1996 CHEVROLET EXPRESS Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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. Irisert the adapter cassette
again. It will power up the radio and begin playing.
This override routine will remain active
until EJECT
is pressed.
Playing a Compact Disc in the Single Remote Disc Player
If you have this option, you can play one compact disc
(CD) at a time.
To load a CD into the player, hold the disc with the label
side up and insert
it carefully into the player
(approximately half way). The disc will automatically
be pulled into the player.
If the radio is off and the
ignition is on when a CD is inserted, the radio will turn
on and begin playing the CD. It is possible to load and
unload CD’s with the ignition
off. To load a disc with
the ignition off, press the EJECT button on the remote
player and
then insert the disc. To remove the disc, press
the
EJECT button and remove the disc from the player.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine A disc that has been ejected but is still sitting in the
remote CD player will be pulled back into the player
after approximately
30 seconds. This protects the disc
and player from damage. The disc will not start playing.
To remove the disc, press
the EJECT button and remove
the disc from the player.
All of the compact disc functions are controlled by the
radio buttons except for
EJECT. When a disc is in the
player, a
CD symbol will appear on the display. When a
disc is playing,
the letters CD will appear next to the CD
symbol in the bottom left corner. The track number will
also be displayed.
If the disc comes back out and ERR appears on the
display,
it could be that:
0 The disc is upside down.
0 It is dirty, scratched or wet.
0 There’s too much moisture in the air. (Wait about an
hour and try again.)
0 You are driving on a very rough road.
Please contact your dealer if any error recurs or cannot
be corrected.
PREV (1): Press this button to go back to the start of the
current track
if more than eight seconds have played. Press
PREV again to go to the previous track on the disc.
PROG (2): This button is active only when you have
the 12-disc changer.
NEXT (3): Press this button to advance to the next track
on
the disc.
REV (4): Press and hold this button to quickly reverse
within a track (song).
As the CD reverses, elapsed time
will be displayed
to help you find the correct passage.
FWD (6): Press and hold this button to quickly advance
within a track (song). As the CD advances, elapsed time
will be displayed to help you find the correct passage.
SEEK: Press the left arrow while playing a CD to go
back to the start of the current track. It will go back to
the current track
if more than eight seconds have played.
Press
the left arrow again to go to previous tracks. Press
the right arrow to go to the next higher track on the disc.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine TAPE AUX: With a disc loaded in the player and the
radio playing, press
this button once to play the compact
disc.
To return to playing the radio, press AM-FM. If
both a cassette tape and CD are loaded, press TAPE
AUX to switch between the tape and compact disc.
RANDOM: Press P.SCAN to enter the random play
mode. RANDOM will appear
on the display. While in
this mode, the tracks on the discs will be played in
random order. If you press SEEK, PREV or NEXT
while
in the random mode, the PREV or NEXT track
will be scanned randomly. Press P.SCAN again to
turn
off RANDOM and return to normal operation.
RECALL: Press this button to see what track
is currently playing. Press RECALL again
within
five seconds to see how long the track has been playing.
When a new track starts to play,
the track number will
also appear. Press RECALL a third time and the time of
day will be displayed.
EJECT Press this button on the remote player to eject a
compact disc.
AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player
and Automatic Tone Control
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL:
Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
To increase volume, turn the knob clockwise. Turn
it counterclockwise to decrease volume. The faster the
PWR-VOL knob is rotated, the quicker the volume is
increased or decreased.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing
this knob. When the radio is playing, press this
button to recall the station frequency.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine SCV: This is the Speed-Compensated-Volume (SCV)
knob. Move the control ring behind the PWR-VOL
knob clockwise
to adjust the SCV. Set the volume at the
desired level. As you drive, the SCV automatically
increases the volume, as necessary, to overcome road
and wind noise
at any particular speed. The volume
should always sound the same. Each clockwise position
on the control ring allows for more compensation at a
faster rate.
Finding a Station
AM-FM: Press this button to switch between AM, FM1
and FM2. The display will show your selection.
TUNE: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Rotate the
knob clockwise to increase
frequency and counterclockwise
to decrease frequency.
