audio Oldsmobile Bravada 2002 s User Guide

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TRAF: Press this button to receive traffic
announcements. The traffic announcement brackets will
appear on the display. TRAF will appear on the display
if the tuned station broadcasts traffic announcements.
If the current tuned station does not broadcast traffic
announcements, the radio will seek to a station that
does. When the radio finds a station that broadcasts
traffic announcements, it will stop. If no station is
found, NO TRAFFIC will appear on the display.
When a traffic announcement comes on the tuned
radio station or a related network station, you will
hear it, even if the volume is muted or a cassette tape
or compact disc is playing. If the cassette tape or
compact disc player was being used, the tape or
compact disc will stay in the player and resume play
at the point where it stopped.
INFO: If the current station has a message,
INFO will appear on the display. Press this button to
see the message. If the whole message does not appear
on the display, parts of the message will appear every
three seconds until the message is completed. To see
the parts of the message faster than every three seconds,
press this button again. A new group of words will
appear on the display. Once the complete message has
been displayed, INFO will disappear from the display
until another new message is received.Playing a Cassette Tape
Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
up to 30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes longer
than that are so thin they may not work well in this
player. The longer side with the tape visible should face
to the right. If the ignition is on, but the radio is off,
the tape can be inserted and will begin playing. If you
hear nothing but a garbled sound, the tape may not be
in squarely. Press the eject (upward pointing arrow)
button to remove the tape and start over.
While the tape is playing, use the VOLUME POWER,
AUDIO selector and knob, AUTO EQ, and the SEEK
SCAN controls just as you do for the radio. The display
will show TAPE and an arrow showing which side of
the tape is playing. The tape player automatically
begins playing the other side when it reaches the end
of the tape.
Your tape bias is set automatically when a metal or
chrome tape is inserted. If you want to insert a tape
when the ignition is off, first press the button with the
eject symbol on it or the TUNE RCL P
-TYPE knob.
If an error appears on the radio display, the tape won't
play because of an error. See ªCassette Tape Messagesº
later in this section.

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AUTO VOL: Your system has a feature called automatic
volume. With this feature, your 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 MIN, MED, MAX or OFF.
Each choice allows for more volume compensation at
faster vehicle speeds. Then, as you drive, automatic
volume automatically increases the volume, as necessary,
to overcome noise at any particular speed. The volume
level should always sound the same to you as you drive.
If you don't want to use automatic volume, select OFF.
If your vehicle has the Bose radio, your audio
system monitors the noise inside your vehicle.
Then, automatically adjusts the volume so that it
always sounds the same to you. To use automatic
volume, press the AUTO VOL button until AVOL ON
appears on the display. To turn automatic volume off,
press the AUTO VOL button until AVOL OFF appears
on the display.Finding a Station
AM FM: Press this button to switch between AM,
FM1 and FM2. The display shows your selection.
TUNE RCL P
-TYPE: Turn this control to select
radio stations.


SEEK SCAN: To seek, press the right or left
arrow briefly to go to the next or previous station and
stay there. The sound will mute while seeking.
To scan, press and hold either SEEK SCAN arrow for
two seconds until SC appears on the display and you hear
a beep. Use scan to listen to stations for a few seconds.
The radio will go to a station, stop for a few seconds,
then go on to the next station. Press either SEEK SCAN
arrow again to stop scanning. If you press SEEK SCAN
for more than four seconds, the radio will change to
preset scan mode. The sound will mute while scanning.
To scan your preset pushbuttons, press and hold
either SEEK SCAN arrow for more than four seconds,
PRESET SCAN will appear on the display. You will
hear a double beep and the P will blink with the preset
number. Use PRESET SCAN to listen to each of your
preset stations for a few seconds. The radio will go to a
preset station stored on your pushbuttons, stop for a few
seconds, then go on to the next preset station. Press either
SEEK SCAN arrow again to stop scanning presets.

