audio BUICK REGAL 2018 Infotainment System Guide

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Settings 53
time conditions. Set to Auto for
the display to automatically
adjust based on bright/dark
conditions.
Touch Auto, Day, or Night to
adjust the display.
. Calibrate Touchscreen: Touch to
calibrate the infotainment display
and follow the prompts.
. Turn Display Off: Touch to turn
the display off. Touch anywhere
on the infotainment display or
press any infotainment control
on the center stack again to turn
the display on.
Sounds
Touch and the following may
display:
. Maximum Startup Volume: This
feature adjusts the maximum
volume of the infotainment
system when you start your
vehicle. To set the maximum
startup volume, touch the
controls on the infotainment
display to increase or decrease. .
Audio Cues: This feature
determines if sounds play when
the infotainment system starts
up and shuts down. This feature
can be turned off or on.
. Set Audio Cue Volume: This
setting controls the volume of
Audio Cues played on startup
and shut down. Touch the
controls on the infotainment
display to increase or decrease.
. Audible Touch Feedback: This
setting determines if a sound
plays when touching the
infotainment display or radio
controls. This feature can be
turned off or on.
Voice
Touch and the following may
display:
. Confirm More/Less: This setting
specifies how often the voice
recognition system confirms
commands. Touch Confirm More
to have the system check with
you more often before acting on
your commands. .
Prompt Length: This setting
specifies the amount of detail
the voice recognition system
provides when giving you
feedback. Touch Auto to have
the system automatically adjust
to your speech habits. Touch
Informative, Short, or Auto.
. Audio Feedback Speed: Touch
Slow, Medium, or Fast to adjust
how quickly the voice
recognition system speaks.
. Friendly Prompts: This setting
adjusts the formality of voice
prompts. Touch Off for shorter
prompts. Touch On to hear
prompts with more personality.
Touch Auto to have the prompt
match your command style.
. Tutorial Mode: Touch Off or On
to provide tutorial feedback on
the display.
. Allow Prompt Interuptions: This
setting controls whether voice
commands can be spoken
before voice prompts finish. Turn
this on to speak commands
without hearing the full prompt.

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Speaking while the prompt is still
playing will immediately stop
playing the current prompt and
recognize your command.
Background noise may cause
accidental interruptions. Touch
Off or On.
Favorites
Touch and the following may
display:
. Manage Favorites: Touch to
display a list of Audio, Phone,
and Navigation favorites.
Favorites can be moved,
renamed, or deleted.
To move, touch and hold the
favorite, and then drag up or
down to rearrange the position.
. Set Number of Audio Favorites:
Touch to select how many
favorites pages can be viewed
from the audio application. The
Auto setting will automatically
adjust this number based on the
number of favorites you have
saved. Touch Auto, 5, 10, 15,
20, 25, 30, 35, or 40. Updates
If equipped, the infotainment system
can download and install select
software updates over a wireless
connection. The system will prompt
for certain updates to be
downloaded and installed. There is
also an option to check for updates
manually.
To manually check for updates,
touch Settings on the Home Page,
followed by Software Information,
and then System Update. Follow the
on-screen prompts. The steps to
check for, download, and install
updates may vary by vehicle.
Downloading Over-the-Air vehicle
software updates requires Internet
connectivity, which can be accessed
through the vehicle’
s built-in 4G LTE
connection, if equipped and active.
If required, data plans are provided
by a third party. Optionally, a secure
Wi-Fi hotspot such as a compatible
mobile device hotspot, home
hotspot, or public hotspot can be
used. Applicable data rates may
apply. To connect the infotainment system
to a secured mobile device hotspot,
home hotspot, or public hotspot,
touch Settings on the Home Page,
select the System tab, followed by
Wi-Fi Networks. Select the
appropriate Wi-Fi network, and
follow the on-screen prompts.
Download speeds may vary.
On most compatible mobile devices,
activation of the Wi-Fi hotspot is in
the Settings menu under Mobile
Network Sharing, Personal Hotspot,
Mobile Hotspot, or similar.
Availability of Over-the-Air software
updates varies by vehicle and
country. Features are subject to
change. For more information on
this feature, see my.buick.com/
learn.
Preferences
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable the download of new
updates in the background.

