2004 Chevrolet Malibu Owners Manual

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Press the up arrow to go to the next selection on the tape. If you press the up arrow more than once, the player will continue moving forward through the tape. TAPE SEEK and a positive number will appear on the display. BAND: Press this button to listen to the radio when a cassette tape or CD is playing. The tape or CD will remain safely inside the radio for future listening. SRCE (Source): Press this button to play a tape, CD, or a remote device (if installed) when listening to the radio. The inactive tape or CD will remain safely inside the radio for future listening. EJECT / Z (Eject): Press this button, located to the left of the cassette tape slot, to eject a tape. Eject may be activated with the radio off. Cassette tapes may be loaded with the radio off if this button is pressed ﬁrst. Cassette Tape Messages TIGHT TAPE: If this message appears on the radio display, the tape will not play because the tape is tight and the player cannot turn the tape hubs. Remove the tape. Hold the tape with the open end down and try to turn the right hub counterclockwise with a pencil. Turn the tape over and repeat. If the hubs do not turn easily, your tape may be damaged and should not be used in the player. Try a new tape to make sure your player is working properly. BROKEN TAPE: If this message appears on the radio display, the tape will not play because of one of the following: The tape is broken. Try a new tape. The tape is wrapped around the tape head. Attempt to get the cassette out. Try a new tape. CLEAN TAPE: If this message appears on the display, the cassette tape player needs to be cleaned. It will still play tapes, but you should clean it as soon as possible to prevent damage to the tapes and player. See Care of Your Cassette Tape Player on page 3-117. If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot be corrected, contact your dealer. If your radio displays an error message, write it down and provide it to your dealer when reporting the problem. 3-79 (cid:127) (cid:127) CD Adapter Kits It is possible to use a portable CD player with your cassette tape player after disabling the tight/loose tape sensing feature on your tape player. To disable the feature, use the following steps: 1. Turn the ignition on. 2. Turn the radio off. 3. Press and hold the SRCE button. The radio will display READY and ﬂash the cassette tape symbol. 4. Insert the adapter into the cassette slot. It will power up the radio and begin playing. The override feature will remain active until the eject button is pressed. Playing a CD Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The player will pull it in and the CD should begin playing. If you want to insert a CD with the ignition off, ﬁrst press the eject button or the DISP knob. As each new track starts to play, the track number will appear on the display. 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. 3-80 The CD player can play the smaller 8cm single CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs and the smaller CDs are loaded in the same manner. If playing a CD-R the sound quality may be reduced due to CD-R quality, the method of recording, the quality of the music that has been recorded, and the way the CD-R has been handled. You may experience an increase in skipping, difficulty in ﬁnding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading and ejecting. If these problems occur try a known good CD. Do not add paper labels to CDs, they could get caught in the CD player. Do not play 3-inch CDs without a standard adapter CD. If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages” later in this section. s (Reverse): Press and hold this pushbutton to reverse quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a reduced volume. Release the button to play the passage. The elapsed time of the track will appear on the display. \ (Fast Forward): Press and hold this pushbutton to advance quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a reduced volume. Release the button to play the passage. The elapsed time of the track will appear on the display. RPT (Repeat): Press this button once to hear a track over again. REPEAT ON and RPT will appear on the display. The current track will continue to repeat. Press RPT again to turn off repeat play. REPEAT OFF will appear on the display and RPT will disappear from the display. RDM (Random): Press this button to hear the tracks in random, rather than sequential, order. T#, RANDOM, and RDM will appear on the display. T and the track number will appear on the display when each track starts to play. Press RDM again to turn off random play. RANDOM OFF will appear on the display and RDM will disappear from the display. x SEEK w: Press the down arrow to go to the start of the current track if it has been playing for more than eight seconds. If you press this arrow more than once, the player will continue moving backward through the CD. Press the up arrow to go to the start of the next track. If you press this arrow more than once, the player will continue moving forward through the CD. If you hold either arrow for more than two seconds, the CD will enter CD scan mode and the CD will play the ﬁrst 10 seconds of each track. Press either arrow again to stop scanning. DISP (Display): Press this knob to see how long the current track has been playing. T, the track number, and the elapsed time of the track will appear on the display. To change the default on the display (time or elapsed time), press the knob until you see the display you want, then hold the knob for two seconds. The radio will produce one beep and the selected display will now be the default. Pressing this button will also display text on commercially recorded CDs (if available). AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization): Press this button to select the desired equalization setting while playing a CD. The equalization will be automatically recalled whenever you play a CD. For more information, see AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ listed previously in this section. BAND: Press this button to listen to the radio when a cassette tape or CD is playing. The tape or CD will remain safely inside the radio for future listening. SRCE (Source): Press this button to play a tape, CD, or a remote device (if installed) when listening to the radio. The inactive tape or CD will remain safely inside the radio for future listening. EJECT / Z (Eject): Press this button, located to the left of the CD slot, to eject a CD. Eject may be activated with either the ignition or radio off. CDs may be loaded with the radio and ignition off if this button is pressed ﬁrst. 3-81 CD Messages Radio with Six-Disc CD CHECK CD: If this message appears on the display or the CD comes out, it could be for one of the following reasons: It is very hot. When the temperature returns to normal, the CD should play. (cid:127) You are driving on a very rough road. When the road becomes smooth, 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. If your radio displays an error message, write it down and provide it to your dealer when reporting the problem. 3-82 United States shown, Canada similar Radio Data System (RDS) Your audio system is equipped with a Radio Data System (RDS). RDS features are available for use only on FM stations that broadcast RDS information. (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) With RDS, your radio can do the following: (cid:127) Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type of programming (cid:127) Receive announcements concerning local and national emergencies (cid:127) Display messages from radio stations (cid:127) Seek to stations with traffic announcements This system relies upon receiving speciﬁc information from these stations and will only work when the information is available. In rare cases, a radio station may broadcast incorrect information that will cause the radio features to work improperly. If this happens, contact the radio station. While you are tuned to an RDS station, the station name or the call letters will appear on the display instead of the frequency. RDS stations may also provide the time of day, a program type (PTY) for current programming, and the name of the program being broadcast. XM™ Satellite Radio Service (48 Contiguous US States) XM™ is a continental U.S. based satellite radio service that offers 100 coast-to-coast channels including music, news, sports, talk, and children’s programming. XM™ provides digital quality audio and text information, including song title and artist name. A service fee is required in order to receive the XM™ service. For more information, contact XM™ at www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-852-XMXM (9696). Playing the Radio O (Power): Press this knob to turn the system on and off. u (Volume): Turn this knob to increase or to decrease volume. AUTO u (Automatic Volume): With automatic volume, your audio system adjusts automatically to make up for road and wind noise as you drive. Set the volume at the desired level. Press this button to select LOW, MEDIUM, or HIGH. AUTO VOL LOW, AUTO VOL MEDIUM, or AUTO VOL HIGH will appear on the display. Each higher setting will allow for more volume compensation at faster vehicle speeds. 3-83 Then as you drive, automatic volume increases the volume, as necessary, to overcome noise at any speed. The volume level should always sound the same to you as you drive. AUTO VOL NONE will appear on the display if the radio cannot determine the vehicle speed or if the engine is not running. If you do not want to use automatic volume, select AUTO VOL OFF. DISP (Display): Press this knob to switch the display between time and temperature or radio station frequency and temperature. Time display is available with the ignition turned off. For RDS, press this knob to change what appears on the display while using RDS. The display options are station name, RDS station frequency, PTY, and the name of the program (if available). For XM™ (48 contiguous US states, if equipped), press this knob while in XM mode to retrieve four different categories of information related to the current song or channel: Artist, Song Title, Category or PTY, Channel Number/Channel Name. To change the default on the display, press this knob until you see the display you want, then hold the knob for two seconds. You will hear a beep and the selected display will now be the default. Finding a Station BAND: Press this button to switch between FM1, FM2, or AM, or XM1 or XM2 (48 contiguous US states, if equipped). The display will show your selection. ADJ (Adjust): Turn this knob to select radio stations. x SEEK w: Press the down or up arrow to go to the next or to the previous station and stay there. To scan stations, press and hold either arrow for two seconds until you hear a beep. The radio will go to a station, play for a few seconds, then go on to the next station. Press either arrow again to stop scanning. To scan preset stations, press and hold either arrow for more than four seconds until you hear two beeps. The radio will go to the ﬁrst preset station stored on your pushbuttons, play for a few seconds, then go on to the next preset station. Press either arrow again to stop scanning presets. The radio will seek and scan only to stations that are in the selected band and only to those with a strong signal. 