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Introduction
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or licensors.The information in this manual
supplements the owner manual.
This manual describes features that
may or may not be on your specific
vehicle either because they are
options that you did not purchase or
due to changes subsequent to the
printing of this owner manual.
Please refer to the purchase
documentation relating to your
specific vehicle to confirm each of
the features found on your vehicle.
Keep this manual with the owner
manual in the vehicle, so it will be
there if it is needed. If the vehicle is
sold, leave this manual in the
vehicle.
Canadian Vehicle Owners
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A French language copy of this
manual can be obtained from your
dealer or from:
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3. Select the band.
4. Seek or tune to the desiredstation, to select the station.
5. Press and hold one of the preset screen buttons for more than
one and a half seconds.
6. Repeat the steps for each preset.
To change the number of preset
pages, see “Number of Preset
Pages” later in this section.
Sound Menu
TONE or CONFIG (Configure):
Press TONE or CONFIG to access
the Sound menu to adjust the treble,
midrange, bass, fade, balance, and
Digital Signal Processing (DSP).
TREBLE: Press the + or −sign to
increase or decrease the treble. If a
station is weak or has static,
decrease the treble.
MID (Midrange): Press the + or−
sign to increase or decrease the
midrange.
BASS: Press the + or −sign to
increase or decrease the bass.
Adjusting the Speakers
Left/Right (Balance): To adjust the
balance between the left and the
right speakers, press and hold the
Left or Right screen buttons.
Front/Rear (Fade): To adjust the
fade between the front and the rear
speakers, press and hold the Front
or Rear screen buttons. Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
If the system has Digital Signal
Processing (DSP), it is used to
provide a choice of different
listening experiences. DSP can be
used while listening to the audio
system. The type of DSP selected is
displayed on the status screen.
DSP settings:
Normal:
Adjusts the audio to
normal mode. This provides the best
sound quality for all seating
positions.
Driver: Adjusts the audio to give
the driver the best possible sound
quality.
Rear: Adjusts the audio to give the
rear seat occupants the best
possible sound quality.
Centerpoint
®: Turns on Bose
Centerpoint®. Centerpoint®
produces a full vehicle surround
sound listening experience from a
CD, MP3/WMA, DVD, AUX
(auxiliary) input, or XM™ (if
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Brightness/Contrast/Mode
From the DVD Setup screen, press
to change the brightness, contrast,
and mode of the screen while
playing a DVD.
!(Brightness):Press the up or
down screen arrows to increase or
decrease the brightness of the DVD
screen.
_(Contrast): Press the up or
down screen arrows to increase or
decrease the contrast of the DVD
screen.
Auto (Automatic): Press to
automatically adjust the navigation
screen background depending on
exterior lighting conditions.
Night: Press to make the
navigation screen background
darken.
Day: Press to make the navigation
screen background brighten. Autoplay
From the DVD Setup screen, press
to turn autoplay on or off. When on,
if the DVD has stayed in the menu,
it begins playing the movie after the
menu displays for five seconds. This
may not be available on all DVDs.
uSEEK (Next Track/Chapter):
Press to go to the next track or
chapter. This button may not work
when the DVD is playing the
copyright information or the
previews.
tSEEK (Previous Track/
Chapter): Press to return to the
start of the current track or chapter.
Press this button again to go to the
previous track or chapter. This
button may not work when the DVD
is playing the copyright information
or the previews.
TUNE/TONE Knob: Turn to go to
the next or previous track/chapter.
CD/DVD Messages
If Disc Read Error displays and/or
the CD/DVD comes out, it could be
for one of the following reasons:
.If a disc was inserted with an
invalid or unknown format.
.If the disc is not from a correct
region.
.It is very hot. When the
temperature returns to normal,
the disc should play.
.You are driving on a very rough
road. When the road becomes
smoother, the disc should play.
.The disc is dirty, scratched, wet,
or upside down.
.The air is very humid. If so, wait
about an hour and try again.
.There may have been a problem
while burning the disc.
.The label may be caught in the
CD/DVD player.

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uSEEK /tSEEK:
1. Press the right arrow to go to the next track.
2. Press the left arrow to go to the start of the current track, if more
than five seconds have played
or to the previous track,
if five seconds or less have
played.
