2012 OPEL GT lock

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

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.

81Info tainment system
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 ]
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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.

82 In fotain men t system
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.

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.

85Info tainment system
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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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.