2008 Chevrolet Colorado Owner's Manual - Page 188

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. 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. 3-54