2011 OPEL GT display

76 Ligh ting
Instrum ent illumination,
info rmation display illumination

In high amb ient light conditions, the auto
lighting turns on the illumination with fixe d
intensity to indicate that the e xte rior lamps
are on.
In most other lighting conditions,
brightness can be adjusted when the
ignition is on by turning a djuster w he el up
or down.
W hen the light switch is turne d to
pos itionX, ins trument pane l backlighting
goe s out and the drive r information centre
is illum inate d at its ma ximum brightnes s .
Courtesy lamps
Automatically sw itc h on whe n the d oors
are unlocke d with the remote control, w he n
a door is opened or when the key is
re move d from the ignition switch.
Courte s y lamp s s witch off approx.
20 seconds after c losing the doors and
i m m ed i a t el y w h en t h e i g ni t i o n i s sw it ch e d
on or afte r locking the doors with the
re m o t e c o nt r o l .
R eading lamps
Re ading lamp s on the left and right are
individually op erable .
Press b utton on underside of inte rior mirror
o n re lev an t s ide to switch o n re adin g lam p.
Button ex te nds.
Pres s button again to sw itc h off re ading
lamp . Button retracts.

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In f o t ai n me n t sy st e m
Brief o v ervie w.. ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 8
G e ne ral in f orm atio n ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 0
O peratio n .... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 1
Main me n u .. .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 2
So u n d s ettin gs ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 4
Radio .. ..... .... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 6
CD / MP 3 playe r ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 9 0
T ro ub les ho o tin g... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 9 7
G e ne ral advic e ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 9 8
G lo ss ary ... .... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 10 0
Radio re ceptio n ... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 10 1
Mobile tele phone s a nd radio
equipme nt (CB) 3. ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 10 1
Brief ov erv iew
Operating elem ents
1LOADLoading discs with six-disc
CD pla yer 3: Press
- or -
CSe tting tim e/ date: Pre s s
2FA VVi e w a n d s a ve
favourite s tations : Pres s
3B
BB BDisplay additional tex t
information for
RDS s tations or MP3 files :
Press
4MEN UDisplay menus
5Display panel61 ... 6Pre se t buttons 1 to 6
S ele ct options in
corre sponding dis play
pa ne l labe ls
Rad io:
View and save
favourite stations
7EQS el e ct p r es et
e qualisation settings:
Press
8KAdjust sound settings:
Press and turn
C D: Se lect tra ck; turn
Rad io: Se lect s tatio n ; tu r n
9CATChange category
C D: Toggle betw een
C D audio and MP3 files

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Im portant informat ion on ope ration and
road sa fet y
U s e y o ur I nf o t a i n m e nt sy st e m i n s uc h a
way that you can alwa ys drive safely.
If y ou hav e any doubts, stop the vehic le
and operate the Infotainment system while
t h e v eh i cl e i s n o t m ov i ng .
Theft protecti on
T h e I nf o t a i n m e nt s ys t em i s equ i p p e d w i t h
an ele ctronic the ft-de terre nt fe ature which
works by learning part of the Vehic le
Ide ntification Num ber (V IN).
The Infotainme nt s ys tem only w ork s in your
vehicle and is therefore of no value to
thieve s.
Retained Ac cessory Pow er (RAP)
This fe ature allows the Infotainme nt
system to be played even after the ignition
is turne d off.
Display
The following information can be shown on
the c entral dis play p ane l:
– Radio inform ation,
–Time,
–Date,
– S o u nd se t t i ng s,
–CD/MP3 information.Operation
Swit ching on/ offPress the X e kn ob .
T h e In fo t a i n m e nt sy st e m s w i t c h es
on/off.
Informat ion dis pla ye d
The illumina ted dis play shows informa tion
for the rad io, the CD/MP3 pla yer, tim e and
the sound settings.
When the Infotainm ent system is switched
on, the dis play illuminate s and the mos t
re ce ntly s e le cted aud io s ourc e play s at the
previous volume se tting.
Vo lu m e
Turn the X e knob;
clockw is e to increas e the volume or
anticlockwis e to decre ase the volum e.
zW hen it is s witched on, the
Infotainment s ys te m play s at the most
re cently s et volum e.
zThe radio volume can be adjuste d
automatically to c om pensate for road
and w ind nois e, de pending on ve hicle
speed. See “Sp eed Comp ensa ted
V olum e (SC V)” on p age 86 for furthe r
inform ation.St ee ring whee l re m ote control
T h e fo l l o w i n g s t ee r i ng w h ee l co n tr o l s a r e
s upplied for y our conve nience and to
improve road s afe ty :
Butt ons ]
]] ] j and <
<< < k
Volum e control
Press the plus or minus button to increa se
or decrease the v olum e of the audio source
currently se lecte d.
Butt on
A l
Mute/unmute sound
Press the button to mute the sound.
Pres s again to turn the s ound back on.
Butt ons I m and J n
S earch buttons
zRadio:
Pre ss to se arch for ne xt/previous
station me mory.
Pre s s a nd hold for approx. 1 s ec ond
to advance to nex t/pre vious station
with a s trong signal in the se lecte d
wave band.
zCD :
Pre ss to skip to ne xt/previous track.
Pre s s a nd hold for approx. 1 s ec ond
to continue sk ip ping forwa rds or
backwa rd s to othe r tracks on the disc.

