1993 BUICK ROADMASTER Owners Manual

AM Stereo
This means the Delco@ system can receive C-QUAM@
stereo broadcasts. Many
AM stations around the country
use C-QUAM@ to produce stereo, though
some do not.
(C-QUAM@ is
a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc.)
If your Delco@ system can get C-QUAM@, your
“STEREO” light will come on when you’re receiving it.
A CAUTION-
Hearing damage from loud noise is alrk..A
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 I
your hearing. Take precautions by adjusting the
volume control on your radio
to a safe =T)UP~
level before your hearing adapts to it.
To help avoid hearing loss or damage:
@ Adjust the volume control to the Is
setting.
Increase volume
slowly unt ’ou ea! ~
cc for’ Yy clear1
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How To, Operate Y0u.r' Audio System . :.. .> ,
To Play This Radio'
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The Uppei Knob
The upper .knob does these things:
It tums the system
on and off.
o It controls the volume. The volume knob increases
volume when rotated clockwise.
0 It will display the time, when pushed.
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BAL
The cdntrol behind the upper knob allows you to
,balance the sound bet,ween the
right and left speakers.
The Lower Knob . .
Turn the lower knob to tune'in. radio stations. .Push'it to
get
AM 'or FM.
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FADE
'. The control behind the lower knob mpves the sound,
between
your front and rear speakers:
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SEEK .
. Presshg'the ,. seek button will 'cause the receiver toseek '
. the '. b. next . .'. , .kigher station anclstop.. , :".. . ,..: - . . ,>
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SCAN
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When you press scan, the radio will go to the next.
station and pause and will keep scanning until you press:
scan again.
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Pushbuttons ..
.The four pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations.
You can set the pushbuttons for up. to fourteen favorite
stations. (7 AM and 7 FM):

e Tune in the desired station.
0 Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display)
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Within 5 seconds, push one of the four pushbuttons
to.store the- station. Whenever you press that button
again, 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.
T.REBLE
Slide. the TREBLE lever up to increase the TREBLE.
response.
If the station is weak or noisy, slide the treble
lever
down to reduce the noise.
BASS
Tune in the desired station.
0 Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display).
e Within 5 seconds, press 'any two adjoining
pushbuttons at the same time. The station- will return
when the. same two pushbuttons are pressed again.
Clock '.'
To set the clock:
0 'Press the SET pushbutton.
0 Within 5 'seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
correct hour appears on the display. Slide the
BASS lever up-to increase the bass response.
Adjust the
BASS lever to give a pleasing sound to your
ear. I
To Play This Radio
o Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute . :, ,,,~ . - ., _..^. , , I
appellss on the display. .- I
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up to three additional stations on each band may be
preset, by pressing two adj.oining pushbuttons at the
sitme time.
TREBLE
Slide the.TREBLE lever up to increase the trewe
response.
If the 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, Dm@
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
3.0 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, press
.a ta#e into the slot marked
AUTO REVERSE (tap~e 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 bein,g
played.
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To.advance the tape, press. and. the tape will advance;
rapidly until you press the
STOP-EJECT button lightly. j?:
REV
To reverse the tape, press 4 and the tape will reverse. .
Rnidly until: you press .the :STOP-EJECT button lightly.
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To go from one side of the tape to $he other, prms'thef- ..!., . .e;. L
upper .. knob (RCL-FROG). . '
STOP-E JECT
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To remove or stop the tape and switch.toradio, press-the'
STOP-EJECT button. ' , , : I, . ,
PWR
To turn on the radio, press the PWR button.
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The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these things:
0 It controls the volume. The volume increases and I
I decretises when the knob is held slightly rotated
against the spring load.
e It allows you to.mute the radio or the tape player.
Press to mute; press:again to listen. During
mute;
only volume up will work: .
BAL
The coiltrol behind the upper h0.b allows you 'to
balance-the sound between the right and left'speakers.
The Lower -Knob
' Turn the lower knob to tune radio statians. Turn the .
knob to tune slowly, if you hold it for more than 3
'seconds it will tune rapidly. Push it to get .AM OF .FM.
FADE
The control behind the lower knob moves the sound
between your, front and. rear speakers.
RCL _.
It tells you.the time. (When the,ignition-is off, push RCL
to display the time.); With the radio on, and the time
displayed, push it to, display the frequency.
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SEEK &
Pressing the SEEK 4 or button, will cause the
rec-eiver
to seek the.next higher or lower 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.
Pushbuttons
.The. five. pushbuttons let you return. to favorite stations ..
You can .set the pushbuttons for up to ten stations (5 AM
and 5 FM).
Tune in the desired' station.
0 .Press the SET pushbutton. (The display will show
SET-for abiouf
5 seconds.)
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