2009 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV CD player

To load multiple discs, do the following:
1. Press and hold the load hard key and follow the
screen message displayed.
2. When the system displays “Insert Disc (number)”,
insert the disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The system will pull it in.
3. Once a disc is loaded, the system will display
“Insert Disc (number)” again. Load the next disc.
Repeat this procedure for each disc. The player
takes up to six discs, do not try to load more than six.
The system does not display the disc types when
loading all, until the discs have been read by the
system.
Z (Eject): To eject a disc, do the following:
1. Press the eject hard key.
2. The system displays “Ejecting Disc”.
Press the DISC screen button to display the
Disc Changer screen. Select the disc to eject. If a
selection is not made, the system will eject the disc
from the current slot. If the disc is not removed from
the slot, the system pulls it back in after 10 seconds
and starts playing it.
To eject all discs, press and hold the eject hard key.
The system displays the disc number being ejected. Playing an Audio CD
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r (Pause/Play): Touch this button to pause the
CD. This button will then change to the play button.
Touch the play button to play the CD.
Random: Touch this button to hear the tracks in
random, rather than sequential, order. Touch Random
again to turn off random play.
DISC: Touch this screen button to view the list of
loaded disc(s). Select the disc to play.
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r (Rewind): Touch and hold this button to rewind
quickly through a track selection. You will hear sound at
a reduced volume. Release this button to stop rewinding.
The display will show the elapsed time of the track.
[ (Forward): Touch and hold this button to fast
forward quickly through a track selection. You will hear
sound at a reduced volume. Release this button to stop
fast forwarding. The display will show the elapsed time
of the track.
y©¨z (Seek): To seek tracks, press the up arrow
to go to the next track. Press the down arrow to go to the
start of the current track, if more than eight seconds have
played. If either arrow is pressed more than once, the
player continues moving backward or forward through
the CD. The sound mutes while seeking.
w (Tuning Knob): Turn this knob counterclockwise
one notch to go to the start of the current track, turn it
again to go to the previous track. Turn this knob
clockwise to go to the next track.
When playing an audio CD the rear seat operator can
power on the RSE video screen and use the remote
control to navigate through the tracks on the CD. Using an MP3 CD MP3 Format There are guidelines that must be met, when creating an
MP3 disc. If the guidelines are not met when recording a
CD-R(W), the CD may not play. The guidelines are:
Sampling rate: 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz,
and 44.1 kHz.
Bit rates supported: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112,
128, 160, 192, 224, 256, and 320 kbps.
ID3 tag information is displayed by the radio
if it is available. The radio supports ID3 tag
information v1.0, v1.1, or v2.0. The radio will display
a lename, song name, artist name, album name,
and directory name.
Maximum 32 characters, including spaces, in a le or
folder name.
Maximum number of folders is 100 with a maximum
hierarchy of eight folders.
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.
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It is recommended that there is a maximum of
192 les on a disc.
The les can be recorded on a CD-R or CD-RW with
a maximum capacity of 700MB.
DVD with MP3 are not playable on this system.
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 No Folder or ALL.
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
No Folder. Order of Play 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.
File System and Naming The song name that will display will be the song name
that is contained in the ID3 tag. If the song name is
not present in the ID3 tag, 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 display.
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Playing an MP3 While playing a CD, the navigation system is available.
When you insert a CD, the CD tab will display.
If you select a DSP setting for the CD, it will be
activated each time you play a CD.
If you turn off the ignition or radio with a CD in the
player, it will stay in the player. When you turn on the
ignition or radio, the CD will start playing where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
As each new track starts to play, the track number will
appear on the display.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages”
later in this section.
If viewing a map screen, touch the CD screen button.
The display will split between the audio screen and the
map screen. If you do not want to view a split screen or
you are not on a map screen, press the AUDIO key then
press the AUDIO key repeatedly until CD is selected or
touch the CD screen button. M (Load): To load one disc, do the following:
1. Press the load hard key and follow the screen
message displayed.
2. When the system displays “Insert Disc (number)”,
insert the disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The system will pull it into the rst available slot and
start playing. The system will display the type of
disc inserted.
To load multiple discs, do the following:
1. Press and hold the load hard key and follow the
screen message displayed.
2. When the system displays “Insert Disc (number)”,
insert the disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The system will pull it in.
3. Once a disc is loaded, the system will display
“Insert Disc (number)” again. Load the next disc.
Repeat this procedure for each disc. The player
takes up to six discs, do not try to load more than six.
The system will not display the disc types when
loading all, until the discs have been read by the
system.
Once all discs have been inserted, the system will
start playing the last loaded disc.
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qr (Folder/Artist/Album): Select the left or right
arrow to go to the previous or next folder, artist,
or album on the disc.
Press the middle screen button, with the folder, artist,
or album name, to sort the MP3 by folder, artist, or album.
