2008 BUICK LUCERNE Get To Know Guide

Automatic Recal lof the Easy ExitSeat
Th eeasy exitseat canbeprogram med using
the Driver Infor mationCent er(DI C) to
aut omat icallyrecall the seat exitsetting
when the key isremoved from the ignit ion\b
Toprog ram the easy exitseat:
1\b Press the (Cu stom ization) button
unti lEasy ExitSeat appears onthe DIC
displ ay\b
\f\bPress the (Set/Reset )but ton to
access the feat uresett ings\b
3\bPress the button to scroll through the
sett ings ofOFF, ON, orNO CHANG E\b
4\bWith your choice displayed, pressthe
butt ontochange the setting\bA ut omati cRecall ofthe Memory Seat
The memory seat can be pr ogr ammed using
the Driver Inform ation Cente r(DI C) to
au tomati cally recal lthe mem ory seat setting
whe nthe Remot eKey less Entry tr ansmi tter
U nlock buttonis presse d\bPress the Unlock
bu tton onthe Remote Keyless Entry
tr ans mitter todet erm inewhich transm itter
c or respo ndstowhi chmem oryseat button\b
To progr am the memory seat:
1\bPress the (Cust om izat ion) button until
Memor ySeat Recal lappear son the DIC
dis play\b
\f\b Press the (Set/ Reset )but ton to
ac cess the feature settings\b
3\b Press the buttonto scr ollthr ough the
s et tings ofOFF, ON, orNO CHAN GE\b
4\bWit hyour choice displaye d,press the
but ton tochan gethe setting\b
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See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
Pow erTilt Whe eland Telescopi ngSteering
Col umn (if equippe d)
The cont rolislocat edon the left side ofthe
s teer ing column\b Move the contr olup ordow nto
tilt the steeri ngwheel inthat direct ion\b Move the
cont rol forwa rdorrearwar dto adjust the distance
betwe enyou and the steer ingwheel \b
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Thedual �zone clim ate cont rolsyst emcan beopera ted manually orcan beset toautomatically
adjus tto the individual settin gsofthe driver and front seat passenger\b
Du al�Zo ne Climate Control s(if equip ped)
(Off):
Turn the fan cont roltothe
O ff posit iontoturn offthe
clim ate cont rolsyst em\b
(Fan) :Turn thefan
cont rol to increase or
decrea se fan speed\b
AirCond itioni ng:
Pr ess this knob to tur n
the aircondit ioning
syst emonoroff\bRear Window Defogger:
Pr ess thisknob to tur nthe rear
window defogger onoroff\b
Airfl ow Cont rol:Tur nthe airflow cont rolto change the
direct ion ofthe airflow \b
(Vent ): Dir ect sairto the instrument paneloutlets\b
(Bi �Level) :Dir ect sairto the instrum entpanel outlets
andfloor outlets\b
(Fl oor ):Directs airtothe floor outlets\b
(Def og):Dir ect sairto the windshield, side window
outletsand floor outl ets\b
(Defr ost ): Dir ects most ofthe airto the windshi eld
andsome airtothe side window outlets\b
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AUTO (Auto mat ic Mode) :In thi s mode, the
system automaticall yadj usts the airflow ,fan
s peed, aircondi tioning andrecircul ation functions
toreach andmaintain the set tem perature(s)\b
To set theaut omatic mode:
1\b Turn the fan cont rol to the AUTO position\b
\f\bTurn the airflow contr olto the AUT Oposition\b
\f\b Adj ust the tem per ature to acom fort able
setti ngusing the tem pera turebutt ons\b
(Passenger’s
Tem peratur e
Cont rols) :Pr ess
the arrow buttons
to incr ease or
decrease the
passenger’ s
tem per atur e
set ting\b(Driver’s
Te mp eratur e
Con trol s):
Pres sthe
ar row butt ons
to inc rease
ordecrea se
the driver’ s
tem peratur e
set ting\b
(O utsi deAir):
Pres sthis button toallow
ou tside airto ente rth e
vehi cle\b(Reci rcul ation) :
Press thisbutt on to
r ecir culat einsid eairand
keep outsideairfrom
ent ering the vehicl e\b
Recirculation will not
functi onin defog or
defrost mode\bPASS (Passenger’s
Cl im ateCont rol ):
Pr ess thisbut ton to turn
the passenger’ sclim ate
cont rols onoroff\b
See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
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CD\bAUX :Pr ess
this butt onto play
aCD instead of
the radio\b Press
