2003 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE radio

Radio with tte and CD
Playing the Radio
PWR (Power): Press this knob to turn the system
on and
off.
VOL (Volume): Turn the 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 to
select LOW,
MEDIUM or HIGH. AVOL will appear on
the display. Each higher setting will allow for more
volume compensation at faster vehicle speeds. 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.
NONE will appear on the display if the radio
cannot determine the vehicle speed. If you don’t want
to use automatic volume, select OFF.
DlSP (Display): Push this knob to switch the display
between radio station frequency and time. Time display
is available with the ignition turned
off.
To change the default on the display, push the 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,
or FM2. The display will 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 PSCAN (Preset Scan) b : Press and hold one of
the arrows for more than two seconds. The radio will
produce one beep. The radio will scan through each of
the preset stations stored on the pushbuttons, play
for a few seconds, then go on to the next preset station.
SCAN will be displayed. Press one of the arrows
again or one of the pushbuttons to stop scanning
presets.
The radio will scan only to the 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
18 stations (six AM,
six FM1 and six FM2) by performing the following steps:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Turn the radio on.
Press BAND to select AM,
FMI or FM2.
Tune in the desired station.
Press AUTO TONE to choose the bass and treble
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 (Bassnreble)
AUDIO: Push and release the AUDIO knob until BASS
or TREB appears on the display. Turn the knob
to
increase or to decrease. The display will show the bass
or the treble level.
If a station is weak or noisy, you
may want
to decrease the treble.
To adjust bass 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
TONE (Automatic Tone): Press this button to
choose bass and treble equalization settings designed
for country/western, jazz, talk, pop, rock and classical
stations.
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 display. Turn 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
you hear one beep. The balance and the 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.
To return the bass and treble
to the manual mode, push
and release the AUDIO knob until MANUAL
is displayed.
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Using RDS
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
receive announcements concerning local and
display messages from radio stations, and
seek to stations with traffic announcements.
programming,
national emergencies,
Finding a PTY Station
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.
DlSP (Display): For RDS, press 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). To
select and find a desired PTY perform the following:
1. Press the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY
2. Select a category by turning the P-TYPE LIST knob.
3. Once the desired category is displayed, press the
SEEK TYPE button
to take you to the category’s
first station. will appear on the display.
4. If you want to go to another station within that
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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 compact disc player
was being used, play will stop during the announcement.
Traffic Interrupt Feature: Your radio can interrupt
the play of a cassette, or
CD. Press the TRAF button.
The radio will seek to a station that broadcasts traffic
announcements. When the radio finds a station that
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, or
CD. If no station is found,
NO TRAF will appear on the display.
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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.
Playing a Cassette Tape
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that
are up to
30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes
longer than that are
so thin they may not work well
in this player. The longer side with the tape visible
should face to the right. If the ignition is on, but the radio
is
off, the tape can be inserted and will begin playing.
A tape symbol is shown on the display whenever a tape
is inserted.
If you hear nothing but a garbled sound,
the tape may not be in squarely. Press EJT to remove
the tape and start over.
While the tape is playing, use the VOL, AUDIO and
SEEK controls just as you do for the radio. The display
will show TAPE and an arrow showing which side of
the tape is playing.
If you want to insert a tape while the ignition is off,
first press EJT or DISP.
If an error appears on the display, see “Cassette Tape
Messages” later in this section.
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1 PREV (Previous): Your tape must have at least three
seconds of silence between each selection for previous
to work. Press this pushbutton to go to the previous
selection on the tape
if the current selection has been
playing for less than three seconds.
If pressed when the
current selection has been playing from
3 to 13 seconds,
it will go to the beginning of the previous selection or
the beginning of the current selection, depending upon
the position on the tape.
If pressed when the current
selection has been playing for more than
13 seconds,
it will
go to the beginning of the current selection.
SEEK and a negative number will appear on the display
while the cassette player is in the previous mode.
Pressing this pushbutton multiple times or holding it
will increase the number of selections to be searched
back, up to
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2 NEXT: Your tape must have at least three seconds of
silence between each selection for next to work. Press
this pushbutton to go to the next selection on the tape.
