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82 Instruments and Controls
.If equipped with capped fuel fill: A loose
or missing fuel cap may cause the light
to come on. SeeFilling the Tank (Capless
Fuel Fill) 0197 or
Filling the Tank (Capped Fuel Fill) 0198.
A few driving trips with the cap properly
installed may turn the light off.
.Poor fuel quality can cause inefficient
engine operation and poor drivability,
which may go away once the engine is
warmed up. If this occurs, change the fuel
brand. It may require at least one full
tank of the proper fuel to turn the light
off. See Recommended Fuel 0196.
If the light remains on, see your dealer.
Emissions Inspection and Maintenance
Programs
If the vehicle requires an Emissions
Inspection/Maintenance test, the test
equipment will likely connect to the
vehicle's Data Link Connector (DLC).
The DLC is under the instrument panel to
the left of the steering wheel. Connecting
devices that are not used to perform an
Emissions Inspection/Maintenance test or to
service the vehicle may affect vehicle
operation. See Add-On Electrical Equipment
0 200. See your dealer if assistance is
needed.
The vehicle may not pass inspection if:
.The light is on when the engine is
running.
.The light does not come on when the
ignition is in Service Mode.
.Critical emission control systems have not
been completely diagnosed. If this
happens, the vehicle would not be ready
for inspection and might require
several days of routine driving before the
system is ready for inspection. This can
happen if the 12-volt battery has recently
been replaced or run down, or if the
vehicle has been recently serviced.
See your dealer if the vehicle will not pass
or cannot be made ready for the test.
Brake System Warning Light
MetricEnglish
This light should come on briefly when the
vehicle is turned on. If it does not come on
then, have it fixed so it will be ready to
warn you if there is a problem.
When the vehicle is on, the brake system
warning light also comes on when the
parking brake is set. The light stays on if
the parking brake does not fully release. If it
stays on after the parking brake is fully
released, there is a brake problem. Have the
brake system inspected right away.
If the light comes on while driving, pull off
the road and stop carefully. The brake pedal
might be harder to push, or the brake pedal
may go closer to the floor. It could take
longer to stop. If the light is still on, have
the vehicle towed for service. See Towing
the Vehicle 0255.

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96 Instruments and Controls
Remote Left in Vehicle Alert
This feature sounds an alert when the RKE
transmitter is left in the vehicle. This menu
also enables the Remote No Longer In
Vehicle Alert.
Touch Off or On.
Valet Mode
This will lock the infotainment system and
steering wheel controls. It may also limit
access to vehicle storage locations,
if equipped.
To enable valet mode:1. Enter a four-digit code on the keypad.
2. Select Enter to go to the confirmation screen.
3. Re-enter the four-digit code.
Touch Lock or Unlock to lock or unlock the
system. Touch Back to go back to the
previous menu.

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Infotainment System 103
Infotainment System
Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Overview (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Radio
AM-FM Radio (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . 109
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . 113
USB Port (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
OnStar System
OnStar System (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . 118
Voice Recognition
Voice Recognition (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . 118
Phone
Bluetooth (Overview for 8 InchScreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Bluetooth (Pairing and Using the Phone
for 8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Bluetooth (Voice Recognition for 8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Text Messaging (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . 127
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (8 Inch
Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Settings
Settings (8 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Trademarks and License Agreements
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . 132
Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Overview (7 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Radio
AM-FM Radio (7 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . 144
USB Port (7 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
OnStar System
OnStar System (7 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . 148
Phone
Bluetooth (Overview for 7 InchScreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Bluetooth (Pairing and Using a Phone for 7 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . 153
Settings
Settings (7 Inch Screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

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104 Infotainment System
Introduction
Read the following pages to become familiar
with the 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 features when driving.
These features 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,
center stack controls, steering wheel
controls, and infotainment display.
.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
control or by using a single voice
command.
See Distracted Driving 0164.