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About
Touch to view the infotainment
system software information.
Running Applications
Touch to see a complete list of
applications that are currently
running on the infotainment system.
Return to Factory Settings
Touch and the following may
display:
.Reset Vehicle Settings: Resets
all vehicle settings for the
current user.
Touch Reset or Cancel.
. Erase Settings and Personal
Data: Erases app data settings,
user profiles, and personal data
including navigation and mobile
device data.
Touch Erase or Cancel. .
Clear Default Applications:
Resets preferred applications
that have been set to open when
selecting a function. No
application data will be lost.
Touch Clear or Cancel.
Apps
The menu may contain the
following:
Android Auto
This feature allows you to interact
directly with your mobile device on
the infotainment display. See Apple
CarPlay and Android Auto 049.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable.
Apple CarPlay
This feature allows you to interact
directly with your mobile device on
the infotainment display. See Apple
CarPlay and Android Auto 049.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable. Audio
Depending on the current audio
source, different options will be
available.
Touch and the following may
display:
.
Tone Settings: Touch to adjust
Equalizer, Fade/Balance,
or Sound Mode. See
“Infotainment System Sound
Menu” inAM-FM Radio 09.
. Auto Volume: This feature
adjusts the volume based on the
vehicle speed.
Touch Off, Low, Medium-Low,
Medium, Medium-High, or High.
. Bose AudioPilot Noise
Compensation Technology: This
feature adjusts the volume
based on the noise in the
vehicle and the speed.
Touch Off or On.
. Manage Favorites: Touch to
display a list of Audio, Mobile
Devices, and Navigation
favorites.

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Favorites can be moved,
renamed, or deleted.
To move, touch and hold the
favorite, and then drag up or
down to rearrange the position.
. Set Number of Audio Favorites:
Touch to select how many
favorites pages can be viewed
from the audio application. The
Auto setting will automatically
adjust this number based on the
number of favorites you have
saved. Touch Auto, 5, 10, 15,
20, 25, 30, 35, or 40.
. RDS: This allows the Radio Data
System (RDS) to be turned on
or off.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable.
. HD Radio: This allows HD Radio
reception to be turned on or off.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable. .
Explicit Content Filter: This
setting prevents access to
explicit content SiriusXM
channels.
Touch Off or On.
. Manage Phones: Select to
connect to a different phone
source, disconnect a phone,
or delete a phone.
. Reset Music Index: This allows
the music index to be reset if
you are having difficulty
accessing all of the media
content on your device.
Touch Yes or No.
Climate
Touch and the following may
display:
. Auto Fan Speed: This setting
specifies the amount of airflow
when the climate control fan
setting is Auto Fan.
Touch Low, Medium, or High. .
Air Quality Sensor: This setting
switches the system into
Recirculation Mode based on the
quality of the outside air.
Touch Off, Low Sensitivity,
or High Sensitivity.
. Auto Cooled Seats: This setting
automatically turns on and
regulates the ventilated seats
when the cabin temperature
is warm.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable.
. Auto Heated Seats: This setting
automatically turns on and
regulates the heated seats when
the cabin temperature is cool.
The auto heated seats can be
turned off by using the heated
seat controls on the center
stack.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to disable or
enable.

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Settings 59
The PIN is required to:
.Register or unregister keys.
. Change Teen Driver settings.
. Change or clear the Teen
Driver PIN.
. Access or delete Report
Card data.
Register keys to activate Teen
Driver and assign restrictions to
the key:
Any vehicle key can be registered,
up to a maximum of eight keys.
Label the key to tell it apart from the
other keys. 1. Start the engine.
2. For automatic transmissions, the vehicle must be in P (Park).
For manual transmissions, the
vehicle must be stopped with
the parking brake set.
3. From the Settings menu, touch Vehicle and then Teen Driver.
4. Enter the PIN. 5. Place the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter key
you wish to register in the
transmitter pocket. The key
does not need to be the one
that started the vehicle. See
“Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation” in the
owner's manual for transmitter
pocket location.
6. From the Teen Driver menu, touch Setup Keys.
.If the transmitter key has
not previously been
registered, the option to
add the key displays. Touch
Setup and a confirmation
message displays. Teen
Driver restrictions will be
applied whenever this key
is used to operate the
vehicle.
. If the transmitter key has
already been registered, the
option to remove the key
displays. If Remove is
touched, the transmitter key
is no longer registered.
A confirmation message displays, and Teen Driver
restrictions will not be
applied if this transmitter
key is used to operate the
vehicle.
In vehicles with a pushbutton start
system, if a Teen Driver and a
non-Teen Driver key are both
present at start up, the vehicle will
recognize the non-Teen Driver key
to start the vehicle. The Teen Driver
settings will not be active.
Manage Settings
Use the PIN to change the following
settings:
Audio Volume Limit : Allows the
audio volume limit to be turned on
or off. Touch Set Audio Volume Limit
to choose the maximum allowable
audio volume level.
Set Audio Volume Limit : Allows a
maximum radio volume to be set.
Use the arrows to choose the
maximum allowable level for the
audio volume.

