OPEL GT 2012 Owners Manual

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Play ing a C D (six -disc C D play er 3)
In s ertin g o n e C D
T o i n s e r t o n e C D i n t o t h e s i x - d i s c C D p l a y e r ,
proceed a s follows;
Press and relea se the LOAD 1 button.
A mes s age appe ars a fte r a fe w
se c o nd s a sk i n g y o u t o i ns e rt t he d i s c .
Inse rt the C D (labe l side up ) part of the
way into the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CD in
autom atic ally.
zThe move me nt of the CD must not be
hinde red or aided.
The “CD” sy mbol appe ars on the
display .
As soon as the first track starts to play ,
the track numbe r app ears on the
display .
zIf a CD is in the playe r whe n the ignition
or the Infotainm ent system is turned
of f , i t r em a i n s i n t h e p la yer . Wh e n t h e
ignition or the Infotainme nt sy ste m is
turned on again, the CD b egins
playing from where it las t stoppe d, if it
was the last selected a udio source.Inse rting multiple C Ds
To ins ert m ultiple CDs into the s ix-dis c C D
playe r, procee d as follows;
Press and hold the LOAD 1 button for
app rox. two seconds.
A be ep sounds and “L oad All Dis cs”
a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.
F ollow the on-sc re en ins tructions for
ins erting multiple d iscs , ins erting the
C Ds lab el s ide up part of the way into
the CD slot i.
T h e devi c e p u l l s t h e C D s in
automatically.
zT h e m o vem en t o f t h e CD m u s t n o t be
hindered or aided.
Press the LOA D 1 button a gain to
cance l loading of more CDs .
The “CD” s ymb ol appea rs on the
dis play.
As soon a s the first track starts to play,
the tra ck numbe r appe ars on the
dis play.
zIf a C D is in the p la yer when the ignition
or the Infotainme nt sy ste m is turne d
off, it re mains in the playe r. W hen the
ignition or the Infotainment system is
turned on ag ain, the C D be gins
play ing from whe re it last s topped , if it
w a s t h e l a st se l ec t e d a u d i o s o ur c e .CD mode
If th e In f o tain men t s yste m is in r adio mo de
and you wish to play a CD, proceed as
follows;
The Infotainment system is in rad io
mode .
A CD is alre ady ins erte d in the
single-CD or six-disc CD player 3.
Press the CD / AUX a button.
The “C D” sy mbol app ears on the
disp lay.
As soon as the first tra ck starts to play ,
the track num ber ap pears on the
disp lay.
zBy p re ssing the CD / AUX a button
again, the Infotainme nt sy ste m
se arches for an auxiliary inp ut device ,
such as a porta ble a udio p layer. Se e
“Using the Auxiliary Input J ack” on
page 9 6.
T o sw itc h bac k to rad io mo de wh ile a CD is
play ing , pre ss the BAN D h button.
zThe CD rema ins in the CD slot, read y
for future listening.

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T rack s ele ct ion
F or audio CDs, the tra ck is se lecte d within
the C D.
F or MP3-C Ds, the track is sele cted within
the a lbum selec te d.
If y ou w ish to s ele ct a track while a CD/
MP3 -CD is playing, procee d as follows:
Tu r n t h e K8 tune knob ;
cloc kwise to s earch forwards or
anticlock wise to s earch ba ckwards ,
until the required tra ck is s elec te d.
The track starts to play and the track
nu m b er a p p ea r s o n t h e di s p l a y.Tra cks can als o be se lecte d using the
SEE Kwf and SE EKq g buttons,
as follows :
Press the SEEKwf button.
The ne xt track be gins to play .
- or -
Press the SEEKq g b utton.
The current track be gins from the sta rt,
if more than 10 sec onds have ela psed.
zIf th eSE EK wf or SE EKq g
button is pressed continuously or
pre ss ed multiple time s , the p layer
continues moving forwards or
bac kwards through the tracks on the
dis c.F ast forwa rd/back ward s se arch
To find a s pe cific se ction of a track,
proceed as follows:
You are listening to a track.
