HUMMER H3 2007 Owners Manual

Audio System(s)
Determine which radio your vehicle has and then
read the pages following to familiarize yourself
with its features.
Driving without distraction is a necessity for a
safer driving experience. SeeDefensive Driving on
page 234. By taking a few moments to read this
manual and get familiar with your vehicle’s
audio system, you can use it with less effort, as
well as take advantage of its features. While your
vehicle is parked, set up your audio system by
presetting your favorite radio stations, setting the
tone and adjusting the speakers. Then, when
driving conditions permit, you can tune to
your favorite stations using the presets and
steering wheel controls if the vehicle has them.{CAUTION:
This system provides you with a far greater
access to audio stations and song listings.
Giving extended attention to entertainment
tasks while driving can cause a crash and
you or others can be injured or killed.
Always keep your eyes on the road and
your mind on the drive — avoid engaging
in extended searching while driving.
Keeping your mind on the drive is important for
safe driving. For more information, seeDefensive
Driving on page 234.
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Here are some ways in which you can help avoid
distraction while driving.
While your vehicle is parked:
Familiarize yourself with all of its controls.
Familiarize yourself with its operation.
Set up your audio system by presetting your
favorite radio stations, setting the tone, and
adjusting the speakers. Then, when driving
conditions permit, you can tune to your favorite
radio stations using the presets and steering
wheel controls if the vehicle has them.
Notice:Before adding any sound equipment
to your vehicle, such as an audio system,
CD player, CB radio, mobile telephone, or
two-way radio, make sure that it can be added
by checking with your dealer. Also, check
federal rules covering mobile radio and
telephone units. If sound equipment can be
added, it is very important to do it properly.Added sound equipment may interfere with
the operation of your vehicle’s engine, radio,
or other systems, and even damage them.
Your vehicle’s systems may interfere with
the operation of sound equipment that has
been added.
Your vehicle has a feature called Retained
Accessory Power (RAP). With RAP, the audio
system can be played even after the ignition
is turned off. SeeRetained Accessory Power
(RAP) on page 103for more information.
Setting the Time
Press and hold H until the correct hour appears
on the display. AM or PM will appear on the
display (Radio with CD (UpLevel, MP3, and
Six-Disc CD)). Press and hold M until the correct
minute appears on the display. The time can
be set with the ignition on or off.
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Radio with CDXM™ Satellite Radio Service
XM™ is a satellite radio service that is based in
the 48 contiguous United States and Canada.
XM™ offers a large variety of coast-to-coast
channels including music, news, sports, talk,
traffic/weather (U.S. subscribers), and children’s
programming. XM™ provides digital quality
audio and text information that includes song title
and artist name. A service fee is required in
order to receive the XM™ service. For more
information, contact XM™; In the U.S. at
www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-852-XMXM (9696)
or in Canada at www.xmradio.ca or call
1-877-GET-XMSR (438-9677).
Playing the Radio
P
(Power/Volume):Press this knob to turn the
system on and off.
Turn this knob clockwise or counterclockwise to
increase or to decrease the volume.
DISP (Display):Press this button to switch the
display between the radio station frequency
and the time. When the ignition is turned off,
press this knob to display the time.
Radio with Single CD shown, Radio with
Single CD (MP3) similar
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For XM™ (if equipped), press the DISP button while
in XM™ mode to retrieve four different categories of
information related to the current song or channel:
Artist, Song Title, Category or PTY (program type),
Channel Number/Channel Name.
To change the default on the display, press the
DISP button until you see the desired display, then
hold this knob for two seconds. The radio produces
one beep and the selected display becomes the
default.
AUTO VOL (Automatic Volume):With automatic
volume, the audio system adjusts automatically
to make up for road and wind noise as you drive.
Set the volume at the desired level. Press this
button to select LOW, MEDIUM, or HIGH.
Each higher setting allows for more volume
compensation at faster vehicle speeds. Then as
you drive, automatic volume increases the volume,
as necessary, to overcome noise at any speed.
