2003 PONTIAC GRAND AM turn signal

XMTM Radio Messages
Radio Display
Message condition Action Required
XL (Explicit Language
Channels)
Updating
No Signal
Loading
XM
XL on the radio display,
after the channel name, indicates content with
explicit language.
Updating encryption
code
Loss of signal
Acquiring channel audio (after
4 second delay) These channels,
or any others, can be blocked at a
customer’s request, by calling 1 -800-852-XMXM
(9696).
The encryption code in your receiver is being updated, and
no action is required. This process should take no longer
than 30 seconds.
Your system is functioning correctly, but you are in a
location that is blocking the XM signal. When you move
into an open area, the signal should return.
Your radio system
is acquiring and processing audio and
text data.
No action is needed. This message should
disappear shortly.
CH Off Air I Channel not in service
CH Unavail
I Channel no longer
I avaiiabie This channel
is not currently
in service. Tune to another
channel.
This previously assigned channel is no longer assigned.
I une to another station. if tnis station was one oi your
presets, you may need
to choose another station for that
preset button.
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No Info Artist Name/Feature not
channel. Your system is working properly. available
No
artist information is available at this time on this
No Info No
song title information
is available at this time on this
Song/Program Title not
available channel. Your system is working properly.
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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): Push this knob to turn the system on
and off.
VOL (Volume): Turn the knob
to increase or to
decrease volume.
SCV (Speed-Compensated
Volume): With SCV, 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 MIN, MED or MAX. Each higher choice allows
for more volume compensation at faster vehicle speeds. Then, as you drive,
SCV automatically increases the
volume, as necessary,
to overcome noise at any speed.
The volume level should always sound the same
to
you as you drive. If you don’t want to use SCV,
select
OFF.
RCL (Recall): Push this knob to switch the display
between the radio station frequency and the time.
Pushing this knob with the ignition off will display
the time.
For XMTM (USA only,
if your radio is equipped with
XMTM Satellite Radio Service), pressing this button while
in XMTM mode
to retrieve various pieces of information
related
to the current song or channel. By pressing
and releasing the RCL button, you may retrieve
four different categories of information: Artist,
Song Title, Category or PTY, Channel Number/
Channel 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 the knob
until you see the display you want, then hold the knob
until the display flashes. The 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 XM1, XM2 (USA only,
if your radio is equipped
with XMTM Satellite Radio Service) or DAB1, 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.
A SEEK v : Press the up or the down arrow to go 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.
A SCAN v : Press and hold one of the SCAN arrows
for two seconds until SCAN appears on the display
and you hear a beep. The radio will go to a station, play
for a few seconds, then go on to the next station.
Press one of the SCAN arrows again to stop scanning.
To scan preset stations, press and hold one of the
SCAN arrows for more than four seconds until PSCAN
and the preset number appear on the display. You
will hear a double beep. The radio will
go to the first
preset station stored on your pushbuttons, play for a few
seconds, then go on to the next preset station. Press
one of the SCAN arrows again
to stop scanning presets.
The radio will scan only to stations that are in the
selected band and only to those with
a strong signal
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XMTM Radio Messages
Radio Display Message Condition
Action
Required
XL (Explicit Language
customer’s request, by calling
1-800-852-XMXM (9696).
after
the channel name,
Channels) These channels,
or any others, can be blocked at a
XL on the radio display,
indicates content with
explicit language.
code no action is required. This process should take no longer
Updating
The encryption code
in your receiver
is being updated, and
Updating encryption
than
30 seconds.
No Signal Loss
of signal
Your system is functioning correctly, but you are in a
location that is blocking the XM signal. When you move
into an open area, the signal should return.
Loading XM
CH
Off Air
CH Unavail Acquiring channel audio
text data.
No action is needed. This message should
(after 4 second delay) Your
radio system is acquiring and processing audio and
disappear shortlv.
..
Chatme1 not in service
This channel is not currently in service. Tune to another
channel.
Channel no longer
available This previously assigned channel
is no longer assigned.
Tune
to another station. If this station was one of your
presets, you may need
to choose another station for that
preset button.
No Info
No song title information is available at this time on this
Song/Program Title not
No Info
No artist information is available at this time on this
Artist Name/Feature not
available
channel. Your system is working properly.
available channel.
Your system is working properly.
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LOW
TRAC
This light will come on
when your Enhanced
Traction System is limiting
wheel spin. See
Enhanced Traction System
Active Light on page 3-29.
You may feel or hear the system working, but this is
normal. This light will also come on when the anti-lock
brake system is working.
If your vehicle is in cruise control when the enhanced
traction system begins
to limit wheel spin, the cruise
control will automatically disengage. When road
conditions allow you to safely use it again, you may
re-engage the cruise control. See “Cruise Control” under
Turn Signal/Multifunction Lever on page 3-6.
