audio OPEL GT 2012 Owners Manual

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In f o t ai n me n t sy st e m
Brief o v ervie w.. ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 7 8
G e ne ral in f orm atio n ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 0
O peratio n .... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 1
Main me n u .. .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 2
So u n d s ettin gs ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 4
Radio .. ..... .... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 8 6
CD / MP 3 playe r ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 9 0
T ro ub les ho o tin g... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 9 7
G e ne ral advic e ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 9 8
G lo ss ary ... .... .... ..... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 10 0
Radio re ceptio n ... .... ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 10 1
Mobile tele phone s a nd radio
equipme nt (CB) 3. ..... .... ..... .... .... ..... 10 1
Brief ov erv iew
Operating elem ents
1LOADLoading discs with six-disc
CD pla yer 3: Press
- or -
CSe tting tim e/ date: Pre s s
2FA VVi e w a n d s a ve
favourite s tations : Pres s
3B
BB BDisplay additional tex t
information for
RDS s tations or MP3 files :
Press
4MEN UDisplay menus
5Display panel61 ... 6Pre se t buttons 1 to 6
S ele ct options in
corre sponding dis play
pa ne l labe ls
Rad io:
View and save
favourite stations
7EQS el e ct p r es et
e qualisation settings:
Press
8KAdjust sound settings:
Press and turn
C D: Se lect tra ck; turn
Rad io: Se lect s tatio n ; tu r n
9CATChange category
C D: Toggle betw een
C D audio and MP3 files

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0EJ EC TEject CD: Press
aCD/AUXSw itc h to CD mo de /
auxiliary inp ut device :
Press
bAuxiliary input jack
cFWDF ast forward during
C D playba ck:
Press and hold
dREVRe verse during
C D playba ck:
Press and hold
e
XSw itc hing on and off:
Press
Volum e ad justment:
Turn
fSEEK wSe arch button
Radio: Se arch forwa rd s
CD: Skip forwards
gSEEKqSe arch button
Radio:
Se arch back wards
CD: Skip backwards
hBANDS w i tc h on r a d i o m o d e,
s ele ct wave ban d ( F M , A M )
i-CD slotSteer ing wheel remote control
Audio c ontrols are locate d on the
rig ht-hand side of the steering wheel.
j]
]] ]Decrease volume
k<
<< <In creas e vo lum e
l
AMute buttonmIS earch button
Rad io:
S earch ba ckwards
CD:
Skip backwards
nJS earch button
Rad io:
S earch forwards
CD:
Skip forwards

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General information
T h e a udi o sys t em o f fe r s yo u
s tate-of-the -art ve hicle infotainm ent.
The illus tra tions on the pre vious p ages
show the Infotainm ent system and the
steering wheel mounted rem ote control
buttons.
The rad io ha s a tota l of 36 s tation
me mories for a comb ination of both
wav ebands (FM , AM).
T h e RD S ( Radio D ata Sy ste m) fu n ctio n ality
mak es it much e as ie r to find an FM channel
and guarante es interfere nc e-free
rece ption. I t als o provide s add itional us eful
func tions.
You can enjoy b oth audio and MP3-CDs on
the inte grated CD play er. A six -d isc CD
play er 3 is als o available as an option.
T h e I nf o t a i n m e nt s ys t em f ea t u r es
Speed Compensated Volum e (SCV)
reg ulation. The volume re gulation se tting
can be change d.
The sound processor offers you a range of
pre se t equalization settings, to optimise
the sound.An enhanc ed, hig h-powe r audio am plifie r
and s ubw oofe r 3 for the Infotainment
sy ste m are available as an option.
The well-thought out design of the
op er a t i n g e l em e n ts , cl ea r l y st r u ct u re d
menus on the large dis play and a large
on/volume knob enab le you to operate the
sy st e m e a si l y.
General not es on these op era ting
inst ructions
For an overview of the different functions
of the Infotainment system, see the section
“Brie f overvie w” on page 7 8 , togethe r w ith
the rele vant illustration, which s hows all of
the dis play a nd operating e leme nts.
You can find a d escription of the basic
st e p s fo r o p e r a t i n g t h e I nf o t a i n m en t
sy st e m i n t h e s e c t io n “ O p e ra ti o n ” o n
page 81 .
You can find detailed functional
descriptions for your Infotainment system
in the s ections “Radio” on page 8 6 and
“CD/M P3 pla yer” on p age 90 .
Should your Infotainment sy stem not
function the wa y you e xpe ct it to, ple ase
read the sections “ Troubleshooting” on
page 9 7 and “Gene ral ad vice” on p age 9 8.
In many case s, this w ill allow you to fix a
suspecte d fault quickly.
The s ection “Gloss ary” on p age 10 0
explains technical terms.The following s ym bols will he lp you to re ad
thes e operating ins tructions eas ily:A hand in front of the tex t ask s you
to perform an action.
A tick in front of the te xt ide ntifie s the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m ’s r es p o n se .
zA bullet point in front of the te xt
identifies ad ditional information on the
su b j e c t .
– A hyphen in front of the te xt ma rk s
items of a lis t.
9A safety or w arning note conta ins
important information on how to us e
your Infota inment system safely .
Failure to obse rve this information
m a y r e s u l t i n a r i s k o f d a m a g e o r i n j u r y .
T he r ef o r e, p l ea se o bs er ve t h i s
information with particular care .

