GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

Vehicles with a rear seat audio (RSA) system allows rear seat passengers to listen to and control any of the following audio sources: AM/FM tuner, front CD player, and XM™ Satellite Radio Service (if equipped). However, the rear seat passengers can only control the sources that the front seat passengers are not listening to. For example, rear seat passengers can listen to a CD in the front radio and control it while the driver listens to the radio through the front speakers. The rear seat passengers have control of the volume for each set of headphones.

The front seat audio controls always have priority over the RSA controls. If the front seat passengers switch the source for the main radio to a remote source, the RSA is not able to control the remote source. You can operate the RSA when the main radio is off.

The DVD or auxiliary device are always be available on channel (CHA or CH1) of the wireless headphones. All other RSA sources are available on channel (CHB or CH2) of the wireless headphones, as well as the wired headphones. If the RSA is off, the wired headphones provide DVD or auxiliary device audio. The rear seat passengers are not able to listen to XM™, on channel (CHB or CH2), if the front passenger is listening to a DVD or auxiliary device.

The remote control does not operate any of the RSA features.


Object Number: 1693503  Size: B1
RSA SRC (Rear Seat Audio Source): Press this button to turn on the RSA system. Press this button to switch between playing the AM, FM1, FM2, XM1™ or XM2™ Satellite Radio Service (if equipped), or the front CD player. If one of the sources is not loaded, the system skips over the source when this button is pressed. Hold this button down to turn off RSA.

, , , , (Directional Arrows): Up Arrow - Press the up arrow while in AM/FM tuner, or XM™ Satellite Radio Service to switch between the station presets. Press the up arrow while sourcing the single CD player to go to the next track. Press the up arrow while sourcing the six-disc CD player to go to the next disc. Down Arrow - Press the down arrow while in AM/FM tuner to change the BAND from AM/FM tuner to the front CD player or to the XM™ Satellite Radio Service. Left Arrow - Press the left arrow while in AM/FM tuner, or XM™ Satellite Radio Service to seek down. Press the left arrow while sourcing the single CD player, or the six-disc CD player to go to the previous track. Right Arrow - Press the right arrow while in AM/FM tuner, or XM™ Satellite Radio Service to seek up. Press the right arrow while sourcing the single CD player, or the six-disc CD player to go to the next track.

(Wired Headphone Volume): Press this button to select the correct headphone. Then press the left or right navigation arrows to increase or decrease the headphone volume.

(Parental Control):  This button is located behind the video screen next to the auxiliary and headphone jacks. Press this button while using RSA, or when a DVD or CD is playing to blank the video screen and to mute the audio. The power indicator lights on the DVD player flashes. Turning on the parental control also disables all other button operations from the remote control and the DVD player, except for the eject button. Press this button again to restore operation of the RSA, DVD player, and remote control. This button can also be used to turn the DVD player power on and automatically resume play if the vehicle is on and a disc is in the player. If no disc is in the player then the system powers up in auxiliary mode.