2003 GMC SIERRA DENALI radio

Battery Warning Light Voltmeter Gage
If this light is displayed
when the engine is
running, you may have a
problem with your charging
system.
The battery display will also stay on while the key is in
RUN until the engine is started.
If the light stays on after starting the engine it could
indicate a problem with the generator drive belt, or some
other charging system problem. Have it checked right
away. Driving with this light displayed could drain
your battery.
If you must drive a short distance with this light
displayed, it helps to turn
off all your accessories, such
as the radio and the air conditioner. When your
engine is not running, but the ignition is in
RUN, this gage shows your battery’s state of charge in
DC volts.
When the engine is running, the gage shows the
condition of the charging system. Readings between the
low and high warning zones indicate the normal
operating range.
Readings in the low warning zone may occur when a
large number
of electrical accessories are operating in
the vehicle and the engine is left at an idle for an
extended period. This condition
is normal since the
charging system is not able to provide full power
at engine idle.
As engine speeds are increased, this
condition should correct itself as higher engine speeds
allow the charging system to create maximum power.
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Audio System@)
Notice: Before you add any sound equipment to
your vehicle
- like a tape player, CB radio, mobile
telephone or two-way radio
- be sure you can
add what you want.
If you can, it’s very important to
do
it properly. Added sound equipment may
interfere with the operation
of your vehicle’s engine,
Delphi Electronics radio or other systems, and
even damage them. Your vehicle’s systems may
interfere with the operation of sound equipment that
has been added improperly.
So, before adding sound equipment, check with
your dealer and be sure to check federal rules
covering mobile radio and telephone units.
Your audio system has been designed to operate easily
and to 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 audio system can do and
how to operate all of its controls to be sure you’re getting
the most out of the advanced engineering that went
into it. Your vehicle
may have a feature called Retained
Accessory Power (RAP). With RAP, you can play your
audio system even after the ignition is turned
off.
See “Retained Accessory Power (RAP)” under Ignition
Positions on page
2- 15.
Setting the Time
Press and hold the HR button until the correct hour
appears on the display. Press and hold the
MN button
until the correct minute appears on the display. The time
may be set with the ignition on or
off.
To synchronize the time with an FM station broadcasting
Radio Data System
(RDS) information, press and
hold the hour and minute buttons at the same time until
RDS TIME appears on the display. To accept this
time, press and hold the hour and minute buttons, at the
same time, for another
2 seconds. If the time is not
available from the station,
NO UPDAT will appear on the
display instead.
RDS time
is broadcast once a minute. Once you have
tuned to an RDS broadcast station,
it may take a
few minutes for your time to update.
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Radio with Cassette and CD
Radio Data System (RDS): Your audio system is
equipped with a Radio Data System (RDS). RDS
features are available for use only on
FM stations that
broadcast RDS information.
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type of
programming,
receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies,
display messages from radio stations, and
seek to stations with traffic announcements.
This system relies upon receiving specific information
from these stations and will only work when the
information is available. In rare cases, a radio station
may broadcast incorrect information that will cause
the radio features to work improperly. If this happens,
contact the radio station.
While you are tuned to an RDS station, the station
name or the call letters will appear on the display instead
of the frequency. RDS stations may also provide the
time of day, a program type
(PTY) for current
programming and the name of the program being
broadcast.
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XMTM Radio Satellite Service (USA Only): XMTM is a
continental
U.S. based satellite radio service that
offers 100 coast to coast channels including music,
news, sports, talk and children’s programming. XMTM
provides digital quality audio and text information,
including song title and artist name. A service fee is
required in order to receive the XMTM service. For more
information, contact XMTM at www.xmradio.com or
call 1 -800-852-XMXM
(9696).
Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) (Canada Only): DAB
is a Canadian land-based radio service that offers
digital quality audio and text information including song
title, artist name, traffic, weather, emergency
announcements and more. Digital Audio Broadcast
transmission services are currently available
in Toronto,
Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, and Windsor. In fringe
areas signals may be interrupted by buildings, trees and
other obstructions. Additional services will be added
in the future. For current DAB coverage and other
information consult the GM Canada website at
www.gmcanada.com, your dealer or call
1-800-263-3777.
Playing the Radio
PWR (Power): Press this knob to turn the system on
and off.
VOL (Volume): Turn this knob to increase or to
decrease volume.
AUTO VOL (Automatic Volume): Your audio system
monitors the noise inside your vehicle. To use automatic
volume, press the AUTO VOL button until AVOL
ON
appears on the display. Then, automatic volume
will automatically adjust the volume of your radio
so that
it always sounds the same to you. To turn the
automatic volume off, press the AUTO VOL button until
AVOL
OFF appears on the display.
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DlSP (Display): Push this knob to switch the display
between radio station frequency and time. Time display
is available with the ignition turned off.
For RDS, push this knob to change what appears on
the display while using RDS. The display options
are station name, RDS station frequency, PTY and the
name of the program
(if available).
For XMTM (USA only,
if your radio is equipped with
XMTM Satellite Radio Service), push this knob while in
XM mode to retrieve various pieces of information
related to the current song or channel. By pressing and
releasing this knob, you may retrieve four different
categories of information: Artist, Song Title, Category
or
PTY, Channel NumberKhannel Name.
For DAB (Canada only,
if your radio is equipped with
DAB), pushing this knob switches the display between
channel name and PTY name.
To change the default on the display, push this knob
until you see the display you want, then hold the knob
for two seconds. The radio will produce one beep
and selected display will now be the default.