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Im portant informat ion on ope ration and
road sa fet y
U s e y o ur I nf o t a i n m e nt sy st e m i n s uc h a
way that you can alwa ys drive safely.
If y ou hav e any doubts, stop the vehic le
and operate the Infotainment system while
t h e v eh i cl e i s n o t m ov i ng .
Theft protecti on
T h e I nf o t a i n m e nt s ys t em i s equ i p p e d w i t h
an ele ctronic the ft-de terre nt fe ature which
works by learning part of the Vehic le
Ide ntification Num ber (V IN).
The Infotainme nt s ys tem only w ork s in your
vehicle and is therefore of no value to
thieve s.
Retained Ac cessory Pow er (RAP)
This fe ature allows the Infotainme nt
system to be played even after the ignition
is turne d off.
Display
The following information can be shown on
the c entral dis play p ane l:
– Radio inform ation,
–Time,
–Date,
– S o u nd se t t i ng s,
–CD/MP3 information.Operation
Swit ching on/ offPress the X e kn ob .
T h e In fo t a i n m e nt sy st e m s w i t c h es
on/off.
Informat ion dis pla ye d
The illumina ted dis play shows informa tion
for the rad io, the CD/MP3 pla yer, tim e and
the sound settings.
When the Infotainm ent system is switched
on, the dis play illuminate s and the mos t
re ce ntly s e le cted aud io s ourc e play s at the
previous volume se tting.
Vo lu m e
Turn the X e knob;
clockw is e to increas e the volume or
anticlockwis e to decre ase the volum e.
zW hen it is s witched on, the
Infotainment s ys te m play s at the most
re cently s et volum e.
zThe radio volume can be adjuste d
automatically to c om pensate for road
and w ind nois e, de pending on ve hicle
speed. See “Sp eed Comp ensa ted
V olum e (SC V)” on p age 86 for furthe r
inform ation.St ee ring whee l re m ote control
T h e fo l l o w i n g s t ee r i ng w h ee l co n tr o l s a r e
s upplied for y our conve nience and to
improve road s afe ty :
Butt ons ]
]] ] j and <
<< < k
Volum e control
Press the plus or minus button to increa se
or decrease the v olum e of the audio source
currently se lecte d.
Butt on
A l
Mute/unmute sound
Press the button to mute the sound.
Pres s again to turn the s ound back on.
Butt ons I m and J n
S earch buttons
zRadio:
Pre ss to se arch for ne xt/previous
station me mory.
Pre s s a nd hold for approx. 1 s ec ond
to advance to nex t/pre vious station
with a s trong signal in the se lecte d
wave band.
zCD :
Pre ss to skip to ne xt/previous track.
Pre s s a nd hold for approx. 1 s ec ond
to continue sk ip ping forwa rds or
backwa rd s to othe r tracks on the disc.

