CHEVROLET ASTRO 1997 2.G Owners Manual

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine P.SCAN: The preset scan button lets you scan through
your favorite stations stored
on your pushbuttons. Select
either the
AM, FM 1 or FM2 mode and then press
PSCAN.
It will scan through each station stored on your
pushbuttons and stop for
a few seconds before continuing
to scan through all of the pushbuttons. Press €?SCAN
again or one of the pushbuttons to stop scanning
to listen
to a specific preset station. P.SCAN will light up
on the
display while
in this mode. If one of the stations stored on
a pushbutton
is too weak for the location you are in, the
radio display will show the channel number (Pl-P6)
for
several seconds before advancing to the next preset station.
Setting the Tone
BASS:
Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn
the knob clockwise to increase bass
and counterclockwise to decrease bass. When the BASS
control is rotated, the AUTO TONE display will go blank.
TREB: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to increase
treble and counterclockwise
to decrease treble. When
the TREB control is rotated,
the AUTO TONE display
will go blank. If a station is weak or noisy, you may
want
to decrease the treble.
Push
these knobs back into their stored positions when
you’re not using them.
AUTO TONE: Press this button to select among the six
preset equalization settings and tailor the sound to the
music or voice being heard. Each time
you press the
button, the selection will switch to one of the preset
settings
of CLASSIC, NEWS, ROCK, POP, C/W
(CountryNestern)
or JAZZ. To return to the manual
mode, press and release this button
until the AUTO
TONE display goes blank. This will return the tone
adjustment to the BASS and TREB controls.
If a BASS
or TREB control is rotated, the AUTO TONE display
will go blank.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn
the control clockwise to adjust
sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise to
adjust sound
to the left speakers. The middle position
balances the sound between the speakers.
FADE: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the control clockwise to adjust the
sound to the front speakers and counterclockwise for the
rear speakers. The middle position balances
the sound
between the speakers.
Push these knobs back
into their stored positions when
you’re
not using them.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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.
Once the tape is playing,
use the VOL, AUTO TONE,
BAL, FADE, BASS and TREB 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.
The player automatically senses if the cassette tape is
metal or Cr02 and adjusts for best playback sound.
For metal tapes, the double-D symbol will appear
on
the display.
PREV (1): Press the PREV button 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 the NEXT button 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. The sound
will mute while searching for the next selection.
REV (4): Press this button to rapidly reverse the tape to
the beginning of the cassette 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
the reverse 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 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 the forward operation.
AM-FM: Press this button to switch from a tape to
the radio.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine TAPE AUX: Press this button to return to the tape
player when playing the radio. 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.
If you leave a cassette tape in the player while
listening
to the radio, it may become warm.
CLN:
If this message appears on the display, the
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 the 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.
CD Adapter Kits
It is possible to use a CD adapter kit with your cassette
tape player after activating the bypass feature on your
tape player.
To activate
the bypass feature, the ignition must be on.
Turn your radio off. Press TAPE AUX and hold for
three seconds. After three seconds, the tape symbol
in
the display will flash for two seconds indicating the
feature is active. Insert the adapter cassette again.
It will
power up the radio and begin playing.
This override routine will remain active
until EJECT
is pressed.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Rear Seat Audio (If Equipped)
This feature allows rear seat passengers to listen to a
different music source than the front seat passengers
including
AM-FM automatic tone control and cassette
tapes. For example, rear seat passengers may listen to a
cassette tape through headphones while
the driver listens
to
the radio through the front speakers. The rear seat
passengers have control
of the volume for each
headphone. Be aware that the front seat audio controls
always override the rear seat audio controls.
Note that this feature is intended for rear seat
passengers. Please
do not use headphones while driving.
PWR: Press this button to turn the rear seat audio
system
on or off. The rear speakers will be muted when
the power is turned on. You may operate the rear seat
audio functions even when the primary radio power
is off.
VOL: Press this knob lightly so it extends.
Turn the knob clockwise to increase volume and
counterclockwise
to decrease volume. Push the knob
back
in to its stored position when you’re not using it.
The upper VOL knob controls the upper headphone and
the lower
VOL knob controls the lower headphone.
