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With this system you can also play your
favourite music stored on USB device and
select tracks and playback modes with
both voice commands or buttons on the
steering wheel.
THE HANDS-FREE KIT
The basic characteristic of this hands-free
kit is voice recognition with Bluetooth
®
wireless technology. With this system you
can make and receive calls safely and se-
curely using either voice commands or
buttons on the steering wheel under what-
ever driving condition without having to
take your eyes off the road or removing
your hands from the steering wheel, as re-
quired by current law regulations.
Bluetooth
®wireless technology enables
wireless connection between your mobile
phone and the hands-free kit installed on
your car. To use the hands-free kit, you need a
Bluetooth
®wireless technology enabled
mobile phone. This hands-free kit gives
you the possibility of interacting vocally
with your mobile phone while driving,
even if your mobile device does not fea-
ture this capability. You can also interact
with your mobile phone manually and vi-
sually using the steering wheel controls
and the instrument panel multifunction dis-
play.
For further details on the mobile phones
supported by Blue&Me™, refer to sec-
tion Blue&Me™SUPPORTED MOBILE
PHONES.
To get started with Blue&Me™hands-
free kit with voice recognition, you have
to simply pair your Bluetooth
®wireless
technology enabled mobile phone with the
system.
Pairing is an operation that has to be made
only once.
Hands-free kit with Bluetooth®wireless technology
and media player
OVERVIEW
Windows Mobile™-based Fiat
Blue&Me™is a personal telematic sys-
tem enabling to use communication and
entertainment applications expressly de-
signed for use in the car.
The Blue&Me™system installed on your
car is equipped with hands-free kit and
media player, and it is preset for future in-
stallation of additional services.
The Blue&Me™system, fully integral
with voice commands, buttons on the
steering wheel and multifunction display
messages, gives you the possibility of in-
teracting with your Bluetooth
®wireless
technology mobile phone (even if you
keep it in your pocket or bag) without hav-
ing to take your eyes off the road or re-
moving your hands from the steering
wheel. To use voice commands you are
not required to train the voice recognition
system to recognize your voice. This im-
plies that the system is nearly equally per-
forming with different persons, i.e.: the
voice recognition system is of the “speak-
er independent” type.
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Button
ß/MAIN
&/ESC
‘
+/–
N/O
SRC/OK
Notes
❒For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons SRC/OKand ß/MAINcan be used interchangeably, and you can use the key that is
more convenient for you to press.
❒For both operating modes of steering wheel buttons (short or long press), the function chosen will be activated when you release
the button.
❒On certain versions symbol ‘could be replaced by ô. The relevant button keeps the same functions. Short press function
(less than 1 second)
– Launch Blue&Me™Main Menu
– Confirm selected menu option
– Accept an incoming phone call
– Switch between two ongoing phone conversations
(call waiting)
– Cancel voice recognition
– Cancel a voice announcement
– Exit Blue&Me™Main Menu
– Exit the sub-menu and return to the previous menu option
– Exit current menu option without storing settings
– Turn the microphone on/off during a phone conversation
– Mute the ring tone of an incoming call
– Media player Pause on/off
– Activate voice recognition
– Interrupt voice announcement to provide a new voice command
– Adjust the volume of the following Blue&Me™functions: hands-free kit,
media player, voice announcements
– Scroll Blue&Me™ menu items – Select media player tracks
– Confirm manually selected menu option
– Switch phone conversation from the hands-free phone to your mobile phone
and vice versa
– Select audio sources (Radio, CD, CD Changer, Media Player)Long press function
(more than 1 second)
– Reject an incoming phone
call
– End a phone call (hang up)
–
– Repeat the last utterance
in a voice interaction
–
–
–
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❒You can then pronounce one of the
available commands and proceed with
the dialogue as you like.
❒If you need further help, press ‘and
pronounce again “Help”.PAIR YOUR MOBILE PHONE
IMPORTANT Carry out this operation
only with the car stopped.
