BUICK SKYLARK 1993 Owners Manual

Your Buick Comfort Control System
This part tells you how to make your air system work
for you.
Fresh air from outside your vehicle flows through your
Buick when
the car is moving. When the vehicle is not
moving, you can get outside air to flow through by
selecting any air choice (except the rear window
defogger) and the
HI fan speed.
Air Outlets
Adjust the direction of air
flow by moving the
louvered vents.
Fan
The fan control is used to select the speea you want the
blower to control the air flow.
Temperature
This control allows you to select the temperature of the
air that your heating and cooling system provides.
Off
When the right control knob is turned to OFF, the fan
and the heating and cooling system will be
off.
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BIL (Bi-level) Windshield Defrost
This
setting allows the outside air to flow through your
Buick in two ways. Cooler air is directed to the upper
portion of your body through the vent outlets. Slightly
warmer air
is directed through the heater ducts and
defroster outlets.
Vent
Using vent will allow outside air to flow through the
instrument panel outlets. Set the temperature knob as
desired.
Heater
On days when it’s cold outside, this setting sends heated
air through the heater ducts and
the windshield defroster
outlets. If you have the engine block heater, you can use
it in cold weather (+2OoF/-8 OC or lower) to heat your
vehicle’s passenger area quicker. The engine block
heater warms the engine coolant which
will ultimately
warm the passenger area more efficiently.
( See “Engine
Block Heater” in the Index.)
Blend
This setting divides the air flow equally between the
heater and the defroster outlets. This setting operates the defroster. Most
of the air comes
out near the windshield. Use defrost when you get fog or
ice on the windshield.
Rear Window Defogger (Option)
The lines you see on the
rear window warm
the
glass. Press the button to
start warming your
.window. Pressing the
button again will shut it off.
If you
turn the rear defogger on while driving at or
above
45 mph (72 km/h), it will stay on as long as that
speed is maintained.
You must press the button to shut
it
off.
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Air Conditioner (Option)
The air conditioner cools the air coming into your
vehicle. The air conditioner won’t .work, well unless all
the windows are closed. On a very hot day, you might
want to open the windows to let the hottest air out.
Max
This setting provides maximum cooling with the least
amount of work. MAX recirculates the air inside your
vehicle, and cools the air quickly. Adjust the
temperature control to a cold setting.
Norm.
After using the MAX setting to cool the air quickly,
adjust the air conditioner to NORM and the temperature
to the desired comfort setting. This permits fresh air to
be cooled and to circulate through your vehicle.
Audio Systems
Your Delcoa audio system has been degigned to operate
easily and give years
of listening pleasure. But you will
get the most enjoyment out
of your system if you
acquaint yourself with it first. Find out what your
Delcom system can do and how to operate all its
controls,
to be sure you’re getting the most out of the
advanced engineering that went into it.
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). And,
tall buildings or hills can interfere with FM signals, causing the sound to come and go.
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.
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AM Stereo
This means the Delco@ system can receive C-QUAM@
stereo broadcasts. Many AM stations around the country
Before you add any sound equipment to your
use C-QUAM@ to produce stereo, though some do not. vehicle -- like a tape player, CB radio, mobile
(C-QUAM@ is a registered trademark of Motorola, Inc.) telephone or two-way radio -- be sure you can
If your Delco@ system can get C-QUAM@, your add what you want. If you can, it’s very important
“STEREO” light will come on when you’re receiving it. to do it properly. Added sound equipment may
Hearing damage from loua noise is almost
undetectable until
it is too late. Your hearing
adapt to higher volumes of sound. Sound that
seems normal can be
loud and harmful to your
hearing. Take precautions by adjusting the
volume control on your radio to a safe sound
level before your hearing adapts to it.
To help avoid hearing loss or damage:
Adjust the volume control to the lowest
Increase volume slowly until you hear can
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comfortably and clearly. interfere
with the operation
of your vehicle’s
engine, Delco@ radio or other systems, and even
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To Play This Radio
The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these things:
It turns the radio on.
It controls the volume.
It tells you the time (When the ignition is off, push
the recall knob to display the time.)
Bal
The control behind the upper knob allows you LO
balance the sound between the right and left speakers..
The Lower .Knob
Turn the lower knob to tune radio stations. Push it to get
AM or FM.
Fade
The control behind the lower knob moves the sound
between your front and rear speakers.
Seek
Pressing the seek button will cause the receiver to seek
the next higher station and stop.
Scan
When you press scan, the radio will go to the next
station and pause and keep scanning until you press scan
again. Scan appears in the display.
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Pushbuttons
The four pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations.
You can set the pushbuttons for up to fourteen stations
(7 AM and 7 FM).
0 Tune in the desired station.
0 Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display.)
Within 5 seconds, push one of the four pushbuttons
to store a station. Whenever you press that button,
the. preset station will return.
Three additional stations may be preset on each band by
pressing two adjoining buttons at the same time.
0 Tune in the desired station.
0 Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
0 Within 5 seconds, push any two adjoining
display.)
pushbuttons at the same time. (The station will return
when the same two buttons are pressed again.)
Clock
To set the clock:
0 Press the SET button.
0 Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
correct hour appears on the display.
0 Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute
appears on the display.
Treble
Slide the treble lever up to increase the treble response.
If station is weak or noisy, slide the treble lever down to
reduce the noise.
Bass
Slide the bass lever up to increase the bass response.
Adjust the bass lever to give a pleasing sound
to your
ear.