AM-FM: Press this button to switch between AM, FM 1
and FM2. If the front passengers are already listening to
AM-FM, the rear seat audio controller will not switch
between the bands and cannot change the frequency.
SEEK: Press the up arrow to tune to the next higher
station and stay there. Press the down arrow to tune
to
the next lower station and stay there. The sound will
mute while seeking. The
SEEK button is inactive if the
AM-FM mode on the front radio is in use.
While listening to
a cassette tape, press the up arrow to
hear
the next selection on the tape. Press the down arrow
to go back to the previous selection.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine SCAN: Press and hold SEEK until the radio goes into
SCAN mode. SCAN allows you to listen to stations for
a few seconds. The receiver will continue
to scan and
momentarily stop at each station
until you press
SEEK again.
P.SET PROG: The front passengers must be listening
to something different for each of these three functions
to work:
Press this button to seek through your preset radio
stations set
on your primary radio pushbuttons.
When a cassette tape is playing, press this button to
go
to the other side of the tape.
TAPE CD: With a cassette tape in the player and the
radio playing, press this button to play a cassette tape.
Press
AM-FM to return to the radio when a cassette tape
is playing. The inactive tape will remain safely inside
the radio for future listening.
AM-FM Stereo with Compact Disc Player
and Automatic Tone Control
(If Equipped)
Playing the Radio
PWR-VOL: Press this knob to turn the system on and
off.
To increase volume, turn this knob clockwise. Turn
it counterclockwise to decrease volume. The knob is
capable of rotating continuously.
RECALL: Display the time with the ignition off by
pressing this button. When
the radio is playing, press
this button to recall the station frequency.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine SCV Your system has a feature called
Speed-Compensated-Volume (SCV). 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. Move the control ring behind the upper
knob clockwise
to adjust the SCV. Then, as you drive,
SCV automatically increases the volume, as necessary,
to overcome noise at any particular speed. The volume
level should always sound the same
to you as you drive.
If you don’t want to use SCV, turn the control all the
way down. Each detent
on the control ring allows for
more volume compensation at a faster rate
of speed.
Finding a Station
AM-FM: Press this button to switch between AM, FM 1
and FM2. The display will show your selection.
TUNE: Press this knob lightly so it extends. Turn it to
choose radio stations. Push
the knob back into its stored
position when you’re not using it.
SEEK: Press the right mow 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.
SCAN: Press and hold SEEK for two seconds until
SCAN appears on the display. SCAN allows you to
listen to stations for
a few seconds. The receiver will
continue to scan and momentarily stop at each station
until you press the button again. The sound will mute
while scanning.
PUSHBUTTONS: The six numbered pushbuttons let
you return to your favorite stations. You can set up
to
18 stations (six AM, six FM 1 and six FM2). Just:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press AM-FM to select the band.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press AUTO TONE to select the setting you prefer.
5. Press and hold one of the six pushbuttons. The sound
will mute. When
it returns, release the button.
Whenever you press that numbered button, the
station
you set will return and the tone you selected
will be automatically selected for that button.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine P.SCAN: The preset scan button lets you scan through
your favorite stations stored on your pushbuttons. Select
either the AM, FMl
or FM2 mode and then press
P.SCAN.
It will scan through each station stored on your
pushbuttons and stop for a few seconds before continuing
to scan through all of the pushbuttons. Press PSCAN
again or one of the pushbuttons
to stop scanning to listen
to a specific stored station. PSCAN
will light up on the
display while
in this mode. If one of the stations stored on
a pushbutton is too weak for the location you are in, the
radio display will show the channel number (Pl-P6) for
several seconds before advancing
to the next preset station.
Setting the Tone
BASS:
Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to increase bass
and counterclockwise to decrease bass. When the BASS
control is rotated, the AUTO TONE display will
go blank.
TREB: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the knob clockwise to increase
treble and counterclockwise
to decrease treble. When
the TREB control is rotated, the AUTO TONE display
will go blank.
If a station is weak or noisy, you may
want
to decrease the treble.
Push these knobs back into their stored positions when
you’re
not using them.
