FREQuENTLY-ASKED QuESTIONS
QUESTIONS
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Activate the RDS function to allow the system to check
whether a more powerful transmitter is to be found in
the geographical area.
The vehicle is too distant from the transmitter, or no transmitter is
present in the geographical area you are passing through.
The reception quality of the radio
station being listened to gradually
deteriorates.
The environment (hills, high buildings, tunnels, underground car This phenomenon is normal and does not imply anything
parks, etc.) is blocking reception, even in RDS mode.
wrong with the radio.
The aerial is absent or has been damaged (for example after going
through a car wash or in an underground car park).
Have the aerial checked by a CITROËN dealer.
When the engine is switched off, the working time for the radio
When the engine is not running, the depends on the battery charge. The interruption is normal: the You have to start the engine so as to increase the bat-
radio stops after a few minutes.
radio goes into economy mode, cutting off in order to save the tery charge.
vehicle’s battery.
In order to protect the audio equipment in excessive ambient
The message “the audio system
is overheating” appears on the
screen.
temperatures, the radio goes into an automatic thermic protection Switch off the audio system for a few minutes in order
mode which results in a reduction in sound volume or stopping to allow the system to cool down.
of the CD player.
When you start up, the system takes a few minutes to capture
the traffic information via RDS-TMC.
Why is one not informed in real time
of a hold-up on the route even though
the option for guidance by “traffic info”
is activated ?
Wait for the traffic information to be safely received
(pictogrammes displayed on the map) and make sure
that you use the major arterial roads to have “informed”
navigation.
Only the major arterial roads (motorways and some dual car-
riageways) are featured in RDS-TMC traffic information).
It may happen that a hold-up is not reported by the traffic info
provider.
Do not confuse the “traffic info” guidance option which can sug-
gest a diversion (the “divert” button appears in the window) with To have “informed” navigation with the detour proposi-
the menus “Display of traffic messages” or “Reading of traffic tion, it is essential to activate the guidance option with
messages” which affect only the display without recalculating “traffic info”.
Why is a diversion not suggested when
I have selected traffic info ?
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the itinerary (no “divert” button in the window).
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