Contacts BUICK ENCORE 2018 Infotainment System Guide
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Storing Radio Station Presets
Favorites are stored near the bottom
of the display.
Up to 60 preset stations can be
stored:
AM, FM, SXM, if equipped, and
HD Radio Stations :Touch and
hold a favorite preset to save the
current station as a favorite. Touch a
saved favorite to recall a favorite
station.
Mixed-Audio Favorites
Favorites that can be stored include
radio stations, media favorites,
contacts, destinations, navigation,
or applications.
To scroll through the favorites:
. Drag
lup to display the
favorites. To close the favorites,
drag them down.
. Slide a finger to the right or left
to scroll through each page of
favorites.
Tone Settings : Touch and hold a
preset to store the current tone
settings as a favorite. Touch a
saved favorite to recall a favorite
tone setting.
The number of favorites displayed is
automatically adjusted by default,
but can be manually adjusted in the
Settings menu under Radio and
then Number of Favorites Shown.
HD Radio Technology
If equipped, HD Radio Technology
is a free service with features such
as digital quality sound, more
stations available on a single
frequency such as HD2 and HD3,
and display information such as
artist and song title. From the AM or FM display, touch
HD Radio to turn HD Radio
reception on or off.
Station Access
To access HD Radio stations:
1. Tune the radio to the station. If the HD Radio reception is
turned on and the station is
broadcasting with HD Radio
technology, the radio will
display the HD2/HD3 channels
available and will automatically
switch to digital audio indicated
with the HD logo.
2. Touch
g,7ord,6on the
infotainment display to tune to
the previous or next HD Radio
station.
There may be a delay before the
station starts playing.
The HD Radio station number is
indicated next to the HD logo.
HD Radio stations can be saved as
favorites.
For a list of all stations, see
www.hdradio.com.
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Route segment preferences are
other options showing on the
Routing Preferences menu.
These include:
.Use Toll Roads On-Off
. Use Freeways On-Off
. Use Carpool Lanes On-Off
. Avoid Slow Traffic On-Off
. Use Tunnels On-Off
. Use Time Restricted Roads
On-Off
Display Places of Interest Icons
Places of Interest (POI) icons can
be displayed on the map using
this view.. The POI icons can be turned On
and Off. Touch the check box
next to the POI icon to display
the icon.
. Touch Clear All to reset the
icons that are displayed on
the map.
. A subcategory can be selected
instead of the entire category.
Touch the list option itself rather
than the check box. The
subcategories will display. Touch
any of those categories to
navigate down the hierarchy.
. When a higher-level category
has some of its subcategories
selected, the checkmark next to
it is grayed out. This indicates
that only some of the categories
below are shown. Touch the grayed-out checkmark to turn all
of the icons for that category on
or off.
Personal Data
Data that the system has saved
during the course of using the
navigation system can be managed
through:
. Contacts
. Recent Destinations
. My POIs (if equipped)
. Upload Saved Locations
. Delete Autocomplete
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Contacts1. Touch Delete All Entries to delete the entire list of
contacts. A pop-up displays to
confirm.
2. Touch Edit Contacts List to display the Contacts to edit.
Recent Destinations
. Touch Delete All Destinations to
delete the entire recent
destination list. A pop-up
displays asking to confirm the
deletion.
. Touch Delete Individual
Destinations to display a recent
destinations list. Touch the
individual entry to delete.
My POIs
. Touch My POIs to display a
menu of other options.
. Touch Delete Individual
Categories. A My POIs category
list displays.
. Touch the individual entry to
delete. .
Touch Delete All My POIs to
delete the entire list of
categories. A pop-up displays
asking to confirm the deletion.
. To exit out of a list, touch Exit in
the top right corner of the map to
return to the main map view.
Upload Saved Locations
. Touch Upload on the Upload
Saved Locations menu to save
the Vehicle Contacts list and any
My POIs that have been saved
to the vehicle.
