CHEVROLET TAHOE 2003 2.G Owners Manual

XMŸ Radio Messages
Radio Display
MessageCondition Action Required
XL (Explicit Language
Channels)XL on the radio display,
after the channel name,
indicates content with
explicit language.These channels, or any others, can be blocked at a
customer's request, by calling 1-800-852-XMXM (9696).
Updating Updating encryption
codeThe encryption code in your receiver is being updated, and
no action is required. This process should take no longer
than 30 seconds.
No Signal Loss of signal Your system is functioning correctly, but you are in a
location that is blocking the XM signal. When you move
into an open area, the signal should return.
Loading XM Acquiring channel audio
(after 4 second delay)Your radio system is acquiring and processing audio and
text data. No action is needed. This message should
disappear shortly.
CH Off Air Channel not in service This channel is not currently in service. Tune to another
channel.
CH Unavail Channel no longer
availableThis previously assigned channel is no longer assigned.
Tune to another station. If this station was one of your
presets, you may need to choose another station for that
preset button.
No Info Artist Name/Feature not
availableNo artist information is available at this time on this
channel. Your system is working properly.
No Info Song/Program Title not
availableNo song title information is available at this time on this
channel. Your system is working properly.
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XMŸ Radio Messages (cont'd)
Radio Display
MessageCondition Action Required
No Info Category Name not
availableNo category information is available at this time on this
channel. Your system is working properly.
No Info No Text/Informational
message availableNo text or informational messages are available at this
time on this channel. Your system is working properly.
Not Found No channel available for
the chosen categoryThere are no channels available for the category you
selected. Your system is working properly.
XM Locked Theft lock active The XM receiver in your vehicle may have previously been
in another vehicle. For security purposes, XM receivers
cannot be swapped between vehicles. If you receive this
message after having your vehicle serviced, check with the
servicing facility.
Radio ID Radio ID label
(channel 0)If you tune to channel 0, you will see this message
alternating with your XM Radio 8 digit radio ID label. This
label is needed to activate your service.
Unknown Radio ID not known
(should only be if
hardware failure)If you receive this message when you tune to channel 0,
you may have a receiver fault. Consult with your dealer.
Chk XMRcvr Hardware failure If this message does not clear within a short period of time,
your receiver may have a fault. Consult with your retail
location.
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Playing a Compact Disc
If playing a CD-R the sound quality may be reduced
due to CD-R quality, the method of recording, the quality
of the music that has been recorded and the way the
CD-R has been handled. You may experience an
increase in skipping, difficulty in ®nding tracks and/or
difficulty in loading and ejecting. If these problems occur
try a known good CD.
Do not add paper labels to discs, they could get caught
in the CD player.
Do not play 3 inch discs without a standard adapter disc.
If an error appears on the display, see ªCompact Disc
Messagesº later in this section.
LOAD CD
Z:Press the LOAD side of this button to
load CDs into the compact disc player. This compact
disc player will hold up to six discs.
To insert one disc, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and release the LOAD side of the LOAD CD
button.
3. Wait for the light, located to the right of the slot, to
turn green.
4. Load a disc. Insert the disc partway into the slot,
label side up. The player will pull the disc in.When a disc is inserted, the CD symbol will be
displayed. If you select an equalization setting for your
disc, it will be activated each time you play a disc.
If the radio is on or off, the disc will begin to play
automatically.
To insert multiple discs, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and hold the LOAD side of the LOAD CD
button for two seconds.
You will hear a beep and the light, located to the
right of the slot, will begin to ¯ash.
3. Once the light stops ¯ashing and turns green, load
a disc. Insert the disc partway into the slot, label
side up. The player will pull the disc in.
Once the disc is loaded, the light will begin ¯ashing
again. Once the light stops ¯ashing and turns green
you can load another disc. The disc player takes up
to six discs. Do not try to load more than six.
To load more than one disc but less than six, complete
Steps 1 through 3. When you have ®nished loading
discs, with the radio on or off, press the LOAD side of
the LOAD CD button to cancel the loading function. The
radio will begin to play the last CD loaded.
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When a disc is inserted, the CD symbol will be
displayed. If more than one disc has been loaded, a
number for each disc will be displayed. If you select an
equalization setting for your disc, it will be activated
each time you play a disc.
If the radio is on or off, the last disc loaded will begin to
play automatically.
As each new track starts to play, the track number will
appear on the display.
Playing a Speci®c Loaded Compact
Disc
For every CD loaded, a number will appear on the radio
display. To play a speci®c CD, ®rst press the CD AUX
button to start playing a CD. Then press the numbered
pushbutton that corresponds to the CD you want to
play. A small bar will appear under the CD number that
is playing, and the track number will appear.
If an error appears on the radio display, see ªCompact
Disc Messagesº later in this section.
LOAD CD
Z(Eject):Pressing the CD eject side of
this button will eject a single disc or multiple discs.
To eject the disc that is currently playing, press
and release this button. To eject multiple discs, press
and hold this button for two seconds. You will hear
a beep and the light will ¯ash to let you know when a
disc is being ejected.REMOVE CD will be displayed. You can now remove
the disc. If the disc is not removed, after 25 seconds, the
disc will be automatically pulled back into the receiver.
