2008 CADILLAC DTS radio

For a Six-Disc CD Player
Turn the radio clock display on or off by following
these steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press the MENU button until
His displayed
3. Press the pushbutton located under
Huntil the
clock and date settings appear.
4. Press the pushbutton located under the forward
arrow label until the menu for default clock and
date settings appear.
5. Press the pushbutton located under the currently
displayed status of either ON or OFF. The ON
display indicates the radio clock display is disabled
and the OFF display indicates the radio clock
display is enabled. Press this pushbutton to toggle
the radio clock display on or off.
If the radio clock display is turned on, the screen
displays Radio Clock ON for 10 seconds, then
returns to the original clock display menu.
If the radio clock display is turned off, the screen
displays Radio Clock OFF for 10 seconds. The
menus for clock and date settings are removed, and
ON displays as a current status indicating that the
clock display can be turned on, if desired.
Setting the Time and Date
For the Single CD Player
This type of radio has aHbutton for setting the time
and date. To set the time and date, do the following:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press
Hand HR, MIN, MM, DD, YYYY (hour,
minute, month, day, and year) displays.
3. Press the pushbutton located under any one of
the labels that you want to change. Every time
the pushbutton is pressed again, the time or
the date if selected, increases by one.
Another way to increase the time or date, is to
press the right SEEK arrow or the
\FWD
button.
To decrease the time or date, press the left
SEEK arrow or the
sREV button. You can
also turn the
aknob, located on the upper
right side of the radio faceplate, to adjust the
selected setting.
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For a Six-Disc CD Player
This type of radio has a MENU button for setting the
time and date. To set the time and date, do the
following:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press the MENU button until
Hoption is displayed.
3. Press the pushbutton located under
Hand the
HR, MIN, MM, DD, YYYY (hour, minute, month,
day, and year) displays.
4. Press the pushbutton located under any one of
the labels that you want to change. Every time
the pushbutton is pressed again, the time or
the date if selected, increases by one.
Another way to increase the time or date, is to
press the right SEEK arrow or the
\FWD
button.
To decrease the time or date, press the left
SEEK arrow or the
sREV button. You can
also turn the
aknob, located on the upper right
side of the radio faceplate, to adjust the
selected setting.
Changing the Time and Date Default
Setting
For the Single CD Player
To change the time and date default setting, do the
following:
1. Change the time default setting from 12 hour
to 24 hour or the date default setting from
month/day/year to day/month/year, by pressing
the
Hbutton.
2. Once the clock and date settings display along with
the forward arrow, press the pushbutton located
under the forward arrow until the time 12H and 24H,
and the date MM/DD/YYYY (month, day, and
year) and DD/MM/YYYY (day, month, and year)
displays.
3. Press the pushbutton located under the desired
option, then press the
Hbutton again to apply
the selected default, or let the screen time out.
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For the Six-Disc CD Player
To change the time and date default setting, do the
following:
1. Change the time default setting from 12 hour
to 24 hour or the date default setting from
month/day/year to day/month/year, by pressing
the MENU button.
2. Once
Hdisplays, press the pushbutton located
under
Huntil the time and date settings display
along with a forward arrow.
3. Press the pushbutton located under the forward
arrow until the time 12H and 24H, and the date
MM/DD/YYYY (month, day, and year) and
DD/MM/YYYY (day, month, and year) displays.
4. Press the pushbutton located under the desired
option, then press the MENU button again to
apply the selected default, or let the screen
time out.
Radio(s) (MP3)
Radio with CD shown, Radio with
Six-Disc CD similar
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Radio Data System (RDS)
The audio system has RDS. The RDS feature is
available for use only on FM stations that broadcast
RDS information. This system relies upon receiving
specic information from these stations and only works
when the information is available. While the radio is
tuned to an FM-RDS station, the station name or
call letters display. In rare cases, a radio station can
broadcast incorrect information that causes the
radio features to work improperly. If this happens,
contact the radio station.
Playing the Radio
O
(Power/Volume):Press to turn the system on
and off.
Turn clockwise or counterclockwise to increase or
decrease the volume.Speed Compensated Volume (SCV):Radios with
SCV automatically adjusts the radio volume to
compensate for road and wind noise as you speed up
or slow down while driving. That way, the volume
level should sound about the same as you drive.
To activate SCV:
1. Set the radio volume to the desired level.
2. Press the MENU button to display the radio
setup menu.
3. Press the pushbutton under the AUTO VOLUM
(automatic volume) label on the radio display.
4. Press the pushbutton under the desired Speed
Compensated Volume setting (OFF, Low, Med,
or High) to select the level of radio volume
compensation. The display times out after
approximately 10 seconds. Each higher setting
allows for more radio volume compensation at
faster vehicle speeds.
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AudioPilot®:If your vehicle has the Bose®audio
system, it has AudioPilot noise compensation
technology.
To use AudioPilot, do the following steps:
1. Set the radio volume to the desired level.
2. Press the MENU button to display the radio
setup menu.
3. Press the pushbutton located under the AUTO
VOLUM label on the radio display.
4. Press the ON or OFF button to turn this feature
on or off.
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.
The 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 high volume settings there might be little or
no adjustments by AudioPilot. For more information on
AudioPilot, visit www.bose.com/audiopilot.Finding a Station
BAND:Press to switch between AM, FM, or XM™
(if equipped). The selection displays.
a(Tune):Turn to select radio stations.
