buttons GMC SIERRA DENALI 2003 User Guide

Trip Information Button
Use the trip information button to scroll through the
SEASON ODOMETER, PERSONAL TRIP ON/OFF,
BUSINESS TRIP ON/OFF, HOURMETER, ANNUAL
LOG and TIMER.
If the personal trip and/or the business
trip are set to ON, you will also be able to scroll
through more messages. See
Personal Trip and
Business Trip next for more information.
If your vehicle is not equipped with the DIC steering
wheel buttons you can select the trip information
by pressing the trip odometer reset stem
on the
instrument panel cluster.
Personal Trip
If the PERSONAL TRIP is on (turn it on or off by
pressing the select button) you will also be able to scroll
through the following:
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PERSONAL: XX MI - This shows the current
distance traveled since the last reset for the
personal trip odometer in either miles or kilometers.
PERSONAL: XX.X MPG
- This shows the amount
of fuel used for the personal trip.
PERSONAL: AVG ECONOMY
- This shows how
many miles per gallon of fuel your vehicle is
getting for the personal trip based on current and
past driving conditions.
PERSONAL: AVG MPH - This shows the vehicle’s
average speed for the personal trip.
PERSONAL: % ANNUAL - This shows the ratio of
personal trip miles to annual miles as a percent.
You can reset the personal trip odometer by pressing
and holding the trip odometer reset stem.
Business Trip
If the BUSINESS TRIP is on (turn it on or off by
pressing the select button) you will also be able
to scroll
through the following:
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BUSINESS: XX MI - This shows the current
distance traveled since the last reset for the
business trip odometer in either miles or kilometers.
BUSINESS: XX.X MPG
- This shows the amount
of fuel used for the business trip.
BUSINESS: AVG ECONOMY
- This shows how
many miles per gallon
of fuel your vehicle is
getting for the business trip based on current and
past driving conditions.
BUSINESS: AVG MPH
- This shows the vehicle’s
average speed for the business trip.
BUSINESS:
Yo ANNUAL - This shows the ratio of
business trip miles to annual miles as a percent.
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To reset the personal or business trip information, do
the following: press and hold select button for two
seconds while in one of the personal or business trip
modes. This will reset all of the information for the
personal or business trip, or
if your vehicle does not
have the DIC steering wheel control buttons, press the
reset stem on the instrument panel cluster.
You can also reset the PERSONAL:
XX MI, or
BUSINESS:
XX MI, while they are displayed by pressing
the reset stem on the cluster.
If you press and hold
the reset stem or select button for four seconds,
the display
will show the distance traveled since the last
ignition cycle for the personal or business trip.
Season Odometer
Press the trip information button, or the trip odometer
reset step, until SEASON ODOMETER appears on
the display. This shows the total distance the vehicle has
been driven in either miles or kilometers. Pressing the
reset stem located on the instrument cluster with
the vehicle
off will also display the season odometer.
Hourmeter
Press the trip button to scroll to the hourmeter. The
hourmeter shows the total number of hours the engine
has run. Pressing the reset stem on the instrument
cluster will also display the hourmeter after the season
odometer is displayed.
Annual Log
Press the trip button, or the reset stem on the instrument
panel cluster, to scroll to the annual
log. The annual
log shows the mileage accumulated since
it was
last reset.
Po reset the annual log, press and hold the
select button, or the trip odometer reset stem for
approximately two seconds.
Timer
The DIC can be used as a stopwatch. Press the select
button, or the trip odometer reset stem, while TIMER
is displayed to start the timer. The display will show the
amount of time that has passed since the timer was
last reset (not including time the ignition is
off). Time will
continue to be counted as long as the ignition is on,
even
if another display is being shown on the DIC. The
timer will record up to 99 hours, 59 minutes and
59 seconds (99:59:59) after which the display will roll
back to zero.
To stop the counting of time, press the select button
briefly while TIMER is displayed.
To reset the timer to zero, press and hold the select
button, or the trip odometer reset stem, while TIMER is
displayed.
