key CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 2014 Service Manual

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6-2 Lighting
AUTO (Automatic):Automatically
turns on the headlamps at normal
brightness, together with the
following:
.Parking Lamps
.Instrument Panel Lights
.Taillamps
.License Plate Lamps
.Roof Marker Lamps (If
Equipped)
.Front/Rear Sidemarker Lamps
When the vehicle is turned off and
the headlamps are in AUTO, the
headlamps turn off. When the key is
removed, they automatically turn on
for a set time. The time of the delay
can be changed using the DIC. See
Driver Information Center (DIC)
(Base Level) on page 5-29 orDriver
Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel)
on page 5-31.
;(Parking Lamps): Turns on the
parking lamps including all lamps,
except the headlamps.
2(Headlamps): Turns on the
headlamps together with the parking
lamps and instrument panel lights.
When the headlamps are turned on
while the vehicle is on, the
headlamps turn off automatically
10 minutes after the ignition is
turned off. When the headlamps are
turned on while the vehicle is off,
the headlamps will stay on for
10 minutes before turning off to
prevent the battery from being
drained. Turn the headlamp control
off and then back to the headlamp
on position to make the headlamps
stay on for an additional 10 minutes.
To keep the lamps on for more than
10 minutes, the ignition must be in
the ACC/ACCESSORY or ON/RUN
position.
#(Fog Lamps) (If Equipped):
Turns on the fog lamps. See Fog
Lamps on page 6-5.
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder
A reminder chime sounds when the
headlamps or parking lamps are
manually turned on, the ignition is
off, and a door is open. To disable
the chime, turn the lamps off.
Headlamp High/
Low-Beam Changer
$
(Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer): Push the turn signal
lever toward the instrument panel to
change the headlamps from low to
high beam.
Pull the turn signal lever toward you
and release it to return to low-beam
headlamps.

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6-8 Lighting
Pressmornnext to each reading
lamp to turn it on or off.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
The vehicle has an illuminated entry
feature.
When a door is opened, the dome
lamps and puddle lamps come on if
the dome lamp control is in the
DOOR position. If the dome lamp
control is in the OFF position, the
lamps do not come on.
The headlamps, parking lamps,
taillamps, and back-up lamps turn
on briefly at night, or in areas with
limited lighting, when
Kis pressed
on the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter. After about 30 seconds
the exterior lamps turn off. Entry
lighting can be disabled manually by
changing the ignition out of the OFF
position, or by pressing the RKE
transmitter
Qbutton.
This feature can be changed. See
“Vehicle Locator Lights” under
Vehicle Personalization on
page 5-44.
Exit Lighting
The interior lamps, headlamps,
parking lamps, back-up lamps, and
license plate lamps come on when
the key is removed from the ignition.
The interior lamps turn off
automatically in 20 seconds. The
interior lamps do not come on if the
dome lamp control is in the OFF
position.
The exterior lamps turn off
immediately by turning the exterior
lamps control off.
This feature can be changed. See
Vehicle Personalization on
page 5-44.
Battery Load
Management
The vehicle has Electric Power
Management (EPM), which
estimates the battery's temperature
and state of charge. It then adjusts
the voltage for best performance
and extended life of the battery.

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7-4 Infotainment System
Radio with TONE
1.
q(Favorite Pages)
.Press to scroll down
through the favorite pages
for each source.
2. Favorites/Soft Keys
.Press to select favorite
stations.
.Press and hold to save
favorite stations.
.Press to select a screen
button when displayed. 3.
r(Favorite Pages)
.Press to scroll up through
the favorite pages for each
source.
4.
O(Power/Volume)
.Press to turn the audio on.
.Press and hold to turn it off.
.When on, press to mute the
system. Press again to
unmute.
.Turn to increase or
decrease the volume.
5. MEDIA
.Press to change the audio
source between CD, USB,
SD card, AUX, and
Bluetooth Audio,
if equipped.
6. RADIO
.Press to change the audio
source between AM, FM,
or SiriusXM, if equipped.

