2000 SAAB 9-3 Owners Manual

89 Saab 9-3 Audio System
Saab 9-3 Audio
SystemQuick guide to the Saab
9-3 Audio System ........... 91
Sound controls................. 93
Radio ................................. 94
Cassette player ................ 96
CD player .......................... 99
CD changer ....................... 101
General functions ............ 104
Steering-wheel controls .. 105
Security lock..................... 105
Technical data .................. 106
Installation of car phone
(option) ............................ 109
Fault codes ....................... 110
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90 Saab 9-3 Audio SystemSaab 9-3 Audio SystemThe Saab 9-3 Audio System comes in two
levels, Premium and Prestige. They are
specially adapted to the cabin space in the
Saab 9-3.
The Saab 9-3 Audio System consists of a
main unit with a radio and a cassette player.
There is a also a CD player and a CD
changer for 6 CD discs available as an
accessory.
The Premium Audio System has two loud-
speakers at the front and two at the rear.
Output is 4x20 watts.
The Prestige Audio System 3 has two addi-
tional loudspeakers. They are mounted in
the front doors and reproduce bass tones
below 200 Hz. These subwoofers have their
own amplifier of 2x40 watts. The Audio Systems are interconnected with
SID (Saab Information Display) which is
located above the radio in the instrument
panel. The Audio Systems uses the display
of the SID instrument to show text/charac-
ters and indications.
Indicator
AS Radio is in Autostore mode
RDM Random playback of CD
tracks when CD player
selected

(DOLBY
B/CDOLBY B/C noise reduction
on for cassette player
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91 Saab 9-3 Audio System
Quick guide to the Saab 9-3
Audio System Radio, see page 94
On
To switch the system ON, press the volume but-
ton. The last settings used will be activated.
If the Audio System is switched on when the igni-
tion key is not in the switch, the system will auto-
matically be switched off after one hour has
elapsed since a control button on the radio was
last pressed.
Off
To switch the system OFF, press the volume but-
ton or remove the ignition key.
VOL
To adjust the volume, rotate the VOL control.
BAL
To adjust the balance between the left and right
channels, pull out and turn the VOL control.
BAS
Press to release the button, and adjust the bass
level. Lock the setting by pushing the button in.
TRE
Press to release the button, and adjust the tre-
ble. Lock the setting by pushing the button in.
FAD
Press to release the button, and adjust the bal-
ance between the front and rear sets of speak-
ers. Lock the setting by pushing the button in.
VOL
BAL ON
PULL PUSH
TREFAD BAS
Preset station buttons
Press once: play the preset station.
Press and hold briefly: store a new station.
Auto tuning
To u c h : SEEK.
Press and hold briefly: manual tuning.
Press SEEK once: frequency display
To u c h : AS (AutoStore) ON/OFF.
Press and hold briefly: automatic tuning and
storing of the 6 strongest stations in the area in
which you are currently driving.
To u c h : change frequency band.
Press once: Mute ON/OFF (on CD tuner only).
Press once: activate Weather Band
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92 Saab 9-3 Audio SystemCassette player. See page 96 CD player. See page 99
CD changer (option). See page 101
To u c h : choice of play when another sound
source is active.
Changing cassette side.
Take out the cassette.
To u c h : music search.
Touch and hold: fast wind.
Touch centrally on SEEK: Blank-skip off/on,
see page 97.
TAPESEEK
To u c h : change to CD playback when other
sound source is active.
Press and hold briefly: random playback.
To u c h : SEEK at either end to change track.
Press and hold briefly: fast playback or fast
track changes.
Touch center on SEEK: change between
functions fast playback (PLAY) and fast track
changes (TRACK).
Remove CD.
To u c h : change to CD changer when CD player
is active.
Two touches: change to CD changer when
radio or cassette player is active.
Press and hold briefly: random playback of
entire magazine.
To u c h : SEEK at either end to change track.
Touch and hold briefly: fast playback.
Press SEEK (center) once: Switch between
Rapid play (PLAY) and Fast track search
(TRACK).
Selects disc in magazine.
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Sound controls ON/OFF The Audio System will come on:
• When the volume control is pressed.
 When the ignition is switched ON, if the
Audio System was on when the ignition
key was last removed.
