USB BUICK LACROSSE 2013 Get To Know Guide

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USB Menu
The following are available through
the USB Menu:
Shuffle:Press to play the tracks
randomly. Press again to stop
shuffle.
Play More Like This:
1. Press to automatically create a playlist of songs that are like the
song currently playing.
2. The radio will show "Playlist Creation Succeeded" and
continue playing the
current song.
Playlist Creation Failed may
appear if a song is not found in
the Gracenote Database.
Delete Automatic Playlist: Press
to delete a More Like This playlist.
Folders: Press to open a folder list
to access the files within the folder
structure. Playlists:
1. Press to view the playlists on
the USB.
2. Select a playlist to view the list of all songs in that playlist.
3. Select a song from the list to begin playback.
Artists:
1. Press to view the list of artists on the USB.
2. Select an artist name to view a list of all albums by the artist.
3. To select a song, press All Songs or press an album and
then select a song from the list.
Albums:
1. Press to view the albums on the USB.
2. Select the album to view a list of all songs on the album.
3. Select a song from the list to begin playback. Genres:
1. Press to view the genres on
the USB.
2. Select a genre to view a list of all songs of that genre.
3. Select a song from the list to begin playback.
Songs:
1. Press to display a list of all songs on the USB.
2. Songs are displayed as they are stored on the disc. To begin
playback, select a song from
the list.
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.

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Playing from an iPod®
This feature supports the following
iPod models:
.iPod classic®(6th generation)
.iPod nano®(3G, 4G, 5G,
and 6G)
.iPod touch®(1G, 2G, 3G,
and 4G)
.iPhone®(2G, 3G, 3GS, 4,
and 4S)
.iPad®
There may be problems with the
operation and function in the
following situations:
.When connecting an iPod on
which a more recent version of
the firmware is installed than is
supported by the infotainment
system.
.When connecting an iPod on
which firmware from other
providers is installed. To connect an iPod:
1. Connect one end of the standard
iPod USB cable to the iPod's
dock connector.
2. Connect the other end to the USB port in the center console.
iPod music information displays on
the radio’s display and begins
playing through the vehicle’s audio
system.
The iPod battery recharges
automatically while the vehicle is
on. The iPod shuts off and stops
charging when the vehicle is
shut off.
If the iPod is an unsupported model,
it can still be listened to in the
vehicle by connecting to the
auxiliary input jack using a standard
3.5 mm (1/8 in) stereo cable. iPod Menu
Use the iPod Menu to select:
Shuffle:
Press to play the tracks
randomly. Press again to stop
shuffle.
Play More Like This: Allows the
radio to create playlists with song/
tracks that are similar to what is
being listened to. The radio will
create a playlist with up to 30 similar
songs. The playlist will appear in the
Playlist category of the menu for
future listening.
1. Press to automatically create a playlist of songs that are More
Like the song currently playing.

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Playing from an iPhone
or iPad®
This feature supports iPhone 3G,
iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and 4S,
and iPad.
Follow the same instructions as
stated earlier for using an iPod. To
use voice recognition to play music,
say“Play USB,” “Play Artist,” “Play
Album,” “Play Song,” or“Play
Genre.” SeeVoice Recognition on
page 79.
iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad
Troubleshooting
When an iPhone, iPod touch,
or iPad are connected through USB
and Bluetooth, the audio may not be
heard when the iPod source on the
radio is selected. If a phone call is
received while listening to the iPod
source and there is no audio for the
iPod after the source, then go to the
Airplay icon on the device and
select dock connector or disconnect
and reconnect the dock connector
on the device. Some functionality may differ based
on operating system version on
device.
USB Troubleshooting
If the device is not being recognized
or the music is missing screen
information, restore the radio
defaults:
1. Press Config.
2. Press Vehicle Settings.
3. Press Return to Factory
Settings.
4. Press Yes.
Pair the phone again and the device
will have to index again.
Bluetooth Audio and Voice
Recognition
See Bluetooth Audio on page 45
and Voice Recognition on page 79
for information using voice
recognition with Bluetooth audio.
Make sure all devices have the
latest software downloaded.
Auxiliary Devices
This vehicle has an auxiliary input
jack in the center console. Possible
auxiliary audio sources include:
.Laptop computer
.MP3 player
.Tape player
This jack is not an audio output. Do
not plug headphones into the
auxiliary input jack. Set up any
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
automatically begins playing audio
from the device over the vehicle
speakers.

