1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme wheel

In this part you’ll find out how to
operate the comfort control systems
and audio systems offered with
your
Oldsmobile . Be sure to read about the
particular system supplied with your
vehicle
.
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I Comfort Controls & Audio Systems
Climate Control ........................................................................\
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Electronic Climate Control
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.............. 113
Steering Wheel Touch Controls for Climate Control ............................................. 116
Setting the Clock
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............................. 118
AM/FM Stereo Radio ........................................................................\
...................... 119
AM/FM Stereo Radio
with Cassette Player .......................................................... 121
AM/FM Stereo with Cassette Player and Graphic Equalizer
................................ 126
Compact Disc Player Anti-Theft Feature
............................................................... 131
Audio Bass Control
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......................... 133
Understanding Radio Reception ........................................................................\
..... 133
Care of Your Compact Discs ........................................................................\
........... 135
Fixed Mast Antenna
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....................... 135
Power Antenna Mast Care ........................................................................\
............. 135
AM/FM Stereo with Cassette Player and Music Search ........................................ 123
AM/FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player ............................................................. 129
Steering Wheel Touch Controls for Audio System
................................................ 132
Care
of Your Cassette Tape Player ........................................................................\
134
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Comfort Controk &Audio Systems
Steering Wheel Touch Controls
for Climate Control
(OPTION)
Some heating and cooling controls can
be adjusted at the steering wheel. These
touch controls also operate some audio
controls. See the
Index under Steering
Wheel
Touch Controls for Audio
System.
FAN: Press the upper part of the
control to increase the fan speed; press
the lower part to reduce the fan speed.
TEMP: Press the upper part of the
control to raise the inside temperature
setting; press the lower part to lower
the setting.
MODE: This control can be used to
select the direction of air flow
(BI-LEV, UPPER, or LOWER
settings), or to select DEFOG,
DEF
(Defrost) or AUTO. Press the top
of the control to move to the next mode
on the right of the climate control
panel. Press the bottom
of the control
to move to the next mode on the left.
The indicator light will glow above the
selected mode, or
AUTO will appear on
the digital display.
Rear Window Defogger (OPTION)
R DEFOG: Press to warm the
defogger grid on the rear window. The
indicator light will glow while the rear
window defogger is operating. The rear
window defogger will turn off
automatically after about
10 minutes of
use. If you turn it on again, the defogger
will operate for about five minutes only.
You can also turn the defogger off by
turning off the ignition or pressing the
R DEFOG switch again.
Do not attach a temporary vehicle
license across the defogger grid
on the
rear window.

Comfort Controls &Audio Systems
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CD Player Anti-Theft Feature
(CONT.)
To Disable the Anti-Theft System:
Enter your secret code by following
these steps (you will have only
15
seconds between each step).
1. Turn the ignition to Accessory or
Run and the radio off, then press the
PREV and FF buttons of the station
presets.
SEC will appear, showing the
radio is secure.
2. Press SET and 000 appears on the
display.
3. Press and hold SEEK until the first
digit of your secret code appears.
4. Press and hold SCAN until the
second and third digits of your code
appear.
the display).
5. Press AM-FM (000 will appear on
6. Press and hold SEEK until the fourth
digit of your code appears.
7. Press and hold SCAN until the fifth
and sixth digits of your code appear.
8. Press AM/FM. If the display shows
--- ” the radio is unsecured and
will play again. If the display shows
SEC, the steps were not successful
and the numbers did not match the
secret code.
If you lose or forget your code, see your
dealer.
If you lose battery power, when the
battery is reconnected, the system will
not turn on and
LOC will appear.
Follow steps
1-8 for disabling your
system (the time will appear if you are
successful). If
SEC appears, the
numbers did not match and your unit is
still locked.
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Steering Wheel Touch Controls
for Audio System (OPTION)
Some audio system functions described
in the previous pages can also be
operated with the Steering Wheel
Touch Controls option. These touch controls
also operate some climate
controls. See the
Index under Steering
Wheel
Touch Controls for Climate
Control.
PROG (Program): Press the top of
this button to hear stations which you
have preset on your radio.
AM/FM: Press the bottom of this
button to change between
AM and FM
bands.

Your Driving and the Road
150
Anti-Lock Brakes (CONT.)
And this light on the instrument panel
will go on when you start your vehicle.
When you start your vehicle and begin
to drive away you may hear a
momentary motor or clicking noise and
you may even notice that your brake
pedal moves a little while this is going
on. This is the
ABS system testing itself.
If you have your foot on the brake
pedal, this check won’t happen until the
vehicle goes about
4 mph (6 lm/h) or
until you take your foot off the brake
pedal.
You’ll also hear a clicking noise the
next time the vehicle goes about
4 mph
(6 lun/h).
If there’s a problem with the anti-lock
brake system, the anti-lock brake
system warning light will stay on or
flash. See the
Index under Anti-Lock
Brake System Warning Light.
Here’s how anti-lock works. Let’s say
the road is wet. You’re driving safely.
Suddenly an animal jumps out in front
of you.
You slam on the brakes. Here’s what
happens with
ABS.
A computer senses that wheels are
slowing down. The computer separately
works the brakes at each front wheel
and at the rear wheels.
The anti-lock system can change the
brake pressure faster than any driver
could. The computer is programmed to
make the most of available tire and road
conditions.