The Enhanced Traction System operates in all transaxle
shift lever positions. But the system can upshift the
transaxle only as high
as the shift lever position you’ve
chosen,
so you should use the lower gears only
when necessary. See
Automatic Transaxle Operation on
page
2-24.
TRAC
OFF
When the system is on and the parking brake is
fully released, this warning
light will come on to let
you know
if there’s a
problem.
See
Enhanced Traction System Warning Light on
page 3-28.
When this warning light is on, the system will
not limit wheel spin. Adjust your driving accordingly.
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Check your mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and
start your left lane change signal before moving out
of the right lane to pass. When you are far
enough ahead of the passed vehicle to see its front
in your inside mirror, activate your right lane
change signal and move back into the right lane.
(Remember that your right outside mirror is convex.
The vehicle you just passed may seem
to be
farther away from you than it really is.)
Try not to pass more than one vehicle at a time on
two-lane roads. Reconsider before passing the
next vehicle.
Don’t overtake a slowly moving vehicle too rapidly.
Even though the brake lamps are not flashing, it
may be slowing down or starting to turn.
0 If you’re being passed, make it easy for the
following driver to get ahead of you. Perhaps you
can ease a little
to the right.
Loss of Control
Let’s review what driving experts say about what
happens when the three control systems (brakes,
steering and acceleration) don’t have enough friction
where the tires meet the road to do what the driver has
asked.
In any emergency, don’t give up. Keep trying to steer
and constantly seek an escape route or area of
less danger.
Skidding
In a skid, a driver can lose control of the vehicle.
Defensive drivers avoid most skids by taking reasonable
care suited to existing conditions, and by not
“overdriving” those conditions. But skids are always
possible.
The three types of skids correspond to your vehicle’s
three control systems. In the braking skid, your wheels
aren’t rolling. In the steering or cornering skid,
too
much speed or steering in a curve causes tires to slip
and lose cornering force.
And In the acceleratlon
skid, too much throttle causes the driving wheels
to spin.
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Here are ways to increase your safety in city driving:
Know the best way to get to where you are
going. Get a city map and plan your trip into
an unknown part of the city
just as you would for a
cross-country trip.
Try to use the freeways that rim and crisscross
most large cities. You’ll save time and energy.
See the next part, “Freeway Driving.”
Treat a green light as a warning signal. A traffic
light is there because the corner
is busy enough
to need it. When a light turns green, and just before
you start
to move, check both ways for vehicles
that have not cleared the intersection
or may
be running the red light.
Freeway Driving
Mile for mile, freeways (also called thruways, parkways,
expressways, turnpikes or superhighways) are the
safest of all roads. But they have their own special
rules.
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The most important advice on freeway driving is: Keep
up with traffic and keep
to the right. Drive at the
same speed most of the other drivers are driving.
Too-fast or too-slow driving breaks a smooth traffic flow.
Treat the left lane on a freeway as a passing lane.
At the entrance, there is usually a ramp that leads to
the freeway.
If you have a clear view of the freeway as
you drive along the entrance ramp, you should begin
to check traffic. Try to determine where you expect
to blend with the flow. Try to merge into the gap at close
to the prevailing speed. Switch on your turn signal,
check your mirrors and glance over your shoulder as
often as necessary.
Try to blend smoothly with the
traffic flow.
Once you are on the freeway, adjust your speed to the
posted limit or to the prevailing rate
if it’s slower.
Stay in the right lane unless you want to pass.
Before changing lanes, check your mirrors. Then use
your turn signal.
Just before you leave the lane, glance quickly over your
shoulder to make sure there isn’t another vehicle in
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Once you are moving on the freeway, make certain you
allow a reasonable following distance.
Expect to move slightly slower at night. When
you want to leave the freeway, move to the
proper lane well
in advance. If you miss your exit, do
not, under any circumstances, stop and back up. Drive
on to the next exit.
The exit ramp can be curved, sometimes quite sharply.
The exit speed is usually posted. Reduce your speed
according to your speedometer, not to your sense
of motion. After driving for any distance at higher
speeds, you may tend to think you are going slower
than you actually are.
Before Leaving on a Long Trip
Make sure you’re ready. Try to be well rested. If you
must start when you’re not fresh-such as after a day’s
work-don’t plan to make too many miles that first
part of the journey. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes
you can easily drive in.
Is your vehicle ready for a long trip? If you keep it
serviced and maintained, it’s ready to go. If it needs
service, have it done before starting out. Of course,
you’ll find experienced and able service experts
in dealerships all across North America. They’ll be
ready and willing to help
if you need it.
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