ignition GMC SAVANA 1996 Owner's Manual

Listed are four situations you may experience with your
fuel gage:
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At the gas station, the fuel pump shuts off before the
gage reads
FULL (F).
It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the
fuel gage indicated. For example, the gage may have
indicated the tank was half
full, but it actually took a
little more or less than half the tank’s capacity to fill
the tank.
The gage moves a little when
you turn a corner or
speed
up.
The gage doesn’t go back to EMPTY (E) when you
turn off the ignition.
None
of these indicate a problem with the fuel gage.
Engine Coolant Temperature Gage
This gage shows the
If the gage pointer moves /I,
engine coolant temperature.
o/ into the red area your
260 engine is too hot!
TEMP -FA mr
It means that your engine coolant has overheated. If you
have been operating your vehicle under normal
operating conditions, you should pull off the road, stop
your vehicle, and
turn off the engine as soon as possible.
In “Problems on the Road,” this manual shows what to
do. See ”Engine Overheating”
in the Index.
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Voltmeter
When your engine is not
running, but the ignition
is
on (in the RUN position),
this gage shows your
9
h
19 battery’s state of charge
in DC volts.
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VOLTS
When the engine is running, the gage shows the
condition of
the charging system. Readings between
the low and high warning zones indicate the normal
operating range.
Readings
in the low warning zone may occur when a
large number of electrical accessories are operating in
the vehicle and the engine is left at an idle for an
extended period. This conditi.on is normal since the charging
system
is not able to provide full power at
engine idle.
As engine speeds are increased, this
condition should correct itself as higher engine speeds
allow
the charging system to create maximum power.
You can only drive for
a short time with the reading in
either warning zone. If you must drive, turn
off all
unnecessary accessories.
Readings
in either warning zone indicate a possible
problem in the electrical system. Have the vehicle
serviced
as soon as possible.
Electronic Road-Speed Governor (Gasoline Engines)
This optional system automatically controls vehicle top
speed. The system controller receives
a signal from the
vehicle speed sensor and reduces power when the
vehicle speed reaches
the maximum 65 mph (105 km/h)
governed speed.
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Audio Systems
Your Delco@ audio system has been designed to operate
easily and give years
of listening pleasure. You will get
the most enjoyment out
of it if you acquaint yourself
with it first. Find out what your Delco 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.
AM-FM Stereo
Setting the Clock for AM-FM Stereo and
AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape Player
Press SET. Within five seconds, press and hold the
SEEK right arrow
until the correct minute appears on
the display. Press and hold
the SEEK left arrow until the
correct hour appears on the display.
Setting the Clock for AM-FM Stereo with
Compact Disc Player
Press and hold HR until the correct hour appears on the
display. Press and hold
MIN until the correct minute
appears on the display.
To display the clock with the
ignition
off, press RECALL and the time will be displayed
for
a few seconds. There is an initial two-second delay
before the clock
goes into the time-set mode.
Playing the Radio
VOLUME: TLITII the knob clockwise to turn the radio
on and counterclockwise to
turn it off. To increase
volume, turn the knob clockwise. Turn the knob
counterclockwise
to decrease volume.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this
knob. When the radio is playing, press this
knob to recall
the station frequency.
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Playing the Rac
VOLUME: Turn the knob clockwise to turn the radio
on and counterclockwise to turn it off. To increase
volume, turn the knob clockwise. Turn the knob
counterclockwise to decrease volume.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this knob. When the radio is playing, press this
button to recall the station frequency.
Finding a Statj
AM-FM: Press the lower knob to get AM or FM.
TUNE: Turn the lower knob to tune in radio stations.
SEEK: Press this button and the radio will tune to the
next higher or lower station and stay there.
PUSHBUTTONS: The four numbered pushbuttons let
you return
to your favorite stations. You can set up to
14 stations (seven AM and seven FM). Just:
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press SET.
3. Press and hold one of the four pushbuttons, within
five seconds. Whenever you press that nunlbered
button, the station
you set will return.
