CHEVROLET CORVETTE 2010 6.G Owners Manual

AUTOn(Automatic Volume):Automatic volume
automatically adjusts the audio system to make up for
road and wind noise, by increasing the volume as
vehicle speed increases.
For vehicles without the Bose
®sound system:
1. Set the volume at the desired level.
2. Press AUTO
nto select AUTO VOLUME MIN
(minimum), AUTO VOLUME MED (medium),
or AUTO VOLUME MAX (maximum). Each higher
setting provides more volume compensation at
faster vehicle speeds.
3. Press AUTO
nuntil AUTO VOLUME OFF
displays to turn automatic volume off. For vehicles with the Bose
®sound system:
Vehicles with the Bose
®sound system include Bose®
AudioPilot®noise compensation technology. AudioPilot®
continuously adjusts the audio system equalization
to compensate for background noise. This feature is
most effective at lower radio volume settings where
background noise can affect how well the audio is
heard. At higher volume settings, there may be little
or no adjustments by AudioPilot
®. For additional
information on AudioPilot®, visit bose.com/audiopilot.
To use AudioPilot
®:
1. Set the volume at the desired level.
2. Press AUTO
nuntil AUTO VOLUME ON
displays.
3. Press AUTO
nuntil AUTO VOLUME OFF
displays to turn off AudioPilot®.
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Using the Radio
Radio Data System (RDS)
RDS features are available for use only on FM stations
that broadcast RDS information. The station name or
call letters display while the radio is tuned to an RDS
station.
This system relies upon receiving specific information
from these stations and works only when the
information is available. In rare cases, a radio station
can broadcast incorrect information that causes the
radio features to work improperly. If this happens,
contact the radio station.
With RDS, the radio can:
.Seek to stations broadcasting the selected type of
programming.
.Receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies.
.Display messages from radio stations.
.Seek to stations with traffic announcements.
.Provide the time of day.
.Provide a program type (PTY) for current
programming.
.Provide the name of the program being broadcast.
XM™ Satellite Radio Service
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. A service
fee is required to receive the XM service. For more
information, contact XM at xmradio.com or call
1-800-929-2100 in the U.S. and xmradio.ca or call
1-877-438-9677 in Canada.
Finding an FM/AM/XM Station
BAND : Press to switch between FM1, FM2, AM, XM1
or XM2.
O e(Tune): Turn to select radio stations.
tSEEKu:Press to go to the previous or to the next
station and stay there.
The radio only stops at stations with a strong signal.
tSCANu: Press and holdtorufor two seconds
until FREQUENCY SCAN displays. The radio goes to a
station, plays for a few seconds, then goes on to the
next station. Press
toruagain to stop scanning.
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To scan preset stations:
Press and hold
torufor four seconds until PRESET
SCAN displays. The radio goes to the next preset
station, plays for a few seconds, then goes to the next
preset station. Press
toruagain or one of the
pushbuttons to stop scanning presets.
The radio only scans stations with a strong signal.
1-6 (Preset Pushbuttons) : Press to play stations that
are programmed to the radio preset pushbuttons.
Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM,
six XM1 and six XM2), and equalization settings for
each station can be programmed on the six numbered
pushbuttons.
To set presets:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2.
3. Tune in the desired station. 4. Press AUTO EQ to select the equalization.
5. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until the radio beeps once.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
Finding a Category (CAT) Station
(XM Satellite Radio Service Only)
To select an XM station by category: 1. Press CAT. The last selected category displays.
2. Turn the
O eknob to select a category.
3. Press
toruto go to a category's station.
SEEKING CATEGORY displays.
4. To go to another station within that category, press the CAT button to display the category, then press
toruto go to another station.
If the radio cannot find the desired category, NONE
displays and the radio returns to the last station tuned.
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SCAN :To scan the stations within a category:
1. Press CAT. The last selected category displays.
2. Turn the
O eknob to select a category.
3. Press and hold
toruuntil a beep sounds and
SCAN CATEGORY displays. The radio begins
scanning the stations in the category.
4. Press
toruto stop scanning.
Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error) : Displays if the
radio is no longer configured properly for the vehicle.
The vehicle must be returned to your dealer/retailer
for service.
LOC (Locked) : Displays when the THEFTLOCK
®
system has locked up. The vehicle must be returned to
your dealer/retailer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or cannot be corrected,
contact your dealer/retailer.
RDS Messages
ALERT! : Alert warns of local or national emergencies.
When an alert announcement comes on the current
radio station, ALERT! displays. The announcement
is heard, 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 (information) displays. Press
4to see the
message. The message can 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
4. A new
group of words 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 by
pressing this button. The last message until a new
message is received or the radio is tuned to a different
station.
