2003 GMC YUKON DENALI radio

The fog lamps will be cancelled after the ignition is
turned
off. If you still want to use the fog lamps after you
restart the vehicle, you will need
to press the fog
lamp button again.
Interior Lamps
Instrument Panel Brightness
The thumbwheel for this feature is located next to the
exterior lamps control.
G:~ (Instrument Panel Lights): Turn the thumbwheel,
located next
to the exterior lamps control, up or
down to brighten or dim the instrument panel lights and
the radio display. This will only work
if the headlamps
or parking lamps are on.
To turn on the dome lamps, with the vehicle doors
closed, turn the thumbwheel all the way up.
Dome Lamps
The dome lamps will come on when you open a door
and will slowly dim
to off when all doors are closed.
You can also turn the dome lamps on by turning
the thumbwheel, located next to the exterior lamp
control, all the way up. In this position, the dome lamps
will remain on whether a door is opened or closed.
(Dome Override): Press this button, located below
the exterior lamp control,
to set the dome lamps to
come on automatically when a door is opened, or remain
off. To turn the lamps off, press the button into the in
position. With the button in this position, the dome lamps
will remain
off when the doors are open. To return the
lamps
to automatic operation, press the button again
and return it
to the out position. With the button in this
position, the dome lamps will come on when you
open a door.
Entry Lighting
Your vehicle is equipped with an illuminated entry
feature.
When a door is opened, the dome lamps and puddle
lamps will come
on if the dome override button is in the
out position. If the dome override button is pressed
in, the lamps will not come on.
Exit Lighting
With exit lighting, the interior lamps will come on when
you remove the key from the ignition. The lamps
will not come on
if the dome override button is
pressed in.
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Reading Lamps
If your vehicle has reading
lamps, press the button located next
to the lamp to
turn it on. The lamps can be adjusted
to point in
the direction you want.
Press the button again to turn the lamp
off.
Your vehicle may also have reading lamps in other
locations.
To turn on or off, press the button located next
to the lamp. The lamps are fixed and cannot be
adjusted.
Battery Run-Down Protection
This feature shuts off the dome, reading, glove box and
underhood lamps
if they are left on for more than
20 minutes when the ignition is in lock. This will keep
your battery from running down.
Accessory Power Outlets
With accessory power outlets you can power auxiliary
electrical equipment such as a cellular telephone or
CB
radio.
Your vehicle is equipped with many accessory power
outlets. The front outlet is located on the instrument
panel behind a hinged door.
There is also an outlet located in the center console.
Press the button on the side of the console door
to access the outlet. See Center Console Storage Area
on page 2-42 for more information. Addditional power
outlets may be located on the back of the center console
above the cupholder door and in the rear cargo area
on the passenger side.
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If the word OFF or the off symbol is lit on the air bag
status indicator,
it means that the passenger sensing
system has turned
off the right front passenger’s frontal
air bag. See Passenger Sensing System on page
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for more on this, including important safety information.
If, after several seconds, all status indicator lights
remain on, or
if there are no lights at all, there may be a
problem with the lights or the passenger sensing
system. See your dealer for service.
__ -he ofl ..jdicator and the air bag readiness
light ever come on together, it means that
something may be wrong with the air bag
system.
If this ever happens, have the vehicle
serviced promptly, because an adult-size
person sitting in the right front passenger seat
may not have the protection of the frontal air
bag. See “Air Bag Readiness Light” in the
Index.
Charging System Light
The charging system light
will come on briefly when you turn on the ignition,
but the engine is
not
running, as a check to
show you it
is working.
It should go out once the engine is running. If it stays
on, or comes on while you are driving, you may have a
problem with the charging system.
It could indicate
that you have problems with a generator drive belt, or
another electrical problem. Have it checked right
away. Driving while this light is on could drain your
battery.
When this light comes on the DIC will also display the
battery not charging message. See
DIC Warnings
and Messages
on page 3-52.
If you must drive a short distance with the light on, be
certain to turn
off all your accessories, such as the radio
and air conditioner.
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Audio System(s)
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- 18.
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 C
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.
With
RDS, your radio can do the following:
* Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type of
* receive announcements concerning local and
* display messages from radio stations, and
* seek to stations with traffic announcements.
programming,
national emergencies, 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.
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).
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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): With automatic
volume, your audio system adjusts automatically
to make up for road and wind noise as you drive.
Set the volume at the desired level. Press this button
until AVOL ON appears on the display. Then as
you drive, automatic volume increases the volume as
necessary to overcome noise at any speed. The volume
level should always sound the same
to you as you
drive. To turn automatic volume
off, press this button
until AVOL OFF appears on the display.
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 Number/Channel 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.
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Finding a Station
BAND: Press this button to switch between AM, FM,
FM2, or XMI, XM2 (USA only,
if your radio is equipped
with
XhATrJ Satellite Radio Service) The dispiay wiii
show your selection.
TUNE: Turn this knob to choose radio stations.
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.
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 FM1 and six FM2, or six XMI and six XM2 (USA
only,
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 or FM2,
or XMI
, XM2.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press AUTO
EQ to select the equalization that best
5. Press and hold one of the six numbered
suits
the type of station you are listening to.
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.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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Setting the Tone (Bassnreble)
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 bass and treble equalization settings.
The setting last chosen will appear on the display when
you first press AUTO EQ. Each time you press this
button, another setting will appear on the display and
AUTO EQ will switch
to one of the preset settings
listed below.
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, a cassette or a CD.
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 separate AUTO EQ settings for each
preset and source.
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