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Fuel Information Button
Use the fuel information button to scroll through the
range, average fuel economy, instant fuel economy and
the GM
Oil Life SystemTM.
If your vehicle is not equipped with the DIC steering
wheel control buttons you will not be able to display the
fuel information.
Fuel Range
Press the fuel information button until RANGE appears
to display the remaining distance you can drive
without refueling. It’s based on fuel economy and the
fuel remaining in the tank. The display will show
LOW if
the fuel level is low.
The fuel economy data used to determine fuel range is
an average of recent driving conditions. As your
driving conditions change, this data is gradually updated.
Fuel range cannot be reset.
Average Fuel Economy
Press the fuel information button until AVG appears in
the display. Average fuel economy is how many
miles per gallon your vehicle is getting based on current
and past driving conditions.
Press and hold the select button while AVG.ECON is
displayed to reset the average fuel economy. Average
fuel economy will then
be calculated starting from
that point.
If the average fuel economy is not reset, it
will be continually updated each time you drive.
Instant Fuel Economy
Press the fuel information button until INST appears in
the display. Instant fuel economy is how many miles
per gallon your vehicle is at the particular moment
in time. The instant fuel economy cannot be reset.
GM Oil Life SystemTM
Press the fuel information button until ENGINE OIL LIFE
appears in the display. The GM
Oil Life SystemTM
shows an estimate of the oil’s remaining useful life. It
will show
100% when the system is reset after an
oil change. It will alert you
to change your oil on a
schedule consistent with your driving conditions.
Always reset the engine oil life after and oil change.
To
reset the Oil Life System press and hold the select
button while ENGINE
OIL LIFE is displayed.
The DIC does not replace the need to maintain your
vehicle as recommended in the Maintenance Schedule
in this manual. Also, the oil change reminder will not
detect dusty conditions or engine malfunctions that may
affect the oil. Also, the oil change reminder does not
measure how much
oil you have in your engine. So, be
sure to check your oil level often. See
Engine Oil on
page 5- 13.
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Personalization Button
You can program certain features to a preferred setting
for up to two people. Press the personalization button
to scroll through the following personalization features.
All of the personalization options may not be available
on your vehicle. only the options available will be
displayed on your DIC.
If your vehicle is not equipped with the DIC steering
wheel buttons you will not have any of these
personalization options except for DISPLAY LANGUAGE. See DISPLAY LANGUAGE later in this
section for more information.
ALARM WARNING TYPE
AUTOMATIC LOCKING
0 AUTOMATIC UNLOCKING
SEAT POSITION RECALL
PERIMETER LIGHTING
REMOTE LOCK FEEDBACK
REMOTE UNLOCK FEEDBACK
HEADLAMPS ON AT EXIT
CURB VIEW ASSIST
EASY EXIT SEAT
DISPLAY UNITS (E/M)
DISPLAY LANGUAGE The driver’s
preferences are recalled by pressing the
unlock button on the remote keyless entry transmitter or
by pressing the appropriate memory button
1 or 2
located on the driver’s door.
Alarm Warning Type
Press the personalization button until ALARM
WARNING TYPE appears in the display. To select your
personalization for alarm warning type, press the
select button while ALARM WARNING TYPE is
displayed on the DIC. Pressing the select button will
scroll through the following choices:
ALARM WARNING: BOTH
(default): The headlamps
will flash and the horn will chirp when the alarm is
active.
ALARM WARNING:
OFF: There will be no alarm
warning on activation.
ALARM WARNING: HORN: The horn will chirp when
the alarm is active.
ALARM WARNING: LAMPS: The headlamps will flash
when the alarm is active.
Choose one of the four options and press the
personalization button while it is displayed on the DIC to
select it and move on to the next feature. For more
information on alarm warning type, see
Content
Theft-Deterrent
on page 2- 13.
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Display Language Select Button
To select your personalization for display language,
press the select button while DISPLAY LANGUAGE is
displayed on the DIC. Pressing the select button
will scroll through the following languages:
English
French
0 Spanish
You can also scroll through the different languages by
pressing and holding the trip reset stem for four
seconds, as long as you are in the season
odometer mode.
