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The MEDIA PLAYERmenu enables the
following:
❒to display tracks stored on your USB
device
❒to play audio files stored on your USB
device.
Note
Before using the player, read the section
on COMPATIBLE USB STORAGE DE-
VICES or on using an iPod to check that
your USB memory device is compatible
with Blue&Me™.
MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS
HOW TO CONNECT THE USB
DEVICE TO Blue&Me™
To connect your USB device to
Blue&Me™, proceed as follows:
❒Copy the tracks on your USB device.
For further information, see “TECH-
NOLOGIES COMPATIBLE WITH
Blue&Me™”.
❒USB devices without USB wire: just
connect the USB device (directly or by
an extension lead) to the USB port on
the vehicle (see fig. 1).
❒USB devices with USB wire: use the
wire to connect the USB device to the
USB port on the vehicle (see fig. 1).
❒Turn the ignition key to MAR.
Blue&Me™will start automatically to
play your digital tracks selecting them
from the library built at the moment
the USB device is connected.
❒If AUTOPLAYis set to“ON”,
Blue&Me™will start playback auto-
matically.
ÂFor further information read chapter
SETTINGS FUNCTION - MEDIA PLAYER.
When building the media library is over, it
will be possible to use Blue&Me™to to
select and play tracks.HOW TO MANAGE
THE MEDIA LIBRARY
With the Media Player you can select the
audio files stored on your USB device, us-
ing voice commands or the buttons on the
front panel.
You can scroll audio files by folder, artist,
genre, album or playlist and then select the
required category using voice commands.
After selecting the required category, se-
lect the required file using manual con-
trols.
Enter track data (e.g.: title, artist, album,
genre) for surfing your media library
friendly.
Note
Not all formats require to enter media in-
fo. Formats .mp3and .wma, .aacrecog-
nized by Blue&Me™require media info
whereas .wavnot. If no media info is en-
tered, audio files can only be selected by
folder.
ÂFor further details, refer to section
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR USING THE
MEDIA PLAYER.
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}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Artists”.
Scroll the artist’s albums. To play all
the albums of the required artist, se-
lect PLAY ALLand then press
OK
ıor ˜MAIN. To play an al-
bum, select the required album and
then press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
To play a track, select the title and
then press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Note
If your USB device contains many audio
files, the ARTISTSmenu can be subdi-
vided into alphabetical sub-menus. Alpha-
betical sub-menu can display just the first
letter of the tracks it contains (e.g.: A-F),
or it can display the first two letters (e.g.:
Aa-Ar).Selection by genre
?
To select the tracks of a special
genre using manual interaction, pro-
ceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select
MEDIA PLAYER, and then press
OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Select GENRESand then press
OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Scroll genres. To play all the tracks
of the displayed genre, press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Genres”.
Scroll genres. To play all the tracks
of the displayed genre, press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Note
If your USB device contains many audio
files, the GENRESmenu can be subdivid-
ed into alphabetical sub-menus. Alphabet-
ical sub-menu can display just the first let-
ter of the tracks it contains (e.g.: A-F), or
it can display the first two letters (e.g.: Aa-
Ar).Selection by album
?
To select an album using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select MEDIA
PLAYER, and then press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
Select ALBUMSand then press
OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Scroll albums. To select the dis-
played album, press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
Scroll the album tracks. To play all
the tracks in the album, select
PLAY ALLand press OK
ıor
˜MAIN. To play an album, select
it and then press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
To play just one track, select the
track title and press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
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}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Al-
bums”.
Scroll albums. To select the displayed
album, press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Scroll the album tracks. To play all the
tracks in the album, select PLAY
ALLand press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
To play just one track, select the track
title and press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Note
If your USB device contains many audio
files, the ALBUMSmenu can be subdi-
vided into alphabetical sub-menus. Alpha-
betical sub-menu can display just the first
letter of the tracks it contains (e.g.: A-F),
or it can display the first two letters (e.g.:
Aa-Ar).Selection by playlist
Playlists stored in your USB device can be
displayed with the PLAYLISTSmenu.
?
To select a playlist using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select MEDIA
PLAYER, and then press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
Select PLAYLISTSand press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Scroll playlists. To play the displayed
playlist, press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Playlists”.