If you try to push the disc back into the receiver,
before the 25 second time period is complete, the
receiver will sense an error and will try to eject the disc
several times before stopping.
Do not repeatedly press the CD eject side of the
LOAD CD eject button to eject a disc after you have
tried to push it in manually. The receivers 25-second
eject timer will reset at each press of eject, which
will cause the receiver to not eject the disc until the
25-second time period has elapsed.
Once the player stops and the disc is ejected, remove
the disc. After removing the disc, press the PWR
knob off and then on again. This will clear the
disc-sensing feature and enable discs to be loaded into
the player again.
{REV (Reverse):Press and hold this button to
reverse quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a
reduced volume. Release it to play the passage.
The display will show elapsed time.
FWD
|(Forward):Press and hold this button to
advance quickly within a track. You will hear sound at a
reduced volume. Release it to play the passage. The
display will show elapsed time.
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RPT (Repeat):With repeat, you can repeat one track
or an entire disc. To use repeat, do the following:
·To repeat the track you are listening to, press and
release the RPT button. RPT will appear on the
display. Press RPT again to turn it off.
·To repeat the disc you are listening to, press and
hold the RPT button for two seconds. RPT will
appear on the display. Press RPT again to turn it off.
RDM (Random):With random, you can listen to
the tracks in random, rather than sequential, order, on
one disc or on all of the discs. To use random, do one of
the following:
·To play the tracks on the disc you are listening to in
random order, press and release the RDM button.
RANDOM ONE will appear on the display. Press
RDM again to turn it off.
·To play the tracks on all of the discs that are
loaded in random order, press and hold the RDM
button for more than two seconds. RANDOM
ALL will appear on the display. Press RDM again to
turn it off.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press AUTO EQ
to select the desired equalization setting while playing
a compact disc. The equalization will be automatically
set whenever you play a compact disc. For more
information on AUTO EQ, see ªAUTO EQº listed
previously in this section.
sSEEKt:Press the left arrow to go to the start of
the current track, if more than ten seconds have passed.
Press the right arrow to go to the next track. If you
press the button more than once, the player will continue
moving backward or forward through the disc.
sSCANt:To scan one disc, press and hold either
SCAN arrow for more than two seconds until SCAN
appears on the display and you hear a beep. Use this
feature to listen to 10 seconds of each track of the
currently selected disc. SCAN will appear on the display.
Press either SCAN arrow again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded discs, press and hold either SCAN
arrow for more than four seconds until DISC SCAN
appears on the display and you hear a beep. Use this
feature to listen to 10 seconds of the ®rst tracks of each
disc loaded. Press either SCAN arrow again, to stop
scanning.
RCL (Recall):Push this knob to see how long the
current track has been playing. To change the default
on the display (track or elapsed time), push the
knob until you see the display you want, then hold the
knob until the display ¯ashes. The selected display
will now be the default.
BAND:Press this button to play the radio when a
disc(s) is in the player.
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Using Song List Mode
The integrated six-disc CD changer has a feature called
song list. This feature is capable of saving 20 track
selections.
To save tracks into the song list feature, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the disc player on and load it with at least one
disc. See ªLOAD CDº listed previously in this
section for more information.
2. Check to see that the disc changer is not in song
list mode. S-LIST should not appear in the display.
If S-LIST is present, press the SONG LIST
button to turn it off.
3. Select the desired disc by pressing the numbered
pushbutton and then use the SEEK SCAN right
arrow button to locate the track that you want
to save. The track will begin to play.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for two or
more seconds to save the track into memory.
When SONG LIST is pressed a beep will be heard
immediately. After two seconds of pressing
SONG LIST continuously, two beeps will sound to
con®rm that the track has been saved.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other selections.
If you attempt to save more than 20 selections,
S-LIST FULL will appear on the display.To play the song list, press the SONG LIST button. One
beep will be heard and S-LIST will appear on the
display. The recorded tracks will begin to play in the
order that they were saved.
You may seek through the song list by using the SEEK
SCAN arrows. Seeking past the last saved track will
return you to the ®rst saved track.
To delete tracks from the song list, perform the following
steps:
1. Turn the disc player on.
2. Press the SONG LIST button to turn song list on.
S-LIST will appear on the display.
3. Press the SEEK SCAN arrows to select the desired
track to be deleted.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for two
seconds. When pressing SONG LIST, one beep
will be heard immediately. After two seconds
of pressing the SONG LIST button continuously,
two beeps will be heard to con®rm that the track has
been deleted.
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 will be added to the end of the list.
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To delete the entire song list, perform the following
steps:
1. Turn the disc player on.
2. Press the SONG LIST button to turn song list on.
S-LIST will appear on the display.
3. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for more
than four seconds. A beep will be heard, followed
by two beeps after two seconds and a ®nal beep will
be heard after four seconds. S-LIST EMPTY will
appear on the display indicating that the song
list has been deleted.
If a disc is ejected, and the song list contains saved
tracks from that disc, 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 the SONG LIST button.
