2007 BUICK TERRAZA audio

Radio with CDRadio Data System (RDS)
The audio system has a Radio Data System (RDS).
RDS features are available for use only on FM
stations that broadcast RDS information.
With RDS, the radio can do the following:
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected
type of programming
Receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies
Display messages from radio stations
Seek to stations with traffic announcements
This system relies upon receiving specic
information from these stations and only works
when the information is available. In rare cases, a
radio station may broadcast incorrect information
that causes the radio features to work improperly.
If this happens, contact the radio station.
While the radio is tuned to an RDS station, the
station name or call letters appear on the display.
RDS stations may also provide the time of day,
a program type (PTY) for current programming,
and the name of the program being broadcast.
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XM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM™ is a satellite radio service that is based in
the 48 contiguous United States and Canada.
XM™ offers a large variety of coast-to-coast
channels including music, news, sports, talk,
traffic/weather (U.S. subscribers), and children’s
programming. XM™ provides digital quality
audio and text information that includes song title
and artist name. A service fee is required in
order to receive the XM™ service. For more
information, contact XM™; In the U.S. at
www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-852-XMXM (9696)
or in Canada at www.xmradio.ca or call
1-877-GET-XMSR (438-9677).
Playing the Radio
Top Knob (Power/Volume):Press this knob
to turn the system on and off. Turn this knob
clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or
to decrease the volume.
4(Information):For RDS, press this button to
change what appears on the display while
using RDS. The display options are station name,
RDS station frequency, PTY (program type),
and the name of the program (if available).For XM™ (if equipped), press the information
button 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
information button until you see the desired
display, then hold the button for two seconds.
The radio produces one beep and the selected
display becomes the default.
AUTO
n(Automatic Volume):With automatic
volume, the audio system adjusts automatically
to make up for road and wind noise as you drive,
by increasing the volume as the vehicle speed
increases.
Set the volume at the desired level. Press this
button to select AUTO VOLUME MIN (minimum),
AUTO VOLUME MED (medium), or AUTO
VOLUME MAX (maximum). Each higher setting
provides more volume compensation at faster
vehicle speeds. To turn automatic volume
off, press this button until AUTO VOLUME OFF
appears on the display.
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Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
e
(Bass/Treble/Midrange):Press this knob to
select BASS, MIDRANGE, or TREBLE. Turn
the knob to increase or to decrease. If a station is
weak or has static, decrease the treble.
To adjust the bass, midrange, and treble to the
middle position, press and hold this knob when the
tone control is on the display. The level changes
to the middle position.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, press and hold this knob when no
tone or speaker control is displayed. AUDIO
SETTINGS CENTERED appears on the display.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press
this button to select customized equalization
settings designed for country/western, jazz, talk,
pop, rock, and classical. Selecting CUSTOM
or changing bass or treble, returns the EQ to the
manual bass and treble settings.
The radio saves separate AUTO EQ settings for
each preset and source.
Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
e
(Balance/Fade):To adjust the balance
between the right and the left speakers, press this
knob until BALANCE appears on the display.
Turn the knob to move the sound toward the right
or the left speakers.
To adjust the fade between the front and the rear
speakers, press this knob until FADE appears
on the display. Turn the knob to move the sound
toward the front or the rear speakers.
To adjust the balance and fade to the middle
position, press and hold this knob when the
speaker control is on the display. The level
changes to the middle position.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, press and hold this knob when no
tone or speaker control is displayed. AUDIO
SETTINGS CENTERED appears on the display.
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If TA is on the display, press the TRAF button to
turn off the traffic announcements.
The radio plays the traffic announcement even if the
volume is low. The radio interrupts the play of a CD
if the last tuned station broadcasts traffic
announcements.
This function does not apply to XM™ Satellite
Radio Service.
Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error):The audio system
has been calibrated for your vehicle from the
factory. If CAL ERR appears on the display, it
means that the radio has not been congured
properly for your vehicle and must be returned to
your dealer for service.
LOCKED:This message is displayed when the
THEFTLOCK
®system has locked up. Take
the vehicle to your dealer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your dealer. If the radio
displays an error message, write it down
and provide it to your dealer when reporting the
problem.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 280later in this
section for further detail.
Playing a CD (Single CD Player)
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player pulls it in and the CD should begin playing.