©SEEK¨:Press the arrows to go to the next or to
the previous station and stay there.
To scan stations, press and hold either arrow for
three seconds until a beep sounds. The radio goes to
a station, plays for a few seconds, then goes to the next
station. Press either arrow again to stop scanning.
The radio only seeks and scans stations with a strong
signal that are in the selected band.
4(Information) (XM™ Satellite Radio Service,
MP3/WMA, and RDS Features):Press this button
to display additional text information related to the
current FM-RDS or XM (if equipped) station, or
MP3/WMA song. A choice of additional information such
as: Channel, Song, Artist, CAT (category) can display.
Continue pressing the information button to highlight
the desired label, or press the pushbutton positioned
under any one of the labels and the information
about that label displays.
When information is not available, No Info displays.
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Storing a Radio Station as a Favorite
Drivers are encouraged to set up their radio station
favorites while the vehicle is in PARK (P). Tune to your
favorite stations using the presets, favorites button,
and steering wheel controls, if the vehicle has this
feature. SeeDefensive Driving on page 4-2.
FAV (Favorites):A maximum of 36 stations can be
programmed as favorites using the six pushbuttons
positioned below the radio station frequency labels and
by using the radio favorites page button. Press the
FAV button to go through up to six pages of favorites,
each having six favorite stations available per page.
Each page of favorites can contain any combination of
AM, FM, or XM™ (if equipped) stations. To store a
station as a favorite, perform the following steps:
1. Tune to the desired radio station.
2. Press the FAV button to display the page where
you want the station stored.
3. Press and hold one of the six pushbuttons until a
beep sounds. When that pushbutton is pressed
and released, the station that was set, returns.
4. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton radio station
you want stored as a favorite.The number of favorites pages can be setup using
the MENU button. To setup the number of favorites
pages, perform the following steps:
1. Press the MENU button to display the radio
setup menu.
2. Press the pushbutton located below the
FAV 1-6 label.
3. Select the desired number of favorites pages by
pressing the pushbutton located below the
displayed page numbers.
4. Press the FAV button, or let the menu time out,
to return to the original main radio screen showing
the radio station frequency labels and to begin
the process of programming your favorites for the
chosen amount of numbered pages.
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Setting the Tone
(Bass/Midrange/Treble)
BASS/MID/TREB (Bass, Midrange, or Treble):
To adjust bass, midrange, or treble, press the
aknob
until the tone control labels display. Continue pressing to
highlight the desired label, or press the pushbutton
positioned under the desired label. Turn the
aknob
clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the highlighted
setting. The highlighted setting can also be adjusted
by pressing either SEEK arrow,
\FWD, orsREV
button until the desired levels are obtained. If a
station’s frequency is weak or has static, decrease
the treble.
To quickly adjust bass, midrange, or treble to the middle
position, press the pushbutton positioned under the
BASS, MID, or TREB label for more than two seconds.
A beep sounds and the level adjusts to the middle
position.
To quickly adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, press the
aknob for more than
two seconds until a beep sounds.EQ (Equalization):For the non-Bose
®amplied radio,
perform the following steps to setup the equalization
settings:
1. Press the
aknob until the equalization label
displays.
2. Press the pushbutton located under the equalization
label to get choices of POP, ROCK, CTRY
(country), TALK, JAZZ, and CLAS (classical),
to display.
3. Press the pushbutton located under the desired
setting.
For the Bose amplied radio, perform the following
steps to setup the equalization settings:
1. Press the
aknob until the DSP label displays.
2. Press the pushbutton located under the DSP label
to get choices of Norm, Driv, Rear, and Surround,
to display.
3. Press the pushbutton located under the desired
setting.
To select Surround, press either the fourth or fth
pushbutton located under the displayed Surround
until Centerpoint displays.
To return to the manual mode, press the tune knob.
Select either BASS, MID, or TREB and start to manually
adjust the settings by turning the
aknob.
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Finding a Category (CAT) Station
CAT (Category):The CAT button is used to nd XM™
(if equipped) stations while the radio is in the XM
mode. To nd XM (if equipped) channels within a
desired category, perform the following:
1. Press the BAND button until the XM (if equipped)
frequency displays. Press the CAT button to
display the category labels. Continue pressing the
CAT button until the desired category name
displays. Another way to select a category is to
press the
sREV or\FWD button until
the desired category is selected.
2. Press either of the two pushbuttons below the
desired category label to immediately tune to
the rst XM (if equipped) station associated with
that category.
3. Turn the
aknob, press the pushbuttons below
the displayed right or left arrows, or press either
SEEK arrow to go to the previous or the next XM
(if equipped) station within the selected category.
4. To exit the category search mode, press the
FAV button or BAND button to display your
favorites again.Undesired XM (if equipped) categories can be removed
through the setup menu. To remove an undesired
category, perform the following:
1. Press the MENU button to display the radio
setup menu.
2. Press the pushbutton located below the
XM CAT label.
3. Turn the
aknob to display the category you want
removed.
4. Press the pushbutton located under the Remove
label until the category name along with the word
Removed displays.
5. Repeat the steps to remove more categories.
Removed categories can be restored by pressing the
pushbutton under the Add label when a removed
category is displayed or by pressing the pushbutton
under the Restore All label.
The radio does not let you remove or add categories
while the vehicle is moving faster than 5 mph (8 km/h).
The CAT button also toggles between compressed
and uncompressed audio when a mixed disc is present.
See “Compressed Audio” later in this section.
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