NO INFO displays when a message is not available
from a station.
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TRAF (Traffic) :TA (traffic) displays when the station
broadcasts traffic announcements, the announcement
will be played.
Press TRAF and the radio seeks to a station that
broadcasts traffic announcements. When a station
is found, the radio stops seeking and TA displays.
NO TRAFFIC INFO displays if a station that broadcasts
traffic announcements can not be found.
Press TRAF to turn off the traffic announcements if TA
is on the display.
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.
Radio Messages for XM Only
See XM Radio Messageson page 4‑95XM Radio
Messages later in this section for further detail.
Using the CD Player
The CD player can play smaller 3 inch (8 cm) single
CDs with an adapter ring.
A CD in the player it stays in the player when the
ignition is turned off. When the ignition or radio is turned
on, the CD starts to play where it stopped, if it was the
last selected audio source.
Loading a CD
Single CD Radio:
Insert the CD partway into the slot, label side up, until
the player pulls the CD in. The CD begins playing
automatically.
The CD symbol displays when a CD is inserted, and
the track number displays when each new track starts
to play.
Six-Disc CD Radio:
If more than one CD has been loaded, a number for
each CD displays.
M(Load): Press to load CDs into the CD player.
To insert one CD:
1. Press
M.
2. Load a CD and insert the CD partway into the slot, label side up when INSERT CD # displays.
The player pulls the CD in.
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To insert multiple CDs: 1. Press and hold
Mfor two seconds. Two beeps
sound and LOAD ALL DISCS displays.
2. Load a CD and insert the CD partway into the slot, label side up when INSERT CD # displays.
The player pulls the CD in.
3. Wait for INSERT CD # to display after the previous CD is loaded, then load the next CD.
The CD player takes up to six CDs.
To load more than one CD but less than six, complete
Steps 1 through 3. When finished loading CDs, press
the
Mbutton to cancel the loading function. The radio
begins to play the last CD loaded.
Playing a CD
O e(Tune): Turn to go to the next or previous track.
{(Reverse): Press and hold to reverse within the
current track.
|(Fast Forward): Press and hold to fast forward
through the current track.
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.
tSCANu: To scan one CD, press and hold either
arrow for more than two seconds until SCAN displays
and a beep sounds. The radio goes to the next track,
plays for 10 seconds, then goes to the next track.
Press either arrow again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded CDs, press and hold either arrow
for more than four seconds until SCAN displays and a
beep sounds. Use this feature to listen to 10 seconds of
the first track of each loaded CD. Press either arrow
again, to stop scanning.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization) : Press to
select the equalization setting while playing a CD.
The equalization is stored when a CD is played. For
more information on AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ”listed
previously in this section.
BAND : Press to listen to the radio when a CD is
playing. The inactive CD(s) remains inside the radio for
future listening.
CD AUX (Auxiliary) : Press to play a CD when listening
to the radio. CD displays when a CD is in the player.
If your system has a remote playback device, pressing
this button a second time allows the remote device
to play.
X(Eject): Press to eject a CD from the Single CD
Radio and the Six‐Disc CD Radio.
Single CD Radio: PressXto eject a CD.
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Six-Disc CD Radio:
Press Xto eject the CD that is currently playing.
To eject multiple CDs: 1. Press and hold Xfor two seconds. A beep sounds
and EJECT ALL displays.
2. The ejected CD can be removed when REMOVE DISC displays.
To stop ejecting the CDs, press the
MorX.
The CD is automatically pulled back into the player if
the CD is not removed after 25 seconds. Pushing a CD
back into the player, before the 25 second time period is
complete causes the player to sense an error and the
CD player tries to eject the CD several times before
stopping.
Wait for the timer to expire before pressing
Xagain.
Pressing
Xrepeatedly after trying to push a CD in
manually causes the CD players 25-second eject timer
to reset.
RPT (Repeat) : Press to hear a track or an entire CD
over again.
Single CD Radio:
Press RPT to hear a track over again, REPEAT
displays. Press again to turn off repeat, REPEAT OFF
displays. Six-Disc CD Radio:
.Press RPT until REPEAT displays to repeat a
track.
.Press RPT until REPEAT ONE DISC displays to
repeat an entire CD
.Press RPT until REPEAT OFF displays to turn off
repeat.
RDM (Random) : Press to hear the tracks in random,
rather than sequential order, on one CD or all of the
loaded CDs.
