audio CADILLAC CTS 2012 2.G Infotainment Manual

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The RDS system is always on.
When information is broadcast from
the current FM station, the station
name or call letters display on the
audio screen. RDS may provide a
program type (PTY) for current
programming and the name of the
program being broadcasted.
Satellite Radio
XM™Category Restore
(If Equipped)
Press the “Yes”button of Restore
All Categories screen to add all
categories that have been removed.
Press the “No”button of Restore All
Categories screen to cancel.
XM™ Satellite Radio Service
(If Equipped)
XM™ is a satellite radio service that
is based in the 48 contiguous United
States and 10 Canadian provinces. XM™
Satellite Radio has a wide
variety of programming and
commercial-free music,
coast-to-coast, and in digital-quality
sound. During your trial or when you
subscribe, you will get unlimited
access to XM™ Radio Online for
when you are not in your vehicle.
A service fee is required to receive
the XM service. For more
information, contact XM™ at
www.xmradio.com or call
1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. and
www.xmradio.ca or call
1-877-438-9677 in Canada.
When XM™ is active, the channel
name and number, category name,
song title, and artist will display on
the screen.
XM™ Radio Messages
See “XM™ Radio Messages” in the
vehicle's owner manual for a list of
possible XM messages.
Audio Players
CD/DVD Player
Playing a CD
The player can be used for CD,
MP3, and DVD audio and DVD
video.
Things to know about playing a CD:
.With the ignition on, insert a CD
or DVD partway into the slot,
label side up. The player pulls it
in and the CD or DVD should
begin playing. While playing a
CD or DVD, the navigation
system is available. If you insert
a CD or DVD with the system off
and the ignition on, it starts
to play.
.When a CD or DVD is inserted,
Gracenote logo display starts
with the Gracenote database
access and the CD/DVD tab
activates.

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.The player is only compatible
with CDs or DVDs of the
appropriate region code that is
printed on the jacket of most
CDs and DVDs.
.The CD/DVD slot is compatible
with most audio CDs, CD-R,
CD-RW, DVD-Video,
DVD-Audio, DVD-R/RW, DVD
+R/RW media along with
MP3 and WMA“un-protected”
formats.
.As each new track of a CD starts
to play, the track number
displays.
.The player can only play the
full-size (12 cm) discs.
.If an error displays, see “CD/
DVD Messages” later in this
section. Playing an Audio CD
RANDOM:
1. Press to hear the tracks in
random, rather than sequential,
order.
2. Press again to turn off random play.
r/j(Play/Pause):
1. Press to pause the CD, the pause symbol displays. This
button will then change to the
play button.
2. Press the play button to play the CD.
r(Rewind):
1. Press and hold to rewind quickly through a track selection.
A sound is heard at a reduced
volume.
2. Release to stop rewinding. The display shows the elapsed time
of the track.
[(Forward):
1. Press and hold to fast forward quickly through a track selection.
A sound is heard at a reduced
volume.
2. Release to stop fast forwarding. The display shows the elapsed
time of the track.

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uSEEK /tSEEK:
1. Press the right arrow to go to the next track.
2. Press the left arrow to go to the start of the current track, if more
than five seconds have played
or to the previous track,
if five seconds or less have
played.
3. If either arrow is pressed more than once, the player continues
moving backward or forward
through the CD. The sound
mutes while seeking.
TUNE/TONE knob: Turn to go to
the next or previous track.
Track List Screen: Press the
center button on the main screen to
go to the Track List Screen. Press
the screen button to select a
different song to play from the disc.Playing a DVD
There are three ways to play
a DVD:
.Once a DVD is inserted, the
system automatically starts play
of the DVD.
.Press AUDIO, then press the
DVD screen button.
VOL/
O(Volume/Power):
1. Press to turn the system on and off.
2. Turn to increase or decrease the volume of the audio system.
DVD Menu Options
Once a DVD starts to play, the
menu options automatically appear.
To display the menu choices while a
DVD is playing in full screen, press
anywhere on the screen.
There are two pages of menu
options. Press the page number
screen button, located in the bottom
right corner of the screen, to use all
of the menu screen buttons. Menu
options are available when they are
highlighted. Some menu options are
only available when the DVD is not
playing.
Full Screen:
1. Press this screen button to remove all menu options from
the display.
2. Press anywhere on the screen to display the menu options.

