2015.5 VAUXHALL INSIGNIA display

16Basic operation
■ to change a setting valueNotice
The selected item is highlighted by a red box.
Press: ■ to activate a selected screen button
or menu item
■ to confirm a changed settings value
■ to switch to a different settings option
■ to display the application-specific submenuNotice
In any but the AUDIO application,
when being on a screen, where
turning the MENU knob does not
execute an application-related
function, the MENU knob may be
used to adjust the frequency (AM or FM waveband) or skip to the
previous or next station (DAB
waveband).
Home button
Press ; on the instrument panel to
access the Home screen.
BACK button
When operating the menus, press BACK to return to the next higher
menu level.
Touch screen The centre display has a touch-
sensitive surface that allows direct
interaction with the screen.
m screen button
To return to the next higher menu
level, select m.Exit screen button
To leave the menu currently active,
select Exit.
Selecting or activating a screen
button or menu item
Tap on a screen button or menu item.
The corresponding system function is
activated, a message is shown, or a
submenu with further options is
displayed.
Notice
In subsequent chapters the
operating steps for selecting and
activating a screen button or menu

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Touch pad
The touch pad has a touch-sensitive
surface that allows additional
functions for menu control on the
centre display. It is located behind the gearshift lever.
Notice
The touch pad provides haptic
(tactile) feedback while it is
operated.
BACK button
Press BACK to return to the previous
screen.
Press and hold BACK to return to the
Home screen.
h button
Press h to enter or exit the character
recognition function 3 23.
Selecting a screen button or menu
item
Place your finger on the pad. A hand
cursor appears on the screen.
Depending on the position of your
finger, the system may highlight an
element on the screen.
Notice
The cursor disappears after a
certain timeout period.
Move your finger in the direction of the
element you wish to select. The hand cursor moves from one selectable
screen element to the next.
When the desired element is
highlighted, stop moving.
Press down on the pad to select the
respective element.
Notice
In subsequent chapters the
operating steps for selecting and
activating a screen button or menu
item via the touch pad will be
described as "...select name>/".

20Basic operation
Steering wheel controlsFor an overview of all relevant
steering wheel controls in "Control
elements overview" 3 8.
Five-way controller
The five-way controller is used to
operate the menus in the Driver
Information Centre.
The five-way controller consists of
four directional buttons and a
confirmation button ( 9).
i (back) button
When operating the submenus in the
Driver Information Centre, the i
button serves as back button.
Press i to return to the next higher
menu level.Selecting an application
To display the menu for application
selection, press i.
Repeatedly press P or Q to select a
menu item.
Press 9 to confirm your selection.
The respective application is
activated.Selecting an application-specific
function
To display the main menu of the
application currently active, press j.
Repeatedly press P or Q to select a
menu item.
Press 9 to confirm your selection. A
submenu with further options is displayed or the selected function is
activated.Notice
If you are requested to confirm a
function or message in the Driver
Information Centre by pressing SEL
(Select), press 9.
Speech recognition system
For a detailed description of the
speech recognition system in
"Speech recognition" 3 77.
Menu operation
Home screen
The Home screen is shown on the
centre display.

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All applications installed may be
accessed from the Home screen.
The Home screen comprises up to
five pages with up to eight
applications on each page.
Home button
Press ; on the instrument panel to
access the Home screen.
If you press ; while already being on
the Home screen, you are returned to
the first page.
Activating an application
Select the respective application icon
to launch the application and enter
the application main menu.
The radio and media functions are
selected via the respective buttons.
Notice
The icons of unavailable
applications are greyed out.Personalising the Home screenEntering edit mode
Tap and hold an application icon for a
few seconds. The screen changes as you enter edit mode:
■ Frame marks are displayed around
all application icons indicating that
they might be moved to a new
position.
■ The application tray (see below) is displayed.
■ When scrolling, a blank home screen page appears in the right-
most page position for a new page to be arranged.
Exiting edit mode
The system automatically exits edit
mode after a few seconds of
inactivity.
To exit edit mode immediately,
press ; on the instrument panel.Moving icons
To enter edit mode, see "Entering edit
mode" above.
Drag the icon you wish to move to its
new position. Release the icon to
drop it in the respective location.
Application tray