Press and hold the FW D c or RE V d
button.
P l a yba ck i s a d va n ced/ r ev er s ed qu i ckl y
within the track.
The s ound is re duced during fa st
forwa rd /bac kwards se arching.
Rele ase the FWD c or RE V d b utton
when the des ired se ction has be en
reache d.
The track starts to play again at the
n or m a l v o lu m e w h en ei t h er bu t t o n h a s
been released.
The elaps e d trac k tim e appe ars on the
disp lay.

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MP 3 -CD pla yba ck
s el ec ting ne xt/ pr ev ious folde r with
MP3-CDs
If y our MP3-CD contains several albums,
you can select the album y ou w ant as
follow s:
You are listening to a n MP3-C D.
The folder lab els with < and > nex t to
a folder icon ap pear on the disp lay.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below the fold er label you wish
to se lect.
By sele cting the < folder label, the
Infotainme nt sy ste m goe s b ack to the
first track in the prev ious folder.
By sele cting the > folder label, the
Infotainme nt sy ste m goe s to the first
tra ck in the ne xt folde r.
Whe n the first trac k in the p re vious/
ne xt folde r starts to play , and the
re lev ant track information (a lb um
na me, track name or artis t name)
appea rs on the displa y.
zAll the folders which do not contain
MP3 file s a re automatically sk ipped. Swit ching be tw ee n comp resse d and
u nc o m p r e s se d a ud i o f i l e s w i t h M P 3- C D s 3
The Infotainm ent system c an play discs
containing both uncompressed CD audio
file s (w ith “. CDA” file exte nsion) and
compres s ed a udio file s (MP3 files ).
By d efault, the s ys tem reads and play s only
the uncompres s ed a udio file s and ignore s
the MP3 files .
To switch be twee n uncompres s ed a nd
compres s ed file s, procee d as follow s;
Press the CAT 9 cate gory button.
The Infotainment s yste m will only read
and p lay the previous ly ignored file s.MP3-CD m usic navig ator
Us e the mus ic navigator fe ature to play
MP3 file s on the dis c in order by artis t or b y
album, as follows ;
You are listening to an MP3-C D.
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the music navigator
label B on the display.
T he I nf o t a i n m en t sy st e m s c a n s t h e d i sc
to sort the file s by artist and album ID3
tag inform ation.
zIt can take se veral m inute s to scan the
disc depe nding on the num ber of MP3
file s recorde d on the d isc. The radio
may begin to p lay while the
In f ot a i n m e n t sy st e m i s s c a n ni n g th e
disc in the bac kground.
Wh e n t h e s ca n i s f i ni s h ed, t h e di s c
beg ins play ing again and the sy ste m
defaults to playing M P3 files in orde r
by a rtis t.
The current artis t playing is s hown on
the second line of the display be twee n
the arrows.
Once all s ong s b y that artis t are
played, the Infotainment system
move s to the nex t artist in a lp ha betical
order on the disc and be gins play ing
MP3 file s by that artis t.

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If you wish to listen to MP3 file s by anothe r
artist, procee d as follows;
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below either arrow lab el on the
display .
The disc goes to the next/previous
artis t in alphabe tical orde r.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted below eithe r arrow button until
the de sire d artist appe ars on the
display .
Fi l e s b y t h e se l ec t e d a r t i st a r e p la yed .To change from playback by artist to
playback by album, proce ed as follows ;
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d b elow the ‘Sort By ’ label on the
dis play.
From the sort screen, press the
app ropriate button 6 located below
the album labe l on the dis play.
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the ‘Bac k’ la bel to return
to the main music navigator scree n.
The album name appe ars on the
display - on the second line between
the arrow s - and tracks from the
current album beg in to play.
zO nce all tra cks from tha t album are
p l a y ed, t h e In f o t a i n m en t s ys t em
mov es to the ne xt album in
alphabe tical orde r on the dis c and
be gins playing MP3 files from that
album.
