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Never Miss a Beat: Pause and Play Radio Will Wait for You

You’re driving along listening to your favorite radio station and a commercial playing contains a website address you want to check out. But you can’t – or shouldn’t – be writing while driving. Wouldn’t it be great to just hit a pause button on the radio?

Now you can.

Pause and play radio is a built-in feature of the High Navigation Radio in the Chevrolet Equinox, Buick LaCrosse, GMC Terrain and Cadillac SRX as well as the Cadillac CTS Jukebox and Navigation radio, on which it debuted in 2008. Pause and play is coming soon to the new Buick Regal and Chevrolet Cruze.


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decepticonss

Wouldnt it be a DRR (digital radio recorder) since DVR is Digital Video Recorder? :P

I've been waiting for this feature forever and actually sometimes hit the rewind button on the radio thinking I can backtrack to catch what I've missed. Its just too bad its not available in the hhr.

ChevyMgr

Digital Voice Recorder? Nah.

They actually call it MEM, which I am still trying to figure out the meaning of (memory maybe?). The owners manual describes it as follows. And we also have the new word for GM, infotainment.

Mass Storage Media (MEM)
Infotainment systems with MEM storage are able to record up to 1.1 GB (gigabyte) of music from Audio CDs, MP3/WMA/AAC discs, and USB storage devices. The MEM player can also time shift audio from AM, FM, and XM™ radio.

Music or content that is stored in MEM that you did not create, or have the right to distribute, must be deleted before the sale or end of the lease of the vehicle.

Control Buttons
The buttons used to control the MEM player are:

MEM/DVD/AUX: Press to select the MEM player.

SEEK or SEEK : Press to select tracks or to fast forward or rewind within a track.

INFO: Press to display additional information about the MEM track that may be available.

: Press to pause the track currently playing, press again to resume playback.

REC: Press to record music from a CD, DVD-A, or USB drive.

FAV (Favorites): Press to display MEM favorites.

1-6: Press to select a track or a stored playlist.

MENU/SEL: Turn to select tracks.

Recording From Audio CDs
The infotainment system can record the current song playing or all songs from an audio CD to MEM. A status bar appears on the top of the display when the recording process starts and disappears when the process has ended. Copy protected CDs cannot be recorded to MEM.

Recording to MEM
Press REC, then select Record Current Song or Record All Songs on Disc. If the track has started playing, the system will restart the track and begin recording from the beginning of the track. When the song recording is completed, the message Song Recorded to MEM displays, and there may be a slight pause.

Songs recorded to MEM are stored as the current date, disc and track number.

Re-recording a Previously Recorded Disc
If the disc or track has already been recorded to MEM, the message The Song(s) is Already Recorded displays.

Stopping the Recording
Press the REC button while recording from an audio CD to display the stop recording option. Select Stop Recording Song to MEM.

Renaming Recorded Discs
Discs that have been recorded to MEM can be renamed.

•Press the MENU/SEL knob.
•Select Rename Recorded Discs.
•Select the disc.
•Select Album or Artist to rename either one.
•Use the menu knob to enter the character sequence. See Operation for more information.
Recording From MP3/WMA Discs or USB Storage Devices
USB Host Support
The USB connector uses the USB standards, 1.1 and 2.0.

USB Supported Devices
• USB Flash Drives

• Portable USB Hard Drives

Recording to MEM
Press REC, then select Record Current Song or Record Current Folder.

The information stored by MEM is titled according to the ID3 tag associated with it.

Re-recording a Previously Recorded Disc
If the disc or track has already been recorded to MEM, the message The Song(s) is Already Recorded displays.

Stopping the Recording
Press the REC button while recording from an MP3/WMA CD or USB storage device to display the stop recording option. Select Stop Recording Song to MEM.

Deleting Tracks From MEM
Individual tracks and all tracks can be deleted from MEM.

To delete individual tracks, press and release the DEL button while the track is playing.

To delete all tracks from MEM, press and hold the DEL button while a track is playing.

Playing From MEM
Playing Back a Previously Recorded CD
Turn the MENU/SEL knob to select a track if MEM is already playing from the previously recorded disc.

•Select Recorded Disc List.
•Select the disc.
•Select the track.
Searching For a Track

Tracks can be searched for by:

• Playlists

• Artists

• Albums

• Song Titles

• Genres

The number of objects in each category is shown in parentheses after the category.

To search for tracks:

•Press the MENU/SEL knob.
•Select Search.
•Select: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Song Titles, or Genres.
•Select the track. The search rate increases if the menu knob is continuously turned while searching in a list.
Shuffle Songs
Select the Shuffle Songs option from the MEM menu to randomly play back tracks stored in MEM.

Configuring MEM Favorites
During MEM playback, press the FAV button to change between favorite categories. The favorite categories are:

• Playlists

• Artists

• Albums

• Genres

To remove MEM favorites categories:

•Press the CONFIG button.
•Select Radio Settings.
•Select MEM Favorites.
•Remove the check mark from the box to remove that MEM favorites category.
Replace the check mark to re-add the removed category.

Saving MEM Tracks as Favorites
Favorites can be saved by pressing and holding one of the 1 to 6 buttons. Favorites can be stored according to the following list:

Playlist: Adds currently playing track to the playlist selected.

Artist: Saves the artist associated with the currently playing track in the indicated favorites position.

Album: Saves the album associated with the currently playing track in the indicated favorites position.

Genre: Saves the genre associated with the currently playing track in the indicated favorites position.


Creating Playlists
To create a playlist using tracks stored in MEM:

•Select Playlist from the MEM favorites.
•Select the track to be stored in the playlist.
•Press and hold one of the 1 to 6 buttons until the track can be heard again to store the track.
•Repeat steps 1 though 3 to store additional tracks in the playlist.

wolfman

I want the radio that automatically mutes all commercials, and refuses to tune to those obnoxious morning shows.

stranger

All that would be sweet but I'd have a heck of a time bringin' it into the house and hookin' it up to the tune box.