3-84 Setting Preset Stations The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your favorite stations. You can set up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM, six XM1 and six XM2 (48 contiguous US states, if equipped) by performing the following steps: 1. Turn the radio on. 2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, or AM, or XM1 or XM2. 3. Tune in the desired station. 4. Press AUTO TONE or AUTO EQ to select the equalization. 5. Press and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons until you hear a beep. Whenever you press that numbered pushbutton, the station you set will return and the equalization that you selected will be automatically stored for that pushbutton. 6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton. Setting the Tone (Bass/Midrange/Treble) TONE /P/Q (Bass/Treble): Press and release this button until BASS, MID, or TREB appears on the display. Turn the ADJ knob to increase or to decrease. The display will show the bass, mid, or treble level. If a station is weak or noisy, you may want to decrease the treble. To adjust bass, midrange, or treble to the middle position, select BASS, MID, or TREB. Then press and hold the tone button for more than two seconds. You will hear one beep and the tone control will be adjusted to the middle position. To adjust all tone controls to the middle position, press and hold the tone button when no tone control is displayed. ALL CENTERED will appear on the display and you will hear a beep. The bass, midrange, and treble will be adjusted to the middle position. 3-85 AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization): Press this button to select customized equalization settings designed for country, jazz, talk, pop, rock, and classical. The equalization setting last chosen will appear on the display when you ﬁrst press this button. Each time you press this button, another equalization setting will appear on the display and automatic tone or automatic equalization will switch to that preset equalization settings. To return to the manual mode, press the AUTO TONE or AUTO EQ button until CUSTOM appears on the display. You can also manually adjust the bass, midrange, and treble using the tone button. Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade) BAL/FADE /S (Balance/Fade): To adjust the balance between the right and the left speakers, push and release the balance and fade button until BAL appears on the display. Turn the ADJ knob to move the sound toward the right or the left speakers. To adjust the fade, push and release the balance and fade button until FADE appears on the display. Turn the ADJ knob to move the sound toward the front or the rear speakers. To adjust balance or fade to the middle position, select BAL or FADE. Then press and hold the balance and fade button for more than two seconds. You will hear one beep and the speaker control will be adjusted to the middle position. To adjust both speaker controls to the middle position, push and hold the tone button when no speaker control is displayed. ALL CENTERED will appear on the display and you will hear one beep. The balance and fade will be adjusted to the middle position. 3-86 Finding a Program Type (PTY) Station (RDS and XM™) To select and ﬁnd a desired PTY perform the following: 1. Press the P-TYPE button to activate program type select mode. PTY for FM or PTYPE for XM and a program type will appear on the display. 2. Turn the ADJ knob to select a PTY. 3. Once the desired PTY is displayed, press the SEEK up arrow to take you to the PTY’s ﬁrst station. 4. If you want to go to another station within that PTY press the SEEK up arrow again. If the radio cannot ﬁnd the desired PTY, NONE FOUND will appear on the display and the radio will return to the last station you were listening to. After 15 seconds of inactivity or if the P-TYPE button is pressed again, the radio will exit program type select mode. BAND (Alternate Frequency): Alternate frequency allows the radio to switch to a stronger station with the same program type. To turn alternate frequency on, press and hold BAND for two seconds. FM ALT FREQ ON and AF will appear on the display. The radio may switch to stronger stations. To turn alternate frequency off, press and hold BAND again for two seconds. FM ALT FREQ OFF will appear on the display and AF will disappear from the display. The radio will not switch to other stations. This function does not apply for XM™ Satellite Radio Service. RDS Messages ALERT!: Alert warns of local or national emergencies. When an alert announcement comes on the current radio station, ALERT! will appear on the display. You will hear the announcement, even if the volume is muted or a CD is playing. If a CD is playing, play will stop during the announcement. You will not be able to turn off alert announcements. ALERT! will not be affected by tests of the emergency broadcast system. This feature is not supported by all RDS stations. MSG (Message): If the current station has a message, MSG will appear on the display. Press this button to see the message. The message may display the artist, song title, call in phone numbers, etc. 3-87 If the whole message is not displayed, parts of the message will appear every three seconds. To scroll through the message at your own speed, press the MSG button repeatedly. A new group of words will appear on the display with each press. Once the complete message has been displayed, MSG will disappear from the display until another new message is received. The old message can be displayed by pressing the MSG button. You can view an old message until a new message is received or a different station is tuned to. When a message is not available from a station, NO MESSAGE will appear on the display. TRAF (Traffic): If TRAFFIC appears on the display, the tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements and when a traffic announcement comes on the tuned radio station you will hear it. If the current tuned station does not broadcast traffic announcements, press this button and the radio will seek to a station that does. When the radio ﬁnds a station that broadcasts traffic announcements, the radio will stop and TRAF and brackets will be displayed. When a traffic announcement comes on the tuned radio station you will hear it. If no station is found, NO TRAFFIC INFO will appear on the display. If TRAF is on the display you can press the TRAF button to turn off the traffic announcements. Your radio will play the traffic announcement even if the volume is low. Your radio will interrupt the play of a CD if the last tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements. This function does not apply to XM™ Satellite Radio Service. Radio Messages CALIBRATE ERR (Error): Your audio system has been calibrated for your vehicle from the factory. If CALIBRATE ERR appears on the display it means that your radio has not been conﬁgured properly for your vehicle and it must be returned to the dealer for service. LOCKED: This message is displayed when the Theftlock® system has locked up. Your vehicle must be returned to the dealer for service. If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot be corrected, contact your dealer. 3-88 XM™ Radio Messages Condition Action Required Radio Display Message XL (Explicit Language Channels) Updating XL on the radio display, after the channel name, indicates content with explicit language. Updating encryption code No Signal Loss of signal Loading XM Off Air CH Unavl No Info No Info Acquiring channel audio (after 4 second delay) Channel not in service Channel no longer available Artist Name/Feature not available Song/Program Title not available These channels, or any others, can be blocked at a customer’s request, by calling 1-800-852-XMXM (9696). The encryption code in your receiver is being updated, and no action is required. This process should take no longer than 30 seconds. Your system is functioning correctly, but you are in a location that is blocking the XM signal. When you move into an open area, the signal should return. Your radio system is acquiring and processing audio and text data. No action is needed. This message should disappear shortly. This channel is not currently in service. Tune to another channel. This previously assigned channel is no longer assigned. Tune to another station. If this station was one of your presets, you may need to choose another station for that preset button. No artist information is available at this time on this channel. Your system is working properly. No song title information is available at this time on this channel. Your system is working properly. 3-89 Radio Display Message XM™ Radio Messages (cont’d) Condition Action Required Category Name not available No Text/Informational message available No channel available for the chosen category Theft lock active Radio ID label (channel 0) Radio ID not known (should only be if hardware failure) Hardware failure No category information is available at this time on this channel. Your system is working properly. No text or informational messages are available at this time on this channel. Your system is working properly. There are no channels available for the category you selected. Your system is working properly. The XM receiver in your vehicle may have previously been in another vehicle. For security purposes, XM receivers cannot be swapped between vehicles. If you receive this message after having your vehicle serviced, check with the servicing facility. If you tune to channel 0, you will see this message alternating with your XM Radio 8 digit radio ID label. This label is needed to activate your service. If you receive this message when you tune to channel 0, you may have a receiver fault. Consult with your dealer. If this message does not clear within a short period of time, your receiver may have a fault. Consult with your retail location. No Info No Info Not Found XM Lock Radio ID Unknown Check DAB 3-90 Playing a CD The CD player can play the smaller 8cm single CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs and the smaller CDs are loaded in the same manner. If playing a CD-R the sound quality may be reduced due to CD-R quality, the method of recording, the quality of the music that has been recorded and the way the CD-R has been handled. You may experience an increase in skipping, difficulty in ﬁnding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading and ejecting. If these problems occur try a known good CD. Do not add paper labels to CDs, they could get caught in the CD player. Do not play 3-inch CDs without a standard adapter CD. If an error appears on the display, see “CD Messages” later in this section. CDs may be loaded or ejected with the radio or ignition off or on. LOAD: Press the LOAD button to load CDs into the CD player. This CD player will hold up to six CDs. To insert one CD, do the following: 1. Turn the ignition on. 2. Press and release the LOAD button. 