2006 CADILLAC STS buttons

ALOCAL/DISTANT Selection:With this feature you
can set the radio to search for local stations or stations
that are further away for a larger selection. To set
this feature to LOCAL or DISTANT, perform the
following steps:
1. Press the tune/select knob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the tune/select knob until SEEK LOCAL or
SEEK DISTANT appears on the display.
3. Press the tune/select knob to select either LOCAL
or DISTANT.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
To search for stations, press the single arrow buttons. If
the system is set to LOCAL, SEEK will appear on the
display and seek to stations with strong signals
only. If the system is set to DISTANT, D-SEEK will
appear on the display and seek to stations with weak
and strong signals.
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM,
six XM1 and six XM2 (if equipped)), can be programmed
on the six numbered pushbuttons, by performing the
following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, or AM, or XM
or XM2.3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons for two seconds until you hear a beep.
The set preset station number will appear on the
display above the pushbutton that it is set to.
Whenever that numbered pushbutton is pressed for
less than two seconds, the station that was set
will return.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
To set the preset stations with an equalization
setting, DSP setting, or a PTY setting, see each
of these features later in this section. When a preset
station is selected, once one of these additional
settings is selected, the preset station will remember
each setting and it will remain active, until the
setting is selected off for that preset station.
AUTOSTORE PRESETS:To set the preset stations
automatically, perform the following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, or AM.
3. Press the tune/select knob to enter the main menu.
4. Turn the tune/select knob until AUTOSTORE
PRESETS appears on the display.
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5. Press the tune/select knob to select. AUTOSTORE
will appear on the display. The radio will
automatically search the band and select and store
the six radio stations with the strongest signal.
The stations will be stored by signal strength, not
sequential order. The set preset station number will
appear on the display above the pushbutton that
it is set to. Whenever that numbered pushbutton is
pressed for less than two seconds, the station
that was set will return.
6. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
When battery power is removed and later applied, you
will not have to reset your radio presets.
PRESETS HOME/AWAY:This feature gives you the
ability to store two different kinds of station presets.
HOME can be used for stations available where you live
and AWAY can be for stations available outside of
your local broadcasting area. To set preset stations for
home and away perform the following steps:
1. Press the tune/select knob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the tune/select knob until PRESETS
HOME/AWAY appears on the display.3. Press the tune/select knob to select. HOME or
AWAY will appear on the display.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Follow the manual or automatic steps previously listed
for setting the preset pushbuttons for both home
and away.
Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
To adjust the bass, midrange, and treble, perform the
following steps:
1. Press the tune/select knob to enter the main menu.
2. Press the tune/select knob to scroll through
the settings.
3. Turn the tune/select knob to increase or to decrease
the bass, midrange, or treble. If a station is weak or
noisy, decrease the treble.
4. Press the tune/select knob to set the adjustment.
5. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
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Activating Program Type (PTY)
Stations (RDS and XM™)
PTY allows you to search for stations with specic types
of music. The selectable PTYs are POP, EASY,
TALK, CNTRY (Country), CLASS (Classical), and JAZZ.
To activate program types, perform the
following steps:
1. Press the tune/select knob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the tune/select knob until PROGRAM TYPE
MODE appears on the display.
3. Press the tune/select knob to select ON or OFF.
An X will appear in the box when PTY is
selected on.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Once program type is activated the PTYs will appear on
the display above the pushbuttons, in place of the
preset stations (if programmed). Press the pushbutton
for the PTY that you would like to listen to. Not all
stations support PTYs. The radio may not go to all of
the stations with that music type when pressing the
pushbutton.AF (Alternate Frequency):Alternate frequency allows
the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type.
To turn AF on or off, perform the following steps:
1. Press the tune/select knob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the tune/select knob until ALTERNATE
FREQ. appears on the display.
3. Press the tune/select knob to select AF OFF,
AF ON, or AF REG. An X will appear in the box
when AF is selected on.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Radio Message
THEFTLOCK:This message is displayed when the
THEFTLOCK®system has been activated. Take
the vehicle to the dealer for service.
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Using the Single CD Player
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player will pull it in. If the ignition and the radio are on, the
CD will begin playing. A CD may be loaded with the radio
off, but it will not start playing until the radio is on.
