radio SATURN RELAY 2007 Owner's Manual

RDS Messages
ALERT!:Alert warns of local or national
emergencies. When an alert announcement comes
on the current radio station, ALERT! appears on the
display. 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.
ALERT! is not affected by tests of the emergency
broadcast system. This feature is not supported by
all RDS stations.
4(Information):If the current station has a
message, INFO appears on the display. Press
this button to see the message. The message may
display the artist, song title, call in phone
numbers, etc.
If the entire message is not displayed, parts of the
message appears every three seconds. To scroll
through the message, press and release this
button. A new group of words appears on the
display after every press of the button. Once the
complete message has displayed, INFO disappears
from the display until another new message is
received. The last message can be displayed bypressing this button. You can view the last message
until a new message is received or a different
station is tuned to.
When a message is not available from a station,
NO INFO appears on the display.
TRAF (Traffic):If TA 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 station does not broadcast traffic
announcements, press the TRAF button and the
radio seeks to a station that does. When a station
that broadcasts traffic announcements is found,
the radio stops seeking and TA appears on
the display. If no station is found that broadcasts
traffic announcements, NO TRAFFIC appears
on the display.
If TA is on the display, press the TRAF button to
turn off the traffic announcements.
The radio plays the traffic announcement even if
the volume is low. The radio interrupts the
play of a CD if the last tuned station broadcasts
traffic announcements.
This function does not apply to XM™ Satellite
Radio Service.
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Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error):The audio system
has been calibrated for your vehicle from the
factory. If CAL ERR appears on the display, it
means that the radio has not been congured
properly for your vehicle and must be returned to
your retailer for service.
LOCKED:This message is displayed when the
THEFTLOCK
®system has locked up. Take
the vehicle to your retailer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your retailer. If the radio
displays an error message, write it down and
provide it to your retailer when reporting the
problem.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 293later in this
section for further detail.
Playing a CD (Single CD Player)
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up.
The player pulls it in and the CD should begin
playing.If the ignition or radio is turned off with a CD in the
player, it stays in the player. When the ignition or
radio is turned on, the CD starts playing where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When a CD is inserted, CD and the CD symbol
appears on the display. As each new track starts to
play the track number appears on the display.
The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8 cm)
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 (and playback
performance) may be reduced due to the CD-R
quality, method of recording, the quality of
the music that has been recorded, and the way
the CD-R has been handled. For better playback
performance when home burning audio discs,
use brand named CD media showing the Compact
Disc™, and a burn rate no faster than 12X.
There may be an increase in skipping, difficulty in
nding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading and
ejecting. If these problems occur, check the bottom
surface of the CD. If the surface of the CD is
damaged, such as cracked, broken, or scratched,
the CD will not play properly. If the surface of the
CD is soiled, seeCare of Your CDs and DVDs on
page 355for more information.
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If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.
Do not add any label to a CD, it could get caught
in the CD player. If a CD is recorded on a
personal computer and a description label is
needed, try labeling the top of the recorded CD
with a marking pen.
Notice:If you add any label to a CD, insert
more than one CD into the slot at a time,
or attempt to play scratched or damaged CDs,
you could damage the CD player. When
using the CD player, use only CDs in good
condition without any label, load one CD at a
time, and keep the CD player and the loading
slot free of foreign materials, liquids, and
debris.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD
Messages” later in this section.
O/e(Tune):Turn this knob to go to the next
or previous track.
{(Reverse):Press and hold this button to
reverse the current track.
|(Fast Forward):Press and hold this button to
fast forward through the current track.
RDM (Random):Press this button to hear the
tracks in random, rather than sequential,
order. RANDOM DISC appears on the display.
Press this button again to turn off random play.
RPT (Repeat):Press this button to hear a
track over again. REPEAT appears on the display.
Press this button again to turn off repeat play.
MUTE:Press this button to silence the system.
Press this button again to turn the sound on.
tSEEKu:Press the left arrow to go to the
start of the current track if more than eight seconds
have played. Press the right arrow to go to the
start of the next track. If either arrow is held
or pressed more than once, the player continues
moving backward or forward through the CD.
BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio
while a CD is playing. The inactive CD remains
safely inside the radio for future listening.
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CD AUX (Auxiliary):Press this button to play a
CD while listening to the radio. CD appears on the
display when a CD is in the player. If the system
has a remote playback device, pressing this button
a second time allows the remote device to play.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press
AUTO EQ to select the equalization setting while
playing a CD. The equalization is stored
whenever a CD is played. For more information on
AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ” listed previously in
this section.
