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1.Air Vents 0163.
2. Driver Information Center (DIC) Buttons (Out of View). See
Driver Information Center (DIC)
0108.
3. Turn Signal Lever. See Turn
and Lane-Change Signals
0 128.
Windshield Wiper/Washer 089.
4. Horn 089.
5. Hazard Warning Flashers
0128.
6. Instrument Cluster 095.
7. Shift Lever. See Automatic
Transmission 0183.
Manual Mode 0186
(If Equipped).
8. Climate Control Systems
0158.
9. Infotainment 0132.
10. Power Outlets 092.
11. USB Port (If Equipped). See Auxiliary Devices 0146. 12. Power Outlet 110 Volt
Alternating Current. See Power
Outlets 092.
13. Rear Heating System 0160
(If Equipped).
14. Passenger Airbag On-Off Switch (If Equipped). See
Airbag On-Off Switch 062.
15. Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control 0190
(If Equipped).
16. Tow/Haul Mode Button (If Equipped). See Tow/Haul
Mode 0187.
17. Steering Wheel Controls 088
(If Equipped).
18. Steering Wheel Adjustment
088 (Out of View),
(If Equipped).
19. Hood Release. See Hood
0 217.
20. Cruise Control 0192
(If Equipped).
Fast Idle System 0178
(If Equipped).
21. Parking Brake 0189. 22. Data Link Connector (DLC)
(Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0102.
23. Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0129.
Dome Lamp Override. See
Dome Lamps 0129.
24. Exterior Lamp Controls 0125.
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A choice of additional information
such as Channel, Song, Artist, and
CAT (category) can display.
Continue pressing to highlight the
desired tab, or press the softkey
located under any one of the tabs
and the information about that tab
displays.
For more information about these
and other radio features, see
Infotainment0132.
Storing a Favorite Station
Depending on which radio the
vehicle has, radio stations are
stored as either favorites or presets.
For vehicles with a FAV button, a
maximum of 36 stations can be
stored as favorites using the six
softkeys below the radio station
frequency tabs and by using the
radio FAV button. Press FAV to go
through up to six pages of favorites,
each having six favorite stations
available per page. Each page of
favorites can contain any
combination of AM and FM stations. For more information on storing a
favorite station, see
Operation
0 136.
Setting the Clock
To set the time and date for the
Radio with CD/MP3:
1. Press
Hand the HR, MIN, MM,
DD, and YYYY (hour, minute,
month, day, and year) display.
2. Press the softkey under any one of the tabs to be changed.
3. Press
©SEEK or¨SEEK,s
REV or\FWD, or turnf
clockwise or counterclockwise
to increase or decrease the
time or date.
For detailed instructions on setting
the clock for your specific audio
system, see Clock092.
Satellite Radio
SiriusXM®is a satellite radio service
based in the 48 contiguous United
States and 10 Canadian provinces.
SiriusXM satellite radio has a wide variety of programming and
commercial-free music, coast to
coast, and in digital-quality sound.
A fee is required to receive the
SiriusXM service.
For more information, refer to:
.
www.siriusxm.com or call
1-888-601-6296 (U.S.)
. www.siriusxm.ca or call
1-877-438-9677 (Canada)
See Satellite Radio 0139.
Portable Audio Devices
This vehicle may have an auxiliary
input on the radio faceplate and a
USB port on the instrument panel.
External devices such as an iPod
®,
laptop computer, MP3 player,
or USB storage device can be
connected to the auxiliary port using
a 3.5 mm (1/8 in) input cable or the
USB port depending on the audio
system.
See "Using the Auxiliary Input Jack"
and "Using the USB Port" in
Auxiliary Devices 0146.
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Bluetooth®
If equipped with a Bluetooth system,
it allows users with a
Bluetooth-enabled cell phone to
make and receive hands-free calls
using the vehicle’s audio system
and controls.
The Bluetooth-enabled cell phone
must be paired with the Bluetooth
system before it can be used in the
vehicle. Not all phones will support
all functions. For more information,
see www.gm.com/bluetooth and
Bluetooth 0151.
