2016 BUICK ENVISION reset infotainment system

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Introduction
Overview
Introduction
Read the following pages to
become familiar with the
infotainment system features.
{Warning
Taking your eyes off the road for
too long or too often while using
any infotainment feature can
cause a crash. You or others
could be injured or killed. Do not
give extended attention to
infotainment tasks while driving.
Limit your glances at the vehicle
displays and focus your attention
on driving. Use voice commands
whenever possible.The infotainment system has built-in
features intended to help avoid
distraction by disabling some
functions when driving. These
functions may gray out when they
are unavailable. Many infotainment
features are also available through
the instrument cluster and steering
wheel controls.
Before driving:
.
Become familiar with the
operation, faceplate buttons, and
screen buttons.
. Set up the audio by presetting
favorite stations, setting the
tone, and adjusting the
speakers. .
Set up phone numbers in
advance so they can be called
easily by pressing a single
button or by using a single voice
command if equipped with
Bluetooth phone capability.
See Defensive Driving 0249.
To play the infotainment system with
the ignition off, see Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) 0264.

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Auto Volume (If Equipped) :This
feature adjusts the volume based on
vehicle speed. The options are OFF,
Low, Medium - Low, Medium,
Medium - High, or High. Press
q
BACK on the faceplate or touch the
Back screen button to go back to
the previous menu.
Bose AudioPilot Noise
Compensation Technology (If
Equipped) : This feature adjusts
the volume based on the noise in
the vehicle and the speed. When
turned on, AudioPilot technology
detects noise and vehicle speed to
continuously adjust the audio signal
so that music will sound the same at
a set volume level. This feature is
most effective at lower radio volume
settings where background noise
can affect how well the music is
being played. See www.bose.com/
audiopilot. This feature can be
turned on or off. Press
qBACK on
the faceplate or touch the Back
screen button to go back to the
previous menu. HD Radio™
:For AM and FM only,
touch to turn HD reception on or off.
Touch the Back screen button to go
back to the previous menu.
EQ (Equalizer) : If equipped with a
Bose Sound System, the available
choices are Manual and Talk.
Update Station List : For AM and
FM only, touch to update the station
list. Press
qBACK on the faceplate
or touch the Back screen button to
go back to the previous menu.
Finding a Station
Seeking a Station
Pressgordon the faceplate
(the onscreen controls work for
timeshifting) to search for the
previous or next strongest station. Direct Tune (If Equipped)
Touch the TUNE screen button to
switch to Direct Tune for manually
searching for a station.
If not equipped with Direct Tune,
touch the SEEK screen button to
switch to TUNE. Touch again to
change back. Turn the MENU knob
to manually search for a station.
Storing Radio Station Presets
Favorites are stored in the area at
the bottom of the screen.
Up to 60 preset stations can be
stored:
AM, FM, and XM (If Equipped)
Radio Stations :
Touch and hold a
favorite button to save the current
station as a favorite. Touch a
favorite button in the favorite area to
recall a favorite station.
Mixed-Audio Favorites
Favorites that can be stored include
radio stations, navigation, phone,
media, or applications.

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To scroll through the favorites:
.Drag anywhere on the screen
buttons along the bottom to raise
up the favorites. To close the
favorites, drag them down.
. Slide a finger to the right or left
to scroll through each page of
favorites.
Tone Settings : Touch and hold a
Favorite button to save the current
tone settings as a favorite in the
tone settings screen. Touch the
reveal tab on the bottom of the
screen to display Favorites. Touch a
screen button in the favorite area to
recall a favorite tone setting.
The number of favorites displayed is
automatically adjusted by default,
but can be manually adjusted in the
Settings menu under Radio and
then Manage Favorites.Timeshifting (If Equipped)
The audio system can record live
radio for up to 25 minutes. When
tuned to a station, the system
automatically begins recording the
audio along with the associated
metadata.
Touch
jto pause playback of the
audio and to initiate timeshift mode.
Touch
rto resume playback of the
recorded audio.
When timeshifting begins, a time is
indicated on the right of the play/
pause indicator. This time initially
indicates the time of day at which
playback is paused. This time
continues to show as long as the
system is in a paused mode and the
buffer continues to fill. Buffer Reset
The buffer will reset anytime the
broadcast band or stations/channels
are changed. Changing to a media
source when paused will not reset
the buffer.
Rewinding or Fast Forwarding a
Timeshifted Broadcast
.
Touch and hold the rewind
indicator to reverse playback at
a rate of 15 times the rate of
normal playback.
. Touch and hold the fast forward
indicator to advance playback at
a rate of 15 times the rate of
normal playback. The timeshift
buffer can be advanced up to
the end of the timeshift buffer
and return to live mode.
Returning to Live Broadcast
If listening to timeshifted radio,
touch
dto fast forward back to live
radio.

