Dodge 3500 Diesel (2008 year). Manual

TIME Button
Press the TIME button and the time of day will be
displayed for five seconds.

Clock Setting Procedure

1. Press and hold the time button until the hours blink.

2. Adjust the hours by turning the TUNE/AUDIO con-
trol.

3. After the hours are adjusted, press the TUNE/AUDIO
control to set the minutes. The minutes will begin to
blink.

4. Adjust the minutes by turning the TUNE/AUDIO
control.

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

RW/FF (Radio Mode)
Pressing the Rewind/Fast Forward button causes the
tuner to search for the next frequency in the direction of
the arrows. This feature operates in either AM, FM or
Satellite (if equipped) frequencies.

TUNE Control (Radio Mode)
Turn the rotary TUNE control clockwise to increase or
counterclockwise to decrease the frequency.

AM/FM Button (Radio Mode)
Press the button to select AM or FM Modes.

Setting the Tone, Balance, and Fade
Press the rotary TUNE control, and BASS will display.
Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to increase or
decrease the Bass tones.

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Press the rotary TUNE control a second time and MID
will display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to
increase or decrease the Mid Range tones.

Press the rotary TUNE control a third time and TREBLE
will display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to
increase or decrease the Treble tones.

Press the rotary TUNE control a fourth time and BAL-
ANCE will display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or
left to adjust the sound level from the right or left side
speakers.

Press the rotary TUNE control a fifth time and FADE will
display. Turn the TUNE control to the left or right to
adjust the sound level between the front and rear speak-
ers.

Press the rotary TUNE control again to exit setting tone,
balance and fade.

RND/PTY Button (Radio Mode)
Pressing this button once will turn on the PTY mode for
five seconds. If no action is taken during the five second
time out the PTY icon will turn off. Pressing the PTY
button or turning the TUNE rotary knob within five
seconds will allow the program format type to be se-
lected. Many radio stations do not currently broadcast
PTY information.

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Toggle the PTY button to select the following format types:

Program Type

16 Digit-Character

Display

No program type or

undefined

None

Adult Hits

Adult_Hits

Alert Alert

Classical

Classic Rock

Classic_Rock

College

Country

Emergency Test

Foreign Language

Foreign_Language

Information

Jazz

News

Nostalgia

Program Type

16 Digit-Character

Display

Oldies

Personality

Public

Rhythm and Blues

Rhythm_and_Blues

Religious Music

Religious_Music

Religious Talk

Religious_Talk

Rock

Soft

Soft Rock

Soft_Rock

Soft Rhythm and Blues

Soft_R_&_B

Sports

Talk

Top 40

Top_40

Weather

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By pressing the SEEK button when the PTY icon is
displayed, the radio will be tuned to the next frequency
station with the same selected PTY name. The PTY
function only operates when in the FM mode.

If a preset button is activated while in the PTY (Program
Type) mode, the PTY mode will be exited and the radio
will tune to the preset station.

SET/DIR Button (Radio Mode) — To Set the
Pushbutton Memory
When you are receiving a station that you wish to
commit to pushbutton memory, press the SET/DIR but-
ton. 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/
DIR button, the station will continue to play but will not
be stored into pushbutton memory.

You may add a second station to each pushbutton by
repeating the above procedure with this exception: Press
the SET/DIR button twice and SET 2 will show in the
display window. Each button can be set for SET 1 and
SET 2 in both AM and FM. This allows a total of 12 AM,
12 FM and 12 Satellite (if equipped) stations to be stored
into pushbutton memory. The stations stored in SET 2
memory can be selected by pressing the pushbutton
twice.

Every time a preset button is used, a corresponding
button number will be displayed.

Buttons 1 - 6 (Radio Mode)
These buttons tune the Radio to the stations that you
commit to pushbutton memory, 12AM, 12 FM, and 12
Satellite (if equipped) stations.

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Operating Instructions - (CD Mode for CD Audio
Play)

NOTE:

The ignition switch must be in the ON or ACC

position to operate the radio.

NOTE:

This Radio is capable of playing compact discs

(CD), recordable compact discs (CD-R), rewritable com-
pact 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.

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.

You may eject a disc with the radio OFF.

If you insert a disc with the ignition ON 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 disc number, the track number, and index time
in minutes and seconds. Play will begin at the start of
track one.

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SEEK Button (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Press the right side of the SEEK button for the next
selection on the CD. Press the left side of the 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 10 seconds of the current selection.

MUTE Button (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Press the MUTE button to cancel the sound from the
speakers.

9MUTE9 will be displayed. Press the MUTE

button a second time and the sound from the speakers
will return. Rotating the volume control, turning the
radio ON/OFF, or turning OFF the ignition will also
return the sound from the speakers.

