2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT audio

Setting the Date
1. Press the tune/select knob (the right knob)
to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the tune/select knob until SET DATE
appears on the display.
3. Press the tune/select knob to select
SET DATE.
4. Turn the tune/select knob to adjust the date.
5. Press the tune/select knob to update the
time. VEHICLE DATE UPDATED will
appear on the display.
If the DATE is programmed into one of the
congurable keys, pressing the key will switch
the display back to the date set function. The time
and date will always appear on the radio display.
See “Congurable Radio Display Keys” under
Radio with CD and DVD on page 270for more
information on conguring the keys.
Radio with CD and DVD
Playing the Radio
O
(Power):Press this knob to turn the radio
on and off.
Press and hold this knob for more than
two seconds to turn off the radio, RSE
(rear seat entertainment) video screen, and
RSA (rear seat audio).
n(Volume):Turn this knob to increase or to
decrease the volume.
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SRCE (Source):Press this button to select a
source, either radio, CD, DVD, or auxiliary, if your
vehicle has this feature. The CD or DVD must be
loaded to select the source and to play. CD or DVD
will appear on the display if a disc is loaded. If a CD
or DVD is not loaded, the display will change to the
auxiliary source, if your vehicle has this feature, or
stay on the radio.
Vehicle Noise Compensation (VNC):Your
vehicle has a Bose
®audio system. It includes Bose
AudioPilot®noise compensation technology. When
turned on, AudioPilot®continuously adjusts the
audio system equalization, to compensate for
background noise, so that your music always
sounds the same at the set volume level.
This feature is most effective at lower radio volume
settings where background noise can affect how
well you hear the music being played through your
vehicle’s audio system. At higher volume settings,
where the music is much louder than the
background noise, there may be little or no
adjustments by AudioPilot
®.To use AudioPilot
®, set the radio volume at a low to
moderate listening level. Begin listening while the
vehicle is stopped with the motor running. Turn the
AudioPilot
®on by pressing the tune/sel (select)
knob to enter the main menu. Then turn the tune/sel
knob until VNC:AUDIOPILOT appears on the
display. Press the tune/sel knob to turn AudioPilot
®
on and off. An X will appear in the box when it is
turned on. Then, resume driving, gradually
increasing the vehicle speed. You will notice that
your music sounds the same regardless of
background noises; such as road noise, tire hum, or
wind. With the AudioPilot
®turned off, repeat this
process again without adjusting the volume or tone
controls. You will notice that background noise is
now audible, and will prevent you from hearing
softer passages of the music. To turn AudioPilot
®
off, press the tune/sel knob to enter the main menu,
turn the tune/sel knob until VNC:AUDIOPILOT
appears, and press the tune/sel knob. The X in the
box will disappear when it is turned off. For
additional information on AudioPilot
®, please visit
www.bose.com.
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Setting the Tone
(Bass/Midrange/Treble)
To adjust the bass, midrange, and treble,
perform the following steps:
1. Press the tune/sel knob to enter the
main menu.
2. Turn the tune/sel know until
BASS – MID – TREBLE appears on
the display.
3. Press the tune/sel knob to scroll through
the settings.
4. Turn the tune/sel knob to increase or to
decrease the bass, midrange, or treble. If
a station is weak or noisy, decrease the treble.
5. Press the tune/sel knob to set the adjustment.
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.AUDIO EQUALIZER:This feature allows you to
select customized equalization settings. To choose
an equalization setting (EQ0 through EQ5),
perform the following steps:
1. Press the tune/sel knob to enter the
main menu.
2. Turn the tune/sel knob until EQUALIZER
appears on the display.
3. Press the tune/sel knob to set the equalization
setting. The equalization setting 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.
The equalization settings are preset to
EQ0 (Normal), EQ1 (Pop), EQ2 (Rock),
EQ3 (Jazz), EQ4 (Talk), and EQ5 (Country).
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The DSP settings available are:
Normal: Select this setting for normal mode,
this provides the best sound quality for all
seating positions.
Centerpoint™: Select this setting to enable
Bose Centerpoint™. Centerpoint™ signal
processing gives surround sound listening for
a CD, MP3, or a DVD stereo audio source.
Centerpoint™ delivers ve independent audio
channels from conventional stereo recordings.
Rear: Select this setting to adjust the audio for
the rear seat passengers to receive the best
possible sound quality.
Driver: Select this setting to adjust the audio
for the driver to receive the best possible
sound quality.
5.1 Surround: Select this setting to turn on
true 5.1 surround sound processing,
available for DVD-A or DVD-V sources that
were recorded in 5.1 Surround.
5.1 Surround + Normal — this mode is
optimized for all seating positions.
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).
4(Information):Press this button while in XM™
mode to retrieve three different categories of
information related to the current song or channel:
Artist, Song Title, Category or PTY. To view
this information, perform the following:
1. Press the tune/sel knob to enter the
main menu.
2. Turn the tune/sel knob until INFO (information)
appears on the display.
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3. Press the tune/sel knob to select INFO.
The display will change to show the additional
XM™ information.
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 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 announcementsThis system relies upon receiving specic
information from these stations and will only
work when the information is available. In rare
cases, a radio station may broadcast incorrect
information that will cause 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 will appear on the
display instead of the frequency. RDS stations may
also provide the time of day, a program type (PTY)
for current programming, and the name of the
program being broadcast.
RDS Messages
ALERT:Alert warns of local and national
emergencies. When, an alert announcement comes
on the current radio station or a related network
station, ALERT will appear on the display. You will
hear the announcement, even if the volume is low
or a CD or DVD is playing. If a CD or DVD is
playing, play will stop during the announcement.
Alert announcements cannot be turned off. If the
radio tunes to a related network station for the
announcement, it will return to the original station
when the announcement is nished.
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Using an MP3 CD
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.
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.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 will let you access and
navigate up to the maximum, but all items over
the maximum will be ignored.
Root Directory
The root directory will be treated as a folder.
If the root directory has compressed audio les,
the directory will be displayed as F1 ROOT.
All les contained directly under the root directory
will be accessed prior to any root directory
folders. However, playlists (Px) will always be
accessed before root folders or les.
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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 will advance to the next
folder in the le structure that contains compressed
audio les and the empty folder will not be
displayed or numbered.
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, and
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.
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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, and
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
four 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.
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
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. 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.
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.
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