PONTIAC GRAND PRIX 2007 Owners Manual

BAND (Alternate Frequency):Alternate
frequency allows the radio to switch to a stronger
station with the same program type. To turn
alternate frequency on, press and hold BAND for
two seconds. AF ON displays. The radio can
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.
Setting Preset PTYs (RDS Only)
These buttons have factory PTY presets. Up to
12 PTYs (six FM1 and six FM2), can be
programmed on the six numbered pushbuttons, by
performing the following steps:
1. Press BAND to select FM1 or FM2.
2. Press the P-TYPE button to activate program
type select mode. P-TYPE and the last
selected PTY displays.
3. Turn the P-TYPE knob to select a PTY.4. Press and hold one of the six numbered
pushbuttons until a beep sounds. Whenever
that numbered pushbutton is pressed, the PTY
that was set returns.
5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.
RDS Messages
ALERT!:Alert 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, INFO displays. Press this button to
see the message. The message may display the
artist, song title, call in phone numbers, etc.
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If the entire message is not displayed, parts of the
message appears every three seconds. To
scroll through the message, press and release the
INFO button. A new group of words appear on
the display after every press of this button. Once
the complete message has displayed, INFO
disappears from the display until another new
message is received. The last message can
be displayed by pressing the INFO button. You
can view the last message until a new message is
received or a different station is tuned to.
TRAF (Traffic):If TRAF displays, the tuned
station broadcasts traffic announcements.
To receive the traffic announcement from the
tuned station, press this button. Brackets
are displayed around TRAF and when a traffic
announcement broadcasts on the tuned radio
station, you will hear it.If the current tuned station does not broadcast
traffic announcements, press the TRAF button and
the radio seeks to a station that does. When a
station that broadcasts traffic announcements is
found, the radio stops seeking and brackets
are displayed around TRAF. If no station is found,
NO TRAFFIC displays.
If the brackets are on the display and TRAF is not,
press the TRAF button to remove the brackets
or use the TUNE knob or the SEEK arrows to go
to a station that supports traffic announcements.
If no station is found that broadcasts traffic
announcements, NO TRAFFIC displays.
The radio plays the traffic announcement if the
volume is low. The radio interrupts the play
of a CD if the last tuned station broadcasts traffic
announcements and the brackets are displayed.
This function does not apply to XM™ Satellite
Radio Service.
Radio Messages for XM™ Only
SeeXM Radio Messages on page 275later in this
section for further detail.
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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 the
vehicle and it must be returned to your dealer
for service.
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.
Playing a CD
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 playing where it
stopped, if it was the last selected audio source.
When a CD is inserted, the CD symbol appears on
the CD. 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 279for more information.
If there is no apparent damage, try a known
good CD.
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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.
LOAD CD
Z:Press the LOAD side of this
button to load CDs into the CD player. This CD
player holds up to six CDs.
To insert one CD, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and release the LOAD button.3. Wait for the light, located to the right of the
slot, to turn green.
4. Load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the slot,
label side up. The player pulls the CD in.
To insert multiple CDs, do the following:
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press and hold the LOAD button for
two seconds.
A beep sounds and the light, located to the
right of the slot, begins to ash.
3. Once the light stops ashing and turns green,
load a CD. Insert the CD partway into the slot,
label side up. The player pulls the CD in.
4. Once the CD is loaded, the light begins
ashing again. Press the LOAD button
again. Once the light turns green, load the
next disc. Repeat this procedure for each CD.
The CD player takes up to six CDs. Do not
try to load more than six.
To load more than one CD but less than six,
complete Steps 1 through 3. When nished loading
CDs, the radio begins to play the last CD loaded.
If more than one CD has been loaded, a
number for each CD displays.
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Playing a Specic Loaded CD
For every CD loaded, a number appears on the
display. To play a specic CD, rst press the
CD AUX button, then press the numbered
pushbutton that corresponds to the CD. A small
bar appears under the CD number that is
playing and the track number appears.
