2006 CHEVROLET EQUINOX stop start

Oil Pressure Light
If you have a low engine
oil pressure problem, this
light will stay on after
you start your engine, or
come on when you
are driving. This indicates
that your engine is not
receiving enough oil.
The engine could be low on oil, or could have some
other oil problem. Have it xed immediately.
The oil light could also come on in three other situations:
When the ignition is on but the engine is not
running, the light will come on as a test to show you
it is working, but the light will go out when you
turn the ignition to START. If it doesn’t come on with
the ignition on, you may have a problem with the
fuse or bulb. Have it xed right away.
If the vehicle is idling at a stop sign, the light may
blink on and then off.
If you make a hard stop, the light may come on for
a moment. This is normal.
{CAUTION:
Do not keep driving if the oil pressure is low. If
you do, your engine can become so hot that it
catches re. You or others could be burned.
Check your oil as soon as possible and have
your vehicle serviced.
Notice:Lack of proper engine oil maintenance may
damage the engine. The repairs would not be
covered by your warranty. Always follow the
maintenance schedule in this manual for changing
engine oil.
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Change Engine Oil Light
If this light comes on and
stays on for 30 seconds, it
means that service is
required for your vehicle.
SeeScheduled
Maintenance on page 6-4
for more information.
After having the oil changed you will need to reset the
light. SeeEngine Oil on page 5-13for more information.
Security Light
Your vehicle is equipped
with a Passlock®
theft-deterrent system.
With this system, the
security light will ash as
you open the door if
your ignition is off.
This light will come on briey when the vehicle is
turned on.
For more information, seePasslock
®on page 2-15.
Reduced Engine Power Light
This light will come on
briey when you start
the engine.
This light, along with the service engine soon light, will
be displayed when a noticeable reduction in the
vehicle’s performance may occur. Stop the vehicle and
turn off the ignition. Wait for 10 seconds and restart
your vehicle. This may correct the condition.
The vehicle may be driven at a reduced speed when
the reduced engine power light is on, but acceleration
and speed may be reduced. The performance may
be reduced until the next time you drive your vehicle.
If this light stays on, see your GM dealer as soon
as possible for diagnosis and repair.
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Playing a CD
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player will pull it in and the CD should begin playing. If
you want to insert a CD with the ignition off, rst press the
eject or DISP knob.
If the ignition or radio is turned off with the CD in the
player, it will stay in the player. When the ignition or the
radio is turned on, the CD will start playing, where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When the CD is inserted, the CD icon will appear on the
display. As each new track starts to play, TRACK and
the track number will appear on the display.
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 3-83for 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.
Do not play 3 inch (8 cm) CDs without a standard
adapter CD.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages”
later in this section.
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s(Reverse):Press and hold this pushbutton to
reverse quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a
reduced volume. Release the button to play the
passage. The elapsed time of the track will appear on
the display.
\(Fast Forward):Press and hold this button to
advance quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a
reduced volume. Release the button to play the passage.
The elapsed time of the track will appear on the display.
9RPT (Repeat):Press this button once to hear a
track over again. RPT ON will appear on the display.
The current track will continue to repeat. Press
RPT again to turn off repeat play. RPT OFF will appear
on the display and RPT will disappear from the
display.
9RDM (Random):Press this button to hear the
tracks in random, rather than sequential, order. TRACK,
TRK#, and the RDM icon will appear on the display.
TRACK and the track number will appear on the display
when each track starts to play. Press RDM again to turn
off random play. RDM OFF will appear on the display and
the RDM icon will disappear from the display.
oSEEKp:Press the left arrow to go to the start of
the current track. If this button is pressed more than
once, the player will continue moving backward through
the CD.
Press the right arrow to go to the start of the next track.
If this button is pressed more than once, the player
will continue moving forward through the CD.
©SCAN¨:To scan the CD, press either SCAN
arrow. Use this feature to listen to ten seconds of each
track of the CD. Press either SCAN arrow again, to
stop scanning.
DISP (Display):Press the DISP knob to see how long
the current track has been playing. The track number,
and the elapsed time of the track will appear on the
display. To change the default on the display, track 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 knob will also display text on
commercially recorded CDs (if available).
