2012 OPEL GT Owners Manual

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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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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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T rack s ele ct ion
F or audio CDs, the tra ck is se lecte d within
the C D.
F or MP3-C Ds, the track is sele cted within
the a lbum selec te d.
If y ou w ish to s ele ct a track while a CD/
MP3 -CD is playing, procee d as 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 required tra ck is s elec te d.
The track starts to play and the track
nu m b er a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.Tra cks can als o be se lecte d using the
SEE Kwf and SE EKq g buttons,
as follows :
Press the SEEKwf button.
The ne xt track be gins to play .
- or -
Press the SEEKq g b utton.
The current track be gins from the sta rt,
if more than 10 sec onds have ela psed.
zIf th eSE EK wf or SE EKq g
button is pressed continuously or
pre ss ed multiple time s , the p layer
continues moving forwards or
bac kwards through the tracks on the
dis c.F ast forwa rd/back ward s se arch
To find a s pe cific se ction of a track,
proceed as follows:
You are listening to a track.
Press and hold the FW D c or RE V d
button.
P l a yba ck i s a d va n ced/ r ev er s ed qu i ckl y
within the track.
The s ound is re duced during fa st
forwa rd /bac kwards se arching.
Rele ase the FWD c or RE V d b utton
when the des ired se ction has be en
reache d.
The track starts to play again at the
n or m a l v o lu m e w h en ei t h er bu t t o n h a s
been released.
The elaps e d trac k tim e appe ars on the
disp lay.

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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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If you wish to listen to MP3 file s by anothe r
artist, procee d as follows;
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below either arrow lab el on the
display .
The disc goes to the next/previous
artis t in alphabe tical orde r.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below eithe r arrow button until
the de sire d artist appe ars on the
display .
Fi l e s b y t h e se l ec t e d a r t i st a r e p la yed .To change from playback by artist to
playback by album, proce ed as follows ;
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d b elow the ‘Sort By ’ label on the
dis play.
From the sort screen, press the
app ropriate button 6 located below
the album labe l on the dis play.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the ‘Bac k’ la bel to return
to the main music navigator scree n.
The album name appe ars on the
display - on the second line between
the arrow s - and tracks from the
current album beg in to play.
zO nce all tra cks from tha t album are
p l a y ed, t h e In f o t a i n m en t s ys t em
mov es to the ne xt album in
alphabe tical orde r on the dis c and
be gins playing MP3 files from that
album.
To exi t m u si c n a v ig a t o r m o de, p r es s t h e
appropriate b utton 6 locate d be low the
‘Back’ label to return to norma l MP3
playback .
Random m ode
If you use this func tion, the CD/MP3 play er
will play back the tracks of the curre nt d is c
in ra nd om order.Si ngle CD
To play the track s from a s ingle CD in
random order, proceed as follows;
Press the CD / AUX a button to e nte r
CD m od e.
- or -
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 de vice pulls the CDs in
autom atically.
zThe mov eme nt of the C D must not be
hindered or aided .
An ‘ RDM’ labe l ap pears on the d is play .
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the RDM labe l until
“Random C urre nt Dis c” appe ars on the
disp lay.
The tracks of the curre nt disc are
playe d in random, rathe r than
se quential orde r.
zSwitch off random play by pressing the
appropriate button 6 loca ted b elow
the RDM label a gain.

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Mu lti ple CD s 3
To play the tracks from all discs loade d in
th e s ix-dis c C D playe r in r an do m o r de r ,
proceed a s follows;
Pr e ss t h e CD / AUX a button to ente r
CD mode - or - pres s and hold the
LO A D 1 button for approx. tw o
se c o nd s.
A bee p s ounds and “Load All Dis cs ”
appea rs on the displa y.
Follow the on-s cree n instructions for
ins erting m ultiple dis cs, ins e rting the
CDs labe l side up pa rt of the way into
the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CDs in
autom atic ally.
zThe move me nt of the CD must not be
hinde red or aided.
Pr e ss t h e LO A D 1 button again to
cancel loading of m ore C Ds.
An ‘RD M ’ label app ears on th e dis play.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the RDM labe l until
“Randomize All Dis cs ” appe ars on the
display .
The tracks of all dis cs loaded in the
six-d isc C D play er are playe d in
ra nd om , rather than seq ue ntia l order.
zSwitch off ra nd om play b y pres sing the
appropriate b utton 6 locate d be low
the RDM la bel ag ain.Changing the display ty pe
display ing ad ditiona l MP 3-C D
te xt i nfor mation
Depe nd ing on the kind of dis c (MP3 -CD
with or without ID3 tags), a choice of
additiona l text information relate d to the
curre nt MP3-C D can be dis playe d, e .g.
So n g, A rtist and CA T ( cate go ry) .
To display additional te xt inform ation,
proc ee d as follows ;
Press the B
BB B3 inform ation button.
Additional tex t informa tion lab els
a p p ea r o n t h e di sp l a y.
Press the B
BB B3 inform ation button
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.
The text information relate d to the
s ele cted label a ppears on the display .
zIf a dditional te xt information is not
av ailable, “No Info” appe ars on the
dis play.
See “Switching between compressed and
uncompre ss e d audio files ” on page 9 3 for
further information on categorie s.Ejecting CDs
To e ject the CD that is currently playing,
proce ed as follows ;
Press the EJ EC T 0 button.
A beep sounds and “Ejecting Disc”
appe ars on the dis play.
Once the disc is ejected, “Remove
Disc” appea rs on the disp la y.
Rem ov e the disc from the p la yer.
zIf the disc is not re move d, after seve ral
se conds it is a utoma tica lly retracte d
and be gins to p la y.
- or -
With the six -disc CD play er 3, press
and hold the EJECT 0 button for two
se c o n d s.
A l l d i sc s a re e j ec t e d .
Rem ove the discs from the six-disc CD
playe r.
zIf the d iscs are not remove d, a fte r
se ve ra l seconds they are automatically
retracte d.

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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.