You can steer around the obstacle while
braking hard.
As you brake, your computer keeps
receiving updates on wheel speed and
controls braking pressure accordingly.
CAUTION
Anti-lock doesn’t change the
time you need to get your
foot up to the brake pedal.
If you
get too close to the vehicle in front
of you, you won’t have time to
apply your brakes if that vehicle
suddenly slows or stops. Always
leave enough room up ahead
to
stop, even though you have
anti-lock brakes.
To Use Anti-Lock: Don’t pump the
brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down
and let anti-lock work for you. When
you start your vehicle and begin to
drive away, you may notice that your
brake pedal moves a little while this is
going on. A brief mechanical noise is
normal. This is the
ABS system testing
itself.
You also may hear a clicking
noise as
you accelerate after a hard
stop.
Disc Brake Wear lndicafors
Your Oldsmobile has four-wheel disc
brakes. Disc brake pads have built-in
wear indicators that make a high-
pitched warning sound when the brake
pads are worn and new pads are
needed. The sound may come and go, or
be heard all the time your vehicle
is
moving (except when you are pushing
on the brake pedal firmly).
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Your Driving ad the Road
Steering Tips-Driving on Curves
154
It’s important to take curves at a
reasonable speed.
A lot of the “driver lost control”
accidents mentioned on the news
happen on curves. Here’s why:
Experienced driver or beginner, each of
us is subject
to the same jaws of physics
when driving on curves. The traction of
the tires against the road surface makes
it possible
for the vehicle to change its
path when you turn the front wheels. If
there’s no traction, inertia will keep the
vehicle going in the same direction. If
you’ve ever tried to steer a vehicle on
wet ice, you’ll understand this.
The traction you can get in a curve
depends on the condition of your tires
and the road surface, the angle at which
the curve is banlted, and your speed.
While you’re in a curve, speed is the one
factor you can control. Suppose
you’re steering through a
sharp curve. Then you suddenly apply
the brakes. Both control systems-
steering and braking-have to do their
work where the tires meet the road.
Unless you have four-wheel anti-lock
brakes, adding the hard braking can
demand too much at those places.
You
can lose control.
The same thing can happen if you’re
steering through a sharp curve and you
suddenly accelerate. Those two control
systems-steering and acceleration-
can overwhelm those places where the
tires meet the road and make you lose
control.
What should you do if this ever
happens? Let up on the brake or
accelerator pedal, steer the vehicle the
way you want it to go, and slow down. Speed limit signs
near curves warn that
you should adjust your speed. Of
course, the posted speeds are based on
good weather and road conditions.
Under less favorable conditions you’ll
want
to go slower.
If you need to reduce your speed as you
approach a curve, do it before you enter
the curve, while your front wheels are
straight ahead.
Try to adjust your speed
so you can
“drive” through the curve. Maintain a
reasonable, steady speed. Wait to
accelerate until you are out
of the curve,
and then accelerate gently into the
straightaway.
When you drive into a curve at night,
it’s harder
to see the road ahead of you
because it bends away from the straight
beams of your lights. This is one good
reason to drive slower.

I Steering in Emergencies
There are times when steering can be
more effective than braking. For
example, you come over a hill and find
a truck stopped
in your lane, or a car
suddenly pulls out from nowhere,
or a
child darts out from between parked
cars and stops right in front of
you. You
can avoid these problems by braking-if
you can stop in time. But sometimes
you can’t; there isn’t room. That’s the
time for evasive action-steering
around the problem.
Your Oldsmobile can perform very well
in emergencies like these. First apply
your brakes-but unless you have anti-
lock, not enough to lock your wheels. It is
better to remove as much speed as
you can from a possible collision. Then
steer around the problem, to the left or
right depending on the space available.
An emergency like this requires close
attention and a quick decision. If you
are holding the steering wheel at the
recommended
9 and 3 o’clock positions,
you can turn it a full
180 degrees very
quicldy without removing either hand.
But you have to act fast, steer quickly,
and just as quickly straighten the wheel
once you have avoided the object. You
must then be prepared to steer back to
your original lane and then brake to a
controlled stop. Depending
on your speed, this can be
rather violent for an unprepared driver.
This is one of the reasons driving
experts recommend that you use your
safety belts and keep both hands on the
steering wheel.
The fact that such emergency situations
are always possible is
a good reason to
practice defensive driving at all times.
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Your Driving and the Road
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Off-Road Recovery
You may find sometime that your right
wheels have dropped off the edge of a
road onto the shoulder while you’re
driving.
If the level of the shoulder is only
slightly below the pavement, recovery
should be fairly easy. Ease off the
accelerator and then,
if there is nothing
in the way, steer
so that your vehicle
straddles the edge of the pavement.
You
can turn the steering wheel up to ‘/4
turn until the right front tire contacts
the pavement edge. Then turn your
steering wheel to go straight down the
roadway.
If the shoulder appears to be about four
inches
(100 mm) or more below the
pavement, this difference can cause problems.
If there is not enough room
to pull entirely onto the shoulder and
stop, then follow the same procedures.
But
if the right front tire scrubs against
the side of the pavement, do
not steer
more sharply. With too much steering
angle, the vehicle may jump back onto
the road with
so much steering input
that it crosses over into the oncoming
traffic before you can bring it back
under control. Instead, ease
off again on
the accelerator and steering input,
straddle the pavement once more, then
try again.
Passing
The driver of a vehicle about to pass
another on a two-lane highway waits for
just the right moment, accelerates,
moves around the vehicle ahead, then
goes back into the right lane again.
A
simple maneuver?
Not necessarily! Passing another vehicle
on
a two-lane highway is a potentially
dangerous move, since the passing
vehicle occupies the same lane as
oncoming traffic for several seconds.
A
miscalculation, an error in judgment, or
a brief surrender to frustration or anger
can suddenly put the passing driver face
to face with the worst of all traffic
accidents-the head-on collision.
So here are some tips for passing:
“Drive ahead.” Look down the road,
to the sides, and to crossroads for
situations that might affect your
passing patterns. If you have
any
doubt whatsoever about malting a
successful pass, wait for a better time.
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