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Finding a Program Type (PTY) Station
(RDS and XM™)
To select and nd a desired PTY perform the following:
1. Press the P-TYPE button to activate program
type select mode. PTY for FM or PTYPE for XM and
a program type will appear on the display.
2. Turn the ADJ knob to select a PTY.
3. Once the desired PTY is displayed, press the
SEEK up arrow to take you to the PTY’s rst station.
4. To go to another station within that PTY, press the
SEEK up arrow again. If the radio cannot nd the
desired PTY, NONE FOUND will appear on
the display and the radio will return to the last
station you were listening to.
After 15 seconds of inactivity or if the P-TYPE
button is pressed again, the radio will exit program
type select mode.BAND (Alternate Frequency):Alternate frequency
allows the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type. To turn alternate frequency on,
press and hold BAND for two seconds. FM ALT FREQ
ON and AF will appear on the display. The radio
may switch to stations with a stronger frequency.
To turn alternate frequency off, press and hold BAND
again for two seconds. FM ALT FREQ OFF will appear
on the display and AF will disappear from the display.
The radio will not switch to other stations.
This function does not apply for XM™ Satellite Radio
Service.
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 low or
a cassette tape or a CD is playing. If a cassette tape or
CD is playing, play will stop during the announcement.
Alert announcements cannot be turned off.
ALERT! will not be affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by
all RDS stations.
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RPT (Repeat):Press this button once to hear a track
over again. REPEAT ON and RPT will appear on
the display. The current track will continue to repeat.
Press RPT again to turn off repeat play. REPEAT OFF
will appear on the display and RPT will disappear
from the display.
RDM (Random):Press this button to hear the tracks in
random, rather than sequential, order. T#, RANDOM,
and RDM will appear on the display. T and the
track number will appear on the display when each
track starts to play. Press RDM again to turn off random
play. RANDOM OFF will appear on the display and
RDM will disappear from the display.
xSEEKw:Press the down arrow to go to the start
of the current track if it has been playing for more
than eight seconds. If this arrow is pressed more than
once, the player will continue moving backward
through the CD.
Press the up arrow to go to the start of the next track.
If this arrow is pressed more than once, the player
will continue moving forward through the CD.
If either arrow is held for more than two seconds, the
CD will enter CD scan mode and the CD will play
the rst 10 seconds of each track. Press either arrow
again to stop scanning.DISP (Display):Press this knob to see how long the
current track has been playing. T, the track number, and
the elapsed time of the track will appear on the
display. To change the default on the display, time or
elapsed time, press the knob until you see the display
you want, then hold the knob for two seconds. The radio
will produce one beep and the selected display will
now be the default. Pressing this button will also display
text on commercially recorded CDs (if available).
AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):
Press this button to select the desired equalization
setting while playing a CD. The equalization will
be recalled whenever a CD is played. For more
information, see AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ listed
previously in this section.
BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio when a
cassette tape or CD is playing. The inactive tape or CD
will remain safely inside the radio for future listening.
SRCE (Source):Press this button to play a tape, CD,
or a remote device (if installed) when listening to the
radio. The inactive tape or CD will remain safely inside
the radio for future listening.
EJECT /
Z(Eject):Press this button, located to the
left of the CD slot, to eject a CD. Eject may be
activated with either the ignition or radio off. CDs may
be loaded with the ignition and radio off if this button
is pressed rst.
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For XM™ (if equipped), press the DISP knob while
in XM mode to retrieve four different categories
of information related to the current song or
channel: Artist, Song Title, Category or PTY, Channel
Number/Channel Name.
To change the default on the display, press the DISP
knob until you see the display you want, then hold
the knob for two seconds. You will hear a beep and the
selected display will now be the default.
AUTO
u(Automatic Volume):With automatic
volume, the 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. AUTO VOL LOW,
AUTO VOL MEDIUM, or AUTO VOL HIGH 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. AUTO VOL NONE will appear on
the display if the radio cannot determine the vehicle
speed or if the engine is not running. To turn automatic
volume off, press this button until AUTO VOL OFF
appears on the display.
Finding a Station
BAND:Press this button to switch between FM1, FM2,
AM, or XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). The display will
show the selection.
ADJ (Adjust):Turn this knob to select radio stations.
xSEEKw:Press the down or up arrow to go to the
next or to the previous station and stay there.
To scan stations, press and hold either arrow for
two seconds until you hear a beep. The radio will go to
a station, play for a few seconds, then go on to the
next station. Press either arrow again to stop scanning.
To scan preset stations, press and hold either arrow
for more than four seconds until you hear two beeps.
The radio will go to the rst preset station stored on the
pushbuttons, play for a few seconds, then go on to
the next preset station. Press either arrow again to stop
scanning presets.
The radio will only seek and scan stations with a strong
signal that are in the selected band.
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AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):
Press this button to select customized equalization
settings designed for country, jazz, talk, pop, rock, and
classical.
The equalization setting last chosen will appear on the
display when you rst press this button. Each time
you press this button, another equalization setting will
appear on the display and automatic tone or automatic
equalization will switch to that preset equalization
settings.
To return to the manual mode, press the AUTO TONE
or AUTO EQ button until CUSTOM appears on the
display. Then manually adjust the bass, midrange, and
treble using the tone button.Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
BAL/FADE /S(Balance/Fade):To adjust
the balance between the right and the left speakers,
push and release the balance and fade button until BAL
appears on the display. Turn the ADJ knob to move
the sound toward the right or the left speakers.
To adjust the fade between the front and rear speakers,
push and release the balance and fade button until
FADE appears on the display. Turn the ADJ knob to
move the sound toward the front or the rear speakers.
