start stop button PONTIAC FIREBIRD 1995 Owners Manual

Ensure the shift lever is fully in PARK (P) range
before starting the engine. Your Pontiac has a
brake-transmission shift interlock. You have to fully
apply your regular brakes before you can shift from
PARK (P) when the ignition key is in the RUN position.
If you cannot shift out of PARK (P), ease pressure on
the shift lever
-- push the shift lever all the way into
PARK
(P) and also release the shift lever button on floor
shift console models
as you maintain brake application.
Then move the shift lever into the gear you wish. (Press
the shift lever button before moving the shift lever on
floor shift console models.) See “Shifting Out of
PARK (P) in
this part.
REVERSE (R): Use this gear to back up.
NOTICE:
Shifting to REVERSE (R) while your vehicle is
moving forward could damage your transmission. Shift to REVERSE
(R) only after
your vehicle is stopped.
To rock your vehicle back and forth to get out of snow,
ice or sand without damaging your transmission, see
“Stuck:
In Sand, Mud, Ice or Snow, If You’re” in the
Index.
NEUTRAL (N): In this position, your engine doesn’t
connect with the wheels.
To restart when you’re
already moving, use NEUTRAL
(N) only. Also, use
NEUTRAL,
(N) when your vehicle is being towed.
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For NEXT to work properly, your tape must have at
least three seconds of silence between each selection.
The radio will not play during this operation.
FWD (Forward): Press this button to rapidly advance
to another part of the tape. Press PROG or FWD again
to stop it. The radio will play during this operation.
REV (Reverse): Press this button to rapidly rewind the
tape. Press PROG or
REV again to stop it. The radio
will play during this operation.
To Play the Next Selection
The radio will not play during this operation.
PROG (Program): Press this button to switch from one
side of the tape to the other or to stop the tape from
searching.
Noise Reduction
00 Press this button to reduce background noise. This
symbol will appear in the display.
Dolby@ B Noise Reduction manufactured under license
from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Dolby
and the
00 symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
To Stop the Tape Player
Turn the power off or turn the ignition key off. The
cassette stays in the player and will resume playing
at the point where it stopped.
Press A” to stop playing the cassette and switch
to the radio. Press TAPE-PLAY to restart the cassette
at the point where it stopped.
Press EJECT to remove the cassette or stop the
cassette and switch to radio. EJECT will work with
the ignition or radio
off. Press EJECT to load a
cassette when the radio is
off.
NOTE: This radio has a “broken tape” feature that will
eject broken or misfed tapes. Because of
this feature,
CD changers that plug into the tape deck will not work
in this system.
Diagnostic Tape Error Indicator
When the cassette player detects a problem with the
cassette tape either just after it is loaded or while it is
playing,
it will attempt to work around the epor. If the
tape player cannot continue to play the cassette, it will
eject it and switch to the radio mode.
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RECALL: Press this button to see what track is playing.
Press
it again within five seconds to see how long it has
been playing.
The track number also appears when the disc is inserted.
PREV (Previous): Press this button or SEEK to hear
the current track again.
If you press and hold this button, or press it more than
once, the disc
will return to previous tracks.
NEXT Press this button or SEEK A to hear the
next track now (instead
of waiting until the present track
is finished).
If you press and hold this button or press it more than
once, the disc will advance further.
REV (Reverse): Press and hold this button to rapidly
return
to a passage. Release it to play the passage. The
radio will play during this operation and the display will
show elapsed time.
FWD (Forward): Press and hold this button to quickly
advance within a track. Release it to resume playing.
The radio will play during this operation.
RDM (Random): Press this button to hear a random
selection
of tracks. Press it again to turn off random
Play.
To Stop the Disc Player
Turn the power off or turn the ignition key off. The
disc stays in the player and will resume playing at
the point where it stopped.
0 Press A" to stop playing the disc and switch to
radio. Press CD/PLAY to restart the disc at the point,
where it stopped.
Press EJECT to eject the disc or stop the disc and
switch to radio. EJECT will work with the ignition
or radio
off. Press EJECT to load a disc when the
audio system is off.
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