2000 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual

PUSHBUTTONS: The six numbered pushbuttons letyou return to your favorite stations and associated toneand DSP settings. The RDS PTY mode must be off touse this mode. You can set up to 24 stations (six AM,six FM1, six FM2 and six weather). Just:1. Turn the radio on.2. Press BAND to select AM, FM1, FM2 or weather.3. Tune in the desired station.4. Press and hold one of the six numbered buttonsfor more than two seconds. Whenever you pressthat numbered button for less than two seconds,the station you set will return.5. Repeat the steps for each pushbutton.When battery power is removed and later applied, youwill not have to reset your radio presets because theradio remembers them.PRESET SCAN: Press and hold SCAN for morethan two seconds until you hear a beep to listen to eachof your preset stations for five seconds. The radio willgo to the first preset station stored on your pushbuttons,stop for five seconds, then go on to the next presetstation. Press SCAN again to stop scanning. If a presetstation has weak reception, the radio will not stop at thepreset station.Using RDS ModeYour audio system is equipped with Radio Data Systems(RDS). RDS mode gives you many useful new features.When RDS is on, the radio can: seek only to stations with the types of programs youwant to listen to, seek to stations with traffic announcements, receive announcements concerning local andnational emergencies, receive and display messages from radio stations and search for a stronger station when a station is tooweak for listening.RDS features are only available for use on FM stationswhich broadcast RDS information.RDS SELECT: Press this button to use thealternate RDS functions (RDS, TA, MSG, PTY andPTY) located on the six numbered pushbuttons.RDS SELECT: will appear on the display. The alternateRDS functions are only available when you are usingthe FM band of your radio.3-14