Buick Encore GX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
16263917) - 2023 - CRC - 2/24/22
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Infotainment System
Infotainment System
Introduction
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Radio
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . 137
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation
Using the Navigation System . . . . . . . . . . 140
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Navigation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . 150
Voice Recognition
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Bluetooth (Overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Bluetooth (Pairing and Using a
Phone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . 161
Settings
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Trademarks and License Agreements
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Introduction
Read the following pages to become familiar
with the features.
Taking your eyes off the road for too
long or too often while using any
infotainment feature can cause a crash.
You or others could be injured or killed.
Do not give extended attention to
infotainment tasks while driving. Limit
your glances at the vehicle displays and
focus your attention on driving. Use voice
commands whenever possible.
The infotainment system has built-in
features intended to help avoid distraction
by disabling some features when driving.
These features may gray out when they are
unavailable. Many infotainment features are
also available through the instrument cluster
and steering wheel controls.