CHEVROLET TRAVERSE 2016 1.G Owners Manual

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Courtesy Lamps
The courtesy lamps automatically
come on when a door is opened.
The lamps can also be turned on
manually by fully turning the
instrument panel brightness control
clockwise.
The reading lamps, located on the
headliner above the rearview mirror,
can be turned on or off
independently of the automatic
courtesy lamps, when the doors are
closed.
Dome Lamps
The dome lamps are in the
overhead console and above the
rear seat passengers.
The dome lamps come on when a
door is opened, unless the dome
lamp override button is pressed in.
The lamps can also be turned on
and off by turning the instrument
panel brightness control clockwise
to the farthest position.Dome Lamp Override
The dome lamp override button is
next to the exterior lamps control.
E
DOME OFF (Dome Lamp
Override) : Press the button and
the dome lamps remain off when a
door is opened. An indicator light on
the button comes on to show that
the dome lamps are off. Press the
button again so the dome lamps
come on when a door is opened.
AMBIENT OFF (If Equipped) :
Press the button to turn the ambient
lights off. Press the button again to
turn ambient lights on.
Reading Lamps
Press the button near each lamp to
turn them on or off.

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Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
For vehicles with courtesy lamps,
they come on and stay on for a set
time whenever
Kis pressed on the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter.
If a door is opened, the lamps stay
on while it is open and then turn off
automatically about 20 seconds
after the door is closed. If
Kis
pressed and no door is opened, the
lamps turn off after about
20 seconds.
Entry lighting includes a feature
called theater dimming. With theater
dimming, the lamps do not turn off
at the end of the delay time.
Instead, they slowly dim and then
go out. The delay time is canceled if
the ignition key is turned to ON/RUN
or the power door lock switch is
pressed. The lamps will dim
right away. When the ignition is on, illuminated
entry is inactive, which means the
courtesy lamps will not come on
unless a door is opened.
Delayed Entry Lighting
Delayed entry lighting illuminates
the interior for a period of time after
all the doors have been closed.
The ignition must be off for delayed
entry lighting to work. Immediately
after all the doors have been closed,
the delayed entry lighting feature
continues to work until one of the
following occurs:
.
The ignition is in ON/RUN.
. The doors are locked.
. An illumination period of about
25 seconds has elapsed.
If during the illumination period a
door is opened, the timed
illumination period is canceled and
the interior lamps remain on.
Delayed Exit Lighting
Delayed exit lighting illuminates the
interior for a period of time after the
key is removed from the ignition.
The ignition must be off for delayed
exit lighting to work. When the key
is removed, interior illumination
activates and remains on until one
of the following occurs:
. The ignition is in ON/RUN.
. The power door locks are
activated.
. An illumination period of
20 seconds has elapsed.
If during the illumination period a
door is opened, the timed
illumination period will be canceled
and the interior lamps will remain on
because a door is open.
Parade Dimming
This feature automatically prohibits
the dimming of the instrument panel
displays in daylight while the
headlamps are on so that the
displays are still able to be seen.

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Battery Load
Management
The vehicle has Electric Power
Management (EPM) that estimates
the battery's temperature and state
of charge. It then adjusts the voltage
for best performance and extended
life of the battery.
When the battery's state of charge
is low, the voltage is raised slightly
to quickly bring the charge back up.
When the state of charge is high,
the voltage is lowered slightly to
prevent overcharging. If the vehicle
has a voltmeter gauge or a voltage
display on the Driver Information
Center (DIC), you may see the
voltage move up or down. This is
normal. If there is a problem, an
alert will be displayed.
The battery can be discharged at
idle if the electrical loads are very
high. This is true for all vehicles.
This is because the generator
(alternator) may not be spinning fast
enough at idle to produce all of the
power needed for very high
electrical loads.A high electrical load occurs when
several of the following are on, such
as: headlamps, high beams, rear
window defogger, climate control fan
at high speed, heated seats, engine
cooling fans, trailer loads, and loads
plugged into accessory power
outlets.
EPM works to prevent excessive
discharge of the battery. It does this
by balancing the generator's output
and the vehicle's electrical needs.
It can increase engine idle speed to
generate more power whenever
needed. It can temporarily reduce
the power demands of some
accessories.
Normally, these actions occur in
steps or levels, without being
noticeable. In rare cases at the
highest levels of corrective action,
this action may be noticeable to the
driver. If so, a DIC battery voltage
and charging message displays, it is
recommended that the driver reduce
the electrical loads as much as
possible. See
Battery Voltage and
Charging Messages 0137
iiandDriver Information Center (DIC)
(With DIC Buttons) 0129iior Driver
Information Center (DIC) (Without
DIC Buttons) 0134
ii.
Battery Power Protection
This feature helps prevent the
battery from being drained, if the
interior courtesy lamps or reading
lamps are accidentally left on. If any
of these lamps are left on, they
automatically turn off after
10 minutes, if the ignition is off. The
lamps will not come back on again
until one of the following occurs:
.
The ignition is turned on.
. The exterior lamps control is
turned off, then on again.
The headlamps will time out after
10 minutes, if they are manually
turned on while the ignition is on
or off.