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Infotainment System 105
Overview (8 Inch Screen)
Infotainment System
The infotainment system is controlled by using the infotainment display, controls on the
center stack, steering wheel controls, and voice recognition. Below is the 8 inch screen controls
image and overview. For 7 inch screen controls, seeOverview (7 Inch Screen)0138.
1.{(Home Page)
.Press to go to the Home Page. See
“Home Page” later in this section.
2.7
.Radio: Press and release to go to
the previous station or channel.
Press and hold to fast seek the
next strongest previous station or
channel. SeeAM-FM Radio (8 Inch
Screen) 0109.
.USB/Bluetooth: Press to seek to
the beginning of the current or
previous track. Press and hold to
quickly reverse through a track.
Release to return to playing speed.
See USB Port (8 Inch Screen) 0113
or
Bluetooth Audio 0117.
3.O(Power)
.Press to turn the power on.
.Press and hold to turn the
power off.
.Press to mute/unmute the system
when on.
When the power is on and the
system is not muted, a quick
status pane will display when
Ois
pressed. Pressing
Owill mute the
system and trigger this pane to
show a long press is required to
actually power down the system.
.Turn to decrease or increase the
volume.
4.6
.Radio: Press and release to go to
the next station or channel. Press
and hold to fast seek the next
track or strongest station or
channel.
.USB/Bluetooth: Press to seek the
next track. Press and hold to fast
forward through a track. Release to
return to playing speed. See USB
Port (8 Inch Screen) 0113 or
Bluetooth Audio 0117.
5.SBACK
.Press to return to the previous
display in a menu.

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Home Page
The Home Page is where vehicle application
icons are accessed. Some applications are
disabled when the vehicle is moving.
The Home Page can be set up to have up to
five pages with eight icons per page.
Touch
hto go left orkto go right or slide a
finger left/right across the display to access
the pages of icons.
k: Touch to go to the next Home Page.
h:Touch to go to the previous Home Page.
l:Touch this interaction selector to
display the favorites list.
Touch and hold a preset to begin the
process of saving a favorite application. Touch the application icon to store as a
favorite, and the name of the application
will show in the favorites.
Managing Home Page Icons
1. Touch and hold any of the Home Page icons to edit that icon.
2. Drag the icon to a new location on the Home Page or to save it to the
applications tray.
3. Press
{to exit edit mode.
Steering Wheel Controls
If equipped, some audio controls can be
adjusted at the steering wheel.
b/g: For vehicles with Bluetooth, press
to interact with those systems.
$/i: Press to decline an incoming call,
to end speech recognition, or to end a
current call. Press to silence the vehicle
speakers while using the infotainment
system. Press again to turn the sound on.
For vehicles with Bluetooth systems, press
to reject an incoming call or end a
current call.
_SRC^: Press to select an audio source.
Toggle up or down to select the next or
previous favorite radio station, MP3 track,
USB file, iPod/iPhone song, or Bluetooth
music.
Toggle and hold up or down to fast forward
or reverse the radio stations, MP3 tracks,
USB files, iPod/iPhone songs, or Bluetooth
music.
+
x− :Press + or −to increase or decrease
the volume.
Using the System
Home Page Features
Touch the icons on the Home Page to
launch an application.