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Teen Driver Speed Limiter (If
Equipped) :Limits the maximum
speed of the vehicle to 136 km/h
(85 mph). When the speed limiter is
turned on and the vehicle is started
with a Teen Driver key, the DIC
displays a message that the top
speed is limited.
Teen Driver Speed Warning :
Allows the speed warning to be
turned on or off. Touch Set Teen
Driver Speed Warning to set the
warning speed.
Set Teen Driver Speed Warning :
Displays a warning in the DIC when
exceeding a selectable speed.
Choose the desired speed warning
level from 65 km/h (40 mph) to
120 km/h (75 mph). The speed
warning does not limit the speed of
the vehicle.
When Teen Driver is Active:
. The radio will mute when the
driver seat belt is not fastened,
and in some vehicles, when the
front passenger seat belt is not fastened. The audio from any
device paired to the vehicle will
also be muted.
. Certain devices placed on the
front passenger seat could
cause the passenger sensing
system to falsely sense an
unbuckled front passenger and
mute the radio. See “Passenger
Sensing System” in the owner's
manual.
. Some safety systems, such as
Forward Automatic Braking,
if equipped and supported,
cannot be turned off.
. The gap setting for the Forward
Collision Alert and Adaptive
Cruise Control, if equipped,
cannot be changed.
. Enhanced Low Fuel Warning (if
equipped) –When the vehicle is
low on fuel, the low fuel light on
the instrument cluster flashes
and the DIC low fuel warning
cannot be dismissed. Report Card
The vehicle owner must secure the
driver
’s consent to record certain
vehicle data when the vehicle is
driven with a registered Teen Driver
key. There is one Report Card per
vehicle. Data is only recorded when
a registered teen driver key is used
to operate the vehicle.
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 detected.
. Overspeed Warning –the
number of times the speed
warning setting was exceeded.
. Wide Open Throttle –the
number of times the accelerator
pedal was pressed nearly all the
way down.

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Trademarks and License Agreements 63
General Requirements:1. A License Agreement from SiriusXM is required for any
product that incorporates
SiriusXM Technology and/or for
use of any of the SiriusXM
marks to be manufactured,
distributed, or marketed in the
SiriusXM Service Area.
2. For products to be distributed, marketed, and/or sold in
Canada, a separate agreement
is required with Canadian
Satellite Radio Inc. (operating
as SiriusXM Canada).
TouchSense Technology and
TouchSense System 1000 Series
Licensed from Immersion
Corporation. TouchSense System
1000 protected under one or more
of the U.S. Patents at the following address www.immersion.com/
patent-marking.html and other
patents pending.
Bose
Bose AudioPilot and Bose
Centerpoint surround are registered
trademarks of Bose Corporation in
the U.S. and other countries.
HD Radio Technology
HD Radio Technology manufactured
under license from iBiquity Digital
Corporation. U.S. and Foreign
patents. HD Radio and the HD, HD
Radio, and
“Arc”logos are
proprietary trademarks of iBiquity
Digital Corp.
Java
Java is a registered trademark of
Oracle and/or its affiliates. RMVB
Portions of this software are
included under license from
RealNetworks, Inc. Copyright ©
1995-2011, RealNetworks, Inc. All
rights reserved.
Bluetooth
The Bluetooth word mark and logos
are owned by the Bluetooth SIG,
Inc. and any use of such marks by
General Motors is under license.
Other trademarks and trade names
are those of their respective owners.

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VC-1
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PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE
PERSONAL AND
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NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A
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PROVIDE VC-1 VIDEO. NO
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MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH
THE MPEG-4 VISUAL STANDARD
IS PROHIBITED, EXCEPT FORUSE BY A CONSUMER
ENGAGING IN PERSONAL AND
NON-COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
MP3
MPEG Layer-3 audio coding
technology licensed from
Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.
WMV/WMA
This product includes technology
owned by Microsoft Corporation and
under a license from Microsoft
Licensing, GP. Use or distribution of
such technology outside of this
product is prohibited without a
license from Microsoft Corporation
and/or Microsoft Licensing, GP as
applicable.
Map End User License
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provided for your personal, internal
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protected by copyright, and is
subject to the following terms (this
“End User License Agreement”) andconditions which are agreed to by
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Index4
4G LTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A
Accepting or Declining a Call . . . . 48
Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Active Guidance View . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Advisor Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
AgreementsTrademarks and License . . . . . . . . 62
AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AM, FM, and SXM Categories . . . 10
Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Antenna
Multi-band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Apple CarPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Apps or Shop (Chevrolet,
GMC, Buick), or Apps or
Collection (Cadillac) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bluetooth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Audio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Avoiding Untrusted Media
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14B
BluetoothOverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Bluetooth Voice Recognition . . . . . 43
C
Call Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Canceling Voice Recognition . . . . 38
Cleaning High Gloss Surfaces and Vehicle Information and
Radio Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Connected Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Steering Wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . 36
D
Database Coverage
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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PositioningVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
R
RadioHD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . . 11
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Recents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recognition Voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
S
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Schedule I: Gracenote EULA . . . . 64
Searching Contacts Using the
Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 5
Shortcut Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Show POI Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SiriusXM Satellite Radio
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . 4
Storing and Recalling Media Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Storing Radio Station
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switching to Handset or Handsfree Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Symbols
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Global Positioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
T
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
The OnStar App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Three-Way Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trademarks and LicenseAgreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Turn-by-Turn Directions . . . . . . . . . . 19
U
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the Navigation System . . . . 21
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . 37
Using Voice Recognition for
List Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
V
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Voice Recognition for Audio
MyMedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Voice Recognition for Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Voice Recognition for the
Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Voice Recognition for the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
W
Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Wi-Fi Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Z
Zoom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27