
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems 
Section 
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In this section  you’ll find out how  to operate  the comfort  control systems 
and audio systems  offered  with  your  vehicle. 
Be sure  to read about  the 
particular  system  supplied with your  vehicle. 
For explanation of vehicle  symbols  in  this  section,  refer to “Vehicle 
Symbols”  in  the  Introduction. 
Comfort Controls . . . . . . . . . . , 
Flow-Through  Ventilation  System . . . 
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Heating  System 
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Electronic Heating/Air Conditioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 
Rear  Air Conditioning  and Heating Systems  (Wagon Models) 
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Rear Window  Defogger , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 
Audiosystems 
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FM Stereo . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 ... ..................I... 
AM .........................,,....................... 3-12 
AMStereo 
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How  to  Operate  Your  AM  ETR@ Radio 
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How to Operate Your  AM-FM  Stereo Audio System  and 
Cassette Player 
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How  to Operate  Your  AM-FM  Stereo Audio System  and 
Cassette Player  with Graphic Equalizer 
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Care of Your  Cassette  Tape Player . , , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22 
Fixed  Mast Antenna 
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A udia 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 
acquaint  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. 
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. 
0 Increase  volume  slowly  until you hear  comfortably  and  clearly. 
FM Stereo 
FM stereo  will  give  you  the  best  sound.  But FM signals can only  reach 
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  electrical  storms  and  power  lines. 
If 
the  noise  interferes  with  your  listening,  try  reducing  the  treble  to  lessen  the 
noise. 
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. If your Delco@  system  can  get  C-QUAM@,  your 
“STEREO” light will come on  when you’re  receiving  it. (C-QUAM@  is  a 
registered  trademark  of Motorola,  Inc.). 
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TUNE Button 
Press the side of  the  button  with  the  down  arrow  to decrease the radio 
station  frequency  or 
the side of the button  with  the up  arrow  to increase  the 
radio  station  frequency. 
Pushbuttons 
The  five  pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations.  Just: 
Tune in  the  station you want. 
Press  the SET button. (SET appears in the  electronic  display  for  a few 
Within 5 seconds,  press one of the five pushbuttons  to store  the station. 
seconds). 
Whenever  you  press  that  button,  the  preset  station  will  return. 
How to  Operate  Your AM-FM Stereo Audio System 
and Cassette  Deck 
To Play The Radio 
Press the amber PWR button  to switch  the  radio on and  off. 
RCL Button 
When the  ignition is off, press  the RCL button to display  the  time.  With  the 
ignition 
in RUN or ACC, press RCL to recall  the  radio station  frequency 
and  volume setting  when  the  time  display  is  showing.  After 
a few seconds, 
the  readout 
will return  to  the  time display. 
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Press the PWR button  on the  radio  to  turn the system on.  The radio will 
play  until  a cassette is pushed into the cassette entry  door (the tape side  goes 
in first.) 
Once  the tape 
is playing,  use the radio control buttons for volume, tone, 
balance  and fade,  just 
as you do  for  the  radio. The  arrows on the player 
indicate  which side 
of the  tape  is being played. 
PROG 
To go from  one  side  of the  tape  to  the other, press the PROG button. 
Observe  the lighted  arrows to determine  which side of the  tape  is being 
played. 
If a  tape  is inserted  with side “1” (or “A”) up, then the up arrow  means  that 
that  side 
is being  played.  Likewise,  a  down arrow  would  indicate  that side 
“2” (or “B”) had been  selected.  The player will automatically  switch to  the 
other  side of the  tape  when  the first  side ends. 
REV 
To rapidly rewind  the tape, press the REV button.  The tape  will rapidly 
rewind 
until you  press  either the PROG or EJCT button.  If the beginning 
of the tape is reached while in the REV mode,  play  will  resume on the same 
side  of the  tape. 
FWD 
To rapidly advance the tape, press the FWD button.  The tape will rapidly 
advance 
until you  press either  the PROG or EJCT button. If the end  of  the 
tape  is reached  while in the 
FWD mode, the tape will change  direction,  and 
play  will  resume on the  opposite  side  of the  tape. 
EJCT 
Press  the EJCT button  to  eject the cassette tape from the player (the radio 
will then play). 
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How to  Operate Your AM-FM Stereo Audio System 
and Cassette  Deck with Equalizer 
To Play The Radio 
Press the amber PWR button  to  switch  the  radio on and  off. 
RCL Button 
When the  ignition  is  off,  press  the RCL button  to display  the  time.  With  the 
ignition  in 
RUN or ACC, press RCL to recall  the  radio station  frequency 
and volume setting  when the time  display is showing.  After 
a few seconds, 
the  readout  will  return  to  the  time display. 
SEEK Button 
Press  the SEEK button  to make the  receiver seek, and stop  at, the  next 
higher available  station. 
SCAN  Button 
Press the SCAN button to make  the  receiver  scan,  and  momentarily  pause 
at,  all  available  stations. 
SCAN will appear  in  the electronic  display  while 
the  receiver  is  in the  scan  mode.  Press 
SCAN again to cancel  the  scan mode 
and  hold  the  current 
station. 
AM-FM Button 
Press the AM-FM button  to  switch  between AM and FM. 