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Main men u
The main me nu is the display that app ears
after the Infota inm ent system is switched
on. The following inform ation may be
dis playe d:
– Wav eband,
– Radio station frequency or nam e,
–Time,
–CD/MP3 information,
– Dis play , play back, sound or
station me mory labe ls etc..
Audio I nformat ion
The following inform ation is s how n in
the d isplay :
– Current wav eband or C D.
– Current station frequency,
CD track numb er or e lapse d track time.
– If the RDS function is active ,
the s tation nam e or s tation call lette rs
appea r on the dis play. Se e “RDS
(R adio Data S yste m)” on page 8 7.
– If th ere is a CD in th e CD s lo t,
the “CD” sy mbol illuminates on the
display . S ee “CD/ MP3 Play er” on
page 90 .
– If the C D is in rand om mode ,
the “RDM” sym bol illum inate s on the
display . S ee “Random Mode ” on
page 94 .Ti me and da te
Display of the current time and d ate.
Single-dis c C D playe r
In vehicle s with a s ingle -dis c CD play er, s et
the time and date as follow s:
T u r n i g n i ti o n k e y to AC C or R U N .
Press the X e kn ob .
T h e In fo t a i n m e nt sy st e m s w i t c h es o n .
Press the C 1 clock button.
T h e HR, M I N, M M , D D , YYY Y
(hour, minute, m onth, day and yea r)
labe ls appe ar on the dis play.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to change .
Press the same button 6 again to
i n cr ea se t h e t i m e /d a t e.
T h e va l u e s e le ct ed i n cr ea s es by o n e
(h o ur/ min u te/ mo nth / day/ ye ar) eve ry
time the same button 6 is pressed
aga in.zThe va lue selected can also be
changed us ing the SEE K wf,
SE EKq g, FWD c and RE V d
buttons and the
K8 tune knob, as
follows:
Press the SE EKwf button or the
FW D c button.
The va lue selected increases
( ho u r /m i nu t e /m o n t h /d a y /y ea r ) .
- or -
Press the SE EKq g button or the
REV d b utton.
The va lue selected decreases
( ho u r /m i nu t e /m o n t h /d a y /y ea r ) .
- or -
Turn the K8 tune knob clock wise or
anticloc kwise .
The va lue selected increases or
dec reases (hour/minute/m onth/d ay/
ye ar).
The date does not disp la y automatically.
To dis play the date , proce ed as follows :
Press the C 1 clock button w ith the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m o n .
The date appe ars .
zAfter a few seconds, the display reverts
back to the normal radio and tim e
disp lay.

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zThe highlighted setting can also be
adjusted using the SE EK wf,
SEE Kq g, FWD c and RE V d
buttons , as follow s:
Pr e ss t h e SEE Kwf button or the
FW D c button until the des ired lev el is
ob t a i ne d .
- or -
Pr e ss t h e SEE Kq g button or the
REV d button until the d es ired le vel is
ob t a i ne d .
The highlighte d s etting is adjus te d.
zTo quic kly ad jus t balance or fade
to the midd le position, procee d as
fo l l o w s :
Pre ss and hold the appropriate
button6 loca te d b elow the BAL or
FADE labe l for more than two seconds.
A bee p s ounds and the lev el is
adjuste d to the m iddle position.
zTo quic kly adjus t all s peak er and tone
controls to the m id dle p osition,
proc ee d as follows :
Pr e ss t h e K8 tune knob for more
than tw o se cond s.
A bee p s ounds and all sp eake r and
tone controls are adjuste d to the
middle position.Speed Compensated Volume (SCV)
To co m p en s a t e fo r a m bi en t a n d ro l l i n g
noise, the Infotainment system volum e
adjusts to the spe ed of the ve hicle .
Ac tiv ate/deac tiv ate the SC V function or
change the level of radio volume
compensation as follows:
S et the volum e to the de sired lev el.
S ee “Volume ” on page 8 1.
Press the ME NU 4 button until the
radio s et-up menu appe ars .
The ‘AUTO V O LUM’ option label
a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the ‘AUTO V OLUM’
option label on the display.
The OF F, Low, Me d and High la bels
a p p ea r o n t h e di sp l a y.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to sele ct.
The ne w s etting is applie d.
zThe display time s out afte r approx.
1 0 se c o n d s.
zEach higher setting allows for more
radio v olume comp ensa tion at highe r
ve h icle s pe eds .
Radio
Switch on the Infotainment systemPress the X e kn ob.
The Infotainment system switches on.
The mos t rec ent audio s ource play s.
Ra dio mod e
If y ou wish to listen to the radio while a
C D is playing, p roce ed as follows :
Press the BAND h button.
The s tation most re cently se lecte d is
disp layed .
The s tation re ce ntly se lecte d play s.
zThe CD rema ins in the CD slot, read y
for future listening.
Se le ct w ave ba nd
The radio is on.
Press the BAND h button.
T he r a di o s w i t ch es be t w ee n t h e
AM and F M wa veba nds .
The current waveband and the station
to which the radio w as tuned most
rece ntly are disp la yed .
The s tation re ce ntly se lecte d play s.
zWa veba nd se lection:
- AM = Amplitude M od ulation
(MW ),
- FM = Frequency Modula tion.

