2007 BUICK LACROSSE Owner's Manual

Scanning Categories (CAT)
(XM™ Satellite Radio Service Only)
To scan a desired category perform the following:
1. Press the CAT button to activate category
select mode. The current category will
appear on the display.
2. Turn the tune knob to select a category.
3. Once the desired category is displayed, press
either SEEK arrow for two seconds to scan
the stations in the category.
4. Press either SEEK arrow again to
stop scanning.
If the radio cannot nd the desired category,
NOT FOUND will appear on the display and the
radio will return to the last station you were
listening to.
Radio Messages
CALIBRATE:The audio system has been
calibrated for your vehicle from the factory. If
CALIBRATE appears on the display it means that
the radio has not been congured properly for
your vehicle and it must be returned to your
GM dealer for service.
LOCKED:This message is displayed when the
THEFTLOCK
®system has locked up. Take
your vehicle to your GM dealer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your GM dealer.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 278later in this
section for further detail.
Playing a CD
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.
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When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol will appear
on the CD. 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 282for 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.
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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. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and release the LOAD button.
3. Wait for the indicator light, located to the right
of the slot, to turn green.
4. Load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the
slot, label side up. The player will pull the
CD in.
To insert multiple CDs, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and hold the LOAD button for
two seconds.
You will hear a beep and the indicator light,
located to the right of the slot, will begin
to ash and MULTI LOAD # will appear on
the display.
3. Once the light stops ashing and turns green,
INSERT CD # will appear on the display, load
a CD. Insert the CD partway into the slot,
label side up. The player will pull the CD in.Once the CD is loaded, the indicator light will
begin ashing again. Once the light stops
ashing and turns green, you can load another
CD. The CD player takes up to six CDs. Do
not try to load more than six.
To load more than one CD but less than six,
complete Steps 1 through 3. When nished loading
CDs, press the LOAD button to cancel the loading
function. The radio will begin to play the last CD
loaded.
If more than one CD has been loaded, a number
for each CD will appear on the display.
Playing a Specic Loaded CD
For every CD loaded, a number will appear on
the display. To play a specic CD, press the
numbered pushbutton that corresponds to the CD.
A small bar will appear under the CD number
that is playing and the track number will appear on
the display.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD
Messages” later in this section.
Z(Eject):Press this button to eject CD(s).
To eject the CD that is currently playing, press and
release this button.
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To eject multiple CDs, do the following:
1. Press and hold the CD eject button for
two seconds.
You will hear a beep and the indicator light,
located to the right of the slot, will begin
to ash and EJECT ALL will appear on
the display.
2. Once the light stops ashing, REMOVE CD #
will appear on the display. The CD will eject
and can be removed.
Once the CD is removed, the indicator light
will begin ashing again and another CD
will eject.
To stop ejecting the CDs, press the LOAD or
the eject button.
If the CD is not removed, after 25 seconds, the
CD will be automatically pulled back into the
player. If CD is pushed back into the player, before
the 25 second time period is complete, the
player will sense an error and will try to eject the
CD several times before stopping.Do not repeatedly press the CD eject button to
eject a CD after you have tried to push it in
manually. The player’s 25-second eject timer will
reset at each press of eject, causing the player
to not eject the CD until the 25-second time period
has elapsed.
s(Reverse):Press this button to reverse
within the current track.
\(Fast Forward):Press this button to fast
forward within the current track.
N(Repeat):With repeat, one track or an entire
CD can be repeated.
To use repeat, do the following:
To repeat the track you are listening to, press
and release the repeat button. RPT # will
appear on the display. Press this button again
to turn off repeat play.
To repeat the CD you are listening to, press
and hold the repeat button for two seconds.
REPEAT CD # will appear on the display.
Press this button again to turn off repeat play.
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RDM (Random):With random, you can listen to
the tracks in random, rather than sequential,
order, on one CD or on all of the CDs. To use
random, do one of the following:
To play the tracks on the CD you are listening
to in random order, press and release the
random button. RANDOM ONE will appear on
the display. Press this button again to turn
off random play.
