1996 CHEVROLET ASTRO CD player

You can turn the defogger off at any time by pressing
the button again. The defogger will shut itself off after
several minutes
so that the elass does not eet too hot. If
Setting the Clock for AM-FM Stereo and
AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
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the window still isn’t clear, turn the defogger on again. Press SET. Within
five seconds, press and hold the
SEEK right arrow until the correct minute appears on
the display. Press and hold
the SEEK left arrow until the
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NOTICE: correct hour appears on the display.
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Setting the Clock for AM-FM Stereo with
Compact
Disc Player
Scraping the inside of your rear window could
cut and damage the defogger. Your warranty
would not cover this damage. And don’t put
Press and hold HR until the correct hour appears on the
decals there, you might have to scrape them off. display. Press and hold MIN until the correct minute
appears on the display.
To display the clock with the
ignition
off, press RECALL and the time will be displayed
before the clock goes into the time-set mode.
Audio Systems for a few seconds. There is an initial two-second delay
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.
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In addition to the four stations set as above, up to
three additional stations may be preset on each band by
pressing two adjoining buttons at the same time. Just: AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
(Option)
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press SET.
3. Press two adjoining buttons at the same time,
within five seconds. Whenever you press
the same
two buttons, the station you set will return.
4. Repeat these steps for each pair of buttons.
Setting the Tone
BASS:
Slide this lever up to increase the bass.
TREB: Slide this lever up to increase the treble.
Slide the lever down to reduce noise with a weak or
noisy station.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL:
The control behind the VOLUME-BAL knob
balances the sound between the right and
left speakers.
FADE: The control behind the TUNE knob fades the
sound between the front and rear speakers.
Playing the Radio
VOLUME-BAL:
Turn the knob clockwise to turn the
radio on and counterclockwise to turn it off.
To increase
the volume, turn the knob clockwise. To decrease the
volume, turn the knob counterclockwise.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing the RECALL knob. When the radio is playing,
press this button
to recall the station frequency.
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Playing a Cassette Tape
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.
Once the tape is playing, use the knobs for VOLUME,
FADE and
BAL just as you do for the radio.
FWD: Press the SEEK right arrow to advance the
cassette tape. Press the SEEK left arrow to stop
forwarding the tape.
REV: Press the SEEK left arrow to reverse the cassette
tape. Press the SEEK right arrow
to stop reversing
the tape.
RECALL: Press this button to switch tape sides.
EJECT Press this button to remove the tape or stop the
tape and play the radio.
CLN: This message may appear on the display. If it
does, your cassette tape player needs to be cleaned. It
will still play tapes, but
you should clean it as soon as
possible to prevent damage
to your tapes and player.
See “Care of Your Cassette Tape Player” in the Index.
After you clean the player, press and hold EJECT for
five seconds
to reset the CLN indicator. The radio will
display
--- to show the indicator was reset.
AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape and
Automatic Tone Control (Option)
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL:
Press this knob to turn the system on and
off. Turn this control clockwise to increase the volume
and counterclockwise to decrease the volume. The faster
the PWR-VOL knob is rotated,
the quicker the volume
is increased or decreased.
RECALL: Press this button to switch between the clock
and the radio station frequency displayed when the radio
is on. Also, press
this button to display the time when
the ignition is
off.
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P.SCAN: The preset scan button lets you scan through
your favorite stations stored on your pushbuttons. Select
either the
AM, FMl or FM2 mode and then press
€?SCAN. It will scan through each station stored on your
pushbuttons and stop for
a few seconds before continuing
to scan through all of the pushbuttons. Press P.SCAN
again or one
of the pushbuttons to stop scanning to listen
to a specific preset station. PSCAN will light up on the
display while in
this mode. If one of the stations stored on
a pushbutton is too weak for the location you are in, the
radio display
will show the channel number (Pl-P6) for
several seconds before advancing
to the next preset station.
Setting the Tone
BASS:
Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to increase the
bass and counterc.lockwise
to decrease the bass. When
the BASS control is rotated, the AUTO TONE setting
will change to MAN. Push the knob back in to its stored
position when done.
TREB: Press lightly on the TREB knob to release it
from its stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to
increase the treble and counterclockwise to decrease the
treble. When the TREB control is rotated,-the AUTO
TONE setting will change to MAN. Push the knob back
in to its stored position when done.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL: Press this button to remove the control from its
stored position.
Turn the control clockwise to adjust
sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise to
adjust sound to the left speakers. Press the button again
to return BAL to its stored position.
FADE: Press this button to remove the control from
its stored position. Turn the control clockwise to adjust
the sound to
the front and counterclockwise for rear
speakers. Press the button again to return
FADE to its
stored position.
Playing a Cassette Tape
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.
To load a cassette tape with the ignition off, press
EJECT or RECALL. Then, insert the cassette tape.
If the ignition is on but the radio is 'off,
the tape will
begin playing.
'The player automatically senses if the cassette tape is
metal or CrO2 and adjusts for best playback sound.
For metal tapes, the double-D symbol will appear
on
the display.
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Once the tape is playing, use the VOL, BAL, FADE,
TREB and BASS controls just as
you do for the radio.
The tape symbol and
a direction arrow will be on the
display whenever
a tape is being played. Anytime a
tape is inserted, the top side is selected for play first.
PREV (1); Press the PREV or the SEEK left arrow
to search for the previous selection. A minimum
three-second blank gap is required for the player
to stop
at the beginning of the selection. The tape direction
arrow will blink during the SEEK operation.
PROG (2): Press this button to switch from one side of
the tape to the other.