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CD/MP3 player
This d evice play s s tandard c om mercial
CDs with a diame ter of 1 2 cm. Y ou can a ls o
play CDs with a d ia mete r of 8 cm with an
adap te r.
9Contoure d CDs (Shape C Ds) are not
suitable for playing.
9Do not insert DVDs into the CD driv e.
9Do not add labels to a dis c, as it could
get s tuck in the playe r. If a CD is
re corded on a pe rsonal computer (PC ),
only labe l the dis c on the top s ide using
a marke r pe n.
9Do not a tte mpt to p lay scratched or
damage d C Ds. Only us e CDs in good
condition, w ithout a lab el, loading
the m one CD at a time .
9No liability is acc epte d for damag e to
t he CD dr i ve ca u se d by t h e u s e o f
unsuita ble C Ds or from attempting to
insert more than one CD into the slot at
a time .zAudio CDs are be ing manufacture d
with me cha nis ms to protec t them from
unauthorised reproduction. Howev er,
these me asure s do not comply with the
audio C D s pecification (Red Book )
acc ording to which a ll appliances for
play ing audio CDs have be en and a re
be ing de velope d. Y our Infotainme nt
system can play back CDs with the
typ es of copy p rotection known a t the
time the playe r is s old. Howe ver, this is
not a g uarante e that it w ill be able to
play b ack CDs with new v ariants of the
copy protection me chanis ms in the
future .
You can also play CD-Rs and CD-RW s w ith
MP3 m us ic file s a nd uncomp re s se d CD
audio file s (with “.CDA” file ex te nsion) on
the Infotainm ent system.
zW hile play ing a C D-R or CD-RW , the
s ound quality may be reduce d due to
dis c quality, the m ethod of recording,
the quality of the m usic that has be en
r e co rd ed, a n d t h e w a y t h e di sc h a s
be en handle d. There may be an
increa se in sk ipping, difficulty in
finding tracks , and/ or diffic ulty in
loading and e jecting. If the se proble ms
occur, chec k the bottom surface of the
disc. If the surface of the disc is
dam aged , e .g. crac ked, broke n, or
s cratched, the dis c will not play
prope rly.Switch on the Infotainment systemPress the X e kn ob.
The Infotainment system switches on.
The mos t rec ent audio s ource play s.
Play ing a CD ( sing le-C D play e r)
In se r t th e C D (lab el sid e u p) p ar t o f the
way into the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CD in
autom atically.
zThe mov eme nt of the C D must not be
hindered or aided .
The “C D” sy mbol app ears on the
disp lay.
As soon as the first tra ck starts to play ,
the track num ber ap pears on the
disp lay.

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T rack s ele ct ion
F or audio CDs, the tra ck is se lecte d within
the C D.
F or MP3-C Ds, the track is sele cted within
the a lbum selec te d.
If y ou w ish to s ele ct a track while a CD/
MP3 -CD is playing, procee d as follows:
Tu r n t h e K8 tune knob ;
cloc kwise to s earch forwards or
anticlock wise to s earch ba ckwards ,
until the required tra ck is s elec te d.
The track starts to play and the track
nu m b er a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.Tra cks can als o be se lecte d using the
SEE Kwf and SE EKq g buttons,
as follows :
Press the SEEKwf button.
The ne xt track be gins to play .
- or -
Press the SEEKq g b utton.
The current track be gins from the sta rt,
if more than 10 sec onds have ela psed.
zIf th eSE EK wf or SE EKq g
button is pressed continuously or
pre ss ed multiple time s , the p layer
continues moving forwards or
bac kwards through the tracks on the
dis c.F ast forwa rd/back ward s se arch
To find a s pe cific se ction of a track,
proceed as follows:
You are listening to a track.
Press and hold the FW D c or RE V d
button.
P l a yba ck i s a d va n ced/ r ev er s ed qu i ckl y
within the track.
The s ound is re duced during fa st
forwa rd /bac kwards se arching.
Rele ase the FWD c or RE V d b utton
when the des ired se ction has be en
reache d.
The track starts to play again at the
n or m a l v o lu m e w h en ei t h er bu t t o n h a s
been released.
The elaps e d trac k tim e appe ars on the
disp lay.