To exi t m u si c n a v ig a t o r m o de, p r es s t h e
appropriate b utton 6 locate d be low the
‘Back’ label to return to norma l MP3
playback .
Random m ode
If you use this func tion, the CD/MP3 play er
will play back the tracks of the curre nt d is c
in ra nd om order.Si ngle CD
To play the track s from a s ingle CD in
random order, proceed as follows;
Press the CD / AUX a button to e nte r
CD m od e.
- or -
In se r t th e C D (lab el sid e u p) p ar t o f the
way into the CD slot i.
The de vice pulls the CDs in
autom atically.
zThe mov eme nt of the C D must not be
hindered or aided .
An ‘ RDM’ labe l ap pears on the d is play .
Pre s s the appropriate button 6
located below the RDM labe l until
“Random C urre nt Dis c” appe ars on the
disp lay.
The tracks of the curre nt disc are
playe d in random, rathe r than
se quential orde r.
zSwitch off random play by pressing the
appropriate button 6 loca ted b elow
the RDM label a gain.

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Mu lti ple CD s 3
To play the tracks from all discs loade d in
th e s ix-dis c C D playe r in r an do m o r de r ,
proceed a s follows;
Pr e ss t h e CD / AUX a button to ente r
CD mode - or - pres s and hold the
LO A D 1 button for approx. tw o
se c o nd s.
A bee p s ounds and “Load All Dis cs ”
appea rs on the displa y.
Follow the on-s cree n instructions for
ins erting m ultiple dis cs, ins e rting the
CDs labe l side up pa rt of the way into
the CD slot i.
The device pulls the CDs in
autom atic ally.
zThe move me nt of the CD must not be
hinde red or aided.
Pr e ss t h e LO A D 1 button again to
cancel loading of m ore C Ds.
An ‘RD M ’ label app ears on th e dis play.
Pre ss the appropriate button 6
loca ted b elow the RDM labe l until
“Randomize All Dis cs ” appe ars on the
display .
The tracks of all dis cs loaded in the
six-d isc C D play er are playe d in
ra nd om , rather than seq ue ntia l order.
zSwitch off ra nd om play b y pres sing the
appropriate b utton 6 locate d be low
the RDM la bel ag ain.Changing the display ty pe
display ing ad ditiona l MP 3-C D
te xt i nfor mation
Depe nd ing on the kind of dis c (MP3 -CD
with or without ID3 tags), a choice of
additiona l text information relate d to the
curre nt MP3-C D can be dis playe d, e .g.
So n g, A rtist and CA T ( cate go ry) .
To display additional te xt inform ation,
proc ee d as follows ;
Press the B
BB B3 inform ation button.
Additional tex t informa tion lab els
a p p ea r o n t h e di sp l a y.
Press the B
BB B3 inform ation button
continuously to highlight the desired
labe l.
- or -
Press the ap prop ria te button 6
locate d be low the labe l that you wis h
to sele ct.
The text information relate d to the
s ele cted label a ppears on the display .
zIf a dditional te xt information is not
av ailable, “No Info” appe ars on the
dis play.
See “Switching between compressed and
uncompre ss e d audio files ” on page 9 3 for
further information on categorie s.Ejecting CDs
To e ject the CD that is currently playing,
proce ed as follows ;
Press the EJ EC T 0 button.
A beep sounds and “Ejecting Disc”
appe ars on the dis play.
Once the disc is ejected, “Remove
Disc” appea rs on the disp la y.
Rem ov e the disc from the p la yer.
zIf the disc is not re move d, after seve ral
se conds it is a utoma tica lly retracte d
and be gins to p la y.
- or -
With the six -disc CD play er 3, press
and hold the EJECT 0 button for two
se c o n d s.
A l l d i sc s a re e j ec t e d .
Rem ove the discs from the six-disc CD
playe r.
zIf the d iscs are not remove d, a fte r
se ve ra l seconds they are automatically
retracte d.

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CD m essage s
The me ss age ‘C HEC K DISC ’ a ppears on the
dis play if a problem occurs and the
CD playe r does not operate correctly .