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Cursor:Press this button to
access the cursor menu. The arrows
and other cursor options allow
navigation of the DVD menu
options. The cursor menu options
are only available if a DVD has
a menu.
q,Q,r,R(Arrow Buttons): Use
these arrow buttons to move around
the DVD menu.
Enter: Press to select the
highlighted option. Return:
Press to go back to the
previous DVD menu.
Back: Press to go back to the main
DVD display screen.
Move: Press to move the cursor
buttons back and forth from the
bottom-right corner to the top-left
corner of the screen.
Random:
1. Press to hear the tracks in
random, rather than sequential,
order.
2. Press Random again to turn off random play. This button is not
available for DVD video.
c(Stop):
1. Press to stop play of the DVD.
2. Press
k(play/pause) to
continue playing the DVD from
where the DVD was stopped.
3. Press twice to return to the beginning of the DVD.
k(Play/Pause):
1. Press to pause the DVD.
2. Press again to play the DVD from where the DVD was
stopped.
Angle:
1. Press to adjust the viewing angle of the DVD.
2. Repeatedly press to toggle through the angles. This button
is not available when the DVD is
stopped. This may not be
available on all DVDs.
Audio Stream:
1. Press to display the audio stream number and to change
the language heard.
2. Repeatedly press to toggle through the available languages.
This may not be available on all
DVDs. This button is not
available when the DVD is
stopped.

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Subtitle Stream:
1. Press to playback the video withsubtitles.
2. Repeatedly press this button to toggle through the available
languages.
3. To turn the subtitles off, press until Off is selected. This button
is not available when the DVD is
stopped. This may not be
available on all DVDs.
Top Menu: Press to display the
first menu of the DVD. This button is
not available on all DVDs.
Menu: Press to display the DVD
menu of the current area of the DVD
that is playing. This button is not
available for DVD audio.
Keypad: Press to display the title/
chapter, the group/track, or the
menu number screen; type in the
appropriate number on the keypad. Setup:
Press to display the DVD
Setup screen. The DVD Setup
screen allows you to change the
initial settings; language and aspect,
to change the brightness, contrast,
and mode, and to change autoplay.
The initial settings and auto play are
only available when the DVD is not
playing.
Initial Settings
From the DVD Setup screen, press
to change audio, subtitle, and menu
languages, and to view the aspect
of the DVD. The movie must be stopped to use this menu. These
settings are not available on
all DVDs.
Audio Language:
Press English,
French, or Spanish to change the
language that you are listening to.
Subtitle Language: Press English,
French, or Spanish to change the
language of the subtitles.
Menu Language: Press English,
French, or Spanish to change the
language of the menus.

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If the CD/DVD is not playing
correctly, for any other reason, try a
known good disc.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if
an error cannot be corrected,
contact your dealer.
MP3
Using an MP3 CD and DVD
MP3 Format
There are guidelines that must be
met, when creating an MP3 disc.
If the guidelines are not met when
recording a CD-R(W), the CD may
not play. The guidelines are:
.Sampling rate: 8 kHz, 16 kHz,
22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, 32 kHz,
44.1 kHz, and 48 kHz.
.Bit rates supported: 8, 16, 24,
32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112,
128, 144, 160, 192, 224, 256,
and 320 kbps.
.ID3 tag information is displayed
by the radio if it is available. The
radio will display a filename,
song name, artist name, album
name, and directory name.
.Maximum number of folders is
255 with a maximum hierarchy
of eight folders.
.Create a folder structure that
makes it easy to find songs
while driving. Each folder or
album should contain 18 songs
or less.
.It is recommended that there is a
maximum of 1024 files on a disc.
.The files can be recorded on a
CD-R or CD-RW with a
maximum capacity of 700 MB.Root Directory
The root directory is treated as a
folder. If the root directory has
compressed audio files, the
directory displays as DISC. All files
contained directly under the root
directory are accessed prior to any
root directory folders. However,
playlists can always be accessed
before root folders or files.
Empty Directory or Folder
If a root directory or a folder exists
somewhere in the file structure that
contains only folders/subfolders and
no compressed files directly
beneath them, the player advances
to the next folder in the file structure
that contains compressed audio
files and the empty folder will not be
displayed or numbered.

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No Folder
When the CD contains only
compressed files, the files are
located under the root folder. The
next and previous folder functions
have no function on a CD that was
recorded without folders or playlists.
When displaying the name of the
folder the radio displays Disc.
When the CD contains only playlists
and compressed audio files, but no
folders, all files are located under
the root folder. The left and right
arrow buttons search playlists (Px)
first and then goes to the root folder.
When the radio displays the name
of the folder the radio
displays DISC.Order of Play
Tracks are played in the following
order:
.Play begins from the first track in
the first playlist and continues
sequentially through all tracks in
each playlist. When the last
track of the last playlist has been
played, play continues from the
first track of the first playlist.
.If the CD does not contain any
playlists, then play begins from
the first track under the root
directory. When all tracks from
the root directory have been
played, play continues from files
according to their numerical
listing. After playing the last
track from the last folder, play
begins again at the first track of
the first folder or root directory.
When play enters a new folder, the
display automatically shows the new
folder name. The new track name
displays. File System and Naming
The song name that displays is the
song name contained in the file.
If the song name is not present in
the file, then the radio displays the
file name with the extension (such
as .mp3) as the track name.
Preprogrammed Playlists
Preprogrammed playlists which
were created by WinAmp™,
MusicMatch™, or Real Jukebox™
software can be accessed, however,
there is not editing capability. These
playlists are treated as special
folders containing compressed
audio song files.
Playing an MP3
With the ignition on, insert a MP3
CD partway into the slot, label side
up. The player pulls it in and the
MP3 should begin playing. While
playing a MP3, the navigation
system is available. If a MP3 is
inserted with the system off and the
ignition on, it starts to play.

