manual radio set OLDSMOBILE AURORA 2002 Owners Manual

2-10 Leaving Your Vehicle
When you leave the vehicle, open your door and set the
locks from the inside, then get out and close the door.
Remote Keyless Entry System
With this feature, you can lock and unlock your doors or
unlock your trunk from about 3 feet (1 m) up to 30 feet
(9 m) away using the remote keyless entry transmitter
supplied with your vehicle.
Your remote keyless entry system operates on a
radio frequency subject to Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Rules and with Industry Canada.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
This device complies with RSS
-210 of Industry Canada.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation of the device.Changes or modifications to this system by other than
an authorized service facility could void authorization to
use this equipment.
At times you may notice a decrease in range. This is
normal for any remote keyless entry system. If the
transmitter does not work or if you have to stand closer
to your vehicle for the transmitter to work, try this:

Check the distance. You may be too far from your
vehicle. You may need to stand closer during rainy
or snowy weather.

Check the location. Other vehicles or objects may
be blocking the signal. Take a few steps to the left or
right, hold the transmitter higher, and try again.

Check to determine if battery replacement is
necessary. See the instructions that follow.

If you're still having trouble, see your dealer or
a qualified technician for service.
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The DIC is used to program the personal choices of
two drivers. The drivers are recognized as DRIVER 1
and DRIVER 2. You will let the DIC and the vehicle
know which driver you are by using your remote keyless
entry transmitter or by pressing the appropriate memory
seat button located on the driver's door or choosing
the driver with the DIC. Each remote keyless entry
transmitter was pre
-programmed to belong to
DRIVER 1 or DRIVER 2. The personalization
features may be programmed differently for each driver.
When you press the unlock symbol on the transmitter,
the DIC will automatically change driver numbers
and the vehicle will recall the personal choice settings
that were last made to correspond to your transmitter,
including your radio and comfort control settings.
See ªComfort Controls, Personalizationº in the Index.
If you unlock the vehicle using the door key instead
of the transmitter, the personal choice settings will
correspond to the previous driver of the vehicle as
identified by the transmitter, the memory seat control
or the DIC. If this happens and you were not the last
driver of the vehicle, press the correct driver number
on the door panel for the memory seats, press the
unlock symbol on the transmitter or select the
personalization programming mode and choose
the correct driver number.After you have the correct driver number on the display
use the SELECT down arrow button to scroll through
the following messages and feature options:

DOORS LOCK IN GEAR
-- YES/NO

DOORS UNLOCK
-- YES/NO

ALL DOORS IN PARK
-- YES/NO

ALL DOORS AT KEY OFF
-- YES/NO

DRIVERS DOOR IN PARK
-- YES/NO

DRIVERS DOOR KEY OFF
-- YES/NO

PASS WINDOW LOCKOUT
-- YES/NO

KEY FOB FLASH LIGHTS
-- YES/NO

KEY FOB CHIRP HORN
-- YES/NO

DELAY LOCK OF DOORS
-- YES/NO

PERIMETER LIGHTS
-- YES/NO

EXT LIGHT TIMEOUT
-- 5 to 30 Seconds

DISPLAY DRIVER ID
-- YES/NO

KEY FOB MEMORY SEAT
-- YES/NO

DRIVING POSITION
-- YES

EXIT POSITION
-- YES

TILT MIRROR REVERSE
-- YES/NO
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Section 3 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
In this section, you'll find out how to operate the comfort control and audio systems offered with your vehicle.
Be sure to read about the particular systems supplied with your vehicle.
3
-2 Comfort Controls
3
-2 Automatic Electronic Climate Control
3
-5 Passenger Temperature Control (Option)
3
-6 Comfort Controls Personalization
(If Equipped)
3
-6 Air Conditioning
3
-7 Heating
3
-7 Defogging and Defrosting
3
-8 Rear Window Defogger
3
-8 Ventilation System
3
-10 Steering Wheel Controls for Climate Control
3
-10 Audio Systems
3
-10 Setting the Clock3
-11 AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape and
Compact Disc Player with Programmable
Equalization and Radio Data System (RDS)
3
-20 Navigation/Radio System (Option)
3
-21 Trunk-Mounted CD Changer (Option)
3
-25 Personal Choice Radio Controls (If Equipped)
3
-25 Theft-Deterrent Feature
3
-26 Audio Steering Wheel Controls
3
-26 Understanding Radio Reception
3
-27 Tips About Your Audio System
3
-28 Care of Your Cassette Tape Player
3
-29 Care of Your Compact Discs
3
-29 Care of Your Compact Disc Player
3
-30 Diversity Antenna System
3
-30 Chime Level Adjustment
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3-10 Steering Wheel Controls for
Climate Control
Some heating and cooling
controls can be adjusted
at the steering wheel.
Other touch controls
also operate some audio
controls. See ªAudio
Steering Wheel Controlsº
later in this section.
~!(Fan): Press the up arrow on the fan button to
override the automatic fan control and increase the fan
speed in manual mode. Press the down arrow on the fan
button to override the automatic fan control and reduce
the fan speed in manual mode.
~TEMP! (Temperature): Press either arrow on the
TEMP button once to display your current temperature
setting in the digital display. Press the up arrow on the
TEMP button again to provide a warmer temperature
setting or press the down arrow on the TEMP button
again to provide a cooler temperature setting.
Audio Systems
Your 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 audio system can do and how
to operate all of its controls to be sure you're getting the
most out of the advanced engineering that went into it.
Your vehicle has a feature called Retained Accessory
Power (RAP). With RAP, you can play your audio
system even after the ignition is turned off. See
ªRetained Accessory Power (RAP)º in the Index.
Setting the Clock
Press and hold HR until the correct hour appears. The
letters AM or PM will appear on the display. Then, press
and hold MN until the correct minute appears. The clock
may be set with the ignition on or off.
To set the clock to the time of an FM station
broadcasting Radio Data System (RDS) information,
press and hold HR and MN at the same time until
UPDATED appears on the display. If the time is not
available from the station, NO UPDATE will appear on
the display instead.
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3-11 AM-FM Stereo with Cassette Tape and
Compact Disc Player with Programmable
Equalization and Radio Data System (RDS)
Standard Radio -- Bose
Not Shown
Playing the Radio
POWER: Press this knob to turn the system on and off.
VOLUME: Turn the knob clockwise to increase
volume. Turn it counterclockwise to decrease volume.SCV (Speed
-Compensated Volume): With SCV, 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 MIN, MED or
MAX. Each higher choice allows for more volume
compensation at faster vehicle speeds. Then, as you
