2000 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual

When the PTY display is on, press SEEK and SCAN tofind radio stations of the PTY you want to listen to. Thelast PTY selected will be used for seek and scan modes.If a station with the selected PTY is not found, NONEFOUND will appear on the display. If both PTY and TAare on, the radio will search for stations with trafficannouncements and the selected PTY.PUSHBUTTONS: The six numbered pushbuttons letyou return to your favorite Program Types (PTYs).These buttons have factory PTY presets. See “RadioData Systems (RDS) Program Type (PTY) Selections”in the Index. You can set up to 12 PTYs (six FM1 andsix FM2). Just:1. Turn PTY on.2. Press BAND to select FM1 or FM2.3. Tune in an RDS station with the PTY you desire.4. Press and hold one of the six numbered buttonsfor more than two seconds until you hear a beep.Whenever you press that numbered button for lessthan two seconds, the PTY 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 RDS presets because theradio remembers them.HR or MN: Press the RDS SELECT button, followedby one of these buttons to display the time for thecurrent station. STATION TIME IS will be displayed.If a time has not been sent to the radio, NO STATIONTIME will be displayed. If you have recently tuned tothe station, you may need to wait a minute before thetime is available to the radio. To set the clock to thecurrent displayed station time, press and hold HR orMN until TIME UPDATED is displayed. There is atwo second delay before the time is updated. RDS modedoes not have to be on to use this function, but you mustbe tuned to an FM RDS station.ALERT: This type of announcement warns of nationalor local emergencies. You will not be able to turn offalert announcements. Alert announcements will comeon even if RDS mode is turned off. ALERT appearson the display when an alert announcement plays.The radio uses TA volume during these announcements.To increase volume, turn the PWR/VOL knobclockwise. Turn it counterclockwise to decrease volume.TA VOLUME will appear on the display while thevolume is being adjusted. When an alert announcementcomes on the tuned radio station or a related networkstation, you will hear it, even if the volume is mutedor a cassette tape or compact disc is playing.3-17