2016 CHEVROLET MALIBU Infotainment Manual

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Loss of Audio
Loss of Stitcher audio can happen
due to:
.Weak or lost data connection.
. Device needs to be charged.
. Application needs to be
relaunched.
. Connection between phone and
radio is lost.
. The volume is too low. Turn up
the volume on the device.
If the connection is lost between the
application and device, a message
“Please Unlock the Phone or
Restart the Phone App and Try
Again” will display. Touch OK to
retry.
If touching OK does not clear the
issue, see “Please Unlock the
Phone or Restart Phone App and
Try Again” under“Common Stitcher
Messages” following.
Common Stitcher Messages
Please Try Again Later : A general
error has occurred. A data
connection may be unavailable due to a weak or lost signal or the
Stitcher service being temporarily
down. Touch OK to continue.
Paused or Audio Paused :
Playback is paused on the radio or
on the device. Touch
kor play on
the device.
Please See Device : When not
logged in or when authentication
failed, see the device. Touch OK to
continue. Disconnect the phone
from the radio and follow the
Stitcher account login process on
the phone.
No Stations Found : Logged in but
no stations have been created.
Touch OK to continue.
Please Choose a New Station :
The end of the station has been
reached and there is no more
content to play. Select a new station
through the Stitcher menu.
Please unlock the phone or
restart the App and try again :
Communication failure between the
radio and the phone application or
the device is locked. See www.stitcher.com/help for more
information. If the service will not
work, send an e-mail to
[email protected] or see your
dealer for assistance.Pictures
Pictures can only be viewed using
USB devices. If pictures are on an
SD card, transfer to a USB device
or use a USB-SD adapter. File sizes
above approximately four mega
pixels may not show. Only jpeg,
bmp, gif, and png files are
supported.
1. Touch the Pictures screen button on the Home Page.
2. The system does a search to find the picture folders.
A“Please wait” message
displays until the search is
finished.

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3. A list displays. Select a pictureto view.
4. Once a picture displays, thefollowing options are available:
Info : Touch to turn file name
information on or off.
S(Previous) : Touch to display a
previous picture if not in slide
show mode.
r(Toggle Arrow) : Touch to toggle
between slide show mode and
manual mode.
T(Next) : Touch to display a next
picture if not in slide show mode.
E(Rotate) : Touch to manually
rotate a picture 90 degrees
counterclockwise.
Menu : Touch to open the Picture
Viewer Settings screen. Slide
Picture Viewer Main, Slideshow
Timer, and Shuffle Images display
as options for configuring the view
of images stored in the system.
If the displayed picture screen is not
used within six seconds, the upper
and lower bar options will disappear.
Touch-tap the screen to re-display
the upper and lower bar.

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Audio Players
CD Player
The CD player is capable of playing:
.Most audio CDs
. CD-R
. CD-RW
. MP3, unprotected WMA, and
AAC formats
When playing any compatible
recordable disc, the sound quality
may be reduced due to the disc, the
method of recording, the quality of
the music recorded, or how the disc
has been handled.
There may be increased skipping
and difficulty reading recorded
tracks, finding tracks, and/or loading
and ejecting. If these problems
occur, check the disc for damage or
try a known good disc.
To avoid damage to the CD player:
. Do not use scratched or
damaged discs. .
Do not apply labels to discs. The
labels could get caught in the
player.
. Insert only one disc at a time.
. Keep the loading slot free of
foreign materials, liquids, and
debris.
. Use a marking pen to label the
top of the disc.
Loading and Ejecting Discs
To load a disc:
1. Turn the vehicle on.
2. Insert a disc into the slot, right side up. The player pulls it in
the rest of the way. If the disc
is damaged or improperly
loaded, there is an error and
the disc ejects.
The disc automatically plays once
loaded.
Press
ZorXto eject a disc from
the CD player. If the disc is not
removed within a short period of
time, it is automatically pulled back
into the player.
Playing an Audio CD
1. Touch the CD screen button on the Home Page or select CD
from the source pop-up to
display the CD main page.
2. Touch the Menu screen button to display the menu options.
3. Touch to select the option.
On the CD main page, the track
number displays and the Song,
Artist, and Album information
displays when available.
Use the following radio controls to
play the disc:
k(Play/Pause) : Use to pause or
resume play.