If the ignition or radio is turned off with a CD in the
player, it will stay in the player. When the ignition
or radio is turned on, the CD will start to play where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When the CD is inserted, CD will appear on the display.
As each new track starts to play, the track number
will appear on the display.
The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8 cm) single
CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs and the
smaller CDs are loaded in the same manner.
If playing a CD-R, the sound quality may be reduced due
to CD-R quality, the method of recording, the quality of
the music that has been recorded, and the way the CD-R
has been handled. There may be an increase in skipping,
difficulty in nding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading and
ejecting. If these problems occur, check the bottom
surface of the CD. If the surface of the CD is damaged,
such as cracked, broken, or scratched, the CD will not
play properly. If the surface of the CD is soiled, seeCare
of Your CDs on page 3-121for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known good CD.Do not add any label to a CD, it could get caught in the
CD player. If a CD is recorded on a personal computer
and a description label is needed, try labeling the top of
the recorded CD with a marking pen instead.
Notice:If you add any label to a CD, insert more
than one CD into the slot at a time, or attempt to play
scratched or damaged CDs, you could damage the
CD player. When using the CD player, use only CDs
in good condition without any label, load one CD at a
time, and keep the CD player and the loading slot free
of foreign materials, liquids, and debris.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages”
later in this section.
When a CD is inserted, the CD functions will appear on
the display above the pushbuttons, in place of the
preset stations (if programmed).
F1
{(Reverse):Press this pushbutton to go to the
previous track. Press and hold this pushbutton to
reverse quickly within a track. Release the pushbutton
to play the passage. The elapsed time of the track
will appear on the display.
F2
|(Forward):Press this pushbutton to go to the
next track. Press and hold this pushbutton to advance
quickly within a track. Release the pushbutton to
play the passage. The elapsed time of the track will
appear on the display.
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If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages”
later in this section.
When a CD is inserted, the CD functions will appear on
the display above the pushbuttons, in place of the
preset stations (if programmed).
M(Load):Press this button to load CDs into the CD
player. This CD player will hold up to six CDs.
To insert one CD, do the following:
1. The ignition and the radio can be on or off.
2. Press and release the load button. Please Wait will
appear on the display.
3. Load the CD, when INSERT appears on the
display, insert a CD partway into the slot, label side
up. The player will pull the CD in.
When a CD is inserted, CD will appear on the display,
the number of the CD and the track number will
appear on the display if the radio is on.
If the radio is on, the CD will begin to play automatically.
To insert multiple CDs, do the following:
1. The ignition and the radio can be on or off.
2. Press and hold the load button for two seconds.
Please Wait will appear on the display and you
will hear a beep.3. Load the CD, when INSERT appears on the
display, insert a CD partway into the slot, label side
up. The player will pull the CD in.
Do not load a CD until INSERT appears on the
display. The CD player will take up to six CDs. Do
not try to load more than six. If you want to load
less than six CDs, load the desired amount. The CD
player will time out when it does not receive any
more CDs and the last CD loaded will begin to play.
If the radio is on, the last CD loaded will begin to play
automatically.
F1 DISC
n(Down):Press this pushbutton to go to the
previous CD.
F2 DISC
m(Up):Press this pushbutton to go to the
next CD.
F3 CD REV
{(Reverse):Press this pushbutton to go
to the previous track. Press and hold this pushbutton
to reverse quickly within the track. Release this
pushbutton to play the passage. The elapsed time of
the track will appear on the display.
F4 CD FWD
|(Forward):Press this pushbutton to go
to the next track. Press and hold this pushbutton to
advance quickly within the track. Release this
pushbutton to play the passage. The elapsed time of
the track will appear on the display.
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No Folder
When the CD contains only compressed les, the les
will be located under the root folder. The next and
previous folder functions will have no function on a CD
that was recorded without folders or playlists. When
displaying the name of the folder the radio will
display ROOT.
When the CD contains only playlists and compressed
audio les, but no folders, all les will be located under
the root folder. The folder down and the folder up
buttons will search playlists (Px) rst and then go to the
root folder. When the radio displays the name of the
folder the radio will display ROOT.
