2007 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Owners Manual

Mobile Digital Media System
Your vehicle may have the GM Mobile Digital
Media system which is made up of a digital media
player, a wireless game controller, the digital
media storage (DMS) cartridge, the USB 2.0 cradle
(docking station), and the PhatNoise™ Media
Manager software.
See the following information to learn more about
the components that make up the complete
Digital Media system.
Digital Media Player
The digital media player
is contained in an
overhead console. It is
attached to the
vehicle’s overhead rail
system, located
behind the second row
domelamp.
The overhead console has an opening that opens
downward and is used to insert or remove the
DMS cartridge. Pull the panel down to insert the
removable cartridge. Close this panel to completely
hide the cartridge inside the console.
With the DMS cartridge inserted, the digital media
player is capable of playing back all of the content
that has been stored on the cartridge. Audio content
is accessible through the radio and steering wheel
controls. Audio, videos, and games are accessible
through the rear seat video screen.
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Wireless Game Controller
Most of the functions on
the game controller will
vary, depending on
the game being played.
The wireless game controller will allow the rear
seat passengers to interact with the video games
being played. While playing a game, press the
buttons on the controller to send commands to the
game being played.
DMS (Digital Media Storage) Cartridge
The DMS cartridge is a
palm-sized 40GB
portable hard drive.
This type of cartridge should allow for storage of up
to 5,000 songs in MP3 format, or up to 15 typical
movies in MPEG format, and hours of game
collections, or any combination of the three.
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USB 2.0 Cradle
This type of cradle is
the docking station for
the DMS cartridge.
The USB 2.0 cradle is the docking station that
connects the DMS cartridge to the home computer
allowing new content to be added to the DMS
cartridge. When the cradle is connected to the
home computer, you can read from and write to the
DMS cartridge. The system is compatible with
home computers that support USB communication
(Microsoft
®Windows 98 SR2 and higher).
The USB 2.0 cradle is also backward compatible
for computers equipped with USB 1.1.
PhatNoise™ Media Manager
The PhatNoise™ Media Manager (PMM) supports
the in-vehicle GM Mobile Digital Media system.
The PMM can be used to save audio CDs to the
DMS cartridge as well as organize and transfer
existing tracks on your PC, load video les
onto your DMS cartridge, purchase the preloaded
videos and games, and much more.
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Selecting Your Mobile Digital Media as the
Active Source
Your radio and rear seat entertainment system
communicate with the GM Mobile Digital
Media system, as one compact unit that can be
accessed by everyone seated inside the vehicle.
The GM Mobile Digital Media system can hold
thousands of songs, hours of videos, and
hundreds of games.
To help use this system, see the following “Quick
Start” information:
Front seat driver and passenger, use the radio
and steering wheel controls to access the
music collection with PhatNoise Voice Index™
technology. The preset buttons can be used
to select the browsing category. The Next,
Previous, and Seek buttons can be used to
browse within a browsing category. Browse the
music collection by artist, album, genre, or
custom playlist as the system uses the voice
mode to announce these selections. See
“Using the GM Mobile Digital Media System
for Front Seat Audio Entertainment” later
in this manual.
Rear seat passengers, use the wireless DVD
remote control to navigate the menu displayed
on the overhead DVD video screen, then select
to play music, videos, or games. A dedicated
game controller is included with the Mobile
Digital Media package. See “Using the GM
Mobile Digital Media System for Rear Seat
Entertainment” later in this manual.
Your vehicle may have audio steering wheel
controls. Some audio controls can be adjusted at
the steering wheel. SeeAudio Steering Wheel
Controls on page 367in your owner manual.
If your vehicle has the OnStar
®/Mute audio
steering wheel control, read the following
instructions.
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For vehicles with OnStar®:
Press and hold the mute button to activate
OnStar®.
Press and release this button once again to
deactivate OnStar®mode and go to mute
mode.
Press this button twice to return to sound from
the GM Mobile Digital Media system.
For vehicles without OnStar
®:
Press the mute button to silence the system,
press and release this button once again to
turn the sound back on.
