2011 OPEL GT infotainment

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General information
T h e a udi o sys t em o f fe r s yo u
s tate-of-the -art ve hicle infotainm ent.
The illus tra tions on the pre vious p ages
show the Infotainm ent system and the
steering wheel mounted rem ote control
buttons.
The rad io ha s a tota l of 36 s tation
me mories for a comb ination of both
wav ebands (FM , AM).
T h e RD S ( Radio D ata Sy ste m) fu n ctio n ality
mak es it much e as ie r to find an FM channel
and guarante es interfere nc e-free
rece ption. I t als o provide s add itional us eful
func tions.
You can enjoy b oth audio and MP3-CDs on
the inte grated CD play er. A six -d isc CD
play er 3 is als o available as an option.
T h e I nf o t a i n m e nt s ys t em f ea t u r es
Speed Compensated Volum e (SCV)
reg ulation. The volume re gulation se tting
can be change d.
The sound processor offers you a range of
pre se t equalization settings, to optimise
the sound.An enhanc ed, hig h-powe r audio am plifie r
and s ubw oofe r 3 for the Infotainment
sy ste m are available as an option.
The well-thought out design of the
op er a t i n g e l em e n ts , cl ea r l y st r u ct u re d
menus on the large dis play and a large
on/volume knob enab le you to operate the
sy st e m e a si l y.
General not es on these op era ting
inst ructions
For an overview of the different functions
of the Infotainment system, see the section
“Brie f overvie w” on page 7 8 , togethe r w ith
the rele vant illustration, which s hows all of
the dis play a nd operating e leme nts.
You can find a d escription of the basic
st e p s fo r o p e r a t i n g t h e I nf o t a i n m en t
sy st e m i n t h e s e c t io n “ O p e ra ti o n ” o n
page 81 .
You can find detailed functional
descriptions for your Infotainment system
in the s ections “Radio” on page 8 6 and
“CD/M P3 pla yer” on p age 90 .
Should your Infotainment sy stem not
function the wa y you e xpe ct it to, ple ase
read the sections “ Troubleshooting” on
page 9 7 and “Gene ral ad vice” on p age 9 8.
In many case s, this w ill allow you to fix a
suspecte d fault quickly.
The s ection “Gloss ary” on p age 10 0
explains technical terms.The following s ym bols will he lp you to re ad
thes e operating ins tructions eas ily:A hand in front of the tex t ask s you
to perform an action.
A tick in front of the te xt ide ntifie s the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m ’s r es p o n se .
zA bullet point in front of the te xt
identifies ad ditional information on the
su b j e c t .
– A hyphen in front of the te xt ma rk s
items of a lis t.
9A safety or w arning note conta ins
important information on how to us e
your Infota inment system safely .
Failure to obse rve this information
m a y r e s u l t i n a r i s k o f d a m a g e o r i n j u r y .
T he r ef o r e, p l ea se o bs er ve t h i s
information with particular care .

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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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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.

