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98 Storage
Rear Storage
There is storage in the floor of the
rear cargo area. Lift the handle to
access. There is a removable
divider to help organize.
Use the hook underneath to hold
open the cargo floor cover.
Center Console Storage
Press the button to access the
storage in the center console.
If equipped there is an auxiliary
jack, an SD card reader, and a
single or dual USB port inside.

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Infotainment System 163
Infotainment
System
Introduction
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Radio
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . 173
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . 175
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . 175
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted MediaDevices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
SD Card Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
OnStar System
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Navigation
Using the Navigation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Navigation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . 195
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
If the System Needs Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Voice Recognition
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Phone
Bluetooth (Overview) . . . . . . . . . 220
Bluetooth (InfotainmentControls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Bluetooth (Voice Recognition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Settings
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Trademarks and License
Agreements
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Connect the iPhone to the USB
port, or connect Android™or
BlackBerry
®through Bluetooth. See
Auxiliary Jack 0184 orBluetooth
(Overview) 0220 orBluetooth
(Infotainment Controls) 0221 or
Bluetooth (Voice Recognition)
0 224. For first time use, set up the
stations before connecting to the
vehicle. The Pandora icon will be
available on the Home Page.
When Pandora is chosen, the
Pandora logo will populate on the
screen and display “Acquiring
Pandora Radio Station.” Launch
times can be significant.
Using the iPhone
1. Plug the device into the USB port. The phone screen must
be unlocked.
2. Launch Pandora directly from the Home Page by touching
the Pandora icon.
If nothing happens when the
available Pandora screen button is
touched, download the latest
Pandora application and retry. The login screen may display on the
device.
Using an Android or BlackBerry
Phone
The BlackBerry phone must be
unlocked to launch Pandora service.
1. Pair the phone using Bluetooth.
2. Launch Pandora directly from the Home Page by touching
the Pandora icon.
If nothing happens when the
available Pandora screen button is
touched, download the latest
Pandora application and retry.
The login screen may display on the
device.
Pandora Menus
Touch Menu on the Pandora
main page.
Pandora has a menu system with
the following:
Tone Settings : Touch to adjust the
tone settings. See AM-FM
Radio 0170.
Bookmark Artist : Touch to
bookmark the artist.
Bookmark Song : Touch to
bookmark the song.
Auto Volume : This feature sets the
auto volume based on the speed of
the vehicle and noise in the vehicle.
See AM-FM Radio 0170.

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.For an iPhone, check that the
USB cable is connected to the
USB port and the screen is
unlocked.
. Close Pandora on the device
and launch again. Devices that
allow multitasking may require
an extra step to quit the Pandora
application. See the cell phone
manufacturer's user guide.
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down
Error
If there is an error trying to rate a
track with the
,or-buttons, the
message “Thumbs Down Error” or
“Thumbs Up Error” will display.
Touch OK to dismiss.
Loss of Audio
Loss of Pandora audio can happen
in different ways:
. Weak or lost data connection.
. Device needs to be charged.
. Application needs to be
relaunched.
. Connection between phone and
radio lost. .
An iPhone is connected to both
Bluetooth and the USB port.
Playback can be resumed from
a loss of audio by double
tapping on the iPhone menu
button then scrolling through the
icons to find an icon that allows
a change of flow between
Bluetooth and USB cable.
Common Pandora Messages
Pandora Error/Please Check
Connected Device : Not signed in
or Pandora is down for
maintenance.
No Stations Available : No stations
are available on the Pandora server
through the connected device.
Action Unavailable. Please Check
Device : A few conditions for loss of
Internet connection are:
. The connected device loses its
cellular connection.
. The device does not support
Internet connectivity.
. The device is not in the vehicle. Part of the Action Unavailable.
Please Check Device :
The
Bluetooth signal is lost.
No Skips Remaining for This
Station or Permitted During
Advertisements :
. The maximum Pandora skip limit
has been reached according to
the plan that was obtained.
. Skipping an advertisement was
tried.
See www.pandora.com/help. If the
service will not work, see your
dealer for assistance.