To pair your mobile phone, proceed as
follows:
❒Press ‘and pronounce “Settings”
then, at the end of the Blue&Me™
message say “Pairing”.
❒The system will show the phone pair-
ing PIN number on the multifunction
display. For the next two steps, consult
your mobile phone owner’s manual
about Bluetooth
®pairing.
❒On your mobile phone, query for de-
vices equipped with Bluetooth®wire-
less technology (the setting on your
mobile phone might be called Discover
or New Device). In this list you will find
“Blue&Me” or “My Car” (name iden-
tifying the Blue&Me
™system on your
car): select it.
❒When prompted by the mobile phone,
enter the PIN number shown on the in-
strument panel display using your mo-
bile phone keypad. If pairing is success-
ful, the system will say “Connecting”
and at the end the display will show as
confirmation message, the ID of the
paired mobile phone.
It is essential to wait until you see this con-
firmation message on the display. Pressing
ß/MAINor &/ESCbefore the message
is displayed may cancel the pairing process.
If the pairing process fails, an error mes-
sage will be displayed: in this event repeat
the pairing procedure.
❒At first pairing, Blue&Me™will say
“Welcome” immediately after connect-
ing. This message will no longer be heard
at next pairing procedures.
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❒Blue&Me™will ask if you would like
to copy your paired phone phonebook
to Blue&Me™. It is recommended to
copy it. To start copying the phonebook
say “Yes”, otherwise say “No”.
❒For certain mobile phones the phone-
book is not copied automatically, in this
case you must transfer the phonebook
contacts using your mobile phone key-
pad. If Blue&Me™asks you to do this,
then perform this procedure following
the instructions specific to your mobile
phone and press
ß/MAINwhen you
have finished. MAKING A PHONE CALL
Assume that “John” is one of the contacts
stored in your phonebook.
To call John, proceed as follows:
❒Press the steering wheel button ‘and
pronounce “Call John”.
❒If the name is recognized, the system
will display the recognized contact’s in-
formation on the display screen.
If there is just one phone number for John
in your phonebook, the system will ask if
you would like to call John. To start the
call say “Yes”, otherwise say “No”.
If John has several phone numbers, the
system will ask which phone number you
would like to call (e.g.: “Call John (at)
Work or (at) Home?”). Answer with
the type of required phone number (e.g.:
“(at) Home”). If John has several phone numbers but the
“location” (i.e.: the type of phone number
like work, home, etc.) is missing, the sys-
tem will display the selected contact and
a list of related phone numbers. The
hands-free phone system will ask if you
would like to call the phone number dis-
played. To respond with “yes”, pronounce
“Yes”, otherwise pronounce “No”. If this
is the correct contact but the wrong num-
ber, say “Forward” or “Backward” to
navigate to the phone number you’d like
to call. To call the displayed phone num-
ber, pronounce “Call”. You can also surf
the phone number list manually by press-
ing the buttons on the steering wheel
Nor Ountil you find the required number.
Now, press
ß/MAINor SRC/OKto
start the call.
❒To end the phone call, press ß/MAIN
for longer than 1 second.
If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult
section HANDS-FREE KIT - TROU-
BLESHOOTING.
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If the user pronounces a valid 1stlevel key-
word, then the submenu relevant to that
command will remain active until a key-
word leading to another level is given or
the interaction is interrupted; the same
rule applies for the other lower levels (2
nd
and 3rdlevel).
For the list of available keywords, re-
fer to section VOICE COMMANDS
(KEYWORDS) - SUMMARY.
To repeat the last system voice an-
nouncement, press
‘for longer than 1
second or press shortly
‘and pro-
nounce “Repeat”.
The system can issue voice announce-
ments. A voice announcement is a spoken
message initiated by the system. To can-
cel a voice announcement, press
&/ESC,
or press
‘and pronounce “Cancel”.
A voice interaction is a two-way commu-
nication/spoken exchange between system
and user. To initiate a voice interaction,
press
‘and issue a command. To inter-
rupt an ongoing interaction and start a
new interaction, press
‘at any time dur-
ing the interaction and issue a voice com-
mand.