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When selecting Bluetooth audio as
a source, the radio may source to
the Bluetooth Audio Paused screen
with no audio playing. Press play on
the device or push
kto begin
playback. This may happen
depending on how the device
communicates over Bluetooth.
Some phones support sending
Bluetooth music information to
display on the radio. When the radio
receives this information, it will
check to see if any album art is
available and display it.
When playing music on the radio
from a Bluetooth device, make sure
the Bluetooth device is unlocked
and the intended music application
is showing on the home screen.
For iPhone/iPod touch and iPad
devices, Bluetooth Audio will not
work if the device is connected
through the USB and Bluetooth at
the same time.
Rear Seat
Infotainment
Rear Seat Entertainment
(RSE) System
The vehicle may be equipped with a
DVD Rear Seat Entertainment
(RSE) system. The RSE system
works with the vehicle's infotainment
system.
The RSE system includes a radio
with a DVD player, two rear seat
video display screens, audio/video
jacks, two wireless headphones,
and a remote control.
To use the rear seat displays:
1. Insert a DVD into the navigation radio or an attached auxiliary
video source.
2. Press Rear Screens from theHome Page to display the AV
screen.
3. Press Display 1 for left videoscreen or Display 2 for right
video.

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Press the Back screen button to
save the adjustments.
Radio Settings
Press the Config button on the
Home Page or the CONFIG button
on the faceplate to enter the menu
options. Turn the outer ring of the
SELECT/Multifunction knob or
touch-tap the scroll bar to scroll
through the available options. Press
the SELECT/Multifunction knob or
press Radio Settings to display the
radio settings menu. Press this
feature to make changes for radio
information displayed, preset pages,
Auto Volume Control, and XM
Categories Restore. SeeSatellite
Radio on page 18, for more
information about XM Categories.
The Radio Settings are:
Auto Volume: Select OFF, Low,
Medium, or High sensitivity to
automatically adjust the volume to
minimize the effects of unwanted
background noise that can result from changing road surfaces, driving
speeds, or open windows. This
feature works best at lower volume
settings where background noise is
typically louder than the sound
system volume.
Gracenote Options:
Press to
enable/disable Normalization used
to improve voice recognition and
media groupings. See CD Player on
page 36, USB on page 38, Auxiliary
Devices on page 44, and Bluetooth
Audio on page 45.
XM Channel Graphics: Press to
enable/disable the XM Audio page
background on the XM Channel
display.
Startup Volume: Press to set the
maximum volume level for startup
that will be used even if a higher
volume had been set when the radio
was turned off.
Number of Favorite Pages: Press
to select the number of FAV pages
to be displayed. XM Categories:
Press to
customize which available XM
Categories are used and displayed.
Software Version Information:
Press to display information about
the system and update software if
available.
Phone Settings
See Bluetooth on page 85 in the
“Phone” section for more
information on phone settings.
Navigation Settings
Press the Config button on the
Home Page to enter the setup
menu. Turn the outer ring of the
SELECT/Multifunction knob or
touch-tap the scroll bar until the
Navigation Settings option displays.
Select this feature to make changes
to Voice Prompt, Traffic Settings,
Guidance Alert, Bread Crumbs, and
Delete Saved Destinations.

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.The system is able to recognize
commands in different
languages, such as English,
Canadian French, and Spanish.
The system only recognizes
commands based on the
language selected.
.To increase or decrease the
voice volume during a voice
recognition session, turn the
volume knob of the radio,
or press the volume steering
wheel control. If the volume is
adjusted during a voice
recognition session, a Volume
bar appears on the screen
showing the voice volume level
as it is being adjusted. This also
changes the volume of the
guidance prompts.
.When using navigation
commands, take the time to
become familiar with the
address. Long delays when
giving the address can result in
the system not recognizing the
address or routing to different
location than intended.
.When providing the house
number portion of the address,
the system recognizes both digit
format and numerical text. An
example would be to say,
“3-0-0-0-1”or“Thirty
Thousand One.”
.If the system provides
destination in another country
on several attempts, say the
“Change Country” command and
say the country of interest. The
country default is the United
States. To enter a destination in
Canada or Mexico, the country
will first have to be changed in
the system.
Voice Recognition Help
To enter the help playback session,
clearly speak one of the help
commands.
Help: The system plays back more
specific help commands such as
Radio Settings for the user to
choose from. Radio:
Use this command to learn
about how to select a band (AM,
FM, or XM), and how to change
radio stations by speaking
frequency numbers.
Phone: Use this command to learn
about how to dial, pair a device,
or delete a device.
My Media: Use this command to
learn how to play specific tracks,
artists, albums, devices connected
to the USB port, or to change
sources.
Settings: Use this command to
learn about how to turn Verbose on
or off, or set the language.
Voice Recognition Commands
The following list shows the voice
commands available for the
infotainment system with a brief
description of each. The commands
are listed with the optional words in
parentheses. To use the voice
commands, see the previous
instructions.