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MP 3 -CD pla yba ck
s el ec ting ne xt/ pr ev ious folde r with
MP3-CDs
If y our MP3-CD contains several albums,
you can select the album y ou w ant as
follow s:
You are listening to a n MP3-C D.
The folder lab els with < and > nex t to
a folder icon ap pear on the disp lay.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below the fold er label you wish
to se lect.
By sele cting the < folder label, the
Infotainme nt sy ste m goe s b ack to the
first track in the prev ious folder.
By sele cting the > folder label, the
Infotainme nt sy ste m goe s to the first
tra ck in the ne xt folde r.
Whe n the first trac k in the p re vious/
ne xt folde r starts to play , and the
re lev ant track information (a lb um
na me, track name or artis t name)
appea rs on the displa y.
zAll the folders which do not contain
MP3 file s a re automatically sk ipped. Swit ching be tw ee n comp resse d and
u nc o m p r e s se d a ud i o f i l e s w i t h M P 3- C D s 3
The Infotainm ent system c an play discs
containing both uncompressed CD audio
file s (w ith “. CDA” file exte nsion) and
compres s ed a udio file s (MP3 files ).
By d efault, the s ys tem reads and play s only
the uncompres s ed a udio file s and ignore s
the MP3 files .
To switch be twee n uncompres s ed a nd
compres s ed file s, procee d as follow s;
Press the CAT 9 cate gory button.
The Infotainment s yste m will only read
and p lay the previous ly ignored file s.MP3-CD m usic navig ator
Us e the mus ic navigator fe ature to play
MP3 file s on the dis c in order by artis t or b y
album, as follows ;
You are listening to an MP3-C D.
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the music navigator
label B on the display.
T he I nf o t a i n m en t sy st e m s c a n s t h e d i sc
to sort the file s by artist and album ID3
tag inform ation.
zIt can take se veral m inute s to scan the
disc depe nding on the num ber of MP3
file s recorde d on the d isc. The radio
may begin to p lay while the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m i s s c a n ni n g th e
disc in the bac kground.
Wh e n t h e s ca n i s f i ni s h ed, t h e di s c
beg ins play ing again and the sy ste m
defaults to playing M P3 files in orde r
by a rtis t.
The current artis t playing is s hown on
the second line of the display be twee n
the arrows.
Once all s ong s b y that artis t are
played, the Infotainment system
move s to the nex t artist in a lp ha betical
order on the disc and be gins play ing
MP3 file s by that artis t.

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Mu lti ple CD s 3
To play the tracks from all discs loade d in
th e s ix-dis c C D playe r in r an do m o r de r ,
proceed a s follows;
Pr e ss t h e CD / AUX a button to ente r
CD mode - or - pres s and hold the
LO A D 1 button for approx. tw o
se c o nd s.
A bee p s ounds and “Load All Dis cs ”
appea rs on the displa y.
Follow the on-s cree n instructions for
ins erting m ultiple dis cs, ins e rting the
CDs labe l side up pa rt of the way into
the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CDs in
autom atic ally.
zThe move me nt of the CD must not be
hinde red or aided.
Pr e ss t h e LO A D 1 button again to
cancel loading of m ore C Ds.
An ‘RD M ’ label app ears on th e dis play.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the RDM labe l until
“Randomize All Dis cs ” appe ars on the
display .
The tracks of all dis cs loaded in the
six-d isc C D play er are playe d in
ra nd om , rather than seq ue ntia l order.
zSwitch off ra nd om play b y pres sing the
appropriate b utton 6 locate d be low
the RDM la bel ag ain.Changing the display ty pe
display ing ad ditiona l MP 3-C D
te xt i nfor mation
Depe nd ing on the kind of dis c (MP3 -CD
with or without ID3 tags), a choice of
additiona l text information relate d to the
curre nt MP3-C D can be dis playe d, e .g.
So n g, A rtist and CA T ( cate go ry) .
To display additional te xt inform ation,
proc ee d as follows ;
Press the B
BB B3 inform ation button.
Additional tex t informa tion lab els
a p p ea r o n t h e di sp l a y.
Press the B
BB B3 inform ation button
continuously to highlight the desired
labe l.
- or -
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to sele ct.
The text information relate d to the
s ele cted label a ppears on the display .
zIf a dditional te xt information is not
av ailable, “No Info” appe ars on the
dis play.
See “Switching between compressed and
uncompre ss e d audio files ” on page 9 3 for
further information on categorie s.Ejecting CDs
To e ject the CD that is currently playing,
proce ed as follows ;
Press the EJ EC T 0 button.
A beep sounds and “Ejecting Disc”
appe ars on the dis play.
Once the disc is ejected, “Remove
Disc” appea rs on the disp la y.
Rem ov e the disc from the p la yer.
zIf the disc is not re move d, after seve ral
se conds it is a utoma tica lly retracte d
and be gins to p la y.
- or -
With the six -disc CD play er 3, press
and hold the EJECT 0 button for two
se c o n d s.
A l l d i sc s a re e j ec t e d .
Rem ove the discs from the six-disc CD
playe r.
zIf the d iscs are not remove d, a fte r
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