Bal
The control behind the upper knob allows you IO
balance the sound between the right and left speakers.
The Lower Knob
Turn the lower knob to tune radio stations. Push it to get
AM or FM.
Fade
The control behind the lower knob moves the sound
between
your front and rear speakers.
Seek
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To Play This Radio
The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these things:
0 It turns the radio on.
It controls the volume.
It tells you the time (When the ignition is off, push
the
RCL knob to display the time.)
It allows you to hear the other side of a tape. (Press
PROG-RCL knob while a cassette is playing.) Pressing the seek button will cause the receiver to seek
the next higher station and stop.
Scan
When you press scan, the radio will go to the next station, pause, and keep scanning until you press scan
again.

Pushbuttons
The pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations. You can set the pushbuttons for up to fourteen stations
(7 AM and 7 FM).
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0 Tune in the station you want.
e Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display.)
0 Within 5 seconds, push one of the four pushbuttons
to store the station. Whenever you press that button,
the preset station will return.
Three additional stations may be preset on each band by
pressing two adjoining buttons at the same time.
0 Tune in the desired station.
0 Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display.)
0 Within 5 seconds, push any two adjoining
pushbuttons at the same time. (The station will return
when the same two buttons are pressed again.)
Clock
To set the clock:
0 Press the SET button.
0 Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
0 Press and hold SEEK until the correct minute
correct hour appears on
the display.
appears on the display.
Treble
Slide the treble lever up to increase the treble response.
If the station is weak or noisy, slide the treble lever
down to reduce the noise.
Bass
Slide the bass lever up to increase the bass response.
Adjust the bass lever to give a pleasing sound to your
ear.
To Play A Cassette
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes longer than
that are
so thin that they may not work well in this
player.
Once the tape
is playing, use the upper and lower knobs
for volume balance and fade just as you do for the radio.
The lighted arrow shows which side
of the tape is being
played.
Forward
To advance the tape, press and the tape will advance
rapidly until you press the STOP-EJECT button lightly.
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1 Reverse
i To reverse the tape, press 4 and the tape will reverse
rapidly until you press the STOP-EJECT button lightly.
Program
To
go from one side of the tape to the other, press the
RECALL knob.
Eject
To remove the tape or stop the tape and switch to radio,
press the STOP-EJECT button.
To Play This Radio
Pwr
To turn the radio on or off, press the PWR button.
The Upper Knob
The upper knob does these things:
It controls the volume. The volume knob increases
and decreases volume only when it is held slightly
rotated against the spring load.
It allows you to mute the radio or compact disc
player, Press to mute; press again to listen. During
MUTE, only volume up will work.
Bal
The control behind the upper knob allows you to
balance the sound between the right and left speakers.
The Lower Knob
Turn the lower knob to tune radio stations. The tune
knob increases and decreases station frequency when it
is held slightly rotated against the spring load. Turn the
knob to tune slowly. If you hold the tune knob in the
tune position, it will tune rapidly. Push
BAND to get
AM or FM.
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Fade
The control behind the lower knob moves the sound
between your front and rear speakers.
Recall
It tells you the time. When the ignition is off, push RCL
to display the time.
Seek 4 or
Pressing the Seek 4 or b button will cause the receiver
to seek the next lower or higher station and stop.
Scan
When you press SCAN, the radio will go to the next
station, pause and keep doing that until you press
SCAN
again.
Pushbuttons
The pushbuttons let you return to favorite stations. You
can set the pushbuttons for up to ten stations
(5 AM and
5 FM).
Tune in the desired station.
Press the SET pushbutton. (SET appears in the
display.)
0 Within 5 seconds, push one of the five pushbuttons.
Whenever you press that button, the preset station
will return.
Clock
To set the clock; :
0 Press the SET pushbutton.
Within 5 seconds, press and hold SCAN until the
correct
hour appears on the display.
Press and hold SEEK 4 or b until the correct
minute appears on the display.
Adjust The Tone
Use the levers next to the display to set the bass,
midrange, and treble until you get the sound you want.
The
60 and 250 levers adjust the bass, 1K is midrange,
3.5K and 1OK control the treble.
We suggest you start with the center lever (1K) in the
midpoint position, then move the others up until you get
the amount
of bass and treble you like.
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