1993 BUICK RIVIERA radio

Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BURNS AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,111,
COULD pq
FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols
are important
for you and
your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is
driven:
FASTEN SEAT 4
BELTS
These symbols
have to do with
your lights:
SIGNALS TURN
HIGH BEAM
OR = =o
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are on some
of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD ’ ’ ’ 4- #-
WASHER
f0 -**
WINDSHIELD Q
WASHER I
WINDSHIELD
DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING
FAN
L.
HEADLAMP - ,~*-,
WASHER iQ
WIPER -
L
These symbols
are used on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT F-
TEMP --
ENGINE
CHARGING
I-1
BATTERY SYSTEM
RADIATOR
a
COOLANT
FUEL
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
Wb
TEMP OIL &
ANTILOCK (@)
BRAKE
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
RADIO
‘‘ill
SELECTOR
RADIO
k
VOLUME
CONDITIONING
AIR 33
HATCHBACK /y
TRUNK
RELEASE
t LIGHTER 1-
HORN
SPEAKER
cr
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Automatic Pull-Down Feature
(Option)
If you have this feature, it pulls the trunk lid down and
the pull-down feature then secures
it completely.
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A CAUTION:
Your car may have an automatic pull-down
feature that helps close the trunk electronically.
Your fingers can be trapped under the trunk
lid
as it goes down. Your fingers could be injured,
and you would need someone to help you free
them. Keep your fingers away from the trunk
lid
as you close it and as it is going down.
Remote Keyless Entry System
(Option)
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-. , ,.
If your Buick has this option, you can lock and unlock
your doors or unlock your trunk from
up to 15 feet (5 m)
away using the key chain transmitter supplied with your vehicle.
Your Remote Keyless Entry System operates on a radio
frequency subject to Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Rules.
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Starting Your Engine The other positions let you perform these functions:
ACC: Accessory lets you use things like the radio and
the windshield wipers when the engine is
off. To use
Acc, push
in the key and turn it toward you. Your
steering wheel will remain locked, just as it was before
you inserted the key.
OFF: This position lets you turn off the engine but still
turri the steering wheel. It doesn’t lock the steering wheel like “Lock.” Use “Off’ if you must have your car
in motion while the engine is off.
RUN: This is the position for driving.
START This key position starts your engine. Move your shift lever
to “P,’ (Park) or “N’ (Neutral).
Your engine won’t start in any other position
-- that’s a
safety feature, To restart when you’re already moving,
use
“N” (Neutral) only.
1. Don’t push the accelerator pedal before starting your
engine.
In some other vehicles you might need to do
this, but because of your vehicle’s computer systems,
you don’t.
starts, let go of the key. The idle speed will go down
as your engine gets warm.
3. If it doesn’t start right away, hold your key in “Start”
for about three seconds at a time until your engine
2. Turn your ignition key to “Start.” When the engine
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CAUTlOf _. [lConltlinulecJ~
It can be dangerous to get out of your vehicle i,.
tlhe shiift lever is not flullly in1 T” (Park) with the
parking brake
firmly set. Your vehic’le can roll.
!Don’t leave your veh!icle when the engine
is
running unless you have to. If you’ve left the
engine irunning, th8e vehicle can move su’ddenly.
You or others could
be ‘injured. To be sure your
vehic’le w&t move, even when you,’re
on fairly
level ground,
always set your parking br’ake a’nd
move the shift lever to
‘T’’ (Park).
Follow the proper steps to be sure your vehicle
won’t Imove., See Shifting Into’ ’~P’ (Park) in the
Index,.
If you are parkiing on a hil’l, also see “Pariking on
Hills” in the Index.
Retained Accessory Power
After the ignition is turned off, and before any door is
opened, the following systems will work for ten
minutes:
1’
Power windows
0 Radio
@ Clock (with radio off)
0 Windshield wiper/waSher
0 Astroroof (option) I
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A CAUTION:
Hearing damage from loud noise is almost
undetectable until
it is too late. Your hearing
can adapt to higher volumes of sound. Sound
that seems normal can be loud and harmful to
your hearing. Take precautions by adjusting the
volume control on your radio to a safe sound
level before your hearing adapts to
it.
To help avoid hearing loss or damage:
Adjust the volume control to the lowest
Increase volume slowly until you hear
setting.
comfortably and
clearly.

To Play This Radio It allows you to recall the frequency when the radio
It allows you to hear the other side of the tape. Press
is playing.
the upper knob while cassette is playing.
~ Bal
The control behind the upper knob allows you to
balance the sound between the right and left speakers.
! The Lower Knob
I Turn the lower knob to tune radio stations. Push it to get
I AMor FM.
Fade
The control behind the lower knob moves the sotifid
between your front and rear speakers.
Power
Press the On-Off button to turn the radio On or Off. Seek
The Upper Knob the next higher station and stop.
The upper
knob does these things:
It controls the volume. Rotate clockwise to increase Pressing the seek button will cause the receiver to seek
Scan
When you press scan,
the radio will go to the next
station and pause and keep scanning until you press scan
the volume.
It tells YOU the time. When
the ignition is off, push to again.
display the time.
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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).
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0
0
0
0
0
Tune in the desired station.
Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display.)
Within
5 seconds, push one of the four pushbuttons.
Whenever you press that button, the preset station
will return. In additional 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 station you want.
Press SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the display.)
Within
5 seconds, push any two adjoining
pushbuttons at the same time. (The station will return
when the same two buttons are pressed again.)
Clock
To set the clock,
0 Press the SET pushbutton.
0 Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
0 Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute correct hour appears on
the display.
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 Q
This is the Dynamic Noise Reduction button. DNR Q
helps remove background hiss from the radio or tape
player. You may want to leave
it pushed in all the time.
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To Play A Cassette Search
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are Push the
~J3mcH button to the right. TO search for the
30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes longer than beginning
of the next selection, push FWD. Push REV
that are
so thin that they may not work well in this and
the tape will reverse to the beginning of the current
player. selection.
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
do for the radio.
The arrows indicate which side
of the tape is being
Program
To go from one side of the tape to the other, press the
upper knob.
Eject
played.
Your tape player has an AUTO REVERSE feature radio, press EJECT but\
ton.,
which automatically plays the other side of the tape after
the first side has played. To
remove the tape or stop the tape and switch to the
Forward
To advance the tape, press FWD and the tape will
rapidly
go forward until you press the REV button
lightly.
..
Reverse
To reverse the tape, press REV and the tape will rapidly
reverse until you press the
FWD button lightly.
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