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Main men u
The main me nu is the display that app ears
after the Infota inm ent system is switched
on. The following inform ation may be
dis playe d:
– Wav eband,
– Radio station frequency or nam e,
–Time,
–CD/MP3 information,
– Dis play , play back, sound or
station me mory labe ls etc..
Audio I nformat ion
The following inform ation is s how n in
the d isplay :
– Current wav eband or C D.
– Current station frequency,
CD track numb er or e lapse d track time.
– If the RDS function is active ,
the s tation nam e or s tation call lette rs
appea r on the dis play. Se e “RDS
(R adio Data S yste m)” on page 8 7.
– If th ere is a CD in th e CD s lo t,
the “CD” sy mbol illuminates on the
display . S ee “CD/ MP3 Play er” on
page 90 .
– If the C D is in rand om mode ,
the “RDM” sym bol illum inate s on the
display . S ee “Random Mode ” on
page 94 .Ti me and da te
Display of the current time and d ate.
Single-dis c C D playe r
In vehicle s with a s ingle -dis c CD play er, s et
the time and date as follow s:
T u r n i g n i ti o n k e y to AC C or R U N .
Press the X e kn ob .
T h e In fo t a i n m e nt sy st e m s w i t c h es o n .
Press the C 1 clock button.
T h e HR, M I N, M M , D D , YYY Y
(hour, minute, m onth, day and yea r)
labe ls appe ar on the dis play.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to change .
Press the same button 6 again to
i n cr ea se t h e t i m e /d a t e.
T h e va l u e s e le ct ed i n cr ea s es by o n e
(h o ur/ min u te/ mo nth / day/ ye ar) eve ry
time the same button 6 is pressed
aga in.zThe va lue selected can also be
changed us ing the SEE K wf,
SE EKq g, FWD c and RE V d
buttons and the
K8 tune knob, as
follows:
Press the SE EKwf button or the
FW D c button.
The va lue selected increases
( ho u r /m i nu t e /m o n t h /d a y /y ea r ) .
- or -
Press the SE EKq g button or the
REV d b utton.
The va lue selected decreases
( ho u r /m i nu t e /m o n t h /d a y /y ea r ) .
- or -
Turn the K8 tune knob clock wise or
anticloc kwise .
The va lue selected increases or
dec reases (hour/minute/m onth/d ay/
ye ar).
The date does not disp la y automatically.
To dis play the date , proce ed as follows :
Press the C 1 clock button w ith the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m o n .
The date appe ars .
zAfter a few seconds, the display reverts
back to the normal radio and tim e
disp lay.

