Using This Feature; Play Mode; Connecting The Ipod; Controlling The Ipod Using Radio Buttons - Jeep Grand Cherokee Owner's Manual

• Connecting an iPod
to the AUX port
located in the radio faceplate, plays me-
dia, but does not use the UCI feature to
control the connected device.

Connecting The iPod

Use the provided connection cable to connect
an iPod to the vehicle's 16–pin connector port
(which is located in the glove compartment on
some vehicles). Once the iPod is connected
and synchronized to the vehicle's UCI system
(iPod may take a few seconds to connect), the
iPod starts charging and is ready for use by
pressing radio switches, as described below.
NOTE:
• You may have to remove the connector
pin protection cap from the 16–pin con-
nector port, prior to connecting the cable.
• If the iPod
battery is completely dis-
charged, it may not communicate with the
UCI system until a minimum charge is
attained. Leaving the iPod connected to
the UCI system may charge it to the re-
quired level.

Using This Feature

By using the provided connection cable to
connect an iPod to the vehicle's UCI 16–pin
connector port:
• The iPod audio can be played on the vehi-
cle's sound system, providing metadata (art-
ist, track title, album, etc.) information on the
radio display.
• The iPod can be controlled using the radio
buttons to Play, Browse, and List the iPod
contents.
• The iPod battery charges when plugged
into the UCI connector (if supported by the
specific iPod device)
Controlling The iPod Using Radio
Buttons
To get into the UCI (iPod ) mode and access a
connected iPod , press the "AUX" button on
the radio faceplate. Once in the UCI (iPod )
mode, iPod audio tracks (if available from
iPod ) start playing over the vehicle's audio
system.

Play Mode

When switched to UCI mode, the iPod auto-
matically starts Play mode. In Play mode, you
may use the following buttons on the radio
faceplate to control the iPod and display data:
• Use the TUNE control knob to select the next
or previous track.
• Turning it clockwise (forward) by one
click, while playing a track, skips to the
next track.
• Turning it counterclockwise (backward)
by one click, during the first two seconds
of the track, will jump to the previous track
in the list. Turning this button at any other
time in the track, will jump to the begin-
ning of the current track.
• Jump backward in the current track by
pressing and holding the << RW button.
Holding the << RW button long enough
will take you to the beginning of the
current track.
• Jump forward in the current track by press-
ing and holding the FF >> button.
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