drive, SCV automatically increases the volume, as
necessary, to overcome noise at any speed. The volume
level should always sound the same to you as you drive.
If you don't want to use SCV, select OFF.
Finding a Station
BAND: Press this button to switch between AM, FM1
and FM2. The display shows your selection.
TUNE: Turn this knob to select radio stations.
SEEK : Press the right or left arrow to go to the
next or previous station and stay there. The radio will
seek to stations with a strong signal only. The sound will
mute while seeking.
SCAN : Press and hold either arrow for two
seconds until SC appears on the display and 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
SCAN arrow again to stop scanning. The radio will
scan to stations with a strong signal only. The sound will
mute while scanning.
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To scan preset stations, press and hold either SCAN
arrow for more than four seconds, PRESET SCAN will
appear on the display. You will hear a double beep and
the P will blink with the preset number. 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 SCAN arrow again to stop scanning
presets. The radio will scan preset stations with a strong
signal only. The sound will mute while scanning.
Setting Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite stations. You can set up to 18 stations (six AM,
six FM1 and six FM2), by performing the following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select the band.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press AUTO EQ to select the equalization that best
suits the type of station selected.
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 also be
automatically selected for that pushbutton.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
AUDIO: Press the AUDIO button until BASS, MID
or TREB appears on the display. Press the knob above
the AUDIO button to extend it, then turn the knob to
increase or decrease. When you use this knob, the
radio's tone setting will switch to manual. If a station is
weak or noisy, you may want to decrease the treble.
Press and hold the AUDIO button for at least two
seconds to return all tone settings, including balance
and fade to flat.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalizer): This feature
allows you to choose preset bass, midrange and treble
equalization settings designed for country, jazz, talk,
pop, rock and classical program types.
The program type last chosen will appear on the display
when you first press AUTO EQ. Each time you press
this button, another program type will appear on the
display and AUTO EQ will switch to one of the preset
program types.
To return to the manual mode, press the AUTO EQ
button until MANUAL appears on the display. Then you
will be able to manually adjust the bass, midrange and
treble using the AUDIO button.
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If your vehicle has the Bose radio, the AUTO EQ button
will work the same, except the radio will display EQ1
through EQ6 as the choices instead of displaying the
equalization setting names. These settings can be used
while listening to the radio or the CD player.
The radio saves separate AUTO EQ settings for each
preset and source.
Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
AUDIO: To adjust the balance between the right
and left speakers, press the AUDIO button until BAL
appears on the display. Press the knob above the AUDIO
button to extend it, then turn the knob to adjust the
sound to the left or right speakers. The middle position
balances the sound between the speakers.
To adjust the fade between the front and rear speakers,
press the AUDIO button until FAD appears on the
display. Press the knob above the AUDIO button to
extend it, then turn the knob to adjust the sound to the
front or rear speakers. The middle position balances the
sound between the speakers.
Press and hold the AUDIO button for at least two
seconds to return all tone settings, including bass
and treble to flat.Using RDS
Your audio system is equipped with a Radio Data
System (RDS). With RDS, the radio can do
the following:

Seek only to stations with the types of programs you
want to listen to,

seek to stations with traffic announcements,

receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies, and

receive and display messages from radio stations.
RDS features are only available on FM stations that
broadcast RDS information. The RDS features on your
radio rely on receiving specific RDS information from
these stations. These features will only work when the
RDS 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.
When you are tuned to an RDS station, the station
name will appear on the display, instead of the
frequency. Most RDS stations provide their station
name, the time of day and a Program Type (PTY)
for their current programming.
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Finding a PTY Preset Station
To find a PTY preset station, perform the following steps:
1. Press the P
-TYPE button to turn on PTY select. PTY
will be displayed and the light next to the button will
turn on. The last selected PTY will appear on the
display for five seconds.
2. Turn the P
-TYPE knob clockwise or
counterclockwise to select the PTY you want to
listen to. The list is alphabetical. If you select ANY
TYPE your radio will seek to the first PTY available.
3. Press the right SEEK arrow to find radio stations for
that PTY. The radio will seek to the first RDS
broadcaster of the selected program type. If the radio
cannot find the desired program type, NOT FOUND
will appear on the display and the radio will return to
the last station you were listening to. If both P
-TYPE
and TRAF are on, the radio will search for stations
with traffic announcements and the selected PTY.To use the P
-TYPE interrupt feature, press and hold the
P
-TYPE button until you hear a beep on the PTY you
want to interrupt on. An asterisk will appear next to the
PTY name (for example CLASSICAL*). When you are
listening to a cassette or compact disc, the last selected
RDS FM station will interrupt play if that selected PTY
format is broadcast.
BAND (Alternate Frequency): Alternate frequency
allows the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type. Press and hold BAND for two
seconds to turn alternate frequency on. AF ON will
appear on the display. The radio may switch to stronger
stations. Press and hold BAND again for two seconds to
turn alternate frequency off. AF OFF will appear on the
display. The radio will not switch to other stations. When
you turn the ignition off and then on again, the alternate
frequency feature will automatically be turned on.
SEEK : Press the right arrow to go to a station with
the last selected PTY; TYPE and the last selected PTY
will appear on the display, if it is not already showing.
Press SEEK a second time to seek. If a station with the
selected PTY is not found, the radio will return to the
original station and display NONE.
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Setting PTY Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite Program Types (PTYs). These pushbuttons
have factory PTY presets. You can set up to 12 PTYs
(six FM1 and six FM2) by performing the following steps:
1. Press BAND to select FM1 or FM2.
2. Press the P
-TYPE button to activate program
type mode.
3. Turn the P
-TYPE knob to select a PTY.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons
until you hear a beep. Whenever you press that
numbered pushbutton, the PTY you set will return.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
RDS Messages
ALERT!: This message warns of national or local
emergencies. You will not be able to turn off alert
announcements. ALERT! appears on the display when an
alert announcement plays. When an alert announcement
comes on the current radio station, you will hear it, even if
the volume is muted or a cassette tape or compact disc is
playing. If the cassette tape or compact disc player is
playing, play will stop for the announcement and resume
when the announcement is finished.TRAF (Traffic): Press this button to receive traffic
announcements. The traffic announcement brackets will
appear on the display. TRAF will appear on the display
if the current station broadcasts traffic announcements.
If the current station does not broadcast traffic
announcements, the radio will seek to a station that
does. When the radio finds a station that broadcasts
traffic announcements, it will stop. If no station is found,
NO TRAFFIC will appear on the display.
When a traffic announcement comes on the current radio
station or a related network station, you will hear it, even
if the volume is muted or a cassette tape or compact disc
is playing. If the cassette tape or compact disc player was
being used, the tape or compact disc will stay in the
player and resume play at the point where it stopped.
INFO (Information): If the current station has a
message, INFO will appear on the display. Press this
button to see the message. If the whole message does
not appear on the display, parts of the message will
appear every three seconds until the message is
completed. To see the parts of the message faster than
every three seconds, press this button again. A new group
of words will appear on the display. Once the complete
message has been displayed, INFO will disappear from
the display until another new message is received.
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Playing a Cassette Tape
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
up to 30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes longer
than that are so thin they may not work well in this
player. The longer side with the tape visible should face
to the right. If the ignition is on, but the radio is off, the
tape can be inserted and will begin playing. If you hear
nothing but a garbled sound, the tape may not be in
squarely. Press the eject (upward pointing arrow) button
to remove the tape and start over.
While the tape is playing, use the VOLUME, POWER,
AUDIO, AUTO EQ, and the SEEK controls just as you
do for the radio. The display will show TAPE and an
arrow showing which side of the tape is playing. The
tape player automatically begins playing the other side
when it reaches the end of the tape.
Your tape bias is set automatically when a metal or
chrome tape is inserted. If you want to insert a tape
when the ignition is off, first press the button with the
eject symbol on it or the RCL knob.
If an error appears on the radio display, the tape won't
play because of an error. See ªCassette Tape Messagesº
later in this section.1 REV (Reverse): Press this pushbutton to reverse
the tape rapidly. Press it again to return to playing speed.
The radio will play the last selected station while the
tape reverses. You may select stations during reverse
operation by using the TUNE knob.
2 FWD (Forward): Press this pushbutton to advance
quickly to another part of the tape. Press this pushbutton
again to return to playing speed. The radio will play the
last selected station while the tape advances. You may
select stations during forward operation by using the
TUNE knob.
3
(Dolby): Press this pushbutton to reduce
background noise. DOLBY ON will appear on the
display with the Dolby symbol. Press it again to turn
Dolby off.
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.
5 SIDE: Press this pushbutton to play the other side
of the tape.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalizer): Press AUTO EQ
to select the desired preset equalization setting while
playing a cassette tape. The equalization will be
automatically set whenever you play a cassette tape.
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