Steering Wheel Controls
If equipped with audio steering
wheel controls, some audio controls
can be adjusted at the steering
wheel.
w:Press to go to the next favorite
radio station, track on a CD,
or folder on an iPod
®or USB
device.
c/x: Press to go to the
previous favorite radio station, track
on a CD, or folder on an iPod
®or
USB device. Also press to reject an
incoming call, or end a current call.
b/g: Press to silence the vehicle
speakers only. Press again to turn
the sound on. Press and hold longer
than two seconds to interact with
OnStar
®or Bluetooth systems,
if equipped.
+
e: Press to increase volume.
−
e: Press to decrease volume.
SRCE : Press to switch between
the radio and CD, and for equipped
vehicles, the front auxiliary.
¨: Press to seek to the next radio
station, the next track while sourced
to the CD, or to select tracks and
folders on an iPod
®or USB device.
See Steering Wheel Controls 088.
Cruise Control
I:Press to turn cruise control on
or off. The white indicator comes on
in the instrument cluster when
cruise control is turned on.
+RES : If there is a set speed in
memory, press briefly to resume to a
previously set speed, or press and
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2. Press and releaseworc/
xto scroll up or down the list,
then press and hold
w,
or press
¨to play the
highlighted track.
Navigating Folders on an iPod or
USB Device
1. Press and hold
worc/x
while listening to a song until
the contents of the current
folder display on the radio
display.
2. Press and hold
c/xto go
back to the previous folder list.
3. Press and release
worc/
xto scroll up or down the list.
. To select a folder, press
and hold
w, or press¨
when the folder is
highlighted.
. To go back further in the
folder list, press and hold
c/x.
b/g:Press to silence the vehicle
speakers only. Press again to turn
the sound on.
For vehicles with Bluetooth or
OnStar
®systems, press and hold
for longer than two seconds to
interact with those systems. See
Bluetooth 0151 and OnStar,
if equipped.
SRCE : Press to switch between
the radio and CD, and for equipped
vehicles, the front auxiliary.
¨: Press to go to the next radio
station while in AM, FM,
or SiriusXM
®(If Equipped).
For vehicles with a CD player or
USB port:
Press
¨to go to the next track or
chapter while sourced to the CD.
Press
¨to select a track or a folder
when navigating folders on an iPod
or USB device.
While listening to a CD, press and
hold
¨to quickly move forward
through the tracks. Release to stop
on the desired track. +
e:
Press to increase volume.
−
e: Press to decrease volume.
Horn
Press the horn symbol in the middle
of the steering wheel to sound
the horn.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
The lever is on the left side of the
steering column.
Turn the band with
Non it to select
the wiper speed.
8: Use for a single wipe. Hold the
band on
z, then release. For
several wipes, hold the band on
z
longer.
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Files accessed from the root
directory of a CD display as
F1 ROOT.
Empty Folder
Folders that do not contain files are
skipped, and the player advances to
the next folder that contains files.
Order of Play
Compressed audio files are
accessed in the following order:
.Playlists (Px).
. Files stored in the root directory.
. Files stored in folders in the root
directory.
Tracks are played in the following
order:
. Play begins from the first track in
the first playlist and continues
sequentially through all tracks in
each playlist. When the last
track of the last playlist has
played, play continues from the
first track of the first playlist.
. Play begins from the first track in
the first folder and continues
sequentially through all tracks in each folder. When the last track
of the last folder has played,
play continues from the first
track of the first folder.
File System and Naming
The song name that displays is the
song name contained in the ID3 tag.
If the song name is not present in
the ID3 tag, then the radio displays
the file name without the extension
(such as .mp3) as the track name.
Track names longer than 32
characters or four pages are
shortened. The display does not
show parts of words on the last
page of text, and the extension of
the file name is not displayed.
Preprogrammed Playlists
CDs that have preprogrammed
playlists created using WinAmp
®,
MusicMatch®, or RealPlayer®
software can be accessed; however,
there is no playlist-editing capability
using the radio. These playlists are
treated as special folders containing
compressed audio song files. Playlists that have an .m3u or .pls
file extension and are stored on a
USB device may be supported by
the radio with a USB port.
