Get Sales Code REQ (8YD) Radio Guide for Volkswagen Routan SUV First Generation (2009-2014)

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SALES CODE REQ (8YD) — AM/FM STEREO

RADIO AND 6–DISC CD/DVD CHANGER

(MP3/WMA AUX JACK)

Operating Instructions - Radio Mode

NOTE: The ignition switch must be in the ON or ACC

position to operate the radio.

NOTE: The radio sales code is located on the lower right

side of the radio faceplate.

Power Switch/Volume Control (Rotary)

Push the ON/VOLUME control knob to turn on the

radio. Press 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 buttons to search for the next

listenable station in AM/FM mode. Press the right switch

REQ (8YD) Radio

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to seek up and the left switch to seek down. The radio Phone Button (Uconnect™ Phone) — If Equipped

will remain tuned to the new station until you make Press this button to operate the Uconnect™ Phone feature

another selection. Holding either button will bypass (if equipped). Refer to “Uconnect™ Phone” in “Under-

stations without stopping until you release it.

standing The Features Of Your Vehicle”.

SCAN Button

If your vehicle is not equipped with or this feature is not

Pressing the SCAN button causes the tuner to search for available on your vehicle, a “Not Equipped With

the next listenable station in AM, FM or Satellite (if Uconnect” message will display on the radio screen.

equipped) frequencies, pausing for five seconds at each

TIME Button

listenable station before continuing to the next. To stop

Press the TIME button to alternate display of the time

the search, press the SCAN button a second time.

and radio frequency.

Voice Command Button (Uconnect™ Phone) — If

Equipped

Clock Setting Procedure

Press this button to operate the Uconnect™ Phone feature 1. Press and hold the TIME button until the hours blink.

(if equipped). Refer to “Uconnect™ Phone” in “Under-

2. Adjust the hours by turning the right side TUNE/

standing The Features Of Your Vehicle”.

SCROLL control knob.

If your vehicle is not equipped with or this feature is not

available on your vehicle, a “Not Equipped With

Uconnect” message will display on the radio screen.

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3. After adjusting the hours, press the right side TUNE/ RW/FF

SCROLL control knob to set the minutes. The minutes Pressing the RW (Rewind) or FF (Fast Forward) buttons

will begin to blink.

causes the tuner to search for the next frequency in the

direction of the arrows. This feature operates in AM, FM

or Satellite (if equipped) frequencies.

4. Adjust the minutes using the right side TUNE/

SCROLL control knob. Press the TUNE/SCROLL control

knob to save the time change.

TUNE Control

Turn the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob clockwise

to increase or counterclockwise to decrease the frequency.

5. To exit, press any button/knob or wait five seconds.

The clock can also be set by pressing the SETUP button

and selecting the “SET HOME CLOCK” entry. Once in

this display follow the above procedure, starting at

step 2.

Setting the Tone, Balance, and Fade

Push the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob and BASS

will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control knob to

the right or left to increase or decrease the bass tones.

INFO Button

Push the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob a second

time and MID will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL

control knob to the right or left to increase or decrease the

mid-range tones.

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).

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Push the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob a third or turning the TUNE/SCROLL control knob within five

time and TREBLE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL seconds will allow the program format type to be se-

control knob to the right or left to increase or decrease the lected. Many radio stations do not currently broadcast

treble tones.

Music Type information.

Push the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob a fourth Toggle the MUSIC TYPE button to select the following

time and BALANCE will display. Turn the TUNE/ format types:

SCROLL control knob to the right or left to adjust the

sound level from the right or left side speakers.

16-Digit Character Dis-

Program Type

play

No program type or un-

defined

Push the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob a fifth time

and FADE will display. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control

knob to the left or right to adjust the sound level between

the front and rear speakers.

None

Adult Hits

Classical

Adlt Hit

Classicl

Cls Rock

College

Classic Rock

College

Push the rotary TUNE/SCROLL control knob again to

exit setting tone, balance, and fade.

Country

Language

Inform

MUSIC TYPE Button

Pressing this button once will turn on the Music Type

mode for five seconds. Pressing the MUSIC TYPE button

Foreign Language

Information

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16-Digit Character Dis-

play

16-Digit Character Dis-

play

Program Type

Jazz

News

Jazz

News

Top 40

Weather

Nostalgia

Oldies

Nostalga

Oldies

Persnlty

Public

By pressing the SEEK button when the Music Type icon

is displayed, the radio will be tuned to the next frequency

station with the same selected Music Type name. The

Music Type function only operates when in the FM

mode.