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CD (if equipped), USB/iPod, AUX
Input, SD card reader (if equipped),
and Bluetooth Audio (if equipped).
SeeAM-FM Radio on page 7-8,
Satellite Radio on page 7-10, CD
Player on page 7-15, Auxiliary Jack
on page 7-21, and Bluetooth Audio
on page 7-22.
PHONE: Select the PHONE screen
icon to display the Phone main
page. See Bluetooth (Infotainment
Controls - Base Radio) on
page 7-33 orBluetooth (Voice
Recognition - Base Radio) on
page 7-37 orBluetooth (Overview)
on page 7-31 orBluetooth
(Infotainment Controls - Base
Connected Radio) on page 7-42 or
Bluetooth (Voice Recognition - Base
Connected Radio) on page 7-47.
NAV (Navigation, If Equipped):
Select the NAV screen icon to
display the OnStar Turn-by-Turn
Navigation. See “OnStar Overview”
in OnStar, if equipped. SETTINGS:
Select the SETTINGS
screen icon to display the Settings
main page. See “Setting Radio
Preferences” following.
Pandora (If Equipped)
Select the PANDORA icon to begin
Pandora. See Pandora Internet
Radio on page 7-12.
Setting Radio Preferences
Select the SETTINGS screen icon
to display the Settings menu and
the following may display:
Time and Date: SeeClock on
page 5-5.
Language (Current Language):
This will set the display language in
the radio and instrument cluster.
Select to display a list of languages.
Select
oBACK to go back to the
previous menu. Valet Mode:
Using the circular numeric keypad,
enter a four-digit code:
1. Turn the MENU knob to highlight
a number.
2. Press the MENU knob to select it. Do this for each one of the
four digits. Select Enter to go to
the confirmation screen.
3. Re-enter the four-digit code. Select LOCK to lock the system.
4. Enter the four-digit code to unlock the system. Select
oBACK to go back to the
previous menu.
Radio: See“Radio Setup” later in
this section.
Vehicle: SeeVehicle
Personalization on page 5-45.
Display: Press the MENU knob to
turn the display on or off.
Return to Factory Settings: See
“Return to Factory Settings” later in
this section.

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7-10 Infotainment System
the MENU knob to select.
Press
oBACK to go to the
previous menu.
Also see the radio settings common
for all sources earlier in this section.
Finding a Station
Seeking a Station
Press
gorlto search for the
previous or next strongest station.
Tuning a Station
Turn the MENU knob to manually
find a station.
Storing Radio Station Presets
Up to 25 preset stations from all
bands can be stored in the favorite
lists in any order. Up to five stations
can be stored in each favorite page
and the number of favorites can
be set.
AM, FM, or SiriusXM (If
Equipped): While on the active
source main page, such as AM, FM, or SiriusXM (if equipped), press and
hold a Favorites/Soft Key button on
the faceplate.
Mixed-Audio Favorites
Media (if equipped) and Broadcast
favorites can be stored.
To display the favorites page, press
qorron the radio faceplate.
To manage favorites, see “Manage
Favorites” underHome Page on
page 7-5.
Satellite Radio
SiriusXM®Satellite Radio
Service
Vehicles with a SiriusXM satellite
radio tuner and a SiriusXM satellite
radio subscription can receive
SiriusXM programming.
SiriusXM is a satellite radio service
based in the 48 contiguous United
States and 10 Canadian provinces.
SiriusXM satellite radio has a wide
variety of programming and
commercial-free music, coast to coast, and in digital-quality sound.
A service fee is required to receive
the SiriusXM service. See
www.siriusxmradio.com or call
1-866-635-2349 (U.S.); or see
www.xmradio.ca or call
1-877-209-0079 (Canada).
When SiriusXM is active, the
channel name and number,
category name, song title, and artist
display on the screen.
Browsing SiriusXM Channels
To browse the SiriusXM channels:
1. Press the MENU knob.
2. Turn the MENU knob to highlight
XM Channel List.
3. Turn the MENU knob to highlight the desired XM Channels.
SiriusXM Messages
XL (Explicit Language
Channels): These stations, or any
others, can be blocked by request,
by calling 1-866-635-2349 in the
U.S., and 1-877-209-0079 in
Canada.

