2012 OPEL GT reset

61Instru men ts, c ontrols
A fall in te mperature is indica ted
imme diate ly and a rise in temp erature
after a time delay .
The outs ide te mpe rature is dis played in
either deg rees Celsius (
oC) o r de gree s
Fahrenheit (oF), d epe nd ing on the units of
me asure ment chos en in pe rsonalis ation
mode - s ee page 6 4 .
If outside te mpera ture is low ,
"IC E PO SSIBL E " appe ars in the disp lay as a
warning for icy road surface s. Tr ip odom eter
Dis play s d istance travelle d in kilome tres
(k m) or mile s (mi) s ince the las t res et.
Sele ct me nu item TRI P A or TRIP B in the
information dis play.
B o th o do m et er s ca n b e u s ed a t t h e s a m e
tim e.
Each trip odom eter can be reset to z ero
se parately at any tim e.Fuel range
Dis plays the rem aining dis ta nce the ve hicle
can trav el in kilome tres (km) or m iles (mi),
based on current fuel tank contents and
av erage fuel cons um ption. The dis play
s how s a verage va lue s.
The vehicle updates the range
automatically after a b rie f dela y when the
vehicle has been refuelled.
S elec t menu ite m FUEL RANGE in the
inform ation display .
T h e fu e l r a n g e ca n no t b e r e se t .
9 Wa r ning
Caution: the road surface may alre ady
be icy ev en be fore the me ss age appe ars
in t h e d i s p l a y .
IC E POSSI BL ETRIP B 0.0 k m F U EL R A NGE 25 7 km

62 In struments, controls
If the fue l lev el is low, a warning me ss age
"F UEL RAN GE L OW " appea rs in the
dis play.
Che ck control warning me ss age s -
s ee page 6 8.Average fuel consumpti on
Displays the average amount of fuel used
in litres per 100 kilom etres (L/100km ) or
miles pe r gallon (MPG), bas ed on the
distance trave lle d and the amount of fuel
us ed si n c e t h e l a st r e se t .
Sele ct me nu item ECON in the information
display .
The measureme nt ca n be re se t at a ny time .A v er a g e sp ee d
D i s p l a ys t h e a ver a g e ve h i cl e s p e ed in
kilometres per hour (km/h) or miles per hour
(mph) since the last reset.
S elec t menu ite m AV SPE ED in the
inform ation display .
The me as ure ment can be res e t at any time .
S topp ages in the journey with the ignition
off are not include d in the c alcula tions .
FU E L RA NG E L O W EC ON 7.6 L /10 0km AV SPEE D 40 km/h

63Instru men ts, c ontrols
Inte rrup tion of powe r suppl y
If the power supply has bee n interrupted or
the b attery volta ge d rops too low, the
value s store d in the information dis play will
be lost.
Engine oil l ife monitor
Display s a n estimate of the engine oil’s
re maining us eful life as a pe rcentage , since
the last reset.
When the system has been reset after an
engine oil c hange , the disp lay will s how
100%.
Sele ct me nu item OIL LIFE in the
information dis play.
Engine oil life monitor - se e p ages 6 9, 15 1 . C ool ant te mp era ture
Dis plays e ngine coolant tempe rature in
de gree s Ce lsius (
oC) or degrees
Fahrenheit (oF) .
S elec t menu ite m CO OL ANT in th e
inform ation display .
OIL LIFE 10 0% COOLANT 23°C

65Instru men ts, c ontrols
T h e m en u i t em s a re di s p l a ye d i n t h e
follow ing ord er:
zOIL LIFE RESET,
zUNITS,
zLO CK H O R N,
zUNLOCK HO RN,
zLIG H T FL A SH ,
zDELAY LOCK,
zAU T O U N LK ( U n lo c k ),
zEXT LI GHTS (E xterior lamps),
zLA NG U A G E .
The d efault settings for the se me nu ite ms
we re set during v ehicle produc tion.
Scroll through the av aila ble s e ttings and
sele ct the de sire d se tting to progress to the
nex t menu item.Setting unit s of m easur em ent
You ca n selec t which units of m easurement
a r e t o b e u s ed.
Sele ct me nu item UNITS in t h e
pers onalis ation mode .
Settin gs in clud e " ENG L ISH " an d " MET RIC ".
Whe n "EN GLIS H" is s ele cted, all
information will be dis playe d in E nglis h
units , e .g. d is tance will be shown in mile s
(m i) and fuel cons um ption in m iles pe r
gallon (M PG).
Whe n "METRI C" (de fault) is s e le cted , all
information will be dis playe d in me tric
units , e .g. d is tance will be shown in
kilometre s (km ) and fuel cons um ption in
litres per 100 kilometres (L/100k m).Lock horn
T h i s f ea t u r e ca u s es t h e h o rn t o s o un d ev er y
time button e is pressed on the remote
control and can be e nabled or disab le d.
S elec t menu ite m LOCK HORN in the
pe rsonalis ation m od e.
S ettin gs in clu de "O FF " a nd "O N".
W hen "O F F" (default) is se lecte d, the horn
will not s ound on the firs t pres s of b utton e.
The horn will s till s ound on the se cond
pre ss , to confirm locking has already ta ken
place .
When "ON" is selected, the horn w ill sound
e very time button e is p res se d.
UNI TS LOCK HORN

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.

100 In fotain men t system
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 .

154 Self-help, vehicle care
Top up with the sam e b rand of engine
oil that was used d uring the previous
e ngine oil change, following the
instructions in the chapter " Se rv ice,
Maintenance " on page 1 65 .
To close, p osition the cap and screw it
into place .
Ca pacities – se e p age 18 2 .Engine oil c hange , e ngine oil filte r c hange
Pe rform change in accordance w ith the
cha pter " Servic e, M ainte nance" on
page 16 5 .
Engine oil c hange s are to b e ca rrie d out
depe nding on time or kilometre /mile age
inte rvals , or whe n the e ngine oil life monitor
indica tes that engine oil life has be en
diminished , s ince e ng ine oil lose s its
lubrication prope rtie s not only through
engine ope ration but also through age ing .
We rec om mend us ing an original O pel
engine oil filte r.
Reme mbe r to reset the e ngine oil life
monitor whenever the engine oil is
cha ng ed. See k the as sis tance of a
work shop.
C oolant
D u r i n g o p e r a t i o n t h e sy st e m i s p r es su r i z e d .
T h e t em p er a t u r e m a y t h e re f o re r is e t o ov er
100 °C.
The glycol-bas ed coolant p rov id es
excellent corrosion protection for the
hea ting and cooling sy ste ms as well a s
antifree ze prote ction down to –28 °C. It
re mains in the cooling sy ste m throug hout
the yea r and nee d not be changed.
Us e of certain antifre ez es can le ad to
eng ine damage. We therefore recommend
the use of antifre eze s tha t ha ve bee n
app rov ed.
9 Warning
E mpty engine oil cans m us t not be placed
in the domes tic refus e. We rec om mend
that you entrus t engine oil and e ngine oil
filter change s to a works hop who is
familiar with the legal requirem ents
concerning the disposal of used engine
oil and filters , a nd can thus he lp protect
t h e en vi r o n m en t a n d yo ur he a l t h .9 Wa r nin g
Antifree ze is a dange r to health; it m ust
the refore be ke pt in the original container
and out of the reach of children.