3. Wait for INSERT CD to ﬂash on the display. 4. Load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the slot, label side up. The player will pull the CD in. When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol will appear on the display. If you select an equalization setting for your CD, it will be activated each time you play a CD. The CD will begin to play automatically. To insert multiple CDs, do the following: 1. Turn the ignition on. 2. Press and hold the LOAD button for two seconds. You will hear a beep and MULTI LOAD CD, then INSERT CD and the number will appear on the display. 3. Once INSERT CD and the number appears on the display, load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the slot, label side up. The player will pull the CD in. Once the CD is loaded, INSERT CD and the number will appear on the display again. Once INSERT CD and the number appear on the display again, you can load another CD. The CD player takes up to six CDs. Do not try to load more than six. To load more than one CD but less than six, complete Steps 1 through 3. When you have ﬁnished loading CDs, with the radio on or off, press the LOAD button to cancel the loading function. The radio will begin to play the last CD loaded. 3-91 When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol will appear on the display. If more than one CD has been loaded, a number for each CD will be displayed and the currently selected slot number will be underlined. If you select an equalization setting for your CD, it will be activated each time you play a CD. As each new track starts to play, the track number will appear on the display. EJECT/Z: To eject a single CD press this button. The radio will display EJECTING CD # and the single CD symbol will ﬂash until the CD is ready to be removed. When the CD is ready to be removed it will eject part way from the radio and the display will change to a ﬂashing REMOVE CD # with the single CD symbol ﬂashing until the CD is removed. If the CD is not removed within 25 seconds the radio will pull it back in. To eject multiple CDs, press and hold the eject button until you hear a beep and EJECTING ALL CDS appears on the display with the single CD symbol ﬂashing. The CD symbol will ﬂash until a CD is ready to be removed. When the CD is ready to be removed it will eject part way from the radio and the display will change to a ﬂashing REMOVE CD # with the single CD symbol ﬂashing until the CD is removed. If the CD is not removed within 25 seconds the radio will pull it back in. After the CD is removed the radio will repeat the previous actions until all of the CDs have been removed or a CD is pulled back in. Playing a Speciﬁc Loaded CD For every CD loaded, a number will appear on the radio display. To play a speciﬁc CD, press the numbered pushbutton that corresponds to the CD you want to play. A small bar will appear under the CD number that is playing, and the track number will appear. If an error appears on the radio display, see “CD Messages” later in this section. s (Reverse): Press and hold this button to reverse quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a reduced volume. T#, the elapsed time, and REV will appear on the display. Release the button to play the passage. \ (Fast Forward): Press and hold this button to advance quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a reduced volume. T#, the elapsed time, and FWD will appear on the display. Release the button to play the passage. 3-92 RPT (Repeat): With repeat, you can repeat one track or an entire CD. To use repeat, do the following: To repeat the track you are listening to, press and release the RPT button. REPEAT ON and RPT will appear on the display. Press RPT again to turn off repeat play. REPEAT OFF will appear on the display and RPT will disappear from the display. To repeat the CD you are listening to, press and hold the RPT button for more than two seconds. REPEAT ON and RPT will appear on the display. Press RPT again to turn off repeat play. REPEAT OFF will appear on the display and RPT will disappear from the display. RDM (Random): With random, you can listen to the tracks in random, rather than sequential, order, on one CD or on all of the CDs. To use random, do one of the following: To play the tracks on the CD you are listening to in random order, press the RDM button. RANDOM TRACKS and RDM will appear on the display. Press RDM again to turn off random play. RANDOM OFF will appear on the display and RDM will disappear from the display. To play the tracks on all of the CDs that are loaded in random order, press and hold the RDM button for more than two seconds. You will hear a beep, RANDOM ALL CDS, and RDM will appear on the display. Press RDM again to turn off random play. RANDOM OFF will appear on the display and RDM will disappear from the display. x SEEK w: Press the down arrow to go to the start of the current track if it has been playing for more than eight seconds. Press the up arrow to go to the beginning of the next track. If you press either arrow more than once, the player will continue moving backward or forward through the CD. To scan the current CD, press and hold either SEEK arrow for more than two seconds. The CD will go to the next track, play the ﬁrst 10 seconds, then go on to the next track. Press either SEEK arrow again to stop scanning. To scan all of the CDs loaded, press and hold either SEEK arrow for more than four seconds. The CD will go to the next CD, play the ﬁrst 10 seconds, then go on to the next CD. Press either SEEK arrow again to stop scanning. 3-93 (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) DISP (Display): Press this knob to switch between time, temperature, and the elapsed time of the track. To change the default on the display (CD#/Track#/Time, CD#/Track#/Temperature, or Track#/Elapsed Time/Temperature), press the knob until you see the display you want, then hold the knob for two seconds. The radio will produce one beep and the selected display will now be the default. AUTO TONE/AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization): Press this button to select the desired equalization setting while playing a CD. The equalization will be automatically recalled whenever you play a CD. For more information, see “AUTO TONE” or “AUTO EQ” listed previously in this section. BAND: Press this button to listen to the radio when a CD is playing. The inactive CD will remain safely inside the radio for future listening. SRCE (Source): Press this button to play a CD or to access the remote device, when listening to the radio. Using Song List / R Mode The six-disc CD changer has a feature called song list. This feature is capable of saving 20 track selections. To save tracks into the song list feature, perform the following steps: 1. Turn the radio on and load it with at least one CD. See “LOAD” listed previously in this section for more information. 2. Check to see that the CD changer is not in song list mode. S-LIST should not appear in the display. If S-LIST is present, press the SONG LIST button to turn it off. 3. Select the desired CD by pressing the numbered pushbutton and then use the SEEK left arrow to locate the track that you want to save. The track will begin to play. 4. Press and hold the song list button for two or more seconds to save the track into memory. When song list is pressed a beep will be heard immediately. After two seconds of pressing song list continuously, two beeps will sound to conﬁrm that the track has been saved and TRACK number ADDED will appear on the display. 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other selections. 3-94 SONG LIST FULL will appear on the display if you try to save more than 20 selections. To play the song list, press the song list button. One beep will be heard and SONG LIST will appear on the display. The recorded tracks will begin to play in the order that they were saved. You may seek through the song list by using the SEEK arrows. Seeking past the last saved track will return you to the ﬁrst saved track. To delete tracks from the song list, perform the following steps: 1. Turn the CD player on. 2. Press the song list button to turn song list on. SONG LIST will appear on the display. 3. Press the SEEK arrows to select the desired track to be deleted. 4. Press and hold the song list button for two seconds. When pressing song list, one beep will be heard immediately. After two seconds of continuously pressing the song list button, two beeps will be heard to conﬁrm that the track has been deleted and TRACK number DELETED will appear on the display. After a track has been deleted, the remaining tracks are moved up the list. When another track is added to the song list, the track will be added to the end of the list. To delete the entire song list, perform the following steps: 1. Turn the CD player on. 2. Press the song list button to turn song list on. S-LIST will appear on the display. 3. Press and hold the song list button for more than four seconds. A beep will be heard, followed by two beeps after two seconds and a ﬁnal beep will be heard after four seconds. SONG LIST EMPTY will appear on the display indicating that the song list has been deleted. If a CD is ejected, and the song list contains saved tracks from that CD, those tracks are automatically deleted from the song list. Any tracks saved to the song list again are added to the bottom of the list. To end song list mode, press the song list button. One beep will be heard and S-LIST will be removed from the display. 