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7-14 Infotainment System
Pandora Skip Limit
Pandora limits the number of skips
allowed on their service. When the
skip limit is reached,
,or next
arrow will not skip the currently
playing track, but the
,feedback
will be recorded.
Advertisement on Pandora
Pandora may display
advertisements. The artist name
and track title will not be displayed
and the skip track button will not be
available.
Pandora Troubleshooting
Unable to Connect Device to
Vehicle
If the device is unable to connect to
the USB or Bluetooth:
1. Turn the vehicle off.
2. Take the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter at least 6 m
(20 ft) away from the vehicle. 3. Wait about 30 seconds, and try
to connect the device again. See
Auxiliary Jack on page 7-21 or
Bluetooth (Infotainment Controls
- Base Radio) on page 7-33 or
Bluetooth (Voice Recognition -
Base Radio) on page 7-37 or
Bluetooth (Overview) on
page 7-31 orBluetooth
(Infotainment Controls - Base
Connected Radio) on page 7-42
or Bluetooth (Voice Recognition
- Base Connected Radio) on
page 7-47.
Unable to Start Pandora
If the device is unable to launch
Pandora:.Check that the latest version of
Pandora is installed.
.Check that there is an active
account logged into Pandora.
.Have at least one station
created.
.For Android and BlackBerry
devices, check that the device is
paired with the vehicle, and whether the device displays in
the Connected phone sources
list under the Phone icon from
the Home Page.
.For an iPhone, check that the
USB cable is connected to the
USB port and the screen is
unlocked.
.Close Pandora on the device
and launch again. Devices that
allow multitasking may require
an extra step to quit the Pandora
application. See the cell phone
manufacturer's user guide.
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down
Error
If there is an error trying to rate a
track with the
,or-buttons, the
message “Thumbs Down Error” or
“Thumbs Up Error” will display.
Press OK to dismiss.
Loss of Audio
Loss of Pandora audio can happen
in different ways:
.Weak or lost data connection.

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Canceling a Turn-by-Turn Route
If a route is in progress using
OnStar Turn-by-Turn navigation,
and a route is requested using the
vehicle navigation system, a pop-up
is displayed confirming that the
Turn-by-Turn route should be
cancelled.
OnStar Canceling an Embedded
Navigation
OnStar is able to remotely cancel
the vehicle navigation system
routes. If, while connected to
OnStar, an Advisor is requested, all
active vehicle navigation routes in
the vehicle will be cancelled.Voice Recognition
If equipped, voice recognition allows
for hands-free operation within the
audio and phone applications. This
feature can be started by pressing
either the
gbutton on the steering
wheel or select the
gon the screen
display.
However, not all features within
these areas are supported by voice
commands. Generally, only complex
tasks that require multiple manual
interactions to complete are
supported by voice commands.
For example, tasks that take more
than one or two button presses such
as selecting a song or artist to play
from a media device would be
supported by voice commands.
Other tasks, like adjusting the
volume or seeking up or down are
audio features that are easily
performed by pressing one or two
buttons, and are not supported by
voice commands. In general there are flexible ways to
speak commands for completing the
tasks. Most of them, except
destination entry and voice keypad,
can be completed in a single
command. If the task takes more
than one command to complete, the
first command would be to indicate
the kind of task that is to be
performed. The system replies with
prompts that lead through a dialog
to enter the necessary information.
Voice recognition can be used when
the ignition is on or when Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) is active.
See
Retained Accessory Power
(RAP) on page 9-29.
Using Voice Recognition
Voice recognition becomes available
once the system has been
initialized. This begins when the
ignition is turned on. Initialization
may take a few moments.

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Voice Recognition for the
Phone
“Call ”:Initiate a
call to an entered contact. The
command may include location if
the contact has location numbers
stored.
“Call At Home,”
“At Work,” “On Mobile,” or“On
Other”: Initiate a call to an entered
contact and location at home, at
work, on mobile device, or on
another phone.
“Call ”: Initiate a
call to a standard phone number
seven or 10 digits in length, and
also 911, 411, or 611.
“Pair Phone”: Begins the
Bluetooth pairing process. Follow
instructions on the radio display. “Switch Phone”:
Select a different
phone for outgoing calls.
“Voice Keypad”: Begins a dialog
to enter special numbers like
international numbers. The numbers
can be entered in groups of digits
with each group of digits being
repeated back by the system. If the
group of digits is not correct, the
command “Delete”will remove the
last group of digits and allow them
to be re-entered. Once the entire
number has been entered, the
command “Call”will start dialing the
number.
“Voice Mail”: Initiate a call to voice
mail numbers.
Voice Recognition for OnStar
(If Equipped)
“OnStar”: Begin Onstar Voice
Recognition.
Phone
Bluetooth (Overview)
Instructions for using the cell phone
may differ between infotainment
systems. The base radio and base
radio with connectivity instructions
are included in this manual. See the
infotainment manual for instructions
on the uplevel radios.
Bluetooth-capable systems can
interact with many cell phones,
allowing:
.Placement and receipt of calls in
a hands-free mode.
.Sharing of the cell phone’s
address book or contact list with
the vehicle.
To minimize driver distraction,
before driving, and with the vehicle
parked:
.Become familiar with the
features of the cell phone.
Organize the phone book and
contact lists clearly and delete