Personality

Public

Rhythm and Blues

Religious Music

Religious Talk

Rock

R & B

Rel Musc

Rel Talk

Rock

If a preset button is activated while in the Music Type

(Program Type) mode, the Music Type mode will be

exited and the radio will tune to the preset station.

Soft

SETUP Button

Pressing the SETUP button allows you to select between

the following items:

Soft Rock

Soft Rhythm and Blues

Sports

Soft Rck

Soft R & B

Sports

Talk

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NOTE: Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control knob to scroll

through the entries. Push the AUDIO/SELECT button to

select an entry and make changes.

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Audio Stream – Repeatedly pressing SELECT will

switch to different audio languages (if supported on

the disc) (if equipped).

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DVD Enter - When the disc is in DVD Menu mode,

selecting DVD Enter will allow you to play the current

highlighted selection. Use the remote control to scroll

up and down the menu (if equipped).

Angle – Repeatedly pressing SELECT will change

the viewing angle if supported by the DVD disc (if

equipped).

NOTE:

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DISC Play/Pause - You can toggle between

playing the DVD and pausing the DVD by

pushing the SELECT button (if equipped).

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The available selections for each of the above entries

varies depending upon the disc.

These selections can only be made while playing a

DVD.

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DVD Play Options - Selecting the DVD Play Options

will display the following:

VES™ Power - Allows you to turn VES™ ON and

OFF (if equipped).

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Subtitle – Repeatedly pressing SELECT will switch

subtitles to different subtitle languages that are

available on the disc (if equipped).

VES™ Lock - Locks out rear VES™ remote controls (if

equipped).

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VES™ CH1/CH2 - Allows the user to change the Enter the four-digit country code using the TUNE/

mode of either the IR1 or IR2 wireless headphones by SCROLL control knob to scroll up and down to select the

pressing the AUDIO/SELECT button (if equipped).

number and then push to select.

Set Home Clock - Pressing the SELECT button allows Audio Language — If Equipped

you to set the clock. Turn the TUNE/SCROLL control Selecting this item allows you to choose a default audio

knob to adjust the hours and then press and turn the language (effective only if the language is supported by

TUNE/SCROLL control knob to adjust the minutes. the disc). You can select a language not listed by scrolling

Press the TUNE/SCROLL control knob again to save down and selecting Љother.Љ Enter the country code using

changes.

the TUNE/SCROLL control knob to scroll up and down

to select the number and then push to select.

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Player Defaults - Selecting this item will allow the

user to scroll through the following items and set Subtitle Language — If Equipped

defaults according to customer preference. Selecting this item allows you to choose a default subtitle

language (effective only if the language is supported by

the disc). You can select a language not listed by scrolling

down and selecting Љother.Љ Enter the country code using

the TUNE/SCROLL control knob to scroll up and down

to select the number and then push to select.

Menu Language — If Equipped

Selecting this item will allow the user to choose the

default startup DVD menu language (effective only if

language supported by disc). If you want to select a

language not listed, then scroll down and select Љother.Љ

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Subtitles — If Equipped

NOTE: The user will have to set these defaults before

Selecting this item allows you to choose between subtitle loading a disc. If changes are made to these settings after

Off or On.

a disc is loaded, changes will not be effective. Also, the

defaults are effective only if the disc supports the

customer-preferred settings.

Audio DRC — If Equipped

Selecting this item allows you to limit maximum audio

dynamic range. The default is set to ЉHigh,Љ and under AM and FM Buttons

this setting, dialogues will play at 11 db higher than if the Press the buttons to select AM or FM mode.

setting is ЉNormal.Љ

SET Button — To Set the Pushbutton Memory

When you are receiving a station that you wish to

Aspect Ratio — If Equipped

Selecting this item allows you to choose between wide commit to pushbutton memory, press the SET button.

screen, pan scan, and letter box.

The symbol SET 1 will now show in the display window.

Select the button (1-6) you wish to lock onto this station

and press and release that button. If a button is not

selected within five seconds after pressing the SET but-

ton, the station will continue to play but will not be

stored into pushbutton memory.

