2007 CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT Owners Manual

Press the pushbutton for the desired PTY.
The radio may not go to all of the stations with
that music type when pressing the pushbutton, as
not all stations support PTYs.
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/sel knob to enter the
main menu.
2. Turn the tune/sel knob until ALTERNATE
FREQ. appear on the display.
3. Press the tune/sel knob to select AF OFF,
AF ON, or AF REG (regular). When AF is
selected an X will appear in that box.
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.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 300later in this
section for further detail.
Using the Six-Disc CD Changer
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.
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If the surface of the CD is soiled, seeCare of
Your CDs and DVDs on page 318for more
information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.
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 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.
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. 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.
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3. 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 and hold this
pushbutton to reverse quickly within the track.
Holding the pushbutton will play in reverse
at 10 times the normal speed. After holding it for
more than four seconds it will play in reverse
at 20 times the normal speed. Release this
pushbutton to play the passage. The elapsed time
of the track will appear on the display.F4 CD FWD
|(Forward):Press and hold this
pushbutton to advance quickly within the track.
Holding the pushbutton will play at 10 times
the normal speed. After holding it for more than
four seconds it will play at 20 times the normal
speed. Release this pushbutton to play the
passage. The elapsed time of the track will
appear on the display.
F5 MODE:Press this pushbutton to select from
NORMAL, RPT TRCK (Repeat Track), RPT
DISC (Repeat CD), RDM TRCK (Random Track),
and RDM ALL (Random All CDs).
Normal:Sets the system for normal play of
the CD(s).
RPT TRCK (Repeat Track):Repeats the
track over again. RPT TRCK will appear on
the display. Press the MODE pushbutton again
to turn off repeat play and advance to the
next mode.
RPT DISC (Repeat CD):Repeats the CD
over again. RPT DISC will appear on the
display. Press the MODE pushbutton again
to turn off repeat play and advance to the
next mode.
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RDM TRCK (Random Track):Plays the
tracks on the current CD in random, rather
than sequential order. RDM TRCK will appear
on the display. Press the MODE pushbutton
again to turn off random play and advance to
the next mode.
RDM ALL (Random All CDs):Plays all of the
CDs loaded in random, rather than sequential
order. RDM ALL will appear on the display.
Press the MODE pushbutton again to turn off
random play and advance to the next mode.
F6 DISP (Display):Press this pushbutton to
display the time of the track. Press this pushbutton
again to display CD PLAY MODE.
©or¨(Seek):Press the left single arrow to go
to the start of the current track. Press it again
to go to the previous track, or press the right single
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 this double arrow button to
listen to each track for 10 seconds. The CD will
go to a track, play for 10 seconds, and then go on
to the next track. Press this button again to
stop scanning.
SRCE (Source):Press this button to select a
source, either radio, CD, DVD or AUX, if
your vehicle has this feature. 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 change to
the next available source, either DVD, AUX
(auxiliary), if your vehicle has this feature, or radio.
Z(Eject):Press this button to eject the CD that
is currently playing, or press and hold this button to
eject all of the CDs loaded. You will hear a beep.
Eject may be activated with the ignition or radio off.
If the CD is not removed after a short time, the CD
will be brought back into the CD player for storage.
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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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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
and DVDs on page 318for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.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 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.
If an error appears on the display, see
“CD Messages” later in this section.
F3 (Reverse):Press and hold this pushbutton to
enter fast reverse mode. Holding the pushbutton
will play in reverse at 10 times the normal
speed. After holding it for more than four seconds
it will play in reverse at 20 times the normal
speed. Release the pushbutton to return to normal
play mode. The radio will be muted during the
reverse mode.
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