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©SEEK (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, it seeks
to the previous track. If longer
than five seconds, the current
track starts from the beginning.
. Press and hold to fast reverse
through a track. Release the
button to return to playing
speed. Elapsed time displays.
SEEK
¨(Next/Forward):
. Press to seek to the next track.
. Press and hold to fast forward
through a track. Release the
button to return to playing
speed. Elapsed time displays.
TUNE/MENU or MENU/SEL : Turn
to the right or left to select the next
or previous track. Press this knob to
select from the list. If a track is
selected from the menu, the system
plays the track and returns to the
CD screen.
Error Messages
If Disc Error displays and/or the disc
comes out, it could be due to:
. The disc has an invalid or
unknown format.
. The disc is very hot. Try the disc
again when the temperature
returns to normal.
. The road is very rough. Try the
disc again when the road is
smoother.
. The disc is dirty, scratched, wet,
or upside down.
. The air is very humid. Try the
disc again later.
. There was a problem while
burning the disc.
. The label is caught in the CD
player.
If the CD is not playing correctly, try
a known good CD.
If any error continues, contact your
dealer.
USB
Playing from a USB
A USB mass storage or Certified
Windows Vista®/Media Transfer
Protocol (MTP) device can be
connected to the USB port.
The USB port is in the center
console.
The USB icon displays when the
USB device is connected.
USB Media Formats
The USB port will support the
following media formats:
. MP3
. Unprotected WMA
. Unprotected AAC
Other formats may be supported.
Gracenote®
Gracenote technology embedded
into the radio helps manage and
navigate the USB device music
collection. When a USB device is
connected to the radio, Gracenote
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delivers the correct album, artist
name, genres, and cover art on the
screen. If information is missing,
Gracenote will fill it in.
Searching Music Library Using
Voice Recognition
Voice Recognition:Gracenote
improves music search and
navigation by identifying bands,
artists, and albums names that may
be hard to pronounce, irregular
spellings, and nicknames as voice
commands to access music. See
Voice Recognition 068.
Normalization: Normalization helps
to improve the voice recognition
accuracy for titles that sound similar.
It also helps group long lists of
genres into 10 common genres. For
example, there may be multiple rock
genres in the media library;
normalization will group all those
into one rock Genre. Normalization
default is off.
To turn Normalization on:
1. Press CONFIG on the faceplate or touch the Config
screen button on the
Home Page.
2. Touch Radio Settings, then touch Gracenote Options.
3. Touch Normalization to turn on or off.
Cover Art: The Gracenote
embedded database contains cover
art or album art information for the
music on the USB device. If the
music is recognized by Gracenote
and does have cover art, Gracenote
will use the cover art found in the
embedded database and display it
on the radio. User predefined cover
art will always be used first. If no cover art is found Gracenote will
use generic Genre graphics or
images of artists.
More Like This
The Gracenote database contains
attributes for Music, such as genre,
era of music, region, artist type,
mood, etc. Use this to create a
playlist of up to 30 songs "more like"
the currently listened to song. This
playlist will be stored in the Playlist
Menu when the device is
reconnected. If songs are removed
from the device, the system will
simply skip over those songs and
play the next available song.
Use the touch screen or voice
recognition to create a More Like
This Playlist. See
“Voice
Recognition Commands” inVoice
Recognition 068.
Gracenote Indexing
While Gracenote is indexing,
infotainment features are available
including selecting music from the
menu. Voice recognition music will
not be available until the radio has
completed indexing the device.

