2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV key

Black plate (48,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
5-48 Instruments and Controls TILT ONLY: The steering wheel tilt
feature will recall.
SEAT & TILT (default): The driver
seat and the steering wheel tilt
feature will recall.
NO CHANGE: No change will be
made to this feature. The current
setting will remain.
To select a setting, press the
set/reset button while the desired
setting is displayed on the DIC.
MEMORY SEAT RECALL
This feature allows you to select
your preference for the remote
memory seat recall feature. See
“ Memory Features ” in Power Seat
Adjustment on page 3 ‑ 3 for more
information.
Press the customization button
until MEMORY SEAT RECALL
appears on the DIC display.
Press the set/reset button once to
access the settings for this feature. Then press the customization
button to scroll through the
following settings:
OFF (default): No remote memory
seat recall will occur.
ON: The driver seat, and on some
vehicles, the outside mirrors will
automatically move to the stored
driving position when the unlock
button on the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter is pressed.
On some vehicles with the
adjustable throttle and brake
pedal feature, the pedals will also
automatically move.
NO CHANGE: No change will be
made to this feature. The current
setting will remain.
To select a setting, press the
set/reset button while the desired
setting is displayed on the DIC. REMOTE START
If your vehicle has this feature, it
allows you to turn the remote start
off or on. The remote start feature
allows you to start the engine from
outside of the vehicle using the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter. See Remote Vehicle
Start on page 2 ‑ 5 for more
information.
Press the customization button until
REMOTE START appears on the
DIC display. Press the set/reset
button once to access the settings
for this feature. Then press the
customization button to scroll
through the following settings:
OFF: The remote start feature will
be disabled.
ON (default): The remote start
feature will be enabled.
NO CHANGE: No change will be
made to this feature. The current
setting will remain.

Black plate (5,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Lighting 6-5Disabling and Resetting
IntelliBeam at the Rearview Mirror
IntelliBeam can be disabled by
using the controls on the inside
rearview mirror.
AUTO
3 (On/Off): To disable
the system, press this button on
the inside rearview mirror. The
IntelliBeam indicator will turn off
and will not come back on until the
IntelliBeam button is pressed again.
(Stalk Disable): When IntelliBeam
has turned on the high-beams,
pull or push the high-beam stalk.
This will disable IntelliBeam.
The IntelliBeam indicator on the
mirror will turn off. To re-enable
IntelliBeam, press the IntelliBeam
button on the mirror.
A different sensitivity setting is
available for dealer diagnostics.
This is done by pushing and holding
this button for 20 seconds until the IntelliBeam indicator light flashes
three times. If you accidentally
activate this, the vehicle's setting
will automatically be reset each time
the ignition is turned off and then on
again.
Cleaning the IntelliBeam Light
Sensor
The light sensor is located on the
inside of the vehicle in front of the
inside rearview mirror. Clean the light sensor window,
periodically, using glass cleaner on
a soft cloth. Gently wipe the sensor
window. Do not spray glass cleaner
directly on the surface of the sensor
window.
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder If a door is open, a reminder chime
sounds when the headlamps or
parking lamps are manually turned
on and the key is out of the ignition.
To turn off the chime, turn the
headlamp switch to off or AUTO
and then back on, or close and
re-open the door. In the AUTO
mode, the headlamps turn off once
the ignition is in LOCK/OFF or
remains on until the headlamp delay
ends (if enabled in the DIC). See
“ Exit Lighting ” under Vehicle
Personalization on page 5 ‑ 40 .

Black plate (11,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Lighting 6-11Dome Lamp Override
The dome lamp override button is
located next to the exterior lamps
control.
k (Dome Off): Press the button
in and the dome lamps remain off
when a door is opened. Press the
button again to return it to the
extended position so that the dome
lamps come on when a door is
opened. Reading Lamps For vehicles with front reading
lamps in the overhead console,
press the button located next to the
lamp to turn it on or off.
The vehicle may also have reading
lamps in other locations. The lamps
cannot be adjusted.
Lighting Features Entry Lighting The vehicle has an illuminated entry
feature.
When the doors are opened, the
dome lamps will come on if the
dome override button is in the
extended position. If the dome
override button is pressed in, the
lamps will not come on.
Exit Lighting The interior lamps come on when
the key is removed from the ignition.
They turn off automatically in
20 seconds. The lights do not come
on if the dome override button is
pressed in.

Black plate (5,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Infotainment System 7-5M. Auxiliary Jack
N.
y © ¨ z (Seek) Key
(Previous/Next)
O.
w (Tune) Knob
P.
y z (Scan Up/Down)
Q. AUDIO
R. FAV (Favorite)
S.
5 (Phone)
T.
e (Sound)
U. CONFIG (Configure)
V. DEST (Destination)
W. RPT (Repeat)
X. NAV (Navigation) Language — English/MetricTo change the language of the
navigation screens or to change
the navigation screens from English
or metric, see Driver Information
Center (DIC) on page 5 ‑ 26 for
more information.
Deleting Personal Information This navigation system can record
and store personal information
such as names and addresses.
Delete this information when
selling your vehicle or returning a
leased vehicle. See “ Edit Address
Book — Edit/View ” under Configure
Menu on page 7 ‑ 83 for deleting
information from the address book. Limit Features While Driving The navigation system may have
this feature.
Touch the Limit Features While
Driving screen button to turn the
ability to limit functions on and off
while driving. When this screen
button is highlighted, the following
functions are limited while driving: .
Music Navigator Scrolling .
Radio Category Scrolling .
Navigation Menu Scrolling and
some functions
See “ Category ” under AM-FM Radio
on page 7 ‑ 10 for more information.
See “ From Map ” under Destination
on page 7 ‑ 69 for more information.
Some functions will remain limited
regardless of the setting.

