2011 OPEL GT radio

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Sta tion s e arch
Different ty pes of s earch are ava ila ble:
Manual station search
Stations for which the frequencies are
known can be set a s follows;
Tu r n t h e K8 tune knob ;
cloc kwise to s earch forwards or
anticlock wise to s earch ba ckwards ,
until the frequency of the required
station is reache d.
The s tation s e le cted is display ed.
The s ele cted s tation plays .
Autom atic station sea rch
Pr e ss t h e SEE K wf or SEE Kq g
button.
Radio goes to ne xt or pre vious s tation.Seek and scan
Press and hold the SEE K wf or
SE EKq g button for a few se conds.
A be ep sounds and the radio goes to
the nex t or previous s tation, pla ys for a
fe w seconds, the n goes to the following
s tation in the res pe ctive dire ction.
Press the SEEK wf or SEEKq g
button again to s top the s e ek a nd
scan.
The current station is displayed.
The curre nt station play s.
zThe radio only seeks and scans
s tations with a strong s igna l within the
selected waveband.Ra dio Data System (RDS)
RDS is a s ervice provide d by the radio
broadca ste rs which m akes it m uch e as ier
to find an F M s tation and helps to e ns ure
re ception is free from inte rfere nce .
zRDS is only pos sib le on the
FM wave band with F M stations that
broadcas t RDS information.
zWhen the radio is tuned to an FM-RDS
station, the s tation name or call letters
appe ar on the dis play.
zRDS re lies upon rece iving s pecific
information from F M-RDS s tations and
only works when the information is
available .
zIn e xtre mely rare c ase s, a radio sta tion
may broadcas t incorre ct inform ation
tha t causes radio features to work
inc orre ctly. Contact the radio station in
question for assistance.

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D is play ing a dditi ona l RD S te x t
informa tion
A choice of additiona l text information
relate d to the curre nt FM -RDS station can
be dis playe d, e. g. channe l, song and artis t.
To dis play a dditional te xt information,
proceed a s follows;
Pr e ss t h e B
BB B3 information button.
Ad ditional te xt information labels
appea r on the dis play.
Pr e ss t h e B
BB B3 information button
c o nt i n u o us l y to hi g h l i g h t t h e d es i r ed
label.
- or -
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the label that you wish
to se lect.
The tex t informa tion re lated to the
se lecte d labe l appe ars on the dis play.
zIf additional tex t informa tion is not
available , “No Info” a ppears on the
display .Stat ion me mory
The radio has a total of 36 station me mory
loca tions for any comb ination of radio
stations on both wavebands (FM, AM).
zThe station me mory locations are
s ele cted via the appropriate
buttons6 located below the radio
s tation fre quency labels that app ear
on the display .
Storing favourite ra dio s tati ons
Six favourite stations are ava ila ble on e ach
of six se parate page s of fav ourites . E ach
page can contain any comb ination of F M
or AM r a d i o s t a t i on s .
By pressing the FAV 2 (favourite s) button
continuous ly, each of the six s eparate
pages of favourite s can be viewe d and ne w
stations stored on any of the 36 memory
loca tions .To store a fa vourite radio station,
proceed as follows;
Se lect wa veba nd and s tation.
Press the FA V 2 (fa vourite s) b utton
until the page where you wis h to store
the s ele cted station is disp layed .
Six ra dio station freq ue ncy labe ls
appe ar on the dis play.
Pre s s a nd hold the app ropriate
button6 located below the label on
which the s ele cted station is to be
st o r e d .
A beep sounds and the selected
station app ears on the dis play.
The s ele cted station play s.
zRepe at the above ste ps for as many
favourite sta tions as y ou w is h to store,
up to a m aximum of 3 6 me mory
locations .