. Once saved locations have been
uploaded to a USB, they can be
transferred to a different vehicle
or restored to the current
contacts list.Delete Autocomplete
Touch Delete on the Delete
Autocomplete History menu to clear
personal data from the keyboard.
A pop-up displays a message to
Delete all keyboard autocomplete
history. The system clears all
navigation addresses, POIs, etc.
The autocomplete will not delete
recent destinations. Touch Cancel to
stop the process.
Map Adjustments
ZOOM −/+ can be used to adjust
the scale of view on the map. When
the end of the zoom level is
reached, ZOOM −/+ will gray out.
. ZOOM −(minus): To zoom out.
. ZOOM + (plus): To zoom in.
The zoom scales can be configured
for English or metric units. To
change from English to metric, see
“Instrument Cluster” in the owner’s
manual.
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The estimated time to the
destination displays. Touch the
Arrival option to toggle to duration
and to the distance of the
destination.
This symbol indicates the
recommended maneuver that
should be performed. Touch it to
display the turn list or waypoint list.
The No GPS symbol appears when
there is no Global Positioning
System (GPS) satellite signal. When
the GPS is gone, the vehicle
position on the map may not be
accurate.
Autozoom
As a maneuver is being
approached, the map automatically
zooms in to give greater detail.
If lane guidance is available for the
maneuver, this is also shown.
When the system begins to
autozoom, it zooms in to its
minimum level. After the maneuver
is performed, the system slowly
zooms back out.
Destination
If route guidance is not active, touch
Nav on the Home Page to access
the map view. Touch Destination on
the infotainment display from the
map view to enter a destination.
Available methods of entering a
destination are Address,
Intersection, POIs, Recent, and
Contacts. Several options can beselected to plan a route. Some
destination items may be grayed out
if no destination was previously
entered or saved.
Another way to enter a destination
is to press the blue OnStar icon and
ask an OnStar Advisor to download
a destination into the embedded
navigation system. See
OnStar
System 048.Touch Destination on the
infotainment display to go to the
destination entry views.
Available Methods of Search
.
Address (entries by hierarchy)
. Intersection
. Places of interest (POIs)
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.Recent (destinations)
. Contacts
Touch Destination on the
infotainment display and the last
used destination view is shown.
This mode is retained. The initial
default is Address.
Navigation Next Turn Maneuver
Alert
The navigation system may need to
get the attention of the driver in
certain situations.
If not in the navigation application
when a near maneuver prompt is
given, it is shown as an alert. The
alert contains the turn indicator and
an option to display the main
navigation view, or dismiss the alert.
The alert also contains the name of
the street to turn on and a
countdown bar.
Auto-Capitalization
The shift key is automatically
enabled when a period is entered
on the keyboard. Once the first character is typed after the period,
the next character will change to
lower-case.
Alpha-Numeric Keyboard
The keyboard is used in multiple
locations throughout the system and
can be used with many features.
The navigation system uses the
keyboard's alpha-numeric keyboard.
The keyboard can also be modified
to include characters appropriate for
the region configured in the vehicle
settings.
@:
Touch to search for the
destination details of an address or
place of interest entered in the text
field. Once
@is touched, the
activity indicator displays in the list
of possible matches.
|: Touch to display a list of
matches.
When there are multiple matches, a
dropdown arrow is shown after the
autocomplete text. This dropdown
displays an entire list of matches.
Touch the appropriate match without
having to enter more text.
z: Touch to delete the last typed
character. Touch and hold to clear
the entire text field. If the entire text
field has been deleted, this display
option becomes an Undo option.
Touching Undo will restore the
deleted text.
Exit : Touch to return to the
previous Map view.
SYM : Touch to show the symbol
keyboard.
Space : Touch to enter a space
between characters or the words of
a name.
R: Touch to display the
interaction selector.
E: If equipped, touch to switch
between Alpha-Numeric Keyboard
and Character Recognition.