The volume level should always sound the same
to you as you drive. NONE displays if the radio
cannot determine the vehicle speed. To turn
automatic volume off, press this button until
AVOL OFF displays.Finding a Station
BAND:Press this button to switch between FM1,
FM2, AM, or XM1 or XM2 (if equipped). The
display shows the selection.
e(Tune):Turn this knob to select radio stations.
tSEEKu:Press and release the right or
the left arrow to go to the next or to the previous
station and stay there.
To scan stations, press and hold either arrow
for more than two seconds. 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 arrow again or one of
the pushbuttons to stop scanning presets.
To scan preset stations, press and hold either
arrow for more than four seconds. PSC displays
and the radio produces two beeps. The radio
goes to a preset station, plays for a few seconds,
then goes to the next preset station. Press
either arrow again or one of the pushbuttons to
stop scanning presets.
The radio only seeks and scans stations with a
strong signal that are in the selected band.
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4(Information) (XM™ Satellite Radio Service
and MP3 Features):If the current station
has a message, the information symbol appears
on the display. Press this button to see the
message. The message may 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
the information button. A new group of words
appears on the display after every press of this
button. Once the complete message has
displayed, the information symbol disappears
from the display until another new message
is received. The last message can be displayed
by pressing the information button. You can
view the last message until a new message is
received or a different station is tuned to.
When a message is not available from a station,
NO INFO displays.Setting Preset Stations
Up to 30 stations (six FM1, six FM2, and six AM,
six XM1 and six XM2 (if equipped)), can be
programmed on the six numbered pushbuttons,
by performing the following steps:
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 EQ to select the equalization.
5. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until a beep sounds. Whenever
that numbered pushbutton is pressed,
the station that was set returns and the
equalization that was selected is stored
for that pushbutton.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
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Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
e
(Bass/Treble):Push and release this knob
until BAS or TRE appears on the display. Turn
this knob to increase or to decrease. The display
shows the bass or the treble level. If a station
is weak or has static, decrease the treble.
To adjust the bass and the treble to the middle
position, push and hold the tone knob. The radio
produces one beep.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, push and hold the tone knob
when no tone or speaker control is displayed.
CEN (center) displays and a beep sounds.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press this
button to select customized equalization settings
designed for country/western, jazz, talk, pop, rock,
and classical.
To return the bass and treble to the manual mode,
push and release the tone knob until MANUAL
displays.
Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)
e
(Balance/Fade):To adjust the balance
between the right and the left speakers, push and
release this knob until BAL displays. Turn the
knob to move the sound toward the right or the
left speakers.
To adjust the fade between the front and the rear
speakers, push and release the speaker knob
until FAD displays. Turn the knob to move
the sound toward the front or the rear speakers.
To adjust the balance and the fade to the
middle position, push the speaker knob, then
push it again and hold it until one beep sounds.
To adjust all tone and speaker controls to the
middle position, push and hold the speaker knob
when no tone or speaker control is displayed.
CEN displays and a beep sounds.
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Finding a Category (CAT) Station
To select and nd a desired category perform
the following:
1. Press the CAT button to activate program
type select mode. A category appears on
the display.
2. Press the CAT button to select a category.
3. Once the desired category is displayed, press
either SEEK arrow to select and to take you
to the categories rst station.
4. To go to another station within that category
and the category is displayed, press the CAT
button once. If the category is not displayed,
press the CAT button twice to display the
category and then to go to another station.
5. Press CAT to exit program type select mode.
If CAT times out and is no longer on the
display, go back to Step 1.
If the radio cannot nd the desired program
type, NONE displays and the radio returns to
the last station you were listening to.BAND (Alternate Frequency):Alternate
frequency allows the radio to switch to a
stronger station with the same category. To turn
alternate frequency on, press and hold BAND
for two seconds. AF ON displays. The radio may
switch to stations with a stronger frequency.
To turn alternate frequency off, press and hold
BAND again for two seconds. AF OFF displays.
The radio does not switch to other stations.
This function does not apply for XM™ Satellite
Radio Service.
Radio Messages
CAL ERR (Calibration Error):The audio system
has been calibrated for your vehicle from the
factory. If CAL ERR displays it means that the radio
has not been congured properly for your vehicle
and it must be returned to your dealer for service.