The Audio System will be switched off:
 When the volume control is pressed.
 When the ignition key is removed.
 One hour after the ignition was switched
OFF, if the ignition key has not been
removed.
 When one hour has elapsed since a con-
trol button was pressed if the Audio
system was switched on when the
ignition key was not in the switch. VOL - Volume
BAL - Balance Pull out and rotate the VOL control to adjust
the balance between the left and right
speakers. When the control is released, it
reverts to the volume function.
BAS/TRE/FAD controls:
Rotate clockwise to increase the level and
counter-clockwise to reduce it.
BAS - Bass
TRE - Treble
FAD - Fader The fader control adjusts the balance
between the front and rear sets of speakers.
The Bass, Treble and Fader controls must
be pressed first to release them.
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94 Saab 9-3 Audio SystemRadio Press the RADIO/BAND button (3) to switch
to the radio when another source is active. Preset station buttons (1) Press once (release within a second) to
select a preset station, e.g.
The small figure on the far right of the dis-
play is the number of the preset button
selected.
Presetting a station
Press the desired button and hold it down
for more than a second to store the currently
tuned station. During this time, the radio will
be mute. The sound will return as soon as
the station has been stored.
Seeking (2) Automatic seek tuning:
Press SEEK >> briefly to search for higher
frequencies or << SEEK for lower frequen-
cies.
Manual tuning:
To switch to the manual-tuning function,
press SEEK >> or << SEEK and hold until a
chime sounds and the M indicator appears
on the display.
The function will revert to automatic seek
tuning two seconds after the last manual
frequency change has been made.
Band selector (3) Touch the RADIO/BAND button repeatedly
to move through the waveband selections:
FM1, FM2 and AM. AS, Autostore (4) The autostore mode provides an additional
preset function that can be used to search
for and to store stations when you are in an
area where you are unfamiliar with the sta-
tions and their frequencies. This can be
done without changing your normal presets.
Touch the AS button to switch the Autostore
mode ON/OFF. When the Autostore mode
is ON, the AS indicator will show at the
bottom of the display.
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Press and hold the AS button for more than
a second to initiate an automatic search for
the six strongest stations.
Each time the system finds and stores a sta-
tion, the number on the far right of the SID
display will change. If the system cannot
find six stations with good reception, the
remaining preset buttons will be empty. If
one of these empty buttons is pressed, FM
or AM**** will appear on the display.
When the system leaves the AS mode, it
returns to the station that was selected
before the AS mode was activated.
The AS mode can also be used in the AM
band.
WB (Weather Band) (5)Press the WB button to select the Weather
Band mode. The radio will automatically
search for the strongest national weather
service station in the area. When a weather
band station is received, the display indi-
cates "WB". The strongest station generally
provides the most accurate information for
the area in which you are travelling.
To exit the Weather Band mode, depress
the WB button again. Weather Band recep-
tion is available in CD and RADIO mode. If
the radio is unable to find a sufficiently
strong station to lock onto, the unit will con-
tinue to search and the display will indicate
"NO WB".
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96 Saab 9-3 Audio SystemCassette player Before playing a tape, make sure that the
label is secure and that the cassette is not
warped, otherwise the cassette can
become jammed in the deck. The cassette
player senses automatically whether the
tape is normal or metal (Type I or Type II). TAPE (1) Turn on the cassette player by pressing
or by inserting a cassette in the
deck, with the exposed tape to the right.
Playback will start with the side that is facing
up (indicated by A on the display). The dis-
play will now be as follows: Playback direction (2) To play the other side of the tape,
press .
The deck will automatically change the play-
back direction when the end of the tape is
reached, be it during playback, fast
forward/rewind or music search.
Dolby
® noise reduction (3)
Press TAPE/DOLBY to switch Dolby B/C
on/off.
Dolby should be on for playback of tapes
recorded with Dolby, and off for those
recorded without Dolby.
Eject button (4) To stop playback of a tape, press the eject
button or select another source.
If you select another source without press-
ing the eject button, the tape will remain in
the deck but the head and pinch rollers will
release from the tape. The same applies if
the Audio System is switched off while a
tape is being played. Tapes can still be
ejected when the system is turned off.
TAPE
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