Playlists can be changed by using
the softkeys below the
S
cand
c Ttabs, thefknob, the©SEEK
button, or the
¨SEEK button. An
MP3 CD-R or CD-RW that has been
recorded without using file folders
can be played. If a CD-R or CD-RW
contains more than the maximum of
50 folders, 15 playlists, and
512 folders and files, the player
allows access and navigates up to
the maximum, but all items over the
maximum are not accessible.
Playing an MP3
4: Press to display additional text
information related to the current
song. If information is available, the
song title information displays on
the top line of the display and artist
information displays on the bottom
line. When information is not
available, NO INFO displays.
f: Turn to select MP3s on the CD
currently playing.
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SRCE :If equipped, press to listen
to the radio when a portable audio
device is playing. The portable
audio device continues playing.
Press to play a CD when a portable
audio device is playing. Press again
and the system begins playing
audio from the connected portable
audio player. If a portable audio
player is not connected, “No Input
Device Found” displays.
Using the USB Port
Radios with a USB port can control
a USB storage device or an iPod®
using the radio buttons and knobs.
See“Playing an MP3” inCD Player
0 141 for information about how to
connect and control a USB storage
device or an iPod. USB Support
If equipped, the USB port is on the
instrument panel and uses the
USB 2.0 standard.
USB-Supported Devices
.
USB flash drive
. Portable USB hard drive
. Fifth generation or later iPod
. iPod nano
®
.iPod touch®
.iPod classic®
Not all iPods and USB drives are
compatible with the USB port. Make sure the iPod has the latest
firmware from Apple
®for proper
operation. iPod firmware can be
updated using the latest iTunes
®
application. See www.apple.com/
itunes.
For help with identifying the iPod, go
to www.apple.com/support.
Radios that have a USB port can
play .mp3 and .wma files that are
stored on a USB storage device as
well as AAC files that are stored on
an iPod.
USB-Supported File and Folder
Structure
The radio supports:
. Up to 700 folders.
. Up to eight folders in depth.
. Up to 65,535 files.
. Folder and file names up to
64 bytes.
. Files with an .mp3 or .wma file
extension.
. AAC files stored on an iPod.
. FAT16.
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.FAT32.
Connecting a USB Storage
Device or iPod
The USB port can be used to
control an iPod or a USB storage
device.
To connect a USB storage device,
connect the device to the USB port
on the instrument panel.
To connect an iPod, connect one
end of the USB cable that came
with the iPod to the iPod’s dock
connector and connect the other
end to the USB port on the
instrument panel. If the vehicle is on
and the USB connection works, “OK
to disconnect” and a GM logo may
appear on the iPod, and iPod
appears on the radio display. The
iPod music appears on the radio
display and begins playing.
The iPod charges while it is
connected to the vehicle if the
vehicle is in the ACC/ACCESSORY
or ON/RUN position. When the
vehicle is turned off, the iPod automatically powers off and will not
charge or draw power from the
vehicle's battery.
If you have an older iPod model that
is not supported, it can still be used
by connecting it to the auxiliary
input jack using a standard 3.5 mm
(1/8 in) stereo cable. See
“Using the
Auxiliary Input Jack” previously in
this section.
Using the Radio to Control a
USB Storage Device or iPod
The radio can control a USB
storage device or an iPod using the
radio buttons and knobs, and
display song information on the
radio display.
f: Turn to select files.
©SEEK : Press to go to the start of
the track, if more than 10 seconds
have played. Press and hold or
press multiple times to continue
moving backward through tracks.
¨SEEK : Press to go to the next
track. Press and hold or press
multiple times to continue moving
forward through tracks.
sREV : Press and hold to reverse
playback quickly. Sound is heard at
a reduced volume. Release
sREV
to resume playing. The elapsed time
of the file displays.
\FWD : Press and hold to
advance playback quickly. Sound is
heard at a reduced volume. Release
\FWD to resume playing. The
elapsed time of the file displays.
4: Press to display additional
information about the selected track.
Using Softkeys to Control a
USB Storage Device or iPod
The five softkeys below the radio
display are used to control the
functions listed below.
To use the softkeys:
1. Press the first or fifth softkey below the radio display to
display the functions listed
below, or press the softkey
below the function if it is
currently displayed.
2. Press the softkey below the tab with the function on it to use
that function.