AutoPlay — If Equipped

When this is set to On and a DVD video is inserted, it will

bypass the DVD menu screen and automatically play the

movie. In some rare cases, the DVD player may not

auto-play the main title. In such cases, use the MENU

button on the remote control to select desired title to play. You may add a second station to each pushbutton by

repeating the above procedure with this exception: Press

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the SET button twice and SET 2 will show in the display Operation Instructions - (DISC MODE for CD and

window. Each button can be set for SET 1 and SET 2 in MP3/WMA Audio Play, DVD-VIDEO)

both AM and FM. This allows a total of 12 AM, 12 FM, The radio DVD player and many DVD discs are coded by

and 12 Satellite (if equipped) stations to be stored into geographic region. These region codes must match in

pushbutton memory. The stations stored in SET 2 order for the disc to play. If the region code for the DVD

memory can be selected by pressing the pushbutton disc does not match the region code for the radio DVD

twice.

player, it will not play the disc. Customers may take their

vehicle to an authorized dealer to change the region code

of the player a maximum of five times.

Every time a preset button is used, a corresponding

button number will display.

CAUTION!

Buttons 1 - 6

These buttons tune the radio to the stations that you

commit to pushbutton memory {12 AM, 12 FM, and 12

Satellite (if equipped) stations}.

The radio may shut down during extremely hot

conditions. When this occurs, the radio will indicate

“Disc Hot” and shut off until a safe temperature is

reached. This shutdown is necessary to protect the

optics of the DVD player and other radio internal

components.

DISC Button

Pressing the DISC button will allow you to switch from

AM/FM modes to Disc modes.

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NOTE: The ignition switch must be in the ON or ACC Eject Button — Ejecting Compact Disc(s)

position to operate the radio.

Press the EJECT button and the pushbutton

with the corresponding number (1-6) where the

CD was loaded and the disc will unload and

move to the entrance for easy removal. Radio

LOAD Button — Loading Compact Disc(s)

Press the LOAD button and the pushbutton with the

corresponding number (1-6) where the CD is being

loaded. The radio will display PLEASE WAIT and

prompt when to INSERT DISC. After the radio displays

ЉINSERT DISC,Љ insert the CD into the player.

display will show ЉEJECTING DISCЉ when the disc is

being ejected and prompt the user to remove the disc.

Press and hold the EJECT button for five seconds and all

CDs will be ejected from the radio.

Radio display will show ЉLOADING DISCЉ when the disc

is loading and “READING DISC” when the radio is The disc can be ejected with the radio and ignition OFF.

reading the disc.

SEEK Button (CD MODE)

Press the right SEEK button for the next selection on the

CD. Press the left SEEK button to return to the beginning

CAUTION!

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 you to scroll through the tracks faster in

CD and MP3/MWA modes.

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.

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SCAN Button (CD MODE)

Notes On Playing MP3/WMA Files

Press the SCAN button to scan through each track on the The radio can play MP3/WMA files; however, acceptable

CD currently playing.

MP3/WMA file recording media and formats are limited.

When writing MP3/WMA files, pay attention to the

following restrictions.

TIME Button (CD MODE)

Press this button to change the display from a large CD

playing time display to a small CD playing time display. Supported Media (Disc Types)

The MP3/WMA file recording media supported by the

radio are CDDA, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3,WMA, DVD Video,

DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, and CDDA+MP3.

RW/FF (CD MODE)

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 (Rewind) button Supported Medium Formats (File Systems)

works in a similar manner.

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.

AM or FM Button (CD MODE)

Switches the radio into the AM or FM radio mode.

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The radio uses the following limits for file systems:

If a disc contains multi-formats, such as CD audio and

MP3/WMA tracks, the radio will only play the MP3/

WMA tracks on that disc.

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Maximum number of directory levels: 8

Maximum number of files: 255

Supported MP3/WMA File Formats

Maximum number of folders: 100

The radio will recognize only files with the *.MP3/WMA

extension as MP3/WMA files. Non-MP3/WMA files

named with the *.MP3/WMA extension may cause play-

Maximum number of characters in file/folder names:

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Level 1: 12 (including a separator Љ.Љ and a three- back problems. The radio is designed to recognize the file

character extension) as an invalid MP3/WMA and will not play the file.

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Level 2: 31 (including a separator Љ.Љ and a three- When using the MP3/WMA encoder to compress audio

character extension)

data to an MP3/WMA 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/WMA files use a 44.1 kHz sampling rate

and a 192, 160, 128, 96 or VBR bit rates.

Multisession disc formats are supported by the radio.

Multisession discs may contain combinations of normal

CD audio tracks and computer files (including MP3/

WMA files). Discs created with an option such as Љkeep

disc open after writingЉ are most likely multisession

discs. The use of multisession for CD audio or MP3/

WMA playback may result in longer disc loading times.