To stop an ongoing interaction press
&/ESC. You will hear a tone indicating
when voice recognition is deactivated.The hands-free kit help option can speak
the list of commands available to you at
any time, depending on the keyword lev-
el that you are currently on. To use the
help system, say “HelpListen to the list
of currently available commands and de-
cide on which command you’d like to is-
sue to the system.
Adjust the volume of phone calls to a lev-
el that is comfortable and safe while the
car is in motion. To adjust the default vol-
ume of Blue&Me™, see paragraph “EX-
TERNAL AUDIO VOL function” in the
sound system owner handbook. To tem-
porarily adjust the volume of the current
phone call, press +or –or adjust the po-
sition of the radio knob. After the phone
call is disconnected, the volume will revert
back to the original level.
You can press +or –also to adjust the
volume of the current Blue&Me™voice
announcement.
Please remember that to interrupt a voice
announcement, you can always press
‘at any time during a voice interaction and
give a new voice command.
Note
❒Instructions concerning voice com-
mands are identified in the text by sym-
bol
}.Notes
❒After you press ‘, if you do not is-
sue a voice command within a few sec-
onds, the system will prompt you to
pronounce a voice command. If you do
not respond, then voice recognition
shuts off. It is the same case with not
responding to a question during a voice
interaction. You will hear a tone indi-
cating when voice recognition is deac-
tivated.
❒When the system fails to recognize
your voice command, it will give you an-
other opportunity to re-pronounce the
voice command. If you are unsure of
whether the voice command is appro-
priate for the given context, pronounce
“Help”.
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AUDIO
Blue&Me™uses your in-car audio equip-
ment to deliver audio output (hands-free
phone conversation, media player, voice
announcements and tone signals). For this
purpose, the current audio program is
muted for the time needed.
You can always adjust the audio volume
either through the radio or the steering
wheel controls.
When the audio system is used by
Blue&Me™, the radio display will show
dedicated messages.
Blue&Me™ FUNCTION MENU
Blue&Me™Main Menu displays options
within a structured list. Each option (item)
in the menu can be viewed on the instru-
ment panel multifunction display. Available
options enable to activate the different
functions or to change the settings of your
Blue&Me™system.
Note
It is possible to navigate in the menu using
the steering wheel buttons only when the
car is not moving.The Main Menu includes the following op-
tions:
❒LAST CALLS- this submenu allows
you to view a list of the recent calls
made or received. This list is either
downloaded from your mobile phone
memory, or accumulated via use of the
hands-free phone, or both.
❒PHONEBOOK- this submenu allows
you to view the phone numbers in
your phonebook and to select one to
dial. If there is a large amount of entries
in your phonebook, then the items will
be contained in groups within alpha-
betical submenus indicating the contacts
within that group. The number of con-
tacts within a group depends on the
amount of entries in your phonebook.
❒MEDIA PLAYER- this submenu al-
lows to scroll the digital audio tracks in
the library by folder, artist, genre, al-
bum or by playlist. This sub-menu is to
be used to select and play tracks.
❒SETTINGS- this submenu allows you
to perform tasks such as managing your
phonebook entries, creating a pairing
relationship, or setting a connection ID.Launching the Main Menu
To launch the Blue&Me™Main Menu,
press
ß/MAIN, you can then interact with
the system through the buttons on the
steering wheel.
Navigating the menu options
To navigate through the items in a menu,
press
NorO.
When the number of characters in a dis-
play message is too long for the allowable
number of display characters, the text in
the display message will be cut to fit the
display size.
To select the option shown on the display,
press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
To quit the selected option or to exit a
submenu, press
&/ESC.
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Calling a contact in your
phonebook
It is a requirement that you create a pair-
ing relationship and download your mo-
bile phone phonebook to the hands-free
phone system to use this dialing feature.
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To call a contact in your phonebook
using manual interaction, proceed as
follows:
Press
ß/MAINto open the Main
Menu.
