2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV bluetooth

Black plate (104,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
7-104 Infotainment System When to Speak: A short tone
sounds after the system responds
indicating when it is waiting for a
voice command. Wait until the tone
and then speak.
How to Speak: Speak clearly in a
calm and natural voice.
Audio System When using the in ‐ vehicle Bluetooth
system, sound comes through the
vehicle's front audio system
speakers and overrides the audio
system. Use the audio system
volume knob, during a call, to
change the volume level. The
adjusted volume level remains in
memory for later calls. To prevent
missed calls, a minimum volume
level is used if the volume is turned
down too low. Bluetooth Controls Use the buttons located on the
steering wheel to operate the
in ‐ vehicle Bluetooth system. See
Steering Wheel Controls on
page 5 ‑ 3 for more information.
b g (Push To Talk): Press to
answer incoming calls, confirm
system information, and start
speech recognition.
c x (Phone On Hook): Press to
end a call, reject a call, or cancel an
operation.
Pairing A Bluetooth cell phone must be
paired to the Bluetooth system and
then connected to the vehicle before
it can be used. See the cell phone
manufacturer's user guide for
Bluetooth functions before pairing
the cell phone. If a Bluetooth phone
is not connected, calls will be made
using OnStar Hands ‐ Free Calling,
if equipped. Refer to the OnStar
Owner's Guide for more information. Pairing Information .
Up to five cell phones can be
paired to the Bluetooth system. .
The pairing process is disabled
when the vehicle is moving. .
Pairing only needs to be
completed once, unless the
pairing information on the cell
phone changes or the cell phone
is deleted from the system. .
Only one paired cell phone can
be connected to the Bluetooth
system at a time. .
If multiple paired cell phones are
within range of the system, the
system connects to the first
available paired cell phone in the
order that they were first paired
to the system. To connect to a
different paired phone, see
“ Connecting to a Different
Phone ” later in this section.

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Infotainment System 7-105Pairing a Phone
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Bluetooth. ”
3. Say “ Pair. ” The system responds
with instructions and a four ‐ digit
Personal Identification Number
(PIN). The PIN is used in Step 5.
4. Start the pairing process on the
cell phone that you want to pair.
For help with this process, see
the cell phone manufacturer's
user guide.
5. Locate the device named “ Your
Vehicle ” in the list on the cell
phone. Follow the instructions
on the cell phone to enter the
PIN that was provided in Step 3. After the PIN is successfully
entered, the system prompts you
to provide a name for the paired
cell phone. This name will be
used to indicate which phones
are paired and connected to the
vehicle. See “ Listing All Paired
and Connected Phones ” later in
this section for more information.
6. Repeat Steps 1 through 5 to pair
additional phones.
Listing All Paired and Connected
Phones
The system can list all cell phones
paired to it. If a paired cell phone is
also connected to the vehicle, the
system responds with “ is connected ”
after that phone name.
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Bluetooth. ”
3. Say “ List. ” Deleting a Paired Phone
If the phone name you want to
delete is unknown, see “ Listing All
Paired and Connected Phones. ”
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Bluetooth. ”
3. Say “ Delete. ” The system asks
which phone to delete.
4. Say the name of the phone you
want to delete.

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7-106 Infotainment System Connecting to a Different Phone
To connect to a different cell phone,
the Bluetooth system looks for the
next available cell phone in the
order in which all the available cell
phones were paired. Depending on
which cell phone you want to
connect to, you may have to use
this command several times.
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Bluetooth. ”
3. Say “ Change phone. ”.
If another cell phone is
found, the response will be
“ is now
connected. ”.
If another cell phone is not
found, the original phone
remains connected. Storing and Deleting Phone
Numbers The system can store up to
30 phone numbers as name tags
in the Hands ‐ Free Directory that is
shared between the Bluetooth and
OnStar systems, if equipped.
The following commands are used
to delete and store phone numbers.
Store: This command will store
a phone number, or a group of
numbers as a name tag.
Digit Store: This command allows
a phone number to be stored as a
name tag by entering the digits one
at a time.
Delete: This command is used to
delete individual name tags.
Delete All Name Tags: This
command deletes all stored name
tags in the Hands ‐ Free Calling
Directory and the OnStar
Turn ‐ by ‐ Turn Destinations
Directory, if equipped. Using the “ Store ” Command
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Store. ”
3. Say the phone number or group
of numbers you want to store all
at once with no pauses, then
follow the directions given by the
system to save a name tag for
this number.
Using the “ Digit Store ” Command
If an unwanted number is
recognized by the system, say
“ Clear ” at any time to clear the
last number.
To hear all of the numbers
recognized by the system, say
“ Verify ” at any time.
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Digit Store. ”

