Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine Plug-in Hybrid (2017 year). Instruction - part 2

INTRODUCTION

* Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.

Function view: vehicle functions can be acti-
vated/deactivated by tapping. Certain func-
tions are called "trigger functions", which
open settings windows, e.g.,

Camera

and

parking functions. Settings for the head-up
display

* are also started from Function view

but the actual interaction is controlled from
the steering wheel keypad buttons and the
instrument panel.
Home view: the initial view shown when the
center display is started.
App (Application) view: shows apps that have
been downloaded (third-party apps) as well
as ones for integrated functions such as

radio

. Tap an icon to open the app.

Status bar: vehicle activities are shown at the
top of the screen. Network/connection infor-
mation is shown on the left side of the bar.
Media-related information, the clock and
information about background activities are
shown to the right.
Top view: pull down the tab to open Top view.
From here, you can access

Settings

Owner's manual

and stored messages.

Navigation: leads to map navigation. Tap the
sub-view to expand it.
Media: the most recently used media-related
apps. Tap the sub-view to expand it.
Phone: used to access phone-related func-
tions. Tap the sub-view to expand it.

The extra sub-view: the most recently used
apps/vehicle functions that do not belong in
any of the other sub-views are listed here.
Tap the sub-view to expand it.
Climate bar: information and direct access to
settings such as temperature, seat heating

and blower speed. Tap the symbol at the
center of the Climate bar to open Climate
view for additional settings.

Related information

•

Using the center display (p. 50)

•

Function view buttons (p. 41)

•

Symbols in the center display status bar
(p. 48)

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Settings view (p. 115)

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Media player (p. 455)

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Phone (p. 448)

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Climate system controls in the center display
(p. 199)

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Cleaning the center display (p. 552)

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Changing center display settings

The center display activates automatically when
the driver's door is opened. Settings can be
made for e.g., sounds, background and themes.

Turning off or changing the volume of
center display sounds

System sounds in the center display can be
turned off or their volume can be changed:

1. Tap

Settings

in the center display's Top

view.

2. Tap

Sound

System Volumes

3. Pull the control under

Screen Touch

to the

desired level to change volume or turn off
the sound for tapping the screen or

Keypad

Touch

Changing the screen's appearance
(theme)

1. Tap

Settings

in the center display's Top

view.

2. Tap

My Car

Displays

Themes

3. Select a theme, e.g.,

Minimalistic

Chrome Rings

In addition, the settings:

Normal

and

Bright

can

also be selected. For

Normal

, the screen's back-

ground is dark and the text is light. This is the
default setting. If

Bright

is selected, the back-

ground will be light and the text will be dark,

which can increase readability in strong ambient
lighting.

These alternatives are always available and do
not shift automatically according to changes in
ambient lighting.

Related information

•

Using the center display (p. 50)

•

Sensus (p. 22)

•

Settings view (p. 115)

•

Cleaning the center display (p. 552)

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Using the center display keyboard

A keyboard can be used on the center display to
enter characters and search for e.g., destina-
tions using the navigation system, adding con-
tacts in phone book, etc. It is also possible to
use handwriting on the screen.

Entering text using the keyboard

The keyboard will only appear at the bottom of
the center display in situations when it is possible
to write on the screen.

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Keyboard function buttons (the appearance may vary depending on language settings, context, etc.)

Field for possible search hits. The word
changes as new letters are added. Scroll in
the list using the left/right arrows. Tap a

word to select it. The keyboard may not sup-
port all language selections, in which case
this line on the screen will not be displayed.

The characters that can be entered are lan-
guage-dependent (see point 7). Tap a char-
acter to enter it.

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Several buttons (depending on the context
for which the keyboard is being used) will be
displayed here. In certain cases, it can be
used to enter @, .com or to start a new line.
Press to hide the keyboard. In cases where
this is not possible, the button will not be dis-
played.
Tap once to enter one uppercase letter.
Double-tap for Caps lock (tap again to
return to lowercase letters). Letters entered
after the !, . and ? characters will automati-
cally be uppercase. The first letter in the text
field or in text fields intended for names,
addresses or company names will also auto-
matically be uppercase. The first letter in text
fields intended for passwords, web
addresses or email addresses will automati-
cally be lowercase unless upper case is
chosen.
Press to display the numbers that can be
entered. When numbers are displayed, tap

to resume entering text or

enter special characters.
Tap to change the keyboard language (in this
example, UK English is the selected lan-
guage). The characters available will change
according to the selected language (2). This
button will only be displayed if several key-
board languages have been selected (see
the section "Changing keyboard languages"

below). Tap to display a list of possible lan-
guages and tap a language to use it.
Tap to enter blank spaces.

Tap to erase one character at a time.

Tap to enable handwriting. See the section
"Handwritten text" below.

Entering text and performing searches using the
keyboard are done somewhat differently in the
navigation system. See the section "Filtering des-
tination search results" below.

Tap the button above the keyboard to confirm the
text that has been entered (not shown in the
illustration). This button's appearance differs
depending on the context.

