2013 BUICK LACROSSE USB

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72 Infotainment System
Press the Back screen button to
save the adjustments.
Radio Settings
Press the Config button on the
Home Page or the CONFIG button
on the faceplate to enter the menu
options. Turn the outer ring of the
SELECT/Multifunction knob or
touch-tap the scroll bar to scroll
through the available options. Press
the SELECT/Multifunction knob or
press Radio Settings to display the
radio settings menu. Press this
feature to make changes for radio
information displayed, preset pages,
Auto Volume Control, and XM
Categories Restore. SeeSatellite
Radio on page 18, for more
information about XM Categories.
The Radio Settings are:
Auto Volume: Select OFF, Low,
Medium, or High sensitivity to
automatically adjust the volume to
minimize the effects of unwanted
background noise that can result from changing road surfaces, driving
speeds, or open windows. This
feature works best at lower volume
settings where background noise is
typically louder than the sound
system volume.
Gracenote Options:
Press to
enable/disable Normalization used
to improve voice recognition and
media groupings. See CD Player on
page 36, USB on page 38, Auxiliary
Devices on page 44, and Bluetooth
Audio on page 45.
XM Channel Graphics: Press to
enable/disable the XM Audio page
background on the XM Channel
display.
Startup Volume: Press to set the
maximum volume level for startup
that will be used even if a higher
volume had been set when the radio
was turned off.
Number of Favorite Pages: Press
to select the number of FAV pages
to be displayed. XM Categories:
Press to
customize which available XM
Categories are used and displayed.
Software Version Information:
Press to display information about
the system and update software if
available.
Phone Settings
See Bluetooth on page 85 in the
“Phone” section for more
information on phone settings.
Navigation Settings
Press the Config button on the
Home Page to enter the setup
menu. Turn the outer ring of the
SELECT/Multifunction knob or
touch-tap the scroll bar until the
Navigation Settings option displays.
Select this feature to make changes
to Voice Prompt, Traffic Settings,
Guidance Alert, Bread Crumbs, and
Delete Saved Destinations.

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80 Infotainment System
.The system is able to recognize
commands in different
languages, such as English,
Canadian French, and Spanish.
The system only recognizes
commands based on the
language selected.
.To increase or decrease the
voice volume during a voice
recognition session, turn the
volume knob of the radio,
or press the volume steering
wheel control. If the volume is
adjusted during a voice
recognition session, a Volume
bar appears on the screen
showing the voice volume level
as it is being adjusted. This also
changes the volume of the
guidance prompts.
.When using navigation
commands, take the time to
become familiar with the
address. Long delays when
giving the address can result in
the system not recognizing the
address or routing to different
location than intended.
.When providing the house
number portion of the address,
the system recognizes both digit
format and numerical text. An
example would be to say,
“3-0-0-0-1”or“Thirty
Thousand One.”
.If the system provides
destination in another country
on several attempts, say the
“Change Country” command and
say the country of interest. The
country default is the United
States. To enter a destination in
Canada or Mexico, the country
will first have to be changed in
the system.
Voice Recognition Help
To enter the help playback session,
clearly speak one of the help
commands.
Help: The system plays back more
specific help commands such as
Radio Settings for the user to
choose from. Radio:
Use this command to learn
about how to select a band (AM,
FM, or XM), and how to change
radio stations by speaking
frequency numbers.
Phone: Use this command to learn
about how to dial, pair a device,
or delete a device.
My Media: Use this command to
learn how to play specific tracks,
artists, albums, devices connected
to the USB port, or to change
sources.
Settings: Use this command to
learn about how to turn Verbose on
or off, or set the language.
Voice Recognition Commands
The following list shows the voice
commands available for the
infotainment system with a brief
description of each. The commands
are listed with the optional words in
parentheses. To use the voice
commands, see the previous
instructions.

