USB port BUICK ENVISION 2019 Infotainment System Guide

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4 Introduction
Envision
1.O(Power)
2. RADIO
3. MEDIA
4.
gandd(Seek)
5. TONE
6.
qBACK
7.{(Home Page)
8. MENU
Power
.When off, press
Oto turn the
system on. Press and hold to
turn off. .
When on, press
Oto mute the
system. Press
Oagain to
unmute the system.
. When the power is on and the
system is not muted, a quick
status pane will display when
O
is pressed. PressingOwill mute
the system and trigger this pane
to show a long press is required
to actually power down the
system. Volume
Turn
Oto increase or decrease the
volume.
7org:
. AM, FM, or SXM (if equipped):
Press to seek to the previous
strong station or channel. See
AM-FM Radio 011.
. USB, AUX, or Bluetooth Audio:
Press to seek to the beginning of
the current or previous track.
. USB, AUX, or Bluetooth Audio:
Press and hold to quickly
reverse through a track. Release
to return to playing speed. See
USB Port 017, Auxiliary Jack
0 20, or Bluetooth Audio 021.
6ord:
. AM, FM, or SXM (if equipped):
Press to seek to the next strong
station or channel. See AM-FM
Radio 011.
. USB, AUX, or Bluetooth Audio:
Press to seek the next track.

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.USB, AUX, or Bluetooth Audio:
Press and hold to fast forward
through a track. Release to
return to playing speed. See
USB Port 017, Auxiliary Jack
0 20, or Bluetooth Audio 021.
{:Press to go to the Home Page.
See “Home Page” in this section.
RADIO : Press to change the audio
source to AM, FM, or SXM (if
equipped).
MEDIA : Press to change the media
source to USB, Bluetooth, or AUX.
MENU : Turn to highlight a feature.
Press to activate the highlighted
feature.
TONE : Press to adjust the Bass,
Midrange, Treble, or Surround (if
equipped). See AM-FM Radio011.
qBACK orSBACK : Press to
return to the previous screen in
a menu. 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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i:Press to decline an incoming
call or end a current call. Press to
mute or unmute the infotainment
system when not on a call.
SorT: Press the five-way control
to go to the previous or next display
in the instrument cluster.
yorz: Press the five-way
control to go up or down in a list on
the instrument cluster.
V: Press to select a highlighted
menu item.
CorB: Press to go to the next or
previous favorite when listening to
the radio. Press to go to the next or
previous track when listening to a
media source.
v+ orv– :Press to increase or
decrease the volume.
Using the System
Home Page Features
Touch the icons on the Home Page
to launch an application. Audio
Touch the Audio icon to display the
active audio source page. Available
sources are AM, FM, SXM (if
equipped), MyMedia, USB,
Bluetooth, and AUX Input.
Phone
Touch the Phone icon to display the
Phone main page.
See
Bluetooth (Overview) 057 or
Bluetooth (Infotainment Controls)
0 58 orBluetooth (Voice
Recognition) 061.
Projection
Touch the Projection icon to activate
Android Auto or Apple CarPlay (if
equipped) after a supported device
is connected. See Apple CarPlay
and Android Auto 064.
Apps or Shop (Chevrolet, GMC,
Buick), or Apps or Collection
(Cadillac)
If equipped, in-vehicle apps are
available for download. Touch the
Apps or Shop icon, or the Apps or
Collection (Cadillac only) icon, on
the Home Page to begin. Downloading and using apps
requires Internet connectivity which
can be accessed with a data plan
through the vehicle’
s built-in 4G LTE
Wi-Fi hotspot, if equipped, or a
compatible mobile device hotspot.
On most mobile devices, activation
of the Wi-Fi hotspot is in the
vehicle’s Settings menu under
Mobile Network Sharing, Personal
Hotspot, Mobile Hotspot, or similar.
To purchase data for the in-vehicle
Wi-Fi hotspot, if equipped, touch the
myBuick icon on the Home Page or
contact an OnStar Advisor. The
vehicle must have active OnStar or
connected service and a payment
method on file.
Availability of apps and connectivity
varies by vehicle, conditions, and
location. Data plan rates apply.
Features are subject to change. For
more information, see
my.buick.com/learn.

