Buick Encore: Introduction / Overview (8 Inch Screen)

Infotainment System

The infotainment system is controlled by using the infotainment display, controls on the center stack, steering wheel controls, and voice recognition. Below is the 8 inch screen controls image and overview. For 7 inch screen controls, see Overview (7 Inch Screen).

1. (Home Page)
   • Press to go to the Home Page. See “Home Page” later in this section.
2. 
   • Radio: Press and release to go to the previous station or channel. Press and hold to fast seek the next strongest previous station or channel. See AM-FM Radio (8 Inch Screen).
   • USB/Bluetooth: Press to seek to the beginning of the current or previous track. Press and hold to quickly reverse through a track. Release to return to playing speed. See USB Port (8 Inch Screen) or Bluetooth Audio.
3. (Power)
   • Press to turn the power on.
   • Press and hold to turn the power off.
   • Press to mute/unmute the system when on.
   • When the power is on and the system is not muted, a quick status pane will display when is pressed. Pressing will mute the system and trigger this pane to show a long press is required to actually power down the system.
   • Turn to decrease or increase the volume.
4. 
   • Radio: Press and release to go to the next station or channel. Press and hold to fast seek the next track or strongest station or channel.
   • USB/Bluetooth: Press to seek the next track. Press and hold to fast forward through a track. Release to return to playing speed. See USB Port (8 Inch Screen) or Bluetooth Audio.
5. BACK
   • Press to return to the previous display in a menu.

Home Page

The Home Page is where vehicle application icons are accessed. Some applications are disabled when the vehicle is moving.

The Home Page can be set up to have up to five pages with eight icons per page.

Touch to go left or to go right or slide a finger left/right across the display to access the pages of icons.

: Touch to go to the next Home Page.

: Touch to go to the previous Home Page.

: Touch this interaction selector to display the favorites list.

Touch and hold a preset to begin the process of saving a favorite application.

Touch the application icon to store as a favorite, and the name of the application will show in the favorites.

Managing Home Page Icons

1. Touch and hold any of the Home Page icons to edit that icon.
2. Drag the icon to a new location on the Home Page or to save it to the applications tray.
3. Press to exit edit mode.