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Via the interaction selector bar, you
may change the different views within one application or perform
application-specific actions, e.g. start
a speech recognition session.
Activating another tab
Select the respective screen button
on the interaction selector bar to
switch to another view or perform an
action.
Notice
If a function is currently not available
in a menu, the respective icon on the
interaction selector bar is greyed
out.
Displaying the interaction selector bar When interacting with the screen
buttons in the main menu, the
interaction selector bar is often
minimised.
To display the interaction selector
bar, select n at the bottom of the
screen.Messages
In the case of a system event, before
the execution of a system function, or
due to an outside trigger, e.g.
incoming phone call, you may be
prompted with a message.
Select one of the available options.
If ignored, most of the messages are dismissed automatically after a
certain period of time. Alerts that are
not dismissed automatically remain
on the screen until they are
acknowledged or the trigger becomes invalid.
Keyboards Keyboard
Letter keyboard:
Symbol keyboard:

24Basic operation
Depending on the application or
function currently active, the
keyboard menu is displayed
differently.
To switch to the symbol keyboard,
select Sym.
To switch to the letter keyboard,
select ABC.
Entering characters
To enter a character, tap on the
respective screen button. The
character is entered on release.
If you accidentally tapped on the
wrong screen button, slide across the screen to the desired character and
release.
Tap on and hold a letter screen button
to display associated letters in a letter pop-up menu. Release and then
select the desired letter.
To confirm the input, select the
respective confirmation button.
Autocomplete function
If a character sequence has been
entered once, it is stored within the
system and may be recalled by the autocomplete function.
As soon as one character (letter or
digit) is entered, the autocomplete
function becomes active. Every
additional character entered is
considered in the matching process,
reducing the list of autocomplete
matches.
Select o next to the characters
entered to display a list of all
autocomplete matches.
Notice
Above the o screen button, the
number of available options is
displayed. It changes according to
the number of matches found.
Select the respective list item. The
keyboard is redisplayed with the
respective list entry shown in the
entry field.
Editing text
To place the cursor, tap at the
respective position within the text. Enter your changes.
Depending on the application, select
╳ to delete one entered character.
Tap and hold ╳ to delete all
characters.
Select the respective confirmation screen button to confirm an input.
Mixed case characters
In most cases, only capital letters may
be entered.

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If mixed case character recognition is
available, additional Caps and Shift
screen buttons are displayed.
To activate the caps lock function and
capitalise all letters, select Caps.
To deactivate the caps lock function,
Caps has to be selected again.
To activate the shift function and
capitalise just one letter, select Shift.
The function is automatically
deactivated after one letter has been
entered.
Keypad
If only a number or PIN code have to
be entered, a keypad is displayed.
Depending on the application or
function currently active, the keypad
menu is displayed differently.
For a detailed description of how to
enter characters and change entered text, see above.
Character recognitionActivating character recognition
Press h on the touch pad.
If you are already in a keyboard
menu, select s.
Entering characters
Draw the desired character (digit or
uppercase letter) on the touch pad. It
appears within the character
recognition pane.The system tries to guess which
character you wish to enter and
displays its guesses in a list placing
its best guess first. The best guess is
announced audibly.

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Select the desired character.
To scroll through the list (if
necessary), you may optionally:
■ On the touch pad: Place two fingers
on the touch pad and
simultaneously move them
upwards or downwards.
■ On the touch screen: Tap on o or
n at the top and at the bottom of
the scroll bar, move the slider of the scroll bar with your finger up anddown or place your finger on the
screen and move it upwards or
downwards.
The character selected is entered in
the edit field.
If the best guess of the system was
right, drawing a new character also
serves as confirmation.
To close the character recognition
menu, press two fingers on the pad.
Character modifiers
To draw character modifiers, use the
following gestures. The dot
represents the starting point of the
movement.
Space ― Swipe from left to right:
Delete ― Swipe from right to left:
Settings menu
Tap on t to display the character
recognition settings menu.
In this menu, you may define the
speed of the character recognition
workflow ( Draw Speed and Character
Selection Speed ). Set the respective
speed to Default, Faster or Slower .
Set Audio Feedback to On or Off.