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Audio Players 17
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted Media
Devices
When using media devices such as
CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, SD
cards, USB devices, and mobile
devices, consider the source.
Untrusted media devices could
contain files that affect system
operation or performance. Avoid use
if the content or origin cannot be
trusted.
USB Port
These vehicles are equipped with
two USB ports in the center
console. They are for data and
charging.
Playing from a USB
A USB mass storage device can be
connected to the USB port.
Gracenote
When plugging in a USB device,
Gracenote service builds voice tags
for music. Voice tags allow artists,albums with hard to pronounce
names, and nicknames to be used
to play music through voice
recognition.
While indexing, infotainment
features are available.
My Media Library
This allows access to content from
all indexed media sources. Press
MEDIA on the center stack or touch
the Media icon on the infotainment
display to scroll through the options
until MyMedia is selected. Use
gestures or touch the scroll bar to
go through the content.
USB MP3 Player and USB Devices
.
The USB MP3 players and USB
devices connected must comply
with the USB Mass Storage
Class specification (USB MSC).
. Hard disk drives are not
supported.
. The following restrictions apply
for the data stored on a USB
MP3 player or USB device: ‐
Applicable audio extensions
are mp3, wma, aac, m4a,
and aif.
‐ WMA and Apple lossless files
are not supported.
‐ Supported file systems are
FAT32 and NTFS.
To play a USB device, do one of the
following:
. Connect the USB.
. Press MEDIA on the center
stack or touch Media on the
infotainment display until the
connected device is shown.
Use the following when playing an
active USB source:
r: Touch to play the current media
source.
j: Touch to pause play of the
current media source.
gor7:
. Press to seek to the beginning of
the current or previous track.
If the track has been playing for
less than five seconds, the

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Songs:1. Touch to display a list of all songs on the USB.
2. To begin playback, touch a song from the list.
Genres: 1. Touch to view the genres on the USB.
2. Touch a genre to view a list of all content of that genre.
3. Touch artists to view a list of albums.
4. Touch an album to view a list of songs.
5. Touch a song to begin playback.
Podcasts, Composers, and Audio
Books are shown when the More
option is touched from near the
bottom of the display.
Podcasts: 1. Touch to view the podcasts on the USB.
2. Touch a podcast. If episodes exist, touch an episode. Composers:
1. Touch to view the composers on the USB.
2. Touch Composer to view a list of albums by that composer.
3. Touch an album to view a list of songs on that album.
4. Touch a song from the list to begin playback.
Audiobooks: 1. Touch to view the audiobooks stored on the USB.
2. Touch audiobook.
3. Touch a chapter to begin playback.When a list of songs, albums,
artists, or other types of media
displays, a vertical keyboard
appears on one side of the list and
a scroll bar on the other side. When
using the vertical keyboard, touch
the beginning character of the
desired name to display the zoom
bubble of that character. Release
the finger from the infotainment
display and the zoom bubble
disappears.
Touch the scroll bar to move the list
up and down.
File System and Naming
The songs, artists, albums, and
genres are taken from the file’s
song information and are only
displayed if present. The radio
displays the file name as the track
name if the song information is not
available.
Supported Apple Devices
See my.buick.com/learn.

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20 Audio Players
Loss of Audio
If a phone currently paired over
Bluetooth is plugged in with a USB
cable, the system will automatically
mute the phone audio. Playback
can be resumed by changing the
audio source from Bluetooth to USB
cable.
Source USB from Media on the
infotainment display to resume
playback.
Bluetooth Streaming Audio and
Voice Recognition
SeeBluetooth Audio 021 for
information using voice recognition
with Bluetooth streaming audio.
Make sure all devices have the
latest software downloaded.
Auxiliary Jack
This vehicle has an auxiliary input
jack in the center console under the
armrest. Possible auxiliary audio
sources include:
. Laptop computer
. Audio music player This jack is not an audio output. Do
not plug headphones into the
auxiliary input jack. Set up an
auxiliary device while the vehicle is
in P (Park).
Connect a 3.5 mm (1/8 in) cable
from the auxiliary device to the
auxiliary input jack. When a device
is connected, the system can play
audio from the device over the
vehicle speakers.
If an auxiliary device has already
been connected, but a different
source is currently active, touch
Media on the infotainment display to
scroll through audio sources, until
the AUX source displays.
Playing from the AUX Port
An auxiliary device is played
through the audio system and
controlled through the device itself.
AUX Menu
Press MENU on the center stack to
display the AUX menu and the
following may display:
Tone Settings :
Select to adjust
Bass, Midrange, Treble, Balance,
Fade, and EQ (Equalizer). See
AM-FM Radio 011.
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.
DSP Modes (If Equipped) : With a
Bose Centerpoint sound system,
adjusts the DSP modes. See “DSP
Modes (If Equipped)” inAM-FM
Radio 011.

