Infotainment System -> Introduction for your Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2018-2025
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Infotainment System
Voice Recognition
Introduction
Read the following pages to become familiar
Infotainment System
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Introduction
Phone
with the features.
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Overview (Base Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Overview (Uplevel Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Bluetooth (Overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bluetooth (Pairing and Using a Phone
for Uplevel Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bluetooth (Pairing and Using a Phone
for Base Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (Base
Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
Warning
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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.
Radio
AM-FM Radio (Base Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
AM-FM Radio (Uplevel Radio) . . . . . . . . . . 156
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
(Uplevel Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Settings
Settings (Base Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Settings (Uplevel Radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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.
Audio Players
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . 158
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bluetooth Audio (Base Radio) . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bluetooth Audio (Uplevel Radio) . . . . . . . 159
Trademarks and License Agreements
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Navigation
Using the Navigation System . . . . . . . . . 160
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Navigation Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . 162
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . 163
Before driving:
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Become familiar with the operation,
center stack controls, steering wheel
controls, and infotainment display.
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Set up the audio by presetting favorite
stations, setting the tone, and adjusting
the speakers.
Set up phone numbers in advance so they
can be called easily by pressing a single
control or by using a single voice
command.
Overview (Base Radio)
Infotainment System
The infotainment system is controlled by using the infotainment display, controls on the
center stack, steering wheel controls, and voice recognition, if available.
See Distracted Driving 0 195.
Active Noise Cancellation (ANC)
If equipped, ANC reduces engine noise in the
vehicle’s interior. ANC requires the
factory-installed audio system, radio,
speakers, amplifier (if equipped), induction
system, and exhaust system to work
properly. Deactivation is required by your
dealer if related aftermarket equipment is
installed.
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Press to turn the power on.
Radio: Press and release to go to
the previous station or channel.
Press and hold to seek one
previous station or channel only.
See AM-FM Radio (Base Radio)
0 154 or AM-FM Radio (Uplevel
Radio) 0 156.
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Press and hold to turn the
power off.
Press to mute/unmute the system
when on.
Turn to decrease or increase the
volume.
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USB/Bluetooth: Press to seek to
the beginning of the current or
previous track. Press and hold to
seek to one previous track only.
Release to return to playing speed.
See USB Port 0 158 or Bluetooth
Audio (Base Radio) 0 158 or
Bluetooth Audio (Uplevel Radio)
0 159.
USB/Bluetooth: Press to seek the
next track. Press and hold to seek
to one next track only. Release to
return to playing speed. See USB
Port 0 158 or Bluetooth Audio
(Base Radio) 0 158 or Bluetooth
Audio (Uplevel Radio) 0 159.
2. Continue holding the icon and drag it to
the desired position.
3. Release your finger to drop the icon in
the desired position.
Move an Icon to Another Page
1. Drag the icon to the edge of the display
toward the desired page.
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2. Continue dragging and dropping
application icons as desired.
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Press to return to the previous
display in a menu.
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Press to go to the Home Page. See
“Home Page” later in this section.
6. V
Overview (Uplevel Radio)
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Turn to change tuner sources only
(AM/FM/SXM/DAB where
available), while in the audio app.
Does not support non-tuner
sources. Turn to scroll through
selections in phone
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Press to exit Android Auto or Apple
CarPlay. To enter back into Android
Auto or Apple CarPlay, press and
hold. See Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto (Base Radio) 0 172 or
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
(Uplevel Radio) 0 174.
Infotainment System
The infotainment system is controlled by
using the infotainment display, controls on
the center stack, steering wheel controls,
and voice recognition, if available.
projection apps.
Home Page
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The Home Page is where vehicle application
icons are accessed. Some applications are
disabled when the vehicle is moving.
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Radio: Press and release to go to
the next station or channel. Press
and hold to seek one next station
or channel only.
Swipe left or right across the display to
access the pages of icons.
Managing Home Page Icons
1. Touch and hold any of the Home Page
icons to enter edit mode.
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added or deleted. For most of the apps in
the cards, an open card view app will
temporarily not be shown in card view.
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Steering Wheel Controls
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Press to go to the Home Page. See
“Home Page” later in this section.
Managing Home Page Icons
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Press to exit Android Auto or Apple
CarPlay. To enter back into Android
Auto or Apple CarPlay, press and
hold. See Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto (Base Radio) 0 172 or
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
(Uplevel Radio) 0 174.
1. Touch and hold any of the Home Page
icons to enter edit mode.
2. Continue holding the icon and drag it to
the desired position.
3. Release your finger to drop the icon in
the desired position.
2. O (Power)
Move an Icon to Another Page
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Press to turn the power on.
Press and hold to turn the
power off.
1. Drag the icon to the edge of the display
toward the desired page.
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If equipped, some audio controls can be
adjusted at the steering wheel.
2. Continue dragging and dropping
application icons as desired.
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Press to mute/unmute the system
when on.
Turn to decrease or increase the
volume.
g : Press to answer an incoming call or
start voice recognition. See Bluetooth
(Pairing and Using a Phone for Uplevel
Radio) 0 165 or Bluetooth (Pairing and Using
a Phone for Base Radio) 0 169 or
Bluetooth (Overview) 0 165.
