reset BUICK ENCORE 2020 Infotainment System Guide

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Introduction 3
Before driving:
.Become familiar with the system
operation, center stack controls,
and infotainment display.
. Set up the audio by presetting
favorite stations, setting the
tone, and adjusting the
speakers.
. Set up cell phone and mobile
device numbers in advance so
they can be called easily by
pressing a single control or by
using a single voice command.
See “Distracted Driving” in the
owner ’s manual.
To play the infotainment system with
the ignition off, see “Retained
Accessory Power (RAP)” in the
owner ’s manual.
Infotainment System
The infotainment system is
controlled by using the infotainment
display, controls on the center stack,
steering wheel controls, and voice
recognition.
Encore
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. See
AM-FM Radio 012. .
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 019 or
Bluetooth Audio 023.
3.O(Power)
. Press to turn the
power on.
. Press and hold to turn
the power off.

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.USB/Bluetooth: Press
dto seek the next
track. Press and hold to
fast forward through a
track. Release to return
to playing speed. See
USB Port 019 or
Bluetooth Audio 023.
5. TONE
.
If equipped, press to
adjust the Bass,
Midrange, Treble,
or Surround,
if equipped. See AM-FM
Radio 012.
6.qBACK
. Press to return to the
previous display in
a menu.
7.{(Home Page)
. Press to go to the Home
Page. See “Home Page”
later in this section.
8. MENU
. Turn to highlight a
feature. Press to
activate the highlighted
feature.
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.

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The keypad will gray out entries that
do not contribute to a valid
frequency and will automatically
place a decimal point within the
frequency number.
A valid station will automatically
tune to the new frequency but not
close the Direct Tune window.
Touch the Back icon on the
infotainment display or touch Exit to
close the Direct Tune window.
The tune arrows on the right side of
the Direct Tune display tunes
through the complete station list one
station step at a time per touch.
A touch and hold advances
10 frequency steps per second.
Touch (X) to delete one number at a
time. Touch and hold (X) to delete
all numbers.
In AM-FM modes, touch the left or
right arrows on the infotainment
display for the radio to go to the
next or previous strong station.
Touch Direct Tune to advance to the
next or previous frequency step inAM or FM mode or directly enter or
tune to the frequency on the
keypad.
HD radio multicast stations cannot
be tuned directly through the Direct
Tune feature. Only the analog or
HD1 station can use that feature.
Use the TUNE icon on the
infotainment display to adjust to the
multicast stations.
AM-FM Categories
AM-FM Categories are available
under the AM and FM audio menu.
Touch AM-FM Categories to gain
access to the AM and FM
Categories list.
The categories list contains
category names associated with
AM-FM stations. Selecting a given
category name displays a list of
stations for that category.
Storing Presets
Favorites are stored near the bottom
of the display.
Up to 60 preset favorites can be
stored:
AM, FM, SXM (if equipped), and
HD Radio Stations :
Touch and
hold a preset to save the current
station as a favorite. Touch a saved
favorite to recall a favorite station.
Mixed-Audio Favorites
While in the respective menu, drag
up on the top border of the favorites
bar to view favorites. Touch and
hold a favorite preset and then
select the desired item to save as a
favorite.
Favorites that can be stored include
media, contacts, destinations,
navigation, or applications.

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To scroll through the favorites:
.Drag up from near the bottom 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 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 Now Playing display, touch
the HD Radio icon to turn HD on
or off.
Station Access
To access HD Radio stations:
1. Tune the radio to the station. If HD Radio is turned on and
the station is broadcasting in
HD Radio, the radio will
automatically tune to the HD
version of the current channel
(HD1) after several seconds.
The radio will also display
icons representing additional
channels (HD2, ...HD8), that
may be available. When the
radio successfully tunes to a HD station, the HD logo will
display and digital audio
will play.
2. Touch
7or6on 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.
HD Radio Troubleshooting
Digital Audio Delay : Wait for the
signal to process. This can take
several seconds.
Volume Change, Audio Skip,
Echo, Digital Audio Lost : Station
signal strength may be weak, the
station is out of range, or the station
may be out of alignment. Verify
proper reception on another station.

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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 view.
. 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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Scroll Features
.To scroll within the map, touch
anywhere on the map display.
. Nudge or slide a finger on the
map; the map moves in the
direction of the finger.
. Fling a finger on the map; the
map will start scrolling in a short
continuous scroll.
. Touch the location on the map;
the map recenters to the location
that was touched on.
. Touch twice a location on the
map; the map zooms in one
level to the location that was
touched. .
When the map is recentered
away from being locked to the
vehicle position, the crosshairs
will show in the center of the
map. As the map continues to
be recentered, the crosshairs
will remain on the display. When
the crosshairs are shown on the
display, a callout with more
information appears. If the map
is moved from the current
location, the crosshairs will
disappear along with the callout.
. Touch the callout next to the
crosshairs and the destination
details view displays. From this
view, route guidance can be
received or saved to the
vehicle's contact list.
. When the map is recentered, the
straight-line distance from the
vehicle to the selected point is
displayed in the callout. In
addition, a heading direction in
the form of an arrow is displayed
to indicate the direction. The
arrow is shown in relation to the
current vehicle heading. .
Touch a POI icon shown on the
map; the name of the POI is
shown in the address callout,
along with the city name and
state/province. If the callout is
selected, the destination details
view for the POI shown.
. After panning the map away
from the vehicle, touch Reset to
return the map to the current
position.
. Touch the Overview option to
quickly get a view of the entire
route. The route Overview takes
the place of the Reset option
while under route guidance.
Touch the Reset option to return
the map to the current position.
Maps
The map database is stored in the
internal flash memory that is used in
the navigation system.