Using GM Mobile Digital Media System
for Front Seat Audio Entertainment
A. Album
B. Artist
C. GenreD. Playlist
E. Mode Items
F. Tracks
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The GM Mobile Digital Media is controlled through
the radio and steering wheel controls on your
vehicle’s audio system. This system functions
differently than a typical CD changer. The Digital
Media system allows you to switch between
different playback modes. These modes determine
the next song that will play. Using modes, you
can browse through playlists, artists, albums, and
genres while the system reads Voice Index™
names to you while you drive. By selecting Playlist
Mode, you can access the music collection in
the order placed onto the DMS cartridge, or you
can have the system sort the music by Album,
Artist, or Genre by selecting the corresponding
Modes.
Starting the System for Front Seat
Entertainment
The GM Mobile Digital Media system is available
through the DMS mode of your radio. This
system will power on and off automatically and
resume where the system last stopped.To begin playback, follow the instructions listed
below:
1. Insert the DMS cartridge into the GM Mobile
Digital Media player.
2. Turn on your radio and switch to the DMS
mode by pressing the CD/AUX button on
your radio.
3. Press any of the rst four pushbuttons (A-D)
to select different browse modes.
4. Press the left or right SEEK/SCAN arrow (E)
to navigate through the mode items.
5. Turn the tune knob (F) to navigate through
songs in a song list.
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Modes Overview
The numbered preset buttons one through four
are used to change the order tracks are grouped
and played. For example, in artist mode, all
tracks are grouped by artist names. Artist names
are listed alphabetically.
The SEEK/SCAN arrows are used to change the
mode item. For example, in Album Mode this will
change to the next or previous album. The mode list
name will display for ve seconds, time-out, then
update to show which list the GM Mobile Digital
Media system is currently playing.
The tune knob is used to change the song within
the current category. For example, while in a
playlist (Playlist Mode) turning the tune knob to
the right will change from track 1 to track 2.
tSEEK/SCANu:Once a mode has been set,
navigate through the categories within that mode by
pressing the right or left SEEK/SCAN arrow. The
category items will display for ve seconds,
time-out, then update to show which category the
Digital Media system is currently playing.
To change the song that is currently playing, press
the right or left SEEK/SCAN arrow to navigate
through the songs.
Setting the Browse Mode Using Voice
Index™
The system automatically organizes all of the
songs on the DMS (digital media storage) cartridge
for you. With Voice Index™ browsing, the six
numbered pushbuttons are used as mode buttons
to browse as the system reads album, artist,
genre and playlist names to you while you drive.
1-6 (Pushbuttons):The GM Digital Media system
uses the numbered station preset buttons to
switch through the browse modes. Press one of
the pushbuttons to set the browse mode. The
selected browse mode will be announced and the
browse mode name will appear on the display.
The preset pushbuttons and the modes associated
with those numbers are:
(1) Album
(2) Artist
(3) Genre
(4) Playlist
(5) Not Used
(6) Not Used
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Changing Song Lists Within a
Browse Mode
Each browse mode contains lists of songs. For
example, Genre mode might contain a list of
Classical songs, a list of Rock songs, and a list of
Country songs.
Once the audio system is set to one of the four
modes, press the SEEK/SCAN button to navigate
through the song lists. For example, press the
right arrow while in Album mode to change to the
next album. Press the left arrow to go back to
the previous Album item.
tSEEK/SCANu:Press the SEEK/SCAN
button once to change to the next song list.
Mode 1 (Album Mode):Press the (1) pushbutton
to put the system into Album mode. Press the
right or left SEEK/SCAN arrow once to change to
the next or previous Album. Albums are listed
alphabetically in groups of Artists.Mode 2 (Artist Mode):Press the (2) pushbutton
to put the system into Artist mode. Press the
right or left SEEK/SCAN arrow once to change to
the next or previous Artist. Artists are listed in
alphabetical order.
Mode 3 (Genre Mode):Press the (3) pushbutton
to put the system into Genre mode. Press the right
or left SEEK/SCAN arrow once to change to the
next or previous Genre in alphabetical order.
Mode 4 (Playlist Mode):Press the (4) pushbutton
to put the system into Playlist mode. Press the
right or left SEEK/SCAN arrow once to change to
the next or previous Playlist in the order the
playlists were saved to the DMS cartridge.
The Album, Artist, and Genre lists are generated
and organized automatically using the
Phatnoise™ Media Manager.
Seeking Through Song List Titles
tSEEK/SCANu:Press and hold the
SEEK/SCAN button for more than 2 seconds to
start seeking through song list titles. Press
this button again to stop on a song list title.
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