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Infotainment
System
Introduction
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . 164
Overview (Radio withoutTouchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Overview (Radio with Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Operation (Radio without Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Operation (Radio with Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Radio
AM-FM Radio (Radio withoutTouchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
AM-FM Radio (Radio with Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Satellite Radio (Radio without Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Satellite Radio (Radio with Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . 180
Audio Players
CD Player (Radio without Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
CD Player (Radio with Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
MP3 (Radio without
Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
MP3 (Radio with Touchscreen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
OnStar System
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rear Seat Infotainment
Rear Seat Audio (RSA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Settings
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Trademarks and License
Agreements
Trademarks and LicenseAgreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Introduction
Infotainment
Base radio information is included in
this manual. See the infotainment
manual for information on other
available infotainment systems.
Read the following pages to
become familiar with these 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
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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 0216
ii.
To play the infotainment system with
the ignition off, see Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) 0230
ii.
Theft-Deterrent Feature
TheftLock®is designed to
discourage theft of the vehicle's
radio by learning a portion of the
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
The radio does not operate if it is
stolen or moved to a different
vehicle.

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Overview (Radio without Touchscreen)
For information on using the radio, seeOperation (Radio without
Touchscreen) 0167iior Operation (Radio with Touchscreen) 0169ii.
1.4(Information)
. Press to show information
on the current station or
track. 2. FAV (Favorites Pages)
.Press to scroll through the
favorite pages. 3. MENU
.Press to open the tone
menu to adjust the bass,
midrange, treble, fade, and
balance.
4. Buttons 1 - 6 .Saves and selects favorite
stations.
. Select options.
5. EQ (Equalizer) .Press to adjust the
equalizer.
6.
f(Tone/Tune)
. Press to set Tone options.
. Turn to manually select
radio stations.
7. CAT (Category) .Press to display a list of
SiriusXM
®categories (if
equipped).
8.
ZEJECT
. Press to eject the
loaded CD.

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9. Auxiliary Input Jack.Use to connect external
audio devices.
10. CD/AUX .Press to scroll through
selecting the CD or an
auxiliary device.
11.
\FWD (Forward)
. Press and hold to fast
forward through a track.
12.
sREV (Reverse)
. Press and hold to go
backward fast through a
track.
13.
P(Power/Volume)
. Press to turn the
infotainment system on
or off.
. Turn to adjust the volume.
14.
¨SEEK
. Seeks the next station or
track. 15.
©SEEK
. Seeks the previous station
or track.
16. BAND .Press to scroll through the
available bands AM, FM,
or SiriusXM if equipped.
17.
H(Clock)
. Press to set the clock.

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Overview (Radio with Touchscreen)
The infotainment system is controlled by using the buttons, touch screen,
steering wheel controls, and voice recognition. SeeOperation (Radio without
Touchscreen) 0167
iior Operation (Radio with Touchscreen) 0169ii.
1. PUSH/O(Volume/Power)
2.
Z(Eject)
3. CD Slot
4. AUX Port 5. PUSH/SEL (Select)
6./BACK
7. SEEK
¨(Next/Forward)
8.
©SEEK (Previous/Reverse) 9. FAV (Favorites Menu)
10. SRCE (Source)
11.
D(Home Page)
Operation (Radio without
Touchscreen)
Playing the Radio
O(Power/Volume) : Press to turn
the system on and off. Turn to
increase or decrease the volume.
A lock symbol displays next to the
clock display while the parental
control feature is being used. The
feature remains on until
Ois
pressed and held for more than
two seconds, or the driver turns the
ignition off and exits the vehicle.
4(Information) : Press to switch
the display between the radio
station frequency and the time.
When the ignition is in the OFF
position, press
4to display the time.
For vehicles with XM, MP3, WMA,
or RDS features, press
4to display
additional text information related to
the current FM-RDS or XM station;