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CD/MP3 player
This d evice play s s tandard c om mercial
CDs with a diame ter of 1 2 cm. Y ou can a ls o
play CDs with a d ia mete r of 8 cm with an
adap te r.
9Contoure d CDs (Shape C Ds) are not
suitable for playing.
9Do not insert DVDs into the CD driv e.
9Do not add labels to a dis c, as it could
get s tuck in the playe r. If a CD is
re corded on a pe rsonal computer (PC ),
only labe l the dis c on the top s ide using
a marke r pe n.
9Do not a tte mpt to p lay scratched or
damage d C Ds. Only us e CDs in good
condition, w ithout a lab el, loading
the m one CD at a time .
9No liability is acc epte d for damag e to
t he CD dr i ve ca u se d by t h e u s e o f
unsuita ble C Ds or from attempting to
insert more than one CD into the slot at
a time .zAudio CDs are be ing manufacture d
with me cha nis ms to protec t them from
unauthorised reproduction. Howev er,
these me asure s do not comply with the
audio C D s pecification (Red Book )
acc ording to which a ll appliances for
play ing audio CDs have be en and a re
be ing de velope d. Y our Infotainme nt
system can play back CDs with the
typ es of copy p rotection known a t the
time the playe r is s old. Howe ver, this is
not a g uarante e that it w ill be able to
play b ack CDs with new v ariants of the
copy protection me chanis ms in the
future .
You can also play CD-Rs and CD-RW s w ith
MP3 m us ic file s a nd uncomp re s se d CD
audio file s (with “.CDA” file ex te nsion) on
the Infotainm ent system.
zW hile play ing a C D-R or CD-RW , the
s ound quality may be reduce d due to
dis c quality, the m ethod of recording,
the quality of the m usic that has be en
r e co rd ed, a n d t h e w a y t h e di sc h a s
be en handle d. There may be an
increa se in sk ipping, difficulty in
finding tracks , and/ or diffic ulty in
loading and e jecting. If the se proble ms
occur, chec k the bottom surface of the
disc. If the surface of the disc is
dam aged , e .g. crac ked, broke n, or
s cratched, the dis c will not play
prope rly.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.
Play ing a CD ( sing le-C D play e r)
In se r t th e C D (lab el sid e u p) p ar t o f the
way into the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CD in
autom atically.
zThe mov eme nt of the C D must not be
hindered or aided .
The “C D” sy mbol app ears on the
disp lay.
As soon as the first tra ck starts to play ,
the track num ber ap pears on the
disp lay.

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Play ing a C D (six -disc C D play er 3)
In s ertin g o n e C D
T o i n s e r t o n e C D i n t o t h e s i x - d i s c C D p l a y e r ,
proceed a s follows;
Press and relea se the LOAD 1 button.
A mes s age appe ars a fte r a fe w
se c o nd s a sk i n g y o u t o i ns e rt t he d i s c .
Inse rt the C D (labe l side up ) part of the
way into the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CD in
autom atic ally.
zThe move me nt of the CD must not be
hinde red or aided.
The “CD” sy mbol appe ars on the
display .
As soon as the first track starts to play ,
the track numbe r app ears on the
display .
zIf a CD is in the playe r whe n the ignition
or the Infotainm ent system is turned
of f , i t r em a i n s i n t h e p la yer . Wh e n t h e
ignition or the Infotainme nt sy ste m is
turned on again, the CD b egins
playing from where it las t stoppe d, if it
was the last selected a udio source.Inse rting multiple C Ds
To ins ert m ultiple CDs into the s ix-dis c C D
playe r, procee d as follows;
Press and hold the LOAD 1 button for
app rox. two seconds.
A be ep sounds and “L oad All Dis cs”
a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.
F ollow the on-sc re en ins tructions for
ins erting multiple d iscs , ins erting the
C Ds lab el s ide up part of the way into
the CD slot i.
T h e devi c e p u l l s t h e C D s in
automatically.
zT h e m o vem en t o f t h e CD m u s t n o t be
hindered or aided.
Press the LOA D 1 button a gain to
cance l loading of more CDs .
The “CD” s ymb ol appea rs on the
dis play.
As soon a s the first track starts to play,
the tra ck numbe r appe ars on the
dis play.
zIf a C D is in the p la yer when the ignition
or the Infotainme nt sy ste m is turne d
off, it re mains in the playe r. W hen the
ignition or the Infotainment system is
turned on ag ain, the C D be gins
play ing from whe re it last s topped , if it
w a s t h e l a st se l ec t e d a u d i o s o ur c e .CD mode
If th e In f o tain men t s yste m is in r adio mo de
and you wish to play a CD, proceed as
follows;
The Infotainment system is in rad io
mode .
A CD is alre ady ins erte d in the
single-CD or six-disc CD player 3.
Press the CD / AUX a button.
The “C D” sy mbol app ears on the
disp lay.
As soon as the first tra ck starts to play ,
the track num ber ap pears on the
disp lay.
zBy p re ssing the CD / AUX a button
again, the Infotainme nt sy ste m
se arches for an auxiliary inp ut device ,
such as a porta ble a udio p layer. Se e
“Using the Auxiliary Input J ack” on
page 9 6.
T o sw itc h bac k to rad io mo de wh ile a CD is
play ing , pre ss the BAN D h button.
zThe CD rema ins in the CD slot, read y
for future listening.