3-95 Rear Seat Entertainment System Your vehicle may have a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) system. The Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) includes a DVD player, a video display screen, two sets of wireless headphones and a remote control. This system also functions as a rear seat audio (RSA) system. See Rear Seat Audio (RSA) (Without Entertainment System) on page 3-111 or Rear Seat Audio (RSA) (With Entertainment System) on page 3-113 in the Index for more information. Parental Control The RSE system may be disabled from the driver’s seat by pressing the power button on the radio twice. To resume use of the RSE system press the RSE power button. CD Messages CHECK CD: If this message appears on the display or the CD comes out, it could be for one of the following reasons: It is very hot. When the temperature returns to normal, the CD should play. (cid:127) You are driving on a very rough road. When the road becomes smooth, 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. If your radio displays an error message, write it down and provide it to your dealer when reporting the problem. 3-96 (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) Before You Drive The RSE is designed for rear seat passengers only. The driver cannot safely view the video screen while driving and should not try to do so. Your DVD system is designed to be inoperable when the vehicle is exposed to extremely low or high temperatures, in order to protect your system from damage. Operate your DVD system under normal or comfortable cabin temperature ranges. Headphones The entertainment system includes two wireless headphones. The wireless headphones have an ON/OFF button, and a volume control. To use the headphones press the ON/OFF button. An indicator light on the headphones will illuminate. If the light does not illuminate, the batteries may need to be replaced. See “Battery Replacement” later in this section for more information. Press the button to turn the headphones OFF when not in use. If the RSE system is shut off, or if the headphones are out of range of the transmitters, located at the top of the DVD player, for more than three minutes, the headphones will shut off automatically to save the battery power. If you move too far forward or step out of the vehicle, the headphones will lose the audio signal. To adjust the volume on the wireless headphones, use the volume control. Make sure that the headphones are worn correctly, left to right, to ensure the signal is received properly. Notice: Do not store the headphones in heat or direct sunlight. This could damage the headphones and repairs would not be covered by your warranty. Keep the headphones stored in a cool, dry place. If there is a decreased audio signal during CD or DVD play, you may hear a low “hissing” noise through the speakers and/or headphones. If the hissing sound in the wireless headphones seems excessive, make sure that the headphone batteries are fully charged. Some amount of hissing is normal. 3-97 Battery Replacement To change the batteries, do the following: 1. Loosen the screw on the battery compartment door located on the left side of the headphone earpiece. 2. Replace the two AAA batteries in the compartment. Make sure that they are installed correctly using the diagram on the inside of the battery compartment. 3. Replace the battery compartment door and tighten the screw. If the headphones are to be stored for a long period of time, remove the batteries, and keep them in a cool, dry place. Stereo RCA Jacks The RCA jacks are located on the DVD faceplate on the ﬂoor console. The RCA jacks allow you to connect audio and video signals from an auxiliary device such as a camcorder or a video game unit to your RSE just as you would to a standard television. The yellow RCA jack is used for video, the red RCA jack for right audio, and the white RCA jack for left audio inputs. The system requires standard RCA cables (not included) to connect your auxiliary device to the RCA jacks. Refer to the manufacturer’s instructions for proper usage. To use the auxiliary audio and video inputs on the entertainment system, connect an external auxiliary device such as a camcorder to the RCA jacks and turn on both the auxiliary device power and the power on the front of the RSE system. Press the play and source buttons at the same time or the AUX button on the remote control to switch to the auxiliary device. See “DVD Player”, and “Remote Control” later in this section for more information. Audio Speakers Audio from the DVD player or auxiliary devices can be heard through the following possible sources: (cid:127) Wireless Headphones (cid:127) Vehicle’s Speakers (cid:127) Wired Headphones (not included) Only one audio source can be heard through the vehicles speakers at a time. You can listen to the entertainment system or an auxiliary device through all of the vehicles speakers when the following occurs: The RSE system is off a DVD or auxiliary device is playing the front audio system is on and the SRCE button is pressed to enable the rear seat entertainment system 3-98 (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) The front audio system will display the headphone icon when the entertainment system is on and the headphone icon will disappear from the display when it is off. To turn the vehicles rear speakers on and off, press the power button on the RSE or on the remote control. When the rear speakers are off, the audio from the entertainment system can be heard through both the wireless headphones and the vehicles front speakers at the same time. You can listen to the entertainment system through the wired headphones (not included) on the RSE system when the following occurs: The RSE system is on a DVD or auxiliary device is playing The volume on the audio system may vary when switching between a radio station, CD, DVD, cassette, or auxiliary device. If there is a decreased audio signal during CD or DVD play, you may hear a low “hissing” noise through the speakers and/or headphones. If the hissing sound in the wireless headphones seems excessive, make sure that the headphone batteries are fully charged. Some amount of hissing is normal. Video Screen The video screen is located on the back of the ﬂoor console. Open the video screen by rotating the screen up and adjust its position as desired. The video screen may not be able to be rotated up if the rear seat is too far forward. See “Rear Sliding Seat (MAXX Only)” under Rear Seat Operation on page 1-7 for more information. When the video screen is not in use, push it down into its stored position. The DVD player and display will continue to operate when the video screen is in either the up or down positions. The transmitters from the wireless headphones and the receiver for the remote control are behind the window on the RSE system. If the screen is in the closed position, the signals will not be available for the operation of the headphones or the remote control. Notice: Directly touching the video screen may damage it. Do not touch the screen. See Cleaning the Video Screen on page 3-118 for more information. 3-99 (cid:127) (cid:127) DVD Player The DVD player is located on the end of the ﬂoor console under the video screen. The DVD player can be controlled by the buttons on the RSE system, and/or by the buttons on the remote control. See “Remote Control” later in this section for more information. The DVD player is only compatible with DVDs of the appropriate region code for the country that the vehicle was sold in. On some DVD jackets, you will see the region displayed. Video CDs, standard audio CDs, and audio CD-Rs can also be played by the DVD player. The video screen will display a menu when an audio CD or CD-R is played. If an error message appears on the video screen, see “DVD Messages” later in this section. 3-100 DVD Player Buttons O (Power): Press this button to turn the RSE system on and off. c/Z (Stop/Eject): Press this button to stop playing, rewinding or fast forwarding. Press this button again to eject a DVD or CD. k (Play/Pause): Press this button to start play of a DVD or CD. Press this button while a DVD or CD is playing to pause it. Press it again to continue play of a DVD or CD. When in menu mode, press this button to enter a selection. 1–6 (Preset Pushbuttons): This button is inactive when in DVD mode. BAND: Press this button to switch between FM1, FM2, or AM, XM1 or XM2 (48 contiguous US states, if equipped). If the front seat passengers are listening to the DVD player, the rear seat passengers cannot select XM1 or XM2. SRCE (Source): Press this button to switch between playing a cassette tape or a CD. x SEEK w: Press the down arrow to go to the beginning of the current chapter or track if more than ﬁve seconds have played. Press the up arrow to go to the next chapter or track. This button may not work when the DVD is playing the copyright information or the previews. x w (Volume): Press the up or down arrow to increase or decrease the volume on the wired headphones (not included). The arrows on the left side are for the left headphone and the arrows on the right side are for the right headphone. Playing a Disc To play a disc, gently insert the disc with the label side up into the loading slot. The DVD player will continue loading the disc and the player will automatically start if the vehicle is in run, accessory or RAP. If a disc is already in the player, make sure that the DVD player is on, then press the play/pause button on the player faceplate or on the remote control. Some DVDs will not allow you to fast forward or skip the copyright information or previews. Some DVDs will begin playing after the previews have ﬁnished. If the DVD does not begin playing at the main title, refer to the on-screen instructions. 3-101 DVD Messages The following errors may appear on the video screen display: Disc Format Error: This message will be displayed if a disc is inserted upside down, if the disc is not readable or if the disc format is not compatible with the DVD player. Disc Play Error: This message will be displayed if the mechanism cannot play the disc. Scratched or damaged discs will cause this error. Region Code Error: This message will be displayed if the region code of the DVD is not compatible with the region code of the DVD player. Load/Eject Error: This message will be displayed if the disc is not properly loaded or ejected. Disc Not Present: This message will be displayed when the play or the stop button is pressed without a disc in the player. Stopping and Resuming Playback To stop playing a disc, press and release the stop button on the DVD player faceplate or the remote control. To resume playback, press the play/pause button on the DVD player faceplate or the remote control. As long as the disc has not been ejected, and the stop button has not been pressed twice on the remote control or the DVD player faceplate, the movie should resume play from where it was last stopped. If the disc has been ejected, or if the stop button has been pressed twice on the remote control or the DVD player faceplate, the disc will resume play at the beginning of the disc. To resume playback where you left off, press the play button twice. Ejecting a Disc Press the eject button on the DVD player or remote control to eject the disc. If a disc is ejected from the player, but not removed, the DVD player will reload the disc after a short period of time. The disc will be stored in the DVD player. The DVD player will not resume play of the disc automatically. 