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When a MP3 CD is inserted, the
MP3 tab activates.
If the ignition or radio is turned off
with a MP3 CD in the player, it stays
in the player. When the ignition or
radio is turned on, the MP3 CD
starts playing where it stopped, if it
was the last selected audio source.
As each new track starts to play, the
track number displays.
If an error displays, see“CD/DVD
Messages” later in this section.
If viewing a map screen, press the
MP3 screen button. The display
splits between the audio screen and
the map screen. If no split screen is
wanted or if not on a map screen,
press the AUDIO control button,
then press AUDIO until MP3 is
selected or press the MP3 screen
button.
r/j(Play/Pause):
1. Press to pause the CD, the pause symbol displays. This
button then changes to the play
button.
2. Press the play button to play the CD. Random:
1. Press to hear the disc played in
random (tracks and folders)
order.
2. Press the Random screen button to turn off random play.
r(Rewind):
1. Press and hold to rewind quickly through a track selection.
A sound is heard at a reduced
volume.
2. Release this button to stop rewinding. The display shows
the elapsed time of the track.
[(Forward):
1. Press and hold to fast forward quickly through a track selection.
A sound is heard at a reduced
volume.
2. Release this button to stop fast forwarding. The display shows
the elapsed time of the track.

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.Genre: Press to view the genres
that have been stored on the
Disc. Select a genre name to
view all songs on that list, select
a song. Once a song has been
selected from this category, the
genre name appears in the
center button on the main
screen to show that music is
being played from a specific
genre.Audiobooks are also available
through the Genre menu screen.Hard Drive Device (HDD)
With a hard drive device you are
able to record songs from your CD
player or a mass media storage
device connected by a USB
connector. The hard drive has at the
most 9 GB memory capacity for
storage of media files.
The types of formats supported by
the HDD are:
.MP3
.MP3-PRO (with Spectral Band
Replication)
.WMA
.AAC
.OGG Vorbis
.Audible.com
Recording from a CD
To record all tracks:
1. Load a CD.
To record an audio book from a
CD or a USB, you must register
with www.audible.com to receive
an ID number. The ID number
must be entered into the system.
See Audio Book later in this
section for information on
www.audible.com. See “Radio”
under Configure Menu on
page 55 for information on
entering your ID number.
2. Press REC.
3. A confirmation window displays. Press Yes to record all tracks;
press No to cancel the
operation.
A progress bar displays if Yes
was selected.

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To record selected tracks:
1. Load a CD.
2. Press the Track List screenbutton, located in the middle of
the screen.
3. Highlight the songs from the Music Navigator screen using
the TUNE knob.
To record an audio book from a
CD or a USB, you must register
with www.audible.com to receive
an ID number. The ID number
must be entered into the system.
See Audio Book later in this
section for information on
www.audible.com. See “Radio”
under Configure Menu on
page 55 for information on
entering your ID number.
4. Press REC. 5. A confirmation window displays.
Press Yes to record this track;
press No to cancel the
operation.
A progress bar displays if Yes
was selected.
While recording a CD to the HDD,
if the system is turned off, the
recording process stops. When the
system is turned back on, the
recording process will not continue.
Recording from a USB Device
To record all tracks:
1. Connect a USB device. To record an audio book from a
CD or a USB, you must register
with www.audible.com to receive
an ID number. The ID number
must be entered into the system.
See Audio Book later in this
section for information on
www.audible.com. See “Radio”
under Configure Menu on
page 55 for information on
entering your ID number. 2. Press REC.
3. A confirmation window displays.
Press Yes to record all tracks;
press No to cancel the
operation.
A progress bar displays if Yes
was selected.
To record selected tracks:
1. Connect a USB device.
2. Press the USB screen button, located in the middle of the
screen.
3. Select the media from the Music Navigator screen.
To record an audio book from a
CD or a USB, you must register
with www.audible.com to receive
an ID number. The ID number
must be entered into the system.
See Audio Book later in this
section for information on
www.audible.com. See “Radio”
under Configure Menu on
page 55 for information on
entering your ID number.