4. Repeat these steps for each pushbutton.
In addition to the four stations set as above, up to three
additional stations may be preset on each band by
pressing two adjoining buttons at the same
time. Just:
1. Tune in the desired station.
2. Press SET.
3. Press two adjoining buttons at the same time, within
five seconds. Whenever you press the same
twc?
buttons, the station you set will return.
4. Repeat these steps for each pair of buttons.
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AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape and
Automatic Tone Control SCV: This is the Speed-Compensated-Volume (SCV)
knob. Move the control ring behind the PWR-VOL
knob clockwise to ad-just the SCV. Set the volume at
the
desired level. As you-drive, the SCV automatically
increases the volume, as necessary, to overcome road
and wind noise at any particular speed. The volume
should always sound
the same. Each clockwise position
on the control ring allows for more compensation at a
faster rate.
Finding a Station
AM-FM: Press this button to switch between AM, FM1
and FM2. The display will show your selection.
TUNE: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Rotate the knob clockwise to increase
frequency and counterclockwise to decrease frequency.
When finished tuning, press the knob again
to return it
to its stored position.
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL: Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
To increase volume, turn the knob clockwise. Turn
it counterclockwise to decrease volume. The faster the
PWR-VOL knob is rotated, the quicker
the volume is
increased or decreased. SEEK: Press the right arrow to tune to the next higher
station and the left arrow to tune to the next lower station \
and stay there. The sound will mute while seeking.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this knob. When the radio
is playing, press this
button to recall the station frequency.
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Setting the Tone Adjusting the Speakers
BASS:
Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to increase the
bass and counterclockwise to decrease the bass. When
the BASS control is rotated, the AUTO TONE setting
will change to MAN.
TREB: Press lightly on the TREB knob to release it
from its stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to
increase the treble and counterclockwise to decrease the
treble. When
the TREB control is rotated, the AUTO
TONE setting will change to MAN.
Push these knobs back
in to their stored position when
you're not using them.
AUTO TONE: Press this button to select among the
five preset equalization settings and tailor
the sound to
the music or voice being heard. Each time
YOLI press the
button? the selection will switch
to one of the preset
settings
of CLASSIC, NEWS, ROCK, POP or JAZZ. To
return to the manual mode, press and release this button
until MAN appears on the display. This will return the
tone adjustment to the TREB and BASS controls.
If a
TREB or BASS control is rotated, the AUTO TONE
setting
will change to MAN.
BAL: Press this button to remove the control from its
stored position. Turn the control clockwise to adjust
sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise to
ad-just sound to the left speakers. Press the button again
to return BAL to
its stored position.
FADE: Press this button to remove the control from its
stored position. Turn the control clockwise
to adjust the
sound to the front and counterclockwise for rear
speakers. Press the button again to return FADE to its
stored position.
Playing a Cassette Tape
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 they may not work well in this player.
To load
a cassette tape with the ignition off, press EJECT
or RECALL. Then, insert the cassette tape. If the ignition
is
on but the radio is off, the tape will begin playing.
The player automatically senses if the cassette tape is
metal or CrO;! and adjusts
for best playback sound.
For metal tapes, the double-D symbol will appear on
the display.
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Once the tape is playing, use the VOL, BAL, FADE,
TREB and BASS controls just
as you do for the radio.
The tape symbol and
a direction arrow will be on the
display whenever a tape is being played. Anytime
a tape
is inserted, the top side
is selected for play first.
PREV (1): Press the PREV or the SEEK left arrow to
search for the previous selection. A minimum
three-second blank gap is required for the player to stop
at the beginning of the selection. The tape direction
arrow will blink during the SEEK operation.
PROG (2): Press this button to switch from one side of
the tape to
the other.
NEXT (3): Press NEXT or the SEEK right arrow to
search for the next selection.
A minimum three-second
blank gap is required for the player to stop at the
beginning of
the selection. The tape direction arrow will
blink during the
SEEK operation.
REV (4): Press this button to rapidly reverse the tape to
the beginning of the cassette reel or
until you press REV
again. The radio will play the last selected station while
reversing the tape. The tape direction arrow
will blink
during REV operation.