If this mes s age appe ars or if the CD is
e je cted automatically, it could be for one of
the following rea sons:
– The CD is d irty , scratched, wet, or
up side down.
– The air is very humid.
If so, wait app rox . one hour and try
again.
– There ma y have been a prob lem while
burning the CD.
– The label may be caught in the
CD play er.
–It is very hot.
Whe n the te mperature returns to
normal, the CD should play.
– You are driving on a v ery rough road.
When the road surfa ce becomes
smoother, the C D should play .
If the CD is not playing corre ctly, for any
other reason, try a known good C D.
If any e rror occ urs repe ated ly or if an e rror
cannot be corre cted , we recom mend that
you consult a n Opel Service Partner.
If the radio displays an e rror m essag e,
write it down and provide it to your retaile r
when re porting the proble m.Usi ng the auxi liary input ja ck
Your Infotainment sy stem has an auxiliary
input jack b locate d on the lowe r right
side of the E ntertainment He ad Unit (E HU).
This is not an audio outp ut;
D o no t p l ug he a d p h o n es i n t o t h e
auxiliary input jack b.
You can howev er, connect an external
audio de vice such as a laptop compute r 3,
MP3 p layer 3, CD changer 3, or c assette
playe r 3, to the aux iliary input jack b for
us e as anothe r audio s ource .
To us e a portable audio playe r, connect a
3.5 m m phone p lug to the auxiliary inp ut
ja c k b.When a devic e is connected, to begin
play ing audio from the dev ice throug h the
vehicle’s spea kers, proceed as follows;
You are listening to a CD/MP3.
Press the CD / AUX a button.
Audio from the external audio device
conne cted starts to play .
zIf a portable audio play er is not
connected, “No I nput Device Found”
appe ars on the dis play.
zIf the v olume of the conne cted
portable aud io playe r does not go as
loud or soft as you w ish using the
Xek nob (s e e pa ge 8 1 ), you ma y
nee d to mak e ad ditional v olume
adjustme nts on the portable aud io
playe r itse lf.
To s witch back to the C D/MP3 you we re
play ing , pre ss the CD/AUX a button
aga in.
To s witch to radio mode while a portable
audio dev ic e is playing, pre ss the BAN D h
button.
zThe portable audio device continues to
play, so you may w ish to stop it or turn
it off.

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Troub leshooting
If y our Infotainment system does not
func tion as you would e xpe ct, plea se read
t h es e Op e r a t i ng In st r u ct i o ns ca re f u ll y a n d
g o t h r o ug h t he f o l l o w i ng c h ec k l i s t b e fo r e
contacting Custom er S ervices.
If y ou c annot find a solution to the
problem, we recommend that you consult
an O pel Servic e Partner.Error mes sage / s ympto m Pos sible cause / rem edy
Ge n e r a l
Di spl ay i s dar k. Vehic le’s ba tt er y i s weak (i f operated wit hout the eng ine runni ng );
S ee page 15 9 .
Di spl ay i s di ffi cul t to re ad. I nstrume nt i ll umina ti on i s set incor re ct ly ; S ee page 76 .
Inf otai nment sy stem cannot
be switched on either with the
Xe knob or wit h the i gni ti on k ey.Infotai nment system fuse or vehic le fusebox i s def ec ti ve.
Inc orre ct t ime on the disp lay S et t ime as spe ci fi ed on page 8 2 .
Aud io
Aud io pl ay back vol ume consta ntl y
decreases and c annot be adj usted .I nfotai nme nt syste m i s ov er heat ing. I nte rnal te mper ature re gul ator i s
ac ti ng to pro te ct th e In fo t ai n me n t s y s te m .
Recommend ati on: sw itc h the Infot ainment sy stem off.
Stored sta ti on c annot be sel ected
with the appropriate button
6.No re ce pt io n fo r s t ati o n cu rr en t ly.
Stored sta ti on not st ored wit h
stati on name.Broa dcast ing or ganisa ti on oc casi onall y se nds add it ional inf ormati on.
