2015 VAUXHALL ASTRA J Mp3

External devices33
Infotainment system will
automatically switch to the previous
function.
To disconnect the USB device or
iPod, select another function and then remove the USB storage device.Caution
Avoid disconnecting the device
during playback. This may
damage the device or the
Infotainment system.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth enabled audio sources
(e.g. music mobile phones, MP3
players featuring Bluetooth, etc.),
which support the Bluetooth music profiles A2DP and AVRCP can be
connected wirelessly to the
Infotainment system.
The Infotainment system can play
music files contained in Bluetooth
devices, e.g. iPod or Smartphone.
Connecting a device
For a detailed description on the Bluetooth connection 3 65.
File formats
Audio files
Only devices formatted in the FAT32,
NTFS and HFS+ file systems are supported.
Notice
Some files may not be played
properly. This might be due to a
different recording format or the
condition of the file.
Files from online shops to which
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
has been applied cannot be played.
The playable audio file formats
are .mp3, .wma, .aac and .m4a.
When playing a file with ID3 tag
information, the Infotainment system
can display information, e.g. on the
track title and artist.
Picture files
The displayable picture file formats
are .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .png and .gif.The files must have a maximum size
of 2048 pixels in width and
2048 pixels in height (4MP).
Gracenote
The Gracenote database contains
information on media data currently available on the market.
When connecting external devices,
the tracks or files are recognised by
the Gracenote function.
If the Gracenote normalisation
function is activated, spelling
mistakes in MP3 tag data are
automatically corrected. Due to this,
media search results may be
improved.
Press the CONFIG button and then
select the Radio Settings menu item.
Select Gracenote Options to display
the respective submenu.
Activate the Gracenote normalisation function.

82IntroductionIntroductionGeneral information.....................82
Theft-deterrent feature .................83
Control elements overview ..........84
Usage .......................................... 90
Basic operation ............................ 91
Tone settings ............................... 95
Volume settings ........................... 97General information
The Infotainment system provides
you with state-of-the-art in-car
infotainment.
For the AM, FM and DAB wavebands the radio is equipped with twelve
automatically assignable channel presets. Furthermore, various
channels can be allocated manually
(waveband-independent).
The integrated audio player will
entertain you with audio CDs and MP3/WMA CDs.
Furthermore, you can connect
external data storage devices, e.g.
iPod, MP3 player or USB stick, or a
portable CD player to the
Infotainment system as further audio
sources.
The digital sound processor provides
you with several preset equalizer
modes for sound optimisation.
Optionally, the Infotainment system
can be operated using controls on the steering wheel or via the speech
recognition system.In addition the Infotainment system
can be equipped with a mobile phone portal.
The well-thought-out design of the
control elements, the clear displays
and a large multifunction knob enable
you to control the system easily and
intuitively.
Notice
This manual describes all options
and features available for the
various Infotainment systems.
Certain descriptions, including those for display and menu functions, may
not apply to your vehicle due to
model variant, country
specifications, special equipment or
accessories.
Display The CD 400plus is available in two
variants; noticeable difference is the
display. The first variant has the
following display.

Introduction85
1 RADIO................................... 98
Activate radio or change
waveband .............................. 98
2 CD ....................................... 111
Start CD/MP3/WMA
playback .............................. 111
3 Search backwards ................98
Radio: search backwards .....98
CD/MP3/WMA: skip track
backwards ........................... 108
4 Radio station buttons 1...6 ....99
Long press: save station .......99
Short press: select station ....99
5 m knob .................................. 90
Press: switch on/off ..............90
Infotainment system .............90
Turn: adjust volume ..............90
6 Search forwards ....................98
Radio: search forwards .........98
CD/MP3/WMA: skip track
forwards .............................. 1087 AS 1/2................................... 99
Automatic memory levels
(preset radio stations) ...........99
Short press: select
autostore list .......................... 99
Long press: save stations
automatically ......................... 99
8 FAV 1/2/3 .............................. 99
Lists of favourites (preset
radio stations) ....................... 99
9 TP ....................................... 103
Activate or deactivate
radio traffic service ..............103
If Infotainment system is
switched off: display time
and date .............................. 103
10 CD ejection ......................... 108
11 CONFIG ................................ 97
Open settings menu ..............9712 INFO ..................................... 84
Radio: information on the
currently played station .........98
CD/MP3/WMA:
information on the
currently inserted CD ..........108
13 Multifunction knob .................91
Turn: mark menu options or set numeric values ...........91
Press: select/activate the
marked option; confirm set
value; switch function on/off ..91
14 CD slot ................................ 108
15 BACK .................................... 91
Menu: one level back ............91
Input: delete last character
or entire entry ........................ 91
16 TONE .................................... 95
Tone settings ........................ 95
17 PHONE ............................... 119
Open telephone main menu 125
Activate mute ........................ 90