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40 Navigation
Example: 7.0350000,
50.6318040,“Michaels Home,”
“123 Maple Lane,”
“02379234567.”
. The GPS coordinates must be
expressed in decimal degrees
and can be taken from a
geographical map. The
additional information and phone
number strings are optional.
. The POI name and the
additional information string may
not exceed 60 characters.
. POI information for each
destination address must be
entered in a single separate line.
Storing the POI on a USB Device
In the root directory of a USB
device, create a folder name
“myPOIs,” for example, “F:\”is the
root directory of the USB device.
In the “myPOIs” folder, store the text
file with your POIs, for example, “F:
\myPOIs\TomsPOIs.csv.” Downloading the POI to the
Infotainment System
Connect the USB device containing
the POI information to the USB port
of the infotainment system.
A message displays prompting
whether or not to download the POI
information from the USB drive. All
POIs found are saved even if they
are in multiple folders.
Subfolders can also be created to
organize the POIs into categories,
for example,
“F:\myPOIs
\Restaurants\TomsPOIs.csv.”
If the message is dismissed or
ignored, no POI information is
downloaded. This prompt will not
reoccur for the current ignition cycle.
When the system is finished
downloading, a pop-up displays
asking to specify a category for the
new POIs, if desired.
Importing and Overwriting
Categories
When POIs are found on a media
device, the date of the file is
examined and compared to the date for the files already in the system.
If the file being downloaded is
newer than the one in the system,
that particular category of POIs is
overwritten. Any other POIs that had
previously been saved in other
categories are not affected.
Address Book Download
If an Address Book is found on the
connected USB device, the same
alert is used to indicate that
locations have been found and they
can be downloaded. If there is
already content in the vehicle
Address Book, the system prompts
if the stored content should be
overwritten. Select Save to
overwrite the existing Address Book
information. Select Cancel to abort
the import of information.
Browsing Downloaded POIs
Access the downloaded POIs by
selecting the My POIs list item in the
POIs list.

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Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto
If equipped, Android Auto and/or
Apple CarPlay capability may be
available through a compatible
smartphone. If available,
PROJECTION will appear on the
Home Page of the infotainment
display.
To use Android Auto and/or Apple
CarPlay:1. Download the Android Auto app to your phone from the
Google Play store. No app is
required for Apple CarPlay.
2. Connect an Android phone or iPhone by using the compatible
phone USB cable and plugging
into a USB data port. For best
performance, use the device’ s
factory-provided USB cable.
Aftermarket or third-party
cables may not work. 3. When the phone is first
connected to activate Apple
CarPlay or Android Auto, the
message “Device Projection
Privacy Consent” will appear.
. Touch Continue to launch
Apple CarPlay or
Android Auto.
. Touch Disable to remove
Apple CarPlay and Android
Auto capability from the
vehicle Settings menu.
Other functions may
still work.
PROJECTION on the Home Page
will change to Android Auto or Apple
CarPlay depending on the phone.
Android Auto and/or Apple CarPlay
may automatically launch upon USB
connection. If not, touch the
ANDROID AUTO and/or APPLE
CARPLAY icon on the Home Page
to launch.
Press Home on the center stack to
return to the Home Page. Features are subject to change. For
further information on how to set up
Android Auto and Apple CarPlay in
the vehicle, see my.buick.com or
see
“Customer Assistance” in the
owner ’s manual.
Android Auto is provided by Google
and is subject to Google’s terms
and privacy policy. Apple CarPlay is
provided by Apple and is subject to
Apple’ s terms and privacy policy.
Data plan rates apply. For Android
Auto support see https://
support.google.com/androidauto.
For Apple CarPlay support see
www.apple.com/ios/carplay/. Apple
or Google may change or suspend
availability at any time. Android
Auto, Android, Google, Google Play,
and other marks are trademarks of
Google Inc.; Apple CarPlay is a
trademark of Apple Inc.

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Index 83
F
Finding a Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
G
Global PositioningSystem (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . 48
H
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Helpful Hints for SpeakingCommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Home Page Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
I
If the System Needs Service . . . . . 48
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Infotainment Display Features . . . . 8
Infotainment Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Infotainment System Settings . . . . 11
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
L
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
M
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Making a Call Using Contactsand Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Making a Call Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Map Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Map End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . . . . 17
Messaging Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mixed-Audio Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
N
Navigation Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Navigation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
O
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 46
Over-the-Air Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 67
Over-the-Air Vehicle Map
Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
P
Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Phone Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 61
Playing from a USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Playing the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Port
USB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Positioning Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
R
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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84 Index
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Recognition Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Return to Factory Settings . . . . . . . 67
S
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Schedule I: Gracenote EULA . . . . 74
Scroll Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SiriusXM Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SiriusXM Satellite Radio Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SiriusXM Satellite Radio Service (If Equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . 6
Storing Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Switching to Handset or Handsfree Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Symbols Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 System
Global Positioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Infotainment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
T
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Text Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Text Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
The OnStar App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Three-Way Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Turn List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
U
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using Bluetooth Voice
Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the Navigation System . . . . 23
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . 50
Using Voice Recognition for List Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
V
Valet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Vehicle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Viewing a Text Message . . . . . . . . . 63
Viewing Sender Information . . . . . 63
Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Voice Pass-Thru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Voice Recognition for AudioMy Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Voice Recognition for Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Voice Recognition for OnStar (If Equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Voice Recognition for the Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Voice Recognition for the
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53