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Playback of MP3/WMA Files

MPEG Specifi-

cation

Sampling Fre-

quency (kHz)

Bit Rate (kbps)

When a medium containing MP3/WMA 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/WMA files.

320, 256, 224,

192, 160, 128,

112, 96, 80, 64,

56, 48

MPEG-1 Audio

Layer 3

48, 44.1, 32

Loading times for playback of MP3/WMA files may be

affected by the following:

160, 128, 144,

112, 96, 80, 64,

56, 48

MPEG-2 Audio

Layer 3

24, 22.05, 16

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Media - CD-RW media may take longer to load than

CD-R media

WMA Specifica- Sampling Fre-

Bit Rate (kbps)

tion

quency (kHz)

Medium formats - Multisession discs may take longer

to load than non-multisession discs

48, 64, 96, 128,

160, 192 VBR

WMA

44.1 and 48

Number of files and folders - Loading times will

increase with more files and folders

ID3 Tag information for artist, song title, and album title

are supported for ID3 version 1 tags. ID3 version 2 is not

supported by the radios.

To increase the speed of disc loading, it is recommended

to use CD-R media and single-session discs. To create a

single-session disc, enable the “Disc at Once” option

before writing to the disc.

Playlist files are not supported. MP3 Pro files are not

supported.

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LIST Button (DISC Mode for MP3/WMA Play)

Press and hold the INFO button again for three seconds

Pressing the LIST button will bring up a list of all folders to return to Љelapsed timeЉ display.

on the disc. Scrolling up or down the list is done by

Operation Instructions - Auxiliary Mode

turning the TUNE/SCROLL control knob. Selecting a

The auxiliary (AUX) jack is an audio input jack which

folder by pressing the TUNE/SCROLL control knob will

allows the user to plug in a portable device such as an

begin playing the files contained in that folder (or the

MP3/WMA player, cassette player, or microphone and

next folder in sequence if the selection does not contain

utilize the vehicle’s audio system to amplify the source

playable files).

and play through the vehicle speakers.

The folder list will time out after five seconds.

Pressing the AUX button will change the mode to auxil-

INFO Button (DISC Mode for MP3/WMA Play)

Pressing the INFO button repeatedly will scroll through

the following TAG information: Song Title, Artist, File

Name, and Folder Name (if available).

iary device if the AUX jack is connected.

NOTE: The AUX device must be turned on and the

device’s volume set to the proper level. If the AUX audio

is not loud enough, turn the device’s volume up. If the

Press the INFO button once more to return to Љelapsed AUX audio sounds distorted, turn the device’s volume

timeЉ priority mode. down.

Press and hold the INFO button for three seconds or SEEK Button (Auxiliary Mode)

more and radio will display song titles for each file. No function.

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SCAN Button (Auxiliary Mode)

No function.

Operating Instructions — Voice Command System

(If Equipped)

For the radio, refer to “Voice Command” in “Understand-

ing The Features Of Your Vehicle”.

EJECT Button (Auxiliary Mode)

No function.

For Uconnect™ “Voice Command,” refer to “Uconnect™

Phone” in “Understanding The Features Of Your

Vehicle”.

TIME Button (Auxiliary Mode)

Operating Instructions - Uconnect™ Phone (If

Equipped)

Refer to “Uconnect™ Phone” in “Understanding The

Features Of Your Vehicle”.

Press the TIME button to change the display from

elapsed playing time to time of day. The time of day will

display for five seconds.

RW/FF (Auxiliary Mode)

No function.

Operating Instructions - Satellite Radio Mode (If

Equipped)

Refer to “Uconnect Multimedia (Satellite Radio)”.

SET Button (Auxiliary Mode)

No function.

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Operating Instructions - Video Entertainment

System (VES)™ (If Equipped)

DTS™

ЉDTS™Љ and ЉDTS™ 2.0Љ are trademarks of Digital The-

Refer to separate “Video Entertainment System (VES)™ ater Systems, Inc.

Guide.”

Dolby௡

Manufactured under license from Dolby௡ Laboratories.

ЉDolby௡Љ and the double-D symbol are trademarks of

Dolby௡ Laboratories.

Macrovision

This product incorporates copyright protection technol-

ogy that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellec-

tual property rights. Use of this copyright protection

technology must be authorized by Macrovision, and is

intended for home and other limited viewing uses only,

unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision. Reverse

engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Sales Code REQ (8YD) Radio for Your Volkswagen Routan SUV First Generation (2009-2014)

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