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Introduction

Display options: Press to change the

screen background. The Automatic

setting adjusts the screen

background automatically depending

on the exterior lighting conditions.
To change the overall brightness

setting for the display, use the vehicle

interior lighting instrument panel

illumination control.

Languages

The vehicle supports the following

languages:

■ English
■ Spanish
■ French
■ German
■ Italian
■ Swedish
■ Dutch
■ Polish
■ Hungarian
■ Czech
■ Slovak
■ Danish

■ Portuguese
■ Norwegian
■ Finnish
■ Turkish

Turn the TUNE/MENU to highlight the

language. Press TUNE/MENU to

change the display language. The

default language is English.
To change the display language, see

“Vehicle Personalisation” in the

vehicle Owner's Manual for more

information.

English and metric unit conversion

To change the display readings

between English and metric units,

see “Driver Information Centre (DIC)”

in the vehicle Owner's Manual for

more information.

Tone settings

Navigation audio system

Sound settings menu

To access the Sound settings menu,

press the TONE button.

Use the Sound settings menu to

adjust the following features:

■ Setting the tone
■ Adjusting the speakers

Setting the tone

To adjust the tone using the Sound

settings menu:

■ Bass: Press + or − to change the

level.

■ Middle (Midrange): Press + or − to

change the level.

■ Treble: Press + or − to change the

level.

Adjusting the speakers

To adjust the speaker balance using

the Sound settings menu:
Press and hold 

]

 for more sound from

the left speakers or 

[

 for more sound

from the right speakers. The middle

position balances the sound between

the left and right speakers.
To adjust the speaker fade:

Summary of Contents for 2013 Ampera

Page 1: ...0 1 Infotainment Manual Model Year 2013 Edition June 2012 TS 1711 A 13 VAUXHALL Ampera Infotainment Manual Model Year 2013 Edition June 2012 TS 1711 A 13...

Page 2: ...Introduction 2 Radio 19 Audio players 28 Navigation 50 Voice recognition 75 Phone 81 Index 92 Contents...

Page 3: ...ctions may not apply to your vehicle due to model variant country specifications special equipment or accessories This manual depicts left hand drive vehicles Operation is similar for right hand drive...

Page 4: ...Introduction 3 Control elements overview...

Page 5: ...or Home page screen button press 9 BACK to return to previous menu 6 TONE 16 Press to access the sound menu screen to adjust bass midrange and treble 7 CONFIG Configure 70 Press to adjust features fo...

Page 6: ...DEL Delete 37 Press to delete a song or a list from the hard drive 19 TP Traffic Programme 50 Press to access the Traffic Programme 20 Phone Mute 81 Bluetooth Control elements overview without navigat...

Page 7: ...6 Introduction...

Page 8: ...y phone vehicle and time 8 R Eject 28 Press to eject a disc from the CD player 9 SEEK Seek Down 28 Press to seek the previous track Press and hold to quickly reverse forward through a track Release th...

Page 9: ...ract with those systems Bluetooth 3 81 4 End call mute Press to silence the vehicle speakers only Press again to turn the sound on For vehicles with the Bluetooth system press to reject an incoming ca...

Page 10: ...y presetting favourite stations setting the tone and adjusting the speakers Set up the navigation features such as entering an address or a preset destination Set up phone numbers in advance so they c...

Page 11: ...avigation features After acknowledging the start up information the NAV Navigation and DEST Destination functions are accessible Information can now be entered or deleted and other functions accessed...

Page 12: ...tion The navigation system can record and store destinations and personal information such as names and addresses It is recommended that this information be deleted when selling or disposing of the ve...

Page 13: ...t Short or Easy The system highlights the route 10 Press the Start screen button and the route is calculated Address entry under Destination 3 61 Entering a point of interest POI To set a destination...

Page 14: ...he route 6 Press the Start screen button The route is now ready to be started Preset destination under Destination 3 61 Cancelling guidance Guidance is cancelled at the final destination To cancel gui...

Page 15: ...red or killed Focus your attention on driving and limit glances at the moving map on the navigation screen Use voice guidance whenever possible Infotainment control buttons The buttons on the faceplat...

Page 16: ...Format Depending on the region the following date formats may be available MM DD YYYY DD MM YYYY or YYYY MM DD Display Digital Clock Press Display to turn the display of the clock on the screen On or...

Page 17: ...er s Manual for more information English and metric unit conversion To change the display readings between English and metric units see Driver Information Centre DIC in the vehicle Owner s Manual for...

Page 18: ...rovides a choice of Manual or Talk settings Volume settings Different volume settings are available in the Radio menu There are two ways to access the Radio menu Press the CONFIG button then press the...