Single CD Radio:
Press and release RDM, until RANDOM DISC PLAY
displays. Press and release the RDM until RANDOM
OFF displays to turn off random play.
Six-Disc CD Radio:
.Press and release RDM until RANDOM DISC
PLAY displays to play the tracks on one CD in
random order. Once all tracks on this disc have
played, RANDOM DISC PLAY will repeat.
.Press and release RDM until RANDOM ALL
DISCS displays to play the tracks on all of the CDs
that are loaded in random order.
.Press and release RDM until RANDOM OFF
displays to turn off random play.
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R(Song List):The Song List feature can save
20 track selections.
To save tracks:
1. If S-LIST is displayed, press
Rto turn it off.
2. Select the desired CD by pressing the numbered pushbutton and then use
uorO eknob to
select the track to be saved.
3. Press and hold
Runtil a beep sounds and
ADDED SONG displays.
4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to save other selections.
SONGLIST FULL displays if more than 20 selections
are stored.
To play tracks:
1. Press
R. One beep sounds and S-LIST displays.
The recorded tracks begin to play in the order they
were saved
2. Press
toruto go back or forward within the
saved tracks. To delete tracks:
1. Press
Rto turn song list on. S-LIST displays.
2. Press
toru, use theO eknob to select the
desired track to be deleted.
3. Press and hold
Runtil SONG REMOVED
displays.
After a track has been deleted, the remaining tracks are
moved up the list. When another track is added to the
song list, the track is added to the end of the list.
To delete the entire song list:
1. Press
Rto turn song list on. S-LIST displays.
2. Press and hold
Rfor more than four seconds.
One beep sounds and SONGLIST EMPTY
displays to confirm that the song list has been
deleted.
If a CD is ejected, and the song list contains saved
tracks from that CD, those tracks are automatically
deleted from the song list. Any tracks saved to the song
list again are added to the bottom of the list.
To end song list mode, press
R. One beep sounds
and S-LIST is removed from the display.
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Care of CDs and the CD Player
Care of CDs
Store CD(s) in their original cases or other protective
cases and away from direct sunlight and dust. The CD
player scans the bottom of the disc. If the bottom of a
CD is damaged it may not play properly or at all. Do not
touch the bottom of a CD while handling it. Pick up CDs
by grasping the outer edges or the edge of the hole and
the outer edge.
If the surface of a CD is dirty, take a soft, lint free
cloth or dampen a clean, soft cloth in a mild, neutral
detergent solution mixed with water, and clean it. Make
sure the wiping process starts from the center to
the edge.
Care of the CD Player
Do not add labels to a CD, it could get caught in the
CD player. Use a marking pen to write on the top of the
CD if a description is needed.
Do not use CD lens cleaners, they could damage the
CD player. Notice:
If a label is added to a CD, or more than one
CD is inserted into the slot at a time, or an attempt
is made to play scratched or damaged CDs, the CD
player could be damaged. While 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 displays, see “CD Messages”later in this
section.
Using the Auxiliary Input Jack
The radio system has an auxiliary input jack located on
the right side of the faceplate. This is not an audio
output; do not plug the headphone set into the front
auxiliary input jack. An external audio device can be
connected to the auxiliary input jack for use as another
source for audio listening.
Drivers are encouraged to set up any auxiliary device
while the vehicle is in P (Park). See Defensive Driving
on page 5‑2.
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Connect a 3.5 mm (1/8 in.) cable to the radio’s front
auxiliary input jack to use a portable audio player.
The radio displays AUX INPUT DEVICE when a device
is connected and begins playing audio from that device.
Top Knob (Power/Volume) : Turn to increase or
decrease the volume of the portable player. Additional
volume adjustments can be made from the portable
device.
BAND : Press to listen to the radio while a portable
audio device is playing. The portable audio device
continues playing.
CD/AUX (CD/Auxiliary) : Press to play a CD while a
portable audio device is playing. Press again and the
system begins playing audio from the connected
portable audio player. If a portable audio player is
connected, AUX INPUT DEVICE displays. If a portable
audio player is not connected, AUX INPUT DEVICE
does not display.Using an MP3
MP3 Format
Radios with the MP3 feature can only play CD-R discs.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 files on the
same disc.
Supported File Structure
Radios with the MP3 feature support up to:
.50 folders.
.11 folders in depth.
.50 playlists.
.255 files.
.10 sessions.
Root Directory:
The root directory is treated as a folder. Files are stored
in the root directory when the disc or storage device
does not contain folders. Files accessed from the root
directory display as F1 ROOT.
Empty Folder:
Folders that do not contain files are skipped, and the
player advances to the next folder that contains files.
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