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Six -disc CD play er 3
In vehicle s with a s ix-dis c CD playe r, se t the
time and date as follow s:
Turn ignition key to ACC or RUN.
Pr e ss t h e X e kn ob.
The Infotainm ent system switches on.
Pr e ss t h e MEN U 4 button until the
se t-up menu is dis playe d.
The clock option labe l appe ars on the
display .
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the clock option labe l.
The HR, MIN, MM, DD, YY YY
(hour, minute, month, day and year)
labels appe ar on the display .
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the label that you wish
to chang e.
Pre ss the sam e b utton 6 a gain to
incre ase the time/date.
The value selected increa ses by one
(hour/m inute/month/day /year) every
tim e the sa me button 6 is p r e s s e d
again.zT h e va l u e s e le ct ed ca n a l s o be
change d using the SE EK wf,
SE EKq g, FW Dc and REV d
buttons a nd the
K8 tune knob,
as follows:
Press the SEEKwf button or the
FWD c button.
T h e va l u e s e le ct ed i n cr ea s es
(hour/minute/month/day/year).
- or -
Press the SEEKq g b utton or the
RE V d button.
T h e va l u e s e le ct ed de cre a s es
(hour/minute/month/day/year).
- or -
Turn the K8 tune knob clockwise or
anticlockwis e.
T h e va l u e s e le ct ed i n cr ea s es o r
decreases (hour/minute/month/day/
year).
The date does not display automa tic ally.
To display the d ate, procee d as follow s:
Press the ME NU 4 button follow ed by
the button 6 locate d be low the clock
option labe l, with the I nfotainme nt
system on.
The date appea rs .
zAfter a few sec onds, the d isplay reverts
bac k to the normal ra dio and time
dis play.C ha nging de fault time and date s e ttings
The default time and date settings can
be changed from a 1 2 hour c lock to a
24 hour clock and from the date format
MM/DD/YYYY (month/day/year) to
DD/MM/YYYY (day/month/year).
C ha nge the default time or date se tting s
as follows:
Press the C 1 clock button
(single-d isc C D play er)
- or -
Press the ME NU 4 b utton
(six-d is c C D play er 3).
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located b elow the forward arrow labe l
on the display.
The 12H , 24H , MM/DD/YYYY and
DD/MM/ YY YY labe ls a ppear on the
disp lay.
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the labe l tha t you wis h
to se lect.
Press the C 1 clock button or the
MEN U 4 button to apply the
se lection.
The s ele ction is ap plied.
zAlte rnatively , allow the scre en to
time out a nd the s ele ction made will
bec om e the default time /da te setting.

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Soun d settings
Use the K8 tune knob to adjust the
follow ing sound settings:
- Bass: Low-frequency sound s,
- Midrange: Middle-frequency sounds,
- Tre ble: High-fre quency sounds ,
- Balance: Volume dis tribution
left – right,
- Fade : Volume dis tribution
front spe akers –
rear spe ake rs.Setting the tone
(b ass/mi drange /tre ble )
The bas s, midrange and tre ble tones ca n
be a djus ted to suit pe rsonal req uire ments .
To a d j u st t h e se t t i ng s, p r oc ee d a s f o l lo w s :
Press the K8 tune knob until the
tone control labe ls appea r on the
dis play.
The BASS, MID and TRE B labe ls appe ar
on the display .
Press the K8 tune knob
continuously to highlight the desired
labe l.
- or -
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to sele ct.
Turn the K8 tune knob;
clockw is e to increas e the lev el or
anticlockwis e to decre ase the leve l.
The highlighted se tting is adjuste d.zThe highlighted s etting c an also b e
adjuste d using the SE EK wf,
SE EKq g, FWD c and RE V d
buttons, as follows:
Press the SE EKwf button or the
FW D c button.
The le vel is incre ase d.
- or -
Press the SE EKq g button or the
REV d b utton.
The le vel is de crea se d.

