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.
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.
❒MESSAGE READER
(with compatible mobile phones
only)- This submenu enables to read
the last message received, to call the
message sender or to delete the last
message received. It is possible to store
up to 20 received messages in the ded-
icated inbox and to play them later, to
call the message sender or to delete the
messages. It is possible to select noti-
fication signals for the arrival of a new
SMS text.
❒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.
iPod player- see dedicated paragraph.
❒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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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 car (see fig. 1).
❒USB devices with USB wire: use the
wire to connect the USB device to the
USB port on the car (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.
For 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.
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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 steering wheel
buttons.
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.
For further details, refer to section
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR USING THE
MEDIA PLAYER.Selection by folder
Track folders on your USB device are dis-
played in the FOLDERSmenu.
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To select tracks through manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu and select
MEDIA PLAYER, then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select FOLDERS, then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll folders. To play all folders, se-
lect PLAY ALLand then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN. To display
folder tracks, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll the selected folder tracks.
To play the required track, select
the title and then press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Fold-
ers”.
Scroll folders. To play all folder, se-
lect PLAY ALLand then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN. To display
folder tracks, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll the selected folder tracks. To
play the required track, select the ti-
tle and then press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
For further details on FOLDERS,
menu customization, see section
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR USING
THE MEDIA PLAYER.
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Selection by artist
?
To select the tracks of a special
artist using manual interaction, pro-
ceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select
MEDIA PLAYER, and then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select ARTISTSand then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll artists. To select the required
artist, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll the artist’s albums. To play all
the albums of the required artist, se-
lect PLAY ALLand press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
To play an album, select the re-
quired album and then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
To play a track, select the title and
then press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
}
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
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN. To play an
album, select the required album
and then press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
To play a track, select the title and
then press SRC/OKor
ß/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
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select GENRESand then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll genres. To play all the tracks
of the displayed genre, press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Genres”.
Scroll genres. To play all the tracks
of the displayed genre, press
SRC/OKor
ß/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).
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Selection by album
?
To select an album using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select ME-
DIA PLAYER, and then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select ALBUMSand then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll albums. To select the dis-
played album, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll the album tracks. To play all
the tracks in the album, select
PLAY ALLand press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN. To play an album, select
it and then press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
To play just one track, select the
track title and press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Al-
bums”.
Scroll albums. To select the dis-
played album, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll the album tracks. To play all the
tracks in the album, select PLAY
ALLand press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
To play just one track, select the
track title and press SRC/OKor
ß/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.
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To select a playlist using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select ME-
DIA PLAYER, and then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select PLAYLISTSand press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Scroll playlists. To play the displayed
playlist, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Playlists”.
Scroll playlists. To play the displayed
playlist, press SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
For further details on how to build
playlists, refer to section PRACTICAL
HINTS.
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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.
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To start “PLAY ANYTHING” us-
ing manual interaction, proceed as
follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select ME-
DIA PLAYER, and then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select PLAY ANYTHINGand
press SRC/OKor
ß/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”.Now playing (track data)
With the NOW PLAYINGoption you
can display current track data for 15 sec-
onds.
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To start this option using manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu, select ME-
DIA PLAYER, and then press
SRC/OKor
ß/MAIN.
Select NOW PLAYINGand then
press SRC/OKor
ß/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.
SETTINGS FUNCTION - MEDIA
PLAYER.
You can also select the required au-
dio file and then press SRC/OKor
ß/MAINto start playing it.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press
‘and pronounce “Play
anything”.
Pause
To pause the track being played: Press
&/ESC or button MUTEon sound sys-
tem front panel.
Play
To resume playback of the paused track:
Press
&/ESCor button MUTEon sound
system front panel.
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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.Changing audio source
To change the active audio source (Radio,
CD, CD Changer, multimedia player),
press SRC/OKor the keys on the radio
front panel (see relevant manual).
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™”.
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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 op-
timize 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
excessive, you can intervene by reduc-
ing 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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