2003 Oldsmobile Alero Owner's Manual - Page 166

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, located next to the cassette tape slot, to remove the tape and start over. While the tape is playing, use the VOLUME, POWER, AUDIO, AUTO EQ, and the 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 button with the eject symbol on it or the RCL knob. 1 REV (Reverse): Press this pushbutton to reverse the tape rapidly. Press it again to return to playing speed. The radio will play while the tape reverses. You may select stations during reverse operation by using TUNE, SEEK and SCAN. 2 FWD (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 reverse operation by using TUNE, SEEK and SCAN. 5 SIDE: Press this pushbutton to play the other side of the tape. AUTO EQ (Automatic Equalizer): Press AUTO EQ to select the desired equalization setting while playing a cassette tape. The equalization will be automatically set whenever you play a cassette tape. See "AUTO EQ" listed previously for more information. < SEEK > : Your tape must have at least three ,l,Arl, ii an error appears on tne rauio uispiay, the tape won't play because of an error. See "Cassette Tape Messages" later in this section. seconds of silence between each selection for seek to . 4 t --I-...- - - , L . mnwl Prbad thm .-;-ht u +h,,C I1Gl1 a l t u v v +-u at;alu I C--I a c i ryt I uI t I u 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 right or left SEEK arrows that many times. The number of selections to be skipped wiii appear on the dispiay. rnee I\. La I I I 3-61