Page 19: ...es Press to turn the Audio Cues on or off A checkmark indicates the Audio Cues are on Speed dependent volume Select Off Low Medium or High sensitivity to automatically adjust the volume to minimize th...

Page 20: ...he volume Steering wheel controls 3 2 for more information TUNE MENU Turn this knob to change the radio station See Finding a station following for more information RADIO BAND Press to select the AM F...

Page 21: ...t view screen Radio menu There are two ways to access the Radio menu Press the CONFIG button then press the Radio screen button Turn the TUNE MENU knob until Radio displays Press the TUNE MENU knob to...

Page 22: ...o find a radio station To select a preset station press the corresponding preset button See Mixed band presets following for more information Seeking a station Press SEEK or SEEK to search for a stati...

Page 23: ...meshift keeps recording A status bar displays the length of the recording To resume listening to the broadcast at the point left off press r again Timeshift stops recording and erases the buffer when...

Page 24: ...es rather than the transmission frequency Configuring RDS To open the menu for the RDS configuration 1 Press the CONFIG button 2 Select Radio and then RDS options Switching RDS on and off Set RDS to O...

Page 25: ...interrupted completely This incident can be avoided by activating Auto ensemble linking and or Auto linking DAB FM See Configuring DAB below Interference caused by stations on nearby frequencies typic...

Page 26: ...ering wheel controls can also be used to adjust the volume Steering wheel controls 3 2 To access the radio main page press the SOURCE button on the faceplate the Now Playing screen button or one of th...

Page 27: ...bottom of the screen 3 Repeat the steps for each preset To change the number of preset pages see Mixed Band Presets following for more information Recalling a preset station To recall a preset station...

Page 28: ...r most AM stations is greater than for FM especially at night The longer range can cause station frequencies to interfere with each other Static can occur when things like storms and power lines inter...

Page 29: ...method of recording the quality of the music or video that has been recorded or the way the disc has been handled To avoid damage to the CD player Do not use scratched or damaged discs Do not apply l...

Page 30: ...fast reverse through a track Release the button to return to playing speed Elapsed time displays SEEK Seek Up Press to seek to the next track Press and hold to fast forward through a track Release th...

Page 31: ...y the disc has been handled There can be increased skipping difficulty in recording tracks and difficulty in finding tracks chapters and or difficulty in loading and ejecting If these problems occur c...

Page 32: ...seeks the previous track If longer than five seconds the current track starts from the beginning Press and hold to fast reverse through a track Release the button to return to playing speed Elapsed ti...

Page 33: ...s the Cursor menu The arrows and other cursor options allow navigation of the DVD menu options The Cursor menu options are only available if a DVD has a menu k R l S Arrow buttons Use these screen but...

Page 34: ...ile the DVD is playing Continue pressing to cycle through the viewing angles Audio Press to change the audio stream and the audio language heard while the DVD is playing Continue pressing to cycle thr...

Page 35: ...played Playing an MP3 CD without navigation When an MP3 is loaded in the player MP3 displays If a disc is already loaded and you are listening to a different audio source press SOURCE to change to the...

Page 36: ...he disc Songs are displayed as stored on the disc There might be a delay before the list displays To begin playback select a song from the list Genres Press to view the genres Select a genre to view a...

Page 37: ...to seek to the beginning of the current or previous track If the track has played for less than five seconds it goes to the previous track If longer than five seconds the current track restarts 2 Pres...

Page 38: ...all songs on the disc Select a song from the list and it begins to play Songs are displayed in alphabetical order based on the song title ID3 tag if available Folders Root directory The root directory...

Page 39: ...r source while recording To record all tracks from the disc 1 Load a CD or press the HDD DVD AUX button until the DISC screen displays 2 Press the o REC button 3 A confirmation displays 4 Select All s...

Page 40: ...letes only tracks that have been completely recorded are stored to the hard drive Incomplete tracks are discarded Power mode If the system is turned off during a CD or USB recording process it stops W...

Page 41: ...music recognition technology and related data to generate a list of songs similar to the current song Select a song from the list This feature is only available with songs recorded to the HDD from aud...

Page 42: ...the screen until the Saved as favourite message displays To save an entire Artist Album or Genre to a FAV category preset 1 Press the FAV button until the correct FAV category appears 2 Press and hol...

Page 43: ...to operate USB function r Play Pause Press to start pause or resume play of the current media source SEEK 1 Press to seek to the next track 2 Press and hold to advance quickly through playback Releas...