If an error appears on the display, see “CD
Messages” later in this section.
LOAD CD
Z(Eject):Press the CD eject side
of this button to eject a CD(s). A beep sounds and
the indicator light ashes to let you know when
a CD is being ejected.
REMOVE CD displays. The CD can be removed.
If the CD is not removed, after 25 seconds,
the CD is automatically pulled back into the player.
If the CD is pushed back into the player, before
the 25 second time period is complete, the player
senses an error and tries to eject the CD
several times before stopping.
Do not repeatedly press the CD eject button to
eject a CD after trying to push it in manually. The
player’s 25-second eject timer resets at each
press of eject, causing the player to not eject the
CD until the 25-second time period has elapsed.Once the player stops and the CD is ejected,
remove the CD. After removing the CD, push the
PWR knob off and then on again, or wait for
the system to reset. This clears the CD-sensing
feature and enables CDs to be loaded into
the player again.
{REV (Reverse):Press and hold this button to
reverse quickly within a track. You will hear
sound at a reduced volume. Release this button to
play the passage. The elapsed time of the track
appears on the display.
FWD
|(Forward):Press and hold this button to
advance quickly within a track. You will hear
sound at a reduced volume. Release this button to
play the passage. The elapsed time of the track
appears on the display.
RPT (Repeat):With repeat, one track or an entire
CD can be repeated.
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To use repeat, do the following:
To repeat the track you are listening to, press
and release the RPT button. RPT displays.
Press RPT again to turn off repeat play.
To repeat the CD you are listening to, press
and hold the RPT button for two seconds.
RPT displays. Press RPT again to turn
off repeat play.
RDM (Random):With random, you can listen to
the tracks in random, rather than sequential,
order, on one CD or on all of the CDs.
To use random, do one of the following:
To play the tracks on the CD you are listening
to in random order, press and release the
RDM button. RANDOM ONE displays. Press
RDM again to turn off random play.
To play the tracks on all of the CDs that are
loaded, in random order, press and hold
RDM for more than two seconds. A beep
sounds and RANDOM ALL displays. Press
RDM again to turn off random play.AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalization):Press
AUTO EQ to select the desired equalization setting
while playing a CD. The equalization is set
whenever a CD is played. For more information on
AUTO EQ, see “AUTO EQ” listed previously in
this section.
sSEEKt:Press the left arrow to go to the
start of the current track, if more than ten seconds
have played. Press the right arrow to go to the
next track. If either arrow is held or pressed more
than once, the player continues moving backward
or forward through the CD.
sSCANt:To scan one CD, press and hold
either SCAN arrow for more than two seconds until
SCAN displays and a beep sounds. Use this
feature to listen to 10 seconds of each track of the
currently selected CD. Press either SCAN arrow
again, to stop scanning.
To scan all loaded CDs, press and hold either
SCAN arrow for more than four seconds until CD
SCAN displays and a beep sounds. Use this
feature to listen to 10 seconds of the rst track of
each loaded CD. Press either SCAN arrow
again, to stop scanning.
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RCL (Recall):Press this knob to see how long
the current track has been playing. To change the
default on the display, track and elapsed time,
press the knob until you see the desired display,
then hold the knob until the display ashes.
The selected display is now the default.
BAND:Press this button to play the radio when a
CD is playing. The inactive CD(s) remains
safely inside the radio for future listening.
CD AUX (Auxiliary):Press this button to play a
CD when listening to the radio.
Using Song List Mode
The six-disc CD changer has a feature called
song list. This feature is capable of saving 20 track
selections.
To save tracks into the song list feature, perform
the following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on and load it with at least
one CD. See “LOAD CD” listed previously in
this section for more information.
2. Check to see that the CD changer is not in
song list mode. S-LIST should not appear in
the display. If S-LIST is present, press
the SONG LIST button to turn it off.3. Select the desired CD by pressing the
numbered pushbutton and then use the SEEK
SCAN right arrow to locate the track to be
saved. The track begins to play.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button to
save the track into memory. When SONG
LIST is pressed, one beep sounds. After
two seconds of continuously pressing
the SONG LIST button, two beeps sound to
conrm that the track has been saved.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for saving other
selections.
