buttons GMC CANYON 2008 User Guide
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Notice:The chime signals related to safety belts,
parking brake, and other functions of your vehicle
operate through the radio/entertainment system.
If that equipment is replaced or additional equipment
is added to your vehicle, the chimes may not
work. Make sure that replacement or additional
equipment is compatible with your vehicle before
installing it. SeeAccessories and Modifications
on page 5-3.
Setting the Time
Radios without Radio Data
Systems (RDS)
Press and hold HR (hour) until the correct hour displays.
Press and hold MIN (minute) until the correct minute
displays. There is an initial two-second delay before the
clock goes into time-set mode. Display the time with
the ignition off, by pressing RCL (recall), HR, or MIN.
Radios with Radio Data Systems (RDS)
The radio could have a button marked with an H or
HR to represent hours and an M or MN to represent
minutes.
Press and hold the hour button until the correct
hour displays. Press and hold the minute button until
the correct minute displays. The time can be set with
the ignition on or off.
To synchronize the time with an FM station broadcasting
Radio Data System (RDS) information, press and hold
the hour and minute buttons at the same time until RDS
TIME displays. To accept this time, press and hold the
hour and minute buttons, at the same time, for another
two seconds. If the time is not available from the station,
NO UPDAT (update) displays.
RDS time is broadcast once a minute. After tuning to
an RDS broadcast station, it could take a few minutes
for the time to update.
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Finding a Station
AM FM (AM-FM Radio):Press to switch between FM1,
FM2, or AM. The selection displays.
BAND:Press to switch between FM1, FM2, AM, or
XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). The selection displays.
opTUNE:Turn to select radio stations.
oSEEKp:Press the arrows to go to the previous
or to the next station and stay there.
To scan stations, press and hold either arrow for
two seconds until a beep sounds. The radio goes to
a station, plays for a few seconds, then goes to the
next station. Press either arrow again to stop scanning.
To scan preset stations, press and hold either arrow
for more than four seconds until two beeps sound.
The radio goes to the rst preset station stored on the
pushbuttons, plays for a few seconds, then goes to
the next preset station. Press either arrow again to
stop scanning presets.
qr/©¨SEEK:Press the SEEK or SEEK/TYPE
arrows to go to the previous or to the next station
and stay there.
qr/©¨SCAN:Press and hold either SCAN
arrow or SCAN/TYPE arrows for more than two seconds.
SCAN or SCN displays and the radio produces one beep.
The radio goes to a station, plays for a few seconds,
then goes to the next station. Press either SCAN arrow
or SCAN/TYPE arrows again, or for the Radio with
Six-Disc CD player, one of the pushbuttons to stop
scanning presets.
To scan preset stations, press and hold either SCAN
arrow or SCAN/TYPE arrows for more than four seconds.
PSCN or PSC displays and the radio produces one beep
or depending on the radio, two beeps. The radio goes to
a preset station, plays for a few seconds, then goes to the
next preset station. Press either SCAN arrow or SCAN/
TYPE arrows again, or for the Radio with CD, one of the
pushbuttons to stop scanning presets.
The radio only scans stations with a strong signal that are
in the selected band.
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Setting Preset Stations
If your radio does not have XM™, up to 18 stations
(six FM1, six FM2, and six AM) can be programmed on
the six numbered pushbuttons.
If your radio has XM™, up to 30 stations (six FM1,
six FM2, six AM, six XM1 and six XM2 (if equipped))
can be programmed on the six numbered pushbuttons.
To program either radio:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press BAND to select FM1, FM2, AM, or XM1 or
XM2 (if equipped).
For the AM-FM Radio, press AM FM to select
FM1, FM2, or AM.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until the radio beeps once. When
that numbered pushbutton is pressed again,
the station that was stored, returns.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
AUDIO:Push and release until BASS/TREB, or
depending on the radio, BASS, MID, or TREB displays.
Turn to increase or to decrease. The tone display
shows the bass or the treble level. If a station is
weak or has static, decrease the treble.
For the AM-FM Radio, press and hold thewx
arrows to increase or to decrease the tone.
To adjust the bass/treble or bass/midrange/treble to
the middle position, press and hold the AUDIO knob.
The radio produces one beep and adjusts the display
level to the middle position.
For the AM-FM Radio, adjust bass or treble to the
middle position, select BAS (bass) or TRE (treble).
Then press and hold for more than two seconds until
a beep sounds. B (balance) and a zero or T (treble)
and a zero displays.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, push and hold the AUDIO knob when no tone
or speaker control displays. ALL CENTERED displays
and a beep sounds.
For the AM-FM Radio, adjust both tone controls and
both speaker controls to the middle position, rst
exit out of audio mode by pressing another button,
causing the radio to perform that function or wait
ve seconds for the display to return to time of day.
Then press and hold for more than two seconds
until a beep sounds. CEN (center) displays.
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Setting Preset PTYs (RDS Only)
For the Radio with Six-Disc CD player, the
six pushbuttons have factory PTY presets.
Up to 12 PTYs (six FM1 and six FM2), can be
programmed on the numbered pushbuttons, by
performing the following steps:
1. Press BAND to select FM1 or FM2.
2. Press the TYPE button to activate program type
select mode. P-TYPE and the last selected PTY
displays.
3. Turn the TYPE knob or press and release the
TYPE button to select a PTY.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until a beep sounds. When that
numbered pushbutton is pressed, the PTY
that was set, returns.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
RDS Messages
ALERT!:For the Radio with CD, the Alert feature
warns of local or national emergencies. When an alert
announcement comes on the current radio station,
ALERT! displays. 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.
INFO (Information):If the current station has a
message, the information symbol or INFO displays.
Press this button to 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 displays every three seconds. To scroll through
the message, press and release the INFO button. A new
group of words display after every press of this button.
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