3. If either arrow is pressed more than once, the player continues
moving backward or forward
through the HDD. The sound
mutes while seeking.
q r(Category):
1. Select the left or right arrow to go to the previous or next
Album/Playlist/Artist/Genre/
Audiobook on the HDD.
2. Press the center button on the main screen to display Music
Navigator.
Music Navigator Screen
Selecting any of the following
screen buttons, when in HDD,
displays the Music Navigator screen
for each of the following categories.
All Songs:
1. Press to view all songs storedon HDD.
2. Select a song name from that list. It may take a few minutes for
the system to show the list.
Once a song has been selected
from this category, the song
name will appear in the center
button on the main screen.
Playlists:
1. Press to view the playlists that have been stored on the HDD.
2. Select a playlist name to view all songs that have been stored in
this list, select a song. Once a
song has been selected from
this category, the "Playlist”
appears in the center button on the main screen to show that
music is being played in
this mode.
Under the playlist category, there is
a submenu button called, More
Like This.
1. Press this button to see a playlist of songs similar to the
current song is generated by
music recognition technology
and related data that are
provided by Gracenote.
2. Select a song to listen to after the list is created.
3. Press the Refresh screen button to generate the new list.
Once a song has been selected
from this category, the “AutoPlay”
appears in the center button on the
main screen to show music is being
played in this mode.
Artists:
1. Press to view the artists that have been stored on the HDD.

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2. Select an artist name to view allsongs in this list, select a song
to listen to.
Once a song has been selected
from this category, the “Artist”
appears in the center button on the
main screen to show that music is
being played in this mode.
Albums:
1. Press to view the albums that
have been stored on the HDD.
2. Select an album name to view all songs in this list, select a
song to listen to.
Once a song has been selected
from this category, the “Album”
appears in the center button on the
main screen to show that music is
being played in this mode.
Genres:
1. Press to view the genres that
have been stored on the HDD. 2. Select a genre name to view all
songs or audio books in this list,
select a song or book to
listen to.
Once a song or book has been
selected from this category, the
“Genre“ appears in the center button
on the main screen to show that
playback is in this mode.
Audio books are only available
through the Genre menu.
1. Press to view the genres that have been stored on the HDD.
Select an audio book name
(book title) to view all sections
in it.
2. Select a section to listen to. If the “Last position” screen
button is pressed, the audio
book starts playback from the
position it was stopped the last
time played.
Compressed Audio
The HDD will play an MP3/WMA
disc that contains compressed CD
audio from all formats that are supported. By default the radio
shows the CD label on the left side
of the screen but plays all supported
file formats in the order in which
they were recorded to the CD.
Background Recording
A CD can be copied and then
listened to or a CD can be recording
while listening to another source
such as AM, FM, HDD, or AUX. The
quality of the listening experience
should be the same whether
recording in the background or not,
and the speed of the recording
process does not take any longer
than normal.
Timeshift cannot be activated during
the background recording function.
Duplicate Content
When record is executed the
system checks to see if the CD has
already been recorded to the hard
drive. If the entire contents of the
CD still exists on the hard drive the
system will not record the content.
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or only some of a CD exists, the
entire CD records to the hard drive.
This could result in duplicate songs.
CD Eject
If the CD is ejected before the
recording process has completed,
tracks that have been completely
recorded are stored to the hard
drive, incomplete tracks are
discarded.
Power Mode
If the system is turned off during a
CD or USB recording process, it will
stop. When the radio is turned back
on, the recording process needs to
be started again.
Saving HDD Favorites
During HDD playback, select one of
the lower buttons to save songs in
its category. Each category has six
presets.To add a song from a category, you
must be listening to the song. Press
and hold the lower button until
“Favorite saved...”
displays on the
screen.
Deleting a Song from a Playlist
Once a song has been added to a
Playlist, to remove the song from
the Playlist, select the song and
start playback. Press the DEL
button to display the options to
delete the song from Playlist, HDD
or Delete Playlist, and select the
softkey below Playlist.
Audio Book
With audio book, content can be
downloaded from www.audible.com
and files can be transferred to the
vehicle by either a CD or a USB
storage device.
The use of the audible.com
playback feature requires that the
audible.com account be activated
with the radio. For more information
on creating an account, visit
www.audible.com/caraudio. The activation process requires the
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
of the vehicle.