3-102 Remote Control Buttons Remote Control To use the remote control, aim it at the transmitter window on the DVD player and press the desired button. Direct sunlight or very bright light may affect the ability of the entertainment system to receive signals from the remote control. Be sure the remote control’s batteries are not weak or discharged, as this will also affect the function of the remote control. Objects blocking the line of sight will affect the function of the remote control. Notice: Do not store the remote control in heat or direct sunlight. This could damage the remote control and it would not be covered by your warranty. Keep the remote control stored in the rear seat armrest when not in use. O (Power): Press this button to turn the DVD player on or off. v (Title): Press this button to return the DVD to the main menu of the DVD. n, q, p, o (Menu Navigation Arrows): Use the arrow buttons to navigate through a menu. 3-103 z (Set-up Menu): Press this button to adjust the color, tint, brightness, contrast, and display mode (normal, full, or zoom). The dynamic range compression feature can be used to reduce loud audio and increase low audio produced by some DVDs. e (Audio): Press this button to display a menu that will only appear when a DVD is being played. The format and content of this function is dependent on the disc. r (Fast Reverse): Press this button to fast reverse the DVD or CD. To stop fast reversing, press this button again. This button may not work when the DVD is playing the copyright information or the previews. SRCE (Source): Press this button to toggle between the DVD player and an auxiliary source. c (Stop): Press this button to stop playing, rewinding, or fast forwarding a DVD or CD. Press this button twice to return to the beginning of the DVD. t (Previous Track/Chapter): Press this button to return to the start of the current track or chapter. Press this button again to return to the previous track or chapter. This button may not work when the DVD is playing the copyright information or the previews. 1 through 0 (Numeric Keypad): The remote control numeric keypad provides you with the capability of direct chapter, title, and track number selection. 3-104 \: Press this button, within 3 seconds after inputting a numeric selection to clear all numeric inputs. Press this button before inputting the number. }10: Press the button, to select chapter, title, and track numbers greater than 9. Press this button before inputting the number. P (Illumination): Press this button to turn the remote control backlight on. The backlight will time out after about 7 to 10 seconds if no other button is pressed while the backlight is on. y (Main DVD Menu): Press this button to access the DVD menu. The DVD menu is different on every DVD. Use the up, down, left, and right arrow buttons to move the cursor around the DVD menu. After making a selection press the enter button. This button only operates when using a DVD. r (Enter): Press this button to select the choices that are highlighted in any menu. q (Return): Press this button to exit the current active menu and return to the previous menu. This button will operate only when a DVD is being played and a menu is active. | (Camera Angle): This button changes camera angles on DVDs that have this feature when a DVD is playing. The format and content of this function is dependent on the disc. { (Subtitle): This button turns on subtitles and moves through subtitle options when a DVD is playing. The format and content of this function is dependent on the disc. [ (Fast Forward): Press this button to fast forward the DVD or CD. To stop fast forwarding, press this button again. This button may not work when the DVD is playing the copyright information or the previews. s (Play/Pause): Press this button to start play of a DVD or CD. Press this button while a DVD or CD is playing to pause it. Press this button again to continue the play of the DVD or CD. Slow Play: When the DVD is playing, press the pause button then press the fast forward button. The DVD will continue playing in a slow play mode. To cancel slow play mode, press the play/pause button. u (Next Track/Chapter): Press this button to advance to the beginning of the next track or chapter. This button may not work when the DVD is playing the copyright information or the previews. Setup Menu To access the setup menu, ensure that a DVD disc is in the player and the video is stopped. Press the display button. Once the menu is activated, use the remote control directional arrows and the enter button to navigate the screen icons. Picture Preferences The USER PREFERENCE SETTINGS menu allows you to modify the default viewing preferences from the display. Use the remote control up and down arrow buttons to select. The movie may stop while selections are being made. TV Shape: The default video screen display may be selected from 4:3 letterbox, 4:3 panscan, or 16:9. Black Level Shift: The default black level to the video screen may be adjusted. Video Shift: The default position of the video on the display may be adjusted. Color Settings: The default color setting of the video screen may be selected from Personal, Rich, Natural, Soft, or Animation. Personal Color: The default setting for Saturation, Brightness, and Contrast may be adjusted. 3-105 Subtitle: The default DVD subtitle language may be selected from English, Spanish, or French. The subtitle language is dependent on whether the DVD supports the selected language. Menu: The default on-screen display language may be selected from various languages. Features The USER PREFERENCE SETTINGS menu allows you to modify the default feature preferences from the display. Use the remote control up and down arrow buttons to select. The movie may stop while selections are being made. Status Window: The status window may be selected as On or Off. The status window provides disc type, elapsed time, and number of titles information while the menu bar is displayed or the DVD is in stop mode. Help Text: Help text may be selected as On or Off. A help text bar is provided at the bottom of the screen describing the functions of an item selected from any of the user menus. Sound Preferences The USER PREFERENCE SETTINGS menu allows you to modify the default sound preferences from the display. Use the remote control up and down arrow buttons to select. The movie may stop while selections are being made. Analog Output: The default sound output may be selected from Stereo or Dolby® surround. Dynamic Compression: The default setting may be selected as On or Off. Karaoke Vocal: The default setting may be selected as On or Off. Language Preferences The USER PREFERENCE SETTINGS menu allows you to modify the default language preferences from the display. Use the remote control up and down arrow buttons to select. The movie may stop while selections are being made. Audio Language: The default DVD playback audio language may be selected from various languages. The audio output is dependent on whether a DVD supports the selected language. 3-106 Menu Bar The menu bar is displayed across the top of the screen. It allows adjustments to the audio and video settings. Use the remote control left and right arrow buttons to select. The movie may stop while selections are being made. Current Subtitle Language: The subtitle language may be selected as Off, English, Spanish, or French. The actual subtitle language is dependent on whether a DVD supports the selected language. Current Audio Language: The audio language may be selected as Off, English, Spanish, or French. The actual audio language is dependent on whether a DVD supports the selected language. Smart Color: This color setting may be selected without changing the default from the color settings menu. Sound Mode: This analog output may be changed without changing the default from the analog output menu. Frame-by-Frame: The DVD will pause and may be viewed frame-by-frame, in forward or reverse, by using the remote control arrow buttons. Press play to resume play of the DVD. DVD audio will not be available during selection. Slow Motion: The DVD will pause and may be viewed in slow motion, at various speeds, in forward or reverse, by using the remote control arrow buttons. Press play to resume play of the DVD. DVD audio will not be available during selection. Scan Speeds: The DVD may be viewed in fast motion, at various speeds, in forward or reverse, by using the remote control arrow buttons. Press play to resume play of the DVD. DVD audio will not be available during selection. Enlarge Picture: The DVD will pause and the frame may be enlarged by using the remote control arrow key buttons. Pressing the enter button on the remote control allows panning of the frame using the remote control arrow buttons. Press play to resume play of the DVD. DVD audio will not be available during selection. Title: Move between DVD titles by using the remote control arrow buttons. Chapter: Move between DVD chapters by using the remote control arrow buttons. 3-107 Time Search: The user can jump to different areas of a DVD by using the remote control arrow and enter buttons to select a speciﬁc time position. Not all DVDs support all of the feature defaults in the setup menus. In the event a feature is not supported, defaults will be provided by the DVD media. Exit the setup menu by pressing the return button on the remote control. If you make changes to the setup menu, the DVD will resume play from the beginning. Battery Replacement To change the remote control batteries, do the following: 1. Unclip the battery door located on the back of the remote control. 2. Remove the batteries from the compartment. 