88Introduction
1 RADIO................................... 98
Activate radio or change
waveband .............................. 98
2 CD ....................................... 111
Start CD/MP3/WMA
playback .............................. 111
3 Search backwards ................98
Radio: search backwards .....98
CD/MP3/WMA: skip track
backwards ........................... 108
4 Radio station buttons 1...6 ....99
Long press: save station .......99
Short press: select station ....99
5 m knob .................................. 90
Press: switch on/off the
Infotainment system ..............90
Turn: adjust volume ..............90
6 Search forwards ....................98
Radio: search forwards .........98
CD/MP3/WMA: skip track
forwards .............................. 1087 AS 1/2................................... 99
Automatic memory levels
(preset radio stations) ...........99
Short press: select
autostore list .......................... 99
Long press: save stations
automatically ......................... 99
8 FAV 1/2/3 .............................. 99
Lists of favourites (preset
radio stations) ....................... 99
9 TP ....................................... 103
Activate or deactivate
radio traffic service ..............103
If Infotainment system is
switched off: display time
and date .............................. 103
10 CD ejection ......................... 108
11 CONFIG ................................ 97
Open settings menu ..............97
12 MP3: folder level lower ........ 10813 INFO ..................................... 84
Radio: information on the
currently played station .........98
CD/MP3/WMA:
information on the
currently inserted CD ..........108
14 Multifunction knob .................91
Turn: mark menu options
or set numeric values ...........91
Press: select/activate the
marked option; confirm set
value; switch function on/off ..91
15 CD slot ................................ 108
16 BACK .................................... 91
Menu: one level back ............91
Input: delete last character
or entire entry ........................ 91
17 MP3: folder level higher ......108
18 TONE .................................... 95
Tone settings ........................ 95

Introduction89
19 PHONE............................... 119
Open telephone main menu 125
Activate mute ........................ 90
20 AUX ..................................... 111
Change audio source ..........111Steering wheel audio controls
1
Short press: accept phone
call ....................................... 119
or dial number in call list .....125
or activate speech
recognition .......................... 114
Long press: show call list ....125
or deactivate speech
recognition .......................... 114
2 SRC (Source) ........................ 90
Press: select audio source ....90
With radio active: turn
upwards/downwards to
select next/previous
preset radio station ...............98
With CD player active: turn
upwards/downwards to
select next/previous CD/
MP3/WMA track ..................108
With Phone portal active
and call list open (see
pos. 1): turn upwards/
downwards to select next/
previous entry in call list ......125
With Phone portal active
and calls waiting: turn
upwards/downwards to
switch between calls ...........125
3 Increase volume .................... 90
4 Reduce volume .....................90
5 Short press: end/decline
call ....................................... 125
or close call list .................... 125

