Playing A Cassette Tape - Pontiac Aztek 2003 Owner's Manual

Playing a Cassette Tape

Your tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
up to 30 to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes
longer than that are so thin they may not work well in
this player. The longer side with the tape visible should
face to the right. If the ignition is on, but the radio is
off, the tape can be inserted and will begin playing. If
you hear nothing but a garbled sound, the tape may not
be in squarely. Press the eject button to remove the
tape and start over.
While the tape is playing, use the VOL, BAL, FADE,
TONE, EQ and SEEK controls just as you do for
the radio. The display will show TAPE and an arrow
showing which side of the tape is playing. The
tape player automatically begins playing the other side
when it reaches the end of the tape.
Your tape bias is set automatically when a metal or
chrome tape is inserted. If you want to insert a
tape while the ignition is off, first press the eject button
or push the RCL knob.
If an error appears on the display, see "Cassette Tape
Messages" later in this section.
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1 (Forward): Press this pushbutton to advance
quickly to another part of the tape. Press this pushbutton
again to return to playing speed. The radio will play
while the tape advances. You may select stations during
forward operation by using TUNE.
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While in forward mode, the display will show FREQ and
FWD and two right arrows. If the radio is playing a
RDS station, the display will only show FREQ.
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2 (Side): Press this pushbutton to play the other
side of the tape.
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4 (Reverse): Press this pushbutton to reverse the
tape rapidly. Press it again to return to playing speed.
The radio will play the tape reverses. You may
select stations during reverse operation by using TUNE.
EQ (Equalizer): Press EQ to select the desired
customized equalization setting while playing a cassette.
The equalization will be automatically set whenever
you play a cassette tape. See "EQ" listed previously for
more information.
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SEEK : Your tape must have at least three
seconds of silence between each selection for seek to
work. Press the up or the down arrow to search for
the next or the previous selection on the tape. You can
skip as many as nine selections up or down on the
tape. Choose how many selections you want to skip,
then press the SEEK arrow that many times. The
number of selections to be skipped will appear on the
display.