3. Replace the two AA batteries. Make sure that they are installed correctly, using the diagram on the inside of the battery compartment. If the remote control is to be stored for a long period of time, remove the batteries and keep them in a cool, dry place. Tips and Trouble Problem Recommended Action No power. Disc will not play. No sound. The ignition may not be in run, accessory or RAP. The parental control button might have been pressed. The system might be off. The parental control button might have been pressed. The system might be in auxiliary source mode. Press the AUX button to toggle between the DVD player and the auxiliary source. The disc is upside down or is not compatible. The volume on the headphones could be too low. Adjust the volume on the right earpiece on the wireless headphones. If the DVD system is being heard through the vehicle speakers, adjust the volume from the radio. The radio must have the RSE channel enabled by using the SRCE button. 3-108 Problem Recommended Action Problem Recommended Action The picture does not ﬁll the screen. There are black borders on the top and bottom or on both sides or it looks stretched out. I ejected the disc and tried to take it out, but it was pulled back into the slot. The language in the audio or on the screen is wrong. The remote control does not work. Press and release the size control button on the remote control. This will ﬁll the screen. If there are borders on the top and bottom, the movie may have been made that way for a standard screen. Eject the disc again. Press the main display menu button on the DVD player or the remote control and change the audio or language selection on the DVD menu. Point the remote control directly at the transmitter window. The batteries could be weak or put in wrong. The parental control button might have been pressed. (The remote control will not work the RSA control, only the RSE system). How do I get subtitles on or off? After stopping the player, I push the play button but sometimes the DVD starts where I left off, and sometimes at the beginning. The DVD is playing but there is no picture or sound. The auxiliary source is running but there is no picture or sound. The audio or video skips or jumps. Press the display button on the remote control to go to the DVDs main menu. Then follow the screen prompts. Press the stop button on the remote control to resume where the DVD left off. Press the stop button twice to start the DVD at the beginning. If the power is off and the DVD is still in the player, press the play button. Press and release the AUX button on the remote control or the SRCE and play buttons on the DVD player to get to auxiliary input. Check to make sure that the auxiliary source is connected to the inputs properly. The DVD could be dirty or scratched. Try cleaning the DVD. 3-109 Problem Recommended Action Problem Recommended Action When I return to the DVD from the system menu, sometimes it plays from the beginning and sometimes from where it left off. The fast forward, reverse, previous and next functions do not work. If the stop button was pressed once, it resumes play from where it left off. If the stop button was pressed twice, it will start at the beginning of the DVD. However, if a change was made to the menu the DVD will start from where it left off, even if the stop button was only pressed once. Some commands that do one thing for DVDs will not always work or perform the same function for audio CDs or games. These functions may also be disabled when the DVD is playing the copyright information or previews. My disc is stuck in the player. The eject button does not work. Press the eject button on the DVD player. Turn the power off, then on again, then press the eject button on the DVD player. Do not attempt to force or remove the disc from the player. If the problem persists, return to your dealer for further assistance. I lost the remote control and/or the headphones. Contact your dealer for assistance. What is the best way to clean the screen? Sometimes the wireless headphone audio cuts out or buzzes for a moment, then it comes back. Wipe the video screen with a soft cloth that is slightly damp with water. This could be caused by blocking the transmitting area between the headphones and the transmitter on the DVD player. Make sure nothing is between the headphones and the DVD player. 3-110 Problem Recommended Action DVD System inoperable. The wireless headphones have audio distortion. In auxiliary mode, the picture moves or scrolls. In severe or extreme temperatures your DVD system might not be operable. Temperatures below −4°F (−20°C) or above 158°F (70°C). To could damage your DVD system. Please operate your DVD system under normal or comfortable cabin temperature ranges. Verify that the headphones are facing to the front of the vehicle (left and right sides are indicated on the headphones to ensure that the signal is received properly. Check the signal coming from the auxiliary device and make sure that the connection and the signal are good. Rear Seat Audio (RSA) (Without Entertainment System) This feature allows rear seat passengers to listen to and control any of the music sources: radio and CDs. However, the rear seat passengers can only control the music sources that the front seat passengers are not listening to. For example, rear seat passengers may listen to a CD through headphones, while the driver listens to the radio through the front speakers. The rear seat passengers have control of the volume for each set of headphones. Be aware that the front seat audio controls always have priority over the RSA controls. If the front seat passengers switch the source for the main radio to a remote source, the RSA will play the same remote source. The rear speakers will be muted when the RSA power is turned on. You may operate the RSA functions even when the main radio is off. Primary Radio Controls The following function is controlled by the knob on the main radio: PWR (Power): Press this knob twice to turn RSA off. 3-111 AM FM: Press this button to switch between FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2 (48 contiguous US states, if equipped). If the front passengers are already listening to the radio, the RSA controller will not switch between the bands and cannot change the frequency. Press this button to play a CD when listening to the radio. w SEEK x: While listening to the radio, press the up or the down arrow to go to the next or the previous station and stay there. The SEEK button is inactive if the front radio is in use. While listening to a CD, press the up arrow to hear the next track on the CD. Press the down arrow to go back to the start of the current track if more than eight seconds have played. The SEEK button is inactive if the CD mode on the front radio is in use. To scan stations, press and hold either SEEK arrow until the radio goes into scan mode. The radio will go to a station, play for a few seconds, then go on to the next station. Press SEEK again to stop scanning. The scan function is inactive if the front radio is in use. Rear Seat Radio Controls The following functions are controlled by the RSA system buttons: PWR (Power): Press this button to turn RSA on or off. VOL (Volume): Press this knob lightly so it extends. Turn the knob to increase or to decrease volume. Push the knob back into its stored position when you are not using it. The upper VOL knob controls the upper headphone and the lower VOL knob controls the lower headphone. 3-112 P.SET PROG (Preset Program): The front passengers must be listening to something different for each of these functions to work: (cid:127) Press this button to scan through the preset radio stations set on the pushbuttons on the main radio. The radio will go to a preset station stored on your pushbuttons, play for a few seconds, then go on to the next preset station. Press this button again to stop scanning presets. If your vehicle has the Radio with Six-Disc CD, when a CD is playing, press this button to select the next CD, if multiple CDs are loaded. TAPE CD: Press this button to play a CD when listening to the radio. Rear Seat Audio (RSA) (With Entertainment System) This feature allows rear seat passengers to listen to and control any of the music sources: radio, cassette tapes and CDs. However, the rear seat passengers can only control the music sources that the front seat passengers are not listening to. For example, rear seat passengers may listen to and control a cassette tape or CD through headphones, while the driver listens to the radio through the front speakers. The rear seat passengers have control of the volume for each set of headphones. The front seat audio controls always have priority over the RSA controls. If the front seat passengers switch the source for the main radio to a remote source, the RSA will not be able to control the remote source. The rear speakers will be muted when the RSA power is turned on. You may operate the RSA functions even when the main radio is off. 3-113 (cid:127) Rear Seat Audio Controls The following functions are controlled by the RSA system buttons: O (Power): Press this button to turn the RSE and RSA systems on and off. 3-114 1–6 (Preset): The front passengers must be listening to something different for each of these functions to work: (cid:127) Press this button to select the next preset radio station set on the pushbuttons on the main radio. (cid:127) When a cassette tape is playing, press this button to go to the other side of the tape. If your vehicle has the Radio with Six-Disc CD, when a CD is playing, press this button to select the next CD, if multiple CDs are loaded. BAND: Press this button to switch between FM1, FM2, or AM, or XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). If the front passengers are listening to the radio, the RSA controller can switch between the bands, but cannot change the frequency the front seat passengers are listening to. SRCE (Source): Press this button to switch between playing a cassette tape and CD. x SEEK w: When listening to the radio, press the up or the down arrow to go to the next or the previous station and stay there. The SEEK button is inactive if it has been selected from the same band as the front seat passengers. (cid:127) When listening to a cassette tape, press the up or the down arrow to go to the next or the previous selection. The SEEK button is inactive if the tape mode on the front radio is in use. When listening to a CD, press the up arrow to hear the next track on the CD. Press the down arrow to go back to the start of the current track if more than ﬁve seconds have played. The SEEK button is inactive if the CD mode on the front radio is in use. x w (Volume): Press the up or down arrow to increase or decrease the volume on the wired headphones (not included). The arrows on the right is for the right headphone and the arrows on the left is for the left headphone. Theft-Deterrent Feature THEFTLOCK® is designed to discourage theft of your radio. The feature works automatically by learning a portion of the Vehicle Identiﬁcation Number (VIN). If the radio is moved to a different vehicle, it will not operate and LOCKED will appear on the display. With THEFTLOCK activated, your radio will not operate if stolen. Audio Steering Wheel Controls If your vehicle has this feature, you can control certain radio and remote playback functions using the buttons on your steering wheel. x SEEK w: Press the up or the down arrow to go to the next or to the previous radio station. If a cassette tape is playing the tape will advance with the up arrow and reverse with the down arrow. If a CD is playing, the CD will go to the next or to the previous track. BAND: Press this button to choose FM1, FM2, or AM, or XM1 or XM2 (48 contiguous US states, if equipped). 