Accessing the Radio's Main Menu (Base Audio System)

There are two different procedures for accessing the radio's main menu depending upon whether or not your vehicle has the Navigation system.

To access the main menu of the radio, do one of the following:

The main menu for the Base audio system consists of the following menu items:

Radio Main Menu Item Descriptions (Base Audio System)

The following descriptions are for the Base audio system. For information pertaining to the Navigation audio system, see "Audio System" in the Index of the Navigation System manual supplied with your vehicle.

BASS - MID (Midrange) - TREBLE: This menu item lets you adjust the levels for the bass, midrange and treble features of the audio system. See "Setting the Tone (Bass/Treble)" under Radio with CD for more information.

BALANCE - FADER: This menu item lets you adjust the levels for the balance and fader features of the audio system. See "Adjusting the Speakers (Balance/Fade)" under Radio with CD for more information.

EQ (Equalizer): This menu item lets you choose among five preset equalizations for the audio system. See "Audio Equalizer" under Radio with CD for more information.

H/A (Home/Away) PRESETS: This menu item lets you switch back and forth between your home and away preset radio stations. See "Presets Home/Away" under Radio with CD for more information.

AUTOSTORE PRESETS: This menu item lets you automatically store radio stations with the strongest signals as presets. See "Autostore Presets" under Radio with CD for more information.

CAT (Category): This menu item lets you select radio stations based on preset categories. See "Activating Program Type (PTY) Stations" under Radio with CD for more information.

TA (Traffic Announcement): This menu item lets you turn the TA feature on and off. See "TA (Traffic Announcement)" under Radio with CD for more information.

RECALL RDS MESSAGE: This menu item lets you view an RDS radio station message broadcast by a radio station. See "MSG (Message)" under Radio with CD for more information.

AF (Alternate Frequency): This menu item lets you turn the AF feature on and off. See "Activating Program Type (PTY) Stations (RDS and XM™)" under Radio with CD for more information.

SEEK LOCAL/DISTANT: This feature instructs the audio system to seek only local radio stations with the strongest signal or to seek all radio stations with a strong signal in a large area. Use LOCAL while in urban areas where there are several strong radio station signals and you want to limit the number of stations to those with the strongest signals only. Use DISTANT while in rural areas where there are fewer radio station signals available. See "Local/Distant Selection" under Radio with CD for more information.

SET CLOCK: Use this menu item to set the time. See Setting the Clock for more information.

SET DATE: Use this menu item to set the date. See Setting the Clock for more information.

(Information): This menu item is used to display XM™ satellite radio service and CD MP3 playback information. See " (Information)" under Radio with CD for more information.

LANG (Language): To change the language displayed on the radio, select LANGUAGE by pressing the knob. Turn the knob to scroll through the following available languages:

To make your selection, press the knob. If you accidentally select a language that you did not want, ENGLISH is always at the top of the language list.

SETUP: When you select this menu item, the following submenu is available:

SETUP Submenu Items

The following choices are available for programming using the Base audio system.

PERSONAL SETTINGS MENU

This item turns the entire list of personalization features on or off. This item allows you to program certain features to a preferred setting for up to two people. The number of available features varies depending upon which options are purchased. While this item is on, a check mark appears after it. For more information on the PERSONAL SETTINGS MENU item, see Vehicle Personalization .

DRIVER SELECTION

When you select this item, the following submenu displays:

For more information on the DRIVER SELECTION submenu item, see "Recalling Driver Settings" and "Storing Driver Settings" under Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel .

DRIVER EXIT SETTINGS

When you select this item, the following submenu displays:

For more information on the DRIVER EXIT SETTINGS submenu item, see "Recalling Exit Settings" and "Storing Exit Settings" under Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel .

CONFIGURE DISPLAY KEYS (Base Audio System)

This item lets you customize the functions of the four configurable keys located to the left and right of the audio display. See "Configurable Radio Display Keys" under Radio with CD for programming information.