To adjust balance or fade to the middle position,
select BAL or FADE. Then press and hold the balance
and fade button for more than two seconds. The
display level will be adjusted to the middle position and
you will hear a beep.
To adjust both speaker controls to the middle position,
press and hold the tone button when no speaker
control is displayed. ALL CENTERED will appear on the
display and you will hear a beep.
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Finding a Program Type (PTY) Station
(RDS and XM™)
To select and nd a desired PTY perform the following:
1. Press the P-TYPE button to activate program
type select mode. PTY for FM or PTYPE for XM and
a program type will appear on the display.
2. Turn the ADJ knob to select a PTY.
3. Once the desired PTY is displayed, press the
SEEK up arrow to select and to take you to the
PTY’s rst station.
4. To go to another station within that PTY press the
SEEK up arrow again. If the radio cannot nd the
desired PTY, NONE FOUND will appear on
the display and the radio will return to the last
station you were listening to.
5. Press P-TYPE to exit program type select mode.
If PTY times out and is no longer on the display,
go back to Step 1.
If both P-TYPE and TRAF are on, the radio will search
for stations with the selected PTY and traffic
announcements.BAND (Alternate Frequency):Alternate frequency
allows the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type. To turn alternate frequency on,
press and hold BAND for two seconds. FM ALT FREQ
ON and AF will appear on the display. The radio
may switch to stations with a stronger frequency.
To turn alternate frequency off, press and hold BAND
again for two seconds. FM ALT FREQ OFF will appear
on the display and AF will disappear from the display.
The radio will not switch to other stations.
This function does not apply for XM™ Satellite Radio
Service.
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 low or
a CD is playing. If a CD is playing, play will stop during
the announcement. Alert announcements cannot be
turned off.
ALERT! will not be affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by
all RDS stations.
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Using Song List /RMode
The six-disc CD changer has a feature called song list.
This feature is capable of saving 20 track selections.
To save tracks into the song list feature, perform
the following steps:
1. Turn the radio on and load it with at least one CD.
See “LOAD” listed previously in this section for
more information.
2. Check to see that the CD changer is not in song list
mode. S-LIST should not appear in the display. If
S-LIST is present, press the SONG LIST button
to turn it off.
3. Select the desired CD by pressing the numbered
pushbutton and then use the SEEK left arrow to
locate the track to be saved. The track will begin
to play.
4. Press and hold the song list button for two or more
seconds to save the track into memory. When song
list is pressed, one beep will be heard immediately.
After two seconds of pressing song list continuously,
two beeps will sound to conrm that the track has
been saved and TRACK number ADDED will
appear on the display.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other selections.SONG LIST FULL will appear on the display if you try to
save more than 20 selections.
To play the song list, press the song list button.
One beep will be heard and SONG LIST will appear on
the display. The recorded tracks will begin to play in
the order that they were saved.
Seek through the song list by using the SEEK arrows.
Seeking past the last saved track will return you to
the rst saved track.
To delete tracks from the song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the song list button to turn song list on.
SONG LIST will appear on the display.
3. Press the SEEK arrows to select the desired track
to be deleted.
4. Press and hold the song list button for two seconds.
When song list is pressed, one beep will be heard
immediately. After two seconds of continuously
pressing the song list button, two beeps will
be heard to conrm that the track has been deleted
and TRACK number DELETED will appear on
the display.
After a track has been deleted, the remaining tracks are
moved up the list. When another track is added to the
song list, the track will be added to the end of the list.
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To delete the entire song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the song list button to turn song list on.
S-LIST will appear on the display.
3. Press and hold the song list button for more than
four seconds. A beep will be heard, followed by
two beeps after two seconds, and a nal beep will
be heard after four seconds. SONG LIST EMPTY
will appear on the display indicating that the
song list has been deleted.
If a CD is ejected, and the song list contains saved
tracks from that CD, those tracks are automatically
deleted from the song list. Any tracks saved to the song
list again are added to the bottom of the list.
To end song list mode, press the song list button.
One beep will be heard and S-LIST will be removed
from the display.CD Messages
CHECK CD:If this message appears on the display
and/or the CD comes out, it could be for one of the
following reasons:
It is very hot. When the temperature returns to
normal, the CD should play.
You are driving on a very rough road. When the
road becomes smoother, the CD should play.
The CD is dirty, scratched, wet, or upside down.
The air is very humid. If so, wait about an hour and
try again.
There may have been a problem while burning
the CD.
The label may be caught in the CD player.
If the CD is not playing correctly, for any other reason,
try a known good CD.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot be
corrected, contact your GM dealer. If the radio displays
an error message, write it down and provide it to
your GM dealer when reporting the problem.
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DVD Player Buttons
O(Power):Press this button to turn the RSE system
on and off.
c/Z(Stop/Eject):Press this button to stop
playing, rewinding, or fast forwarding. Press this button
again to eject a DVD or CD.
k(Play/Pause):Press this button to start play of a
DVD or CD. Press this button while a DVD or CD
is playing to pause it. Press it again to continue play of
a DVD or CD. When in menu mode, press this button
to enter a selection.
1–6 (Preset Pushbuttons):This button is inactive
when in DVD mode.
BAND:Press this button to switch between FM1, FM2,
AM, or XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). If the front seat
passengers are listening to the DVD player, the rear
seat passengers cannot select XM1 or XM2.
SRCE (Source):Press this button to switch between
playing a cassette tape or a CD.
xSEEKw:Press the down arrow to go to the
beginning of the current chapter or track if more than
ve seconds have played. Press the up arrow to
go to the next chapter or track. This button may not
work when the DVD is playing the copyright information
or the previews.
xw(Volume):Press the up or down arrow to
increase or decrease the volume on the wired
headphones, not included. The arrows on the left side
are for the left headphone and the arrows on the
right side are for the right headphone.
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