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5. A confirmation screen isdisplayed. Press the button just
below the DELETE screen
button to confirm deletion.
Connecting to a Different Phone
1. From the Home Page, turn the MENU knob, then press to
select the PHONE screen button
or press the PHONE button on
the faceplate.
2. Turn the MENU knob and press to select Manage Phones.
3. Turn the MENU knob to highlight the phone to be connected.
4. Press the button just below the CONNECT screen button to
connect to the highlighted
device.
Phone Menu
Once a phone is connected and
selected, the following may display:
Recent Calls: Turn the MENU
knob to highlight Recent Calls and
press to select. Contacts:
Turn the MENU knob to
highlight Contacts and press to
select.
Keypad: Turn the MENU knob to
highlight Keypad and press to
select.
Active Call: Turn the MENU knob
to highlight Active Call and press to
select and display the active call
screen.
Manage Phones: Turn the MENU
knob to highlight Manage Phones
and press to select.
Making a Call Using Contacts
and Recent Calls
For cell phones that support the
Contacts and Recent Calls feature,
the Bluetooth system can use the
contacts stored on your cell phone
to make calls. See your cell phone
manufacturer ’s user guide or
contact your wireless provider to
find out if this feature is supported
by your phone. If the phone prompts to allow phone
book download during the pairing
process, select Always Accept and
Allow. The phone book may not be
available if not accepted.
When a cell phone supports the
phone book feature, the Contacts
and Recent Calls menus are
automatically available.
The Contacts menu allows you to
access the phone book stored in the
cell phone to make a call.
The Recent Calls menu allows you
to access the phone numbers from
the Incoming Calls, Outgoing Calls,
and Missed Calls menus on the cell
phone to make a call.
To make a call using the
Contacts menu:
1. From the Home Page, turn the
MENU knob, then press to
select the PHONE screen
button.
2. Turn the MENU knob to highlight Contacts and press to select.

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3. Turn the MENU knob to highlightthe letter group and press to
select.
4. Turn the MENU knob to highlight the contact and press to select.
5. Turn the MENU knob to highlight the desired number, then press
the MENU knob to call the
contact.
To make a call using the Recent
Calls menu:
1. From the Home Page, turn the MENU knob, then press to
select the PHONE screen
button.
2. Turn the MENU knob to highlight Recent Calls and press to
select.
If necessary, select between
Missed, Recent, and Sent calls
by pressing the button below the
appropriate screen button.
3. Turn the MENU knob to highlight the contact or the phone
number. 4. Press the MENU knob to call the
contact.
Making a Call Using the
Keypad
To make a call:
1. From the Home Page, turn the
MENU knob, then press to
select the PHONE screen
button.
2. Turn the MENU knob and press to select Keypad.
3. Turn the MENU knob to highlight the first digit and press to select.
Continue this process through
the number. To call, press the
button just below the CALL
screen button.
Accepting or Declining a Call
When an incoming call is received,
the infotainment system mutes and
a ring tone is heard in the vehicle. Accepting a Call
To accept a call, do one of the
following:
.Press the button just below the
ANSWER screen button.
.Pressgon the steering wheel
controls.
Declining a Call
To decline a call, do one of the
following:
.Press the button just below the
IGNORE screen button.
.Pression the steering wheel
controls.
.Do nothing.
Call Waiting
Call waiting must be supported on
the Bluetooth phone and enabled by
the wireless service carrier to work.