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Cha ng ing number of fa vourites pag es
The number of fa vourites pag es c an be set
up using the ME NU 4 button, up to a
max imum of s ix s epa ra te pag es of
favourites.
To change the number of favourites pa ges ,
proceed a s follows;
Pr e ss t h e MEN U 4 button until the
ra dio se t-up me nu appea rs .
The FAV 1, FAV 2, FAV 3, FAV 4, FAV 5
and FAV 6 labe ls appea r on the
display .
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the label that you wish
to se lect.
The s ele ction is app lie d.
zChoosing the F AV 6 la bel will a llow up
to a max imum of 3 6 station me mory
loca tions to be store d.
Press the FA V 2 (favourites) button to
re turn to the original main radio
dis play, showing the radio s ta tion
freq ue ncy labe ls.
S ix radio s tation fre quency labels
a p p ea r o n t h e di sp l a y.
zAlternatively, allow the screen to
time out and the se le ction mad e will be
app lie d.
zT h e p r oc es s fo r s t o r i ng f a vo u ri t e
s t a t i o ns f o r t h e c ho s en n u m be r o f
favourites page s can be be gun. Se e
“S toring favourite ra dio stations”.
Tuning into a stored ra dio stat ion
To se lect a store d favourite radio s tation,
proc ee d as follows ;
Press the FAV 2 (favourites) button
until the pag e where the favourite
radio s tation fre quency label y ou wish
to s ele ct appe ars on the dis play.
S ix radio s tation fre quency labels
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 you wis h to
select.
The station s ele cted is dis playe d.
The selected station plays.Ra dio me ssage s
The following me s sage s may appe ar on
the display if a p roble m occurs and the
r a di o d oe s n ot op er a t e co r re ct l y:
- Calibration E rror,
-Locked.
C alibra tion e rror
T h e In fo t a i n m e nt sy st e m h a s b ee n
calibrated during vehicle production. If this
me s sage appe ars on the dis play, the
s ys t em ha s n o t be en ca l ib ra t ed co r r e ct l y
and m ust be re turned to your retaile r for
service . W e recomm end that y ou consult
an O pe l Se rv ice Partner.
Locked
If this me ss age appea rs on the d isplay , the
e lectronic theft-dete rrent fea ture has
locked up the radio. Take the vehicle to
y our re tailer for service . W e recomm end
that you consult an Opel Service Partner.

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MP 3 -CD pla yba ck
s el ec ting ne xt/ pr ev ious folde r with
MP3-CDs
If y our MP3-CD contains several albums,
you can select the album y ou w ant as
follow s:
You are listening to a n MP3-C D.
The folder lab els with < and > nex t to
a folder icon ap pear on the disp lay.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below the fold er label you wish
to se lect.
By sele cting the < folder label, the
Infotainme nt sy ste m goe s b ack to the
first track in the prev ious folder.
By sele cting the > folder label, the
Infotainme nt sy ste m goe s to the first
tra ck in the ne xt folde r.
Whe n the first trac k in the p re vious/
ne xt folde r starts to play , and the
re lev ant track information (a lb um
na me, track name or artis t name)
appea rs on the displa y.
zAll the folders which do not contain
MP3 file s a re automatically sk ipped. Swit ching be tw ee n comp resse d and
u nc o m p r e s se d a ud i o f i l e s w i t h M P 3- C D s 3
The Infotainm ent system c an play discs
containing both uncompressed CD audio
file s (w ith “. CDA” file exte nsion) and
compres s ed a udio file s (MP3 files ).
By d efault, the s ys tem reads and play s only
the uncompres s ed a udio file s and ignore s
the MP3 files .
To switch be twee n uncompres s ed a nd
compres s ed file s, procee d as follow s;
Press the CAT 9 cate gory button.
The Infotainment s yste m will only read
and p lay the previous ly ignored file s.MP3-CD m usic navig ator
Us e the mus ic navigator fe ature to play
MP3 file s on the dis c in order by artis t or b y
album, as follows ;
You are listening to an MP3-C D.
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the music navigator
label B on the display.
T he I nf o t a i n m en t sy st e m s c a n s t h e d i sc
to sort the file s by artist and album ID3
tag inform ation.
zIt can take se veral m inute s to scan the
disc depe nding on the num ber of MP3
file s recorde d on the d isc. The radio
may begin to p lay while the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m i s s c a n ni n g th e
disc in the bac kground.
Wh e n t h e s ca n i s f i ni s h ed, t h e di s c
beg ins play ing again and the sy ste m
defaults to playing M P3 files in orde r
by a rtis t.
The current artis t playing is s hown on
the second line of the display be twee n
the arrows.
Once all s ong s b y that artis t are
played, the Infotainment system
move s to the nex t artist in a lp ha betical
order on the disc and be gins play ing
MP3 file s by that artis t.