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1. Touch the POIs option todisplay a list of POI categories.
The first item in every POI list
is a search function. For the
highest level of categories,
touch the Spell Name option or
select a category and search
within that selection.
2. Select a POI category to display subcategories.
3. If a selected subcategory has no results in the surrounding
area, the search is expanded
until a result is found.
4. If a high-level category is selected, such as restaurants,
the map zooms in to the region
near the vehicle’s position to
show the nearest matches. When a list displays, it can be
filtered for a particular type by
touching the filter along the top
of the display. If there are no
particular results for a selected
filter type, it is indicated in
the list.
5. Pan or zoom the map using the finger gestures to minimize the
POI list and to interact with the
map. The icons that were
shown before continue to be
displayed and updated. The list
is also updated based on
where the map was panned or
zoomed. The search for POIs
is constrained to where the
map has been moved.
6. If the search map is touched to recenter, the crosshairs are
shown to indicate the center of
the new search location. If a
POI icon is touched on while in
the full expanded map, a
callout for that location
displays. Touch the callout to
display the destination
details view. 7. Touch the map Reset option to
return the map to automatic
zooming and searching. It is
recentered around the vehicle’s
position, the route, the
destination, or another location
that was specified for the
search. The map Reset is only
displayed if the map was
manually adjusted.
If multiple types of matches are
found, the All list is shown with the
results sorted by confidence order
with the highest confidence result at
the top.
Using the Keyboard

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The POI can be searched by
entering a POI name, category,
name and category, or phone
number on the keyboard.
For example, enter the
information as:
POI Name:Worldwide Food
POI Category: Restaurants
POI Name and Category:
Worldwide Food Restaurants
POI Phone Number: 0001222555
Additionally, a location may be
entered if the POI is not nearby.
This search will then be made
around the location that is given.
For example, enter the
information as:
POI Name and Location:
Worldwide Food Chicago IL
The POI keyboard search results
will display in the order in which
they were found. POI Search Location
If browsing for POIs or searching for
results on a keyboard in a different
location than what was searched
previously, touch Search Options on
the map view to specify a different
location.
Touch an option displayed on the
Select Search Area menu.
.
POIs Along Route
. POIs Nearby
. POIs Near Destination
. POIs at Another Location Favorite POIs
Locations, categories, or a particular
POI chain ID can be saved as
Favorites in the POIs view.
Drag up from near the bottom of the
display to show the Favorites.
Touch and hold a preset, then touch
the category to be saved. Whenever
a set of POIs is grouped, such as in
a category, the whole category is
saved in the favorites for recall.
Whenever a set of POIs that belong
to the same chain ID is saved in the
favorites, a POI chain saving pop up
message displays asking to save
only that location, or to save the
entire chain. POIs are only grouped
by chain when the sorting order is
Alphabetical. Touch the Sort option
to change the sorting order.
Recalling a POI Category or Chain
If a POI category or chain favorite is
recalled, the system displays a list
of matching results defaulting to
nearby, but allows a search of other
locations. Touch Search Options to
specify a different location.

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.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 from near the
bottom of the display to show the
Favorites. Touch and hold a preset
from the map view to save it. Route Guidance
.
Touch Go to go to the main
navigation view and to start
route guidance.
. If the system has an active
route, a pop-up will display,
“What would you like to do with
this destination?” The options
are: Add As Waypoint, Set New
Destination, or Cancel.
. If a waypoint is added, it is
placed in the location that leads
to the most efficient route.
. There is a maximum number of
waypoints that can be added to
the system. When the maximum
number of waypoints has been
reached, a pop-up displays
indicating that a waypoint must first be deleted before a new one
can be added. The system will
hold this waypoint into a
Pending Waypoints list and it will
automatically be added to the
route once a position is
available, either by arriving at a
waypoint, or by deleting one.
. To save a location, drag up from
near the bottom of the display to
show the Favorites. Touch and
hold on a favorite location to
save the shown location as a
Favorite.
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA)
and Distance
. When under route guidance, the
system shows the ETA or travel
time, or the driving distance.
. The ETA and travel time are
calculated using any available
traffic information.
. If in a waypoint trip, the ETA,
travel time, and driving distance
are all shown relative to the final
destination.

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The Report Card data is collected
from the time Teen Driver is
activated or the last time the Report
Card was reset. The following items
may be recorded:
.Distance Driven –the total
distance driven.
. Maximum Speed –the maximum
vehicle speed recorded.
. Overspeed Warnings –the
number of times the speed
warning setting was exceeded.
. Wide Open Throttle –the
number of times the accelerator
pedal is pressed nearly all the
way down.
. Forward Collision Alerts –the
number of times the driver was
notified when approaching a
vehicle ahead too quickly and at
potential risk for a crash. .
Forward Collision Avoidance
Braking (if equipped) –Also
referred to as Automatic
Emergency Braking, this is the
number of times the vehicle
detected that a forward collision
was imminent and applied the
brakes.
. Traction Control –the number of
times the traction control system
activated to reduce wheel spin
or loss of traction.
. Stability Control –the number of
events which required the use of
electronic stability control.
. ABS Active –Also referred to as
Antilock Brake System Active,
the number of Antilock Brake
System activations.
. Tailgating Alerts –the number of
times the driver was alerted for
following the vehicle ahead too
closely. Delete Report Card Data
Data is saved for all trips until the
data is deleted using the PIN or until
the maximum count is exceeded.
Each item will report a maximum of
1,000 counts. The distance driven
will report a maximum of 64,374 km
(40,000 mi).
To delete Report Card data, do one
of the following:
.
From the Report Card display,
touch Reset.
. Touch Clear All Teen Keys/PIN
from the Teen Driver menu. This
will also unregister any Teen
Driver keys and delete the PIN.
Forgotten PIN
See your dealer to reset the PIN.