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Infotainment System 81
Radio Commands
Tune AM, Tune FM, Tune XM,
Tune Pandora, Tune Stitcher:
Instructs the system to go to the
specific band and the last station.
Tune AM (frequency), Tune FM
(frequency), Tune XM (station
number), or Tune XM (station
name):Instructs the system to go
to the specific station.
Thumbs Up: Instructs the system
to give the current song or station a
thumbs up in Pandora or Stitcher.
Thumbs Down: Instructs the
system to give the current song or
station a thumbs down in Pandora
or Stitcher.
Phone Commands
Dial or Call (phone number or
contact): Instructs the system to
start a phone call. For example, say
“Dial 1 248 123 4567.” To call a
phone book contact, say “Dial”or
“Call,” say the name and location,
and then say “Dial.”For example, say
“Call John at Home” or“Call
John at Work.” If a number is not
recognized, the first number in the
list will be called.
Pair or Connect: Instructs the
system to begin pairing a device.
Digit Dial: Instructs the system to
dial a phone number one digit at
a time. After saying the digits,
say “Dial.”
Redial or Redial Last Number:
Instructs the system to dial the last
phone number called.
Select Device or Change Phone:
Instructs the system to switch to a
different paired device. The device
must be selected from the screen or
using the TUNE/MENU knob.
Delete Device: Instructs the
system to delete a paired device.
My Media Commands
CD, AUX, USB, or Bluetooth
Audio: Instructs the system to
change the source. Play CD:
Instructs the system to
play a CD. For example, say
“Play CD.”
The following commands only apply
to USB, iPod, iPhone sources. They
are supported after the device has
been indexed.
Play Artist (artist name): Instructs
the system to play songs by a
specific artist. For example, say
“Play Artist .”
Play Album (album title): Instructs
the system to play a specific album.
Play Song (song title): Instructs
the system to play a specific song.
Play Genre (genre name):
Instructs the system to play songs
of a particular genre.
Search Artist (artist name):
Instructs the system to show a list of
all songs by a specific artist. For
example, say "Search Artist
.”

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INDEX i-1
A
Accepting or Declining a Call . . . . 89
Adding or Removing XMCategories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Audio/Video (A/V) Jacks . . . . . . . . . 48
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B
Before Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 94
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Bluetooth Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
C
Call Waiting Using Steering
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Call Waiting Using the Infotainment Controls . . . . . . . . . . 90
Canceling Voice Recognition . . . . 79
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CD Radio Without Navigation . . . . . 5
CD/DVD Radio With Navigation . . 6
Cellular Phone Usage . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cleaning High Gloss Surfaces and Vehicle Information and
Radio Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cleaning the RSE Seatback Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning the Video Screen . . . . . . 55
Clearing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Conference Calling Using the
Infotainment Controls . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Controls
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Destination Download, OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Destination, Navigation . . . . . . . . . . 61
Detailed Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Driving on a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
(DTMF) Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
DVD Rear Seat Entertainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DVD Display Error Messages . . . . 54
DVD Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
E
Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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INDEX i-3
O
OnStar®Destination
Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Other Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Overview, Infotainment System . . . 3
P
Pairing with Infotainment Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Pairing with Voice Recognition . . . 87
Pandora (If Equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pandora Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . 29
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Phone Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing from a USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Playing from an iPhone
or iPad
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Playing from an iPod®. . . . . . . . . . . 42
Playing the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Q
Quick Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
R
Radio Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear Seat Entertainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Route Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
S
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Scroll Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Settings Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SiriusXM Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SiriusXM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SiriusXM
®Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . 18
SiriusXM®Satellite Radio
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stitcher Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . 33
Storing Radio Station Presets . . . 17
Symbols, Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Needs Service, If . . . . . . . . 78
T
Time and Date Settings . . . . . . . . . . 71
Touch Screen Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Transferring a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Travel Link (If Available) . . . . . . . . . 21
TuneSelect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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i-4 INDEX
U
UpdatesMap Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
USB Media Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
USB Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Bluetooth Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using Destination Download . . . . . 70
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . 79
V
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Vehicle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Video Screen Input Jack . . . . . . . . . 50
Video Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 86
Voice Recognition Commands . . . 80
Voice Recognition Help . . . . . . . . . . 80