Jeep 2016 CHEROKEE Operating Information Manual - page 133
WARNING!
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Drivers must be careful when backing up
even when using ParkSense®. Always
check carefully behind your vehicle, look
behind you, and be sure to check for
pedestrians, animals, other vehicles, ob-
structions, and blind spots before backing
up. You are responsible for safety and
must continue to pay attention to your
surroundings. Failure to do so can result in
serious injury or death.
•
Before using ParkSense®, it is strongly
recommended that the ball mount and
hitch ball assembly is disconnected from
the vehicle when the vehicle is not used for
towing. Failure to do so can result in injury
or damage to vehicles or obstacles be-
cause the hitch ball will be much closer to
the obstacle than the rear fascia when the
loudspeaker sounds the continuous tone.
Also, the sensors could detect the ball
mount and hitch ball assembly, depending
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WARNING!
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on its size and shape, giving a false indi-
cation that an obstacle is behind the ve-
hicle.
PARKVIEW® REAR BACK UP
CAMERA — IF EQUIPPED
Your vehicle may be equipped with the
ParkView® Rear Back Up Camera that allows
you to see an on-screen image of the rear
surroundings of your vehicle whenever the shift
lever/gear selector is put into REVERSE. The
image will be displayed on the Navigation/
Multimedia radio display screen along with a
caution note to “check entire surroundings”
across the top of the screen. After five seconds
this note will disappear. The ParkView® camera
is located on the rear of the vehicle above the
rear License plate.
When the vehicle is shifted out of REVERSE
(with camera delay turned OFF), the rear cam-
era mode is exited and the navigation or audio
screen appears again.
When the vehicle is shifted out of REVERSE
(with camera delay turned ON), the rear view
image with dynamic grid lines will be displayed
for up to 10 seconds after shifting out of
"
RE-
VERSE
"
unless the forward vehicle speed ex-
ceeds 8 mph (13 km/h), the transmission is
shifted into
"
PARK
"
or the ignition is switched to
the OFF position.
NOTE:
The ParkView® Rear Back Up Camera has
programmable modes of operation that may
be selected through the Uconnect® System.
Refer to “Uconnect® Settings” in “Under-
standing Your Instrument Panel” for further
information.
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