2003 Oldsmobile Aurora Owner's Manual - Page 178

TRAF (Traffic): Press this button to seek to a station that broadcasts traffic announcements. TRAF will appear on the display. If no station is found, NO TRAF will appear on the display. When a traffic announcement comes on the current station or on a related network station, you will hear it, even if the volume is muted or a cassette tape or a compact disc is playing. If the cassette tape or the compact disc player is being used, play will stop during the announcement. 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. If an error appears on the radio display, the tape won't play because of an error. See "Cassette Tape Message" later in this section. 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 the TUNE knob. 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 forward operation by using the TUNE knob. 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 tne cassette tape siot, to remove tne tape ana 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 piayer automaticaiiy begins piaying the other side when it reaches the end of the tape. 5 SIDE: Press this pushbutton to play the other side of the tape. AUTO tu (Automatic tqualizer): press AUTO 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. tu 3-65