ESP BUICK ENVISION 2019 Infotainment System Guide

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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 in
AM 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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HD Radio reception can be disabled
if driving in a weak signal area.
Touch HD Radio On/Off to toggle
HD Radio reception on and off.
Satellite Radio
SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Service (If Equipped)
Vehicles with a valid SiriusXM
satellite radio subscription can
receive SiriusXM programming.
SiriusXM satellite radio has a wide
variety of programming and
commercial-free music, coast to
coast, and in digital-quality sound.
See www.siriusxm.com or call
1-888-601-6296 in the U.S. In
Canada, see www.siriusxm.ca or
call 1-877-438-9677.
When SiriusXM is active, the
channel name, number, category
name, song title, and artist show on
the infotainment display.
SiriusXM Menu
SiriusXM has a menu to adjust
different features.Touching Menu in the infotainment
display may show the following:
Tone Settings :
Touch + or–to
adjust the tone settings. See AM-FM
Radio 011.
TuneSelect : For SiriusXM only, this
feature allows for an alert to be set
for artists or songs that are played
on any channel. Touch Manage
Tune Select to turn the alerts On
and Off or manage the saved
selection of Artists or Songs. To
unselect an alert, touch the Song or
Artist. To delete an alert, touch –.
Touch the Back icon on the
infotainment display to go back to
the previous menu.
Auto Volume (If Equipped) : This
feature adjusts the volume based on
the vehicle speed. See AM-FM
Radio 011.
Bose AudioPilot Noise
Compensation Technology (If
Equipped) : This feature adjusts
the volume based on the noise in
the vehicle and speed. See AM-FM
Radio 011.
Radio Reception
Unplug electronic devices from the
accessory power outlets if there is
interference or static in the radio.
FM
FM signals only reach about 16 to
65 km (10 to 40 mi). Although the
radio has a built-in electronic circuit
that automatically works to reduce
interference, some static can occur,
especially around tall buildings or
hills, causing the sound to fade in
and out.
AM
The range for most AM stations is
greater than for FM, especially at
night. The longer range can cause
station frequencies to interfere with
each other. Static can also occur
when things like storms and power
lines interfere with radio reception.
When this happens, try reducing the
treble on the radio.

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characters, slide a finger left or right
to adjust the highlight of the special
character.
Special Character List
The following characters have
special characters beneath them:
Character Handwriting
Recognition
Character handwriting recognition is
offered as an alternative to using a
keyboard. This character input
method allows the drawing out of
characters instead of picking them
out from the keyboard. Character
handwriting recognition has two
main modes, upper case and mixed
case. The upper case mode is used
for Destination Entry while mixedcase is used for all other character
entry modes. This feature is
available by touching the globe icon
from the keyboard display.
The Handwriting Recognition screen
is split into different zones:
.
Drawing Pad: This is the area
to draw a character. Draw a
character in the display area.
When the first character is
complete, a representation of
that character can be seen, and
there is an audible response.
If the character is correct, the
next character can be started
immediately.
‐ To delete the last entered
character, draw a line from left
to right across the character
field.
‐ To create a space, draw a line
from right to left across the
character field.
. Prioritized Guess List: This
area displays a list of guesses
for the character drawn.
If character recognition displays the incorrect character, look at
this list and see if the desired
character is available to select.
Scroll up or down the list, then
highlight the desired character.
Touching a character from the
list will replace the incorrect
character with the desired
character. The character is
displayed in the character entry
section of the display.
. Character Entry: This is the
area across the top of the
display. This section can look
different depending on which
feature is being used.
Option Settings
This section is an area on the right
side of the Character Recognition
display. This section will only look
different if the characters showing
on the display are in upper case or
mixed case.
.
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.

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.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
infotainment display 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.
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.

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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 CategoriesPOI 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 display
shows 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 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.
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:

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Over-the-Air Vehicle Map
Updates
If equipped, the infotainment system
can receive map updates over the
air. Map updates occur within a
161 km (100 mi) radius around the
home address on file. This
boundary will adjust over time
based on driving patterns. The
vehicle uses a Cloud-connected
service to receive the data and
downloads it to the system’s
onboard SD card, if equipped. The
SD card is required for navigation
system function.
When a map update is available, a
prompt will appear on the
infotainment display. Once the
update is accepted, it will download
and run in the background without
interrupting any infotainment
functions. The download will carry
over ignition cycles, stopping and
starting where it left off. The
updates can be set to download
automatically.See www.gmnavdisc.com for
information on ordering, purchasing,
and installing a new or replacement
SD card. Features are subject to
change. For more information on
this feature, see my.buick.com/
learn.
Database Coverage
Explanations
Coverage areas vary with respect to
the level of map detail available for
any given area. Some areas feature
greater levels of detail than others.
If this happens, it does not mean
there is a problem with the system.
As the map data is updated, more
detail can become available for
areas that previously had limited
detail. See
Map Data Updates 048.