Changing keyboard languages

In order to change keyboard languages, they
must first be selected under

Settings

The keyboard language can be changed without
changing the language used for the other sys-
tems/menus in the vehicle.

1. Pull down the center display's Top view and

tap

Settings

2. Tap

System

Keyboard Layouts

3. Select and one or more of the languages in

the list.
> The makes it possible to change the key-

board layout and characters available
depending on the language(s) selected.

When more than one language
has been selected, this button
(7)

will appear on the key-

board.

To shift between keyboard languages:

1. Press and hold the button (7).

> A list will be displayed.

2. Tap the desired language. If more than four

languages have been selected in

Settings

scroll in the list.
> The keyboard layout and characters avail-

able will change to the selected language.

In the example illustration, the button shows "UK".

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Special characters

To enter language-specific characters such as é
or è (if available):

1. Press and hold a character key.

> A box with available characters will open.

2. Tap the desired character. If none of the spe-

cial characters is selected, the key's initial
character will be entered.

Handwritten text

Tap button (10), see the overview illustration
above, to enter the handwriting mode.

Area for entering characters.

Text box where the characters entered in
area (1) appear.
Suggested characters. Scroll in the list if
necessary.
Blank spaces.

Tap to erase one character at a time.

Tap to return to the standard keyboard.

Press to hide the keyboard. In cases where
this is not possible, the button will not be dis-
played.
Tap to change the keyboard language.

Entering characters

1. Enter a handwritten character (1) using a fin-

gertip or by holding e.g., a pen near the
screen.
> Several character suggestions will appear

(3). The most likely character will be at the
top of the list.

CAUTION

Do not touch the screen with sharp objects
because this could cause scratches.

2. Continue entering characters.

> If no other choice is made, the character

at the top of the list will be used. Tap one
of the other characters in the list to use it
instead.

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Erasing/changing handwritten characters

Erase a character by swiping over the handwriting area
(1)

Characters can be erased/changed in several
ways:

•

Tap the desired character in the list (3).

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Tap button (5) to erase the character and
start again.

•

Sweep horizontally from right to left over the
handwriting area (1). Erase several charac-
ters by swiping over the area several times.

•

Tap the "x" in the text box (2) to delete all
characters.

New lines

Create a new line by drawing above the characters as
shown in the illustration

Related information

•

Using the center display (p. 50)

•

Center display overview (p. 33)

•

Navigating in the center display's views
(p. 43)

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Function view buttons

The Function view, which is one of the center
display's basic views, contains all of the vehicle's

on-screen function buttons. From the Home
view, swipe from left to right on the screen to
come to the Function view.

Different types of buttons

There are three different types of vehicle function
buttons as listed in the following table.

Type of button

Functions

Vehicle function affected

Function buttons

Have On/Off modes.

An LED indicator light to the left of the button's icon will illuminate when a function is
active. Press the button to turn the function on or off.

Most of the buttons in the function view are
function buttons.

Start buttons

Do not have On/Off modes.

Pressing a start button opens a function's window, e.g., a window for adjusting the
driver's seat.

•

Camera

•

Headrest fold

•

Functions for folding down a seat.

•

Head-up display adjustments

Parking buttons

Have On/Off and scanning modes.

Similar to function buttons but have an additional parking scanning mode.

•

Park In

•

Park Out

Button modes

A function is activated (on) when the LED indicator is
green

A function is deactivated (off) when the LED indicator is
off

When a function or parking button's LED indica-
tor is green, the function is activated. When a
function is initially activated, an additional text will
be displayed (certain functions only) in the button
for approx. 5 seconds, after which the button will
be displayed with the LED indicator illuminated.

Press the button briefly to deactivate the func-
tion.

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The yellow triangle indicates that the function is not
working correctly

Related information

•

Center display overview (p. 33)

•

Navigating in the center display's views
(p. 43)

•

Categories in Settings view (p. 116)

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Navigating in the center display's

views

There are 5 different basic views in the center
display: Home view, Top view, Climate view, App
view and Function view. The display is activated
automatically when the driver's door is opened.

Home view

Home view is displayed when the screen is acti-
vated. It consists of four sub-views:

Navigation

Media

Phone

and an extra sub-view. The extra

sub-view contains the most recently used app/
vehicle function that is not related to the other
three sub-views. For example, if the most recently
used app/vehicle function is a music app, the

Media

sub-view will be displayed.

The sub-views display brief information about the
respective apps.

The first time the vehicle is started, some of the
Home view's sub-views will not contain any infor-
mation.

NOTE

•

In Home view's standard mode (reached
by pressing the Home button briefly), an
animation explaining how to access the
different views will be shown on the
screen.

•

Some functions may be disabled when
the vehicle is moving.

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Expanding/minimizing a sub-view

The Media sub-view shown minimized (left) and expanded (right)

•

To expand a sub-view, tap the screen any-
where in the sub-view to access the respec-

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tive app's basic functions. When a sub-view
is expanded, the Home view's fourth sub-
view will temporarily not be displayed.