the button again
to aut omat ically
sear chfor a
device connect ed
to the auxiliar y
inputjack\b
\fNT\fRTAI NM\fNT
Audio System Features
Whi lemost ofthe features on yo ur rad iowil lloo kfamil iar,th e fol lowi ng are some th at ma ybe new \b
ME NU:
Press thi s
butt onto
displ aythe
ra dio
setu p
menu\b
(In for mat ion) :
Press thisbutt onto
dis play addit iona l
informati on relat edto
the curre ntfuncti on\b
FAV(Fa vori te):
Press thisbutt on
to go through up
to six pag esof
anycom bina tion
(A M, FM or XM ,
ifequipped) of
preset radio
s tati ons\b On
each page, up
to six sta tions
areavai lable
byusing the
s ix pu shbutto ns
below theradio
dis play \b
(Tune) :Tur nthis knob to select radio
stati ons or,w hen aCD is playing, to select a
track orMP3 file\b
Pr es sthe knob to adj ustthe tone cont rol
(bas s/t re ble) orspeak ercontr ol(bal ance/f ade)\b
Auxi liar y
Input Jack:
Apor table
audio player
can be
connect edto
this jack and
played over
the vehicle
speaker s\b
(Pow er\bVol um e):
Press this knob to
turn the syst emonor
off\b Turn the knob to
adj ust the volume \b
EJECT :
Press this
butt ononce to
eject the
cur rent ly
playing CD\b
Press and
hold this
butt onto
eject allCDs\b
(Cl ock) or LOAD
(if equipp ed):Depending
on equipm ent,this button
wi ll be either theClock or
CDLoad button\b Press the
Cloc kbut ton to adjust the
clo ck ;or, if equ ipped, press
the Load button toload a
sin gle CD orpress and
holdthe butt onto load
mul tipl e CD s\b
See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
Notice:If you add anylabel toaCD, insert morethan oneCD into the slo tat atime, orattemp t
toplay scr atch edordama ged CDs, youcould damage the CD player\b WhenusingtheCD
play er, us eon lyCD sin good cond itionwithout anylabel, loadone CD atatime, andkeep the
CD playerand theloading slotfree offoreign materials, liquidsand debr is\b
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Set ting Favori teRadio Stations
Bef or esett ing your favo rite stat ions, shift the
v ehi cle into Park (P)\b
To set upthe number offavori testation
pages:
1\b Press the ME NU buttonto display the
ra dio setup menu\b
\f\bPress the pushbut tonlocated belowthe
FA V1– 6label onthe radiodispl ay\b
3\bSelect thedesir ednum beroffavor ite
sta tion pages\b
4\bPress the FAV button\b You may now begin
sto ring your favori testat ions for the
c hos enamoun tof number edpages\b
To stor efavo ritest ati ons:
1\b Tune tothe desi redradio stati on\b
\f\b Press the FAV buttonto disp laythe page
where thestati on is to be stor ed\b
3\b Press and hold oneofthe six pushbut tons
untila beep sound s\b
4\bRepeat thesteps foreac hpushbut ton on
each page\bSetting the Time
(exclud ingNavi gation Radi o)
Toset the tim e:
1\b Press the (Cloc k)but ton\b Or,if
equipped withasix� disc CDplayer, press
the MENU button and then press the
pushbutt onlocat edunder the clock option
label \bT he HR, MIN, MM,DD, YYYY
label swi llappear onthe display\b
\f\bPress the pushbut ton under anyofthe
label sto be chang ed\b
3\bPress the pushbut ton again orthe FWD
butt ontoincr ease the num bers\b Press the
REV button todecr ease the num bers\b
Rotating the
(Tune) knobalsowill
increase ordecr ease the select edlabel\b
4\bPress the Clock orME NU button again to
set the current lydisplayed tim eand date\b
Toset the time onthe Navigati onsyst em,
see your Navigat ionmanual foradditi onal
opera ting inst ructi ons\b
Note: Choosing toengage inextended
sea rchin gforsp ecific audio stations or
son gs byusing buttons andknobs —orto
giv e ex tende dattention toentertainment
task s— can lead you tolook away from
the roa dfreque ntlyor longer thanusual\b
Look ing away fromtheroad forprolong ed
perio dsmay cau se you tomiss seeing
thin gs on the road thatyouneed tosee\b
Be sur eto keep your eyes onthe road
and min don the drive —and avoid
enga ging in ex tende dsearching for
spe cific items while driving \b
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SeeSection 3of your Owner Manual.