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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.
. Press
con 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
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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.
. Navigation destinations are too
complex for a single command.
First, state a command that
explains the type of destination
needed, such as I want
directions to an “Address,”
“Navigate to an intersection,” “I
need to find a Place of Interest
or POI,” or“Directions to a
Contact.” The system responds
with requesting more details.
After saying “Place of Interest,”
only major chains are available by name. Chains are businesses
with at least 20 locations. For
other POIs, say the name of a
category like
“Restaurants,”
“Shopping Malls,” or“Hospitals.”
There is no need to memorize
specific command words. Direct
commands might be more clearly
understood by the system. An
example of a direct command would
be “Call 555-1212.” Examples of
these direct commands are
displayed on most of the screens
while a voice session is active.
If “Phone” or“Phone Commands,” is
stated, the system understands that
a phone call is requested and will
respond with questions until enough
details are gathered.
If the phone number has been
saved with a name and a place, the
direct command should include
both, for example “Call David Smith
at work.”
Using Voice Recognition for
List Options
When a list is displayed, a voice
prompt will ask to confirm or select
an option from that list. A selection
can be made by manually selecting
the item, or by speaking the line
number for the item to select.
When a screen contains a list, there
may be options that are available
but not displayed. The list on a
voice recognition screen functions
the same as a list on other screens.
Scrolling or flinging can be used to
help display other entries from
the list.
Manually scrolling or paging the list
on a screen during a voice
recognition session suspends the
current voice recognition event and
plays the prompt “Make your
selection from the list using the
manual controls, press
qBACK or
SBACK on the center stack,
or touch the Back icon on the
infotainment display to try again.”

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Bluetooth (Infotainment
Controls)
For information about how to
navigate the menu system using the
infotainment features, see
Infotainment02.
Pairing
A Bluetooth-enabled cell phone
must be paired to the Bluetooth
system and then connected to the
vehicle before it can be used. See
the cell phone manufacturer's user
guide for Bluetooth functions before
pairing the cell phone.
Pairing Information
.
A Bluetooth phone with music
capability can be paired to the
vehicle as a phone and a music
player at the same time.
. Up to 10 devices can be paired
to the Bluetooth system.
. The pairing process is disabled
when the vehicle is moving. .
Pairing only needs to be
completed once, unless the
pairing information on the cell
phone changes or the cell phone
is deleted from the system.
. One Bluetooth device can be
connected to the Bluetooth
system at a time.
. If multiple paired cell phones are
within range of the system, the
system connects to the paired
cell phone in the order that they
were last used in the system. To
link to a different paired phone,
see “Connecting to a Different
Phone” later in this section.
Pairing a Phone 1. Touch Phone on the Home Page.
2. Select Phones and select Pair New Device.
3. A four-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN)
appears on the display. The
PIN, if required, may be used
in Step 5. 4. Start the pairing process on the
cell phone to be paired to the
vehicle. See the cell phone
manufacturer's user guide for
information on this process.
5. Locate “Buick”on the display.
Follow the instructions
provided in Step 3, to enter the
PIN. After the PIN is
successfully entered or the
code is confirmed, the system
responds with “
has been successfully paired”
when the pairing process is
complete.
6. If “Buick” does not appear, turn
the phone off or remove the
phone battery and retry.
7. If the phone prompts to accept connection or allow phone
book download, select Always
Accept and Allow. The phone
book may not be available if
not accepted.
8. Repeat Steps 1−5 to pair additional phones.

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To start a three-way call while in a
current call:1. In the Call View, touch Add to add another call.
2. Initiate the second call by selecting from Recent,
Contacts, or Keypad.
3. When the second call is active, touch Merge to conference the
three-way call together.
4. Once all calls are merged, the Merge option becomes an
Unmerge option. Touch to
unmerge the calls.
Some wireless service carriers
may not allow a merged call to
become unmerged.
Ending a Call
.Presscon the steering wheel
controls.
. Touch End on the infotainment
display to end all existing calls,
or touch End next to a call to
end only that call.
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
(DTMF) Tones
The in-vehicle Bluetooth system can
send numbers during a call. This is
used when calling a menu-driven
phone system.
1. Touch Phone on the Home Page.
2. While in the Call View, touch the up arrow to raise the
interaction selector.
3. Touch Keypad and enter the number.
Voice Mail
The default voice mail number is the
phone number of the outgoing
phone source. The voice mail
number can be changed in
Bluetooth settings.
To dial a voice mail number:
1. Touch Phone on the Home Page.
2. Touch Voice Mail.
3. Touch Call. 4. Enter the DTMF tones using
the keypad if needed.
Bluetooth (Voice
Recognition)
Using Bluetooth Voice
Recognition
To use voice recognition, pressg
on the steering wheel controls. Use
the commands below for the various
voice features. For additional
information, say “Help”while in a
voice recognition menu. See Voice
Recognition 050 for help using
voice recognition commands.
Making a Call
Calls can be made using the
following commands.
Using the “Dial”or“Call”
Command
To call a number:
1. Press
gon the steering wheel
controls. The system responds
“Command Please,” followed
by a tone.