Rds And Xm - Chevrolet 2008 Colorado Owner's Manual

Finding a Program Type (PTY) Station
(RDS and XM™)
To select and find a desired PTY perform the following:
1. Press the P-TYPE or depending on the radio,
TYPE knob to activate program type select
mode. P-TYPE or TYPE and a PTY displays.
2. Turn the P-TYPE or TYPE knob again,
to select a PTY.
3. Once the desired PTY displays, press the SEEK
TYPE button or the SEEK/TYPE arrows to select
and to take you to the PTY's first station.
4. For the Radio with CD, go to another station within
that PTY by pressing the SEEK TYPE button twice
to display the PTY and then go to another station.
SCAN: For the Radio with Six-Disc CD player, scan the
stations within a PTY by performing the following:
1. Press the TYPE button to activate program type
select mode. P-TYPE and the last selected PTY
displays.
2. Turn the TYPE knob or press and release the
TYPE button to select a PTY.
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3. Once the desired PTY is displayed, press and hold
either the SEEK or TYPE arrows for two seconds,
and the radio begins scanning the stations in
the PTY.
4. Press either the SEEK or TYPE arrows to stop
scanning.
To cancel the seek, press the SEEK/TYPE button or
any of the SEEK or TYPE arrows. This also exits
the program type seek mode and returns to the last
tuned station.
For the Radio with CD, if both PTY and TRAF (traffic)
are on, the radio searches for stations with the selected
PTY and traffic announcements.
If the radio cannot find the desired program type, NONE
displays and the radio returns to the last tuned station.
BAND (Alternate Frequency): Alternate frequency
lets the radio 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
could 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.