CADILLAC STS 2008 1.G Owners Manual

TRUNK OPEN
This symbol appears
with this message.
This message displays when the trunk is not closed
completely. Make sure that the trunk is closed
completely.
TURN SIGNAL ON
This message displays and a chime sounds if a
turn signal is left on for about 1 mile (1.6 km).
Turn off the turn signal.
Other Messages
Here are more messages that you can receive on your
Driver Information Center (DIC). To acknowledge a
message and read another message that may have
come on at the same time, press the reset button.
ACCESSORY ACTIVE
SeeIgnition Positions on page 2-28.
KNOWN FOB
See “Matching Transmitter(s) to Your Vehicle” under
Keyless Access System Operation on page 2-6.
MAX # FOBS LEARNED
See “Matching Transmitter(s) to Your Vehicle” under
Keyless Access System Operation on page 2-6.
OFF/ACC (Accessory) TO LEARN
See “Matching Transmitter(s) to Your Vehicle” under
Keyless Access System Operation on page 2-6.
READY FOR FOB X
See “Matching Transmitter(s) to Your Vehicle” under
Keyless Access System Operation on page 2-6.
SHIFT TO PARK
SeeStarting the Engine on page 2-29andShifting
Into PARK (P) on page 2-36.
WAIT XX MIN (Minutes)
See “Matching Transmitter(s) to Your Vehicle” under
Keyless Access System Operation on page 2-6.
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Audio System(s)
Determine which radio your vehicle has and then
read the pages following to familiarize yourself with
its features.
{CAUTION:
This system provides you with far greater
access to audio stations and song listings.
Giving extended attention to entertainment
tasks while driving can cause a crash and you
or others can be injured or killed. Always keep
your eyes on the road and your mind on the
drive — avoid engaging in extended searching
while driving.
Keeping your mind on the drive is important for
safe driving. SeeDefensive Driving on page 4-2.
Here are some ways in which you can help avoid
distraction while driving.While your vehicle is parked:
Familiarize yourself with all of its controls.
Familiarize yourself with its operation.
Set up your audio system by presetting your
favorite radio stations, setting the tone, and
adjusting the speakers. Then, when driving
conditions permit, you can tune to your favorite
radio stations using the presets and steering
wheel controls if the vehicle has them.
Notice:Before adding any sound equipment to
your vehicle, such as an audio system, CD player,
CB radio, mobile telephone, or two-way radio, make
sure that it can be added by checking with your
dealer/retailer. Also, check federal rules covering
mobile radio and telephone units. If sound equipment
can be added, it is very important to do it properly.
Added sound equipment may interfere with the
operation of your vehicle’s engine, radio, or other
systems, and even damage them. Your vehicle’s
systems may interfere with the operation of sound
equipment that has been added.
Your vehicle has a feature called Retained Accessory
Power (RAP). With RAP, the audio system can be
played even after the ignition is turned off. SeeRetained
Accessory Power (RAP) on page 2-29for more
information.
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Setting the Time
1. Press thew(tune/select) knob (the passenger
side knob) to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the same knob until SET CLOCK displays.
3. Press this knob to select SET CLOCK.
4. Turn this knob to adjust the time.
5. Press the same knob to update the time.
VEHICLE TIME UPDATED displays.
If the CLOCK/RADIO DISP (display) is programmed
into one of the congurable keys, pressing the key
switches the display back to the clock set function.
The time and date always appears on the radio display.
See “Congurable Radio Display Keys” later in this
section for more information on conguring the keys.
Setting the Date
1. Press thewknob (the passenger side knob)
to enter the main menu.
2. Turn the same knob until SET DATE displays.
3. Press this knob to select SET DATE.
4. Turn this knob to adjust the date.
5. Press the same knob to update the time.
VEHICLE DATE UPDATED displays.
If the DATE is programmed into one of the congurable
keys, pressing the key switches the display back to
the date set function. The time and date always appears
on the radio display. See “Congurable Radio Display
Keys” later in this section for more information on
conguring the keys.
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Radio(s) (MP3)Radio Data System (RDS)
The audio system has a Radio Data System (RDS).
RDS features are available for use only on FM stations
that broadcast RDS information.