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Setting Preset Stations
The six numbered pushbuttons let you return to
your favorite stations. You can set up to 18 stations
(six AM, six FM1 and six FM2) by performing the
following steps:
1. Turn the radio on.
2. Press AM FM to select the band.
3. Tune in the desired station.
4. Press AUTO EQ to select the equalization that best
suits the type of station selected.
5. Press and hold one of the six numbered pushbuttons
until you hear a beep. Whenever you press that
numbered pushbutton, the station you set will return
and the equalization that you selected will also be
automatically selected for that pushbutton.
6. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)
AUDIO: To set the bass, press the AUDIO control
until BASS appears on the display. Turn the control to
increase or decrease bass. When you use this control,
the radio's tone setting will switch to custom.
To set the bass to the middle position, select BASS
and press and hold the AUDIO control. The radio will
produce one beep and set the display level to zero.
To set all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, press and hold the AUDIO control when no
tone or speaker control is active. The radio will produce
one beep and CENTERED will appear on the display.
To set the midrange, press the AUDIO control until
MID appears on the display. Turn the control to
increase or decrease midrange. When you use this
control, the radio's tone setting will switch to custom.
To set the midrange to the middle position, select MID
and press and hold the AUDIO control. The radio will
produce one beep and set the display level to zero.
To set all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, press and hold the AUDIO control when no
tone or speaker control is active. The radio will produce
one beep and CENTERED will appear on the display.

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To set the treble, press the AUDIO control until TREB
appears on the display. Turn the control to increase or
decrease treble. When you use this control, the radio's
tone setting will switch to custom. If a station is weak
or noisy, you may want to decrease the treble.
To set treble to the middle position, select TREB and
press and hold the AUDIO control. The radio will
produce one beep and set the display level to zero.
To set all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, press and hold the AUDIO control when no
tone or speaker control is active. The radio will produce
one beep and CENTERED will appear on the display.
AUTO EQ: This feature allows you to choose preset
bass, midrange and treble equalization settings designed
for country, jazz, talk, pop, rock and classical stations.
The setting last chosen will appear on the display when
you first press AUTO EQ. Each time you press this
button, another setting will appear on the display and
AUTO EQ will switch to one of the preset settings
previously listed.To return to the manual mode (CUSTOM), press
the AUTO EQ button until CUSTOM appears on
the display. Then you will be able to manually adjust
the bass, midrange and treble using the AUDIO
button. To find out how to do this, see Setting the
Tone following.
If your vehicle has the Bose radio, your audio system
allows you to choose from four different equalization
settings: talk, driver, normal and spatial. These settings
can be used while listening to the radio or the CD player.
Press the AUTO EQ button to scroll through your
choices. Select TALK when listening to non
-musical
material such as news, talk shows, sports broadcasts and
books on tape. This settings makes spoken words sound
very clear. Select DRIVER to give the driver the best
possible sound qualities. Select NORMAL to enhance
the stereo effect. Select SPATIAL to make the listening
space seem larger. When AUTO EQ NORMAL is
displayed, the system will provide the best overall
Bose performance. The radio saves separate AUTO EQ
settings for each preset and source.

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Adjusting the Speakers
AUDIO (Balance/Fade): The AUDIO control adjusts
balance and fade. To adjust balance, press the AUDIO
control until BAL appears on the display. Turn the
control to adjust the sound to the left or right speakers.
The middle position balances the sound between
the speakers.
To adjust fade, press and hold the AUDIO control until
FAD appears on the display. Turn the control to adjust
the sound to the front or rear speakers. The middle
position balances the sound between the speakers.
To set the balance and fade to the middle position, select
balance or fade and press and hold the AUDIO control.
The radio will beep once and will set the display level to
the middle position.
To set all tone and speaker controls to the middle
position, press and hold the AUDIO control when
tone or speaker controls are not active. The radio will
produce one beep and CENTERED will appear on
the display.Using RDS
Your audio system is equipped with a Radio Data
System (RDS). RDS mode gives you many useful
new features. With RDS, the radio can do the following:

Seek only to stations with the types of programs
you want to listen to,

seek to stations with traffic announcements,

receive announcements concerning local and
national emergencies, and

receive and display messages from radio stations.
RDS features are only available for use on FM stations
which broadcast RDS information. The RDS features of
your radio rely upon receiving specific RDS information
from these stations. These features will only work when
the RDS information is available. In rare cases, a radio
station may broadcast incorrect information that will
cause the radio features to work improperly. If this
happens, please contact the radio station.
When you are tuned to an RDS station, the station
name will appear on the display, instead of the
frequency. Most RDS stations provide their station
name, the time of day and a Program Type (PTY) for
their current programming.

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Compact Disc Messages
(Check CD): If this message appears on the radio display,
it could be due to one of the following conditions:

The road is too rough. The disc should play when
the road is smoother.

The disc is dirty, scratched, wet or upside down.

The air is very humid. If so, wait about an hour
and try again.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error can't be
corrected, please contact your dealer. If your radio
displays an error message, write it down and provide
it to your dealer when reporting the problem.Rear Seat Audio
This feature allows rear seat passengers to listen to any
of the music sources including AM
-FM, cassette tapes
or CDs and to use automatic tone control.