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CD m essage s
The me ss age ‘C HEC K DISC ’ a ppears on the
dis play if a problem occurs and the
CD playe r does not operate correctly .
If this mes s age appe ars or if the CD is
e je cted automatically, it could be for one of
the following rea sons:
– The CD is d irty , scratched, wet, or
up side down.
– The air is very humid.
If so, wait app rox . one hour and try
again.
– There ma y have been a prob lem while
burning the CD.
– The label may be caught in the
CD play er.
–It is very hot.
Whe n the te mperature returns to
normal, the CD should play.
– You are driving on a v ery rough road.
When the road surfa ce becomes
smoother, the C D should play .
If the CD is not playing corre ctly, for any
other reason, try a known good C D.
If any e rror occ urs repe ated ly or if an e rror
cannot be corre cted , we recom mend that
you consult a n Opel Service Partner.
If the radio displays an e rror m essag e,
write it down and provide it to your retaile r
when re porting the proble m.Usi ng the auxi liary input ja ck
Your Infotainment sy stem has an auxiliary
input jack b locate d on the lowe r right
side of the E ntertainment He ad Unit (E HU).
This is not an audio outp ut;
D o no t p l ug he a d p h o n es i n t o t h e
auxiliary input jack b.
You can howev er, connect an external
audio de vice such as a laptop compute r 3,
MP3 p layer 3, CD changer 3, or c assette
playe r 3, to the aux iliary input jack b for
us e as anothe r audio s ource .
To us e a portable audio playe r, connect a
3.5 m m phone p lug to the auxiliary inp ut
ja c k b.When a devic e is connected, to begin
play ing audio from the dev ice throug h the
vehicle’s spea kers, proceed as follows;
You are listening to a CD/MP3.
Press the CD / AUX a button.
Audio from the external audio device
conne cted starts to play .
zIf a portable audio play er is not
connected, “No I nput Device Found”
appe ars on the dis play.
zIf the v olume of the conne cted
portable aud io playe r does not go as
loud or soft as you w ish using the
Xek nob (s e e pa ge 8 1 ), you ma y
nee d to mak e ad ditional v olume
adjustme nts on the portable aud io
playe r itse lf.
To s witch back to the C D/MP3 you we re
play ing , pre ss the CD/AUX a button
aga in.
To s witch to radio mode while a portable
audio dev ic e is playing, pre ss the BAN D h
button.
zThe portable audio device continues to
play, so you may w ish to stop it or turn
it off.

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Ge ne ral ad vi ce
During norm al radio rece ption, you m ay
experience frequency interference and
static if items such as mobile phone
charge rs , v ehicle conve nience a cces s orie s,
and e xte rnal elec tronic de vice s are
plugge d into the acc es sory power s ocke t.
If there is inte rfe rence or static, unplug the
i t em f r om t h e a c ces so r y p o w er o u t l et .
FM reception
Des pite a high de gree of technical
pe rfe ction, re cep tion in v ehicle radio se ts is
different from that in home radio sets
a n d s o m e i nt e r f er en ce m a y o ccu r , e ven
with F M-RDS stations.
Tall buildings or hills can interfere w ith FM
s igna ls, causing s ound to fade in and out.
FM stereo w ill give the best sound,
but F M s ignals w ill re ach only a pprox.
16 to 65 km (10 to 40 miles).AM reception
The range for most AM stations is g re ater
than for F M, e spe cially at nig ht. The longer
ra ng e can cause sta tion freq uencies to
inte rfe re with each other. For be tter rad io
re ce ption, most AM radio s tations will
boos t the powe r le vels during the day, and
the n reduce these le ve ls d uring the night.
Static can a ls o occur whe n eve nts s uch as
storms interfe re with radio re cep tion. W he n
this happe ns, try red ucing the treble on
your Infotainment sy stem.Hand ling C Ds
Handle CDs ca re fully . Avoid le aving
fingerprints on the CDs whe n changing
t h em . R e p l a ce CD s i n t h ei r ca s es
imm ediate ly afte r removing the m, to stop
them from ge tting d amage d, dus ty and
dirty.
Dirt and liquids on CDs m ay ma ke the
In f o tain men t s ys tem’ s C D play er le ns dir ty
and re sult in m alfunctions.
D o n o t e xpo se C D s to h e at o r dir e ct
s unlight.
The C D playe r s cans the bottom s urface of
the dis c. If the surface of a CD is da mage d,
e.g. cra cked, broken or scratched, the CD
will not play properly or not at all.
If the surface of a CD is s oiled, take a s oft,
lint-free cloth or dampen a clean, soft cloth
in a mild, ne utra l dete rgent solution mixe d
with wate r, and clean it. Make sure the
wiping p roce s s s tarts from the ce ntre ,
going out towards the e dge of the disc.
Do not touch the b ottom side of a CD while
handling it; this could dama ge the surface.
Pick up CDs b y grasping the outer edge s or
t h e edg e o f t h e ho l e a n d t h e ou t e r edg e.

