2002 GMC ENVOY radio

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P-TYPE: This button is used to turn on and off
Program Type (PTY) selections. PTY and the light next
to the button will turn on. The last selected PTY will
appear on the display for five seconds.
Turn the TUNE RCL P
-TYPE control to select the PTY
you want to listen to. Press the SEEK SCAN arrows to
find radio stations for the PTY you want to listen to.
The last PTY selected will be used for seek or scan
modes. If a station with the selected PTY is not found,
NONE FOUND will appear on the display. If both
P
-TYPE and TRAF are on, the radio will search
for stations with traffic announcements and the
selected PTY.
To use the P
-TYPE interrupt feature, press and hold
the P
-TYPE button until you hear a beep on the
PTY you want to interrupt on. When you are listening
to a compact disc, the last selected RDS FM station
will interrupt play if that selected program type format
is broadcast.
AM FM: The AM FM button operates the alternate
frequency feature. Alternate frequency allows the radio to
switch to a stronger station with the same program type.Press and hold AM FM for two seconds to turn alternate
frequency on. AF ON will appear on the display. The
radio may switch to stronger stations. Press and hold
AM FM again for two seconds to turn alternate
frequency off. AF OFF will appear on the display.
The radio will not switch to other stations.
Setting PTY Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite Program Types (PTYs). These buttons have
factory PTY presets. You can set up to 12 PTYs
(six FM1 and six FM2) by performing the
following steps:
1. Press AM FM to select FM1 or FM2.
2. Press P-TYPE, if it is not already on.
3. Turn the TUNE RCL P
-TYPE control to select
a PTY.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons
until you hear a beep. Whenever you press that
numbered pushbutton, the PTY you set will return.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.

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Radio Announcements
(Alert):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. When an alert announcement comes on the tuned
radio station, you will hear it, even if the volume is
muted or a compact disc is playing. If the compact disc
player is playing, play will stop for the announcement
and resume when the announcement is finished.
INFO: If the current station has a message, INFO will
appear on the display. Press this 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 this
button again. A new group of words will appear on the
display. Once the complete message has been displayed,
INFO will disappear from the display until another new
message is received.TRAF: Press this button to receive traffic
announcements. The traffic announcement brackets will
appear on the display. TRAF will appear on the display
if the tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements.
If the current tuned station does not broadcast traffic
announcements, the radio will seek to a station that
does. When the radio finds a station that broadcasts
traffic announcements, it will stop. If no station is found,
NONE FOUND will appear on the display.
When a traffic announcement comes on the tuned radio
station or a related network station, you will hear it,
even if the volume is muted or a compact disc is
playing. If the compact disc player was being used, the
compact disc will stay in the player and resume play at
the point where it stopped.

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Playing a Compact Disc
LOAD CD
: Press this button to load CDs into the
compact disc player. This compact disc player will
accommodate up to six discs.
To insert one disc do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and release the LOAD CD button.
3. Wait for the light, located to the right of the slot, to
turn green.
4. Load a disc. Insert a disc partway into the slot, label
side up. The player will pull the disc in.
When the disc is inserted, the CD symbol will be
displayed. If you select an EQ setting for your disc,
it will be activated each time you play a disc.
If the radio is on or off, the disc will begin to
play automatically.
To insert multiple discs do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and hold the LOAD CD button for
two seconds.
You will then hear a beep and the light, located to the
right of the slot, will begin to flash.3. Once the light stops flashing and turns green, load a
disc. Insert a disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The player will pull the disc in.
Once the disc is loaded, the light will begin flashing
again. Once the light stops flashing and turns green
you can then load another disc. The disc player takes
up to six discs. Do not try to load more than six.
When a disc is inserted, the CD symbol will be
displayed. If more than one disc has been loaded, a
number for each disc will be displayed. If you select
an EQ setting for your disc, it will be activated each
time you play a disc.
If the radio is on or off, the last disc loaded will
begin to play automatically.
4. To load more than one disc but less than six,
complete Steps 1, 2 and 3. When you have finished
loading discs, with the radio on or off, press the
LOAD CD button to cancel the loading function.
The radio will begin to play the last CD loaded.
As each new track starts to play, the track number will
appear on the display.

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Playing a Specific Loaded Compact Disc
For every CD loaded, a number will appear on the radio
display. To play a specific CD, first press the CD AUX
button to start playing a CD. Then press the numbered
pushbutton that corresponds to the CD you want to play.
A small bar will appear under the CD number that is
playing, and the track number will appear.
If an error appears on the radio display, see ªCompact
Disc Messagesº later in this section.
LOAD CD
: This button will eject a disc or discs, if
you have multiple discs loaded. To eject a disc or discs
from the disc player perform one of the following steps:

Press and release the LOAD CD eject button to eject
the disc that is currently playing, or

to eject all of the discs, press the LOAD CD eject
button for two seconds, you will hear a beep, and
the light will flash to let you know when a disc is
being ejected.
When the LOAD CD eject button is pressed, the
receiver will eject the disc and REMOVE CD will be
displayed. You can now remove the disc. If the disc
is not removed, after 25 seconds, the disc will be
automatically pulled back into the receiver.If you try to push the disc back into the receiver, before
the 25 second time period is complete, the receiver will
sense an error and will try to eject the disc several times
before stopping. Do not repeatedly press the LOAD CD
eject button to eject a disc after you have tried to push it
in manually. The receivers 25
-second eject timer will
reset at each press of eject, which will cause the receiver
to not eject the disc until the 25
-second time period
has elapsed.
Once the player stops and the disc is ejected, remove the
disc. After removing the disc, press the VOLUME PWR
control off and then on again. This will clear the
disc
-sensing feature and enable discs to be loaded into
the player again.