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Playing a CD
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player will pull it in and the CD should begin playing.
If you want to insert a CD with the ignition off, rst press
the eject or DISP knob.
If the ignition or radio is turned off with the CD in the
player, it will stay in the player. When the ignition or the
radio is turned on, the CD will start playing, where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When a CD is inserted, the CD icon will appear on the
display. As each new track starts to play, TRACK
and the track number will appear on the display.
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 3-83for 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.
Do not play 3 inch (8 cm) CDs without a standard
adapter CD.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages”
later in this section.
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s(Reverse):Press and hold this pushbutton to
reverse quickly within a track. You will hear sound at
a reduced volume. Release the button to play the
passage. The elapsed time of the track will appear on
the display.
\(Fast Forward):Press and hold this pushbutton to
advance quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a
reduced volume. Release the button to play the passage.
The elapsed time of the track will appear on the display.
9RDM (Random):Press this button to hear the
tracks in random, rather than sequential, order. TRACK,
TRK #, and the RDM icon will appear on the display.
TRACK and the track number will appear on the display
when each track starts to play. Press RDM again to
turn off random play. RDM OFF will appear on the
display and the RDM icon will disappear from
the display.
©SEEK¨:Press and release the left arrow to go to
the start of the current track. If this button is pressed
more than once, the player will continue moving
backward through the CD.Press and release the right arrow to go to the start of
the next track. If this button is pressed more than
once, the player will continue moving forward through
the CD.
To scan the CD, press and hold either SEEK arrow for
more than two seconds. Use this feature to listen to
ten seconds of each track of the CD. Press either SEEK
arrow again, to stop scanning.
DISP (Display):Press the DISP knob to see how long
the current track has been playing. The track number,
and the elapsed time of the track will appear on
the display. To change the default on the display, track
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 knob will
also display text on commercially recorded CDs (if
available).
EQ (Equalizer):Press this button to select the desired
equalization setting while playing a CD. The equalization
will be automatically recalled whenever a CD is played.
For more information, see “EQ” listed previously in
this section.
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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 2 pages will
be shortened.
Preprogrammed Playlists
You can access preprogrammed playlists which were
created by WinAmp™, MusicMatch™, or Real
Jukebox™ software, however, you will not have editing
capability. These playlists will be treated as special
folders containing compressed audio song les.
Playing an MP3
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up.
The player will pull it in and the CD will begin to play
after the player has read the table of contents, has read
the le structure, and has determined where the rst
playable track is located. READING DISC will appear on
the display. After the MP3 has been read, the number
of folders and tracks will appear on the display.The radio will go back to the default display and the
CD icon will appear. If you want to insert an MP3 with
the ignition off, rst press the EJECT button or push the
RCL knob. If you insert a CD with the radio off and
the ignition on, it will start to play.
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 playing where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
The track number will appear on the display, as each
new track starts to play.
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 3-83for more information.
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9RDM (Random):To random the tracks in the
current folder or playlist, press and release this button.
FLDR RDM ON will appear on the display. Once all
of the tracks in the current folder or playlist have been
played the system will move on to the next folder or
playlist and play all of the tracks in random order.
To random all the tracks on the CD, press and hold this
button for two seconds. You will hear a beep and
DISC RDM ON will appear on the display. This feature
will not work with playlists.
When in random, pressing and releasing either SEEK
arrow will take you to the next or previous random track.
Press and release this button again to turn off random
play. RDM OFF will appear on the display.
©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.ADJ (Adjust):Turning this 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.
DISP (Display):Press the DISP knob to switch
between track mode, folder/playlist mode, and time of
day mode. The display will show sixteen characters, but
there can be two pages of text. If there are more
than eight characters in the song, folder, or playlist
name, pressing this knob within two seconds will take
you to the next page of text. If there are no other pages
to be shown, pressing this knob within two seconds
will take you to the next display mode.Track mode will display the current track number
and the ID3 tag song name.
Folder/playlist mode will display the current folder or
playlist number and the folder/playlist name.
To change the default on the display, press the DISP
knob until you see the display you want, then hold
this knob for two seconds. The radio will produce
one beep and the selected display will now be the
default.
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