3-115 1–6 (Preset Pushbuttons): Press this button to play a station you have programmed on the radio preset pushbuttons. Press this button again to go to the next preset station. If your vehicle has the Radio with Six-Disc CD and multiple CDs are loaded, each press of this button will take you to the next CD. x u w (Volume): Press the up or the down arrow to increase or to decrease volume. > (Mute): Press this button to turn the sound off. Press this button again to turn the sound on. SRCE (Source): Press this button to toggle between listening to the radio, a cassette tape, a CD, or a remote device. DVD Distortion You may experience video distortion when operating cellular phones, scanners, CB radios, Global Position Systems (GPS)*, two-way radios, mobile fax, or walkie talkies. It may be necessary to turn off the DVD player when operating one of these devices in or near the vehicle. *Excludes the OnStar® System. 3-116 Radio Reception AM The range for most AM stations is greater than for FM, especially at night. The longer range, however, can cause stations to interfere with each other. AM can pick up noise from things like storms and power lines. Try reducing the treble to reduce this noise. FM Stereo FM stereo will give you the best sound, but FM signals will reach only about 10 to 40 miles (16 to 65 km). Tall buildings or hills can interfere with FM signals, causing the sound to come and go. XM™ Satellite Radio Service (48 Contiguous US States) XM™ Satellite Radio gives you digital radio reception from coast to coast. Just as with FM, tall buildings or hills can interfere with satellite radio signals, causing the sound to come and go. Your radio may display NO SIGNAL to indicate interference. Care of Your Cassette Tape Player A tape player that is not cleaned regularly can cause reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes, or a damaged mechanism. Cassette tapes should be stored in their cases away from contaminants, direct sunlight, and extreme heat. If they are not, they may not operate properly or may cause failure of the tape player. Your tape player should be cleaned regularly after every 50 hours of use. Your radio may display CLEAN TAPE to indicate that you have used your tape player for 50 hours without resetting the tape clean timer. If this message appears on the display, your cassette tape player needs to be cleaned. It will still play tapes, but you should clean it as soon as possible to prevent damage to your tapes and player. If you notice a reduction in sound quality, try a known good cassette to see if the tape or the tape player is at fault. If this other cassette has no improvement in sound quality, clean the tape player. For best results, use a scrubbing action, non-abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub the tape head as the hubs of the cleaner cassette turn. The recommended cleaning cassette is available through your dealer. The broken tape detection feature of your cassette tape player may identify the cleaning cassette as a damaged tape, in error. To prevent the cleaning cassette from being ejected, use the following steps: 1. Turn the ignition on. 2. Turn the radio off. 3. Press and hold the TAPE CD button for ﬁve seconds. READY will appear on the display and a cassette symbol will ﬂash for ﬁve seconds. 4. Insert the scrubbing action cleaning cassette. 5. Eject the cleaning cassette after the manufacturer’s recommended cleaning time. After the cleaning cassette is ejected, the broken tape detection feature will be active again. You may also choose a non-scrubbing action, wet-type cleaner which uses a cassette with a fabric belt to clean the tape head. This type of cleaning cassette will not eject on its own. A non-scrubbing action cleaner may not clean as thoroughly as the scrubbing type cleaner. The use of a non-scrubbing action, dry-type cleaning cassette is not recommended. 3-117 Cleaning Your DVD Player When cleaning the outside DVD cabinet face and buttons, use only a clean cloth dampened with clean water. Cleaning the Video Screen When cleaning the video screen, use only a clean cloth dampened with clean water. Use care when directly touching or cleaning the screen, as damage may result. Fixed Mast Antenna (MAXX Only) The ﬁxed mast antenna can withstand most car washes without being damaged. If the mast should ever become slightly bent, you can straighten it out by hand. If the mast is badly bent you should replace it. Check occasionally to be sure the mast is still tightened to the rear quarter panel. After you clean the player, press and hold the cassette eject button for two seconds to reset the clean tape timer. The radio will display TP DECK CLEANED to show the indicator was reset. Cassettes are subject to wear and the sound quality may degrade over time. Always make sure the cassette tape is in good condition before you have your tape player serviced. Care of Your CDs and DVDs Handle discs carefully. Store them in their original cases or other protective cases and away from direct sunlight and dust. If the surface of a disc is soiled, dampen a clean, soft cloth in a mild, neutral detergent solution and clean it, wiping from the center to the edge. Be sure never to touch the side without writing when handling discs. Pick up discs by grasping the outer edges or the edge of the hole and the outer edge. Care of Your CD and DVD Player The use of CD lens cleaner discs is not advised, due to the risk of contaminating the lens of the CD optics with lubricants internal to the CD mechanism. 3-118 Backglass Antenna (Sedan Only) Your AM-FM antenna is integrated with your rear window defogger, located in the rear window. Be sure that the inside surface of the rear window is not scratched and that the lines on the glass are not damaged. If the inside surface is damaged, it could interfere with radio reception. Notice: Using a razor blade or sharp object to clear the inside rear window may damage the rear window antenna and/or the rear window defogger. Repairs would not be covered by your warranty. Do not clear the inside rear window with sharp objects. Notice: Do not apply aftermarket glass tinting with metallic ﬁlm. The metallic ﬁlm in some tinting materials will interfere with or distort the incoming radio reception. Any damage caused to your backglass antenna due to metallic tinting materials will not be covered by your warranty. Because this antenna is built into your rear window, there is a reduced risk of damage caused by car washes and vandals. If you choose to add a cellular telephone to your vehicle, and the antenna needs to be attached to the glass, be sure that you do not damage the grid lines for the AM-FM antenna. There is enough space between the lines to attach a cellular telephone antenna without interfering with radio reception. XM™ Satellite Radio Antenna System Your XM™ Satellite Radio antenna is located on the roof of your vehicle. Keep this antenna clear of snow and ice build up for clear radio reception. The performance of your XM system may be affected if your sunroof is open. 3-119 ✍ NOTES 3-120 Section 4 Driving Your Vehicle Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..........4-2 Defensive Driving ...........................................4-2 Drunken Driving .............................................4-2 Control of a Vehicle ........................................4-5 Braking .........................................................4-6 Enhanced Traction System (ETS) .....................4-9 Steering ......................................................4-11 Off-Road Recovery .......................................4-13 Passing .......................................................4-13 Loss of Control .............................................4-15 Driving at Night ............................................4-16 Driving in Rain and on Wet Roads ..................4-18 City Driving ..................................................4-21 Freeway Driving ...........................................4-22 Before Leaving on a Long Trip .......................4-23 Highway Hypnosis ........................................4-24 Hill and Mountain Roads ................................4-24 Winter Driving ..............................................4-26 If You Are Stuck: In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow ........4-30 Towing ..........................................................4-31 Towing Your Vehicle .....................................4-31 Recreational Vehicle Towing ...........................4-31 Loading Your Vehicle ....................................4-34 Towing a Trailer ...........................................4-40 4-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle Defensive Driving The best advice anyone can give about driving is: Drive defensively. Please start with a very important safety device in your vehicle: Buckle up. See Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone on page 1-10. Defensive driving really means “be ready for anything.” On city streets, rural roads or freeways, it means “always expect the unexpected.” Assume that pedestrians or other drivers are going to be careless and make mistakes. Anticipate what they might do. Be ready for their mistakes. Rear-end collisions are about the most preventable of accidents. Yet they are common. Allow enough following distance. It is the best defensive driving maneuver, in both city and rural driving. You never know when the vehicle in front of you is going to brake or turn suddenly. Defensive driving requires that a driver concentrate on the driving task. Anything that distracts from the driving task — such as concentrating on a cellular telephone call, reading, or reaching for something on the ﬂoor — makes proper defensive driving more difficult and can even cause a collision, with resulting injury. Ask a passenger to help do things like this, or pull off the road in a safe place to do them yourself. These simple defensive driving techniques could save your life. Drunken Driving Death and injury associated with drinking and driving is a national tragedy. It is the number one contributor to the highway death toll, claiming thousands of victims every year. Alcohol affects four things that anyone needs to drive a vehicle: Judgment (cid:127) Muscular Coordination (cid:127) Vision (cid:127) Attentiveness. 