2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER audio

Playing the Radio
Top Knob (Power/Volume):Press to turn the system
on and off. Turn clockwise or counterclockwise to
increase or to decrease the volume.
4(Information):For RDS, press 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 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 until the
desired display appears, then hold for two seconds.
The radio produces one beep and the selected display
becomes the default.
AUTO
n(Automatic Volume):Automatic volume
adjusts the audio system automatically to make up
for road and wind noise while driving, by increasing
the volume as the vehicle speed increases.
Set the volume at the desired level. Press this button to
select AUTO VOLUME MIN (minimum), AUTO VOLUME
MED (medium), or AUTO VOLUME MAX (maximum).
Each higher setting provides more volume compensation
at faster vehicle speeds. To turn automatic volume off,
press this button until AUTO VOLUME OFF displays.MUTE:Press to silence the system. Press again to turn
the sound on.
This button is not available on the Radio with
Six-Disc CD.
Finding a Station
BAND:Press to switch between FM1, FM2, AM, or
XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). The selection displays.
O/e(Tune):Turn to select radio stations.
tSEEKu:Press the arrows to go to the previous
or to the next station and stay there.
The radio seeks stations only with a strong signal that
are in the selected band.
tSCANu:Press and hold either arrow for
two seconds until FREQUENCY SCAN displays.
The radio goes to a station, plays for a few seconds,
then goes to the next station. Press either arrow again
to stop scanning.
To scan preset stations, press and hold either arrow for
four seconds until PRESET SCAN displays. The radio
goes to the next preset station, plays for a few seconds,
then goes to the next preset station. Press either arrow
again or one of the pushbuttons to stop scanning presets.
The radio scans stations only with a strong signal that are
in the selected band.
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Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM,
six XM1 and six XM2 (if equipped)), can be programmed
on the six numbered pushbuttons, by performing the
following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or
XM2 (if equipped).
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press AUTO EQ to select the equalization.
5. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until a beep sounds. When that
numbered pushbutton is pressed, the station that
was set, returns and the equalization that was
selected is stored for that pushbutton.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
O
/e(Bass/Treble):Press to select BASS or
TREBLE. Turn to increase or to decrease. If a station is
weak or has static, decrease the treble.
To adjust the bass and treble to the middle position,
press and hold when the tone control is on the display.
The level changes to the middle position.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, press and hold when no tone or speaker control
displays. AUDIO SETTINGS CENTERED displays.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press to select
customized equalization settings designed for country,
custom, classical, pop, rock, jazz, and talk. Selecting
CUSTOM or changing bass or treble, returns the EQ to
the manual bass and treble settings.
The radio saves separate AUTO EQ settings for each
preset and source.
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Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
O
/e(Balance/Fade):To adjust the balance
between the right and the left speakers, press
until BALANCE displays. Turn to move the sound
toward the right or the left speakers.
To adjust the fade between the front and the rear
speakers, press until FADE displays. Turn to move
the sound toward the front or the rear speakers.
To adjust the balance and fade to the middle position,
press and hold when the speaker control displays.
The level changes to the middle position.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, press and hold when no tone or speaker control
displays. AUDIO SETTINGS CENTERED displays.
Finding a Category Station
(RDS and XM™)
To select and nd a desired category perform the
following:
1. Press the CAT (category) button. The last selected
category displays.
2. Turn the
O/eknob to select the category.
3. Once the desired category is displayed, press either
SEEK arrow to go to a station within this category.
SEEKING CATEGORY appears on the display
while the radio is searching for a station. The radio
stops at the rst station broadcasting with this
category.
4. To go to another station within that category, press
the CAT button to display the category, then press
either SEEK arrow.
If both category and traffic are on, the radio searches
for stations with the selected category and traffic
announcements. This function does not work with XM™.
If the radio cannot nd the desired category, NONE
displays and the radio returns to the last station that
was on. This function does not work with XM™.
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If TA displays, press the TRAF button to turn off the
traffic announcements.
This function does not apply to XM™ Satellite Radio
Service.
Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error):The audio system
has been calibrated for your vehicle from the factory.
If CAL ERR displays, it means that the radio has
not been congured properly for your vehicle and
must be returned to your dealer/retailer for service.
LOCKED:This message displays when the
THEFTLOCK
®system has locked up. Take the
vehicle to your dealer/retailer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your dealer/retailer. If the radio
displays an error message, write it down and provide
it to your dealer/retailer when reporting the problem.
XM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM™ is a satellite radio service that is based in the
48 contiguous United States and 10 Canadian provinces.
XM™ Satellite Radio has a wide variety of programming
and commercial-free music, coast-to-coast, and in
digital-quality sound. During your trial or when you
subscribe, you will get unlimited access to XM™ Radio
Online for when you are not in your vehicle. A service
fee is required to receive the XM™ service. For more
information, contact XM™ at www.xmradio.com or call
1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. and www.xmradio.ca or call
1-877-438-9677 in Canada.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 3-101later in this
section for further detail.
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Playing a CD (Single CD Player)
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player pulls it in and the CD should begin playing.
