2008 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER ECO mode

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.
This system relies upon receiving specic information
from these stations and only works when the information
is available. 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.
While the radio is tuned to an RDS station, the station
name or call letters display instead of the frequency.
RDS stations can also provide the time of day, a
program type (PTY) for current programming, and the
name of the program being broadcast.
Playing the Radio
PWR (Power):Push to turn the system on and off.
opVOL or VOLUME:Turn clockwise or
counterclockwise to increase or to decrease the volume.
DISPL (Display) or INFO (Information):While the
ignition is off, press the DISPL or INFO knob to display
the time.
For RDS, press the DISPL or INFO knob to change
what displays 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 DISPL or INFO knob
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 DISPL
or INFO knob until you see the desired display, then
briey press and hold the knob until a beep is heard.
The selected display becomes the default.
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SCAN:Scan the stations within a PTY by performing
the following:
1. Press the TYPE button to activate program type
select mode. TYPE or P-TYPE and the last
selected PTY displays.
2. Turn the TYPE knob or press and release the
TYPE button to select a PTY.
3. Once the desired PTY displays, press and hold
either SCAN or TYPE arrow for two seconds,
and the radio begins scanning the stations in
the PTY.
4. Press either SCAN or TYPE arrow to stop scanning.
BAND (Alternate Frequency):Alternate frequency
lets the radio switch to a stronger station with the same
program type. To turn alternate frequency on, press
and hold BAND for two seconds. AF ON displays.
The radio can switch to stations with a stronger
frequency.
To turn alternate frequency off, press and hold
BAND again for two seconds. AF OFF displays.
The radio does not switch to other stations.
This function does not apply for XM™ Satellite Radio
Service.Finding a Program Type (PTY) Station
(RDS and XM™)
For the MP3 Radio, select and nd a desired PTY by
performing the following steps:
1. Turn the P-TYPE knob to select a PTY.
2. Press the SEEK TYPE button to select and
go to the PTY’s rst station.
3. Press the SEEK TYPE button twice to display
the PTY and then go to another station.
4. Press the P-TYPE knob to exit program type
select mode.
IF PTY times out and no longer displays,
go back to Step 1.
If both PTY and TRAF are on, the radio searches for
stations with the selected PTY and traffic
announcements.
If the radio cannot nd the desired program type,
NONE displays and the radio returns to the last station.
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To load more than one CD but less than six, complete
Steps 1 through 3. When nished loading CDs,
press the LOAD button to cancel the loading function.
The radio begins to play the last CD loaded.
If more than one CD has been loaded, a number for
each CD displays.
Playing a Specic Loaded CD
For every CD loaded, a number displays. To play a
specic CD, rst press the CD AUX button (if not already
in CD mode), then press the numbered pushbutton
that corresponds to the CD. A small bar displays under
the CD number that is playing and the track number
displays.
Z(Eject) (Base or MP3 Radio):Press to eject a
CD. Eject can be activated with either the ignition
or radio off. CDs can be loaded with the radio and
ignition off if this button is pressed rst.
CD
Z(Eject):Press to eject CD(s).
To eject the CD that is currently playing, press and
release this button.To eject multiple CDs, do the following:
1. Press and hold the
Zbutton for two seconds.
A beep is heard and the indicator light, located to
the right of the slot, begins to ash and EJECT
ALL displays.
2. Once the light stops ashing, REMOVE CD #
displays. The CD ejects and can be removed.
Once the CD is removed, the indicator light begins
ashing again and another CD ejects.
To stop ejecting the CDs, press the
Zbutton.
If the CD is not removed, after 25 seconds, the CD
automatically pulls back into the player. If CD is pushed
back into the player, before the 25-second time period
is complete, the player senses an error and tries to eject
the CD several times before stopping.
Do not repeatedly press the
Zbutton to eject a CD
after pushing it in manually. The player’s 25-second
eject timer resets at each press of eject, causing
the player to not eject the CD until the 25-second time
period has elapsed.
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oTUNEp(MP3 Radio):Turning this knob fast
tracks reverse or advances through tracks. The track
number displays for each track.
DISPL (Display) or INFO (Information):Press to see
how long the current track has been playing. ET and/or
the elapsed time displays. To change the default on
the display, track, or elapsed time, press until the
desired display appears, then press and hold briey
until a beep sounds. The selected display becomes
the default.
BAND:Press to listen to the radio when a CD is playing.
The inactive CD(s) remains inside the radio for future
listening.
CD AUX (Auxiliary):Press to play a CD while listening
to the radio, or to listen to an auxiliary source (such as
rear seat entertainment, if equipped).Using Song List Mode
The six-disc CD changer has a feature called song list.
This feature is capable of saving 20 track selections.
To save tracks into the song list feature, perform
the following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on and load it with at least one
CD. See “LOAD CD” listed previously in this section
for more information.
2. Check to see that the CD changer is not in song list
mode. S-LIST should not appear on the display.
If S-LIST displays, press the SONG LIST button to
turn it off.
