2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV Owners Manual

Black plate (51,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Instruments and Controls 5-51Be sure to keep the original remote
control transmitter for use in other
vehicles, as well as for future
programming. Only the original
remote control transmitter is needed
for Fixed Code programming. The
programmed buttons should be
erased when the vehicle is sold or
the lease ends. See “ Erasing
Universal Home Remote Buttons ”
in this section.
Park the vehicle outside of the
garage when programming a garage
door. Be sure that people and
objects are clear of the garage door
or gate that is being programmed.
Programming Universal Home
Remote — Rolling CodeFor questions or help programming
the Universal Home Remote
System, call 1-866-572-2728
or go to www.learcar2u.com.
Most garage door openers sold
after 1996 are Rolling Code units. Programming a garage door opener
involves time-sensitive actions, so
read the entire procedure before
starting. Otherwise, the device will
time out and the procedure will have
to be repeated.
To program up to three devices:
1. From inside the vehicle,
press the two outside buttons
at the same time for one to
two seconds, and immediately
release them. 2. In the garage, locate the
garage door opener receiver
(motor-head unit). Find the
“ Learn ” or “ Smart ” button. It can
usually be found where the
hanging antenna wire is
attached to the motor-head unit
and may be a colored button.
Press this button. After pressing
this button, complete the
following steps in less than
30 seconds.

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5-52 Instruments and Controls 3. Immediately return to the
vehicle. Press and hold the
Universal Home Remote button
that will be used to control the
garage door until the garage
door moves. The indicator light,
above the selected button,
should slowly blink. This button
may need to be held for up to
20 seconds.
4. Immediately, within one second,
release the button when the
garage door moves. The
indicator light will blink rapidly
until programming is complete.
5. Press and release the same
button again. The garage door
should move, confirming that
programming is successful and
complete.
To program another Rolling Code
device such as an additional garage
door opener, a security device,
or home automation device, repeat
Steps 1 through 5, choosing a different function button in Step 3
than what was used for the garage
door opener.
If these instructions do not work,
the garage door opener is probably
a Fixed Code unit. Follow the
programming instructions that
follow for a Fixed Code garage
door opener.
Programming Universal Home
Remote — Fixed CodeFor questions or help programming
the Universal Home Remote
System, call 1-866-572-2728 or
go to www.learcar2u.com.
Most garage door openers sold
before 1996 are Fixed Code units.
Programming a garage door opener
involves time-sensitive actions, so
read the entire procedure before
starting. Otherwise, the device will
time out and the procedure will have
to be repeated. To program up to three devices:
1. To verify that the garage door
opener is a Fixed Code unit,
remove the battery cover on the
hand-held transmitter supplied
by the manufacturer of the
garage door opener motor.
If there is a row of dip switches
similar to the graphic above, the
garage door opener is a Fixed
Code unit. If you do not see a
row of dip switches, return
to the previous section for
Programming Universal Home
Remote — Rolling Code.

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Instruments and Controls 5-53Your hand-held transmitter can
have between 8 to 12 dip
switches depending on the
brand of transmitter.
The garage door opener receiver
(motor head unit) could also
have a row of dip switches that
can be used when programming
the Universal Home Remote.
If the total number of switches
on the motor head and
hand-held transmitter are
different, or if the dip switch
settings are different, use the
dip switch settings on the motor
head unit to program the
Universal Home Remote. The
motor head dip switch settings
can also be used when the
original hand-held transmitter
is not available. Example of Eight Dip Switches
with Two Positions
Example of Eight Dip Switches
with Three Positions
The panel of switches might not
appear exactly as they do in the
examples above, but they
should be similar. The switch positions on the
hand-held transmitter could be
labeled as follows: .
A switch in the up position
could be labeled as
Up, +, or On. .
A switch in the down
position could be labeled as
Down, − , or Off. .
A switch in the middle
position could be labeled as
Middle, 0, or Neutral.
2. Write down the 8 to 12 switch
settings from left to right as
follows: .
When a switch is in the up
position, write “ Left. ” .
When a switch is in the
down position, write “ Right. ”

