2012 OPEL GT light

67Instru men ts, c ontrols
Autom atic unloc king
This fe ature e nables ce rta in doors to
unlock automatically w he n the k ey is
turne d to ignition sw itch position J and
can be e na bled or disable d.
Se lect menu item AUTO U NLK in the
pe rsonalisation mode .
Se tting s in clu de "A LL ", "D RIVE R" an d
"N ONE ".
W h en "A L L" (defau lt) is se lecte d, bo th
doors will unlock autom atically.
W h en " D RI VER " i s s el e ct ed , o n l y t h e dr i ver ’s
door will unlock automatically.
W hen "NO NE " is se lecte d, neithe r door will
unlock automatically.
Ce ntral locking s ys te m - se e page 24 .We lcom e light functi on
Th i s f ea tu r e a ct u a t es t h e ext e r i o r l a m p s
when button c is pressed on the remote
control. This feature can be enable d or
disab le d.
Sele ct me nu item EXT LI GHTS in the
pers onalis ation mode .
Settings include "OFF" and "ON".
Whe n "ON " (de fault) is s ele cted, the
exte rior lamps will illuminate for app rox .
20 s eco n ds o r u n ti l a do o r i s op en ed w h en
buttonc is p re sse d on the re mote control.
Whe n "OF F" is se lecte d, e xterior lamps will
not illuminate w he n button c is pre ss ed on
the rem ote control.Languag e selection
You can select the display language for
some functions.
S elec t menu ite m LANGUAGE in the
pe rsonalis ation m od e.
S ettin gs in clu de "E NG L ISH", "F REN CH",
"S P AN ISH" an d "G E RMA N" .
AUTO UNLK EXT LIGHTS LANGUAGE

68 In struments, controls
The p ers onalis ation mode ends after
mak ing your language selection and the
display g oes back to the previously
dis playe d me nu ite m in the informa tion
dis play - se e page 60 .
Alternative ly, pre ss and hold buttons S
and T at the sam e time to e xit the
pe rsonalisation mode .
Re mote control - s ee page 2 2,
Ce ntral locking - s ee page 2 4 ,
Dela yed locking - s ee page 2 4,
Autom atic locking - s e e pa ge 2 5 ,
Autom atic unlock ing - s ee page 2 5.Che ck co ntro l w ar ni ng me ss ag e s
Check control monitors s e veral fluid le vels ,
the remote control batte ry , the e ng ine , the
fue l fille r cap and the s tatus of se veral
vehicle features including cruise control,
tra ction control, the Ele ctronic S tability
Program (ESP) and the airbag sy ste ms.
"ES C" ap pears in some warning mes s ages .
Elec tronic S tability C ontrol (ES C) is a
component part of the Ele ctronic S tability
Program (ESP), im proving driving s tability.
Warning me s sage s appe ar in the driv er
information ce ntre and a chime may s ound
w h en th e m es sa g e i s di s p l a ye d. If t he r e a r e
se veral warning mes s ages , the y are
display ed one after the other.
Some of the warning me ss age s ap pear on
the dis play in a bbrevia te d form.
Exa mples of warning me ss ages are shown
on the following pages .
Ac know le dge warning me ss age s as
des cribed on page 60 . The me ss age s will
clear from the display when the condition
no longe r ex ists .
Una cknowledge d warning me s sage s will
be re dis playe d later if the condition still
exi s t s.W arning me ss ages :
AUTO LIGHTS OFF
Auto light control is disa bled via the switch
on the lig hting le ver.
AUTO LIGHTS ON
Auto light control is re -enable d via the
switch on the lighting lev er.
The mes s age will only appe ar when a uto
light control ha s b een switched off and
bac k on again.
It will not a ppear when the ig nition is
switched on.
DOOR AJA R

