2002 CADILLAC SEVILLE radio

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AVC (Automatic Volume Control): With AVC, your
audio system monitors the noise in the vehicle. Then,
AVC adjusts the volume level so that it always sounds
the same to you. To use AVC, press and hold the TONE
button until AUTO VOLUME CONTROL OFF appears
on the display. Then press the LEVEL plus symbol.
AUTO VOLUME CONTROL ON will appear on the
display. AVC VOLUME will appear on the display any
time you adjust the volume while AVC is on. To turn
AVC off, press and hold the TONE button until AUTO
VOLUME CONTROL ON appears on the display. Then
press the LEVEL minus symbol. AUTO VOLUME
CONTROL OFF will appear on the display.
HR (Hour) or MN (Minute): Display the time with the
ignition off by pressing this button.
SOURCE: Press this button to select a source, either
cassette or compact disc. The audio source must be
loaded to play. Available loaded sources are shown on
the display. If a source is being used, it will be
underlined on the display. If none of the audio sources
are loaded, NO SOURCE LOADED will appear on the
display. Press this button again or press BAND to switch
back to the radio.Finding a Station
BAND: Press this button to select AM, FM1 or FM2,
weather or XM1 or XM2 if your radio is equipped with
XM
Satellite Radio Service.
~' TUNE SEEK !': When this button is pressed it
has two positions. Press this button to the first position
to manually tune to the next or previous stations. If this
button is held at the first position for a few seconds, the
radio will continue tuning until this button is released.
Press this button to the second position and release it to
seek to the next or previous radio station.
SCAN: Press this button for less than two seconds to
scan radio stations. The radio will go to a station, play
for five seconds, then go on to the next station. Press
this button again to stop scanning.
To scan preset stations, press and hold SCAN for more
than two seconds until you hear a beep. The radio will
go to the first preset station stored on your pushbuttons,
play for five seconds, then go on to the next preset
station. Press SCAN again to stop scanning. The radio
will scan preset stations with a strong signal only.

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Setting Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite stations and associated tone and DSP settings.
The RDS PTY mode must be off to use this mode. You
can set up to 36 stations (six AM, six FM1, six FM2,
six XM1, six XM2 and six weather if your radio is
equipped with the XM Satellite Radio Service), by
performing the following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select AM, FM1, FM2, XM1, XM2
or weather.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons
for more than two seconds. Whenever you press that
numbered pushbutton for less than two seconds, the
station you set will return.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
When battery power is removed and later applied, you
will not have to reset your radio presets because the
radio remembers them.Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
TONE: Press and release this button until the desired
tone BASS, TREBLE or MIDRANGE appears on the
display. The radio keeps separate tone settings for each
band, preset (except weather band presets) and source.
- LEVEL +: After selecting the desired tone control,
press the plus or minus symbol on this button to select
the desired level.
To save the tone settings for your presets, press and hold
the numbered button for the desired preset for more than
two seconds until you hear a beep.
Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
TONE: Press and release this button until BALANCE
or FADE appears on the display.
- LEVEL +: After selecting the desired control, press
the plus or minus symbol on this button to select the
desired level.
To save the tone settings for your presets, press and hold
the numbered pushbutton for the desired preset for more
than two seconds until you hear a beep.

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Using DSP
DSP (Digital Signal Processing): This feature is
used to provide a choice of four different listening
experiences: talk, front seat, ambience and spacious.
DSP can be used while listening to the radio, the
cassette tape player or the CD player. Press this button
to turn DSP on. Press and release this button until the
desired selection appears on the display. To turn DSP
off, press and hold this button until DSP OFF appears
on the display. When DSP OFF is displayed, the
system will provide the best overall audio performance.
The radio keeps separate DSP settings for each band
(except weather band, which is always set to talk),
preset and source.
TALK: This setting is used when listening to
non
-musical material such as news, talk shows, sports
broadcasts and books on tape. Talk makes spoken words
sound very clear.
FRONT SEAT: This setting adjusts the audio to give
the driver the best possible sound qualities. Front seat
can be used at any time for any material. Rear seat
passengers in the vehicle may not get the same effect.
AMBIENCE: This setting is used to enhance the
stereo effect.
SPACIOUS: This setting is used to make the listening
space seem larger.Using RDS
Your audio system is equipped with Radio Data Systems
(RDS). RDS mode gives you many useful new features.
With RDS the radio can:

seek to stations with traffic announcements,

receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies,

receive and display messages from radio stations and

search for a stronger station when a station is too
weak for listening.
RDS features are only available for use on FM stations
which broadcast RDS information.
RDS (Radio Data Systems): If you are tuned to a
station broadcasting RDS information, the station's
call letters and Program Type (PTY) will replace the
station's frequency on the display. After five seconds,
the program type will be replaced on the display by the
station's program type name. The program type and
program type name may be the same or different.
Press BAND to recall the frequency and program type
displays. If the radio is tuned to a station that is not
broadcasting RDS information, the station's frequency
will remain on the display. With RDS the radio will
search for a stronger station in the network when a
station gets too weak for listening.

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HR (Hour) or MN (Minute): When tuned to an RDS
station, press these buttons to display the time for the
current station. STATION TIME IS will be displayed.
If a time has not been sent to the radio, NO STATION
TIME will be displayed. If you have recently tuned to
the station, you may need to wait a minute before the
time is available to the radio. To set the clock to the
current displayed station time, press HR or MN until
TIME UPDATED is displayed. You must be tuned to
an FM RDS station.
RDS Messages
ALERT: This type of announcement warns of national
or local emergencies. You will not be able to turn off
alert announcements. ALERT appears on the display
when an alert announcement plays. The radio uses
TA volume during these announcements. To increase
volume, turn the PWR/VOL knob clockwise. Turn it
counterclockwise to decrease volume. TA VOLUME
will appear on the display while the volume is being
adjusted. When an alert announcement comes on the
current radio station or a related network station, you
will hear it, even if the volume is muted or a cassette
tape or compact disc is playing. If the radio tunes to arelated network station for an alert announcement, it will
return to the original station when the announcement is
finished. If the cassette tape or compact disc player is
playing, play will stop for the announcement and resume
when the announcement is finished.
TA (Traffic Announcement): This feature allows
the radio to receive traffic announcements even with
the volume muted, or when listening to a CD or
cassette tape.
When the TA button is pressed and released, the radio
will search for a station with TA if the current station is
not TA capable. During the search TA will flash on the
display. Once a TA station is found, TA will appear on the
display and the traffic announcement will be played. If no
station broadcasting traffic announcements is found, NO
TRAFFIC STATION FOUND will appear on the display.
If the TA button is pressed and held for two seconds, the
radio will search for the next available TA station.
While a traffic announcement plays, the radio uses a
special type of volume called TA volume. To increase
TA volume, turn the VOL knob clockwise. Turn it
counterclockwise to decrease volume. TA VOLUME will
appear on the display while the volume is being adjusted.

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When a traffic announcement comes on the current radio
station or a related network station, you will hear it,
even if the volume is muted or a cassette tape or
compact disc is playing. If the radio tunes to a related
network station for a traffic announcement, it will return
to the original station when the announcement is
finished. If the cassette tape or compact disc player was
being used, the tape or compact disc will stay in the
player and resume play at the point where it stopped.
Press the TA button again to turn TA off.
MSG (Message): If the current station has a message,
MSG will appear on the display. Press the MSG button,
to see the message. If the whole message does not
appear on the display, parts of the message will appear
every three seconds until the message is completed.
To see the parts of the message faster than every three
seconds, press the MSG button again. A new group of
words will appear on the display. Once the complete
message has been displayed, MSG will disappear from
the display until another new MSG is received.XM
Satellite Radio (If Equipped)
XM is a national satellite radio service that offers up to
100 coast to coast channels including music, news,
sports, talk and children's programming. XM provides
digital quality audio and text information, including
song title and artist name. A service fee is required in
order to receive the XM service. For more information,
contact XM at www.xmradio.com or call
1
-800-852-XMXM (9696).
MSG (Message): Press this button while in XM mode
to retrieve various pieces of information related to the
current song or channel. By pressing and releasing the
MSG button, you may retrieve four different categories
of information: Artist Name/Feature, Song/Program
Title, Channel Category, and other Additional
Information that may be broadcast on that channel.
Additional Information messages may only be available
at certain times or on certain programs. If an Additional
Information message is being broadcast on the tuned
channel, MSG will appear on the display.