To play the tracks on all of the CDs that are
loaded in random order, press and hold this
button for more than two seconds. You
will hear a beep and RANDOM ALL will appear
on the display. Press this button again to
turn off random play.
oSEEKp:Press the left arrow to go to the
start of the current track, if more than ten seconds
have played. Press the right arrow to go to the
next track. If either arrow is held or pressed more
than once, the player will continue moving
backward or forward through the CD.To scan one CD, press and hold either SEEK
arrow for more than two seconds until TRACK
SCAN appears on the display and you hear
a beep. The radio will go to the next track, play for
10 seconds, then go on to the next track. Press
either SEEK arrow again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded CDs, press and hold either
SEEK arrow for more than four seconds until
ALL CD SCAN appears on the display and you
hear a beep. Use this feature to listen to
10 seconds of the rst track of each loaded CD.
Press either SEEK arrow again, to stop scanning.
DISP (Display):Press this knob to see how
long the current track has been playing. The
elapsed time of the track will appear on the
display. To change the default on the display, track
or elapsed time, press this 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.
BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio
when a CD is playing. The inactive CD(s)
will remain safely inside the radio for future
listening.
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CD:Press this button to play a CD when listening
to the radio. The CD symbol will appear on the
display when a CD is loaded.
EQ (Equalization):Press EQ to select an
equalization setting while playing a CD. The
equalization will be set whenever a CD is played.
See “EQ” listed previously for more information.
If you select an EQ setting for your CD, it will
be activated each time you play a CD.
Using List Mode
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 CD player 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. LIST should not appear on
the display. If LIST is present, press the LIST
button to turn it off.3. Select the desired CD by pressing the
numbered pushbutton and then use the SEEK
right arrow to locate the track to be saved.
The track will begin to play.
4. Press and hold the LIST button to save the
track into memory. When LIST is pressed,
one beep will be heard immediately. After
two seconds of continuously pressing the LIST
button, TRACK ADD will appear on the
display and two beeps will sound to conrm
the track has been saved.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other
selections.
S-LIST FULL will appear on the display if you try
to save more than 20 selections.
To play the song list, press the LIST button.
One beep will be heard and S-LIST will appear on
the display. The recorded tracks will begin to
play in the order they were saved.
Seek through the song list by using the SEEK
arrows. Seeking past the last saved track
will return to the rst saved track.
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To delete tracks from the song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the LIST button to turn song list on.
LIST will appear on the display.
3. Press either SEEK arrow to select the desired
track to be deleted.
4. Press and hold the LIST button for
two seconds. When LIST is pressed,
one beep will be heard immediately. After
two seconds of continuously pressing the LIST
button, TRACK DELETE will appear on the
display and two beeps will be heard to conrm
that the track has been deleted.
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.To delete the entire song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the LIST button to turn song list on.
LIST will appear on the display.
3. Press and hold the LIST button for more than
four seconds. One beep will be heard,
followed by two beeps after two seconds, and
a nal beep will be heard after four seconds.
LIST EMPTY will appear on the display
indicating 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 LIST button.
One beep will be heard and LIST will be removed
from the display.
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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.
Using an MP3
MP3 CD-R Disc
MP3 Format
If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal
computer:
Make sure the MP3 les are recorded on a
CD-R disc.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 les on
one disc.
Make sure playlists have a .mp3 or .wpl
extension, other le extensions may not work.
Files can be recorded with a variety of xed or
variable bit rates. Song title, artist name, and
album will be available for display by the
radio when recorded using ID3 tags
version 1 and 2.
Create a folder structure that makes it easy to
nd songs while driving. Organize songs by
albums using one folder for each album.
Each folder or album should contain 18 songs
or less.
Make sure to nalize the disc when burning an
MP3 disc, using multiple sessions. It is usually
better to burn the disc all at once.
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