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.The POI icons can be turned ON
and OFF. Touch the check box
next to the POI icon to display
the icon.
. Touch Clear All to reset the
icons that are displayed on
the map.
. A subcategory can be selected
instead of the entire category.
Touch the list item itself rather
than the check box. The
subcategories will display. Select
any of those categories to
navigate down the hierarchy.
. When a higher-level category
has some of its subcategories
selected, the checkmark next to
it is grayed out. This indicates
that only some of the categories
below are shown. Touch the grayed-out checkmark to turn all
of the icons for that category on
or off.
Routing Preferences
Touch the Routing Preferences list
item to access the Routing
Preferences menu. Options on how
the routes are created for route
guidance are listed on this menu.
Route Style
Touch this list item to change the
route type preferences.
The options are:
. Fast (default)
. Eco Friendly (if equipped)
. Short
. Edit Eco Profile
Edit Eco Profile can be used to
configure two parameters for the
Eco Friendly route. These
parameters are roof load and trailer.
For each parameter, the options are
None, Small, Medium, and Large.
Touch to scroll through the list. The
default for both is None. These preferences are used for all
routes generated.
Route segment preferences are
other options showing on the
Routing Preferences menu.
These include:
.
Use Toll Roads ON/OFF
. Use Freeways ON/OFF
. Use Carpool Lanes ON/OFF
. Avoid Slow Traffic ON-OFF
. Use Tunnels ON/OFF
. Use Time Restricted Roads
ON/OFF

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Scroll Features
.To scroll within the map, touch
anywhere on the map screen.
. Nudge or slide a finger on the
map; the map moves in the
direction of the finger.
. Fling a finger on the map; the
map will start scrolling in a short
continuous scroll.
. Touch a finger on the location on
the map; the map recenters to
the location that was
touched on.
. Touch a finger twice on a
location on the map; the map
zooms in one level to the
location that was touched
twice on. .
When the map is recentered
away from being locked to the
vehicle position, the crosshairs
will show in the center of the
map. As the map continues to
be recentered, the crosshairs
will remain on the screen. When
the crosshairs are shown on the
screen, a callout with more
information displays. If the map
is moved from the current
location, the crosshairs will
disappear along with the callout.
. Touch a finger on the callout
next to the crosshairs and the
destination details view displays.
From this view, route guidance
can be received or saved to the
vehicle's contact list.
. When the map is recentered, the
straight-line distance from the
vehicle to the selected point is
displayed in the callout. In
addition, a heading direction in
the form of an arrow is displayed
to indicate the direction. The
arrow is shown in relation to the
current vehicle heading. .
Touch a finger on a POI icon
shown on the map; the name of
the POI is shown in the address
callout, along with the city name
and state. If the callout is
selected, the destination details
view for the POI shown.
. After panning the map away
from the vehicle, touch RESET
to return the map back to the
current position.
. Touch the Overview button to
quickly get a view of the entire
route. The route Overview button
takes the place of the RESET
button while under route
guidance. Touch the RESET
button to return the map to the
current position.

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The list displayed on the left of the
split map allows changes to the
location.
The Doppler map and forecast
information displays a preview of
the map for the location selected.
The forecast information is for the
current weather or next available
forecast data.
Touch the Exit screen button to
return to the main weather map.
Press one of the options displayed
on the Interaction Selector along the
bottom of the map screen to select
another function or display another
type of list.Weather Screen Not Under
Guidance
The weather application uses the
navigation system to provide the
appropriate information for the
guidance route. When not under
guidance, it defaults to the current
location.
Doppler Map :
The Doppler map is
shown with the vehicle location in
the center of the map.
City and State : The city and state
are displayed for the view currently
shown. The default is the current
city and state that the vehicle is in. Forecast Information.
The map can be panned to
another location. The forecast
information is updated to the
new location.
. The city and state update to
reflect the current location.
. Touch the RESET screen button
to reset the map back to the
current vehicle location.
Weather Menu
Touch MENU on the Weather
Interaction Selector along the
bottom of the map screen to display
the Weather Menu.

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The options are:
.Weather Advisories: Any
weather advisories in effect for
the local area or while on route
are displayed in a list. Touch on
an advisory from the list to
display a screen that gives
additional details about the
advisory and shows the advisory
location on the map.
. Configure Weather Alerts: Touch
to access the Weather Alerts
menu. Touch the Weather Alerts
line item to turn the alerts On or
Off. Touch to select any one of
the other line items such as
High, Low, Informational to filter
the selected alerts for display,
while the others will be
suppressed. .
Map Legend: Touch to display
the Map Legend.
Interaction Selector
The Interaction Selector at the
bottom of the screen can be used to
switch between different views
within the weather screen.
These buttons are:
. ZOOM −or ZOOM +: Touch to
zoom the map in or out.
. RESET: Touch to reset the map
back to its original location.
. SEARCH: Touch to search for a
new weather map location. The
last destination screen displays.
Touch any button along the
bottom of the Interaction
Selector to help find a different
destination. These are
g,
CITIES, and RECENT.
Touchgto activate voice
recognition. Say a city and state
or ZIP code. Follow the voice
prompts to find the desired
destination.
Touch CITIES to enter a city and
state or ZIP code.
Touch RECENT to display a list
of locations that were recently
viewed for weather.
Type a city or state name on the
keyboard screen to find the
weather. If the state is omitted,
the system assumes a city is
being searched for within the
current state. If the ZIP code is
typed, the system displays the
city associated with that
ZIP code.