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Each of the four information types may have multiple
pages of text. To reach a category, press and release the
MSG button consecutively until the desired type is
displayed. If there are multiple pages of text for the
information selected type, the radio will automatically
display all the pages for that type at a rate of
approximately one page every three seconds before
timing out and returning to the default display. You may
override this feature by pressing the MSG button to
review all of the pages at your own pace.
Setting PTY Preset Stations
PTY (Program Type): Press this button to activate
program type mode. PTY will appear on the display.
To select a desired PTY, press the LEVEL plus or minus
buttons to scroll up and down through the PTY listing.
PTYs might include rock, popular, jazz, etc. Once the
desired PTY is displayed, press either SEEK arrows or
the SCAN button to enter the PTY mode. This will
allow you to find the next or previous station available
that is broadcasting the selected PTY.
The SEEK arrows or the SCAN button may continue
to be used to search for the desired PTY as long as
PTY appears on the display. To cancel PTY mode, press
and release the PTY button. PTY will disappear from
the display.Playing a Cassette Tape
With the radio on, insert a cassette tape. The tape will
begin playing as soon as it is inserted. When one side of
your cassette tape is done playing, auto reverse plays the
other side of your cassette tape. Cassette tapes may be
loaded with the radio off but they will not start playing
until the radio is on. If you want to insert a cassette tape
when the ignition is off, first press the eject button.
While the tape is playing, use the VOL, TONE, LEVEL
and DSP controls just as you do for the radio. Other
controls may have different functions when a tape is
inserted. The display will show an underlined tape
symbol. TAPE PLAY will appear on the display when a
tape is playing, with an arrow to indicate which side of
the tape is playing.
If an error appears on the display, see ªCassette Tape
Messagesº later in this section.
1 PREV (Previous): Press this pushbutton to seek to the
previous selection on the tape. Your tape must have at
least three seconds of silence between each selection for
previous to work. The sound will mute while seeking.
2 NEXT: Press this pushbutton to seek to the next
selection on the tape. Your tape must have at least
three seconds of silence between each selection for next
to work. The sound will mute while seeking.

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3 RW (Rewind): Press this pushbutton to rewind the
tape rapidly. The radio will play while the tape rewinds.
Press RW again to return to playing speed.
4
 FF (Fast Forward): Press this pushbutton to fast
forward to another part of the tape. The radio will play
while the tape advances. Press FF again to return to
playing speed.
~' SEEK !': Press the up or down arrow to seek to
the next or previous selection on the tape. Your tape
must have at least three seconds of silence between each
selection for the SEEK arrows to work. The sound will
mute while seeking.
SCAN: Press this button to listen to selections for a few
seconds. The tape will go to a selection, play for a few
seconds, then go on to the next selection. Press this
button again to stop scanning.
SIDE: Press this button to change the side of the tape
that is playing.
(Eject): Press this button, located to the right of the
cassette tape slot to stop a tape when it is playing or to
eject a tape when it is not playing. Eject may be
activated with the radio off and/or the ignition off.Cassette Tape Messages
If an error occurs while trying to play a cassette tape, it
could be one of the following has occurred:

The cassette tape is tight and the cassette player
cannot turn the hubs of the tape. Hold the cassette
tape with the open end down and try turning the right
hub counterclockwise with a pencil. Flip the tape
over and repeat. If the hubs do not turn easily, your
cassette tape may be damaged and should not be
used in the player. Try a new tape to be sure your
player is working properly.

The cassette tape is broken. (Check to see if your
tape is broken. Try a new tape.)

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CLEAN TAPE: 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 ªCare of
Your Cassette Tape Playerº in the Index.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error can't be
corrected, contact your dealer.
Your cassette tape player automatically reduces
background noise. 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.
Auto CrO
2 allows the cassette tape player to adjust to
the type of cassette tape for clearer sound for CrO
2cassette tapes.Playing a Compact Disc
Insert a disc partway into the slot, label side up. The
player will pull it in. If the ignition and the radio are on
and the underlined compact disc symbol appears on the
display, the disc will begin playing. Compact discs may
be loaded with the radio off but they will not start
playing until the radio is on. If you want to insert a disc
when the ignition is off, first press the eject button.
The integral CD player can play the smaller 8 cm
compact discs. Full
-size compact discs and the smaller
compact discs are loaded in the same manner.
If an error appears on the display, see ªCompact Disc
Messagesº later in this section.
1 PREV (Previous): Press this pushbutton to seek to the
previous track on the compact disc.
2 NEXT: Press this pushbutton to seek to the next track
on the compact disc.
3
RW (Rewind): Press this pushbutton to reverse the
compact disc. Release it to return to playing speed.