Tr y t o st ore it a gai n whe n the stat ion name appe ars on the di sp lay .
Poor reception when storing (frequency is displayed).
Broa dcast ing or ganisa ti on i s not tr ansmit ti ng RDS infor mati on
(f re quenc y i s disp lay ed ).
“CHE CK DIS C” appe ars on the
disp lay.A fte r l oadi ng a CD:
CD incorrectly inserted. CD la bel may be caught in the p layer.
Incompatible a udio CD inserted (DVD etc.).
CD sc ratc hed or ot her wi se da mage d.
I nser t an unda mage d, c ompati bl e C D wi th t he pr inte d si de upwa rds.
Duri ng CD pl ay back :
Temperature of Infotainment system too high.
Wai t unti l t he temperatur e of t he uni t has retur ned to nor mal.
Air is too humid. Wait for conditions to improve.
Road sur fac e i s une ve n. Whe n r oad sur face be comes smoothe r, CD
should p lay aga in.
“Ca li brat ion E rr or” ap pear s on t he
disp layI n fo tai n m e nt s ys te m h as n o t be en cal i brate d co r re ctl y. Ret u rn ve h ic le to
your retailer for service.
“Locked” app ear s on t he di spl ay. Elect roni c theft- deterrent feat ure ha s l ock ed up t he Infotai nment
s ys t em . Re tu rn v eh i cl e t o y o u r re tai l er fo r s e rv ice .
An ejected CD that ha s not been
acce pte d i s r et rac ted agai n by the
uni t when the igni ti on/unit is
switc hed of f.No e rro r.
Remove t he C D bef ore swi tc hing off t he i gni ti on/ Infot ai nment sy stem.

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Ge ne ral ad vi ce
During norm al radio rece ption, you m ay
experience frequency interference and
static if items such as mobile phone
charge rs , v ehicle conve nience a cces s orie s,
and e xte rnal elec tronic de vice s are
plugge d into the acc es sory power s ocke t.
If there is inte rfe rence or static, unplug the
i t em f r om t h e a c ces so r y p o w er o u t l et .
FM reception
Des pite a high de gree of technical
pe rfe ction, re cep tion in v ehicle radio se ts is
different from that in home radio sets
a n d s o m e i nt e r f er en ce m a y o ccu r , e ven
with F M-RDS stations.
Tall buildings or hills can interfere w ith FM
s igna ls, causing s ound to fade in and out.
FM stereo w ill give the best sound,
but F M s ignals w ill re ach only a pprox.
16 to 65 km (10 to 40 miles).AM reception
The range for most AM stations is g re ater
than for F M, e spe cially at nig ht. The longer
ra ng e can cause sta tion freq uencies to
inte rfe re with each other. For be tter rad io
re ce ption, most AM radio s tations will
boos t the powe r le vels during the day, and
the n reduce these le ve ls d uring the night.
Static can a ls o occur whe n eve nts s uch as
storms interfe re with radio re cep tion. W he n
this happe ns, try red ucing the treble on
your Infotainment sy stem.Hand ling C Ds
Handle CDs ca re fully . Avoid le aving
fingerprints on the CDs whe n changing
t h em . R e p l a ce CD s i n t h ei r ca s es
imm ediate ly afte r removing the m, to stop
them from ge tting d amage d, dus ty and
dirty.
Dirt and liquids on CDs m ay ma ke the
In f o tain men t s ys tem’ s C D play er le ns dir ty
and re sult in m alfunctions.
D o n o t e xpo se C D s to h e at o r dir e ct
s unlight.
The C D playe r s cans the bottom s urface of
the dis c. If the surface of a CD is da mage d,
e.g. cra cked, broken or scratched, the CD
will not play properly or not at all.
If the surface of a CD is s oiled, take a s oft,
lint-free cloth or dampen a clean, soft cloth
in a mild, ne utra l dete rgent solution mixe d
with wate r, and clean it. Make sure the
wiping p roce s s s tarts from the ce ntre ,
going out towards the e dge of the disc.
