1994 BUICK PARK AVENUE Owners Manual

Audio Systems
Your Delco@ audio system has been designed to operate
easily and give years of listening pleasure.
You will get
the most enjoyment
out of it if you ac uaint yourself
with
it first. Find out what your Delco system can do
and how to operate all its controls, to be sure you’re
getting the most out
of the advanced engineering that
went into
it.
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AM Stereo
FM Stereo
FM stereo will give you the best sound. But FM signals
will reach only about
10 to 40 miles ( 16 to 65 km). And,
tall buildings or hills can interfere with FM signals,
causing the sound to come and go.
AM
The range for most AM stations is greater than for FM,
especially at night. The longer range, however, can
cause stations to interfere with each other. AM can pick
up noise
from things like storms and power lines. Try
reducing the treble to reduce this noise. 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.
Be aware that 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:
0 Adjust the volume control to the lowest setting.
Increase volume slowly until you hear comfortably
and clearly.
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NOTICE:
Before you add any sound equipment to your
vehicle
-- like a tape player, CB radio, mobile
telephone or two-way radio
-- be sure you can
add what you want. If you can,
it’s very important
to
do it properly. Added sound equipment may
interfere with the operation of your vehicle’s
engine, Delco@ radio or other systems, and even
damage them. And, your vehicle’s systems may
interfere with the operation of sound equipment
that has been added improperly.
So, before adding sound equipment, check with
your dealer and be sure
to check Federal rules
covering mobile radio and telephone units.
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It allows you to hear the other side of a tape. (Press
the knob while a cassette is playing.)
When the radio is playing, with the time displayed, it
can tell you the frequency (push the knob).
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 radio stations. Push it to get
AM or FM.
Fade
The FADE 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).
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.
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 the SET pushbutton.
0 Within the 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 Play A Cassette
To set the clock:
0 Press the SET button.
0 Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
correct hour appears on the display.
0 Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute
appears on the display.
Treble
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
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.
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, press a tape into the slot marked
AUTO REVERSE (the 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.
When the end
of the tape is reached, it will
automatically reverse and play the other side
of the tape.
Forward
To rapidly advance the tape, press and the tape will
rapidly
go forward until you press the 4 button or
STOP-EJECT lightly.
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Reverse
To rapidly reverse the tape, press 4 and the tape will
rapidly go backward until you press the b button or
STOP-EJECT lightly.
Program
To go from one side of the tape to the other, press the
RCL-PROG (upper knob). Note the lighted arrows next
to the
b and 4.
Stop-Eject
To remove or stop the tape and change to radio, press
the STOP-EJECT button.
To Play This Radio
Power
To turn the radio on, press the PWR button.
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The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these things:
0 It controls the volume. The volume knob increases
and decreases volume when
it is held slightly rotated
against the spring load.
Fade
0 It allows you to mute the radio or tape play. Press to
mute; press again to listen.
Balance
The control behind the upper knob allows you to balance
the sound between the right and left speakers. Notice the
display arrows to see where the balance is set.
The Lower Knob
Turn the lower knob to tune radio stations. The tune
knob increases and decreases frequency when it
is held
slightly rotated against the spring load. Push it to get
AM,
FM 1 or FM2 frequencies. The control
behind the lower knob moves the sound
between your front and rear speakers. Notice the display
arrows to see how FADE is set.
Recall
Push RCL to display the time when the ignition is off.
With the radio on, and the time displayed, push RCL to
display the frequency.
Seek4 or b
Pressing the SEEK 4 or b button will cause the receiver
to seek the next lower or 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. SC will appear in the display.
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Pushbuttons Treble
The five pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations.
You can set the pushbuttons for up to fifteen stations
(5 AM and 10 FM).
Tune in the desired station.
Push the SET button.
Within 5 seconds, push one of the five pushbuttons.
SET will disappear from the display when the station
is set.
Whenever you press that button, the preset station
will
return.
Clock
To set the clock:
0 Press the SET button.
0 Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
correct hour appears on the display.
appears on the display.
0 Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute Adjust the treble response
up or down.
If the station is
weak or noisy, adjust the treble down to reduce the noise.
Bass
Adjust the bass response up or down. Pressing the
button
in the center will set the bass level to a factory
preset level.
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, press a tape into the slot marked
AUTO REVERSE (the 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 the
radio. The arrow
in the graphic display above the word
TAPE indicates which side of the tape is being played.
When the end
of the tape is reached, it will
automatically reverse and play the other side of the tape.
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Program Previous
To go from one side of the tape to the other, press the
PROG button. The PROG button will also stop REV,
FWD, PREV or NEXT and play the tape.
Cr02
This button sets the tape bias. When playing high bias
chrome
or metal tapes marked Cr02, press the button to
turn on the Cr02. CrO2 will appear in the display. When
playing standard bias tapes, press again to turn off the
Cr02.
Reverse
To rapidly reverse the tape, press REV and the tape will
rapidly reverse to the beginning or
until you press REV
or the PROG button again. The radio
will play during
reverse.
Forward
To rapidly advance the tape, press FWD and the tape
will rapidly go forward to the end of the tape or until
you press PROG or the FWD button again. The radio
will play during forward.
To hear a passage on the tape that has just played, press
PREV and the tape
will back up and stop, at either the
first 4-second quiet spot
in the tape, or when you press
PROG or PREV again.
Next
To go directly to the next selection on the tape, press
NEXT.
A 4-second quiet interval must be present for the
tape
to stop. Pressing PROG or NEXT again will play
the tape.
Eject
To remove or stop the tape and switch
to radio, press the
EJECT button.
Stop-Play
To immediately switch from tape to radio, press the
ST-PL button and the radio will resume playing the
station that was tuned
in when you inserted a tape.
Pressing ST-PL again
will allow the tape to resume
where
it stopped.
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