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112 Instruments and Controls
Engine Oil Messages
CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON
This message displays when
service is required for the vehicle.
See your dealer. SeeEngine Oil
0 271
iiand Maintenance Schedule
0 346ii.
Acknowledging the CHANGE
ENGINE OIL SOON message will
not reset the system. See
“Remaining Oil Life” underDriver
Information Center (DIC) 0105
iiand
Engine Oil Life System 0273ii.
ENGINE OIL LOW —ADD OIL
On some vehicles, this message
displays when the engine oil level
may be too low. Check the oil level
before filling to the recommended
level. If the oil is not low and this
message remains on, take the
vehicle to your dealer for service.
See Engine Oil 0271
ii.
OIL PRESSURE LOW STOP
ENGINE
This message displays when the
vehicle's engine oil pressure is low.
The oil pressure light also appears
on the instrument cluster. See
Engine Oil Pressure Light 0103
ii.
Stop the vehicle immediately, as
engine damage can result from
driving a vehicle with low oil
pressure. Have the vehicle serviced
by your dealer as soon as possible
when this message is displayed.
Engine Power Messages
ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED
This message displays when the
vehicle's engine power is reduced.
Reduced engine power can affect
the vehicle's ability to accelerate.
If this message is on, but there is no
reduction in performance, proceed
to your destination. The
performance may be reduced the
next time the vehicle is driven. The
vehicle may be driven at a reduced
speed while this message is on, but
maximum acceleration and speed may be reduced. Anytime this
message stays on, the vehicle
should be taken to your dealer for
service as soon as possible.
Fuel System Messages
FUEL LEVEL LOW
This message displays when the
vehicle is low on fuel. Refuel as
soon as possible.
Key and Lock Messages
NO REMOTE DETECTED
This message displays when the
transmitter battery is weak on
vehicles with Keyless Access. See
“Starting the Vehicle with a Low
Transmitter Battery”
underRemote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation 024
ii.
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Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . 123
Headlamp High/Low-BeamChanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 124
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel IlluminationControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Battery Power Protection . . . . . 127
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is on the
instrument panel to the left of the
steering wheel.
There are four positions:
O(Off) : Briefly turn to this position
to turn the automatic light control off
or on again.
AUTO (Automatic) : Automatic
operation of the headlamps at
normal brightness and other exterior
lamps.
;(Parking Lamps) : Turns on the
parking lamps including all lamps,
except the headlamps.
5(Headlamps) : Turns on the
headlamps together with the parking
lamps.
Headlamp High/
Low-Beam Changer
The headlamps must be on for this
feature to work.
Push the turn signal lever away
from you to turn the high beams on.
The
3indicator light turns on in the
instrument cluster when the
high-beam headlamps are on.
Push the lever away from you to
return to low beams.
Flash-to-Pass
To flash the high beams, pull the
lever toward you. The lamps remain
on high beam as long as the lever
is held.
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Turn and Lane-Change
Signals
Move the turn signal lever all the
way up or down to signal a turn.
An arrow on the instrument cluster
flashes in the direction of the turn or
lane change.Raise or lower the lever until the
arrow starts to flash to signal a lane
change. Hold it there until the lane
change is completed. If the lever is
briefly pressed and released, the
turn signal flashes three times.
The turn signal can be turned off
manually by moving the lever back
to its original position.
If after signaling a turn or lane
change, the arrow flashes rapidly or
does not come on, a signal bulb
may be burned out.
Have any burned out bulbs
replaced. If a bulb is not burned out,
check the fuse. See
Fuses0291
ii.
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel
Illumination Control
This feature controls the brightness
of the instrument panel controls and
infotainment display screen. The
thumbwheel is to the left of the
steering column on the instrument
panel.
D(Instrument Panel
Brightness) : Move the
thumbwheel up or down to brighten
or dim the instrument panel controls
and infotainment display screen.
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Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
Some exterior lamps and most of
the interior lamps turn on briefly
when
Kis pressed on the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter.
After about 30 seconds the exterior
lamps turn off, and then the dome
and remaining interior lamps will dim
to off.
This feature can be changed. See
“Vehicle Locator Lights” under
Vehicle Personalization 0117
ii.
Exit Lighting
The exterior lamps will illuminate an
area with limited lighting for a set
amount of time when the ignition is
turned to LOCK/OFF.
This feature can be changed. See
Vehicle Personalization 0117
ii.
Battery Power Protection
To prevent the battery from being
drained, the glove box, trunk, and
reading lamps automatically turn off
10 minutes after the ignition is
turned off.
The lamps are reactivated if any of
the following occur:
.
The ignition is turned on.
. The vehicle is unlocked.
. The trunk is opened.
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Press the Destination screen button
to display the Destination Entry
home page or the Destination Menu.
The available screen buttons
provide easy access to a variety of
ways to enter a destination. See
Destination0169
ii.
Press the Phone screen button to
display the Phone main page. See
Bluetooth 0193
ii.