Auxiliary Devices
The navigation system has an
auxiliary input jack located in the
center console. This is not an audio
output; do not plug the headphone
set into the front auxiliary input jack.
You can however, connect an
external audio device such as an
iPod, laptop computer, MP3 player,
CD changer, or cassette tape
player, etc. to the auxiliary input jack
for use as another source for audio
listening.
Drivers are encouraged to set up
any auxiliary device while the
vehicle is in P (Park). See
“Defensive Driving”
in the Index of
the vehicle owner manual for more
information on driver distraction.
To use a portable audio player,
connect a 3.5 mm (1/8 in) cable to
the auxiliary input jack. When a
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iPod connection cable is needed
that came with the vehicle, from
your dealer. See your dealer for
more information.
This feature supports the following
iPod models:
.Fifth generation or later iPod
.First or Second generation or
later iPod Nano*
*For proper operation, make sure
the iPod has the latest firmware
from Apple
®. The iPod firmware can
be updated using the latest iTunes
application. See www.apple.com/
itunes.
To connect and control the iPod,
connect one end of the specially
iPod connection cable that came
with the vehicle to the iPod’s dock
connector. Connect the other end to
both the USB port and the auxiliary
input jack. The USB port and the
auxiliary input jack are located in
the center console bin. The iPod music displays on the radio’s
display and begins playing through
the vehicle's radio system.
A standard iPod USB cable, like the
one that came with the iPod, cannot
be used to connect an iPod to the
vehicle. The iPod connection cable
that was purchased with the vehicle
or that was made available from
your dealer must be used in order
for this feature to work.
Use the radioqMENUrSELECT
knob to bring up the iPod Menu and
select Songs, Artists, Albums,
Playlists and Audio Books to play
from the iPod.
The iPod charges while it is
connected to the vehicle and if the
vehicle is turned to ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN. It can
also be left connected to the vehicle
while the vehicle is turned off or
removed. With the vehicle turned
off, the iPod automatically powers
off and will not charge or draw
power from the vehicle's battery. If an older iPod model is used that
is not supported or does not have
the special iPod connection cable,
the iPod can still be used in the
vehicle by connecting it to the
Auxiliary Input Jack using a
standard 3.5 mm (1/8 in) stereo
cable. See
“Using the Auxiliary Input
Jack” earlier for more information.
Gracenote Database
When a CDDA is recorded from a
CD to the HDD, the music
information (Album name, Artist
name, Song name and Genre) is
retrieved from the Gracenote
database, stored in the radio. The
database information uses the
information of Gracenote Music
Recognition Service. See the
owner's manual for more information
on the Gracenote Database.
Gracenote Music Recognition
Service, Music recognition
technology, and related data are
provided by Gracenote
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is the industry standard in music
recognition technology and related
content delivery. For more
information, visit
www.gracenote.com.
Updating the Gracenote Database
1. Turn the ignition on.
2. Press
Oto turn the system on.
3. Insert the update disc part way into the slot, label side up. The
player pulls it in.
4. Update Confirmation screen displays along with the version
information. Press the Update
screen button.
5. The system reboots and starts updating the database.
A progress bar displays.
6. The disc automatically ejects after the update is completed.
The system reboots.
Navigation
Using the Navigation
System
This section presents basic
information needed to operate the
navigation system.
Use the navigation control buttons
located on the infotainment system
along with the available
touch-screen buttons on the
navigation screen to operate the
system. See Overview on page 4 for
more information.
Once the vehicle is moving, various
functions are disabled to reduce
driver distractions.
Navigation Control Buttons
The following control buttons are
located on the navigation system:
VOL/
O(Volume/Power):
1. Press to turn the system on and off. 2. Turn this knob to increase or
decrease the volume. The
volume works for the features
that are currently being used;
audio, OnStar
®(if equipped)
changes the volume for the
phone, voice guidance, and
speech recognition changes the
volume of voice prompts.
NAV
n m(Navigation Screen Up/
Down): Press to make the screen
go up and down. In the up position,
all touch-screen buttons can be
viewed or used. In the down
position, a portion of the screen will
be shown that displays the current
audio source and temperature.
!(Dimming Change Button):
The dimming change button on the
navigation faceplate is used to
toggle between these dimming
modes.
NAV (Navigation): Press to view
your vehicle's current position on
the map screen. Each press of this
key cycles through Full Map and the
tab that displays the current audio