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zTo quic kly ad jus t bas s, midrange , or
tre ble to the mid dle position, procee d
as follows :
Pre ss and hold the appropriate
button6 loca te d b elow the BASS,
M ID , o r T RE B labe l f o r mo r e th an two
se c o nd s.
A bee p s ounds and the lev el is
adjuste d to the m iddle position.
zTo quic kly adjus t all tone and s pe ake r
controls to the m id dle p osition,
proc ee d as follows :
Pr e ss t h e K8 tune knob for more
than tw o se cond s.
A bee p s ounds and all tone and
speaker controls are adjusted to the
middle position.
zIf a radio s tation's s ignal is wea k, or if
t he r e i s s t a t i c, de cr ea se t h e t r e bl e.Equ al ize r ( EQ )
A range of preset equalization settings can
be s ele cted (inste ad of manually adjusting
the bas s , midrange and tre ble tones ),
as follows :
Press the EQ 7 button.
The equalize r labe ls ap pear on the
dis play.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l you wis h to
select.
T h e p r es et e qu a l i za t i o n se t t i ng s a re
app lie d.
Press the EQ 7 button aga in to return
to the manual mode (‘Manual’
a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y) .
- or -
Manually adjus t the bas s, midrange
and treb le with the K8 tu ne kn o b to
re turn to the manual mode .Ad justing the speakers
( bala nce/fad e)
T h e vo l um e f o r t h e dr i ver a nd p a s se n g er
s ides , a nd the front and rea r spe ake r
volume can be adjus ted to s uit pe rs onal
requirements. To adjust the settings,
proce ed as follows :
Press the K8 tune knob and the
sp eake r control la bels appe ar on the
disp lay.
The BAL and F ADE lab els appe ar on
the display.
Press the K8 tune knob
continuously to hig hlight the desired
label.
- or -
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the labe l tha t you wis h
to se lect.
Turn the K8 tune knob clock wise or
anticloc kwise to a djust the highlig hte d
se tting .
The highlighted s etting is adjus ted.

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zThe highlighted setting can also be
adjusted using the SE EK wf,
SEE Kq g, FWD c and RE V d
buttons , as follow s:
Pr e ss t h e SEE Kwf button or the
FW D c button until the des ired lev el is
ob t a i ne d .
- or -
Pr e ss t h e SEE Kq g button or the
REV d button until the d es ired le vel is
ob t a i ne d .
The highlighte d s etting is adjus te d.
zTo quic kly ad jus t balance or fade
to the midd le position, procee d as
fo l l o w s :
Pre ss and hold the appropriate
button6 loca te d b elow the BAL or
FADE labe l for more than two seconds.
A bee p s ounds and the lev el is
adjuste d to the m iddle position.
zTo quic kly adjus t all s peak er and tone
controls to the m id dle p osition,
proc ee d as follows :
Pr e ss t h e K8 tune knob for more
than tw o se cond s.
A bee p s ounds and all sp eake r and
tone controls are adjuste d to the
middle position.Speed Compensated Volume (SCV)
To co m p en s a t e fo r a m bi en t a n d ro l l i n g
noise, the Infotainment system volum e
adjusts to the spe ed of the ve hicle .
Ac tiv ate/deac tiv ate the SC V function or
change the level of radio volume
compensation as follows:
S et the volum e to the de sired lev el.
S ee “Volume ” on page 8 1.
Press the ME NU 4 button until the
radio s et-up menu appe ars .
The ‘AUTO V O LUM’ option label
a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the ‘AUTO V OLUM’
option label on the display.
The OF F, Low, Me d and High la bels
a p p ea r o n t h e di sp l a y.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to sele ct.
The ne w s etting is applie d.
zThe display time s out afte r approx.
1 0 se c o n d s.
zEach higher setting allows for more
radio v olume comp ensa tion at highe r
ve h icle s pe eds .
Radio
Switch on the Infotainment systemPress the X e kn ob.
The Infotainment system switches on.
The mos t rec ent audio s ource play s.
Ra dio mod e
If y ou wish to listen to the radio while a
C D is playing, p roce ed as follows :
Press the BAND h button.
The s tation most re cently se lecte d is
disp layed .
The s tation re ce ntly se lecte d play s.
zThe CD rema ins in the CD slot, read y
for future listening.
Se le ct w ave ba nd
The radio is on.
Press the BAND h button.
T he r a di o s w i t ch es be t w ee n t h e
AM and F M wa veba nds .
The current waveband and the station
to which the radio w as tuned most
rece ntly are disp la yed .
The s tation re ce ntly se lecte d play s.
zWa veba nd se lection:
- AM = Amplitude M od ulation
(MW ),
- FM = Frequency Modula tion.