service VAUXHALL ASTRA J GTC 2018 Infotainment system

92RadioRadioUsage.......................................... 92
Station search .............................. 92
Autostore lists .............................. 93
Favourite lists ............................... 93
Waveband menus ........................94
Radio data system (RDS) ............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 .

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 system (RDS)
RDS is a service of FM stations that considerably 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
3 90.
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
3 90.
● 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.

Introduction1151 RADIO................................. 122
Activate radio or change
waveband ........................... 122
2 CD ....................................... 134
Start CD/MP3/WMA
playback .............................. 134
3 Search backwards ..............122
Radio: search backwards ...122
CD/MP3/WMA: skip track
backwards ........................... 132
4 Radio station buttons 1...6 ..123
Long press: save station .....123
Short press: select station ..123
5 m......................................... 117
Press: switch on/off ............117
Infotainment system ...........117
Turn: adjust volume ............117
6 Search forwards ..................122
Radio: search forwards .......122
CD/MP3/WMA: skip track
forwards .............................. 1327 AS 1/2................................. 123
Automatic memory levels
(preset radio stations) .........123
Short press: select
autostore list ........................ 123
Long press: save stations
automatically ....................... 123
8 FAV 1/2/3 ............................ 123
Lists of favourites (preset
radio stations) .....................123
9 TP ....................................... 127
Activate or deactivate
radio traffic service ..............127
If Infotainment system is
switched off: display time
and date .............................. 127
10 CD ejection ......................... 132
11 CONFIG .............................. 121
Open settings menu ............12112 INFO ................................... 114
Radio: information on the
currently played station .......122
CD/MP3/WMA:
information on the
currently inserted CD ..........132
13 Multifunction knob ...............118
Turn: mark menu options
or set numeric values .........118
Press: select/activate the marked option; confirm set
value; switch function on/off 118
14 CD slot ................................ 132
15 BACK .................................. 118
Menu: one level back ..........118
Input: delete last character
or entire entry ......................118
16 TONE .................................. 120
Tone settings ...................... 120
17 PHONE ............................... 140
Open telephone main menu 143
Activate mute ...................... 117

Radio123when the radio traffic service (TP) is
activated, only traffic service
stations 3 127 are searched for.
Manual station tuning
In the radio main menu, press the
multifunction knob to open the
respective waveband menu and
select manual tuning, e.g. FM manual
tuning .
On the pop-up frequency display, turn the multifunction knob and set the
optimal reception frequency.
Autostore lists The stations received best in a
waveband can be searched for and
stored automatically via the autostore
function.
Each waveband has 2 autostore lists ( AS-Stations 1 , AS-Stations 2 ), in
each of which 6 stations can be stored.
Notice
The currently received station is
marked by i.
Automatic station storing
Keep AS 1-2 pressed until an
autostore message is displayed. The 12 strongest stations in the current
waveband will be stored in the
2 autostore lists.
To cancel 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 1-2 once or several
times to switch to the desired 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 1-2 once or several
times to switch to the desired 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.

126RadioThe Infotainment system stores these
stations, sorted by programme type,
in the corresponding category list.
To 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.
A list of stations is displayed that
transmit a programme of the selected
type.
Select the desired station.
The category list is updated, too,
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 3 128
broadcast various announcement
categories.
The currently received DAB service
(programme) is interrupted when any
announcement of previously
activated categories is pending.
Activating announcement categories
Being in the DAB menu, select DAB
announcements to display the
respective menu.
Activate the desired announcement
categories.
Several announcement categories
can be selected at the same time.
Notice
The following options are only
available, if RDS is set to On.

Radio127Radio data system (RDS)
RDS is a service of FM stations that considerably 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 Press CONFIG to open the Settings
menu.Select Radio settings and then RDS
options .
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 (bysearch function or preset button).
Notice
The following options are only
available, if RDS is set to On.
RDS options
Switching regionalisation on and off
At certain times some RDS stations
broadcast regionally different
programmes on different frequencies.
Set Regional to On or Off.
If regionalisation is switched on, only alternative frequencies (AF) with the
same regional programmes are
selected.
If regionalisation 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 the RDS function is activated and a RDS station is currently received,
information about the current