Black plate (109,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Infotainment System 7-109Three ‐ Way CallingThree ‐ way calling must be
supported on the cell phone and
enabled by the wireless service
carrier.
1. While on a call, press
b g .
2. Say “ Three ‐ way call. ”
3. Use the dial or call command to
dial the number of the third party
to be called.
4. Once the call is connected,
press
b g to link all callers
together.
Ending a Call
Press
c x to end a call. Muting a Call During a call, all sounds from inside
the vehicle can be muted so that the
person on the other end of the call
cannot hear them. .
To mute a call, press
b g , and
then say “ Mute call. ” .
To cancel mute, press
b g , and
then say “ Un ‐ mute call. ”
Transferring a Call Audio can be transferred between
the Bluetooth system and the cell
phone.
The cell phone must be paired
and connected with the Bluetooth
system before a call can be
transferred. The connection process
can take up to two minutes after
the ignition is turned to ON/RUN. Transferring Audio from the
Bluetooth System to a Cell Phone
During a call with the audio in the
vehicle:
1. Press
b g .
2. Say “ Transfer Call. ”
Transferring Audio to the
Bluetooth System from a Cell
Phone
During a call with the audio on the
cell phone, press
b g . The audio
transfers to the vehicle. If the audio
does not transfer to the vehicle,
use the audio transfer feature on the
cell phone. See your cell phone
manufacturer's user guide for more
information.

Black plate (110,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
7-110 Infotainment System Voice Pass-Thru Voice pass ‐ thru allows access to the
voice recognition commands on the
cell phone. See your cell phone
manufacturer's user guide to see if
the cell phone supports this feature.
To access contacts stored in the cell
phone:
1. Press and hold
b g for
two seconds.
2. Say “ Bluetooth. ” The system
responds “ Bluetooth ready, ”
followed by a tone.
3. Say “ Voice. ” The system
responds “ OK, accessing
. ”
The cell phone's normal prompt
messages will go through their cycle
according to the phone's operating
instructions. Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
(DTMF) Tones The Bluetooth system can send
numbers and the numbers stored as
name tags during a call. You can
use this feature when calling a
menu ‐ driven phone system.
Account numbers can also be
stored for use.
Sending a Number or Name Tag
During a Call
1. Press
b g . The system
responds “ Ready, ” followed by
a tone.
2. Say “ Dial. ”
3. Say the number or name tag
to send. Clearing the System Unless information is deleted out of
the in ‐ vehicle Bluetooth system, it
will be retained indefinitely. This
includes all saved name tags in the
phone book and phone pairing
information. For information on how
to delete this information, see the
previous section “ Deleting a Paired
Phone ” and the previous sections
on deleting name tags.
Other Information The Bluetooth ®
word mark and
logos are owned by the Bluetooth ®
SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks
by General Motors is under license.
Other trademarks and trade names
are those of their respective owners.

Black plate (2,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
i-2 INDEX
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-82
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Voltage and Charging
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . 10-32
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103
Brake
Pedal and Adjustable
Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Brake System Warning Light . . . 5-21
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34 Bulb Replacement (cont.)
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . 10-37
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
C Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Camera, Rear Vision . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iii
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9, 2-10
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Cautions, Danger, and
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
CD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 4-3 Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-66
Charging
System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Check
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Ignition
Transmission Lock . . . . . . . . 10-31
Child Restraints
Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53
Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 3-59
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68, 3-71
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-90
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-94
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . 13-12

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i-8 INDEX
NNavigation
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-60
Vehicle Data Recording
and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
OObject Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Object Detection, Side Blind
Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-51
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
OnStar ®
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . 13-15
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Overheated Engine
Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Overview, Infotainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
P Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Parking
Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-32
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-38 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-44
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . 10-3
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-35
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Pregnancy, Using Safety
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Privacy
Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-19
Problems with Route
Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97