Finding a Station
BAND: Press this button to switch between AM, FM,
FM2, or XM1, XM2 (USA only,
if your radio is equipped
with XMTM Satellite Radio Service) or DABl, DAB2
(Canada only,
if your radio is equipped with DAB). The
display will show your selection.
TUNE: Turn this knob to choose radio stations.
For DAB (Canada only,
if your radio is equipped with
DAB), the TUNE knob allows
you to navigate the
DAB frequency range. Turning this knob will tune up or
tune down the range. The radio will display the letter
L with a number next to it (1 through 23). Each L number
refers to a frequency and there can be multiple
stations contained in one frequency. It may also take a
few seconds, once you have tuned to a frequency,
for that frequency to gather all of the stations.
Depending on how many stations are within a frequency,
with every tune up or down, you may be tuning to
another station or to another frequency. The display will
show your selections.
4 SEEK b : Press the right or the left arrow to seek
to the next or to the previous station and stay there.
The radio will seek only to stations that are in the
selected band and only to those with a strong signal.
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4 SCAN b : Press and hold one of the arrows for
more than two seconds. The radio will produce
one beep. The radio will scan to a station, play for a few
seconds, then go on to the next station. SCAN will be
displayed. Press one of the arrows again to stop
scanning.
The radio will scan only to stations that are in the
selected band and only to those with a strong signal.
To scan preset stations, press and hold one
of the
arrows for more than four seconds. The radio will
produce two beeps. The radio will scan to the first preset
station, play for a few seconds, then go on to the next
preset station. PSCN will be displayed. Press one of the
arrows again or one of the pushbuttons to stop
scanning.
The radio will scan only to preset stations that are in the
selected band and only to those with a strong signal.
Setting Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite stations. You can set up to
30 stations (six AM,
six FMl and six FM2, six XMI and six XM2 (USA
only,
if your radio is equipped with the XM Satellite
Radio Service) or six DAB1 and six DAB2 (Canada only,
if your radio is equipped with DAB), by performing the
following steps:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Turn the radio on.
Press BAND to select AM, FM1 or FM2, or XMl.
XM2, or DAB1, DAB2.
Tune
in the desired station.
Press AUTO
EQ to select the equalization that best
suits the type of station you are listening to.
Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons. The radio will produce one beep.
Whenever you press that numbered pushbutton, the
station you set will return and the bass and treble
equalization that you selected will also be
automatically selected for that pushbutton.
Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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Setting the Tone (BassTTreble)
AUDIO: Press and release the AUDIO knob until
BASS, MID or TREB appears on the display. Turn the
knob to increase or to decrease. The display will
show the bass, midrange, or treble level. If a station is
weak or noisy, you may want to decrease the treble.
To adjust the bass, midrange, and treble to the middle
position, push and hold the AUDIO knob. The radio
will produce one beep and adjust the display level to the
middle position.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, push and hold the AUDIO knob when no tone
or speaker control is displayed. The radio will produce
one beep and display ALL with the level display in
the middle position.
AUTO
EQ (Automatic Equalization): Press this button
to choose equalization settings.
Your audio system allows you to choose from four
different equalization settings: normal, driver, rear and
spacious. These settings can be used while listening to
the radio, the cassette tape, or the CD player.
NORMAL: This setting enhances the stereo effect.
DRIVER: This setting gives the driver the best sound
quality.
REAR: This setting gives the rear seat passengers the
best sound quality. SPACIOUS:
This setting makes the listening space
seem larger.
The radio will save seperate
AUTO EQ settings for each
preset and source.
Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
AUDIO: To adjust the balance to the right and the
left speakers, push and release the AUDIO knob until
BAL appears on the display. Turn the knob to move the
sound toward the right or the left speakers.
To adjust the fade to the front and the rear speakers,
push and release the AUDIO knob until FADE appears
on the display. Turn the knob to move the sound
toward the front or the rear speakers.
To adjust the balance and fade to the middle position,
push the AUDIO knob then push it again and hold it until
the radio produces one beep. The balance and fade
will be adjusted to the middle position and the display
will show the speaker balance.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, push and hold the AUDIO knob when no tone
or speaker control is displayed. The radio
will produce
one beep and display ALL with the level display in
the middle position.
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Finding a PTY Station
(RDS,
XMTM and DAB)
To select and find a desired PTY perform the following:
1. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY
will appear on the display.
2. Select a category by turning the P-TYPE LIST knob.
3. Once the desired category is displayed, press the
SEEK TYPE button or one of the SEEK arrows to
take you
to the category’s first station.
category and the category is displayed, press the
SEEK TYPE button once. If the category is not
displayed, press the SEEK TYPE button twice to
display the category and then to go to another
station.
4. If you want to go to another station within that
If the radio cannot find the desired program type, NONE
will appear on the display and the radio will return to
the last station you were listening to.
SCAN: You can also scan through the channels within
a category by performing the following:
1. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY will
2. Select a category by turning the P-TYPE LIST knob.
appear on the display.
3. Once the desired category
is displayed, press either
SCAN arrow, and the radio will begin scanning
within your chosen category.
4. Press wither SCAN arrow again to stop scanning.
BAND (Alternate Frequency): Alternate frequency
allows the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type. Press and hold BAND 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 BAND again for two seconds to
turn alternate frequency
off. AF OFF will appear on the
display. The radio will not switch to other stations.
This function does not apply for
XMTM or DAB.
Setting Preset PTYs (RDS Only)
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite PTYs. These buttons have factory PTY presets.
You can set up to
12 PTYs (six FMI and six FM2) by
performing the following steps:
1. Press BAND to select FMI or FM2.
2. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY will
3. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob 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.
appear
on the display.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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