1996 GMC SIERRA reset

Winds1 . :Id Wipers
You control the windshield
wipers by turning the knob
with the wiper symbol on it.
For a single wiping cycle, turn the knob to MIST. Hold
it there until the wipers start, then let go. The wipers will
stop after one cycle.
If you want more cycles, hold the
knob on
MIST longer.
You can set the wiper speed for a long or short delay
between wipes.
This can be very useful in light rain or
snow. Turn the knob to choose the delay time. The
closer to LOW, the shorter the delay. For steady wiping
at
low speed, turn the knob to the
LOW position. For high-speed wiping, turn the knob
further,
to HIGH. To stop the wipers. move the knob to
the OFF position.
Be sure
to clear ice and snow from the wiper blades
before using them.
If they are frozen to the windshield,
carefully loosen or thaw them.
If your blades do become
damaged, get new blades or blade inserts.
Windshield Washer
At the top of the lever,
there’s a paddle with
the word
PUSH on it.
To spray washer tluid
on the windshield, push
Washer fluid will spray as long as you push the paddle.
When you
let go of the paddle, the wipers will continue
to wipe for a few seconds and then either stop or return
to the preset speed.
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Resuming a Set Speed
Setting Cruise Control
A CAUT’3N:
If you leave your cruise control switch on when
you’re not using cruise, you might hit
a button
and
go into cruise when you don’t want to. You
could be startled and even lose control. Keep the
cruise control switch
OFF until you want to use it
1. Move the cruise switch to ON.
2. Get up to the speed you want.
3. Press in the SET button
at the end
of the lever
and release it.
4. Take your foot off the accelerator pedal Suppose
you set your cruise control
at a desired speed
and then you apply the brake. This, of course, shuts off
the cruise control. But you don’t need to reset it.
Once you’re going about
25 mph (40 kndh) or nwre,
you can move the cruise
switch from
ON to R/A
(Resull7e/Accelerate)
for
about a I /2 second.
You’ll go right back up to your chosen speed and
stay there.
Remember,
if you hold the switch at R/A longer than
a
1/2 second, the vehicle will keep going faster until
you release the switch or apply the brake. You could be
startled and e\len lose control.
So unless you want to go
faster, don’t hold the switch at R/A.
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lee leter and Odometer
lour
speedometer lets you see your speed in both miles
per hour (mph) and kilometers per hour (km/h). Your
odometer shows
how far your vehicle has been driven,
in either miles (used in the United States) or kilometers
(used
in Canada).
Tamper-Resistant Odometer
Your odometer is tamper-resistant. The odometer will
show silver lines between the numbers if someone tries
to turn
it back.
You may wonder what happens if your vehicle needs a
new odometer installed.
If the new odometer can be set
to the mileage total of the old odometer, then it must be.
But
if it can’t, then it’s set at zero, and a label must be
put
on the driver’s door to show the old mileage reading
when the new odometer was installed.
Trip Odometer
The trip odometer can tell you how far your vehicle has
been driven since
you last set the trip odometer to zero.
To reset the trip odometer, fully press the reset button
located near
the trip odometer readout. If the reset
button
is not fully pressed, the trip odometer may not go
all the way back to zero,
If it doesn‘t, you may have to
press the reset button again to reset the readout to zero.
Tachometer
Your tachometer displays the engine speed in
revolutions per minute (rpm).
I NOTICE:
If you operate the engine with the tachometer in
the red area, your engine or other parts could be
damaged.
Damage
to your engine or vehicle caused by
operating the engine in the red area isn’t covered
by your vehicle warranty. Don’t operate the
engine with the tachometer in the red area.
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Finding a Station
AM-FM: Press the lower knob to get AM or FM.
TUNE: Turn this knob to tune in radio stations.
SEEK: Press the right amow to tune to the next higher
station and the left arrow
to tune to the next lower
station and stay there.
SCAN: Pre.ss both SEEK buttons to listen to a few
seconds
of each radio station. SCAN will light’up on the
display. Press
the right arrow to tune in the next higher
station and press the left arrow to tune
to the next lower
station. Press VOLUME-BAL
or both SEEK buttons to
stop scanning.
PUSHBUTTONS: The four numbered pushbuttons let
you return to your favorite stations. You can set up to
14 stations (seven AM and seven FM).
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press SET.
3. Press and hold one of the four pushbuttons, within
five seconds. Whenever
you press that numbered
button, the station
you set will return.
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:
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.
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ANI-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
(Option)
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.
Find.ing a Station
AM-FM: Press the lower knob to get AM or FM.
TUNE: Turn this knob to tune in radio stations.
SEEK: Press this button and the radio will tune to the
next higher or lower station and stay there.
PUSHBUTTONS: The four numbered pushbuttons let
you return to your favorite stations. You can set up to
14 stations (seven AM and seven FM).
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press SET.
3. Press and hold one of the four pushbuttons, within
five seconds. Whenever you press that numbered
button, the station you set will return.
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:
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.
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P.SCAN: Press both SEEK buttons to scan through each
of the preset stations. The system will scan through and
play each preset station stored
on your pushbuttons for a
few seconds. Press either SEEK button or RECALL to
stop scanning through
the preset stations.
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 a Cassette Tape
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tdpes 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 Tdpe 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.
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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 scanning.
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.
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. If a
TREB or BASS control
is rotated, the AUTO TONE
setting will change to MAN.
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 FMZ).
1. Press AM-FM to select the band.
2. Tune in the desired station by pressing TUNE or the
SEEK left or right arrows.
3. Press AUTO TONE to select the setting you prefer.
4. Press and hold one of the six pushbuttons.
5. 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.
PSCAN: The preset scan button lets you scan through
your hvorite stations stored on your pushbuttons. Select
either the AM,
FMI 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 preset 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.
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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.
(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. t
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 1nde.x. 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.
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