Page 44: ...Select a song from the list Once selected Mode Artist displays Albums Press to view the albums stored on the USB Select an album to view a list of all songs on the album Select a song from the list On...

Page 45: ...the iPod battery stops charging and the iPod automatically turns off If the iPod is an unsupported model it can still be listened to in the vehicle by connecting to the auxiliary input using a standa...

Page 46: ...ppears on the iPod main screen Podcasts appear with the general music They do not have their own category Like the other music files they are searchable by title artist and album Eject iPod Press to r...

Page 47: ...8 or later Applicable playlist extensions are m3u pls Playlist entries must be in the form of relative paths The system attribute for folders files that contain audio data must not be set To play a U...

Page 48: ...all songs of that genre Select a song from the list to begin playback Folders Playlists Press to open a folder list to access the files within the folder structure File system and naming The song tit...

Page 49: ...ist to begin playback Albums 1 Press to view the albums stored on the iPod 2 Select an album name to view a list of all songs on the album or select All songs to view all songs by the artist 3 Select...

Page 50: ...an audio book name to view a list of all audio books 3 Select the desired audio book from the list to begin playback Playing from an iPhone This feature supports the following iPhone model iPhone 3G...

Page 51: ...rn to the previous screen in a menu The 9 BACK button does not work in primary screens such as the map audio leaf or climate screens CONFIG Configure Press to adjust features for radio navigation disp...

Page 52: ...mbols To select symbols T Space To enter a space between characters or the words of a name k Backspace To delete an incorrect character that has been selected To make name selection easier the system...

Page 53: ...ce recognition feedback Press to turn the voice recognition feedback on or off A checkmark indicates on TMC voice message Press to enable or disable TMC voice message If the voice prompts are on and a...

Page 54: ...n to turn on off or delete the recording and displaying of the travelled path Display tracking points When active the travelled path displays Record tracking points When active the travelled path is r...

Page 55: ...r Landestopographie All rights reserved Preparation for map update IMPORTANT The map update DVDs included in this package can only be used for your particular navigation system Do not use these discs...

Page 56: ...f you want to start the map update Press the Yes screen button 5 Enter the map update key and press the Ok screen button 6 The Starting Update screen will display 7 The display will transition to a sc...

Page 57: ...and gently wipe it from the centre of the disc to the outside Do not use cleaners or solvents Do not use the disc to rest on while writing or drawing using any writing utensil or attach a seal to any...

Page 58: ...he finger is removed Scroll speed increases when pressing closer to the edge of the screen Press NAV to exit map scrolling and return to the current vehicle location on the map While scrolling the map...

Page 59: ...een regardless of the direction the vehicle is travelling Select this symbol to change the view to Heading up or 3 D This symbol indicates that the map view is heading up Heading up view displays the...

Page 60: ...5 miles away on a residential road or is less than or equal to 1 mile away on highway Driving on a Highway Driving on a residential road Non urgent manoeuvre A non urgent manoeuvre is when your distan...

Page 61: ...everal preset options on the bottom of the screen Edit Press to display a list of POI icons 1 Select the POI icon to edit The POI icon is replaced by another icon selected from the next menu 2 Select...

Page 62: ...Enter a street name House number Enter a valid address number Crossroad Enter a street name that intersects with the selected street A checkmark displays on the right side when the field has been sele...

Page 63: ...ype Use the space button between street and city names Use the backspace k screen button to delete an incorrect character A list displays if four or fewer names are available If there are more than fo...

Page 64: ...ity 6 Select a category then a sub category The available POI names will display 7 Select the POI name 8 If the POI is correct Press the Start screen button The route is calculated 9 Select the route...

Page 65: ...en if the information is correct The route calculates 5 Select the route preference for Fast Short or Easy See Entering an address and point of interest and storing preset destinations under Usage 3 8...

Page 66: ...Usage 3 8 1 Press the DEST button 2 Select one of the available screen buttons for Preset Destination The screen buttons were stored with the name selected The route is calculated 3 Select the route...

Page 67: ...Press the Add waypoint screen button This button is only available if the route has been calculated 3 Enter the waypoint by any of the add destination methods Destination 3 61 The system calculates an...

Page 68: ...oute guidance Press the Suspend route guidance Resume route guidance screen button to suspend or resume guidance on the current route Previous destinations deleting To delete all previous destinations...

Page 69: ...to be changed 4 Press Edit located on the bottom of the screen 5 Press the Change name option 6 Use the alpha keyboard to enter the name 7 Press the Ok screen button to save the changes To add or chan...

Page 70: ...n screen button Favourite route 1 After the route has been planned press the NAV button until the full map screen is shown 2 Press the TUNE MENU knob A menu displays 3 Scroll down and select Whole rou...

