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Black plate (70,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2010
Playing an Audio CD
j /
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. 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.
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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
filename, song name, artist name, album name,
and directory name. .
Maximum 32 characters, including spaces, in a file
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 find
songs while driving. Organize songs by albums
using one folder for each album. Each folder or
album should contain 18 songs or less. .
It is recommended that there is a maximum of
192 files on a disc. .
The files 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 files, 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
file structure that contains only folders/subfolders and
no compressed files directly beneath them, the player
will advance to the next folder in the file structure that
contains compressed audio files and the empty folder
will not be displayed or numbered.
No Folder When the CD contains only compressed files, the files
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.
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Order of Play Play will begin from the first track under the root
directory. When all tracks from the root directory have
been played, play will continue from files according to
their numerical listing. After playing the last track from
the last folder, play will begin again at the first track of
the first 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 file
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
filename will not display.
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 first available slot
and start playing. The system will display the type
of disc inserted.
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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 first 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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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. O /
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.
DVD Menu Options Once a DVD starts to play, the menu options and cursor
screen buttons will automatically appear. To display the
menu Options screen button while a DVD is playing,
touch anywhere on the screen.
Options: Select this screen button to view the menu
option screen buttons. Menu options are available when
they are highlighted. Some menu options are only
available when the DVD is not playing.
Cursor: Touch this button to access the cursor menu.
The arrows and other cursor options allow you to
navigate the DVD menu options. The cursor menu
options are only available if a DVD has a menu. Use the
cursor menu to start a DVD video from the disc
main menu.
q ,
Q ,
r ,
R (Arrow Buttons): Use these arrow
buttons to move around the DVD menu.
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Menu: Touch this button to display the DVD menu of
the current area of the DVD that is playing. This button
is not available for DVD audio.
Audio: Press this button to display the audio options.
Select the audio options that best improve sound
quality. This is not available on all DVDs or when the
DVD is stopped. This button is not available for DVD
audio.
Subtitle: Touch this button to playback the video with
subtitles. This is not available on all DVDs or when the
DVD is stopped. This button is not available for DVD
audio.
Angle: Touch this button to adjust the viewing angle of
the DVD. Repeatedly press this button to toggle through
the angles. This is not available on all DVDs or when
the DVD is stopped. This button is not available for
DVD audio.
q (Previous Scene): Press this button to go to the
previous scene. This button does not work when the
DVD is stopped. This button is not available for DVD
video.
r (Next Scene): Press this button to go to the next
scene. This button does not work when the DVD is
stopped. This button is not available for DVD video. Search: Touch this button to display the search screen.
Select Title or Chapter Search for DVD video and
Group or Track for DVD audio. The keyboard allows
you to type in the title/chapter/group/track number that
you would like to watch or listen to. This button does
not work when the DVD is stopped.
Setup: Touch this button to display the DVD Setup
screen. This button is only available when the DVD is
not playing. The DVD Setup screen allows you to
change the brightness, contrast, and mode, change the
viewing on the monitor and to change the initial
settings; language, parental level, and aspect.
! (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.
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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 fill the screen on the left and
right sides.
Touch the
d button to fill 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.
Subtitle Language: Touch English, Francais, Espanol,
Italiano, or Deutsch to change the default language of
the subtitles that the DVD player uses for each disc.
The subtitle language must be available on the disc.
The subtitle language may vary for each DVD.
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Menu Language: Touch English, Francais, Espanol,
Italiano, or Deutsch to change the default language of
the DVD video menus. The menu language must be
available on the disc. The menu language may vary for
each DVD.
Parental Level: Touch this button to change the rating
level to only allow the play of DVDs with a certain
rating. The rating selection is 1 through 8, with 1 Kids
Safe being a G rating. If the 1 is selected, any DVD with
a rating above G will not be able to be viewed without
entering a password.
When the parental level is first entered a keyboard will
appear on the display and a four-digit password will
need to be created. Type in a password that you will be
able to remember. Once the password is created, you
can then select a rating level.
If you would like to change the rating level, press the
Parental Level button, then press the Password button.
Type in the password and then change the rating level.
If the password has been forgotten, contact your dealer.
This may not be available on all DVDs.
Aspect: Touch this button to change the aspect ratio of
the DVD. This may not be available on all DVDs. y (Next Track/Chapter): Press this hard key to go to
the next track or chapter. This button may not work
when the DVD is playing the copyright information or
the previews.
z (Previous Track/Chapter): Press this hard key to
return to the start of the current track or chapter. Press
this button again to go to the previous track or chapter.
This button may not work when the DVD is playing the
copyright information or the previews.
w (Tuning Knob): Turn this knob counterclockwise
one notch to go to the start of the current chapter/track,
turn it again to go to the previous chapter/track. Turn
this knob clockwise to go to the next chapter/track.
DVD Messages If Disc Read Error appears on the display and/or the
DVD comes out, it could be for one of the following
reasons: .
If a disc was inserted with an invalid or unknown
format. .
If the disc is not from a correct region. .
If the map DVD disc was installed into the DVD
audio/video slot. See “ Installing the Map DVD ”
under Maps
on page 5 ‑ 14 for more information. .
It is very hot. When the temperature returns to
normal, the DVD should play.
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