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Stereo (AM) 
Your Delco@  radio can receive C-QUAM@stereo broadcasts.  Many  AM 
stations around the country use C-QUAM@to  produce stereo, though 
some 
do not. If your  Delco@  system can get C-QUAM@ signals, your 
“STEREO” light will come on when  you  are receiving  stereo. (C-QUAM@ 
is a registered trademark of Motorola  Inc.). 
VOL Button 
The VOL button controls  the volume. Pressing VOL “+.I’ increases  volume; 
VOL “-” decreases  volume. 
TUNE Button 
To tune in radio stations, press the TUNE button. TUNE “+” increases 
radio station  frequency; 
TUNE “-’, decreases  radio  station frequency. 
BAUFADE Buttons 
To balance and fade  the sound between the lefthight  or  fronthear  speakers, 
use  the  four  buttons 
with the  speaker  symbols on them. Press the  left  and 
right buttons  to adjust the  left  and right speaker  balance.  Pressing 
the top 
and  bottom 
buttons adjusts the front  and rear  speaker  volume balance,  or 
fade.  The relative  balance  and fade  adjustments  are shown  on the  electronic 
display. 
Pushbuttons 
The  six pushbuttons let you return  to  favorite stations. You can set the 
pushbuttons for  up to twelve favorite stations (6 AM and 6 FM). To  set the 
pushbuttons,  just: 
Tune in the station  you want. 
Press  the SET button. (SET appears in the electronic display for a few 
seconds.) 
0 Within 5 seconds,  push one of the  six pushbuttons  to store  the station. 
After  that, whenever  you press that button, the preset station  will 
return. 
Clock 
To set the  clock,  just: 
Press  the SET button. The  word SET will light up in the electronic 
display. 
hour  appears  on the  display. 
Within 5 seconds,  press and hold the SEEK  button until the correct 
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Then, press and hold  the SCAN button  until  the  correct  minute  appears 
on the  display. 
After you  set  the  time,  the word SET will  remain in the electronic 
display  for a few  seconds. 
Cassette  Deck  with  Graphic Equalizer 
If you have  a cassette  deck, it is  built to work  best  with  tapes  that  are 30 to 
45 minutes long on each side. Tapes  longer  than  that  are so thin  that  they 
may not  work  well  in  this player. 
Press  the 
PWR button  on  the  radio to turn the system on. The radio  will 
play  until  a cassette is  pushed into the cassette  entry  door 
(the tape side goes 
in  first.) 
Once  the tape  is  playing, 
use the  radio  control  buttons for volume,  balance 
and  fade,  just 
as you do for  the  radio. The arrows  on the player indicate 
which  side 
of the  tape  is being  played. 
Graphic  Equalizer 
The graphic equalizer  lets  you fine tune  bass,  mid-range  and  treble 
frequencies to  your  individual  taste. 
The unit has five separate  adjustable 
frequency  ranges. 
To  emphasize a  frequency, 
press the  top  of  the  button “+” and to 
de-emphasize a frequency,  press  the  bottom of the  button “-.” It’s best to 
begin  with  all  the  controls in  the  middle  position,  then  adjust  each  control  as 
you like. Observe  the electronic  display for relative  frequency  emphasis. 
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002 Button 
For better sound  when  playing  high  bias  chrome  or metal  tapes,  press  the 
Cr02 button. The light  in  the  button  will  be  on  while  the  player is in  the 
Cr02 mode. When  playing  standard  tapes, you will get better  sound while 
in  the  standard  mode. 
If the Cr02 button  is  lit, press  it to return  the player 
to  standard  mode (the light  will 
go out). 
PROG Button 
To 
go from  one side  of the  tape  to the  other,  press  the PROG button. 
Observe  the lighted arrows  to determine  which side 
of the tape  is  being 
played. 
If a tape is inserted  with  side “1” (or “A’) up,  then  the up arrow means  that 
that  side  is  being  played. Likewise,  a  down  arrow  would  indicate that  side 
“2” (or “B”) had been  selected. The player will  automatically  switch  to the 
other  side 
of the  tape  when  the  first side ends. 
EJECT  Button 
Press the EJECT button  to eject  the  cassette tape from  the  player  (the radio 
will  then  play.) 
TAPE 
The up arrow  and  down arrow,  below  the word TAPE on the cassette deck, 
let you know  which  side of the tape is currently  playing.  For more 
information, see 
PROG in this  section. 
FWD Button 
To 
rapidly  advance  the  tape,  press  the FWD button. The light  in  the button 
will  be  lit and the  tape  will  rapidly  advance until  you  press  the 
PROG 
button or press  the FWD button  again. If the end of the  tape  is  reached 
while  in  the 
F”D mode, the  tape  will change direction, and  play  will 
resume 
on the opposite side of the  tape. 
SEEK Button 
To search  for the  next  selection  on the  tape,  press  the SEEK button.  The 
light  in  the 
SEEK button  will  be  lit and  the  player  will  seek the beginning 
of  the  next  selection.  For the seek  mode  to stop  at  the  next  selection,  there 
must  be  at  least a  4-second  gap between  selections 
on the tape. 
REV  Button 
To rapidly rewind the  tape, press the REV button.  The light  in the  button 
will  be  lit and  the tape  will  rapidly  rewind until  you  press  the 
PROG button 
or  press  the 
REV button  again. If the  beginning  of  the tape  is reached  while 
in the REV mode, play  will  resume on the  same side of the tape. 
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