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08 T&C Sirius Presets and Lock Chirps
cashewfeni
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I have grappled with the following problems in a new '08 T&C Limited. Does any one have a solution? (Do I have the wrong software version or something?)
1. My car has no way to preset Sirius channels. There is just one "factory preset" channel, channel 183 - which is a weather channel. The manual briefly states that I can preset 12 channels without giving instructions on how to do this. I can preset FM channels because each item on the "station list" has the preset button in it. Not so for the Sirius list.
2. When I press the "lock" button on the key fob, I get 1 chirp. It does not matter if the doors are open or closed. This is pretty scary because the car never tells me that there is a problem with locking the car. I have had a situation where I asked the sliding door to automatially slide, and locked the car and walked away. The auto slide reversed and the car was left with the side door open. There was no warning that the car had been left in this state.
1. My car has no way to preset Sirius channels. There is just one "factory preset" channel, channel 183 - which is a weather channel. The manual briefly states that I can preset 12 channels without giving instructions on how to do this. I can preset FM channels because each item on the "station list" has the preset button in it. Not so for the Sirius list.
2. When I press the "lock" button on the key fob, I get 1 chirp. It does not matter if the doors are open or closed. This is pretty scary because the car never tells me that there is a problem with locking the car. I have had a situation where I asked the sliding door to automatially slide, and locked the car and walked away. The auto slide reversed and the car was left with the side door open. There was no warning that the car had been left in this state.
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I think my '07 Chrysler vehicle has 12 presets (4 per page on the MyGIG) and the above method is how it works on mine. When I had my old Mercury with actual buttons to press it worked the same way - press and hold.
Press "Radio Media" and then hit "Menu". Unselect the "Show Presets" checkbox. If you don't unselect this, you can't navigate to a channel that is not on preset, even if you type the channel in "Direct Tune". Then, find the channel you want. The preset buttons are not available here. Hit "Menu" again and this time, select the "Show Presets" again. Now, you will see the 12 preset buttons and pressing on any of them will get the channel on that preset. Simply pressing "Menu" the first time does not display ""Show Presets". "Menu" has to be preceeded by "Radio Media".
A note on the lock chirp issue: I was told that all Chryslers make the same lock-chirp, regardless of whether the car is locked or actually open. Most car will make one chirp if the car got locked and two chirps if a door was left open. This is a HUGE problem when combined with the auto power sliding door. Imagine this scenario: It is raining. You grab your kid, press the button for the sliding door to shut, run indoors, and press the lock butoon on the key fob. You get a nice chirp feedback meaning the lock worked. What really happened was that the power sliding door encountered an obstacle (ex: strap from a bag) and rolled all the way back. You now have a car, possibly sitting overnight or in a parking lot, with the side door wide open! I am a first time Chrsyler buyer and am surprised that this has not been an issue with anyone else.
Anyway, the procedure you described is pretty much what I do to add a new preset. I just didn't include all of the individual steps because you already have to be in the SAT mode to add a satellite station to the preset list.
The only other thing is whether the screen is displaying "Info" (info for the music currently playing) or "List" (the preset list). I went to page 2 of my preset list during my drive home from work just a few minutes ago, pressed a line that had the Weather 184 channel for a few seconds and it replaced it with the channel that I was listening to.
Also, if you're interested in playing a front seat DVD movie for the passenger to watch while driving there are some aftermarket plug-ins I've seen mentioned elsewhere.
The dealership service manager said "Chryslers have always been this way". I don't get it. How on earth is this possibly OK??
This should be easily fixable with a software fix. Does anyone know if there is a phone number at which Chrsyler can be directly reached to discuss such technical issues? I looked for it but didn't find one.
Did you try the Customer Assistance Center at 800-992-1997?
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On the vehicle information display there is a Personal Settings area that you can access as long as the vehicle is not in motion. One of the options is whether you want the radio clock to be displayed when the radio is not on.
I've never experiemented with it to see if it stays on when the vehicle is not on. I have an analog clock above the radio and I turned the radio clock display off.
Mine works this way as well. There are already 12 Sirius presets all set to Weather 184. To replace one I just press and hold while on another channel. I guess this could be due to a later firmware or possible the dealer went in and added the 12 presets himself to make it easier for us? Either way, I find it pretty easy to set presets for AM, FM, and Sirius.
That's why I asked him which version of the application software he had. It's not near as complicated for me to add a preset with v9.561.
Also, in another message in this thread I said how to turn the radio clock on by going into the vehicle information display. It's actually done on the radio: Menu > System Setup > Time Setup.
However, I discovered today that the clock display turns off when the vehicle is turned off. I think he wanted it on all the time.
BTW, excellent deal there on your purchase.
The upgrade isn't available via the link printed in the owner's manual. I had to Google around and found it on a Nitro forum.
Caution: The v9.561 application software upgrade is known to work on a MyGIG with nav. I haven't read about anyone trying it on a unit that doesn't have the navigation.
And here's another cool undocumented tidbit to tinker with when you're bored. You can access the engineering test mode by pressing the scan up, scan dn and menu buttons all at the same time.
Be careful of what you do while snooping around in there. I've heard people can mess things up to the point where they have to send in their MyGIG to be repaired.
You might read that entire thread with the download before doing this to see any problems others may have had. The only ones I recall were people who didn't properly create the upgrade CD.