It may take a few minutes for the system to sort the MP3.
y©¨z (Seek): To seek tracks, press the up arrow
to go to the next track. Press the down arrow to go to the
start of the current track, if more than eight seconds have
played. If either arrow is pressed more than once, the
player will continue moving backward or forward through
the CD. The sound will mute while seeking.
w (Tuning Knob): Turn this knob counterclockwise
one notch to go to the start of the current track, turn
it again to go to the previous track. Turn this knob
clockwise to go to the next track.
When playing an MP3 the rear seat operator can power
on the RSE video screen and use the remote control
to navigate through the MP3. CD Messages If Disc Read Error appears on the display and/or the CD
comes out, it could be for one of the following reasons:
If a disc was inserted with an invalid or unknown
format.
If the map DVD disc was installed into the CD slot.
See “Installing the Map DVD” under Maps on
page 4-15 for more information.
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.
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DVD Player The player can be used for DVD audio and DVD video.
DVD video will not display on the navigation screen
unless the vehicle is in PARK (P). It will operate on the
rear seat entertainment screens while the vehicle is
moving. The Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) video
screen will start play of the DVD when a DVD video
has been inserted into the navigation system. The DVD
player can be controlled by the buttons on the navigation
system, the Rear Seat Audio (RSA) system, and the
remote control. The DVD player can also be used for
the rear seat passengers with the radio off. The rear
seat passengers can power on the video screen and
use the remote control to navigate the disc. See “Rear
Seat Entertainment System” in the Index of your vehicle’s
owner manual for more information.
The DVD player is only compatible with DVDs of the
appropriate region code that is printed on the jacket of
most DVDs.
The DVD slot is compatible with most audio CDs,
CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio, DVD-R/RW,
DVD+R/RW media along with MP3 and WMA formats. If an error appears on the display, see “DVD Messages”
later in this section.
M (Load): To load one disc, do the following:
1. Press the load hard key and follow the screen
message displayed.
2. When the system displays “Insert Disc (number)”,
insert the disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The system will pull it into the rst available slot
and start playing. The system will display the type
of disc inserted.
To load multiple discs, do the following:
1. Press and hold the load hard key and follow the
screen message displayed.
2. When the system displays “Insert Disc (number)”,
insert the disc partway into the slot, label side up.
The system will pull it in.
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3. Once a disc is loaded, the system will display
“Insert Disc (number)” again. Load the next disc.
Repeat this procedure for each disc. The player
takes up to six discs, do not try to load more than six.
The system will not display the disc types when
loading all, until the discs have been read by the
system.
Once all discs have been inserted, the system will
start playing the last loaded disc.
Z (Eject): To eject a disc, do the following:
1. Press the eject hard key.
2. The system will display “Ejecting Disc”.
Press the DISC screen button to display the
Disc Changer screen. Select the disc to eject.
If a selection is not made, the system will eject the
disc from the current slot. If the disc is not removed
from the slot, the system will pull it back in after
10 seconds and start playing it.
To eject all discs at once, press and hold the eject hard
key. The system will display the disc number being
ejected. Playing a DVD There are three ways to play a DVD:
Once a DVD is inserted, the system will
automatically start play of the DVD.
If you are on a map screen, touch the DVD screen
button.
Press the AUDIO hard key, then touch the DVD
screen button.
When a DVD is loaded, the rear seat passengers can
power on the RSE video screen and use the remote
control to navigate through the DVD.
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3 (Power/Volume): Press this knob to turn
the system on and off. Turn the knob to increase
or decrease the volume of the audio system.
Press and hold this knob for more than two seconds
to turn off the navigation system, RSE video screen, and
RSA. If the vehicle has not been tuned off, the RSE and
the RSA can be turned back on by pressing this knob and
will continue play of the last active source.
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! (Brightness): Touch the up or down screen
arrows to increase or decrease the brightness of the
navigation screen.
_ (Contrast): Touch the up or down screen arrows to
increase or decrease the contrast of the navigation
screen.
Auto (Automatic): Touch this screen button for the
system to automatically adjust the navigation screen
background depending on exterior lighting conditions.
Night: Touch this screen button and the system
will make the navigation screen background brighten.
Day: Touch this screen button and the system will make
the navigation screen background darken.
Monitor: From the DVD Setup screen, touch this
button to adjust the viewing angle of the DVD on the
navigation screen. This is not available on all DVDs.
This button is not available for DVD audio
Touch the
e button to close the screen in from the left
and right sides.
Touch the
J button to ll the screen on the left and
right sides.
Touch the
d button to ll the screen on the top and
bottom. Settings: From the DVD Setup screen, touch this
button to change the default audio, subtitle, and menu
languages, parental level, audio, and to view the aspect
of the DVD. These settings are not available on all
DVDs. This button is not available for DVD audio.
Audio Language: Touch English, Francais, Espanol,
Italiano, or Deutsch to change the default language that
the DVD player uses for each disc. The audio language
must be available on the disc. The audio language
may vary for each DVD.
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