LOC (Locked):This message is displayed when
the THEFTLOCK
®system has locked up. Take
your vehicle to your dealer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot
be corrected, contact your dealer.
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Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 228later in this
section for further detail.
Playing a CD
Insert a CD partway into the slot, label side up. The
player pulls it in and the CD should begin playing.
If you want to insert a CD with the ignition off, rst
press the eject button or the DISP knob.
If the ignition or radio is turned off with a CD in the
player it stays in the player. When the ignition or
radio is turned on, the CD starts to play where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When the CD is inserted, the CD symbol appears
on the display. As each new track starts to
play, the track number appears on the display.
The CD player can play the smaller 3 inch (8 cm)
single CDs with an adapter ring. Full-size CDs and
the smaller CDs are loaded in the same manner.
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.There may be an increase in skipping, difficulty
in nding tracks, and/or difficulty in loading and
ejecting. If these problems occur, check the bottom
surface of the CD. If the surface of the CD is
damaged, such as cracked, broken, or scratched,
the CD will not play properly. If the surface of the
CD is soiled, seeCare of Your CDs on page 231
for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.
Do not add any label to a CD, it could get caught
in the CD player. If a CD is recorded on a
personal computer and a description label is
needed, try labeling the top of the recorded CD
with a marking pen.
Notice:If you add any label to a CD, insert
more than one CD into the slot at a time, or
attempt to play scratched or damaged CDs,
you could damage the CD player. When 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 appears on the display, see
“CD Messages” later in this section.
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tSEEKu:Press the left arrow to go to the
start of the current or the previous track. Press the
right arrow to go to the start of the next track.
Pressing either arrow for more than two seconds
searches the previous or next tracks at
two tracks per second. Release the arrow to
stop searching and to play the track.
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r(Previous):Press this pushbutton to go
to the start of the current track if more than
eight seconds have played. The previous symbol
and the track number appears on the display.
If this pushbutton is held or pressed more
than once, the player continues moving backward
through the CD.
2
[(Next):Press this pushbutton to go to the
next track. The next symbol and the track number
appears on the display. If this pushbutton is
held or pressed more than once, the player
continues moving forward through the CD.
4
y(Random):Press this pushbutton to hear the
tracks in random, rather than sequential, order. The
random symbol appears on the display. Press this
pushbutton again to turn off random play.BAND:Press this button to listen to the radio
when a CD is playing. The inactive CD remains
safely inside the radio for future listening.
B(CD):Press this button to play a CD while
listening to the radio. The CD symbol appears
on the display when a CD is loaded.
DISP (Display):Press this button to see how
long the current track has been playing. The
elapsed time of the track appears on the display.
To change the default on the display, track or
elapsed time, press this button until you see
the desired display, then hold the button for
two seconds. The radio produces one beep and
the selected display becomes the default.
AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press EQ
to select an equalization setting while playing
a CD. The equalization is set whenever a CD
is played. See “EQ” listed previously for more
information. If you select an EQ setting for your
CD, it is activated each time you play a CD.
Z(Eject):Press this button to eject a CD.
Eject may be activated with either the ignition or
radio off. CDs can be loaded with the ignition
and radio off if this button is pressed rst.
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Playing an MP3 CD-R Disc
Your vehicle’s radio system may have the MP3
feature. If it has this feature, it is capable of playing
an MP3 CD-R disc. For more information on
how to play an MP3 CD-R disc, seeUsing an MP3
on page 222later in this section.
CD Messages
CHECK CD:If this message appears on the
display and/or the CD comes out, it could be for
one of the following reasons:
It is very hot. When the temperature returns to
normal, the CD should play.
You are driving on a very rough road. When the
road becomes smoother, the CD should play.
The CD is dirty, scratched, wet, or
upside down.
The air is very humid. If so, wait about an hour
and try again.
The format of the CD may not be compatible.
SeeUsing an MP3 on page 222later in this
section.
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
cannot be corrected, contact your dealer. If the
radio displays an error message, write it down
and provide it to your dealer when reporting
the problem.
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