2003 GMC YUKON DENALI Owners Manual

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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Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
AUDIO: To adjust the balance between the right
and the left speakers, push and release the AUDIO
knob
until BAL appears on the disp!ay. Turr! the knob to
move the sound toward the right or the left speakers.
To adjust the fade between 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.
Finding a PTY Station (RDS and XMTM)
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.
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.
4. If you want to go to another station within that
category and the category
is displajieb, 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.
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
appear
on the display.
LIST knob.
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.
2. Select a category by turning the P-TYPE LIST
knob.
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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
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
appear on the display.
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.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
RDS Messages
ALERT!: Alert warns of local or national emergencies.
When an alert announcement comes on the current
radio station, ALERT! will appear on the display. You will
hear the announcement, even
if the volume is muted
or a cassette tape or compact disc is playing. If the
cassette tape or compact disc player is playing, play will
stop during the announcement. You will not be able
to turn off alert announcements.
ALERT! will not be affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by
all RDS stations.
INFO (Information): If the current station has a
message, the information symbol will appear on the
display. Press this button
to see the message. The
message may display the artist and song title, call in
phone numbers, etc. If the whole message is not displayed, parts of it will
appear every three seconds.
To scroll through the
message at your own speed, press the INFO button
repeatedly. A new group of words will appear on
the display with each press. Once the complete
message has been displayed, the information symbol
will disappear from the display until another new
message is received. The old message can be displayed
by pressing the INFO button until a new message is
received or a different station
is tuned to.
When a message is not available from a station, NO
INFO will be displayed.
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TRAF (Traffic): Press this button to receive 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. TRAF will
appear on the display and when a traffic announcement
comes on you will hear it.
If no station is found, NO
TRAF will appear on the display.
When a traffic announcement comes on the current
station or on a related network station, you will hear it,
even
if the volume is muted or a compact disc is
playing. The traffic symbol and TRAF will appear on the
display while the announcement plays.
If the cassette
tape or compact disc player was being used, play
will stop during the announcement.
This function does not apply to
XMTM Satellite Radio
Service.
Traffic Interrupt Feature: Your radio can interrupt the
play of a cassette, CD, or
XMTM. Press the TRAF
button. The radio will seek to a station that broadcasts
traffic announcements. When the radio finds a station
that broadcasts traffic announcements, it will stop. TRAF
will appear on the display. When a traffic announcement
comes on the station that was found, you
will hear it.
When the traffic announcement
is over, the radio
will resume play of the cassette, CD, or
XMTM. If no
station
is found, NO TRAF will appear on the display.
Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error): This message is
displayed when the radio has not been calibrated
properly for the vehicle. You must return to the
dealership for service.
LOCKED: This message is displayed when the
THEFTLOCK@ system has locked up. You must return
to the dealership for service.
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