104Radio
Set the option Traffic announcement
(TA) to On or Off.
Switching regionalization on and off
(RDS must be activated for
regionalization)
At certain times some RDS stations
broadcast regionally different
programmes on different frequencies.
Set the option Regional (REG) to On
or Off .
If regionalization is switched on, only
alternative frequencies (AF) with the
same regional programmes are
selected.
If regionalization is switched off,
alternative frequencies of the stations are selected without regard to
regional programmes.
RDS-scrolling text
Some RDS stations hide the programme name in the display line
in order to display additional
information.
To prevent additional information
being displayed:
Set RDS- Text scroll freeze to On.Radio text:
If RDS and reception of an RDS
station are activated, information
about the programme that is currently
receivable and about the music track
currently playing are displayed below
the programme name.
To show or hide the information:
Set the option Radio text: to On or Off .
Radio traffic service
(TP = Traffic Programme)
Radio traffic service stations are RDS stations that broadcast traffic news.
Switching the radio traffic service on
and off
To switch the traffic announcement
standby facility of the Infotainment
system on and off:
Press the TP button.
■ If the radio traffic service is switched on, [ ] is displayed in the
radio main menu.
■ Only radio traffic service stations are received.■ If the current station is not a radiotraffic service station, a search is
started automatically for the next
radio traffic service station.
■ If a radio traffic service station has been found, [TP] is displayed in the
radio main menu.
■ Traffic announcements are played at the preset TA volume 3 97.
■ If the radio traffic service is switched on, CD/MP3 playback is
interrupted for the duration of the
traffic announcement.
Listening to traffic announcements only
Switch on the radio traffic service and
completely turn down the volume of
the Infotainment system.
Blocking out traffic announcements
To block out a traffic announcement,
e.g. during CD/MP3 playback:
Press TP button or the multifunction
knob to confirm the cancel message
on the display.

CD Player107CD PlayerGeneral information...................107
Usage ........................................ 108General information
The Infotainment system's CD player
can play audio CDs and MP3/WMA
CDs.
Important information about
audio CDs and MP3/WMA CDsCaution
Under no circumstances place
DVDs, single-CDs with a diameter
of 8 cm or shaped CDs in the audio
player.
You must not put any stickers on
CDs. These discs can get jammed in the CD drive and ruin the player. Replacement of the device will
then be necessary.
■ The following CD formats can be used:
CD-ROM Mode 1 and Mode 2.
CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1 and
Form 2.
■ The following file formats can be used:
ISO9660 Level 1, Level 2, (Romeo,Joliet).
MP3 and WMA files written in any
format other than listed above may
not play correctly, and their file names and folder names may not
be displayed correctly.
Notice
ISO 13346 is not supported. It may
be required to manually select
ISO 9660 when burning an audio
CD, e.g. with Windows 7.
■ Audio CDs with copy protection, which are not in compliance with
the audio CD standard, may not
play correctly or not at all.
■ Self-recorded CD-Rs and CD-RWs
are more vulnerable to mishandling than prerecorded CDs. Correct
handling, especially in the case of
self-recorded CD-Rs and CD-RWs,
must be ensured. See below.
■ Self-recorded CD-Rs and CD-RWs
may not play correctly or not at all.
In such cases it is not the
equipment that is at fault.

108CD Player
■ On mixed mode CDs (audio tracksand compressed files, e.g. MP3,
are stored), the audio tracks part and the compressed files part can
be played separately.
■ Avoid leaving fingerprints when you
change CDs.
■ Put CDs back in their sleeves immediately after removing them
from the CD player in order to
protect them from damage and dirt.
■ Dirt and liquids on CDs can smear the lens of the CD player inside thedevice and cause faults.
■ Protect CDs from heat and direct sunlight.
■ The following restrictions apply for the data stored on an MP3/WMA
CD:
Number of tracks: max. 999.
Number of folders: max. 255.
Folder structure depth: max.
64 levels (recommended: max.
8 levels).
Number of playlists: max. 15.Number of songs per playlist: max.
255.
Applicable playlist
extensions: .m3u, .pls, .asx, .wpl.
■ This chapter deals only with playing
MP3 files since the operation for
MP3 and WMA files is identical.
When a CD with WMA files is
loaded MP3 related menus are
displayed.
Usage Starting CD playbackPress the CD button to open the CD
or MP3 menu.
If there is a CD in the CD player, CD playback is started.
Depending on the data stored on the
audio CD or MP3 CD differing
information about the CD and the
current music track will be shown on
the display.
Inserting a CD
Insert a CD with the printed side
facing up into the CD slot until it is
drawn in.
Notice
If a CD is inserted, a CD symbol is
shown in the top line of the display.
Changing the standard page
view (only with CD 300)
During audio CD or MP3 playback: press the multifunction knob and then
select Default CD page view or
Default MP3 page view .
Select the desired option.