2000 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual

While a traffic announcement plays, the radio uses aspecial type of volume called TA volume. To increaseTA volume, turn the PWR/VOL knob clockwise.Turn it counterclockwise to decrease volume.TA VOLUME will appear on the display while thevolume is being adjusted.When a traffic announcement comes on the tuned radiostation or a related network station, you will hear it,even if the volume is muted or a cassette tape orcompact disc is playing. If the radio tunes to a relatednetwork station for a traffic announcement, it willreturn to the original station when the announcement isfinished. If the cassette tape or compact disc player wasbeing used, the tape or compact disc will stay in theplayer and resume play at the point where it stopped.Press the RDS SELECT button, followed by this buttonagain to turn TA off.MSG (3): When RDS is on, if the current station hasa message, MSG will appear on the display. Press theRDS SELECT button, followed by this button to seethe message. If the whole message does not appearon the display, parts of the message will appear everythree seconds until the message is completed.To see the parts of the message faster than every threeseconds, press this button again. A new group of wordswill appear on the display. Once the complete messagehas been displayed, MSG will disappear from thedisplay until another new MSG is received.PTY (4): This button is used to turn on and off ProgramType (PTY) seeks and scans. Press the RDS SELECTbutton, followed by this button. The PTY display willturn on. RDS SELECT: PTY NEWS will appear on thedisplay for three seconds. (The PTY shown will be thelast PTY selected.) Press the RDS SELECT button,followed by this button again to turn the PTY display off.PTY (5) (6): With RDS on, press the RDS SELECTbutton, followed by or . The PTY display will turnon, if it is not already on. RDS SELECT: PTY NEWSwill appear on the display for three seconds. (The PTYshown will be the last PTY selected.) While this messageis displayed, use and to move up and down thePTY list. If you pause on a PTY for three seconds,PRESET PTY: NEWS will appear on the display.While this message is displayed, you can save thePTY in a preset by pressing one of the six numberedpushbuttons until you hear a beep. Allow three secondsfor the message to disappear if you do not want to savethe PTY in a preset. See “Radio Data Systems (RDS)Program Type (PTY) Selections” in the Index.3-16