SCAN Button (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Press the SCAN button to scan through each track on the
CD currently playing.

LOAD/EJECT Button (CD Mode for CD Audio
Play)

LOAD/ EJECT - Load

Press the LOAD/EJECT button and the push-
button with the corresponding number where
the CD is being loaded. The radio will display
PLEASE WAIT and prompt when to INSERT

DISC. After the radio displays

9LOAD DISC9 insert the

CD into the player.

Radio display will show

9LOADING DISC9 when the disc

is loading, and “READING DISC” when the radio is
reading the disc.

LOAD / EJT - Eject

Press the LOAD/ EJT button and the push-
button with the corresponding number where
the CD was loaded and the disc will unload
and move to the entrance for easy removal.

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Radio display will show

9EJECTING DISC9 when the disc

is being ejected and prompt the user to remove the disc.

Press and hold the LOAD/ EJT button for five seconds
and all CDs will be ejected from the radio.

If you have ejected a disc and have not removed it within
15 seconds, it will be reloaded. If the CD is not removed,
the radio will continue to play the non-removed CD. If
the CD is removed and there are other CDs in the radio,
the radio will play the next CD after a two minute
timeout. If the CD is removed and there are no other CDs
in the radio, the radio will remain in CD mode and
display

9INSERT DISC” for 10 seconds. If no discs are

inserted within 10 seconds “NO DISCS LOADED” will
be displayed.

On some vehicles a disc can be ejected with the radio and
ignition OFF.

TIME Button (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Press this button to change the display from a large CD
playing time display to a small CD playing time display.

RW/FF (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
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.

Press and hold the FF button to fast forward through the
tracks. Release the FF button to stop the fast forward
feature.

TUNE Control (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Pressing the TUNE control allows the setting of the Tone,
Fade, and Balance. See Radio Mode.

AM/FM Button (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Switches the Radio to the Radio mode.

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RND/PTY Button (Random Play Button) (CD Mode
for CD Audio Play)
Press this button while the CD is playing to activate
Random Play. This feature plays the selections on the
compact disc in random order to provide an interesting
change of pace.

Press the SEEK button to move to the next randomly
selected track.

Press the RND button a second time to stop Random
play.

Buttons 1 - 6 (CD Mode for CD Audio Play)
Selects disc positions 1 - 6 for Play/Load/Eject.

Notes On Playing MP3 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
CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW.

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 directory levels: 15
• Maximum number of files: 255
• Maximum number of folders: 100

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• Maximum number of characters in file/folder names:

• Level 1: 12 (including a separator 9.9 and a

3-character extension)

• Level 2: 31 (including a separator 9.9 and a

3-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

9keep disc open after

writing

9 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.

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

Specification

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.

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Playlist files are not supported. MP3 Pro files are not
supported.

Playback of MP3 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

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.

Operating Instructions - (CD Mode for MP3 Audio
Play)

SEEK Button (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Pressing the right side of the SEEK button plays the next
MP3 File. Pressing the left side of the SEEK button plays
the beginning of the MP3 file. Pressing the button within
the first ten seconds plays the previous file.

LOAD/EJECT Button (CD Mode for MP3 Play)

LOAD/EJECT - Load

Press the LOAD/ EJECT button and the push-
button with the corresponding number where
the CD is being loaded. The radio will display

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PLEASE WAIT and prompt when to INSERT DISC. After
the radio displays

9LOAD DISC9 insert the CD into the

player.

Radio display will show

9LOADING DISC9 when the disc

is loading.

LOAD/EJECT - Eject

Press the LOAD/ EJECT button and the push-
button with the corresponding number where
the CD was loaded and the disc will unload
and move to the entrance for easy removal.

Radio display will show

9EJECTING DISC9 when the disc

is being ejected and prompt the user to remove the disc.

in the radio, the radio will remain in CD mode and
display

9INSERT DISC” for two minutes. After two

minutes the radio will go to the previous tuner mode.

MSG or INFO Button (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Press and MSG or INFO button while playing MP3 disc.
The radio scrolls through the following TAG information:
Song Title, Artist, File Name, and Folder Name (if avail-
able).

Press the MSG or INFO button once more to return to

9elapsed time9 priority mode.

Press and hold the MSG or INFO button while in the
message display priority mode or elapsed time display
priority mode will display the song title for each file.

RW/FF (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Press the FF side of the button to move forward through
the MP3 selection.

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TUNE Control (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Pressing the TUNE control allows the adjustment of
Tone, Balance, and Fade.

AM/FM Button (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Switches back to Radio mode.

RND/ PTY Button (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Pressing this button plays files randomly.