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OnStar System
OnStar System (8 Inch Screen)
4G LTE
If equipped with 4G LTE, up to seven
devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and
laptops, can be connected to high-speed
Internet through the vehicle’s built-in Wi-Fi
hotspot.
Call 1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827) to
connect to an OnStar Advisor for assistance.
See www.onstar.com for vehicle availability,
details, and system limitations. Service and
connectivity may vary by make, model,
year, carrier, availability, and conditions. 4G
LTE service is available in select markets. 4G
LTE performance is based on industry
averages and vehicle systems design. Some
services require a data plan.
The OnStar App
If equipped, the infotainment system has
OnStar controls in the embedded OnStar app
on the Home Page. All OnStar functions that
can be performed with the buttons can be
done using the app. To open the app, select
the OnStar icon on the Home Page. Featuresvary by region and model. Features are
subject to change. For more information on
this feature, see my.buick.com/learn
Voice Recognition
Voice Recognition (8 Inch Screen)
If equipped, voice recognition allows for
hands-free operation within the navigation,
audio, phone, and weather applications. This
feature can be started by pressing
gon the
steering wheel controls or by touching
gon
the infotainment display.
However, not all features within these areas
are supported by voice commands.
Generally, only complex tasks that require
multiple manual interactions to complete
are supported by voice commands.
For example, tasks that take more than one
or two touches such as selecting a song or
artist to play from a media device would be
supported by voice commands. Other tasks,
like adjusting the volume or seeking up or
down, are audio features that are easily
performed by pressing one or two controls,
and are not supported by voice commands. In general there are flexible ways to speak
commands for completing the tasks. Most of
them, except voice keypad, can be
completed in a single command. If the task
takes more than one command to complete,
the first command should be to indicate the
kind of task to be performed. The system
replies with prompts that lead you through
a dialog to enter the necessary information.
Voice recognition can be used when the
ignition is on or when Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) is active.Using Voice Recognition
Voice recognition becomes available once
the system has been initialized. This begins
when the ignition is turned on. Initialization
may take a few moments.
1. Press
gon the steering wheel controls
to activate voice recognition, or touch
g
on the infotainment display.
2. The audio system mutes and the system plays a prompt followed by a beep.
3. Wait until after the beep completes, then clearly speak one of the commands
described in this section.

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A voice recognition system prompt can
be interrupted while it is playing by
pressing
gon the steering wheel
controls again.
For example, if the prompt seems to be
taking too long to finish, press
gagain
and the beep should happen right away.
There are two voice prompt modes
supported:
.Long verbal prompts: The longer prompts
provide more information regarding the
supported actions.
.Short prompts: The short prompts provide
simple instructions about what can be
stated.
If a command is not spoken, the voice
recognition system says a help prompt.
Prompts and Screen Displays
While a voice recognition session is active,
there will be corresponding options on
screens displayed. Manual interaction in the
voice recognition session is permitted.
Interaction during a voice session may be
completed entirely using voice commands,
or some selections may expedite a session.
If a selection is made using a manual
control, the dialog will progress in the same way as if the selection was made through a
voice command. Once the system is able to
complete the task, or the session is
terminated, the voice recognition dialog
stops.
An example of this type of manual
intervention is touching an entry of a
displayed number list instead of speaking
the number associated with the entry
desired.
Canceling Voice Recognition
.Touch the Home Page. Touching this icon
will terminate a voice recognition session
which was initiated by touching the icon
on the infotainment display.
.Touch or say
“Cancel”or“Exit” to
terminate the voice recognition session
and display the screen from which voice
recognition was initiated.
.Presscon the steering wheel controls
to terminate the voice session and show
the display from which voice recognition
was initiated.
Most languages do not support natural
language commands in sentence form. For
those languages, use direct commands like
the examples on the display.
Helpful Hints for Speaking Commands
Voice recognition can understand commands
that are either naturally stated in sentence
form, or direct commands that state the
application and the task.
For best results:
.Listen for the prompt and wait for the
beep before saying a command or reply.
.Say “Help” or look at the infotainment
display for example commands.
.Voice recognition prompt can be
interrupted while it is playing by pressing
gon the steering wheel controls again.
For example, if the prompt seems to be
taking too long to finish, to speak the
command without waiting for the prompt
to complete, press
gagain and wait for
the beep.
.Speak the command naturally, not too
fast, not too slow. Use direct commands
without a lot of extra words.
.Usually Phone and Audio commands can
be spoken in a single command.
For example, “Call David Smith at work,”
“Play” followed by the artist or song
name, or “Tune”followed by the radio
station number.