Special Characters
As the characters are typed on the
keyboard, a pop-up of the letter
touched displays above the key that
was touched.
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.k:Touch this icon display. The
draw speed setting will adjust
the speed of the character
recognition feature. The settings
are: Faster, Default, and Slower.
. Audio Feedback: Touch to turn
Audio Feedback On or Off.
Audio feedback is an audible
response to an action that has
occurred while using the
Character Recognition.
. ABC/abc: Select from the touch
screen to view the available
character sets. Select a
character set to change. Multiple
character sets may not be
supported by some regions. This
button also displays the
sentence case of upper or lower
case characters that are
currently active in a mixed case
mode. If only one character set
is available for the desired
region, touching the character
recognition will only open and
close the character recognition
window. If mixed case character mode is
supported, the last characters of
character recognition will be
upper and lower case.
One-Shot Search
Enter a full or partial Address,
Contact, or POI into the search bar
and the system will search and
display all of the matches.
The contacts that are searched
include both the connected phone’s
contacts list and the vehicle’s
contacts list.
Search Process
The process of prioritizing the
search is to help shorten the length
of time at finding the results. If there
is a 100% match found when a
search type is carried out, the
remaining searches abort.
The system conducts the search in
the following order: 1. Vehicle Contacts List
2. Connected Phone Contacts List 3. POIs
4. Addresses
The Contacts are done first because
the list will be relatively short and
can be done quickly.
POIs are done next because the
amount of time it takes to search for
the average POI is consistent. The
less deviation during a search would
mean an average of less time taken.
The Addresses are last because the
standard deviation for an address
search is very large. Some address
searches are very quick, but others
may take very long. Because of this,
the address search would not be
conducted unless a good match
could not be found in either
Contacts or POIs.
Autocomplete
The autocomplete is preloaded with
all recent destinations and POI
category names. Previous POI
name searches are remembered.
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If only one type of result is found,
the single type result screen is
shown. Within each group, they are
listed in confidence order. This
means the highest confidence result
will be at the top.
If multiple types of matches are
found, the result list with the highest
confidence match displays.
Address and Contact matches are
shown in full width list format. The
match results will display unique
icons for full addresses, streets,
intersections, cities, states/
provinces, and countries.
POIs show in a split list format with
the map on the right displaying the
locations of the matches. The brand
icon or category icon will display for
the match results.
When a list displays, the results for
a particular type can be filtered by
touching the filters along the top of
the screen. If there are no particular
results for a selected type, a
message is indicated in the list.For example:
.
For no addresses: “No
Addresses Found Within
. For no POIs: “No POIs Found
Within <75 km/50 mi/ 800 km/
500 mi>.” This distance is shown
depending on what radius is
completed and what current
units are selected.
. For no contacts: “No Contacts
Found.”
The system performs partial
searches on contacts, so typing a
first name or last name would find a
match. The entire contact name
does not need to be entered for it to
be found in a search.
Touching a contact listed on the
results list displays the standard
contact details view to select an
item, such as an address to start
routing, or a phone number to place
a call. Address
.
A destination can be searched
by typing out the address,
intersection, highway, or freeway
entrance ramps on the
keyboard. This information is
typed and displayed in the
information field. Touch the
search icon to start the search.
For example:
City: Crawford
Street: Main Rd
House #: 12334
. Country information does not
have to be included in the
search field if entering an
address that is located in the
same state.
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Browsing Downloaded POIs
Access the downloaded POIs by
selecting the My POIs list item in the
POIs list.
Editing My POIs
Downloaded POIs can be edited at
a category level. These POIs can
either be deleted as an entire
category or be reassigned as
another category. To edit the
categories:
.Select Edit at the main category
view to edit the POIs. Edit icons
display next to each category
name. There is no POI browsing
in this mode. Only edit functions
are available.
. Once an action such as deleting
or reassigning has been
selected, the changes are saved
immediately. Changing POI Categories
POI categories can be assigned to a
different category by using the same
method as assigning a category for
an Address Book entry. When
editing, the right side of the screen
displays the current category name.
