1997 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE horn

Vehicle Symbols
These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle.
For example,
these symbols
are used
on an
original battery:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
ACID COULD
&
BATTERY
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR ,\I/,
COULD FLAME
EXPLODE BATTERY
These symbols are important
for you and
your passengers whenever your
vehicle is
driven:
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
FASTEN SEAT
BELTS
These symbols have
to do with
your lamps:
SIGNALS e
TURN
RUNNING
* ' 0
DAYTIME .
LAMPS .**
FOG LAMPS $0
These symbols
are
on some of
your controls:
WINDSHIELD
WIPER
WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER
WINDOW
DEFOGGER
VENTILATING FAN
These symbols are used
on
warning and
indicator lights:
COOLANT -
TEMP -
CHARGING 1'1
BATTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE
(a)
COOLANT a
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE
Wb
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKES
Here are some
other symbols
you may see:
FUSE
P
LIGHTER -
HORN )tr
SPEAKER
b
FUEL B
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Remote Lock Confirmation Remote Power Sliding Door Operation (Option)
When
you use the key chain transmitter to lock your
vehicle, your park lamps will flash briefly to let you
know the command has been received.
If you press the
LOCK button again, within five seconds, the horn will
sound briefly and the park lamps will flash to let you
know
the vehicle is already locked.
If you would like to change the way the park lamps and
horn operate with Remote Lock Confirmation, see
“Locks and Lighting Choices”
in the Index.
Remote Unlock Confirmation
When you use your key chain transmitter to unlock your
vehicle or to operate the power sliding door
(if
equipped), your park lamps will flash briefly to let you
know the command was received.
If you would like to change the way the park lamps
operate with Remote Unlock confirmation, see “Locks
and Lighting Choices”
in the Index.
Remote Alarm
When you press the horn button on the key chain
transmitter, your vehicle’s park lamps
will flash and the
horn will sound. This
will allow you to attract attention,
if needed.
LOCK
L
If you have the optional
power sliding door (see
“Power Sliding Door”
later
in this section), your
remote transmitter will
have a button that has
a
van symbol on it. Press
it to open or close the
sliding door.
If the sliding door is locked, first unlock all doors (see
“Remote Driver’s Door and
All Door Unlock” earlier in
this section), then press the van symbol to open the
sliding door. Press the van symbol again to close the
sliding door.
You can operate the power sliding door with the remote
transmitter only when the power sliding door override
switch on the overhead console is disabled.
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Resynchronizing Your Remote Transmitter
Your Remote Lock Control System uses a continually
changing code for increased security. Normally, the
receiver
in your vehicle will keep track of this
changing code.
Loss of synchronization will occur if the transmitter
is activated more than
256 times while out of range
of the vehicle.
Loss of synchronization will occur after the battery
replacement if the transmitter is immediately
activated more than
16 times while out of range of
the vehicle.
If your key chain transmitter has stopped working, you
may need to resynchronize the transmitter to the vehicle
receiver. To do this, press the
LOCK and UNLOCK
buttons together and hold for at least seven seconds or
until the horn sounds if equipped with Content Theft
Deterrent. Check the transmitter operation.
Switchbanks
There are two sets of switchbanks located in the front of
the vehicle, The switches will vary with the options that
are on your vehicle. It
is useful to become familiar with
them since they are used frequently while operating
the vehicle.
Overhead Console Switchbank
This switchbank is located in the overhead console. The
switches that you may find
in this switchbank are the
Interior Lights Override, Power Sliding Door Override,
Power Sliding
Door, Power Rear Quarter Windows and
Sunroof.
If your vehicle does not have some of the
options controlled by these switches, there
will be a
blank button
in its place.
For more information, please see each of these features
in the Index.
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Content Theft-Deterrent (Option)
If your vehicle has this option, it has a theft-deterrent
alarm system.
A light located on top of your instrument panel (near the
center
of the vehicle, next to the windshield) will flash
slowly to let everyone
know that the system has
been armed.
While armed, the doors will not unlock
with the power
lock switch. Once armed,
the alarm will
go off if someone tries to
enter the vehicle (without using the key chain
transmitter or a key), breaks a window, tries
to damage
the vehicle or turns the ignition on. The horn will sound
and your vehicle’s park lamps will flash for up to
two
minutes. The system will also cut off the fuel supply,
preventing the vehicle from being driven.
When the alarm is armed, the liftgate may be opened
with the key chain transmitter or with a key.
Arming with the Power Lock Switch
Your alarm system will arm when you use either power
lock switch to lock
the doors while any door or the
liftgate is open and the key is removed from the ignition
(if you would like to turn off power lock switch arming,
see “Locks and Lighting Choices”
in the Index).
The security light flashes quickly to let you know when
the system
is ready to arm with the power door lock
switches. The security light will stop flashing and stay
011, when you press the rear of the power lock switch, to
let you know the system is arming. After all doors and
the liftgate are closed and locked, the security light will
begin flashing
at a very slow rate to let you know the
system is armed.