REV: Press and hold this button to reverse quickly
within a track. Release it to play the passage. You will
hear sound at a reduced volume. The display will show
elapsed time.
FWD : Press and hold this button to advance quickly
within a track. Release it to play the passage. You will
hear sound at a reduced volume. The display will show
elapsed time.

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TUNE RCL P-TYPE: Press this control to see how
long the current track has been playing. To change what
is normally shown on the display (track or elapsed
time), press the control until you see the display you
want, then hold the control until the display flashes.
AM FM: Press this button to play the radio when a disc
is in the player.
Using Song List Mode
The integrated 6
-disc CD changer has a feature
called song list. This feature is capable of
saving 20 track selections.
To save tracks into SONG LIST perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the disc player on and load it with at least one
disc. See ªLOAD CDº mentioned previously for
more information.
2. Check to see that the disc changer is not in song list
mode. S
-LIST should not appear in the display.
If S
-LIST is present, press SONG LIST to turn it off.3. Select the desired disc by pressing the numbered
pushbutton and then use the SEEK SCAN right
arrow button to locate the track that you want to
save. The track will begin to play.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for two
or more seconds to save the track into memory.
When SONG LIST is pressed a beep will be heard
immediately. After two seconds of pressing SONG
LIST continuously, two beeps will sound to confirm
that the track has been saved.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other selections.
If you attempt to save more than 20 selections, S
-LIST
FULL will appear on the display.
To play the song list, press SONG LIST. One beep will
be heard and S
-LIST will appear on the display.
The recorded tracks will begin to play in the order that
they were saved.
You may seek through the song list by using the SEEK
SCAN arrows. Seeking past the last saved track will
return you to the first saved track.

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Compact Disc Messages
(Check CD): If this message appears on the
radio display, it could be due to one of the
following conditions:

The road is too rough. The disc should play when
the road is smoother.

The disc is dirty, scratched, wet or upside down.

The air is very humid. If so, wait about an hour
and try again.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error can't be
corrected, please contact your dealer. If your radio
displays an error message, write it down and provide it
to your dealer when reporting the problem.Rear Seat Entertainment System
(RSE) (If Equipped)
Your vehicle may have the optional Digital Versatile
Disc (DVD) entertainment system. The entertainment
system includes a DVD player, a video display screen,
two sets of IR wireless headphones, a remote control
and an instructional video disc.
Before You Drive
The video entertainment system is for passengers in
the second and third row seats only. The driver cannot
safely view the video screen while driving and should
not try to do so.
In severe or extreme temperature conditions your
entertainment system should not be operated until the
temperature is within the operating range. This will keep
your video components from being damaged when the
temperature is below
-4F (-20C) or above 140F (60C).
To resume operation, shut off the entertainment system,
pull down the video screen and then heat or cool the vehicle
until the temperature is within the operating range.

3-57 Rear Seat Audio (If Equipped)
This feature allows rear seat passengers to listen to any
of the music sources including AM
-FM, cassette tapes
or CDs and to use automatic tone control. 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 or CD through headphones while the
driver listens to the radio through the front speakers. The rear seat passengers have control of the volume for
each set of headphones. The front seat audio controls
always override the rear seat audio controls.
This feature is intended for rear seat passengers.
The following functions are controlled by the rear seat
audio system buttons:
VOL: Turn the knob clockwise to increase volume
and counterclockwise to decrease volume. The left VOL
knob controls the left headphone and the right VOL
knob controls the right headphone.
PROG: With a cassette tape in the player and the
radio playing, press this button to play a cassette tape.
Press PROG to switch between the tape and compact
disc if both are loaded. Press PROG again to return
to the radio when a cassette tape or compact disc is
playing. The inactive tape or CD will remain safely
inside the radio for future listening.
PWR: Press this button to turn the rear seat audio
system on or off. The rear speakers will be muted
when the power is turned on unless you have a Bose


equipped vehicle. You may operate the rear seat audio
functions even when the primary radio power is off.

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SEEK: Press the SEEK button to tune to the next
higher station and stay there. The display will show
your selection. The sound will mute while seeking.
Press and hold the SEEK button to seek through
your preset radio stations set on your primary radio
pushbuttons. The display will show your selections.
The SEEK button is inactive if the AM FM mode on
the front radio is in use.
While listening to a cassette tape, press the SEEK button
to hear the next selection on the tape. Press and hold
the SEEK button to go to the other side of the tape.
The SEEK button is inactive if the tape mode on the
front radio is in use.
While listening to a CD, press the SEEK button to
hear the next selection on the CD. The SEEK button
is inactive if the CD mode on the front radio or the
CD changer is in use.Theft-Deterrent Feature RDS Radios
THEFTLOCK
is designed to discourage theft of
your radio. The feature works automatically by learning
a portion of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
If the radio is moved to a different vehicle, it will not
operate and LOCKED will be displayed.
When the radio and vehicle are turned off, the blinking
red light indicates that THEFTLOCK is armed.
With THEFTLOCK activated, your radio will not
operate if stolen.