Page 71: ...D mode Symbols overview 3 57 TMC Press to view the TMC screen Configure menu 3 70 Save Press to save a location to the address book Show POI Press to display POI icons to be shown on the map Select fr...

Page 72: ...TUNE MENU knob to scroll through the available setup features Press the TUNE MENU knob or press the Display screen button to display the other options within that feature Display options To change the...

Page 73: ...Signals are obstructed by tall buildings trees large trucks or a tunnel Satellites are being repaired or improved For more information if the GPS is not functioning properly see Problems with route g...

Page 74: ...sing through a set waypoint The route prohibits the entry of a vehicle due to a regulation by time or season or any other regulation which may be given Some routes might not be searched The route to t...

Page 75: ...etail available for any given area Some areas feature greater levels of detail than others If this happens it does not mean there is a problem with the system As the map data is updated more detail ca...

Page 76: ...voice recognition 1 Press and release the 3 steering wheel button The audio system mutes and a beep is heard A voice prompt stating Please start speaking after the Beep might be heard If there is no b...

Page 77: ...he windows are closed can cause voice commands to be misunderstood This system is able to recognise commands in different languages The system only recognises commands based on the language selected T...

Page 78: ...adio commands Radio Radio band A M Radio FM Radio Radio band FM F M These commands instruct the system to go to either the AM or FM radio bands Radio select frequency A M Radio select frequency FM F M...

Page 79: ...vigation hide airport s These commands instruct the system to display and hide airport POIs on the map screen Navigation show shopping Navigation hide shopping These commands instruct the system to di...

Page 80: ...Vatican City and San Marino Codice postale This command instructs the system that the user wants to enter a destination using voice recognition After this command is stated say the desired postal code...

Page 81: ...vigation show restaurant s Navigation hide restaurant s Navigation show hotel s Navigation hide hotel s Navigation show airport s Navigation hide airport s Navigation show shopping Navigation hide sho...

Page 82: ...y not work with all mobile phones See Pairing a phone in this section for more information If the mobile phone has voice dialling capability learn to use that feature to access the address book or con...

Page 83: ...d for two to three seconds to access the call list 4 End call mute Press to end a call reject a call or to cancel an operation To make outgoing calls using the call list 1 Press the 3 button 2 Highlig...

Page 84: ...cturer s user guide for Bluetooth functions before pairing the mobile phone Pairing information Up to five mobile phones can be paired to the UHP system The pairing process is disabled when the vehicl...

Page 85: ...m goes into discovery mode 5 Start the pairing process on the mobile phone that will be paired to the vehicle Reference the mobile phone manufacturer s user guide for information on this process Locat...

Page 86: ...your mobile phone to the UHP system can vary depending on the size of the phone book and call list stored on your mobile phone When a mobile phone supports the phone book and call list features the P...

Page 87: ...utton on the steering wheel controls To switch calls using call waiting 1 Press 2 Select Switch calls from the menu Conference calling Conference calling and three way calling must be supported on the...

Page 88: ...ommand Apart from this the voice control acknowledges important commands and will ask if necessary In order that calls made inside the vehicle do not lead to unintentional voice activation of the mobi...

Page 89: ...system will assign a device number to the mobile phone when it is paired Available commands Add Delete Help Cancel Example of a dialogue User Pair Voice output Do you want to add or delete a device U...

Page 90: ...ete the number last entered or the block of numbers last entered is deleted Plus a preceding is entered for a call abroad Verify the inputs are repeated by the voice output Asterisk an asterisk is ent...

Page 91: ...n see the dialogue example for Making a call using a telephone number earlier in this section User Send Redialing The Redialing command redials the last number dialled Saving a nametag The Save comman...

Page 92: ...ion User Save User Nametag give nametag Voice output Please repeat the nametag to confirm User Nametag Voice output Saving the nametag Deleting a nametag The Delete command is used to delete a previou...

Page 93: ...81 Configure menu 70 Connecting a phone 81 Control buttons 19 28 Control elements overview 2 D Database coverage explanations 74 Deleting personal information 8 Destination 61 Destination and guidance...

Page 94: ...73 Options available on the map screen 57 P Pairing a phone 81 Phone Bluetooth 81 Pick from map 61 Playing a CD DVD 30 Playing an audio and video DVD 30 Playing an audio CD 30 Playing from an iPod 37...

Page 95: ...Using the navigation system 50 Using voice recognition 75 Using voice recognition for pairing 81 V Vehicle positioning 72 Voice feedback 81 Voice recognition 75 Voice recognition commands 75 Voice re...

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