When finished tuning, press the knob again to return
it
to its stored position.
SEEK: Press the right arrow to tune to the next higher
station and the left arrow
to tune to the next lower
station and stay there. The sound will mute while using
the SEEK feature.
SCAN: Press and hold SEEK for two seconds until
SCAN appears
on the display. SCAN allows you to
listen to stations for a few seconds. The receiver will
continue to scan and momentarily stop at each station
until you press
the button again. The sound will mute
while using the SCAN feature.
PUSHBUTTONS: The six numbered pushbuttons let
you return to your favorite stations. You can set up
to
18 stations (six AM, six FM 1 and six FM2).
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Press AM-FM to select the band.
Tune in the desired station.
Press
AUTO TONE to select the setting you prefer.
Press and hold one of the four pushbuttons. The
sound will mute. When it returns, release the button.
Whenever
you press that numbered button, the
station you set will return and the tone you selected
will be automatically selected for that button.
Repeat these steps for each pushbutton.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine P.SCAN: The preset scan button lets you scan through
your favorite stations stored on your pushbuttons. Select
either the AM,
FM1 or FM2 mode and then press
P.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 stored station. P.SCAN
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
(P 1 -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 counterclockwise
to decrease the bass. When
the BASS control is rotated, the AUTO TONE setting
will change to
MAN.
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 these knobs back in to their stored position when
you’re
not using them.
AUTO TONE: Press this button to select among the
five preset equalization settings and tailor the sound to
the music or voice being heard. Each time
you press the
button, the selection will switch
to one of the preset
settings
of CLASSIC, NEWS, ROCK, POP or JAZZ.
The display will show which mode the receiver is
in. To
return to the manual mode, press and release this button
until MAN appears on the display. This will return the
tone adjustment to the TREB and BASS controls. When
a TREB or BASS control is rotated, tone is
automatically set to MAN.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL:
Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the control clockwise to adjust
sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise to
adjust sound to the left speakers.
FADE: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the
control clockwise to adjust the
sound to the front and counterclockwise for rear speakers.
Push these knobs back
in to their stored position when
you’re not using them.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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. Wdit 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.
0 It is dirty, scratched or wet.
0 It is very humid. (If so, wait about an hour and
try again.)
0 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine a 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.
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
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, FM I 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. Ifa
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.
Theft-Deterrent Feature
THEFTLOCK TM is designed to discourage theft of your
radio.
It works by using a secret code to disable all radio
functions whenever battery power is removed.
The THEFTLOCK feature for
the radio may be used or
ignored.
If ignored, the system plays normally and the
radio is not protected by the feature.
If THEFTLOCK is
activated, your radio
will not operate if stolen.
When THEFTLOCK
is activated, the radio will display
LOC
to indicate a locked condition anytime battery
power is removed.
If your battery loses power for any
reason,
you must unlock the radio with the secret code
before
it will operate.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Activating the Theft-Deterrent Feature
The instructions which follow, explain how to enter your
secret code to activate
the THEFTLOCK system. It is
recommended that you read through all nine steps
before starting the procedure.
NOTE: If
you allow more than 15 seconds to elapse
between any steps, the radio automatically reverts to
time and you must start
the procedure over at Step 4.
1. Write down any three or four-digit number from
000 to 1999 and keep it in a safe place separate from
the vehicle.
2. Turn the ignition to the ACCESSORY or
RUN position.
3. Turn the radio off.
4. Press the 1 and 4 buttons together. Hold them down
until
--- shows on the display. Next you will use the
secret code number which
you have written down.
5. Press MN and 000 will appear on the display.
6. Press MN again to make the last two digits agree
with your code.
7. Press HR to make the first one or two digits agree
with your code.
8. Press AM-FM after you have confirmed that the
code matches
the secret code you have written down.
The display will show REP to
let you know that you
need to repeat Steps
5 through 7 to confirm your
secret code.
9. Press AM-FM and this time the display will show
SEC
to let you know that your radio is secure. The
indicator by the volume control will begin flashing
when the ignition is turned
off.