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Tachometer
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The tachometer tells you how fast the engine is going. It
displays engine speed in thousands of revolutions per
minute
(RPM).
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Rear Passenger ComforTemp (Option)
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If your Buick has the Dual Automatic ComforTemp
Climate Control option, it looks like this:
If you have this option,
you can adjust the direction of
the air
flow to the rear seating area. The
following information tells
you how it works.
You will hear a beep each time a button is pushed. The
display will show fan, temperature and mode settings.
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Ext Temp
Push this and the display
will indicate the outside
temperature (unless
the
system is OFF). Push it
again to return to the
regular system display.
D D
EXT.
TEMP
CoollWarm
To choose the temperature you want maintained inside
the car, push one of these.
You can choose from
60°F (16OC), for maximum
cooling, and
90 F (33 "C), for maximum heating. It is
not necessary to choose the extreme temperature to get
the system to heat
or cool at the maximum. The system
does it automatically.
Off
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When the system is off, the
ventilation system will
allow air to flow through
your Buick when
the
vehicle is moving. The
system will try
to keep the
air at the chosen
temperature, unless it is
very hot
or very cold
outside. The outside
temperature will show in
the display area when the
system is
OFF.
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Auto
When the system is set for
automatic, air will come
from the floor outlets, the
instrument panel outlets, or
both.
Fan speed will vary
(unless a blower
LO or HI
button has been pushed) as
the system gets to and
maintains the temperature
setting
you have selected.
Dual Zone
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The front seat passenger
can control air temperature
in their seating area.
The display will show the set temperature and blower
speed.
In cold weather the system will delay turning on the fan,
to avoid blowing cold air. The length
of the delay
depends
on engine coolant temperature, outside
temperature, and time since the engine was last started.
Pushing a
LO or HI blower button will override this
delay, and cause the fan to start.
To rid the system of stale air in warm weather, air will
come out
of the floor outlets for a short time. The air temperature for
the right side of the front seat
can be set using the control on
the passenger’s door.
Both
DUAL ZONE and AUTO buttons will light up. To
turn off this part of the system , push the DUAL ZONE
button again.
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How To Operate Your Sound System
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To Play This Radio
The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these three things:
0 It turns the radio on. (Rotate the volume knob
clockwise.)
0 It controls the volume. (The volume knob increases
volume when rotated clockwise.)
It tells you the time, (When the ignition is off, push
the recall knob to display
the time.)
Balance
The BAL control behind the upper knob allows you to
balance the sound between the right and left speakers.
The Lower Knob
Turn the lower knob to tune in radio stations. Push it to
get AM or FM.
FADE
The FADE control behind the lower knob moves the
sound between
the front and rear speakers.
SEEK
Pressing the SEEK button will cause the receiver to seek
the next higher station and stop.
SCAN
When you press SCAN, the radio will go to the next
station and pause. It will keep scanning
until you press
scan again. SCAN appears
in the display.
Pushbuttons
The four pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations.
You can set the pushbuttons for up to fourteen stations
(7 AM and 7 FM).
0 Tune in the desired station.
Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display).
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0 Within 5 seconds, push one of the four pushbuttons
to store
the station.
Whenever
you press that button, the preset station will
return. In addition to the 4 stations set as above, up to
three additional stations may be preset
on each band by
pressing two adjoining buttons at the same time.
Tune in the desired station.
Press SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the display).
Within 5 seconds, press any two adjoining
pushbuttons at the same time. The station will return
when the same two buttons are pressed again.
To set the clock,
Press the SET pushbutton.
Within 5 seconds, press and hold SEEK until the
correct minute appears on the display.
Press and hold SCAN until the correct hour appears
on the display.
Treble
Slide the treble lever up to increase the treble response.
If station is weak or noisy, slide
the treble lever down to
reduce the noise.
Bass
Slide the bass lever up to increase the bass response.
Adjust the bass lever to give a pleasing sound to your
ear.
To Play This Radio
The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these five things:
It turns the system on and off.
It controls the volume.
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0 It tells you the time. (When the ignition is off, push
It allows you to hear the other side of a tape. (Press
the knob
to display the
time.)
the knob while a cassette is playing.)
When a radio is playing with the time displayed, the
radio station frequency will display if
you push the
knob.
Balance
The control behind the upper knob allows you to
balance the sound between the right and left speakers.
The Lower Knob
Turn the lower knob to tune radio stations. Push it to get
AM or
FM.
FADE
The control behind the lower knob moves the sound
between your front and rear speakers.
SEEK
Pressing the SEEK button will cause the receiver to seek
the next higher station and stop.
SCAN
When you press SCAN, the radio will go to the next
station and pause and keep doing that until you press
SCAN again. SCAN appears in the display.
Pushbuttons
The four pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations.
You can set the pushbuttons for up to fourteen stations
(7 AM and 7 FM).
0 Tune in the station you want to listen to.
0 Press the SET pushbutton. (The display will show
SET for about
5 seconds.)
0 Within 5 seconds, push one of the four pushbuttons.
Whenever you press that button, the preset station will
return.
Up
to three more stations may be preset on each band by
pressing two pushbuttons that are
next to each other at
the same time.
0 Tune in the desired station.
Press SET pushbutton.
0 Within 5 seconds, press any two pushbuttons that are
next to each other. (The station will return when the
same two pushbuttons are pressed again.)
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Clock
To set the clock:
Press the SET button.
0 Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
correct hour appears on the display.
Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute
appears on the display.
Treble
Slide the TREBLE lever up to increase the treble
response. If station is weak or noisy, slide the TREBLE
lever down
to reduce the noise.
Bass
Slide the BASS lever up to increase the bass response.
Adjust the BASS lever to give a pleasing sound to your
ear.
DNR~
This is the Dynamic Noise Reduction button, DNR@
helps remove background hiss from the radio or tape
player. You may want to leave
it pushed in all the time.
To Play A Cassette
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes longer than
that are
so thin they may not work well in this player.
With the radio on, push
a tape into the slot marked
AUTO REVERSE (tape side goes in first).
Once
the tape is playing, use the upper and lower knobs
for volume, balance and fade just as you did for radio.
The arrows indicate which side
of the tape is being
played. Your tape player has an auto reverse feature
which automatically plays the other side
of the tape after
the first side has played.
FWD
To advance the tape forward, press b and the tape will
rapidly go forward until you press
the 4 button or
STOP-EJECT lightly.
REV
To reverse the tape, press 4 and the tape will rapidly go
backward until you press the p button or STOP-EJECT
lightly.
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