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Devices with more music may take
longer to index. The device will
index when plugged into the radio
for the first time. When Indexing is
removed from the screen, the radio
is ready to support music search.
On the next connection or ignition
cycle, Indexing will show briefly on
the screen. The radio is searching
for changes to the device and
preparing the music list. If there are
no changes, the voice recognition
music search will be available. The
radio will index and store two
devices with up to 10,000 songs on
each device.
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 radio will not be able to play
back write-protected music.
. File system supported: FAT32. .
The following restrictions apply
for the data stored on a USB
MP3 player or USB device:
‐Maximum folder structure
depth: 8 levels.
‐ Maximum number of MP3/
WMA files that can be
displayed: 10,000.
‐ Playlist entries must be in the
form of relative paths.
‐ The system attribute for
folders/files that contain audio
data must not be set.
To play a USB device, do one of the
following:
. Connect the USB and it begins
to play.
. Touch the Now Playing screen
button on the Home Page.
. Press SRCE on the faceplate to
scroll until the USB source
screen is available. .
Pressb/gon the steering
wheel controls to play CD, Artist,
Album, Song Title, or Song
Genre. See Voice Recognition
0 68.
The following playlist formats are
supported:
. M3U (Standard and Extended)
. iTunes
. PLS (Standard)
. WAX
. ASX
. RMP
The radio supports plugging a cell
phone in as a USB drive as long as
the cell phone supports USB mass
storage class or has USB disc drive
support enabled.
While the USB source is active, use
the following to operate USB
function:
TUNE/MENU or MENU/SEL
Knob : Turn to scroll through the
list. Turn quickly to fast scroll
alphabetically through large lists.

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k(Play/Pause) :Touch to start,
pause, or resume play of the current
media source.
©SEEK (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.
SEEK
¨(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. USB Menu
The following are available through
the USB Menu:
Shuffle:
Touch to play the tracks
randomly. Touch again to stop
shuffle.
Play More Like This:
1. Touch to automatically create a playlist of songs that are like
the song currently playing.
2. The radio will show "Playlist Creation Succeeded" and
continue playing the
current song.
Playlist Creation Failed may
appear if a song is not found in
the Gracenote Database.
Delete Automatic Playlist: Touch
to delete a more like this playlist.
Folders: Touch to open a folder list
to access the files within the folder
structure.
Playlists:
1. Touch to view the playlists on the USB. 2. Select a playlist to view the list
of all songs in that playlist.
3. Select a song from the list to begin playback.
Artists: 1. Touch to view the list of artists on the USB.
2. Select an artist name to view a list of all albums by the artist.
3. To select a song, touch Songs List or touch an album and
then select a song from the list.
Albums:
1. Touch to view the albums on the USB.
2. Select the album to view a list of all songs on the album.
3. Select a song from the list to begin playback.
Genres:
1. Touch to view the genres on the USB.
2. Select a genre to view a list of all songs of that genre.

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3. Select a song from the list tobegin playback.
Songs: 1. Touch to display a list of all songs on the USB.
2. Songs are displayed as they are stored on the disc. To begin
playback, select a song from
the list.
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.
Playing from an iPod®
This feature supports the following
iPod models:
. iPod classic
®(6th generation)
. iPod nano
®(3G, 4G, 5G,
and 6G)
. iPod touch
®(1G, 2G, 3G,
and 4G) There may be problems with the
operation and function in the
following situations:
.
When connecting an iPod on
which a more recent version of
the firmware is installed than is
supported by the infotainment
system.
. When connecting an iPod on
which firmware from other
providers is installed.
To connect an iPod: 1. Connect one end of the standard iPod USB cable to the
iPod's dock connector.
2. Connect the other end to the USB port in the center console.
iPod music information displays on
the radio’s display and begins
playing through the vehicle’s audio
system.
The iPod battery recharges
automatically while the vehicle is on.
The iPod shuts off and stops
charging when the vehicle is
shut off. If the iPod is an unsupported model,
it can still be listened to in the
vehicle by connecting to the
auxiliary input jack using a standard
3.5 mm (1/8 in) stereo cable.
iPod Menu
Use the iPod Menu to select:
Shuffle :
Touch to play the tracks
randomly. Touch again to stop
shuffle.
Play More Like This: Allows the
radio to create playlists with song/
tracks that are similar to what is
being listen to. The radio will create
a playlist with up to 30 similar
songs. The playlist will appear in the
Playlist category of the menu for
future listening.