NEXT (3): Press NEXT or the SEEK right arrow to
search for the next selection. A minimum three-second
blank gap is required for the player to stop at
the
beginning of the selection. The tape direction arrow
will blink during
the SEEK operation.
REV (4): Press this button to rapidly reverse the tape to
the beginning
of the cassette reel or until you press REV
again. The radio will play the last selected station while
reversing
the tape. The tape direction arrow will blink
during REV operation.
00 (5): Press this button to reduce cassette tape noise.
The double-D symbol will appear
on the display while
the player
is in this mode.
Dolby Noise Reduction is manufactured under
a license
from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Dolby
and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
FWD (6): Press this button to rapidly forward the tape
to the end of
the cassette reel or until you press FWD
again. The radio will play
the last selected station while
forwarding the tape. The tape direction arrow will blink
during FWD operation.
AM-FM: Press this button to switch from a tape to
the radio.
TAPE AUX: Press this button to return to the tape
player. The lighted arrow will appear and show the
direction of play when a tape is in the active mode.
EJECT Press this button to remove the tape. The
radio will now play. EJECT can be used
with either the
ignition
or radio off, To load a cassette tape with the
ignition or radio off, press EJECT before loading
the cassette.
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CLN: This message may appear on the display. If it
does, your cassette tape player needs to be cleaned. It
will still play tapes, but
you should clean it as soon as
possible to prevent damage to your tapes and player.
See “Care of Your Cassette Tape Player’’
in the Index.
After you clean the player, press and hold EJECT for
five seconds to reset the CLN indicator. The radio will
display --- to show the indicator was reset.
CD Adapter Kits
Although this is not a recommended practice, it is
possible
to use a CD adapter kit with your cassette
tape player.
The adapter
kit cassette should begin playing like a
regular audio cassette tape once inserted. If the cassette
immediately ejects, turn the radio off, turn the ignition on
and press and hold the TAPE
AUX button until the tape
icon flashes on the display. Insert the adapter cassette
again. It will power up the radio and begin playing.
This override routine
will remain active until EJECT
is pressed.
AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player
and Automatic Tone Control (Option)
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL: Press this knob to turn the system on and
off. Turn this control clockwise to increase the volume
and counterclockwise to decrease the volume. The faster
the PWR-VOL knob
is rotated, the quicker the volume
is increased or decreased.
RECALL: Press this button to switch between the clock
and the radio station frequency displayed when the radio is on.
Also, press this button to display the time when
the ignition is off.
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Playing a Compact Disc
PWR:
Press this knob to turn the system on.
(Please note that you can also turn the system on
when you insert a compact disc into the player with
the ignition
on.)
Insert a disc partway into the slot, label side up. The
player will pull it in. Wait a few seconds and the disc
should play. CD and a CD symbol will also appear
on
the display. Anytime you are playing a CD, the letters
CD will be next
to the CD symbol.
If the disc comes back out and ERR appears on the
display, it could be that:
0 You are driving on a very rough road. (The disc
should play when the road gets smoother.)
0 The disc is upside down.
It is dirty, scratched or wet.
0 It is very humid. (If so, wait about an hour and
try again.)
The disc player is very hot.
Press RECALL to make ERR go off the display.
RECALL: Press this button to see what track is
playing. Press
it again within five seconds to see how
long the CD
has been playing that track. Elapsed time is
displayed in minutes and tenths
of a second. The track
number will
also appear when a new track begins to
play. Press RECALL again
to return to the time display.
PREV (1): Press PREV or the SEEK left arrow to
search for the previous selection. If you hold this button
or press
it more than once, the disc will advance further.
Sound is muted
in this mode.
RDM (2): Press this button to play the tracks on the disc
in random (instead
of 1, 2, 3. . .) order. While in the
RDM mode, RANDOM appears
on the display. Press
RDM again
to return to normal play.
NEXT (3): Press NEXT or the SEEK right arrow to
search for the next selection. If
you hold this button or
press
it more than once, the disc will advance further.
The
next track number will appear on the display. Sound
is muted in this mode.
REV (4): Press and hold REV to return rapidly to a
favorite passage. You will hear
the disc selection play at
high speed while you press the REV button. This allows
you
to listen and find out when the disc is at the desired
selection. Release REV
to resume playing.
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FWD (6): Press and hold this button to advance rapidly
within a track. You will hear the disc selection play at
high speed while you press the FWD button. This allows Playing a Cassette in the Remote Cassette
Tape Player (Option)
you to listen and find out when the disc is at the desired
selection. Release FWD to resume playing.
AM-FM: While in the CD mode, press this button to
stop playing the CD and play the radio. The CD symbol
will still display but the word CD will be replaced with
either AM, FMl or
FM2. (If the radio is turned off,
the disc stays in the player and will resume playing at
the point where it stopped.)
CD AUX: To switch between the player and the radio
when a disc is playing, press the AM-FM button.
To
return to the player, press CD AUX. When a disc is
playing,
the letters CD and the CD symbol will appear
on the display. (If the radio is turned off, the disc stays
in the player and will resume playing at the point where
it stopped.)
EJECT: Press this button to eject the disc from the
player and play the radio. When the same or a new disc
is inserted, the disc will start playing
on track one. If a
compact disc is
left sitting in the opening for more than
a few seconds, the player will pull
the CD back in. The
radio will continue playing. When the
ignition is off,
press this button to load a CD.
If you have an AM-FM Stereo Audio Compact Disc
Automatic Tone Control System that includes a remote
cassette player, the cassette player is located in the
center
of the instrument panel.
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.
To load a cassette tape with
the ignition off, first press
EJECT on the remote player. Then, insert the cassette
tape. The tape will play
if the ignition is on but the radio
is off.
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