Press the Config screen button to
display the Config main page. From
this display, adjust features such as
time and date, radio, phone,
navigation, vehicle, and display. See
Configure Menu 0180
ii.
Press the Tone screen button to
display the Tone main page. Adjust
the tone and speakers by pressing
the screen buttons to change the
levels of sound for treble, midrange,
bass, fade, and balance. See
AM-FM Radio 0136
ii.
Press the Pictures screen button to
view pictures on your USB drive or
SD card. Pictures on the SD card
can only be viewed through a USB
adapter.
Press the FM screen button to
display the FM main page and play
the current or last tuned FM station.
See AM-FM Radio 0136
ii.
Press the AM screen button to
display the AM main page and play
the current or last tuned AM station.
See AM-FM Radio 0136
ii.
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Caution
Do not attach a device with a
suction cup to the display. This
may cause damage and would
not be covered by the warranty.
Software Updates
See the websites for more
information.
Website Information
In the U.S., see www.chevrolet.com
Radio
AM-FM Radio
Playing the Radio
VOL/O(Volume/Power) :
. Press to turn the radio on or off.
. Turn to increase or decrease the
volume of the active source.
The steering wheel controls can
also be used to adjust the volume.
See Steering Wheel Controls 0131
ii.
Radio Operation
The radio will work when the key is
in ON/RUN or ACC/ACCESSORY.
When the key is turned from ON/
RUN to LOCK/OFF, the radio will
continue to work for 10 minutes or
until the driver door is opened.
The radio can be turned on by
pressing the power button on the
radio and will stay on for
10 minutes. Opening the driver door
will not turn the radio off when
pressing the power button. Some radios may stay on longer
and reset the time for 10 minutes if
there are any additional presses of
any radio button.
The radio can be turned off at any
time by pressing the power button.
Audio Source
Press SRCE or SRC on the steering
wheel controls to display and scroll
through the available sources AM,
FM, XM (if equipped), Pandora (if
equipped), Stitcher, USB, and
Bluetooth Audio.
Infotainment System Settings
Tone Settings
To access the tone settings, press
the Tone Settings button on the
Home Page. Tone settings are
specific to each source.
To adjust the settings:
.
Bass: Press + or −to change
the level.
. Mid (Midrange): Press + or −to
change the level.
. Treble: Press + or −to change
the level.
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distance represents the straight line
distance between the vehicle
location and the fuel station.
From the Home Page, press the
SiriusXM
®Fuel button. The system
displays the current weather page.
To change the fuel information on
screen press the Fuel Menu
Button to:
. Sort Fuel Stations By Price or By
Distance: The default sort
method is by distance.
. Choose Fuel Type: The fuel
available fuel types are Regular
(unleaded), Mid-Range,
Premium, and Diesel.
For more information on the fuel
station, select the fuel station name.
The screen will show the fuel station
name, address, phone number,
distance, amenities and the last
time the fuel price was updated. If a
fuel station does not appear in the
list it may be new or the price may
not have been updated in the past
24 hours. If equipped with Navigation when
the fuel station is selected, see
Destination
0169
iifor more
information of navigation routing
features.
Allow up to five minutes after turning
on the vehicle for the fuel
information to appear.
SiriusXM Travel Link Movie
Listings
When SiriusXM Travel Link
information is available the movie
feature provides movie showtimes
and theater information for movies
close to the vehicle location. The
Movie feature provides detailed
theater and movie information
including showtimes.
From the Home Page, press the
SiriusXM
®Movies button. The
system displays the Movie and
Theater search page.
To search movies:
. Select the Movie field to choose
a movie name.
. Select the Theater field to
choose a specific theater. .
Select the Date field to choose
which date to search movie and/
or theaters.
. Press the Search button to view
a list of movies or theaters.
When searching by movie, a list will
display movies to select. When a
movie is selected a theater list will
appear with a direction arrow and
distance from the current vehicle
location. The direction and distance
will update every 10 seconds as the
vehicle is moving. The direction
arrow represents the location of the
theater from the current vehicle
location. The distance represents
the straight line distance between
the vehicle location and the theater.
Movie details are available when a
movie is selected. The details
include Cast, Synopsis, and Theater
Information. Select the appropriate
button to display more information.
Cast and Synopsis:
. Playtime
. Rating (G, PG-13, R, etc.)
. Theater Name
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Use the touch screen or voice
recognition to create a More Like
This Playlist. See“Voice
Recognition Commands” inVoice
Recognition 0187
ii.
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.
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 systems supported: FAT32,
NTFS, Linux, and HFS+.
. The following restrictions apply
for the data stored on a USB
MP3 player or USB device:
‐Maximum folder structure
depth: eight 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.
. Press the Now Playing screen
button on the Home Page.
. Press SRCE to scroll until the
USB source screen is available.
. Press
b/gon the steering
wheel controls to select songs
by Artist, Album, Song Title,
or Song Genre. See Voice
Recognition 0187
ii.
The following playlist formats are
supported:
. M3U (Standard and Extended)
. iTunes
. PLS (Standard)
. WAX
. ASX
. RMP
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