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5-54 Instruments and Controls .
If a switch is set between
the up and down position,
write “ Middle. ”
The switch settings written
down in Step 2 now
become the button strokes
to be entered into the
Universal Home Remote in
Step 4. Be sure to enter the
switch settings written down
in Step 2, in order from left
to right, into the Universal
Home Remote, when
completing Step 4.
3. From inside your vehicle, first
firmly press all three buttons
at the same time for about
three seconds. Release the
buttons to put the Universal
Home Remote into
programming mode. A. Left Button (Up, +, or On)
B. Middle Button (Middle, 0,
or Neutral)
C. Right Button (Down, − ,
or Off) 4. The indicator lights will blink
slowly. Enter each switch setting
from Step 2 into your vehicle's
Universal Home Remote. You
will have two and one-half
minutes to complete Step 4.
Now press one button on the
Universal Home Remote for
each switch setting as follows: .
If you wrote “ Left, ” press
the left button (A) in the
vehicle. .
If you wrote “ Right, ” press
the right button (C) in the
vehicle. .
If you wrote “ Middle, ” press
the middle button (B) in the
vehicle.
5. After entering all of the switch
positions, once again firmly
press and release all three
buttons at the same time. The
indicator lights will turn on.

Black plate (55,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Instruments and Controls 5-556. Press and hold the button
that will be used to control the
garage door until the garage
door moves. The indicator
light above the selected button
should slowly blink. This button
may need to be held for up to
55 seconds.
7. Immediately release the button
when the garage door moves.
The indicator light will blink
rapidly until programming is
complete.
8. Press and release the same
button again. The garage door
should move, confirming that
programming is successful and
complete.
To program another Fixed Code
device such as an additional garage
door opener, a security device,
or home automation device, repeat
Steps 1-8, choosing a different
button in Step 6 than what was
used for the garage door opener. Universal Remote System
Operation Press and hold the appropriate
button for at least half of a second.
The indicator light will come on
while the signal is being transmitted.
Reprogramming Universal
Home Remote Buttons Any of the three buttons can be
reprogrammed by repeating the
instructions.
Erasing Universal Home
Remote Buttons The programmed buttons should be
erased when the vehicle is sold or
the lease ends. To erase either Rolling Code or
Fixed Code settings on the
Universal Home Remote device:
1. Press and hold the two outside
buttons at the same time for
approximately 20 seconds, until
the indicator lights, located
directly above the buttons, begin
to blink rapidly.
2. Once the indicator lights begin to
blink, release both buttons. The
codes from all buttons will be
erased.
For help or information on the
Universal Home Remote System,
call the customer assistance phone
number under Customer Assistance
Offices (U.S. and Canada) on
page 13 ‑ 5 or Customer Assistance
Offices (Mexico) on page 13 ‑ 5 .

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2 NOTES

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Lighting 6-1
Lighting Exterior Lighting Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . 6-1
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Automatic Headlamp
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 6-8
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Interior Lighting Instrument Panel Illumination
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Lighting Features Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Battery Load Management . . . 6-12
Battery Power Protection . . . . 6-12
Exterior Lighting Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamps control is located
on the instrument panel to the left of
the steering wheel.

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6-2 Lighting It controls the following systems: .
Headlamps .
Taillamps .
Parking Lamps .
License Plate Lamps .
Instrument Panel Lights
The exterior lamps control has four
positions:
P (Off): Turns off the automatic
headlamps and Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL). Turning the headlamp
control to the off position again will
turn the automatic headlamps or
DRL back on.
For vehicles first sold in Canada,
the off position only works when the
vehicle is shifted into the P (Park)
position. AUTO (Automatic): Automatically
turns on the headlamps at normal
brightness, together with the
following: .
Parking Lamps .
Instrument Panel Lights .
Taillamps .
License Plate Lamps
; (Parking Lamps): Turns on the
parking lamps together with the
following: .
Instrument Panel Lights .
Taillamps .
License Plate Lamps 2 (Headlamps): Turns on the
headlamps together with the
following lamps listed below. .
Parking Lamps .
Instrument Panel Lights .
Taillamps .
License Plate Lamps
When the headlamps are turned
on while the vehicle is on, the
headlamps will turn off automatically
10 minutes after the ignition is
turned off. When the headlamps
are turned on while the vehicle is
off, the headlamps will stay on for
10 minutes before automatically
turning off to prevent the battery
from being drained. Turn the
headlamp control to off and then
back to the headlamp on position
to make the headlamps stay on for
an additional 10 minutes.