Deleting POI Categories
POI categories can be deleted by
selecting Edit and then Delete.
A pop-up displays to confirm the
deletion.
Saved Destinations
Select a saved destination from
Contacts or Recent Destinations. Contacts
Select Contacts to view the
vehicle’s contact list or a connected
Bluetooth device. If a particular
contact has a single address
associated with it, that contact has a
Quick Route list option next to it.
Contacts without this Quick Route
option either have multiple
addresses or no address at all.
Touch the Quick Route option to go
to the Destination Details view.
Touch an address, either from the
Quick Route on the contact list or a
specific address from the contact
detail list, to go to the destination
view showing that address on
the map.
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Trips from Contacts can be saved
and recalled. The order is based on
when the trip was last used. When
the trips are saved, they are given a
default title of the final destination
name. If there are no saved trips,
this list item is hidden.
Add New Contact
When creating a new contact, the
navigation system automatically
saves all data from the selected
location into a new contact.
The information saved will store as:
.Location Name saved as
First Name
. Phone Number saved as Work
. Address saved as Work
. POI Information saved as Notes
. Category saved in Category
Field
After touching Create New Contact,
the newly created contact is then
displayed. Favorite Destinations
.
Destinations can be saved as
Favorites for recall later.
Depending on the favorite, when
an address or POI favorite is
recalled, the Destination Details
view is shown.
. When a favorite address is being
routed to, it is shown active.
Touch the active favorite, to
suspend that route.
. Save locations as Favorites for
recall later in the Destination
Details view.
. Save trips from the
Address Book.
Storing Favorites from the Contact
Details List
A contact name or any of the
contact’ s information such as phone
number or address from Contact
Details can be stored as a Favorite.
. Touch and hold on the favorite
location while viewing a contact
on the Contact Details List. The
contact name and all contact
information can be stored. .
Touch to save as a favorite. The
favorite label will be the name of
the contact.
. Touch the Favorite to display the
destination view.
Storing Favorites from Map
Favorite locations can be stored
from the Map View.
If not under route guidance, the
current vehicle location will be
saved as a Favorite. If under route
guidance, the final destination will
be saved.
Touch and drag up on the
interaction selector to reveal the
Favorites. Touch and hold on a
preset from the Map View to save it.
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Turn List
.When under a waypoint trip,
touch Turn List on the
infotainment display to show the
turn list. When entering a turn
list, the next maneuver
instruction is spoken.
. The turn list title is the name or
address of the destination.
Touch the information icon next
to the name of the destination to
display the destination
information.
. The turn list is sorted in order
with the next maneuver at the
top of the list and the
subsequent maneuvers listed
below it. The next maneuver is always highlighted upon entry
into the Turn List to quickly show
what the next maneuver is.
. Each maneuver indicates the
distance between it and the
previous maneuver or the
vehicle’s current location. The
next maneuver at the top will
count down until the maneuver
is reached, and then the next
maneuver will begin to
count down.
. Each maneuver has an
estimated time of arrival based
on the current driving conditions.
Saved Trips
Waypoint trips can be saved for
later recall. Touch Add in the
waypoints list to save the trip to the
Saved Trips list in the vehicle’ s
contacts list. When trips are saved,
they are given a default title of the
final destination. Saved trips can be
edited by selecting Edit to access
the edit screen for the saved entry.
The only field that can be edited is
the name field. Touch the name field
to access the keyboard view. Type the name change. This change is
automatically saved when executed
by the keyboard.
The saved trip can also be deleted
from the edit mode. Touch Delete
and a delete confirmation pop-up
will display.
Waypoints
.
When under a waypoint trip,
touch the next turn indicator to
bring up the waypoint list. The
last waypoint view is shown,
which could be Waypoints, Turn
List, or Edit Route.
. The waypoint list is sorted in
order with the next waypoint at
the top of the list. Each waypoint