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(Next) :Pre ssthe uparrow to go to the next preset
radi ostati on or,w hen aCD is playing, tothe next track\b
+ (V olume ):Press the plus button to incr ease the vol um e\b
SR CE (Sou rce):Pr ess thisbutton to swit chtoAM ,F M,
X M or CD operat ion\b
(V oice Recogn ition\b Mute):Press thi s but ton to
int eract with the OnSta rsystem \bWit hout OnSt ar, pr ess
this but ton to mu tethe audio system\bPr ess itagai nto
tur non the sound\b
(Se ek): Press theseek arrow togo to the next radio
stati on or,when aCD isplaying, tothe next track\b
Press and holdthe seek arrow for two seconds to scan
radi ostati ons in the select edband or,when aCD is
pla ying, thetracks of th e CD \b
–(Volu me): Press theminus button to decrease the
volum e\b
(Previ ous): Press thedow nar row togo tothe
pr evious preset radiostat ion or,when aCD is pla ying,
to the previo ustrack\b
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+RES (Resum e\bAccel erate): Pressthis button toresume a
setspeed, ortoincr ease th e speed whenthe system isset\b
(Cancel ): Pr ess thi s but ton to cancel the cruise control
butretain the set speed inmem ory\bApplying thebrakes will
also cancel the cruise contr ol\b
(On\bOff ):Press this butt on to turn the cruise control on
oroff\b
–SET (Set ):Pr ess thisbut ton to set aspeed, ortodecrease
the speed when the syste misset\b When the cruise control is
set ,the cruise light willill uminat eon the instrument panel
clust er\b
CONV\fNI\f NC\f
Cruise Contro land Audi oSte ering Whee lCo ntro ls
See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
Thecruise contr olbutton sand someaudio controls are locate don the steering wheel\b
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Aut omati cLam pControl
Your vehi cleisequ ipped withan Autom atic Lamp Control system, whichautomati callyturns
on the headl ampsand other exter ior lam ps, and theinstr ument panellights, atnight or
whe nnecessary\b
The Automa ticLamp Contr olsyst em’slight sensor islocated ontop ofthe instrum entpanel\b
To en sur eprop ersystem operation, it’s important toavoid placingany objects onornear
the sensor \b
The exterior lamps also can beoper atedmanuall y\bThe exterior lampcontrol knob
isloc ated onth e left side ofthe instrument panel\b
Exterio rLa mp s
(On\bOf f):
This position
tur ns off the
ex teri or lamp s,
excludi ng the
Day time
R unni ng
Lam ps\b
(Par king
Lam ps):This
positi ontur ns on
the parking
lamps, tail lamps
and instrument
panel lights\b
AUTO (Aut omatic) :
Thi spositi on
automaticall ytur ns on
the Aut omatic Lam p
Cont rol syst em\b
(Fog Lamp s)
(if equi pped): Push
inthe knob to turn
on the foglamps\b
Pu sh it agai nto tur n
offthe foglamp s\b
(Headl amps) :This position
tur ns on the headlam ps,parking
lamp s,taillam psandinst rum ent
panel light s\b
See Section 3of your Owner Manual.
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Side Blin dZon eAl ert
(if equi pped)
This featu reuses aca mera mountedon the
wind shield ne ar the insid ere arvi ewmirror to
detect lanemark ingsand alertthe driver when
the vehic ledep artsfrom the lane\b Itoper ates
only at spe edsgre atertha n35 mph\b
La ne Dep artu reWa rnin g
(ifequi pped)
Thisfeatur e
mayalert you
tovehi cles
locat ed
inyour side
blind zone\b
When a
vehicle is
detected in your blind
zone, adisplay will
ill umi natein the
cor respondi ngoutsi de
mirror –right orleftsi de\b
If you acti vate the turn
signa lwhi leavehi cle is dete ctedin your
bli nd zone, the displa ywill flash\b
Th esyst emis enabl edatevery vehicle
start up\b Itcan beturned offthrough the
Vehicl eInf orma tio n butt oninthe Driver
Inf or mati on Center (DIC)\b
If the sy st em is not funct ioning correctly,you
may seea“CLEA NSID EBLI ND ZONE
ALE RT SYS TEM ”me ssage in the DIC, and
the mirror displays will light continuousl y\bThe
sens ors, loca ted behind therear quarter
panels, may be blocked bymud, ice, snow
orwa ter\b Clean the rea rqua rter panel s
and/o rthe sensor swi th water spray\bT his
m ess age may also app ear whil edr ivi ng in
op en areas with no object sto det ect\bYou
m ay choose toturn offthe syst eminthe DIC
un tilyou areno longer inwid e open areas\b
See Sections 2and 3of your Owner Manual.
The warning symbol, located inthe
ins trum entpanel clust er, will
appear green ifa lane marki ng is
dete cted \bIt will change to am ber,
flas hand so und thr ee ch imes ifyo ucross a
detected lanemar kin gwit hout yourturn
sign alon \b
The systemisenabled at
everyvehicle star tup\b
Y ou can tur nit off by
pressing the cont rol located
near the headlam pcont rol\b
Anindi cator onthe cont rol
willlight when the system
ison\b This system maynot funct ionifthe
cam eraisobst ructed, the windshi eldisdirty
or the camer acannot distingui shvisible lane
marki ngs\b Snow covered roads,bright
refl ecti ons offpavement orlow sun angle
intocam era lens areall condit ionswhich
may not allow the syst emto funct ion\b
See Section 2of your Owner Manual.
Thisfeat ureuses four
ult rasonic sensorson the
r ea rbumper sto help you
avoidcolliding with object s
whenpar king the vehi cle\b
It oper ates onlyatspe eds less than 5mph\b
The rear par king assist display islocat ed
near the rear window\b Thelightson the
displ ayprovide distance inform ation\b Asthe
vehicl eappr oaches anobject ,the num berof
lights illum inated increases\b Low�toned
beeps alsosound fr om the rear speakers
when objectsar enear the rear bumper\b
Be sure to keep the ultrasonic sensors on
the vehi cle’s rear bum perclean to ensure
pr oper operation\b
The syste mcan bedisabled usingthe Driver
Infor mati on Center \b
SeeSections 2and 3of your Owner Manual.
Ultrasonic RearPa rk Ass is t
(if equipp ed)
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