SET/DIR Button (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Press the SET/DIR Button to display folders, when
playing an MP3 discs that have a file/folder structure.
Turn the TUNE control to display available folders or
move through available folders. Press the TUNE control
to select a folder.

Buttons 1 - 6 (CD Mode for MP3 Play)
Selects disc positions 1 - 6 for Play/Load/Eject.

Operating Instructions - Hands-Free Phone (If
Equipped)
Refer to Hands Free Phone in Section 3 of this Owner’s
Manual.

Operating Instructions - Satellite Radio Mode (If
Equipped)
Refer to the Satellite Radio section of this Owner’s
Manual.

Operating Instructions - Video Entertainment
System (VES™) (If Equipped)
Refer to separate Video Entertainment System (VES™)
Guide.

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SALES CODE RAK – AM/FM/CASSETTE/CD
(6-DISC) RADIO WITH OPTIONAL SATELLITE
RADIO, HANDS FREE PHONE, VIDEO, MP3, and
WMA CAPABILITIES

NOTE:

The radio sales code is located on the lower right

side of your radio faceplate.

Operating Instructions - Radio Mode

NOTE:

The ignition switch must be in the ON or ACC

position to operate the radio.

Power Switch/Volume Control (Rotary)
Press the ON/VOL control to turn the radio ON. Press
the ON/VOL 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
volume control 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.

Mode Button (Radio Mode)
Press the Mode button repeatedly to select between the
CD player, Cassette, Satellite, or Vehicle Entertainment
System (VES™) (if equipped).

RAK Radio

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SEEK Button (Radio Mode)
Press and release the SEEK button to search for the next
station in either AM/FM or Satellite (if equipped) mode.
Press the right side of the button to seek up and the left
side to seek down. The radio will remained tuned to the
new station until you make another selection. Holding
the button and will bypass stations without stopping
until you release it.

SCAN Button (Radio Mode)
Pressing the SCAN button causes the tuner to search for
the next station, in either AM, FM or Satellite (if
equipped) frequencies, pausing for five seconds (satellite
scan eight seconds) at each listenable station before
continuing to the next. To stop the search, press SCAN a
second time.

TIME Button
Press the time button and the time of day will display for
five seconds.

Clock Setting Procedure

1. Press and hold the TIME button until the hours blink.

2. Adjust the hours by turning the right side Tune/
Audio control.

3. After the hours are adjusted, press the right side
Tune/Audio control to set the minutes. The minutes will
begin to blink.

4. Adjust the minutes using the right side Tune/Audio
control.

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

INFO Button (Radio Mode)
Press the INFO button for an RBDS station (one with call
letters displayed). The radio will return a Radio Text
message broadcast (if available) from an FM station (FM
mode only).

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RW/FF (Radio Mode)
Pressing the rewind/fast forward button causes the tuner
to search for the next frequency in the direction of the
arrows. This feature operates in either AM, FM or Satel-
lite (if equipped) frequencies.

TUNE Control (Radio Mode)
Turn the right side rotary control to increase or decrease
the frequency.

AM/FM Button (Radio Mode)
Press the button to select AM or FM modes.

Setting the Tone, Balance, and Fade
Press the rotary TUNE control and BASS will display.
Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to increase or
decrease the Bass tones.

Press the rotary TUNE control a second time and MID
will display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to
increase or decrease the Mid-Range tones.

Press the rotary TUNE control a third time and TREBLE
will display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to
increase or decrease the Treble tones.

Press the rotary TUNE control a fourth time and BAL will
display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to
adjust the sound level from the right or left side speakers.

Press the rotary TUNE control a fifth time and FADE will
display. Turn the TUNE control to the right or left to adjust
the sound level between the front and rear speakers.

Press the rotary TUNE control again to exit setting tone,
balance, and fade.

RND/PTY Button (Radio Mode)
Pressing this button once will turn on the PTY mode for
five seconds. If no action is taken during the five-second
time out, the PTY icon will turn off. Turning the tune
knob within five seconds will allow the program format
type to be selected. Many radio stations do not currently
broadcast PTY information.

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Turn the tune knob to select the following format types:

Program Type

16 Digit-Character

Display

No program type or un-

defined

None

News

Information

Sports

Talk

Rock

Classic Rock

Classic_Rock

Adult Hits

Adult_Hits

Soft Rock

Soft_Rock

Top 40

Top_40

Country

Oldies

Soft

Program Type

16 Digit-Character

Display

Nostalgia

Jazz

Classical

Rhythm and Blues

Rhythm_and_Blues

Soft Rhythm and Blues

Soft_R_&_B

Foreign Language

Foreign_Language

Religious Music

Religious_Music

Religious Talk

Religious_Talk

Personality

Public

College

Unassigned

Weather

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