3. Select the desired CD by pressing the numbered
pushbutton and then use the right SEEK or TYPE
arrow to locate the track to be saved. The track
begins to play.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button to save the
track into memory. When SONG LIST is pressed,
one beep sounds. After two seconds of continuously
pressing the SONG LIST button, two beeps
sound to conrm the track has been saved.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other selections.
S-LIST FULL displays if more than 20 selections
are saved.
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To play the song list, press the SONG LIST button.
One beep sounds and S-LIST displays. The recorded
tracks begin to play in the order they were saved.
Seek through the song list by using either SEEK or
TYPE arrow. Seeking past the last saved track returns
to the rst saved track.
To delete tracks from the song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the SONG LIST button to turn song list on.
S-LIST displays.
3. Press either SEEK or TYPE arrow to select the
desired track to be deleted.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for
two seconds. When SONG LIST is pressed,
one beep sounds. After two seconds of continuously
pressing the SONG LIST button, two beeps
sound to conrm that the track has been deleted.After a track has been deleted, the remaining tracks are
moved up the list. When another track is added to
the song list, the track is added to the end of the list.
To delete the entire song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the SONG LIST button to turn song list on.
S-LIST displays.
3. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for more
than four seconds. One beep sounds, followed by
two beeps after two seconds, and a nal beep
sounds after four seconds. S-LIST EMPTY displays
indicating the song list has been deleted.
If a CD is ejected, and the song list contains saved
tracks from that CD, those tracks are automatically
deleted from the song list. Any tracks saved to the
song list again are added to the bottom of the list.
To end song list mode, press the SONG LIST button.
One beep sounds and S-LIST is removed from the
display.
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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
advances to the next folder in the le structure that
contains compressed audio les. The empty folder does
not display.
No Folder
When the CD contains only compressed les, the les
are located under the root folder. The next and previous
folder functions do not function on a CD that was
recorded without folders or playlists. When displaying
the name of the folder the radio displays ROOT.
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 goes 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:
If CD audio tracks are available they will be played
rst, otherwise 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
the folder mode has been chosen as the default display.
See DISPL (display) later in this section for more
information. The new track name displays.
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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 le name does 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.
Playing an MP3/WMA
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player pulls it in, and READING displays. The CD should
begin playing and the CD symbol displays. To insert a
CD while the ignition is off, rst press the
Zbutton
or the DISPL knob.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 to play where it stopped, if it
was the last selected audio source.
As each new track starts to play, the track number and
song title displays.
1 FLD
x(Previous Folder):Press this button to go to
the rst track in the previous folder. Press this button
while in folder random mode to go to the rst track in the
previous folder and random the tracks in that folder.
2 FLD
w(Next Folder):Press this button to go to the
rst track in the next folder. Press this button while
in folder random mode to go to the rst track in the next
folder and random the tracks in that folder.
3 REV (Reverse):Press and hold this pushbutton to
reverse quickly within a track. Press and hold this
pushbutton for less than two seconds to reverse at
10 times the normal playing speed. Press and hold it for
more than two seconds to reverse at 20 times the normal
playing speed. Release this pushbutton to play the
passage. REV and the elapsed time of the track displays.
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4 FWD (Forward):Press and hold this pushbutton to
advance quickly within a track. Press and hold this
pushbutton for less than two seconds to advance at
10 times the normal playing speed. Press and hold it for
more than two seconds to advance at 20 times the
normal playing speed. Release this pushbutton to play
the passage. FWD and the elapsed time of the track
displays.
6 RDM (Random):Press and release this pushbutton
to play the tracks of a current folder or playlist, in
random order. FLDR RDM displays. Once all of the
tracks a current folder or playlist have played the system
moves on to the next folder or playlist and play all of
the tracks in random order.
To play all tracks on the CD in random order, press and
hold this pushbutton for two seconds. A beep sounds
and DISC RDM displays. This feature does not
work with playlists.
When in random, press and release either SEEK arrow
to go to the next or previous random track.
Press and release this pushbutton again to turn off
random play. NO RDM displays.oSEEKp:Press the left SEEK arrow to go to the
start of the previous track. Press the right SEEK arrow to
go to the start of the next track. Press either SEEK
arrow for more than two seconds to search the previous
or next tracks at two tracks per second. Release the
button to stop searching and to play the track.
oTUNEp:Turn the knob to fast track reverse or
advance through the tracks in all folders or playlists.
The track number and le name displays for each track.
Turn this knob while in random to fast track reverse
or advance the tracks in sequential order.
DISPL (Display):Press this knob to switch between
track mode, folder/playlist mode, and time of day mode.
The display shows only eight characters, but there
can be up to four pages of text. If there are more than
eight characters in the song, folder, or playlist name,
they are displayed if the knob is not pressed again,
pressing this knob within two seconds goes to the
next display mode.
Track mode displays the current track number and
the ID3 tag song name.
Folder/playlist mode displays the current folder or
playlist number and the folder/playlist name.
Time of day mode displays the time of day and the
ID3 tag song name.
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