One beep will be heard and S-LIST will be removed from
the display.Compact Disc Messages
CHECK CD:If this message appears on the radio
display, it could be due to one of the following reasons:
·You're driving on a very rough road. When the
road becomes smoother, the disc should play.
·The disc 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 can't be
corrected, contact your dealer. If your radio displays an
error message, write it down and provide it to your
dealer when reporting the problem.
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Listening to a DVD
If your vehicle has Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
system and a DVD is playing, the DVD symbol
will appear on the radio display indicating that the DVD
is available and can be listened to through your
vehicles speakers. To listen to the DVD, press the CD
AUX button until RSE appears on the radio display. The
current radio source will stop and the DVD sound will
come through the speakers. To stop listening to
the DVD, press the CD AUX button, if a CD is loaded,
or press the BAND button to select a different source.
When the RSE system is turned off, the DVD symbol will
go off of the radio display and the radio will display
RSE OFF. The radio will return to the last radio source
that you were listening to.
Rear Seat Entertainment System
Your vehicle may have the optional Digital Versatile Disc
(DVD) Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) system. The
RSE system includes a DVD player, a video display
screen, two sets of wireless headphones, and a remote
control.
Before You Drive
The RSE system is for rear seat passengers. The driver
cannot safely view the video screen while driving and
should not try to do so.
DVD Player
The DVD player is located in the overhead console. The
DVD player can be controlled by the buttons on the
DVD player and by the buttons on the remote control.
See ªRemote Controlº later in this section for more
information.
The DVD player power may be turned on when the
ignition is in RUN, ACCESSORY, or when Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) is active.
The RSE system DVD player is only compatible with
DVDs of the appropriate DVD region code for the
country that the vehicle was sold in. The DVD region
code is printed on the jacket of most DVDs.
The DVD player will also play audio CDs. Home
recorded CDs (CD-R or CD-RW formats) will not play in
this DVD player.
If an error message appears on the video screen, see
ªDVD Messagesº later in this section.
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DVD Player Buttons
O(Power):Press this button to turn the RSE system
on or off.
X(Eject):Press this button to eject a DVD or a CD.
SRCE (Source):Press this button to toggle between
the DVD player and an auxiliary source.
c(Stop):Press this button to stop the play of the
DVD player. Press this button twice to return to
the beginning of the DVD.
k(Play/Pause):Press this button to turn the DVD
player on, to start play of a DVD or CD and to
toggle between play and pause of a DVD or CD.
y(Menu):Press this button to access the DVD menu.
This button only operates with a DVD.
z(Display Menu):Press this button to modify the
video screen display characteristics.
n,q,p,o(Menu Navigation):Use the arrow
keys to navigate through a menu.
r(Enter):Press this button to select items within
a menu.
Playing a Disc
To play a disc, gently insert the disc with the label side
up into the loading slot. The DVD player will continue
loading the disc and the player will automatically start, if
the vehicle ignition is in RUN, ACCESSORY, or when
RAP is active.
If a disc is already in the player, press the play/pause
button on the face of the DVD player or on the
remote control.
Some DVDs will not allow you to fast forward or skip the
copyright or previews. Some DVDs will begin playing
after the previews have ®nished. If the DVD does not
begin to play the main title, refer to the on-screen
instructions, as the DVD may be displaying its main
title menu.
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Stopping and Resume Playback
To stop a disc, press and release the stop button on the
DVD player or the remote control. To resume playback,
press the play/pause button on the DVD player or
the remote control. As long as the disc has not been
ejected and the stop button has not been pressed twice,
the movie should resume play from where it was last
stopped. If the disc has been ejected, or if the stop
button has been pressed twice, the disc will resume play
at the beginning.
Ejecting a Disc
Press the eject button on the DVD player to eject
the disc.
If a disc is ejected from the player, but is not removed,
the DVD player will reload the disc within 25 to 30
seconds. The disc will then be stored in the DVD player.
The DVD player will not resume play of this disc
automatically.
DVD Messages
The following errors may be displayed on the video
screen:
·Disc Format Error:This message will be displayed
if a disc is inserted upside down, if the disc is not
able to be read or if the disc format is not
compatible with the DVD player.
·Load/Eject Error:This message will be displayed if
the disc is not properly loaded or ejected.
·Disc Play Error:This message will be displayed if
the DVD player can not play the disc. Severely
damaged discs will cause this error.
·Region Code Error:This message will be
displayed if the region code of the DVD is not
compatible with the DVD player.
·No Disc:This message will be displayed if the
PLAY button is pressed and no disc is in the player.
Parental Control Button:This button is located on the
front of the DVD console, behind the video screen,
near the driver of the vehicle. Press this button while a
DVD or CD is playing to freeze the video and mute
the audio. The video screen will display Parental Control
ON and the power indicator light on the DVD player
will ¯ash. It will also disable all other button operations
from the remote control and the DVD player, with
the exception of the eject button. The driver will then be
able to gain the attention of the rear seat passengers.
Press this button again to restore normal operation
of the DVD player.
This button may also be used to turn the DVD player
power on and automatically resume play if the vehicle is
in an enabled power mode.
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