Order of Play
Tracks will be played in the following order:
Play will begin from the rst track in the rst playlist
and will continue sequentially through all tracks in
each playlist. When the last track of the last playlist
has been played, play will continue from the rst
track of the rst playlist.
If the CD does not contain any playlists, then play
will begin from the rst track under the root
directory. When all tracks from the root directory
have been played, play will continue from les
according to their numerical listing. After playing the
last track from the last folder, play will begin
again at the rst track of the rst folder or root
directory.
When play enters a new folder, the display will not
automatically show the new folder name. The new track
name will appear on the display.
File System and Naming
The song name that will be displayed will be the song
name that is contained in the ID3 tag. If the song name
is not present in the ID3 tag, then the radio will
display the le name without the extension
(such as .mp3) as the track name.
Track names longer than 32 characters or 4 pages will
be shortened. The display will not show parts of
words on the last page of text and the extension of the
lename will not be displayed.
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©¨(Seek):Press the left arrow to go to the start of
the previous track. Press the right arrow to go to the
start of the next track. Pressing either arrow for
more than two seconds will search the previous or next
tracks at two tracks per second. Release the button
to stop searching and to play the track.
©¨(Scan):Press the double arrow button to scan
the tracks in each folder. The radio will go to the
next track, play for 10 seconds, then go on to the next
track. Press this button again to stop scanning.
w(Tune):Turning the tune knob will fast track
reverse or advance through the tracks in all folders or
playlists. The track number and le name will appear on
the display for each track. Turning this knob while in
random will fast track reverse or advance the tracks in
sequential order.
4(Information):Press this button, while an MP3 CD is
loaded, to view the Title, Artist, Album, or Folder
names. To view this information, perform the following:
1. Press the tune/select knob to enter the
main menu.
2. Turn the tune/select knob until INFO appears on
the display.3. Press the tune/select knob to select INFO. The
display will change to show the additional MP3
information.
4. Press one of the following pushbuttons to view that
specic information.
F1 TTLE (Title):To display the title name.
F2 ATST (Artist):To display the artist name.
F3 ALBM (Album):To display the album name.
F4 FLDR (Folder):To display the folder name.
5. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
SRCE (Source):Press this button to select a source,
either radio or CD. The CD must be loaded to select
the source and to play. CD will appear on the display if
a CD is loaded. If a CD is not loaded, the display
will not change from the radio source.
Z(Eject):Press this button to stop a CD when it is
playing or to eject a CD when it is not playing. Eject may
be activated with the ignition and the radio off.
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g(OnStar®/Voice Recognition):If your vehicle has
the Radio with CD or Radio with Six-Disc CD audio
system, press this button to interact with the OnStar
system. See theOnStar
®System on page 2-45in this
manual for more information.
If your vehicle has the navigation system, press this
button to initiate voice recognition. See “Voice
Recognition” in the Navigation System manual for more
information. You may be able to interact with the
OnStar system using this button. See theOnStar
®
System on page 2-45in this manual for more
information.
1-6 (Preset Stations):Press this button to play stations
that are programmed on the radio preset pushbuttons.
The radio will only seek preset stations with a strong
signal that are in the selected band.
When a CD is playing, press this button to go to the
next track.
When a CD is playing in the six-disc CD changer, press
this button to go to the next available CD, if multiple
CDs are loaded.
+
u— (Volume):Press this button to increase or to
decrease the volume.+
tu— (Seek):Press either arrow to go to the
next or the previous radio station and stay there.
The radio will only seek stations with a strong signal
that are in the selected band.
When a CD is playing, press the minus sign to go to the
start of the current track, if more than 10 seconds have
played. Press the plus sign to go to the next track. If
either the minus or the plus button are pressed more than
once, the player will continue moving backward or
forward through the CD.
Press and hold the SEEK plus or minus button, until
you hear a beep. The CD will fast forward or fast reverse
through the CD. Press either button again to play the
passage.
If you have the navigation system, some of the audio
steering wheel controls work when a DVD is playing in
the navigation radio. See the Navigation System
manual for more information.
Radio Reception
You may experience frequency interference and static
during normal radio reception if items such as cellphone
chargers, vehicle convenience accessories, and external
electronic devices are plugged into the accessory power
outlet. If there is interference or static, unplug the item
from the accessory power outlet.
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