If you press the pushbutton more than once, the player
will continue moving forward through the tape. SEEK and
a positive number will appear on the display.
3 REV (Reverse): Press this pushbutton to reverse the
tape rapidly. Press it again to return to playing speed.
The radio will play while the tape reverses. The station
frequency and REV will appear on the display. You may
select stations during reverse operation using TUNE,
SEEK or PSCAN.

4 FWD (Forward): Press this pushbutton to advance
quickly. Press this pushbutton again to return
to playing
speed. The radio will play while the tape advances.
The station frequency and
FWD will appear on
the display. You may select stations during forward
operation by using TUNE, SEEK or PSCAN.
5 0 SIDE: Press this pushbutton to play the other side
of the tape.
4 SEEK b : The right arrow is the same as the
NEXT pushbutton, and the left arrow is the same as the
PREV pushbutton. If the arrows are held or pressed
more than once, the player will continue moving forward
or backward through the tape. SEEK and a positive
or a negative number
will appear on the display.
BAND: Press this button to listen to the radio when
a tape is playing. The tape will stop but remain in
the player.
TAPE
CD: Press this button to play a tape when
listening
to the radio. Press TAPE CD to switch between
the tape and compact disc
if both are loaded. The inactive
tape or
GU will remain safely inside the radio for future
listening.
A EJT (Eject): Press this button, located to the right
of the cassette tape slot, to eject a tape. Eject may
be activated with the radio
off. Cassette tapes may be
ioacieci with the radio off if this button is pressea first.
Cassette Tape Messages
CHK TAPE (Check Tape): If this message appears on
the radio display, the tape won’t play because of one
of the following errors.
@ The tape is tight and the player can’t turn the tape
hubs. Remove the tape. Hold the tape with the
open end down and try
to turn the right hub
counterclockwise with
a pencil. Turn the tape over
and repeat. If the hubs do not turn easily, your
tape may be damaged and should not be used in
the player.
Try a new tape to make sure your player
is working properly.
The tape is broken. Try a new tape.
The tape is wrapped around the tape head.
Attempt to get the cassette out. Try a new tape.
CLEAN: 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
Care
of Your Cassette Tape Player on page 3-103.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error can’t be
corrected, contact your dealer.
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CD Adapter Kits
It is possible to use a portable CD player adapter kit
with your cassette tape player after disabling the
tight/loose tape sensing feature on your tape player.
To disable the feature, use the following steps:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Turn the radio off.
3. Press and hold the TAPE CD button. The radio will
display READY and flash the cassette symbol.
4. Insert the adapter into the cassette slot. It will
power up the radio and begin playing.
The override feature will remain active until EJT is
pressed.
Playing a Compact Disc
Insert a disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The player will pull it
in and the disc should begin
playing. The display will show the CD symbol. If you
want to insert a compact disc with the ignition
off, first
press DlSP or EJT.
If an error appears on the display, see “Compact Disc
Messages” later in this section.
1 PREV (Previous): Press this pushbutton to go to the
previous track
if the current track has been playing for
less than eight seconds. If pressed when the current track
has been playing for more than eight seconds, it will go to
the beginning of the current track. TRACK and the track
number will appear on the display. If you hold this
pushbutton or press
it more than once, the player will
continue moving back through the disc.
2 NEXT: Press this pushbutton to go to the next track.
TRACK. The track number will appear on the display.
If you hold this pushbutton or press it more than once,
the player will continue moving forward through the disc.
3 REV (Reverse): Press and hold this pushbutton to
reverse quickly within a track. Press and hold this
pushbutton for less than two seconds to reverse at
six times the normal playing speed. Press and hold
it for
more than two seconds to reverse at
17 times the
normal playing speed. Release it to play the passage.
The display will show ET and the elapsed time.
4 FWD (Forward): Press and hold this pushbutton to
advance quickly within a track. Press and hold this
pushbutton for less than two seconds to advance at
six times the normal playing speed. Press and hold it for
more than two seconds to advance at
17 times the
normal playing speed. Release it to play the passage.
The display will show ET and the elapsed time.
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