1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER CD player

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Front Storage Area
If your vehicle has this console compartment, squeeze
the front lever while lifting the top to open it.
You can
store cassettes
in the slots in the front of the
compartment. If you have a compact disc player, you
may store compact discs inside the console.
If your vehicle has the center armrest compartment, lift
the cover to expose the storage area which includes slots
for cassettes and a coinholder.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Section 3 Cornfo-t Controls and Audio Systems
In this section, you’ll find out how to operate the comfort control and audio systems offered with your vehicle. Be
sure to read about the particular systems supplied with your vehicle.
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3-12 Comfort Controls
Standard Climate Control System
Electronic Climate Control (If Equipped)
Air Conditioning
Heating
Ventilation System
Defogging and Defrosting
Audio Systems
Setting the Clock for Systems without
Automatic Tone Control
Setting the Clock
for Systems with Automatic
Tone Control
AM-FM Stereo
AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
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Stereo with Cassette Tape and
Automatic Tone Control (If Equipped)
AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player and
Automatic Tone Control (If Equipped)
Remote Cassette Tape Player (If Equipped)
Theft-Deterrent Feature (If Equipped)
Understanding Radio Reception
Tips About Your Audio System
Care of Your Cassette Tape Player
Care of Your Compact Discs
Care of Your Compact Disc Player
Fixed Mast Antenna

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Setting the Tone
BASS:
Slide this lever up or down to increase or
decrease bass.
AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
(If Equipped)
TREB: Slide this lever up or down to increase or
decrease treble. If a station is weak or noisy, you may
want to decrease the treble.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL:
Turn the control behind the upper knob to move
the sound
to the left or right speakers. The middle
position balances the sound between the speakers.
FADE: Turn the control behind the lower knob to move
the sound
to the front or rear speakers. The middle
position balances the
sound between the speakers. Playing the Radio
VOLUME:
This knob turns the system on and off and
controls the volume. To increase volume and turn the
radio on, turn the knob to the right. Turn it to the left to
decrease volume.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this knob. When the radio is playing, press this
knob
to recall the station frequency.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Adjusting the Speakers BAL:
Turn the control behind the upper knob to move
the sound to the left or right speakers. The middle
position balances the sound between the speakers.
FADE: Turn the control behind the lower knob to move
the sound to the front
or rear speakers. The middle
position balances the sound between the 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. 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,
BAL FADE, BASS and TREB just as you do for
the radio.
REV: Press the SEEK left arrow to reverse the cassette
tape. Press the SEEK right arrow to stop reversing
the tape.
FWD: Press the SEEK right arrow to advance the
cassette tape. Press the SEEK left arrow to stop
forwarding the tape.
RECALL: Press this knob to switch tape sides.
EJECT Press this button to remove the tape or stop the
tape and play
the radio.
CLN: If this message appears on the display, the
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 the 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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine TREB: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob
to the right to increase
treble and to the left
to decrease treble. When the TREB
control
is rotated, the AUTO TONE display will go
blank.
If a station is weak or noisy, you may want to
decrease the treble.
Push these knobs back into their stored positions when
you’re not using them.
AUTO TONE: Press this button to select among the six
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, C/W
(Country/Western) or
JAZZ. To return to the manual
mode, press and release this button until the AUTO
TONE display goes blank. This
will return the tone
adjustment to the BASS and TREB controls. If a BASS
or TREB control
is rotated, the AUTO TONE display
will go blank. Use PUSHBUTTONS to program
AUTO TONE.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the control to the right
to adjust
sound to the right speakers and to the left to adjust
sound to the left speakers. The middle position balances
the sound between the speakers.
FADE: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the control to the right to adjust the
sound to the front speakers and to the left for the rear
speakers. The middle position balances the sound
between the speakers.
Push these knobs back into their stored positions when
you’re not using them.
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.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Once the tape is playing, use the VOL, AUTO TONE,
BAL,
FADE, BASS and TREB 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.
The player automatically senses
if the cassette tape is
metal or Cr02 and adjusts for best playback sound.
For metal tapes, the double-D symbol will appear on
the display.
PREV (1): Press the PREV button 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 the NEXT button 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. The sound
will mute while searching for the next selection.
REV (4): Press this button to rapidly reverse the tape to
the beginning of the cassette 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 the reverse 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
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 the forward operation.
AM-FM: Press this button to switch from a tape to
the radio.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine TAPE AUX: Press this button to return to the tape
player
when playing the radio. 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.
CLN: If this message appears on the display, the
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 the 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
It is possible to use a CD adapter kit with your cassette
tape player after activating the bypass feature on your
tape player.
To activate the bypass feature, use the following steps:
I. Turn the ignition to RUN or ACCESSORY.
2. Turn the radio off.
3. Press and hold the TAPE AUX button for five
seconds. The tape symbol on the display will flash
for two seconds, indicating the feature is active.
4. Insert the adapter while the tape symbol is flashing.
It
will power up the radio and begin playing.
This override routine will remain active until EJECT
is pressed.
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and Automatic Tone Control
(If Equipped)
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL:
Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
To increase volume, turn this knob to the right. Turn
it to the left to decrease volume. The knob is capable of
rotating continuously.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this button. When the radio is playing, press
this button
to recall the station frequency.
SCV Your system has a feature called
Speed-Compensated-Volume
(SCV). With SCV, your
audio system adjusts automatically to make up for road
and wind noise as
you drive. Set the volume at the
desired level. Move the control ring behind the upper
knob to the right
to adjust the SCV. Then, as you drive,
SCV automatically increases the volume, as necessary,
to overcome noise at any particular speed.
The volume
level should always sound the same to
you as you drive.
If you don’t want to use SCV, turn the control all the
way down. Each notch
on the control ring allows for
more volume compensation at faster vehicle speeds.
Finding a Station
AM-FM: Press this button to switch between AM, FM1
and
FM2. The display will show your selection.
TUNE: Press this knob lightly so it extends. Turn it to
choose radio stations. Push the knob back into its stored
position when you’re not using it.
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 seeking.
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