S-LIST FULL displays if you try to save more than
20 selections.
To play the song list, press the SONG LIST
button. One beep sounds and S-LIST displays.
The recorded tracks begins to play in the
order they were saved.
Seek through the song list by using the SEEK
SCAN arrows. Seeking past the last saved track
returns the song list to the rst saved track.
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To delete tracks from the song list, perform the
following steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the SONG LIST button to turn song list
on. S-LIST displays.
3. Press the SEEK SCAN arrows to select the
desired track to be deleted.
4. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for
two seconds. When SONG LIST is pressed,
one beep sounds. After two seconds of
continuously pressing the SONG LIST button,
two beeps sound to conrm that the track
has been deleted.
After a track has been deleted, the remaining
tracks are moved up the list. When another track
is added to the song list, the track is added to
the end of the list.To delete the entire song list, perform the following
steps:
1. Turn the CD player on.
2. Press the SONG LIST button to turn song list
on. S-LIST displays.
3. Press and hold the SONG LIST button for
more than four seconds. One beep sounds,
followed by two beeps after two seconds, and
a nal beep sounds after four seconds.
S-LIST EMPTY displays indicating the song
list has been deleted.
If a CD is ejected, and the song list contains
saved tracks from that CD, those tracks are
automatically deleted from the song list. Any tracks
saved to the song list again are added to the
bottom of the list.
To end song list mode, press the SONG LIST
button. One beep sounds and S-LIST is removed
from the display.
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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.
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.
Using an MP3
MP3 CD-R Disc
MP3 Format
If you burn your own MP3 disc on a personal
computer:
Make sure the MP3 les are recorded on a
CD-R disc.
Do not mix standard audio and MP3 les on
one disc.
Make sure playlists have a .mp3 or .wpl
extension, other le extensions may not work.
Files can be recorded with a variety of xed or
variable bit rates. Song title, artist name, and
album are available for display by the radio
when recorded using ID3 tags version 1 and 2.
Create a folder structure that makes it easy to
nd songs while driving. Organize songs by
albums using one folder for each album.
Each folder or album should contain 18 songs
or less.
Make sure to nalize the disc when burning
an MP3 disc, using multiple sessions. It is
usually better to burn the disc all at once.
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The player is able to read and play a maximum of
50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions, and
255 les. Long le names, folder names, or
playlist names may use more disc memory space
than necessary. To conserve space on the
disc, minimize the length of the le, folder or
playlist names. You can also play an MP3 CD that
was recorded using no le folders. The system
can support up to 11 folders in depth, though, keep
the depth of the folders to a minimum in order
to keep down the complexity and confusion
in trying to locate a particular folder during
playback. If a CD contains more than the
maximum of 50 folders, 50 playlists, 10 sessions,
and 255 les the player lets you access and
navigate up to the maximum, but all items over
the maximum are ignored.
Root Directory
The root directory is treated as a folder. If the root
directory has compressed audio les, the
directory is displayed as F1 ROOT. All les
contained directly under the root directory are
accessed prior to any root directory folders.
However, playlists (Px) are always be accessed
before root folders or les.
Empty Directory or Folder
If a root directory or a folder exists somewhere in
the le structure that contains only folders/
subfolders and no compressed les directly
beneath them, the player advances to the next
folder in the le structure that contains compressed
audio les. The empty folder does not display.
No Folder
When the CD contains only compressed les, the
les are located under the root folder. The next
and previous folder functions do not function on a
CD that was recorded without folders or playlists.
When displaying the name of the folder the
radio displays ROOT.
When the CD contains only playlists and
compressed audio les, but no folders, all les are
located under the root folder. The folder down and
the folder up buttons search playlists (Px) rst and
then go to the root folder. When the radio displays
the name of the folder the radio displays ROOT.
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