4-2 (cid:127) According to the American Medical Association, a 180 lb (82 kg) person who drinks three 12 ounce (355 ml) bottles of beer in an hour will end up with a BAC of about 0.06 percent. The person would reach the same BAC by drinking three 4 ounce (120 ml) glasses of wine or three mixed drinks if each had 1-1/2 ounces (45 ml) of liquors like whiskey, gin or vodka. Police records show that almost half of all motor vehicle-related deaths involve alcohol. In most cases, these deaths are the result of someone who was drinking and driving. In recent years, more than 16,000 annual motor vehicle-related deaths have been associated with the use of alcohol, with more than 300,000 people injured. Many adults — by some estimates, nearly half the adult population — choose never to drink alcohol, so they never drive after drinking. For persons under 21, it is against the law in every U.S. state to drink alcohol. There are good medical, psychological and developmental reasons for these laws. The obvious way to eliminate the leading highway safety problem is for people never to drink alcohol and then drive. But what if people do? How much is “too much” if someone plans to drive? It is a lot less than many might think. Although it depends on each person and situation, here is some general information on the problem. The Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of someone who is drinking depends upon four things: The amount of alcohol consumed The drinker’s body weight The amount of food that is consumed before and during drinking The length of time it has taken the drinker to consume the alcohol. 4-3 (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) (cid:127) It is the amount of alcohol that counts. For example, if the same person drank three double martinis (3 ounces or 90 ml of liquor each) within an hour, the person’s BAC would be close to 0.12 percent. A person who consumes food just before or during drinking will have a somewhat lower BAC level. There is a gender difference, too. Women generally have a lower relative percentage of body water than men. Since alcohol is carried in body water, this means that a woman generally will reach a higher BAC level than a man of her same body weight will when each has the same number of drinks. The law in an increasing number of U.S. states, and throughout Canada, sets the legal limit at 0.08 percent. In some other countries, the limit is even lower. For example, it is 0.05 percent in both France and Germany. The BAC limit for all commercial drivers in the United States is 0.04 percent. The BAC will be over 0.10 percent after three to six drinks (in one hour). Of course, as we have seen, it depends on how much alcohol is in the drinks, and how quickly the person drinks them. But the ability to drive is affected well below a BAC of 0.10 percent. Research shows that the driving skills of many people are impaired at a BAC approaching 0.05 percent, and that the effects are worse at night. All drivers are impaired at BAC levels above 0.05 percent. Statistics show that the chance of being in a collision increases sharply for drivers who have a BAC of 0.05 percent or above. A driver with a BAC level of 0.06 percent has doubled his or her chance of having a collision. At a BAC level of 0.10 percent, the chance of this driver having a collision is 12 times greater; at a level of 0.15 percent, the chance is 25 times greater! The body takes about an hour to rid itself of the alcohol in one drink. No amount of coffee or number of cold showers will speed that up. “I will be careful” is not the right answer. What if there is an emergency, a need to take sudden action, as when a child darts into the street? A person with even a moderate BAC might not be able to react quickly enough to avoid the collision. There is something else about drinking and driving that many people do not know. Medical research shows that alcohol in a person’s system can make crash injuries worse, especially injuries to the brain, spinal cord or heart. This means that when anyone who has been drinking — driver or passenger — is in a crash, that person’s chance of being killed or permanently disabled is higher than if the person had not been drinking. 4-4 Control of a Vehicle You have three systems that make your vehicle go where you want it to go. They are the brakes, the steering and the accelerator. All three systems have to do their work at the places where the tires meet the road. {CAUTION: Drinking and then driving is very dangerous. Your reﬂexes, perceptions, attentiveness and judgment can be affected by even a small amount of alcohol. You can have a serious — or even fatal — collision if you drive after drinking. Please do not drink and drive or ride with a driver who has been drinking. Ride home in a cab; or if you are with a group, designate a driver who will not drink. Sometimes, as when you are driving on snow or ice, it is easy to ask more of those control systems than the tires and road can provide. That means you can lose control of your vehicle. 4-5 Braking Braking action involves perception time and reaction time. First, you have to decide to push on the brake pedal. That is perception time. Then you have to bring up your foot and do it. That is reaction time. Average reaction time is about 3/4 of a second. But that is only an average. It might be less with one driver and as long as two or three seconds or more with another. Age, physical condition, alertness, coordination and eyesight all play a part. So do alcohol, drugs and frustration. But even in 3/4 of a second, a vehicle moving at 60 mph (100 km/h) travels 66 feet (20 m). That could be a lot of distance in an emergency, so keeping enough space between your vehicle and others is important. And, of course, actual stopping distances vary greatly with the surface of the road (whether it is pavement or gravel); the condition of the road (wet, dry, icy); tire tread; the condition of your brakes; the weight of the vehicle and the amount of brake force applied. Avoid needless heavy braking. Some people drive in spurts − heavy acceleration followed by heavy braking — rather than keeping pace with traffic. This is a mistake. Your brakes may not have time to cool between hard stops. Your brakes will wear out much faster if you do a lot of heavy braking. If you keep pace with the traffic and allow realistic following distances, you will eliminate a lot of unnecessary braking. That means better braking and longer brake life. If your engine ever stops while you are driving, brake normally but do not pump your brakes. If you do, the pedal may get harder to push down. If your engine stops, you will still have some power brake assist. But you will use it when you brake. Once the power assist is used up, it may take longer to stop and the brake pedal will be harder to push. 4-6 Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) Your vehicle may have anti-lock brakes. ABS is an advanced electronic braking system that will help prevent a braking skid. If your vehicle has anti-lock brakes, this warning light on the instrument panel will come on brieﬂy when you start your vehicle. Let us say the road is wet and you are driving safely. Suddenly, an animal jumps out in front of you. You slam on the brakes and continue braking. Here is what happens with ABS: A computer senses that wheels are slowing down. If one of the wheels is about to stop rolling, the computer will separately work the brakes at each wheel. The anti-lock system can change the brake pressure faster than any driver could. The computer is programmed to make the most of available tire and road conditions. This can help you steer around the obstacle while braking hard. 4-7 Using Anti-Lock Do not pump the brakes. Just hold the brake pedal down ﬁrmly and let anti-lock work for you. You may feel a slight brake pedal pulsation or notice some noise, but this is normal. Braking in Emergencies At some time, nearly every driver gets into a situation that requires hard braking. If you have anti-lock, you can steer and brake at the same time. However, if you do not have anti-lock, your ﬁrst reaction — to hit the brake pedal hard and hold it down — may be the wrong thing to do. Your wheels can stop rolling. Once they do, the vehicle can not respond to your steering. Momentum will carry it in whatever direction it was headed when the wheels stopped rolling. That could be off the road, into the very thing you were trying to avoid, or into traffic. As you brake, your computer keeps receiving updates on wheel speed and controls braking pressure accordingly. Remember: Anti-lock does not change the time you need to get your foot up to the brake pedal or always decrease stopping distance. If you get too close to the vehicle in front of you, you will not have time to apply your brakes if that vehicle suddenly slows or stops. Always leave enough room up ahead to stop, even though you have anti-lock brakes. 4-8 If you do not have anti-lock, use a “squeeze” braking technique. This will give you maximum braking while maintaining steering control. You can do this by pushing on the brake pedal with steadily increasing pressure. In an emergency, you will probably want to squeeze the brakes hard without locking the wheels. If you hear or feel the wheels sliding, ease off the brake pedal. This will help you retain steering control. If you do have anti-lock, it is different. See “Anti-Lock Brake System” in this section. In many emergencies, steering can help you more than even the very best braking. Enhanced Traction System (ETS) Your vehicle may have an Enhanced Traction System (ETS) that limits wheel spin. This is especially useful in slippery road conditions. The system operates only if it senses that one or both of the front wheels are spinning or beginning to lose traction. When this happens, the system reduces engine power and may also upshift the transaxle to limit wheel spin. This light will come on when your Enhanced Traction System is engaged and limiting wheel spin. You may feel or hear the system working, but this is normal. This light will also come on when the anti-lock

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