Scroll playlists. To play the displayed
playlist, press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
For further details on how to build
playlists, refer to section PRACTICAL
HINTS.PLAYING AUDIO TRACKS
Shuffle playback of the whole
media library
Option “PLAY ANYTHING” shall be
used to play quickly the whole content of
your media library at random.
?
To start “PLAY ANYTHING” us-
ing manual interaction, proceed as
follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select MEDIA
PLAYER, and then press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
Select PLAY ANYTHINGand
press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Play
anything”.
For further details on digital audio
files playback, refer to section “DIG-
ITAL AUDIO SELECTION”.
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Now playing (track data)
With the NOW PLAYINGoption you
can display current track data for 15 sec-
onds.
?
To start this option using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select ME-
DIA PLAYER, and then press
OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
Select NOW PLAYINGand then
press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Now
playing”.
Note
When the playback of a digital audio track
is started, the relevant track data will be
automatically displayed for 15 seconds.Audio play
?
To start playing an audio file using
manual interaction, proceed as fol-
lows:
If “AUTOPLAY” option is on,
connect your USB device to
Blue&Me
™: track playback will
start automatically.
ÂSETTINGS FUNCTION - MEDIA
PLAYER.
You can also select the required au-
dio file and then press OK
ıor
˜MAINto start playing it.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Play
anything”.
Pause
To pause the track being played: Press
ESC
ˆor button MUTE/ ^on sound
system front panel.
Play
To resume playback of the paused track:
Press ESC
ˆor button MUTE/ ^on
sound system front panel.Stop
To stop playing a track: Pronounce
“Stop”.
Next track
?
To play next track using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
While playing a digital track press
N.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
While playing a digital track press
‘and pronounce “Next”.
Previous track
?
To play the previous track using
manual interaction, proceed as fol-
lows:
While playing a track press
O.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
While playing a digital track press
‘and pronounce “Previous”.
Note
If “Previous track” (manual or voice) com-
mand is given after playing the first 3 sec-
onds of the track, the track will be played
again. If it is given within the first 3 sec-
onds, the previous track will be played.
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Changing audio source
To change the active audio source (Radio,
CD, CD Changer, Media Player), press the
keys FM, AM, CDon the radio panel.
Note
For further details on voice commands
(keywords) to be used with the Media
Player, refer to section VOICE COM-
MANDS (KEYWORDS) - SUMMARY.
To manage audio files from iPod or iPhone
devices, refer to "TECHNOLOGIES COM-
PATIBLE WITH Blue&Me™”.MEDIA PLAYER SETTINGS
Autoplay
When the Autoplay optionis on,
Blue&Me™will start to play the audio
files on your USB device as soon as you
turn the ignition key MAR. Once you ac-
tivate this option, the first time you use the
player, playback will start automatically.
The Autoplay optionshall be disabled
(when required) before connecting your
USB device to the USB port and building
or updating the media library.
?
To change Autoplay settingus-
ing manual interaction, proceed as
follows:
Open the Main Menu, select SET-
TINGS, MEDIA PLAYER, AU-
TOPLAYand then press
OK
ıor˜MAIN.
To activate Autoplay, select AU-
TOPLAY ONand press OK
ıor
˜MAIN. To deactivate Autoplay
select AUTOPLAY OFFand
press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Auto-
play on” or “Autoplay off”.
Note
If you change the Autoplaysettings after
connecting the USB device, new setting
will be activated the next time you con-
nect a different USB device (or the same
USB device with updated track library).
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Shuffle
Use the Shuffleoption to change the
playback sequence. With Shuffleoption
on, Blue&Me™will play digital audio files
at random.
?
To change Shufflesetting using
manual interaction, proceed as fol-
lows:
Open the Main Menu, select SET-
TINGS, MEDIA PLAYER,
SHUFFLEand then press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
To activate the Shuffleoption, se-
lect SHUFFLE ONand press
OK
ıor ˜MAIN. To deactivate
it, select SHUFFLE OFFand
press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Shuffle
on” or “Shuffle off”.Loop
Use the Loopoption to repeat a track.
?