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or CD, MP3, or WMA song.
If information is available during XM,
CD, MP3, or WMA playback, 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.
Auto Text (Satellite Radio Service
(if equipped), CD, MP3, and WMA
features) : If additional information
is available for the current song
being played, Auto Text will
automatically page/scroll the
information every five seconds
above the FAV presets on the radio
display.
To activate Auto Text:
1. Press MENU to display the radio setup menu.
2. Press the softkey under the AUTO TXT tab on the radio
display.
3. Press the softkey under the ON tab on the radio display.
If
4is pressed and the song title or
artist information is longer than what
can be displayed, the extra information will page every
five seconds when Auto Text is
activated.
Speed Compensated Volume
(SCV) :
The SCV feature
automatically adjusts the radio
volume to compensate for road and
wind noise as the vehicle speeds up
or slows down, so that the volume
level is consistent.
To activate SCV:
1. Set the radio volume.
2. Press the MENU button to display the radio setup menu.
3. Press the softkey under the AUTO VOLUM (automatic
volume) tab on the radio
display.
4. Press the softkey under the Speed Compensated Volume
setting (OFF, Low, Med,
or High) to select the level of
radio volume compensation.
Press the softkey located
below the BACK tab on the
MENU SETUP display or let
the display time out after
approximately 10 seconds. Each higher setting allows for
more radio volume
compensation at faster vehicle
speeds.
Setting the Tone (Bass/
Midrange/Treble)
BASS/MID/TREB (Bass, Midrange,
or Treble) :
To adjust bass,
midrange, or treble:
1. Press
funtil the tone control
tabs display.
2. Continue pressing
fto
highlight the tab, or press the
softkey under the tab.
3. To adjust the highlighted setting, do one of the following
until the levels are obtained:
.Turn
fclockwise or
counterclockwise.
. Press
\FWD, orsREV.
If a station's frequency is weak or if
there is static, decrease the treble.
To quickly adjust bass, midrange,
or treble to the middle position,
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MID, or TREB tab for more than
two seconds. A beep sounds and
the level adjusts to the middle
position.
To quickly adjust all tone and
speaker controls to the middle
position when in the Tone menu,
press
ffor more than two seconds
until a beep sounds.
EQ (Equalization) : Press to
choose bass and treble equalization
settings designed for different types
of music. The choices are pop, rock,
country, talk, jazz, and classical.
Selecting MANUAL or changing
bass or treble, returns the EQ to the
manual bass and treble settings.
Unique EQ settings can be saved
for each source.
If the radio has a Bose
®audio
system, the EQ settings are either
MANUAL or TALK.
Adjusting the Speakers
(Balance/Fade)
BAL/FADE (Balance/Fade) : To
adjust the balance or fade:
1. Press
funtil the speaker
control tabs display.
2. Continue pressing
fto
highlight the tab, or press the
softkey under the tab.
3. To adjust the highlighted setting, do one of the following
until the levels are obtained:
.Turn
fclockwise or
counterclockwise.
. Press
\FWD, orsREV.
To quickly adjust balance or fade to
the middle position, press the
softkey under the BAL or FADE tab
for more than two seconds. A beep
sounds and the level adjusts to the
middle position.
To quickly adjust all speaker and
tone controls to the middle position,
press
ffor more than two seconds
until a beep sounds.
Radio Messages
Calibration Error : The audio
system has been calibrated for the
vehicle from the factory. If the
message displays, it means that the
radio has not been configured
properly for the vehicle and it must
be returned to your dealer for
service.
Locked : This message displays
when the TheftLock
®system has
locked up the radio. Take the
vehicle to your dealer for service.
If any error occurs repeatedly or if
an error cannot be corrected,
contact your dealer.
Operation (Radio with
Touchscreen)
Infotainment Controls
PUSH/O(Volume/Power):
. Press to turn the system on
and off.
. Turn to adjust the volume.