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The rear seat passengers can only control the music
sources that the front seat passengers are not listening to.
For example, rear seat passengers may listen to a
cassette tape or CD through headphones while the driver
listens to the radio through the front speakers. The rear
seat passengers have control of the volume for each set
of headphones. The front seat audio controls always
override the rear seat audio controls.
This feature is intended for rear seat passengers.
The following functions are controlled by the rear seat
audio system buttons:
PWR: 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 you have a Bose


equipped vehicle. You may operate the rear seat audio
functions even when the primary radio power is off.
VOL: Turn the knob clockwise to increase volume
and counterclockwise to decrease volume. The left VOL
knob controls the left headphone and the right VOL
knob controls the right headphone.PROG: With a cassette tape in the player and the
radio playing, press this button to play a cassette tape.
Press PROG to switch between the tape and compact
disc if both are loaded. Press PROG again to return
to the radio when a cassette tape or compact disc is
playing. The inactive tape or CD will remain safely
inside the radio for future listening.
SEEK: Press the SEEK button to tune to the next
station and stay there. The display will show your
selection. The sound will mute while seeking.
Press and hold the SEEK button to seek through
your preset radio stations set on your primary radio
pushbuttons. The display will show your selections.
The SEEK button is inactive if the AM FM mode on
the front radio is in use.
While listening to a cassette tape, press the SEEK button
to hear the next selection on the tape. Press and hold
the SEEK button to go to the other side of the tape.
The SEEK button is inactive if the tape mode on the
front radio is in use.
While listening to a CD, press the SEEK button to
hear the next selection on the CD. The SEEK button
is inactive if the CD mode on the front radio or the
CD changer is in use.

3-34 Theft-Deterrent Feature
THEFTLOCK
is designed to discourage theft of
your radio. The feature works automatically by learning
a portion of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
If the radio is moved to a different vehicle, it will not
operate and LOCKED will be displayed.
When the radio and vehicle are turned off, the blinking
red light indicates that THEFTLOCK is armed.
With THEFTLOCK activated, your radio will not
operate if stolen.
Audio Steering Wheel Controls
If your vehicle has this
feature, you can control
certain radio functions
using the controls on
your steering wheel.
AM/FM: Press this control to tune to the next radio
station. When playing a cassette tape or compact disc,
press AM/FM to switch to the radio.
(Program): Press this control to tune to the next
preset radio station. When playing a cassette tape, press
program to hear the other side of a tape that is playing.
When using the CD changer, this control will seek to the
next selection.
(Volume): Press the up or down arrow to increase
or decrease volume.

3-35 Understanding Radio Reception
AM
The range for most AM stations is greater than for FM,
especially at night. The longer range, however, can
cause stations to interfere with each other. AM can pick
up noise from things like storms and power lines. Try
reducing the treble to reduce this noise if you ever get it.
FM Stereo
FM stereo will give you the best sound, but FM signals
will reach only about 10 to 40 miles (16 to 65 km).
Tall buildings or hills can interfere with FM signals,
causing the sound to come and go.
Tips About Your Audio System
Hearing damage from loud noise is almost undetectable
until it is too late. Your hearing can adapt to higher
volumes of sound. Sound that seems normal can be
loud and harmful to your hearing. Take precautions by
adjusting the volume control on your radio to a safe
sound level before your hearing adapts to it.To help avoid hearing loss or damage do the following:

Adjust the volume control to the lowest setting.

Increase volume slowly until you hear comfortably
and clearly.
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 Delco 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.

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Battery
Your new vehicle comes with a maintenance free
ACDelco
battery. When it's time for a new battery,
get one that has the replacement number shown on the
original battery's label. We recommend an ACDelco
battery. See ªEngine Compartment Overviewº in the
Index for battery location.
WARNING: Battery posts, terminals and related
accessories contain lead and lead compounds, chemicals
known to the State of California to cause cancer and
reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.
Vehicle Storage
If you're not going to drive your vehicle for 25 days or
more, remove the black, negative (
-) cable from the battery.
This will help keep your battery from running down.
CAUTION:
Batteries have acid that can burn you and gas
that can explode. You can be badly hurt if you
aren't careful. See ªJump Startingº in the Index
for tips on working around a battery without
getting hurt.
Contact your dealer to learn how to prepare your vehicle
for longer storage periods.
Also, for your audio system, see ªTheft
-Deterrent
Featureº in the Index.