VAUXHALL ASTRA J GTC 2018.5 Infotainment system

Introduction91Volume of the traffic
announcements (TA)
The volume of the traffic
announcements can be increased or
reduced proportionate to the normal
audio volume.
Press CONFIG to open the system
settings menu.
CD 400: select Radio settings, RDS
options and TA volume .
CD 300: select Audio settings, RDS
options and TA volume .
Set the desired value for the volume increase or reduction.

92RadioRadioUsage.......................................... 92
Station search .............................. 92
Autostore lists .............................. 93
Favourite lists ............................... 93
Waveband menus ........................94
Radio data system .......................97
Digital audio broadcasting ...........99Usage
Activating the radio
Press RADIO to open the radio main
menu.
The station last played will be
received.
Selecting the waveband
Press RADIO once or several times to
select the desired waveband.
The station last played in that
waveband will be received.
Station search Automatic station search
Briefly press s or u to play the
next station in the station memory.
Manual station search
Press s or u for a few seconds
to start a search for the next
receivable station in the current
waveband.When the required frequency has
been reached the station is played
automatically.
Notice
Manual station search: If the radio
does not find a station, it switches
automatically to a more sensitive
search level. If it still does not find a
station, the frequency that was last
active is set again.
Notice
FM waveband: when the RDS
function is activated, only RDS
stations 3 97 are searched for, and
when the radio traffic service (TP) is activated, only traffic service
stations 3 97 are searched for.
Manual station tuning
AM waveband
Turn the multifunction knob and set
the optimal reception frequency on
the pop-up frequency display.
DAB waveband
Press the multifunction knob to open
the DAB menu and select DAB
manual tuning .

Radio93Turn the multifunction knob and set
the required reception frequency on the pop-up frequency display.
Autostore lists The stations that can be received best
in a waveband can be searched for
and stored automatically via the
autostore function.
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Each waveband has 2 autostore lists
( AS 1 , AS 2 ), in each of which
6 stations can be stored.
Automatic station storing
Press and hold AS until an autostore
message is displayed. The
12 strongest stations in the current
waveband will be stored in the
2 autostore lists.
To abort the autostore procedure,
press the multifunction knob.
Storing stations manuallyStations can also be stored manually
in the autostore lists.
Set the station to be stored.
Briefly press AS to open an autostore
list or to switch to another autostore
list.
To store the station in a list position:
press the corresponding station
button 1...6 until a confirmation
message is displayed.
Notice
Manually stored stations are
overwritten in an automatic station
storing process.Retrieving a station
Briefly press AS to open an autostore
list or to switch to another autostore
list.
Briefly press one of the station
buttons 1...6 to open the station at the
corresponding list position.
Favourite lists
Stations of all wavebands can be
stored manually in the favourite lists.
6 stations can be stored in each
favourite list.
The number of available favourite
lists is configurable (see below).

94RadioNotice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Storing a station
Set the station to be stored.
Briefly press FAV to open a favourite
list or to switch to another favourite list.
To store the station in a list position:
press the corresponding station
button 1...6 until a confirmation
message is displayed.
Retrieving a station
Briefly press FAV to open a favourite
list or to switch to another favourite
list.
Briefly press one of the station
buttons 1...6 to open the station at the
related list position.Defining the number of available
favourite lists
Press CONFIG .
Select Radio settings and then Radio
favourites .
Select the desired number of
available favourite lists.
Waveband menus
Alternative facilities for station
selection are available via waveband-
specific menus.
With the radio main menu active,
press the multifunction knob to open
the relevant waveband menu.
Notice
The following FM-specific displays
are shown as examples.
Favourites list
Select Favourites list . All stations
saved in the favourites lists are
displayed.

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Select the required station.Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Stations lists
AM/FM waveband
Select AM stations list or FM stations
list .
All receivable AM/FM stations in the
current reception area are displayed.
DAB waveband
Turn the multifunction knob.
All receivable DAB stations 3 99 in
the current reception area are
displayed.
Notice
If no station list has been created
beforehand, the Infotainment
system performs an automatic
station search.
Select the required station.
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Updating stations lists
If the stations stored in a waveband- specific station list can no longer be
received:
Select the corresponding command
to update a station list.
A station search is started. Once the
search is completed the station last
received will be played.
To abort the station search, press the multifunction knob.
Notice
If a waveband-specific station list is
updated, the corresponding
category list is also updated.
Category lists
Numerous RDS stations 3 97
broadcast a PTY code, which
specifies the type of programme
transmitted (e.g. news). Some
stations also change the PTY code
depending on the content currently
being transmitted.
The Infotainment system stores these stations, sorted by programme type,
in the corresponding category list.

96RadioTo search for a programme type
determined by station: select the
waveband specific category list
option.
A list of programme types currently
available is displayed.
Select the desired programme type.
CD 400 : A list of stations is displayed
that transmit a programme of the
selected type.
Select the desired station.
CD 300: The next receivable station
of the selected type is searched for
and is played.
The category list is also updated
when the corresponding waveband
specific station list is updated.
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
DAB announcements
Besides their music programmes
numerous DAB stations 3 99
broadcast various announcement
categories.
The currently received DAB service
(programme) is interrupted when any
announcements of previously
activated categories are pending.
Activating announcement categories
Select DAB announcements in the
DAB menu.
Activate the desired announcement
categories.
Several announcement categories
can be selected at the same time.
Notice
DAB announcements can only be
received if the DAB waveband is
activated.

