the Wait To Start
light appears
in the cluster, wait for the light to turn off before starting.
• In extremely cold weather below 0°F (-18°C) it may be beneficial to cycle the manifold heaters twice before attempting to start the engine. This can be
accomplished by turning the ignition OFF for at least five seconds and then back
ON after the “Wait To Start Light” has turned off, but before the engine is started.
However, excessive cycling of the manifold heaters will result in damage to the
heater elements or reduced battery voltage.
• Refer to the Owner's Manual Diesel Supplement on the DVD for further details.
Engine Idling
• Avoid prolonged engine idling. Long periods of idling may be harmful to your engine because combustion chamber temperatures can drop so low that the fuel
may not burn completely.
• Incomplete combustion allows carbon and varnish to form on piston rings, engine valves, and injector nozzles. Also, the unburned fuel can enter the crankcase,
diluting the oil and causing rapid wear to the engine.
• If the engine is allowed to idle, under some conditions the idle speed may increase to 900 RPM then return to normal idle speed. This is normal operation.
WARNING!
Remember to disconnect the cord before driving. Damage to the 110–115 volt
electrical cord could cause electrocution.
DIESEL EXHAUST BRAKE (ENGINE BRAKING)
• The exhaust brake feature will only function when the driver presses the exhaustbrake switch.
• The switch is located on the switch bank below the audio system.
• Your vehicle is also equipped with the Smart Brake feature.
• This feature will automatically provide a variable amount of engine braking in an attempt to maintain a constant vehicle speed.
• The Smart Brake is activated by pressing the exhaust brake switch twice. The first press activate the full strength brake, second press activates the Smart Brake and
third press turns the brake off.
• The Smart Brake target vehicle speed is set when either the vehicle brake or the throttle pedal is released.
• Exhaust braking is most effective when the engine RPM is higher.
NOTE:
For optimum braking power, it is recommended to use the exhaust brake while in
TOW/HAUL mode.
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