Section 3 Comfort 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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Comfort Controls Electronic Climate Control System
Air Conditioning
Heating
Ventilation System
Defogging and Defrosting
Rear Window Defogger
Audio Systems Setting the Clock
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AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player
(If Equipped)
Rear Seat Audio (RSA)
Console-Mounted CD Changer
Theft-Deterrent Feature
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
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Audio Systems
Your Delco Electronics 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
Electronics 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.
Setting the Clock
Press and hold HR until the correct hour appears on the
display. Press and hold
MN until the correct minute
appears
on the display. To display the clock with the
ignition
off, press RECALL or HR/MN and the time
will be displayed for
a few seconds. There is an initial
two-second delay before the clock goes into the
time-set mode.
AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
Included with the AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape
Player are six
Base@ high performance speakers and a six
channel Bose amplifier. Please see your dealer for details.
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL: Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
To increase volume, turn the knob to the right. Turn
it to the left to decrease volume. The knob is capable of
being rotated continuously.
REAR DSPL: When the primary radio is turned on,
press
this button to turn the rear seat audio display on.
Press
it again to turn the rear seat audio display 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
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.
Setting the Tone
BASS: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob to the right
to increase
bass and to the
left to decrease bass.
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. 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.
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.
Once the tape is playing, use the
VOL, 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.
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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.
TAPE AUX: Press this button if you have a tape loaded
in
the cassette tape player and the radio is turned on, to
play a tape. Press
AM-FM to return to the radio when a
tape is playing. Press TAPE
AUX to switch between the
tape player and console-mounted CD changer if both are
loaded. When a tape is playing, a lighted arrow will
appear on the display and
show the direction of play. (If
the radio is turned off, the tape stays in the player and
will resume playing at
the point where it stopped.)
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: 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:
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Turn the ignition to RUN or ACCESSORY.
Turn the radio
off.
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.
Insert the adapter. 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
(.If Equipped)
Included with the AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc
Player are
six Bose high performance speakers and a six
channel Bose amplifier. Please see your dealer for details.
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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. The letters
CD and a CD symbol will
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:
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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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, FM1 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: Press this button if you have a disc loaded in
the CD player and the radio is turned on, to play a
compact disc. Press
AM-F" to return to the radio when
a compact disc is playing. Press CD
AUX to switch
between the compact disc player and console-mounted CD changer if both are loaded. 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.
Rear Seat Audio (RSA)
This feature allows rear seat passengers to listen to any
of the music sources including
AM-FM, cassette tapes
and CDs. However, the rear seat passengers can only
control the music sources that the front seat passengers
are not listening to. For example, rear seat passengers
may listen to a cassette tape through headphones while
the driver listens to the radio through the front speakers.
The rear seat passengers have control
of the volume for
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Push the door closed. When the CD magazine is loaded,
the changer will begin checking for discs
in the
magazine. This will continue for up to one minute,
depending on the number
of discs loaded.
To eject the magazine from the player, push the CD
changer door, The door will open. Then press the eject
button. Remember to keep the door closed whenever
possible to keep dirt and dust from getting inside
the changer.
Whenever a CD magazine with discs is loaded in the
changer, the CD changer symbol will appear
on the
radio display.
If the CD changer is checking the
magazine for CDs,
the CD symbol will flash on the
display until the changer is ready to play. When a CD
begins playing, a disc and track number will be
displayed. The disc numbers are listed on the front of
the magazine.
If your vehicle is equipped with the AM-FM Stereo with
Cassette Tape Player, the following buttons are used for
the console-mounted CD changer except the eject button
for ejecting the CD magazine.
PREV (1): Press this button or the SEEK left arrow to
go to the previous track if the current selection has been
playing for less than eight seconds.
If the PREV button
is pressed and the current selection
has been playing for
more than eight seconds,
it will go to the beginning of the
current selection. If
you hold or press this button
more than once, the player will continue moving back
through the disc. The sound will mute while seeking.
PROG (2): Press this button to select a disc. The disc
number and track number will be displayed.
NEXT (3): Press this button or the SEEK right arrow to
go to the next track. If you hold the button or press it
more than once, the player will continue moving
forward through the disc. The sound will mute
while seeking.
REV (4): Press and hold this button to reverse quickly
through a track selection. Release it to resume playing.
FWD (6): Press and hold this button to advance quickly
through a track selection. Release it
to resume playing.
SEEK: Press the right arrow to seek to the next
selection on the CD. Press the left arrow to search for
the previous selection
on the CD. The sound will mute
while seeking.
P.SCAN: Press this button to hear the tracks in random,
rather than sequential, order. RANDOM will appear
on
the display. Press P.SCAN again to turn off random play.
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