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Glossary
Autom atic s ta tion s ea rch
Station s earch v ia the s ee k b uttons.
Bala nce
V olume dis tribution be twee n the le ft and
right speake rs.
Bass
Low -frequency sounds.
E qualiz e r (E Q)
Preset e qualization settings for b ass,
midrange and tre ble tones .
Fade
V olume distribution betwe en the front and
rea r spe ake rs.
ID 3 tag
Code in an MP3 file whic h can include the
follow ing data:
– Tra ck title,
–Artist name,
– Tra ck numbe r and playing tim e,
–Album name.
This information can be s tore d in the MP3
file w ith a PC.Manual stat ion sear ch
Station se arch via the tune knob.
MP3
CD audio da ta compre ss ion method
deve loped by the F ra unhofer Ins titute .
Compre ss ion allow s re duction of the data
to a s mall pe rcentage of the original
volum e w ithout audible loss es in s ound
quality .
If low bit rate s are used to conv ert the
audio data into MP3 , s maller file s are
poss ible but sound quality is re duced.
Musi c navi gator
To play MP3 file s on a dis c in order by artis t
or b y a l b um .
Random m ode
CD /M P3 track s o n a sin gle CD o r f ro m
multip le CDs in the s ix-disc C D playe r 3 are
playe d in a random ord er.RD S (Ra dio D ata Sys te m)
RDS is a s ervice provide d by the radio
broadca ste rs which m akes it m uch e as ier
to find an F M s tation and helps to e ns ure
re ception is free of inte rference .
RDS stations are identified by the name of
the station on the d isplay inste ad of the
freq ue ncy.
RDS stations trans mit information which is
automatically eva luate d by the RDS radio
if RDS is activated .
Sp ee d C ompe nsate d V olume ( SCV )
To compe nsa te for ambie nt and rolling
noise, the Infotainment system volume
a dj u s t s t o th e s p ee d o f t h e v eh i cl e.
Seek a nd scan
S earch and brie f playba ck of s ta tions with
a strong s igna l via the se ek buttons .
Treble
High-freq ue ncy s ounds .

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Ra dio recep tion
Ca r radio rece ption diffe rs from domes tic
radio re ception:
As the ve hicle a nte nna is re lative ly near
the g round, the broadcasting companies
cannot guarantee the s ame quality of
rece ption as obtained w ith a dome stic
radio us ing an overhe ad antenna.
zChanges in dis tance from the
transmitter,
zMulti-path re ception due to refle ction
and
zShadowing
may ca use static , noise, distortion or loss of
rece ption altogethe r.
Mo bi le te le ph one s and r a di o
eq u i pm e n t (C B ) 3
The O pel ins tallation ins tructions and
the ope ra ting guid elines provide d by the
t el ep ho n e m a nu f a ct u r er m u s t be ob se r ved
when fitting and ope ra ting a mobile
telep hone. F ailure to do so could invalidate
the v ehicle’ s operating permit (EU Dire ctive
95/54/EG).
Pre requisites for fault-free ope ration:
zProfes sionally ins ta lle d e xterior antenna
to obtain the maximum rang e possib le,
zMax imum transm ission power 10 W atts,
zIns tallation of the tele phone in a suitable
s pot (se e information on page 4 9).
Obtain advice on p redetermined
installation loc ations for the e xte rnal
ante nna and e quipment holde r and way s
of using dev ices w ith transmis s ion power of
more than 10 Wa tts.Operation of a handsfree attachment with
no outside antenna, using the m obile
telephone standards GSM 900/1800/1900
and U MTS, m ay tak e plac e only if the
ma ximum trans miss ion power of the
mobile tele phone doe s not e xce ed 2 W, in
the case of GSM 900, and otherwise 1 W.
T h e op er a t i n g i n st r u ct i o n s o f t h e
ma nufacturer of the tele phone and
handsfree attachment m ust be noted in all
cas e s.
F or reasons of safety, we re comme nd that
y ou d o not us e the phone while driving.
Even use of a hands-free set can be a
dis traction while driving. Be sure to obs e rv e
any country-s pe cific regulations .
9 Wa r nin g
Whe n use d in the v ehicle inte rior, mobile
tele phone s a nd radio eq uipm ent (CB)
with inte grated antenna may caus e
malfunctions in the ve hicle e lectronics .
Mobile te lephones and rad io equipme nt
(CB) should only be use d with an antenna
f it t e d o n t h e veh i cl e ex te r i o r .