Select PHONEBOOKand then
press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Press
NorOto select the alpha-
betical grouping which your con-
tact’s name belongs to, press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAINand then se-
lect the required contact.
If the contact has just one phone
number, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAINto start the call.
If the contact has multiple phone
numbers, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAINto view the different
phone numbers and then select the
required one by
NorOand press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAINto start the
call.
To end the phone call, press
ß/MAINfor longer than 1 second.
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Or, using voice interaction:
Assume you would like to call the
contact “John” in your mobile
phone phonebook.
Press
‘and pronounce “Call
John” or “Call John (on/at) Mo-
bile“ (in the previous statement, the
keyword “Mobile” represents the
type of phone number you would
like to call. The phone number type
can either be “(at) Home”, “(at)
Work”, or “(on/at) Other”).
If the name is recognized, the sys-
tem will display the recognized con-
tact’s information (John, in the ex-
ample) on the display screen.
If John has just one phone number,
the system will ask if you would like
to call John. To start the call say
“Yes”, otherwise say “No”.
If John has several phone numbers,
the system will ask which phone
number you would like to call (e.g.:
“Call John (at) Work or (at)
Home?”). Answer with the type of
required phone number (e.g.: “(at)
Home”). If John has several phone numbers
but the “location” (i.e.: the type of
phone number like work, home,
etc.) is missing, the system will dis-
play the selected contact and a list
of related phone numbers.
To call the displayed phone number,
pronounce “Call”.
If the contact is correct but the
phone number is wrong, you can
surf the phone number list manual-
ly by pressing
NorO. When you
find the required number, press
ß/MAINor SRC/OKto start the
call.
To end the phone call, press
ß/MAINfor longer than 1 second.
Practical hint
When you call a contact with multiple
phone numbers, use the “at location” por-
tion of the voice command (e.g.: “(at)
Home”, “(at) Work”, “(on/at) Mo-
bile”). This will shorten the amount of
steps required to make the phone call.
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Dialling a phone number using
voice commands
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To dial a phone number using voice
interaction, proceed as follows:
Press
‘and pronounce “Dial”.
The system will respond with
“Number, please”.
Pronounce the phone number as a
sequence of single digits (e.g.: “0”,
“1”, “2”, “3”, “4”, “5”, “6”, “7”, “8”,
“9”, “+” (plus), “#” (pound) or “*”
(star).
For example, 0113290103 has to be
pronounced as: “zero, one, one,
three, two, nine, zero, one, zero,
three”.
The system will repeat the complete
phone number and display it.
If the number is complete, pro-
nounce “Dial”. If you have not fin-
ished speaking the phone number,
then pronounce the remaining dig-
its and then pronounce “Dial”.The system will start the call to the
displayed phone number.
To end the phone call, press
ß/MAINfor longer than 1 second.
You can pronounce the sequence of
phone number digits in “digit
groups” which allows you to verify
the recognized number in several
small portions. Digit groups are cre-
ated by the pauses you use while
pronouncing the sequence of digits.
If you pause after pronouncing sev-
eral digits, a digit group is created.
The system will repeat the recog-
nized digits.
If the spoken digits are correct, you
can continue pronouncing the
phone number. If the spoken digits
are incorrect, you can delete the
digit group by pronouncing
“Delete”. The system will delete
the last group of numbers and dis-
play the partially-dialled phone num-
ber. Then, you can re-pronounce
the digit group and also the re-
maining phone number digits.
To cancel the phone call, pronounce
“Cancel”.
To cancel the phone call and start
dialling again, pronounce “Start
over”.To ask the system to repeat the
recognized phone number, pro-
nounce “Repeat”. If no phone
number was dialled, the system says
“No number available”.
If the repeated phone number is
correct, pronounce “Dial” to start
the call.
Note
When dialling a phone number by voice
commands, it is essential to minimize
background noise in the car and to ask the
other passengers to keep silent while you
are speaking digits. Since the system is of
the speaker independent type it can rec-
ognize also other voices; there is there-
fore the risk that some numbers are ac-
cidentally recognized, added to correct
numbers or not recognized.