With RDS, the radio can do the following:
Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type
of programming
Receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies
Display messages from radio stations
Seek to stations with traffic announcements
This system relies upon receiving specic information,
when available, from these stations. In rare cases,
a radio station can broadcast incorrect information
that causes the radio features to work improperly.
If this happens, contact the radio station.
While the radio is tuned to an RDS station, the station
name or call letters display instead of the frequency.
RDS stations can also provide the time of day,
a program type (PTY) for current programming,
and the name of the program being broadcast. Radio with CD shown, Radio with
Six-Disc CD similar
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Playing the Radio
O
(Power):Press to turn the system on and off.
n(Volume):Turn clockwise or counterclockwise to
increase or to decrease the volume.
SRCE (Source):Press to select a source, either radio
or CD. The CD must be loaded to select the source
and to play. CD displays if a CD is loaded. If a CD is
not loaded, the display does not change from the
radio source.
Finding a Station
BAND:Press to select FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1
or XM2 (if equipped).
w(Tune):Turn to select radio stations.
©¨(Seek):Press the left arrow to go to the
previous station and stay there. Press the right arrow
to go to the next station and stay there. The sound
mutes while seeking.
The radio seeks stations only with a strong signal
that are in the selected band.
©¨(Scan):Press the arrows to enter scan mode.
SCAN displays. Press the arrows to scan the next
station. The radio goes to a station, plays for
ve seconds, then goes to the next station. Press
the arrows again to stop scanning.
To scan preset stations, press and hold the arrows for
more than two seconds until a beep sounds and PSCAN
displays. The radio goes to the rst preset station,
plays for ve seconds, then goes to the next preset
station. Press the arrows again to stop scanning presets.
The radio only scans stations with a strong signal that
are in the selected band.
AF (Alternate Frequency):This feature lets you turn
the Alternate Frequency feature on or off. See Alternate
Frequency under, “Activating Program Type (PTY)
Stations” later in this section for more information.
ALOCAL/DISTANT Selection:With this feature the
radio can be set to search for local stations or stations
that are further away for a larger selection.
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To set this feature to LOCAL or DISTANT, perform the
following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until SEEK LOCAL or SEEK
DISTANT displays.
3. Press the same knob to select either LOCAL
or DISTANT.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
To search for stations, press either
©¨seek arrow.
If the system is set to LOCAL, SEEK displays and
seeks to stations only with strong signals. If the system
is set to DISTANT, D-SEEK displays and seeks to
stations with weak and strong signals.
This feature does not function with the XM™ radio
stations.
4(Information):Press this button while in XM mode
to retrieve three different categories of information
related to the current song or channel: Artist, Song Title,
Category or PTY. To view this information, perform
the following:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until INFO displays.
3. Press the same knob to select INFO. The display
changes to show the additional XM™ information.4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM,
six XM1 and six XM2 (if equipped)), can be programmed
on the six numbered pushbuttons, 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 and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons
for two seconds until a beep sounds. The set preset
station number displays above the set pushbutton.
When that numbered pushbutton is pressed for less
than two seconds, the station that was set, returns.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
To set the preset stations with an equalization
setting, DSP setting, or a PTY (program type) setting,
see each of these features later in this section.
When a preset station is selected, once one of these
additional settings is selected, the preset station
remembers each setting and it remains active, until
the setting is selected off for that preset station.
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AUTOSTORE PRESETS:To set the preset stations
automatically, perform the following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, or AM.
3. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
4. Turn this knob until AUTOSTORE PRESETS
displays.
5. Press the same knob to select. AUTOSTORE
displays. The radio automatically searches the band
and selects and stores the six radio stations with the
strongest signal. The stations are stored by signal
strength, not sequential order. The set preset station
number displays above the set pushbutton. When
that numbered pushbutton is pressed for less than
two seconds, the station that was set, returns.
6. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
This feature does not function with the XM™ radio
stations.
The radio presets do not have to be reset when the
vehicle is started, or when the battery power is removed.PRESETS HOME/AWAY:This feature stores two
different kinds of station presets. HOME can be used for
local stations and AWAY for stations outside of the
local broadcasting area. To set preset stations for home
and away perform the following steps:
1. Press thewknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until PRESETS HOME/AWAY
displays.
3. Press the same knob to select. HOME or AWAY
displays.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display.