00 (5): Press this button to reduce cassette tape noise.
The double-D symbol will appear
on the display while
the player is
in this mode. Dolby
Noise Reduction is manufactured under
a license
from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Dolby
and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
FWD (6): Press this button to rapidly forward the tape
to the end of the cassette reel or until
you press FWD
again. The radio will play the last selected station while
forwarding the tape. The tape direction arrow will blink
during FWD operation.
AM-FM: Press this button to switch from a tape to
the radio.
TAPE AUX: Press this button to return to the tape
player. The lighted arrow will appear and show the
direction of play when
a tape is in the active mode.
EJECT Press this button to remove the tape. The radio
will now play. EJECT
can be used with either the ignition
or radio
off. To load a cassette tape with the ignition or
radio
off, press EJECT before loading the cassette.
CLN: This message may appear on the display. If it
does, 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. See
“Care
of Your Cassette Tape Player” in the Index.
After you clean the player, press and hold EJECT for
five seconds to reset the CLN indicator. The radio will
display
--- to show the indicator was reset.
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CD Adapter Kits
Although this is not a recommended practice, it is possible
to use a
CD adapter kit with your cassette tape player.
The adapter
kit cassette should begin playing like a regular
audio cassette tape once inserted.
If the cassette
immediately ejects,
turn the radio off, turn the ignition on
and press and hold the TAPE AUX button
until the tape
icon flashes on the display. Insert the adapter cassette
again.
It will power up the radio and begin playing.
This override routine will remain active
until EJECT
is pressed.
Playing a Compact Disc in the Single Remote
Disc Player
If you have this option, you can play one compact disc
(CD) at a time.
To load
a CD into the player, hold the disc with the label
side up and insert
it carefully into the player
(approximately half way). The disc will automatically
be pulled into the player.
If the radio is off and the
ignition is on when a
CD is inserted, the radio will turn
on and begin playing the CD. It is possible to load and
unload CD’s with the ignition
off. To load a disc with
the ignition
off, press the EJECT button on the remote
player and then insert the disc.
To remove the disc, press
the EJECT button and remove the disc from the player.
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TAPE AUX: With a disc loaded in the player and the
radio playing, press this button once to play the compact
disc. To return to playing the radio. press
AM-FM. If
both a cassette tape and CD are loaded, press TAPE
AUX
to switch between the tape and compact disc.
RANDOM: Press P.SCAN to enter the random play
mode. RANDOM
will appear on the display. While in
this mode. the tracks on the discs will be played in
random order. If you press SEEK, PREV or NEXT
while in the random mode, the PREV or NEXT track
will be scanned randomly. Press P.SCAN again to turn
off RANDOM and return to normal operation.
RECALL: Press this button to see what track
is currently playing. Press RECALL again
within
five seconds to see how long the track has been playing.
When a new track starts to play, the track number
will
also appear. Press RECALL a third time and the time of
day
will be displayed.
EJECT Press this button on the remote player to e-ject a
compact disc.
AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player
and Automatic
Tone Control
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL: Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
To increase vol~~~ne, turn the knob clockwise. Turn
it counterclockwise to decrease volume. The faster the
PWR-VOL knob
is rotated. the quicker the volume is
increased or decreased.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this knob. When the radio is playing, press this
button to
I-ecal I the station frequency.
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. Playing a Compact Disc
PWR: Press this knob to turn the system on. (Please note
that you can
also turn the system on when you insert a
compact disc into the player with
the ignition on.)
Insert a disc partway into the slot, label side up. ,The
player will pull it in. Wait a few seconds and the disc
should play. CD and a CD symbol will also appear on
the display. Anytime you are playing a CD, the letters
CD will be next to the CD symbol.
If the disc comes back out and
ERR appears on the
display, it could be that:
0 You are driving on a very rough road. (The disc
should play when the road gets smoother.)
The disc is upside down.
It is dirty, scratched or wet.
It is very humid. (If so, wait about an hour and
0 The disc player is very hot.
Press
RECALL to make ERR go off the display.
try
again.)
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