AUTO TONE: Press this button to select among the six
preset equalization settings and tailor the sound
to the
music or voice being heard. Each time you press the
button, the selection will switch
to one of the preset
settings of CLASSIC, NEWS, ROCK, POP,
CN
(CountryNestern) or JAZZ. To return to the manual
mode, press and release
this button until the AUTO
TONE display goes blank. This will return the tone
adjustment
to the BASS and TREB controls. If a BASS
or TREB control is rotated,
the AUTO TONE display
will go blank.
Adjusting the Speakers
BAL: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the control clockwise to adjust
sound to the right speakers and counterclockwise
to
adjust sound to the left speakers. The middle position
balances the sound between
the speakers.
FADE: Press lightly on this knob to release it from its
stored position. Turn the control clockwise to adjust the
sound
to the front speakers and counterclockwise for
rear speakers. The middle position balances
the sound
between the speakers.
Push these knobs back
into their stored positions when
you’re not using them.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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:
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
The disc player is very hot.
Press RECALL to make ERR go off the display.
try
again.)
PREV (1): Press PREV or the SEEK left arrow to
search for the previous selection. If you hold this button
or press it more than once, the disc will advance further.
Sound is muted in this mode.
RDM (2): Press this button to play the tracks on the disc
in random order. While in the
RDM mode, RANDOM
appears on the display. Press
RDM again to return to
normal play.
NEXT (3): Press NEXT or the SEEK right arrow to
search for the next selection. If
you hold this button or
press it more than once, the disc will advance further.
The next track number will appear on the display. Sound
is muted in this mode.
REV (4): Press and hold REV to return rapidly to a
favorite passage.
You will hear the disc selection play at
high speed while you press the
REV button. This allows
you to listen and find out when the disc is at the desired
selection. Release
REV to resume playing.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine FWD (6): Press and hold this button to advance rapidly
within a track.
You will hear the disc selection play at
high speed while you press the FWD button. This allows
you to listen and find out when the disc is at the desired
selection. Release FWD
to resume playing.
RECALL: Press this button to see what track is playing.
Press
it again within five seconds to see how long the
CD has been playing that track. Elapsed time is
displayed in minutes and tenths
of a second. The track
number
will also appear when a new track begins to
play. Press RECALL again to return to the time display.
AM-FM: While in the CD mode, press this button to
stop playing the CD and play the radio. The CD symbol
will still display but the word
CD will be replaced with
either
AM, FM 1 or FM2. (If the radio is turned off, the
disc stays
in the player and will resume playing at the
point where it stopped.)
CD AUX: To switch between the player and the radio
when
a disc is playing, press the AM-FM button. To
return to the player, press CD AUX. When a disc is
playing, the letters CD and the
CD symbol will appear
on the display. (If the radio is turned off, the disc stays
in the player and will resume playing at the point where
it stopped.)
EJECT Press this button to eject the disc from the
player and play the radio. When the same or a new disc
is inserted, the disc will start playing
on track one. If a
compact disc is
left sitting in the opening for more than
a few seconds,
the player will pull the CD back in. The
radio will continue playing. When the ignition
is off,
press this button to load a CD. If you leave a compact
disc in the player while listening
to the radio, it may
become warm.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Playing a Compact Disc in the Single Remote Disc
Player (If Equipped)
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 halfway). 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
CDs 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.
A disc that has been ejected but is still sitting in the
remote CD player will be pulled back into the player
after approximately
30 seconds. This protects the disc
and player from damage. The disc will not start playing.
To remove the disc, press the EJECT button and remove
the disc from the player.
All of the compact disc functions are controlled by the
radio buttons except for EJECT. When a disc is in the
player, a CD symbol
will appear on the display. When a
disc
is playing, the letters CD will appear next to the CD
symbol
in the bottom left corner. The track number will
also be displayed.
If the disc comes back out and ERR appears on the
display,
it could be that:
0 The disc is upside down.
0 It is dirty, scratched or wet.
There’s too much moisture in the air. (Wait about an
hour and try again.)
You are driving on a very rough road.
Please contact your dealership
if any error recurs or
cannot be corrected.
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