Move an Icon to the Application Tray
To move an icon to the application tray on
the left side of the screen, drag the icon to
the applications tray.
Home Page
The Home Page is where vehicle application
icons are accessed. Some applications are
disabled when the vehicle is moving.
c : Press to decline an incoming call or
end a current call. Press to mute or unmute
the infotainment system when not on a call.
Swipe left or right across the display to
access the pages of icons.
Card view is located on the right side of the
screen. Scroll up and down through the
different cards. Individual cards cannot be
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Settings
Touch the Phone icon to display the Phone
main page. See Bluetooth (Pairing and Using
a Phone for Uplevel Radio) 0 165 or
Bluetooth (Pairing and Using a Phone for
Base Radio) 0 169 or
Touch the Settings icon to display the
Settings menu. See Settings (Base Radio)
0 175 or Settings (Uplevel Radio) 0 177.
Apple CarPlay
Bluetooth (Overview) 0 165.
If equipped, touch the Apple CarPlay icon to
activate Apple CarPlay after a supported
device is connected. See Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto (Base Radio) 0 172 or
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (Uplevel
Radio) 0 174.
Maps
If equipped, touch the Maps icon to display
the navigation map. See Using the
Navigation System 0 160.
The favorites and volume switches are on
the back of the steering wheel.
Google Assistant
Android Auto
If equipped, touch the Google Assistant icon
to open the Google Assistant app. See Voice
Recognition 0 163.
If equipped, touch the Android Auto icon to
activate Android Auto after a supported
device is connected. See Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto (Base Radio) 0 172 or
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto (Uplevel
Radio) 0 174.
1. Favorite: When on a radio source, press
to select the next or previous audio
broadcast favorite. When listening to a
media device, press to select the next or
previous track.
Google Play
If equipped, touch to download some of
your favorite apps in your vehicle.
2. Volume: Press to increase or decrease
the volume.
Shortcut Tray
Downloading apps on Google Play requires
you to sign into a Google Account and have
internet connectivity in your vehicle. Some
third-party apps require a separate account
and, in some cases, a paid subscription for
in-vehicle access.
For uplevel radios, the shortcut tray is left
of the display. It shows up to five
applications.
Using the System
Audio
For base radios, the shortcut tray is near the
bottom of the display. It shows up to four
applications.
Touch the Audio icon to display the active
audio source page. Examples of available
sources may include AM, FM, SXM (if
equipped), USB, AUX, and Bluetooth.
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Touch and Hold
done up, down, right, or left. This feature is
only available when vehicle is parked and
not in motion.
Infotainment Display Features
Infotainment display features show on the
display when available. When a feature is
unavailable, it may gray out. When a
feature is touched, it may highlight.
Nudge
Infotainment Gestures
Use the following finger gestures to control
the infotainment system.
Touch/Tap
Touch and hold can be used to start another
gesture, or to move or delete an application.
Drag
Nudge is used to move items a short
distance on a list or a map. To nudge, hold
and move the selected item up or down to
a new location.
Fling or Swipe
Touch/tap is used to select an icon or
option, activate an application, or change
the location inside a map.
Drag is used to move applications on the
Home Page, or to pan the map. To drag the
item, it must be held and moved along the
display to the new location. This can be
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Fling or swipe is used to scroll through a
list, pan the map, or change page views. Do
this by placing a finger on the display then
moving it rapidly up and down or right
and left.
Pinch
Software Updates
Over-the-Air Software Updates
If equipped, see “Updates” under Settings
(Base Radio) 0 175 or
Spread
Settings (Uplevel Radio) 0 177 for details on
software updates.
Radio
AM-FM Radio (Base Radio)
Pinch is used to zoom out on a map, certain
images, or a web page. Place finger and
thumb apart on the display, then move
them together.
Playing the Radio
From the Home Page, touch the Audio icon
to display the active audio source page.
Choose from a list of the three most
recently used sources listed at the left side
of the screen. Choose More to display a list
of available Sources. Examples of available
sources are AM, FM, SiriusXM (if equipped),
MyMedia, USB, AUX (if equipped), and
Bluetooth.
Cleaning High Gloss Surfaces and Vehicle
Information and Radio Displays
Spread is used to zoom in on a map, certain
images, or a web page. Place finger and
thumb together on the display, then move
them apart.
For vehicles with high gloss surfaces or
vehicle displays, use a microfiber cloth to
wipe surfaces. Before wiping the surface
with the microfiber cloth, use a soft bristle
brush to remove dirt that could scratch the
surface. Then use the microfiber cloth by
gently rubbing to clean. Never use window
cleaners or solvents. Periodically hand wash
the microfiber cloth separately, using mild
soap. Do not use bleach or fabric softener.
Rinse thoroughly and air dry before
next use.
Infotainment System Sound Menu
From any of the audio source main pages,
touch Sound to display the following:
Equalizer : Touch to adjust Bass, Midrange,
and Treble using the controls on the
infotainment display.