Do not touch the b ottom side of a CD while
handling it; this could dama ge the surface.
Pick up CDs b y grasping the outer edge s or
t h e edg e o f t h e ho l e a n d t h e ou t e r edg e.

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Ca re a n d ma in te na n ce
Your Infotainment system ha s b een
de velope d and manufacture d with grea t
care and it should also b e tre ated with
care .
O bse rving the re comme ndations lis ted
be low will pre vent y our wa rranty from
e xpiring prem ature ly and ens ure that you
will be ab le to e n joy yo u r pr o du ct f o r m any
ye ars.
Note the following when using your
Infotainm ent system:
– Nev er t r y t o o p en t h e In fo t a i n m e n t
sy st e m . In c o r r ec t ha nd li n g c a n
damage the Infotainme nt sy ste m.
– Do not us e aggres s ive che micals ,
cleaning liquids or agents to clean the
In fo t a i n m e nt sy st e m . U s e a s o ft c l ot h
moiste ne d with a mild soap solution to
clean y our I nfotainment system .
– Do not attem pt to clean the C D playe r
using CD lens c leaners. The lens of the
CD optics may be come contam inate d
with lubrica nts from the CD le ns
cleane r.– Do not paint or colour the Infota inme nt
system. Paint can make moving parts
s ticky and stop the m functioning
correc tly .
– D o no t st o r e co m bu s t ib l e li q ui ds , g a s es
or explosiv es in the same room as the
Infotainment system, its parts or
acc essories.
– The Infotainme nt sy ste m s hould only
be service d by ex perts. Incorrec t
ins ta lla tion or s erv ic ing of the
Infotainment system can have
dangerous consequences and result in
the warranty becoming void.Fixed m ast antenna
C he c k o c c a si o n a l l y t o m a k e su r e t he m a st
is s till fix ed tightly to the ve hicle. If
tightening is req uired, tighten b y hand.

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Glossary
Autom atic s ta tion s ea rch
Station s earch v ia the s ee k b uttons.
Bala nce
V olume dis tribution be twee n the le ft and
right speake rs.
Bass
Low -frequency sounds.
E qualiz e r (E Q)
Preset e qualization settings for b ass,
midrange and tre ble tones .
Fade
V olume distribution betwe en the front and
rea r spe ake rs.
ID 3 tag
Code in an MP3 file whic h can include the
follow ing data:
– Tra ck title,
–Artist name,
– Tra ck numbe r and playing tim e,
–Album name.
This information can be s tore d in the MP3
file w ith a PC.Manual stat ion sear ch
Station se arch via the tune knob.
MP3
CD audio da ta compre ss ion method
deve loped by the F ra unhofer Ins titute .
Compre ss ion allow s re duction of the data
to a s mall pe rcentage of the original
volum e w ithout audible loss es in s ound
quality .
If low bit rate s are used to conv ert the
audio data into MP3 , s maller file s are
poss ible but sound quality is re duced.
Musi c navi gator
To play MP3 file s on a dis c in order by artis t
or b y a l b um .
Random m ode
CD /M P3 track s o n a sin gle CD o r f ro m
multip le CDs in the s ix-disc C D playe r 3 are
playe d in a random ord er.RD S (Ra dio D ata Sys te m)
RDS is a s ervice provide d by the radio
broadca ste rs which m akes it m uch e as ier
to find an F M s tation and helps to e ns ure
re ception is free of inte rference .
RDS stations are identified by the name of
the station on the d isplay inste ad of the
freq ue ncy.
RDS stations trans mit information which is
automatically eva luate d by the RDS radio
if RDS is activated .
Sp ee d C ompe nsate d V olume ( SCV )
To compe nsa te for ambie nt and rolling
noise, the Infotainment system volume
a dj u s t s t o th e s p ee d o f t h e v eh i cl e.
Seek a nd scan
S earch and brie f playba ck of s ta tions with
a strong s igna l via the se ek buttons .
Treble
High-freq ue ncy s ounds .