To activate the Loop option using
manual interaction, proceed as fol-
lows:
Open the Main Menu, select SET-
TINGS, MEDIA PLAYER,
LOOPand then press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
To activate the Loopoption, select
LOOP ONand press OK
ıor
˜MAIN. To deactivate it, select
LOOP OFFand press OK
ıor
˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Loop
on” or “Loop off”.
Note
With Loopoption on, previous and next
track playback will pass to the previous or
next audio track, that will start to be re-
peated.EXIT THE SETTINGS MENU
At the end of any of the operations de-
scribed above, you can exit the settings
menu as described below.
?
To exit the SETTINGSmenu us-
ing manual interaction:
Select EXITand then press OK
ıor ˜MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Exit”.
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PRACTICAL HINTS FOR USING
THE MEDIA PLAYER
Scrolling
❒To optimize scrolling of the FOLD-
ERSmenu, organize folders on your
USB device before connecting it to
Blue&Me™. To facilitate and to opti-
mize FOLDERSmenu selection, or-
ganize your tracks in folders with
prompt names for you.
Organizing media files
❒In order to make the musical selection
on Blue&Me™, based on predefined
selection criteria (author, album, type,
etc.) information contained in multi-
media files must be catalogues and up-
dated. To update file data, follow the in-
structions given on your software in-
struction manual.
❒If certain items in your library have no
Artist, Album, Title and Genre,
Blue&Me™will show UNKNOWN
in ALBUMSand GENRESmenus.
To enter the required data, follow the
instructions given on your software in-
struction manual.Building the media library on
Blue&Me™
❒Building the media library may require
a few minutes. If the time required is ex-
cessive, you can intervene by reducing
the number of audio files stored on
your USB device.
❒While building the library, it is howev-
er possible to play a selection of tracks.
Blue&Me™will build the library while
playing music.Building playlists for Blue&Me™
For building .m3uor .wplplaylist for
Blue&Me™using Microsoft
®Windows
Media®Player, proceed as follows:
❒Copy required tracks into a new fold-
er or to your USB memory device.
❒Open Microsoft®Windows Media®
Player. Select File, Openfrom the
menu.
❒Scroll the content of the USB device
connected to your computer and select
the audio files to be entered in the
playlist.
❒Click on Open.
❒Move to “File” and select “Save Now
Playing List As” .... In field “File
Name” enter the required name and
in field “Save as type” set the type:
.wpl or .m3u.
❒Click on Save.
When the above steps are over, the new
file .m3uor .wplwill be built.
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SUPPORTED USB MEMORY DEVICES
USB MEMORY DEVICES
The Media Player is compatible with mo-
st of the USB mass storage devices 1.0, 1.1
or 2.0, which can be configured as hard di-
sks.
MANAGEMENT OF AUDIO
FILES FROM iPod DEVICES
To improve the connection of your iPod
with Blue&Me™, it is usually necessary
to carry out these few simple operations
on your iPod :
❒configure the iPod for use an an ex-
ternal disc, referring to the iPod in-
struction manual;
❒if the configuration has been made on
an Apple PC, make the configuration in
Windows format:
❒store the sound tracks as audio files
compatible with Blue&Me™.
These operations do not compromise
listening quality or the accessability of
tracks managed by the iPod.What I can do
❒Listen to tracks with digital quality
❒Select tracks (by Artist, Album, Genre
etc.) by voice control or using the con-
trols on the steering wheel
❒Display information about the track be-
ing played (song title, artist, etc.) on the
instrument panel.
❒Recharge the iPod via USB connection.
What I cannot do
❒Playing of audio tracks from iPod de-
vices not configurable as external disks
or iPhone (without Media Player
Blue&Me™adapter, see following
Note).
Note
A Media Player Blue&Me™adapter is
available in Lineaccessori Fiat, to play the
music tracks in iPod or iPhone models that
cannot be configured as an external disk.Note
It is advisable not to use USB devices
equipped with the “password” function. If
the USB device is equipped with this func-
tion, always ensure that the function is dis-
abled.
The Media Player supports just one media
library. When connecting a new USB de-
vice, Blue&Me™will build a new library
replacing the existing one.
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