CITROEN DS3 Owner's Handbook Manual page 283

QUESTION
The stored stations do An incorrect waveband is selected.
not function (no sound,
87.5 Mhz is displayed...).
The quality of reception The vehicle is too far from the transmitter used by the station listened
of the radio station to or there is no transmitter in the geographical area through which the
listened to gradually vehicle is travelling.
deteriorates or the stored
stations do not function
(no sound, 87.5 Mhz is
The environment (hills, buildings, tunnels, basement car parks...) block
displayed...).
reception, including in RDS mode.
The aerial is absent or has been damaged (for example when going
through a car wash or into an underground car park).
Sound cut-outs of 1 to During this brief sound cut-out, the RDS searches for any frequency
2 seconds in radio mode. permitting better reception of the station.
With the engine off, When the engine is switched off, the audio equipment operating time
the audio equipment depends on the battery charge.
switches off after a few
The switch-off is normal: the audio equipment switches to economy mode
minutes of use.
and switches off to prevent discharging of the vehicle's battery.
ANSWER SOLUTION
Press the BAND AST button to return to the
waveband (AM, FM1, FM2, FMAST) on which the
stations are stored.
Activate the RDS function to enable the system
to check whether there is a more powerful
transmitter in the geographical area.
This phenomenon is normal and does not indicate
a failure of the audio equipment.
Have the aerial checked by a CITROËN dealer.
Deactivate the RDS function if the phenomenon is
too frequent and always on the same route.
Start the vehicle's engine to increase the battery
charge.
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