X(Eject):Press this button to eject the CD.
EJECT may be activated with either the ignition or
radio off.
Playing a CD(s) (Six-Disc CD Player)
If the ignition or radio is turned off, with a CD in the
player, it stays in the player. When the ignition
or radio is turned on, the CD starts playing where
it stopped, if it was the last selected audio
source.
When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol appears
on the CD. As each new track starts to play,
the track number appears on the display.The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8 cm)
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 (and playback
performance) may be reduced due to the CD-R
quality, method of recording, the quality of
the music that has been recorded, and the way
the CD-R has been handled. For better playback
performance when home burning audio discs,
use brand named CD media showing the Compact
Disc™, and a burn rate no faster than 12X.
There may be an increase in skipping, difficulty in
nding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading and
ejecting. If these problems occur, check the bottom
surface of the CD. If the surface of the CD is
damaged, such as cracked, broken, or scratched,
the CD will not play properly. If the surface of
the CD is soiled, seeCare of Your CDs and DVDs
on page 355for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.
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Do not add any label to a CD, it could get caught
in the CD player. If a CD is recorded on a
personal computer and a description label is
needed, try labeling the top of the recorded CD
with a marking pen.
Notice:If you add any label to a CD, insert
more than one CD into the slot at a time,
or attempt to play scratched or damaged CDs,
you could damage the CD player. When
using the CD player, use only CDs in good
condition without any label, load one CD at a
time, and keep the CD player and the loading
slot free of foreign materials, liquids, and
debris.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD
Messages” later in this section.
M(Load):Press this button to load CDs into the
CD player. This CD player holds up to six CDs.
To insert one CD, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and release the load button.
3. When INSET CD # appears on the display,
load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the
slot, label side up. The player pulls the CD in.To insert multiple CDs, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and hold the load button for
two seconds.
A beep will sound and LOAD ALL DISC
appears on the display.
3. When INSERT CD # appears on the display,
load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the slot,
label side up. The player pulls the CD in.
Once the CD is loaded, wait for INSERT CD #
to appear on the display, then load the next
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 nished loading
CDs, press the load button to cancel the loading
function. The radio begins to play the last CD
loaded.
If more than one CD has been loaded, a number
for each CD appears on the display.
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RDM (Random):Press this button to hear the
tracks in random, rather than sequential order, on
one CD or all of the loaded CDs.
To use random, do one of the following:
To play the tracks on the CD you are listening
to in random order, press and release this
button until RANDOM DISC PLAY appears on
the display.
To play the tracks on all of the CDs that are
loaded in random order, press and release
this button until RANDOM ALL DISCS appears
on the display.
To turn off random play, press and release the
RDM button until RANDOM OFF appears on the
display.
RPT (Repeat):Press this button to hear a track
or an entire CD over again.
To use repeat, do one of the following:
To repeat a track, press and release this
button until REPEAT appears on the display.
To repeat an entire CD, press and release this
button until REPEAT ONE DISC appears on
the display.To turn off repeated play, press and release the
RPT button until REPEAT OFF appears on
the display.
tSEEKu:Press the left arrow to go to the
start of the current track, if more than ten seconds
have played. Press the right arrow to go to the
next track. If either arrow is held or pressed more
than once, the player continues moving backward
or forward through the CD.
tSCANu:To scan one CD, press and hold
either SCAN arrow for more than two seconds until
SCAN appears on the display and you hear a
beep. The radio goes to the next track, plays for
10 seconds, then goes to the next track. Press
either SCAN arrow again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded CDs, press and hold either
SCAN arrow for more than four seconds until CD
SCAN appears on the display and you hear a
beep. Use this feature to listen to 10 seconds of
the rst track of each loaded CD. Press either
SCAN arrow again, to stop scanning.
BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio
when a CD is playing. The inactive CD(s) remains
safely inside the radio for future listening.
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CD AUX (Auxiliary):Press this button to play a
CD when listening to the radio. CD appears on the
display when a CD is in the player. If your
system is equipped with a remote playback device,
pressing this button a second time allows the
remote device to play.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press
AUTO EQ to select the equalization setting while
playing a CD. The equalization is stored
whenever a CD is played. For more information on
AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ” listed previously in
this section.
Playing an MP3 CD-R Disc
Your vehicle’s radio may have the MP3 feature.