Choose one of the three options and press the
personalization button while it
is displayed on the DIC to
select it.
If you accidentally choose a language that you don’t
want or understand, press and hold the personalization
button and the trip information button at the same
time. The DIC will begin scrolling through the languages
in their particular language. English will be in English,
French
will be in French and so on. When you see
the language that you would like, release both buttons.
The
DIC will then display the information in the
language you chose. The
select button is used to reset certain functions and
turn
off or acknowledge messages on the DIC display.
The select button also toggles through the options
available in each personalization menu. For example, this
button will reset the trip odometers, turn
off the FUEL
LEVEL LOW message, and toggle through the languages
you can select the DIC
to display information in.
DIC Warnings and Messages
Warning messages are displayed on the DIC to notify
the driver that the status of the vehicle has changed and
that some action may be needed by the driver to
correct the condition. If there is more than one message
that needs to be displayed they will appear one after
another. Some messages may not require immediate
action but you should press the select button to
acknowledge that you received the message and clear it
from the display because they are more urgent. These
messages require action before they can be removed
from the DIC display. The following are the possible
messages that can be displayed and some information
about them.
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Audio System@)
Notice: Before you add any sound equipment to
your vehicle
- like a tape player, CB radio, mobile
telephone or two-way radio
- be sure you can
add what you want.
If you can, it’s very important to
do
it properly. Added sound equipment may
interfere with the operation
of your vehicle’s engine,
Delphi Electronics radio or other systems, and
even damage them. Your vehicle’s systems may
interfere with the operation of sound equipment that
has been added improperly.
So, before adding sound equipment, check with
your dealer and be sure to check federal rules
covering mobile radio and telephone units.
Your audio system has been designed to operate easily
and to give years of listening pleasure. You will get
the most enjoyment out of it
if you acquaint yourself with
it first. Find out what your audio system can do and
how to operate all of its controls to be sure you’re getting
the most out of the advanced engineering that went
into it. Your vehicle
may have a feature called Retained
Accessory Power (RAP). With RAP, you can play your
audio system even after the ignition is turned
off.
See “Retained Accessory Power (RAP)” under Ignition
Positions on page
2- 15.
Setting the Time
Press and hold the HR button until the correct hour
appears on the display. Press and hold the
MN button
until the correct minute appears on the display. The time
may 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 appears on the display. To accept this
time, press and hold the hour and minute buttons, at the
same time, for another
2 seconds. If the time is not
available from the station,
NO UPDAT will appear on the
display instead.
RDS time
is broadcast once a minute. Once you have
tuned to an RDS broadcast station,
it may take a
few minutes for your time to update.
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4 SCAN b : Press and hold one of the arrows for
more than two seconds. The radio will produce
one beep. The radio will scan to a station, play for a few
seconds, then go on to the next station. SCAN will be
displayed. Press one of the arrows again to stop
scanning.
The radio will scan only to stations that are in the
selected band and only to those with a strong signal.
To scan preset stations, press and hold one
of the
arrows for more than four seconds. The radio will
produce two beeps. The radio will scan to the first preset
station, play for a few seconds, then go on to the next
preset station. PSCN will be displayed. Press one of the
arrows again or one of the pushbuttons to stop
scanning.
The radio will scan only to preset stations that are in the
selected band and only to those with a strong signal.
Setting Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite stations. You can set up to
30 stations (six AM,
six FMl and six FM2, six XMI and six XM2 (USA
only,
if your radio is equipped with the XM Satellite
Radio Service) or six DAB1 and six DAB2 (Canada only,
if your radio is equipped with DAB), by performing the
following steps:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Turn the radio on.
Press BAND to select AM, FM1 or FM2, or XMl.
XM2, or DAB1, DAB2.
Tune
in the desired station.
Press AUTO
EQ to select the equalization that best
suits the type of station you are listening to.
Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons. The radio will produce one beep.
Whenever you press that numbered pushbutton, the
station you set will return and the bass and treble
equalization that you selected will also be
automatically selected for that pushbutton.
Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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Finding a PTY Station
(RDS,
XMTM and DAB)
To select and find a desired PTY perform the following:
1. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY
will appear on the display.
2. Select a category by turning the P-TYPE LIST knob.
3. Once the desired category is displayed, press the
SEEK TYPE button or one of the SEEK arrows to
take you
to the category’s first station.
category and the category is displayed, press the
SEEK TYPE button once. If the category is not
displayed, press the SEEK TYPE button twice to
display the category and then to go to another
station.
4. If you want to go to another station within that
If the radio cannot find the desired program type, NONE
will appear on the display and the radio will return to
the last station you were listening to.
SCAN: You can also scan through the channels within
a category by performing the following:
1. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY will
2. Select a category by turning the P-TYPE LIST knob.
appear on the display.
3. Once the desired category
is displayed, press either
SCAN arrow, and the radio will begin scanning
within your chosen category.
4. Press wither SCAN arrow again to stop scanning.
BAND (Alternate Frequency): Alternate frequency
allows the radio to switch to a stronger station with the
same program type. Press and hold BAND for two
seconds to turn alternate frequency on. AF ON will
appear on the display. The radio may switch to stronger
stations. Press and hold BAND again for two seconds to
turn alternate frequency
off. AF OFF will appear on the
display. The radio will not switch to other stations.
This function does not apply for
XMTM or DAB.
Setting Preset PTYs (RDS Only)
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to your
favorite PTYs. These buttons have factory PTY presets.
You can set up to
12 PTYs (six FMI and six FM2) by
performing the following steps:
1. Press BAND to select FMI or FM2.
2. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob. TYPE and a PTY will
3. Turn the P-TYPE LIST knob to select a PTY.
4. Press and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons
until you hear a beep. Whenever you press that
numbered pushbutton, the PTY you set will return.
appear
on the display.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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Rear Seat Audio Controls
The following functions are controlled by the RSA
system buttons:
(Power): 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 unless your vehicle is
equipped with the
Base@ audio system. You may
operate the rear seat audio functions even when the
primary radio power is off. (Volume): Turn
the knob to increase or to decrease
volume. The left knob controls the left headphone and
the right knob controls the right headphone.
SRC (Source): Press this button to select an audio
source: radio, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs, XM
(if your
vehicle is equipped with XMTM Satellite Radio Service),
or DAB (if your vehicle is equipped with DAB)
depending on your vehicles options.
v SEEK A : While listening to AM, FM1 or FM2, XMI
or XM2, DAB1, or DAB2, press the up or the down
arrow to tune to the next or to the previous station and
stay there.
If the front radio is in use, you cannot
seek through different stations.
While listening to a cassette tape, press the up or the
down arrow to hear the next or the previous selection.
If
the cassette tape on the front radio is in use, you
cannot seek through different selections on a tape.
While listening to a CD, press the up arrow to hear the
next track
on the CD. Press the down arrow to go
back to the start of the current track
if more than eight
seconds have played.
If the CD player on the front radio
is in use, you cannot seek through different tracks.
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PROG (Program): The front passengers must be
listening to something different for each of these
functions to work:
Press this button to go to the preset radio stations
When a cassette tape is playing, press this button
When a CD is playing in the radio, press this button
set
on the pushbuttons on the main radio.
to go to the other side
of the tape.
to go back to the beginning of the CD.
When a CD is playing in the CD changer, press this
button to select a disc.
CD Changer
The compact disc changer plays up to six standard size
CDs continuously. Individual CDs may be loaded or
ejected into or from any position.
A green light on each numbered button indicates a CD
is loaded in the respective position. An amber light
on a numbered button indicates that a CD is playing.
When loading
CDs, the loading slot indicators turn
amber to indicate that the player is ready to accept a
CD. CDs can be loaded or ejected with the radio or the
ignition being on or
off.
You must load CDs with the label side up. If you do not,
the player will automatically eject the CDs.
Notice: Loading CDs with adhesive labels will
damage the player.
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