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 playing where it stopped,
if it was the last selected audio source.
When a CD is inserted, CD and the CD symbol displays.
As each new track starts to play the track number
displays.
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.
Playing a CD(s) (Six-Disc CD Player)
M
(Load):Press to load CDs into the CD player.
This CD player holds up to six CDs.
To insert one CD, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and release the load button.
3. When INSERT CD # displays, load a CD. Insert the
CD partway into the slot, label side up. The player
pulls the CD in.To insert multiple CDs, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and hold the load button for two seconds.
A beep sounds and LOAD ALL DISC displays.
3. When INSERT CD # displays, load a CD. Insert the
CD partway into the slot, label side up. The player
pulls the CD in.
Once the CD is loaded, wait for INSERT CD # to
display, then load the next CD. The CD player takes
up to six CDs. Do not try to load more than six.
To load more than one CD but less than six, complete
Steps 1 through 3. When nished loading CDs, press this
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
A number displays for every CD that is loaded into the
player. To play a specic CD press the numbered
pushbutton that corresponds to the CD.
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tSCANu:To scan one CD, press and hold either
arrow for more than two seconds until SCAN displays and
a beep sounds. The radio goes to the next track, plays for
10 seconds, then goes to the next track. Press either
arrow again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded CDs, press and hold either arrow for
more than four seconds until DISC SCAN displays and a
beep sounds. Use this feature to listen to 10 seconds of
the rst track of each loaded CD. Press either arrow
again, to stop scanning.
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 (CD/Auxiliary):Press to play a CD when
listening to the radio. The CD icon and track number
appears on the display when a CD is in the player.
Press again and the system automatically searches
for an auxiliary input device, such as a portable audio
player. If a portable audio player is connected the “AUX
INPUT DEVICE” displays. If the portable audio player
is not connected, the “AUX INPUT DEVICE” message
does not display.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press to
select the equalization setting while playing a CD.
The equalization is stored while a CD is played.
For more information on AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ”
listed previously in this section.Playing an MP3 CD-R Disc
The vehicle’s radio system has the MP3 feature that
is capable of playing an MP3 CD-R disc. For more
information on how to play an MP3 CD-R disc,
seeUsing an MP3 on page 3-98later in this section.
UsingR(Song List) Mode
(Single CD and Six-Disc CD)
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.
2. Check to see that the CD player is not in song
list mode. S-LIST (sound list) should not display.
If S-LIST is present, press the song list button
to turn it off.
3. Select the desired CD by pressing the numbered
pushbutton and then use the left SEEK arrow or
turn the
O/eknob to locate the track to
be saved. The track begins to play.
4. Press and hold the
Rbutton to save the track
into memory. When song list is pressed,
one beep sounds. ADDED SONG displays.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other selections.
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CD Messages
CHECK CD:If this message displays and/or the CD
comes out, it could be for one of the following reasons:
It is very hot. When the temperature returns to
normal, the CD should play.
You are driving on a very rough road. When the
road becomes smoother, the CD should play.
The CD is dirty, scratched, wet, or upside down.
The air is very humid. If so, wait about an hour and
try again.
There may have been a problem while burning
the CD.
The label may be caught in the CD player.
If the CD is not playing correctly, for any other reason,
try a known good CD.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your dealer/retailer. If the radio
displays an error message, write it down and provide
it to your dealer/retailer when reporting the problem.
Using the Auxiliary Input Jack
The radio system has an auxiliary input jack located on
the upper right side of the faceplate. This is not an
audio output; do not plug the headphone set into thefront auxiliary input jack. However, an external audio
device such as an iPod, laptop computer, MP3 player,
CD changer, or cassette tape player, etc. can be
connected to the auxiliary input jack for use as another
source for audio listening.
Drivers are encouraged to set up any auxiliary device
while the vehicle is in PARK (P). SeeDefensive Driving
on page 4-2.
To use a portable audio player, connect a 3.5 mm
(1/8 inch) cable to the radio’s front auxiliary input jack.
When a device is connected, the radio displays AUX
INPUT DEVICE and begins playing audio from
that device.
Top Knob (Power/Volume):Turn clockwise or
counterclockwise to increase or decrease the volume
of the portable player. Additional volume adjustments
might need to be made from the portable device.
BAND:Press to listen to the radio while a portable audio
device is playing. The portable audio device continues
playing, so you might want to stop it or turn it off.
CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary):Press to play a CD or
other optional remote audio features, while a portable
audio device is playing. If the external audio device is
disconnected from the faceplate, the radio automatically
returns to the last station that was set.
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Using an MP3
MP3 CD-R Disc
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
are 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.
Do not use CD-RW discs.
Do not use colored discs.The player is 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
could 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 lets you
access and navigate up to the maximum, but all items
over the maximum are ignored.
Root Directory
The root directory is treated as a folder. If the root
directory has compressed audio les, the directory
is displayed as F1 ROOT. All les contained directly
under the root directory are accessed prior to any root
directory folders. However, playlists (Px) are always
accessed before root folders or les.
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