If the ignition or radio is turned off with a CD in the
player, it stays in the player. When the ignition or
radio is turned on, the CD starts playing where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When a CD is inserted, CD and the CD symbol
appears on the display. As each new track starts to
play the track number appears 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 (and playback
performance) may be reduced due to the CD-R
quality, method of recording, the quality of
the music that has been recorded, and the way
the CD-R has been handled. For better playback
performance when home burning audio discs,
use brand named CD media showing the Compact
Disc™, and a burn rate no faster than 12X.
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tSEEKu:Press the left arrow to go to the
start of the current track if more than eight seconds
have played. Press the right arrow to go to the
start of the next track. If either arrow is held
or pressed more than once, the player continues
moving backward or forward through the CD.
BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio
when a CD is playing. The inactive CD remains
safely inside the radio for future listening.
CD AUX (Auxiliary):Press this button to play a
CD when listening to the radio. CD appears on the
display when a CD is in the player. If the system
has a remote playback device, pressing this button
a second time allows the remote device to play.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press
AUTO EQ to select the equalization setting
while playing a CD. The equalization is stored
whenever a CD is played. For more information on
AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ” listed previously in
this section.
X(Eject):Press this button to eject the CD.
EJECT may be activated with either the ignition
or radio off.
Playing a CD(s) (Six-Disc CD Player)
If the ignition or radio is turned off, with a CD in the
player, it stays in the player. When the ignition
or radio is turned on, the CD starts playing where
it stopped, if it was the last selected audio
source.
When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol appears
on the CD. As each new track starts to play,
the track number appears 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 (and playback
performance) may be reduced due to the CD-R
quality, method of recording, the quality of
the music that has been recorded, and the way
the CD-R has been handled. For better playback
performance when home burning audio discs,
use brand named CD media showing the Compact
Disc™, and a burn rate no faster than 12X.
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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 dealer. If the radio
displays an error message, write it down
and provide it to your 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 .m3u 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.
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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.
Do not use CD-RW discs.
Do not use colored discs.
The player will be able to read and play a
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions,
and 255 les. Long le names, folder names,
or playlist names may use more disc memory
space than necessary. To conserve space on the
disc, minimize the length of the le, folder, or
playlist names. You can also play an MP3 CD that
was recorded using no le folders. The system
can support up to 11 folders in depth, though,
keep the depth of the folders to a minimum
in order to keep down the complexity and
confusion in trying to locate a particular folder
during playback. If a CD contains more than the
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions,
and 255 les the player lets you access and
navigate up to the maximum, but all items over
the maximum cannot be accessed.
Root Directory
The root directory will be treated as a folder.
If the root directory has compressed audio
les, the directory is displayed as F1 ROOT.
All les contained directly under the root directory
are accessed prior to any root directory folders.
However, playlists (Px) are always accessed
before root folders or les.
Empty Directory or Folder
If a root directory or a folder exists somewhere
in the le structure that contains only folders/
subfolders and no compressed les directly
beneath them, the player advances to the next
folder in the le structure that contains compressed
audio les. The empty folder will not display.
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 not function
on a CD that was recorded without folders or
playlists. When displaying the name of the folder
the radio displays ROOT.
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When the CD contains only playlists and
compressed audio les, but no folders, all les
are located under the root folder. The folder down
and the folder up buttons search playlists (Px)
rst and then go to the root folder. When the
radio displays the name of the folder the radio
displays ROOT.
Order of Play
Tracks are played in the following order:
Play begins from the rst track in the rst
playlist and continues sequentially through
all tracks in each playlist. When the last track
of the last playlist has played, play continues
from the rst track of the rst playlist.
If the CD does not contain any playlists,
then play begins from the rst track under
the root directory. When all tracks from
the root directory have played, play continues
from les according to their numerical
listing. After playing the last track from the last
folder, play begins again at the rst track of
the rst folder or root directory.When play enters a new folder, the display does
not automatically show the new folder name unless
you have chosen the folder mode as the default
display. See the information button later in
this section for more information. The new track
name appears on the display.
File System and Naming
The song name that displays is the song name that
is contained in the ID3 tag. If the song name is not
present in the ID3 tag, then the radio displays the
le name without the extension (such as .mp3)
as the track name.
Track names longer than 32 characters or
four pages are shortened. Parts of words on
the last page of text and the extension of
the lename will not display.
Preprogrammed Playlists
Preprogrammed playlists that were created using
WinAmp™, MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™
software can be accessed, however, they cannot
be edited using the radio. These playlists are
treated as special folders containing compressed
audio song les.
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