If it has this feature, it is capable of playing an MP3
CD-R disc. For more information on how to play
an MP3 CD-R disc, seeUsing an MP3 on
page 287later in this section.
UsingR(Song List) Mode
(Single CD, MP3, and Six-Disc CD)
This feature is capable of saving 20 track
selections. To save tracks into the song list
feature, perform the following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on and load it with at least
one CD.
2. Check to see that the CD player is not in
song list mode. S-LIST should not appear
on 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
right arrow or turn the tune knob to locate
the track to be saved. The track begins
to play.
4. Press and hold the song list button to save
the track into memory. When song list is
pressed, one beep will sound. ADDED SONG
appears on the display.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other
selections.
SONGLIST FULL appears on the display if you try
to save more than 20 selections.
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CD Messages
CHECK CD:If this message appears on the
display and/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.
You are driving on a very rough road.
When the road becomes smoother, 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 retailer. If the radio
displays an error message, write it down and
provide it to your retailer when reporting the
problem.
Using an MP3
MP3 CD-R Disc
MP3 Format
If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal
computer:
Make sure the MP3 les are recorded on a
CD-R disc.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 les on
one disc.
Make sure playlists have a .m3u or .wpl
extension, other le extensions may not work.
Files can be recorded with a variety of xed or
variable bit rates. Song title, artist name, and
album will be available for display by the
radio when recorded using ID3 tags
version 1 and 2.
Create a folder structure that makes it easy to
nd songs while driving. Organize songs by
albums using one folder for each album.
Each folder or album should contain 18 songs
or less.
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Make sure to nalize the disc when burning an
MP3 disc, using multiple sessions. It is usually
better to burn the disc all at once.
Do not use CD-RW discs.
Do not use colored discs.
The player will be able to read and play a
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions,
and 255 les. Long le names, folder names,
or playlist names may use more disc memory
space than necessary. To conserve space on the
disc, minimize the length of the le, folder, or
playlist names. You can also play an MP3 CD that
was recorded using no le folders. The system
can support up to 11 folders in depth, though, keep
the depth of the folders to a minimum in order
to keep down the complexity and confusion
in trying to locate a particular folder during
playback. If a CD contains more than the
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions,
and 255 les the player lets you access and
navigate up to the maximum, but all items over
the maximum cannot be accessed.
Root Directory
The root directory will be treated as a folder. If the
root directory has compressed audio les, the
directory is displayed as F1 ROOT. All les
contained directly under the root directory are
accessed prior to any root directory folders.
However, playlists (Px) are always accessed
before root folders or les.
Empty Directory or Folder
If a root directory or a folder exists somewhere in
the le structure that contains only folders/
subfolders and no compressed les directly
beneath them, the player advances to the next
folder in the le structure that contains compressed
audio les. The empty folder will not display.
No Folder
When the CD contains only compressed les, the
les will be located under the root folder. The
next and previous folder functions will not function
on a CD that was recorded without folders or
playlists. When displaying the name of the folder
the radio displays ROOT.
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When the CD contains only playlists and
compressed audio les, but no folders, all les are
located under the root folder. The folder down
and the folder up buttons search playlists (Px)
rst and then go to the root folder. When the
radio displays the name of the folder the radio
displays ROOT.
Order of Play
Tracks are played in the following order:
Play begins from the rst track in the rst
playlist and continues sequentially through
all tracks in each playlist. When the last track
of the last playlist has played, play continues
from the rst track of the rst playlist.
If the CD does not contain any playlists, then
play begins from the rst track under the root
directory. When all tracks from the root
directory have played, play continues from
les according to their numerical listing. After
playing the last track from the last folder,
play begins again at the rst track of the rst
folder or root directory.When play enters a new folder, the display does
not automatically show the new folder name unless
you have chosen the folder mode as the default
display. See the information button later in
this section for more information. The new track
name appears on the display.
File System and Naming
The song name that displays is the song name that
is contained in the ID3 tag. If the song name is not
present in the ID3 tag, then the radio displays the
le name without the extension (such as .mp3) as
the track name.
Track names longer than 32 characters or
four pages are shortened. Parts of words on the
last page of text and the extension of the lename
will not display.
Preprogrammed Playlists
Preprogrammed playlists that were created using
WinAmp™, MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™
software can be accessed, however, they cannot
be edited using the radio. These playlists are
treated as special folders containing compressed
audio song les.
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