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Remote Lock and Unlock confirmation
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
When you use the Remote Lock Control transmitter
to lock your vehicle, your park lamps will flash
briefly to let
you know the command has been
received. If you press LOCK on the key chain
transmitter again, the horn will sound briefly and the
park lamps will flash briefly to let you know your
vehicle
is locked.
0 When you use the key chain transmitter to unlock
your vehicle or operate your power sliding door (if
equipped), your park lamps will flash briefly.
To change the factory setting, while in programming
mode, do the following:
1. Press the LOCK button on the key chain transmitter.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change
the mode by pressing the LOCK
button again.
3. Repeat Step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
that matches the mode you want.
Mode 1: Off (Remote lock and unlock confirmation
are disabled.)
Mode 2: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Flashing Only
Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to lock your vehicle, your park
lamps will flash briefly to
let you know the
command has been received.
0 Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or operate
your power sliding door (if equipped), your park
lamps will flash briefly to let you know the
command has been received.
Mode 3: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Flashing and Horn Sounding
Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to lock your vehicle, the horn will
sound briefly and your park lamps will flash briefly
to let you know
the command has been received.
0 Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or operate
your power sliding door
(if equipped), your park
lamps will flash briefly to let you know the
command has been received.
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Mode 4: Remote Lock Confirmation with Exterior
Lamps Flashing and Horn Sounding (On Second
LOCK Press)
0 Remote Lock Confirmation: When you use the
key chain transmitter
to lock your vehicle, your
park lamps will
flash briefly to let you know the
command has been received. The horn will sound
briefly and your park lamps will flash briefly if you
press the LOCK button again within five seconds.
Remote Unlock Confirmation: When you use the key
chain transmitter to unlock your vehicle or operate
your power sliding door (if equipped), your park
lamps will flash briefly
to let you know the
command has been received.
Content Theft
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 4. This
means that:
0 If anyone damages or enters your vehicle while
your Content Theft Deterrent system is armed, an
alarm will sound and your park lamps will flash
for two minutes if anyone tries to damage or enter
your vehicle. To
change the factory setting, while
in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Turn the park lamps on, then off.
2. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for. You change the mode by turning the park lamps
on, then off again.
3. Repeat Step 2 until you hear the number of chimes
Mode 1: Damage Detection with Reduced Sensitivity
(If anyone seriously damages your vehicle or opens a
door or the liftgate while your Content Theft Deterrent
system
is armed, an alarm will sound and your park
lamps will flash for up to two minutes.)
Mode 2: Damage Detection Off (If anyone opens a door
or the liftgate while your Content Theft Deterrent
system
is armed, an alarm will sound and your park
lamps will flash for up to two minutes.)
that
matches the mode you want.
Mode 3: Off (Your content theft system is
always disarmed.)
Mode 4: Damage Detection with Normal Sensitivity (If
anyone damages or enters your vehicle while your Content
Theft Deterrent system
is armed, an alarm will sound and
your park lamps will flash for up to two minutes.)
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Content Theft Deterrent Arming
and Disarming
Your vehicle comes with this feature set in Mode 3. This
means that:
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Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock the doors using either power door lock
switch while any door or the liftgate is open and the
key is removed from the ignition.
Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock
the doors with your key or key chain
transmitter and the key is removed from the ignition
Your Content Theft Deterrent system will disarm
when you unlock the doors with your key or key
chain transmitter.
To change the factory setting, while in the programming
mode, do the following:
1. Insert your second key fully into any door key
cylinder and turn it
to the unlock position. This step
is inconvenient, but necessary to prevent accidental
programming of this feature to Mode
2. Do not
program this feature to Mode
2 without first reading
the special note contained in the description for that
mode. The door key cylinder must remain in the
unlock position during Steps
2-4.
2. Press the horn symbol on the key chain transmitter.
3. Count the number of chimes you hear. The number
of chimes tells you which mode your vehicle is set
for.
You change the mode by pressing the horn
symbol on the key chain transmitter again.
4. Repeat Step 3 until you hear the number of chimes
5. Remove your key from the door key cylinder.
Mode 1: Power Door Lock Switch Arming Off
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will arm when
you lock
the doors with your key or key chain
transmitter. The key must be removed from the
ignition when you lock the doors or the Content
Theft Deterrent system will not arm.
that matches the mode you want.
0 Your Content Theft Deterrent system will disarm
when you unlock the doors with your key or key
chain transmitter.
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Side Window Latches
The rear of the side windows swings open.
To open, push the latch
forward to release it, then
swing the window outward.
Press the center of the latch
to secure the window in the
open position.
To close, pull the center of the latch forward and then
close the latch. Press the center
of the latch to secure the
window in the closed
position.
Power Rear Quarter Windows
This button, located in
the Overhead Console
switchbank, is used for
opening and closing the
rear quarter windows.
Press the bottom
of the button to open the windows;
both windows will open. The windows can be opened
fully or only a portion depending on how long the
button
is pushed.
Press the top of the button to close both windows.
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You can sound the horn by pressing the horn symbols
on your steering wheel.
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