Radio97Radio data systemRDS is a service of FM stations thatconsiderably facilitates the finding of
the desired station and its fault-free
reception.
Advantages of RDS
● On the display the programme name of the set station appears
instead of its frequency.
● During a station search the Infotainment system tunes in to
RDS stations only.
● The Infotainment system always tunes into the best receivable
broadcasting frequency of the set station by means of AF
(Alternative Frequency).
● Depending on the station that is received, the Infotainment
system displays radio text that
can contain, e.g., information
about the current programme.
Configuring RDS
To open the menu for the RDS
configuration:
Press CONFIG .
CD 400: Select Radio settings and
then RDS options .
CD 300: Select Audio settings and
then RDS options .
TA volume
The volume of the traffic
announcements (TA) can be preset
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Switching RDS on and off
Set RDS to On or Off.
Notice
If RDS is switched off, it will be
automatically switched on again when a radio station is changed (via search function or preset button).
Traffic announcement (TA)
To switch the TA function on or off
permanently:

98RadioSet Traffic announcement (TA) to
On or Off.
Switching regionalization on and off (RDS must be activated for
regionalization)
At certain times some RDS stations
broadcast regionally different
programmes on different frequencies.
Set Regional (REG) to On or Off.
If regionalization is switched on, only
alternative frequencies (AF) with the
same regional programmes are
selected.
If regionalization is switched off,
alternative frequencies of the stations are selected without regard to
regional programmes.
RDS scrolling text
Some RDS stations hide the programme name in the display line
in order to display additional
information.
To prevent additional information
being displayed:
Set Text scroll freeze to On.Radio text:
If RDS and reception of an RDS
station are activated, information
about the programme that is currently
receivable and about the music track
currently playing are displayed below
the programme name.
To show or hide the information:
Set Radio text: to On or Off.
Radio traffic service
(TP = Traffic Programme)
Radio traffic service stations are RDS stations that broadcast traffic news.
Switching the radio traffic service on
and off
To switch the traffic announcement
standby facility of the Infotainment
system on and off:
Press TP.
● If the radio traffic service is switched on, [ ] is displayed in the
radio main menu.
● Only radio traffic service stations are received.●If the current station is not a radio
traffic service station, a search is started automatically for the nextradio traffic service station.
● If a radio traffic service station has been found, [TP] is displayed
in the radio main menu.
● Traffic announcements are played at the preset TA volume
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● If the radio traffic service is switched on, CD/MP3 playback is
interrupted for the duration of the traffic announcement.
Listening to traffic announcements
only
Switch on the radio traffic service and
completely turn down the volume of
the Infotainment system.
Blocking out traffic announcements
To block out a traffic announcement,
e.g. during CD/MP3 playback:
Press TP or the multifunction knob to
confirm the cancel message on the
display.

Radio99The traffic announcement is aborted,
but the radio traffic service remains
switched on.
EON (Enhanced Other Networks)
With EON you can listen to radio
traffic announcements even if the
station you have set does not
broadcast its own radio traffic service.
If such a station is set, it is displayed
in black as for radio traffic service
stations TP.
Digital audio broadcasting
Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) is
an innovative and universal
broadcast system.
DAB stations are indicated by the
programme name instead of the
broadcasting frequency.
General information
● With DAB, several radio programmes (services) can bebroadcast on a single frequency(ensemble).
● Besides high-quality digital audio
services, DAB is also able to
transmit programme-associated data and a multitude of other data services including travel andtraffic information.
● As long as a given DAB receiver can pick up the signal sent out bya broadcasting station (even if
the signal is very weak), sound
reproduction is ensured.
● There is no fading (weakening of
the sound) that is typical of AM or
FM reception. The DAB signal is reproduced at a constant volume.
● If the DAB signal is too weak to be picked up by the receiver,
reception is interrupted
completely. This incident can be
avoided by activating Auto
ensemble linking and/or Auto
linking DAB-FM in the DAB
settings menu.
● Interference caused by stations that are on nearby frequencies (a
phenomenon that is typical of AM and FM reception) does not
occur with DAB.
● If the DAB signal is reflected by natural obstacles or buildings,
the reception quality of DAB is
improved, whereas AM or FM
reception is considerably
impaired in such cases.
● When DAB reception is enabled, the FM tuner of the Infotainmentsystem remains active in the
background and continually
searches for the best receivable
FM stations. If TP 3 97 is

100Radioactivated, traffic announcements
of the FM station with the best
reception are issued. Deactivate
TP if you do not wish DAB
reception to be interrupted by FM traffic announcements.
Configuring DAB
Press CONFIG .
Select Radio settings and then DAB
settings .
The following options are available in
the configuration menu:
● Auto ensemble linking : with this
function activated, the device
switches over to the same
service (programme) on another
DAB ensemble (frequency, if
available) when the DAB signal is
too weak to be picked up by the
receiver.
● Auto linking DAB-FM : with this
function activated, the device
switches over to a corresponding
FM station of the active DAB
service (if available) when the
DAB signal is too weak to be
picked up by the receiver.
● Dynamic audio adaption : with
this function activated, the dynamic range of the DAB signal is reduced. That means the level
of the loud sounds is reduced, but
not the level of the quiet sounds.
Therefore the volume of the
Infotainment system can be
raised to a point where the quiet
sounds are audible, without the
loud sounds being too loud.
● Frequency band : after selection
of this option it can be defined
which DAB wavebands are to be
received by the Infotainment
system.