•

To minimize a sub-view, tap anywhere on the
screen.

Opening/closing a sub-view in full-screen
mode

The extra sub-view and the

Navigation

sub-view

can be opened in full-screen mode to show addi-
tional information and possible settings.

In expanded mode, open the
app in full-screen mode by tap-
ping the symbol.

Tap on the symbol or the Home
button below the screen to
return to the expanded view.

It is always possible to return to Home view by
pressing the Home button. Press the Home but-
ton twice to return to Home view's standard view
from full-screen.

Home button for the center display

Status bar

Current vehicle activities are shown in the status
bar at the top of the screen. Network and con-
nection information is shown to the left. Brief
information about currently running apps and the
clock are shown to the right.

Top view

The top view has a tab at the center of the status
bar. Pull down (expand) the Top view by swiping
the tab downward.

Top view when expanded

Top view provides access to:

•

Settings

•

Owner's manual

•

The vehicle's stored messages

To leave (minimize) Top view, tap the screen out-
side of this view or tap at the bottom of Top view
and swipe upward. The views behind will become
visible again. Top view is not available when the

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ignition is being started/switched off or when a
message is displayed on the screen.

Going to Top view from an app

To pull down Top view when an app is running
(e.g., FM radio):

•

Tap

FM Radio Settings

to display these

settings.

•

Tap

Owner's manual

to open an article

related to the specific app.

This applies only to your vehicle's factory-
installed apps. This is not possible for third-
party apps that have been downloaded.

Climate view

The climate bar, where the most common climate
system settings can be made, is located at the
bottom of the screen and is always visible.

Tap the symbol at the center of the cli-
mate bar to open Climate view for
access to additional climate system
settings.

Tap the symbol to close Climate view
and return to a previous view.

App view

App view (generic illustration)

Swipe the screen from right to left to access App
view from Home view. This displays factory-instal-
led apps such as

as well as any apps that

have been downloaded. Brief information will be
displayed for certain apps, for example missed
phone calls, etc.

Tap an app to open it.

When applicable, swipe downward to scroll in the
list of apps (depending on the number of apps
currently running).

To move an app, press and hold it. It will become
slightly bigger and transparent and can then be
dragged to the desired position and released.

Return to Home view by swiping the screen from
left to right or by pressing the Home button.

Function view

Function view (generic illustration)

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Swipe the screen from left to right to access
Function view from Home view. From Function
view, you can activate/deactivate various vehicle
functions such as

Drive Modes

Speed limit

adaptation

and

Park Assist

When applicable, swipe upward to scroll in the list
of functions (depending on the number of func-
tions).

Activate/deactivate a function by tapping its but-
ton. Certain functions will open in their own win-
dows.

To move a function button, press and hold it. It
will become slightly smaller and transparent and
can then be dragged to the desired position and
released.

Related information

•

Using the center display (p. 50)

•

Center display overview (p. 33)

•

Function view buttons (p. 41)

•

Symbols in the center display status bar
(p. 48)

•

Changing settings in different types of apps
(p. 49)

•

Climate system controls (p. 199)

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Symbols in the center display status

bar

The following table provides an overview of the
symbols used in the center display's status bar.

The status bar shows current vehicle activities
and in certain cases, also their status. Due to lim-
ited space in the status bar, not all symbols will
be displayed at all times.

Symbol

Meaning

Roaming activated.

Cell phone network signal strength.

Bluetooth device connected.

Bluetooth activated but no device
connected.

Connected to a Wi-Fi network.

Tethering activated. (Wi-Fi hotspot).

Vehicle modem activated.

Connected to the Internet via USB.

Type of cell phone connection (2G,
3G, etc.).

Symbol

Meaning

Remote diagnostics active.

Action in progress.

Preconditioning

in progress.

Audio source being played.

Audio source paused.

Phone call in progress.

Audio source muted.

News broadcasts from current radio
station

Traffic information being received

Clock.

Hybrid models only.

Not available in all markets.

Related information

•

Navigating in the center display's views
(p. 43)

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Indicator symbols in the instrument panel
(p. 130)

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Warning symbols in the instrument panel
(p. 141)

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Messages in the instrument panel and center
display (p. 155)

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Changing settings in different types

of apps

App view, which is one of the center display's
basic views, contains all of the vehicle's apps
(applications/programs). Access this view by
swiping the screen from right to left.

Basic apps

A number of apps are standard and are part of
Volvo Sensus, such as

FM Radio

USB

and

To change settings in a basic app:

1. Open the app, for example

Phone

, either on

the home screen or full-screen from App
view.

2. Pull down Top view.

3. Tap

Phone settings

4. Change the desired settings and confirm.

5. Press the Home button, tap the screen out-

side of Top view or pull Top view up.

Third-party apps

Third party apps have to be selected and down-
loaded. In these apps, setting are made from
within the app, not from Top view.

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