2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV language

Black plate (3,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Introduction iii
The names, logos, emblems,
slogans, vehicle model names,
and vehicle body designs appearing
in this manual including, but not
limited to, GM, the GM logo,
CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest
and Wreath, ESCALADE, and
ESV are trademarks and/or service
marks of General Motors LLC, its
subsidiaries, affiliates, or licensors. This manual describes features that
may or may not be on your specific
vehicle either because they are
options that you did not purchase
or due to changes subsequent to
the printing of this owner manual.
Please refer to the purchase
documentation relating to your
specific vehicle to confirm each of
the features found on your vehicle.
For vehicles first sold in Canada,
substitute the name “ General
Motors of Canada Limited ” for
Cadillac Motor Division wherever
it appears in this manual.
If the vehicle is a hybrid, see the
hybrid supplement for more
information.
Keep this manual in the vehicle for
quick reference. Canadian Vehicle Owners Propriétaires Canadiens A French language copy of this
manual can be obtained from your
dealer or from:
On peut obtenir un exemplaire de
ce guide en français auprès du
concessionnaire ou à l'adresse
suivante:
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P.O. Box 07130
Detroit, MI 48207
1-800-551-4123
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française
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Part No. 25965920 B Second Printing ©
2010 General Motors LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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In Brief 1-19
Driver Information
Center (DIC) The DIC display is located at the
bottom of the instrument panel
cluster. It shows the status of
many vehicle systems and enables
access to the personalization menu.
The DIC buttons are located on
the instrument panel, next to the
steering wheel. 3 : Press to display the
odometer, trip odometer, fuel
range, average economy, fuel
used, timer, transmission
temperature, instantaneous
economy, and average vehicle
speed. The compass and outside
air temperature will also be shown
in the display. The temperature will
be shown in °C or °F depending on
the units selected.
T : Press to display the oil life,
units, side blind zone system on/off,
tire pressure readings for vehicles
with the Tire Pressure Monitor
System (TPMS), compass zone
setting, and compass recalibration.
U : Press to customize the feature
settings on your vehicle. See
Vehicle Personalization on
page 5 ‑ 40 for more information. V : Press to set or reset certain
functions and to turn off or
acknowledge messages on the DIC.
For more information, see Driver
Information Center (DIC) on
page 5 ‑ 26 .
Vehicle Customization Some vehicle features can be
programmed by using the DIC
buttons next to the steering wheel.
These features include: .
Language .
Door Lock and Unlock Settings .
RKE Lock and Unlock Feedback .
Lighting .
Chime Volume .
Memory Features .
Digital Speedometer Display
See Vehicle Personalization on
page 5 ‑ 40 .

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Instruments and Controls 5-41Entering the Feature
Settings Menu 1. Turn the ignition on and place
the vehicle in P (Park).
To avoid excessive drain on the
battery, it is recommended that
the headlamps are turned off.
2. Press the customization button
to scroll through the available
customizable options.
Feature Settings Menu Items The following are customization
features that allow you to program
settings to the vehicle:
DISPLAY IN ENGLISH
This feature will only display if a
language other than English has
been set. This feature allows you to
change the language in which the
DIC messages appear to English. Press the customization button until
the PRESS
V TO DISPLAY IN
ENGLISH screen appears on the
DIC display. Press the set/reset
button once to display all DIC
messages in English.
DISPLAY LANGUAGE
This feature allows you to select
the language in which the DIC
messages will appear.
Press the customization button until
the DISPLAY LANGUAGE screen
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:
ENGLISH (default): All messages
will appear in English.
DEUTSCH: All messages will
appear in German. ITALIANO: All messages will
appear in Italian.
FRANCAIS: All messages will
appear in French.
ESPANOL: All messages will
appear in Spanish.
ARABIC: All messages will appear
in Arabic.
CHINESE: All messages will
appear in Chinese.
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.

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.

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7-16 Infotainment System
Satellite Radio XM ™ Satellite Radio ServiceXM ™ 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. A service fee is required to
receive the XM service. If the
service needs to be reactivated, the
radio will display “ No Subscription
Please Renew on channel XM1. ”
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.
When XM is active, the channel
name and number, song title, and
artist displays on the screen. XM ™ Radio Messages
XL (Explicit Language
Channels): XL on the radio display,
after the channel name, indicates
content with explicit language.
These channels, or any others, can
be blocked at a customer's request
by calling 1 ‐ 800 ‐ 929-2100.
XM Updating: The encryption code
in the receiver is being updated and
no action is required.
No XM signal: The vehicle is in a
location that is blocking the XM
signal. When the vehicle is moved
into an open area, the signal should
return.
Loading XM: The audio system is
processing audio and text data
received. No action is needed.
Channel Off Air: This channel is
not currently in service. Channel Unauth: This channel is
blocked or cannot be received with
your XM Subscription package.
Channel Unavail: This previously
assigned channel is no longer
assigned.
No Artist Info: No artist
information is available. The
system is working properly.
No Title Info: No song title
information is available. The
system is working properly.
No CAT Info: No category
information is available. The
system is working properly.
CAT Not Found: There are no
channels available for the selected
category. The system is working
properly.
No Information: No text or
informational messages are
available. The system is working
properly.

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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.

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7-24 Infotainment System Subtitle Language: Press 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.
Menu Language: Press 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: Press 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: Press to change the
aspect ratio of the DVD. This may
not be available on all DVDs. y (Next Track/Chapter): Press 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):
1. Press to return to the start of the
current track or chapter.
2. Press 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):
1. Turn counterclockwise one notch
to go to the start of the current
chapter/track, turn it again to go
to the previous chapter/track.
2. Turn clockwise to go to the next
chapter/track.

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7-36 Infotainment System The A/V jacks are color coded to
match typical home entertainment
system equipment. The yellow
jack (A) is for the video input. The
white jack (B) is for the left audio
input. The red jack (C) is for the
right audio input.
Power for auxiliary devices is not
supplied by the radio system.
To use the auxiliary inputs of the
RSE system, connect an external
auxiliary device to the color-coded
A/V jacks and turn both the auxiliary
device and the video screen power
on. If the video screen is in the DVD
player mode, pressing the AUX
(auxiliary) button on the remote
control switches the video screen
from the DVD player mode to the
auxiliary device. The audio of the
connected source can be listened to
over the speakers by sourcing the
radio to the auxiliary device or by
sourcing the RSA to the Rear Aux and listening with the wireless
headphones on Channel 2 or with
the wired headphones. See “ Using
the Auxiliary Input Jack ” under
Auxiliary Devices on page 7 ‑ 31 for
more information about changing
the source.
How to Change the RSE Video
Screen Settings
The screen display mode (normal,
full, and zoom), screen brightness,
and setup menu language can be
changed from the on screen setup
menu. To change any feature:
1. Press the
z (display menu)
button on the remote control.
2. Use the remote control
n ,
q ,
p ,
o (navigation) arrows and
the
r (enter) button to use the
setup menu.
3. Press the
z button again to
remove the setup menu from the
screen. Audio Output Audio from the DVD player or
auxiliary inputs can be heard
through the following possible
sources: .
Wireless headphones .
Vehicle speakers .
Vehicle ‐ wired headphone jacks
on the RSA system, if the
vehicle has this feature.
The RSE system always transmits
the audio signal to the wireless
headphones, if there is audio
available. See “ Headphones ” earlier
in this section for more information.