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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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Troub leshooting
If y our Infotainment system does not
func tion as you would e xpe ct, plea se read
t h es e Op e r a t i ng In st r u ct i o ns ca re f u ll y a n d
g o t h r o ug h t he f o l l o w i ng c h ec k l i s t b e fo r e
contacting Custom er S ervices.
If y ou c annot find a solution to the
problem, we recommend that you consult
an O pel Servic e Partner.Error mes sage / s ympto m Pos sible cause / rem edy
Ge n e r a l
Di spl ay i s dar k. Vehic le’s ba tt er y i s weak (i f operated wit hout the eng ine runni ng );
S ee page 15 9 .
Di spl ay i s di ffi cul t to re ad. I nstrume nt i ll umina ti on i s set incor re ct ly ; S ee page 76 .
Inf otai nment sy stem cannot
be switched on either with the
Xe knob or wit h the i gni ti on k ey.Infotai nment system fuse or vehic le fusebox i s def ec ti ve.
Inc orre ct t ime on the disp lay S et t ime as spe ci fi ed on page 8 2 .
Aud io
Aud io pl ay back vol ume consta ntl y
decreases and c annot be adj usted .I nfotai nme nt syste m i s ov er heat ing. I nte rnal te mper ature re gul ator i s
ac ti ng to pro te ct th e In fo t ai n me n t s y s te m .
Recommend ati on: sw itc h the Infot ainment sy stem off.
Stored sta ti on c annot be sel ected
with the appropriate button
6.No re ce pt io n fo r s t ati o n cu rr en t ly.
Stored sta ti on not st ored wit h
stati on name.Broa dcast ing or ganisa ti on oc casi onall y se nds add it ional inf ormati on.
Tr y t o st ore it a gai n whe n the stat ion name appe ars on the di sp lay .
Poor reception when storing (frequency is displayed).
Broa dcast ing or ganisa ti on i s not tr ansmit ti ng RDS infor mati on
(f re quenc y i s disp lay ed ).
“CHE CK DIS C” appe ars on the
disp lay.A fte r l oadi ng a CD:
CD incorrectly inserted. CD la bel may be caught in the p layer.
Incompatible a udio CD inserted (DVD etc.).
CD sc ratc hed or ot her wi se da mage d.
I nser t an unda mage d, c ompati bl e C D wi th t he pr inte d si de upwa rds.
Duri ng CD pl ay back :
Temperature of Infotainment system too high.
Wai t unti l t he temperatur e of t he uni t has retur ned to nor mal.
Air is too humid. Wait for conditions to improve.
Road sur fac e i s une ve n. Whe n r oad sur face be comes smoothe r, CD
should p lay aga in.
“Ca li brat ion E rr or” ap pear s on t he
disp layI n fo tai n m e nt s ys te m h as n o t be en cal i brate d co r re ctl y. Ret u rn ve h ic le to
your retailer for service.
“Locked” app ear s on t he di spl ay. Elect roni c theft- deterrent feat ure ha s l ock ed up t he Infotai nment
s ys t em . Re tu rn v eh i cl e t o y o u r re tai l er fo r s e rv ice .
An ejected CD that ha s not been
acce pte d i s r et rac ted agai n by the
uni t when the igni ti on/unit is
switc hed of f.No e rro r.
Remove t he C D bef ore swi tc hing off t he i gni ti on/ Infot ai nment sy stem.