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USB Port
This vehicle is equipped with one or
more USB ports. The USB port(s)
are in the center console. The
system is optimized to support two
connected devices with a total of
15,000 songs.
Playing from a USB
A USB mass storage device can be
connected to the USB port.
Gracenote
®
When plugging in a USB device,
Gracenote service builds voice tags
for music. Voice tags allow artists,
albums with hard to pronounce
names, and nicknames to be used
to play music through voice
recognition.
While indexing, infotainment
features are available.
My Media Library
The infotainment system allows
access to content from all indexed
media sources. Touch the MEDIA
screen button to scroll through theoptions until My Media is selected.
Use gestures or screen buttons to
scroll through the content.
USB MP3 Player and USB Drives
.
The USB MP3 players and USB
drives connected must comply
with the USB Mass Storage
Class specification (USB MSC).
. Hard disk drives are not
supported.
. The following restrictions apply
for the data stored on a USB
MP3 player or USB device:
‐Maximum folder structure
depth is 11 levels.
‐ Applicable audio extensions
are mp3, wma, aac, m4a,
and aif.
‐ WMA and Apple lossless files
are not supported.
‐ Supported file systems are
FAT32 and NTFS.
To play a USB device, do one of the
following:
. Connect the USB. .
Press MEDIA until the
connected device is shown.
Use the following when playing an
active USB source:
r(Play) : Press to play the current
media source.
j(Pause) : Press to pause play of
the current media source.
t(Previous/Reverse) :
. Press to seek to the beginning of
the current or previous track.
If the track has been playing for
less than five seconds, the
previous track plays. If playing
longer than five seconds, the
current track restarts.
. Press and hold to reverse
quickly through playback.
Release to return to playing
speed. Elapsed time displays.
u(Next/Forward) :
. Press to seek to the next track.
. Press and hold to advance
quickly through playback.
Release to return to playing
speed. Elapsed time displays.

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2. Select Composer to view a listof albums by that composer.
3. Select an album to give a list of songs on that album.
4. Select a song from the list to begin playback.
Audiobooks: 1. Touch to view the audiobooks stored on the device.
2. Select audiobook.
3. Select chapter to begin playback.
File System and Naming
The songs, artists, albums, and
genres are taken from the file’s
song information and are only
displayed if present. The radio
displays the file name as the track
name if the song information is not
available.
Supported Apple
®Devices
To view supported devices in the
U.S., see www.my.buick.com/learn.
To view supported devices in
Canada, see www.buickowner.ca. To view supported devices in
Mexico, see www.buick.com.mx/
buickintellilink.html.
Loss of Audio
If a phone currently paired over
Bluetooth is plugged in with a USB
cable, the system will automatically
mute the phone audio. Playback
can be resumed by changing the
audio source from Bluetooth to USB
cable.
Source USB from the Audio MEDIA
screen button to resume playback.
Bluetooth Streaming Audio and
Voice Recognition
See
Bluetooth Audio 0185 for
information using voice recognition
with Bluetooth streaming audio.
Make sure all devices have the
latest software downloaded.SD Card Reader
If equipped, this vehicle may have
an SD card reader in the center
console. The SD card reader uses the same
controls as the USB Port. See
USB
Port 0182.
Set up the SD card while the vehicle
is in P (Park). See “Audio”under
Using the System 0167.
Place the card into the port.
If an SD card has already been
connected, but a different source is
currently active, touch the MEDIA
screen button to scroll through the
audio source screens until USB/SD
card displays.
Auxiliary Jack
This vehicle has an auxiliary input
jack in the center console under the
armrest. Possible auxiliary audio
sources include:
. Laptop computer
. Audio music player
This jack is not an audio output. Do
not plug headphones into the
auxiliary input jack. Set up an
auxiliary device while the vehicle is
in P (Park).

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Infotainment System 199
geographical map. The
additional information and phone
number strings are optional.
. The POI name and the
additional information string may
not exceed 60 characters.
. POI information for each
destination address must be
entered in a single separate line.
Storing the POI on a USB Drive
In the root directory of a USB drive,
create a folder name “myPOIs,”for
example, “F:\”is the root directory of
the USB drive.
In the “myPOIs” folder, store the text
file with your POIs, for example, “F:
\myPOIs\TomsPOIs.csv.”
Downloading the POI to the
Infotainment System
Connect the USB drive or SD card
containing the POI information to
the USB port or SD card slot of the
infotainment system. A message
displays prompting whether or not to
download the POI information from the USB drive. All POIs found are
saved even if they are in multiple
folders.
Subfolders can also be created to
organize the POIs into categories,
for example,
“F:\myPOIs
\Restaurants\TomsPOIs.csv.”
If the message is dismissed or
ignored, no POI information is
downloaded. This prompt will not
reoccur for the current ignition cycle.
When the system is finished
downloading, a pop-up displays
asking to specify a category for the
new POIs, if desired.
Importing and Overwriting
Categories
When POIs are found on a media
device, the date of the file is
examined and compared to the date
for the files already in the system.
If the file being downloaded is
newer than the one on the system,
that particular category of POIs is
overwritten. Any other POIs that had
previously been saved in other
categories are not affected. Address Book Download
If an Address Book is found on the
connected USB device, the same
alert is used to indicate that
locations have been found and they
can be downloaded. If there is
already content in the vehicle
Address Book, the system prompts
if the stored content should be
overwritten. Select Save to
overwrite the existing Address Book
information. Select Cancel to abort
the import of information.
Browsing Downloaded POIs
Access the downloaded POIs by
selecting the My POIs list item in the
POIs list.
Edit My POIs

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Index 427
Mirrors (cont'd)Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 44
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
N
Navigation
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Navigation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 259
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 316 Oil (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 78
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 412
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 405
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
P
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . 175
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 328
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 265
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 285
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 72
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 310
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . 220, 221, 224
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Positioning Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34