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OnStar Steering Wheel Controls
Your vehicle may have a Talk/Mute button that
can be used to interact with OnStar
Calling. See Audio Steering Wheel Controls on
page 185 for more information.
On some vehicles, you may have to hold the
button for a few seconds and give the command
"ONSTAR" in order to activate the OnStar
Hands-Free Calling feature.
On some vehicles, the mute button can be used to
dial numbers into voicemail systems, or to dial
phone extensions. See the OnStar
Guide for more information.
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How OnStar Service Works
In order to provide you with OnStar
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vehicle's OnStar system has the capability of
recording and transmitting vehicle information. This
information is automatically sent to an OnStar
Center at the time of an OnStar
Emergency button press or if your airbags or AACN
system deploys. The vehicle information usually
includes your GPS location and, in the event of a
crash, additional information regarding the accident
that your vehicle has been involved in (e.g. the
direction from which your vehicle was hit).
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Hands-Free
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Owner's
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services, your
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Call
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button press,
When you use the Virtual Advisor feature of
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OnStar Hands-Free Calling, your vehicle also
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sends OnStar your GPS location so that we can
provide you with location-based services.
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OnStar service cannot work unless your vehicle is
in a place where OnStar
wireless service provider for service in that area.
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OnStar service also cannot work unless you are in
a place where the wireless service provider
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OnStar has hired for that area has coverage,
network capacity and reception when the service is
needed, and technology that is compatible with the
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OnStar service. Not all services are available
everywhere, particularly in remote or enclosed
areas, or at all times.
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OnStar service that involves location information
about your vehicle cannot work unless GPS
satellite signals are unobstructed and available in
that place as well.
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has an agreement with a
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