To return to the original display, repeatedly press
the BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to
time out.
This feature does not function with the XM™ radio
stations.
Follow the manual or automatic steps previously
listed for setting the preset pushbuttons for both home
and away.
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Setting the Tone
(Bass/Midrange/Treble)
To adjust the bass, midrange, and treble, perform the
following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Press this knob to scroll through the settings.
3. Turn this knob to increase or to decrease the bass,
midrange, or treble. If a station is weak or noisy,
decrease the treble.
4. Press the same knob to set the adjustment.
5. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
AUDIO EQUALIZER:This feature lets you select
customized equalization settings. To choose an
equalization setting (EQ0 through EQ5), perform the
following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until EQUALIZER displays.
3. Press the same knob to set the equalization setting.
The equalization setting displays.4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
The equalization settings are preset to EQ0 (Normal),
EQ1 (Pop), EQ2 (Rock), EQ3 (Jazz), EQ4 (Talk),
and EQ5 (Country).
Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
To adjust the balance or fade, perform the following
steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until BASS-MID-TREBLE displays.
3. Press the same knob to enter the tone settings.
4. Press this knob to scroll to BALANCE or FADER.
5. Turn this knob to adjust the BALANCE to the right or
the left speakers and the FADER to the front or the
rear speakers.
6. Press the same knob to set the adjustment.
7. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
EQ0 does not display while in this mode.
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RDS Messages
ALERT:Alert warns of local and national emergencies.
When, an alert announcement comes on the current
radio station or a related network station, ALERT
displays. You will hear the announcement, even if the
volume is low or a CD is playing. If a CD is playing, play
stops during the announcement. Alert announcements
cannot be turned off. If the radio tunes to a related
network station for the announcement, it returns to the
original station when the announcement is nished.
ALERT is not affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by all
RDS stations.
MSG (Message):If the current RDS station has a
message, MSG displays. The message can display the
artist, song title, call in phone numbers, etc. If the
entire message does not display, parts of the message
displays every three seconds until the message is
complete. Once the completed message has displayed,
MSG disappears from the display until another new
message is received.To display the last message, perform the following
steps:
1. Press thewknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until RECALL RDS MESSAGE
displays.
3. Press the same knob and the message displays.
Once the message displays, MSG disappears from the
display until another new message is received.
TP (Traffic Program):TP displays when the radio
detects a signal from an RDS station that has traffic
announcement broadcast capability.
TA (Traffic Announcement):If TA displays, the tuned
radio station broadcasts traffic announcements, and
when a traffic announcement comes on the tuned
station, you will hear it.
If the station does not broadcast traffic announcements,
when TA is turned on it seeks to a station that does.
When a station that broadcasts traffic announcements is
found, the radio stops seeking and TA displays. If no
station is found that broadcasts traffic announcements,
No Traffic displays.
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The radio plays traffic announcements if the volume is
low. The radio interrupts the play of a CD if the last
tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements.
To turn TA on or off, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until TRAFFIC ANNOUNCE displays.
3. Press the same knob to select ON or OFF.
An X appears in the box when ON is selected.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Activating Program Type (PTY)
Stations (RDS and XM™)
PTY lets you search for stations with specic types of
music. The selectable PTYs are POP, EASY, TALK,
CNTRY (Country), CLASS (Classical), and JAZZ.
To activate program types, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until PROGRAM TYPE MODE
displays.
3. Press the same knob to select ON or OFF.
An X appears in the box when ON is selected.4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
Once program type is activated the PTYs display
above the pushbuttons, in place of the preset stations
(if programmed). Press the pushbutton for the
desired PTY. Not all stations support PTYs. The radio
might not go to all of the stations with that music
type when pressing the pushbutton.
AF (Alternate Frequency):Alternate frequency lets
the radio switch to a stronger station with the same
program type.
To turn AF on or off, perform the following steps:
1. Press the
wknob to enter the main menu.
2. Turn this knob until ALTERNATE FREQ. displays.
3. Press the same knob to select AF OFF, AF ON,
or AF REG. An X appears in the box when ON is
selected.
4. Press the BACK (F6) button to exit the display. To
return to the original display, repeatedly press the
BACK (F6) button or wait for the display to time out.
This feature does not function with the XM™ radio
stations.
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