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Radio Commands
Tune AM, Tune FM, Tune XM,
Tune Pandora, Tune Stitcher:
Instructs the system to go to the
specific band and the last station.
Tune AM (frequency), Tune FM
(frequency), Tune XM (station
number), or Tune XM (station
name):Instructs the system to go
to the specific station.
Thumbs Up: Instructs the system
to give the current song or station a
thumbs up in Pandora or Stitcher.
Thumbs Down: Instructs the
system to give the current song or
station a thumbs down in Pandora
or Stitcher.
Phone Commands
Dial or Call (phone number or
contact): Instructs the system to
start a phone call. For example, say
“Dial 1 248 123 4567.” To call a
phone book contact, say “Dial”or
“Call,” say the name and location,
and then say “Dial.”For example, say
“Call John at Home” or“Call
John at Work.” If a number is not
recognized, the first number in the
list will be called.
Pair or Connect: Instructs the
system to begin pairing a device.
Digit Dial: Instructs the system to
dial a phone number one digit at
a time. After saying the digits,
say “Dial.”
Redial or Redial Last Number:
Instructs the system to dial the last
phone number called.
Select Device or Change Phone:
Instructs the system to switch to a
different paired device. The device
must be selected from the screen or
using the TUNE/MENU knob.
Delete Device: Instructs the
system to delete a paired device.
My Media Commands
CD, AUX, USB, or Bluetooth
Audio: Instructs the system to
change the source. Play CD:
Instructs the system to
play a CD. For example, say
“Play CD.”
The following commands only apply
to USB, iPod, iPhone sources. They
are supported after the device has
been indexed.
Play Artist (artist name): Instructs
the system to play songs by a
specific artist. For example, say
“Play Artist .”
Play Album (album title): Instructs
the system to play a specific album.
Play Song (song title): Instructs
the system to play a specific song.
Play Genre (genre name):
Instructs the system to play songs
of a particular genre.
Search Artist (artist name):
Instructs the system to show a list of
all songs by a specific artist. For
example, say "Search Artist
.”

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INDEX i-1
A
Accepting or Declining a Call . . . . 89
Adding or Removing XMCategories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Audio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Audio/Video (A/V) Jacks . . . . . . . . . 48
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
B
Before Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 94
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Bluetooth Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
C
Call Waiting Using Steering
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Call Waiting Using the Infotainment Controls . . . . . . . . . . 90
Canceling Voice Recognition . . . . 79
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CD Radio Without Navigation . . . . . 5
CD/DVD Radio With Navigation . . 6
Cellular Phone Usage . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cleaning High Gloss Surfaces and Vehicle Information and
Radio Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cleaning the RSE Seatback Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cleaning the Video Screen . . . . . . 55
Clearing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Conference Calling Using the
Infotainment Controls . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Controls
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Destination Download, OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Destination, Navigation . . . . . . . . . . 61
Detailed Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Driving on a Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency
(DTMF) Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
DVD Rear Seat Entertainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DVD Display Error Messages . . . . 54
DVD Distortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
E
Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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INDEX i-3
O
OnStar®Destination
Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Other Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Overview, Infotainment System . . . 3
P
Pairing with Infotainment Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Pairing with Voice Recognition . . . 87
Pandora (If Equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . . 26
Pandora Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . 29
Phone Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Phone Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Playing an Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing from a USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Playing from an iPhone
or iPad
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Playing from an iPod®. . . . . . . . . . . 42
Playing the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Q
Quick Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
R
Radio Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Radio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear Seat Entertainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Route Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
S
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Scroll Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Settings Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SiriusXM Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SiriusXM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SiriusXM
®Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . 18
SiriusXM®Satellite Radio
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stitcher Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . 33
Storing Radio Station Presets . . . 17
Symbols, Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Needs Service, If . . . . . . . . 78
T
Time and Date Settings . . . . . . . . . . 71
Touch Screen Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Transferring a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Travel Link (If Available) . . . . . . . . . 21
TuneSelect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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i-4 INDEX
U
UpdatesMap Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
USB Media Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
USB Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using Bluetooth Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using Destination Download . . . . . 70
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . 79
V
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Vehicle Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Video Screen Input Jack . . . . . . . . . 50
Video Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Viewing Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 86
Voice Recognition Commands . . . 80
Voice Recognition Help . . . . . . . . . . 80