73Lightin g
Lighting
Ex t e ri or la m ps
Turn light s witch:
Light switch to AUTO: E xte rior lamps come
on a utoma tica lly when the engine is
running and if outside light conditions
warrant it.
For re asons of safe ty, the light sw itc h
should alway s re main in the AUTO
position.If necessa ry, auto light control can be
s witched off; turn the lig ht switch to
pos ition X and rele ase . Light switch returns
to AUTO pos ition and the drive r
i n f o rm a t i o n c en t r e sh o w s "A U T O LIG H TS
OFF" briefly.
Turn light switch to p os ition X again and
re le as e to s witch auto light c ontrol ba ck on.
Light sw itch re turns to AUTO pos ition and
the drive r information ce ntre shows " AUTO
LIGHTS ON" briefly.
Auto light control w ill switch on
automatically whe n the ignition is s witche d
off and ba ck on again.
De pending on outs ide lig ht conditions, the
hea dlamps illuminate for app rox .
2 0 se c o n d s w he n t h e k ey i s re m o ve d f r o m
the ignition switch.
Drive r information ce ntre - s ee pag e 5 9 ,
C he ck c ontrol warning me ss age s -
s ee page 6 8 .
W e lcome lig ht function
E xterior lamp s illuminate for approx.
20 seconds or until a door is opened when
the vehicle is unlocke d with the remote
control. Se e page 67 . E x terio r lamps . ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 3
High b e am, h eadlam p f lash . .... .... ..... 7 4
T u rn sign als . .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 4
Front fog lam ps >.. ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 5
F og tail lamp r... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 5
Re vers in g lamp .... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 5
Haza rd warn in g lamps .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 5
Ins trume nt illum ination, information
displa y illu min ation .... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 6
Co u rtes y la mps .... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 6
Re adin g lamps ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 6
Batte ry dis ch arge p ro te ctio n .... .... ..... 7 7
L amp co v ers .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 7
He adlamps wh e n drivin g abro ad ..... 7 79=High or low beam
8=Parking lamps
AU TO = Auto light control
X= Auto light control off/on

74 Ligh ting
High beam, headlamp flash
To s witch from low to high be am, pus h
lev er forwards.
To s witch to low be am, p ull le ve r back
towards steering w heel.
To activate the he adlamp flash, pull le ve r
towards steering w heel. The high beam is
s witche d on while activate d.
The b lue control indic ator
C illum ina te s
when the high bea m or head lamp flas h
is on.
Turn sig nals
To switch on, p us h lev er up or d ow n.
Afte r operation, the turn signal le ver
returns to its sta rting p osition.
If le ve r is move d pas t re sis tance point, turn
signal lam p rem ains on. W hen s te ering
whee l move s b ack towards the straight-
ahead position, turn signal lam p is
autom atic ally de activate d. Tap signal: Move le ve r to res istance point
and re leas e , to activate the turn s ignals
whe n changing lane s or the lik e. Move le ver
to re sistance p oint and hold for the turn
s ignals to flas h for long er.
S witc h the turn signal off ma nually by
mov ing the lev er s lightly.
Le ver up = Right turn signal
Le ver down = Le ft turn signal

75Lightin g
Fro nt fog lamps >
The fog la mps can only be s witched on
when b oth the ignition a nd parking lamp s
are on.
Follow the reg ulations of the country in
which you are driving when using front fog
lamps .
Fo g t a il la m p r
The fog tail lam p can only be s witched on
when both the ignition a nd he adlamps are
on .
Reversing lamp
Come s on whe n reve rse ge ar is engage d
and ignition is s witched on.
Hazard warning lamps
T o sw it c h o n , p u sh b u t t o n¨; to sw itch off,
pus h button¨ again.
To aid loc ation of the button, the
re d surface is illum inate d with the ignition
switched on. Whe n the button is presse d,
its control indicator flashes in time with the
hazard warning lamps. On = Press>,> in
instrume nt panel
illuminates
Off = Press> again or
s witch ignition or
parking lamps offOn = P re s sr,r in
ins trument pa ne l
illum inate s
Of f = P re s sr again or
switch ignition or
headlam ps off

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.

77Lightin g
Ci gare tte lig ht er illumina tion
Co m es on w h en t h e i g n i t i o n i s sw it c he d o n.
L uggage com part me nt lighti ng
Com es on when the lug gage compa rtm ent
is opene d. Battery discharg e protection
To preve nt the ba tte ry from b ecoming
discharged, the courtesy lamps, reading
lamps and luggage compa rtm ent lighting
switch off automatically 20 minutes afte r
the ignition is switched off.
La m p c o v er s
The inside of the la mp cove rs may mist
up briefly in poor, wet and cold we ather
conditions , in heav y rain or afte r was hing.
The mis t dis appea rs q uick ly by itse lf; to
he lp, s witch on the la mps.
Headlamps when driving abroad
The as ymm etrical dippe d b eam exte nds
visibility at the e dge of the road at the
passenger’s sid e.
This c aus e s glare for oncoming tra ffic if the
vehicle is driven in countries where traffic
drives on the opp osite side of the road.
Consult a work shop.

84 In fotain men t system
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.