Black plate (7,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Infotainment System 7-76. Once a state or province has
been selected the City name
category is automatically
selected for entry.
If five or less names are
available, a list displays. If more
than five are available, the
List screen button displays a
number. This number represents
the number of available cities.
Press this button to view the list
and select a city.
7. Once a city has been selected
the Street name category is
automatically selected for entry.
If five or less streets are
available for the selected city,
the system displays the list
of streets. If more than five
streets are available the system
displays the alpha keyboard.
Start entering the street name. If five or less names are
available, a list displays. If more
than five are available, the
List screen button displays a
number. This button represents
the number of available streets.
Select this button to view the
list and select a street.
8. Once a street has been
selected, select the House #
screen button to enter the house
number. The system displays
the house number range that is
available for the street.
9. Press GO. A map screen, with
the destination marked appears.
10. Select the route preference
for Fastest, Shortest, or Other.
The system calculates and
highlights the route.
11. Press Start Guidance. You are
now ready to start your route.
See “ Address Entry ” under
Destination on page 7 ‑ 69 for
more information. Entering a Point of Interest (POI)
To set a destination by entering a
Point of Interest (POI), do the
following:
1. Press
O to turn the system on.
2. A caution may appear. Press OK
to proceed.
3. Press DEST.
4. Press
i Point of Interest.
5. Select the state/province screen
button, if needed, to change the
current state or province. A list
of all of the available states and
provinces appear. Select the
state or province.

Black plate (8,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
7-8 Infotainment System 6. Enter the specific title of the
POI in the POI name space
(e.g. Washington Monument).
If five or less names are
available, a list displays. If
more than five are available, the
List screen button displays a
number. This button represents
the number of available POIs.
Press this button to view the list.
7. Press GO next to the POI.
A map screen, with the
destination marked appears.
8. Select the route preference for
Fastest, Shortest, or Other. The
system calculates and highlights
the route.
9. Press Start Guidance. The route
is now ready to be started.
See “ Point of Interest (POI) ” under
Destination on page 7 ‑ 69 for more
information. Storing Preset Destinations
1. Press
O to turn the system on.
2. A caution may appear. Press OK
to proceed.
3. Press DEST.
Enter a destination. See
Destination on page 7 ‑ 69 for
more information on how to
enter a destination.
4. Press DEST, the Route screen
displays. Press Final Destination
or Stopover. The information
screen displays for that location.
Press Add to Address Book. The
address book screen appears. 5. Press the Name screen button.
An alpha-keyboard displays.
Enter the name. Press the Back
screen button.
6. Press and hold one of the
screen buttons at the bottom
of the screen until the name
appears in the screen button on
the display.
The name appears in that preset
destination screen button and is
now available to select from the
Destination Entry screen. See
“ Using Your Stored Preset
Destinations ” in this section to
select it as a destination.
See “ Adding or Changing
Preset Destinations ” under
Destination on page 7 ‑ 69 for
more information on how to add
preset destinations.

Black plate (13,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Infotainment System 7-13Sound Menu
e (Sound): Press this key or
press CONFIG to access the Sound
menu to adjust the treble, midrange,
bass, fade, balance, and Digital
Signal Processing (DSP). The
system automatically stores audio
adjustment settings as changes
are made for each audio source
including AM, FM, XM (if equipped),
CD, and AUX. Setting the Tone
TREBLE: Press + or − to increase
or decrease the treble. If a station is
weak or has static, decrease the
treble.
MID (Midrange): Press + or − to
increase or decrease the midrange.
BASS: Press + or − to increase or
decrease the bass.
Adjusting the Speakers
L/R (Left/Right) (Balance): To
adjust the balance between the left
and the right speakers, press and
hold the L or R screen buttons.
Front/Rear (Fade): To adjust the
fade between the front and the rear
speakers, press and hold the Front
or Rear screen buttons. Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
The system has Digital Signal
Processing (DSP). DSP provides a
choice of four different listening
experiences. DSP can be used
while listening to the audio system.
Not all DSP modes are available for
all source types. The type of DSP
selected is displayed on the
status line.
Select from the following DSP
settings:
Normal: Adjusts the audio for
normal mode. This provides the best
sound quality for all seating
positions.
Surround (Centerpoint ®
):
Enables Bose ®
Centerpoint
signal processing that produces a
surround sound listening experience
from a CD or XM (if equipped)
stereo digital audio source.
Centerpoint delivers five
independent audio channels
from conventional two channel
stereo recordings (not available
for AM or FM).

Black plate (23,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Infotainment System 7-23Search: Press 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: Press 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): Press the up or
down screen arrows to increase or
decrease the brightness of the
navigation screen.
_ (Contrast): Press the up or
down screen arrows to increase or
decrease the contrast of the
navigation screen. Auto (Automatic): Press so the
system can automatically adjust
the navigation screen background
depending on exterior lighting
conditions.
Night: Press to make the
navigation screen background
brighten.
Day: Press to make the navigation
screen background darken.
Monitor: From the DVD Setup
screen, press 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
Press
e to close the screen in from
the left and right sides.
Press
J to fill the screen on the
left and right sides.
Press
d to fill the screen on the
top and bottom.
Settings: From the DVD Setup
screen, press 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: Press 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.