/ESCto cancel the entire VR session or press the
steering wheel button, wait for the beep and say
“Cancel”.
A voice interaction is a two-way communication/spoken
exchange between system and user. To initiate a voice
interaction, press the
steering wheel button and
issue a command. To interrupt a voice announcement
fromBLUE&ME™and say your reply before listening to
the entire voice announcement, press the
steering
wheel button and speak your command after the prompt.
To stop an ongoing interaction, press the
/ESCbut-
ton. You will hear a tone indicating when voice recogni-
tion is deactivated.
The hands-free communication Help option can speak
the list of commands available to you at any time,
depending on the keyword level that you are currently
on. To use the Help system, say“Help”. Listen to the listof currently available commands and decide on which
command you’d like to issue to the system.
Adjust the volume of phone calls to a level that is
comfortable and safe while the car is in motion. To adjust
the default volume ofBLUE&ME™, refer to EXTERNAL
AUDIO VOL function in the Owner’s Manual on the
DVD. To temporarily adjust the volume of the current
phone call, press+or–or adjust the position of the radio
knob. After the phone call is disconnected, the volume
will revert back to the original level.
You can pressVo l +orVo l –buttons on the rear of the
steering wheel also to adjust the volume of the current
BLUE&ME™voice announcement.
Please remember that to interrupt a voice announcement,
you can always press the
steering wheel button at
any time during a voice interaction and give a new voice
command.
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Launching the Main Menu
To launch theBLUE&ME™Main Menu, press the
/MAINbutton on the steering wheel; you can then
interact with the system using the steering wheel buttons.
Navigating the menu options
To navigate through the items in a menu, press the scan
up or scan down buttons on the rear of the steering
wheel.
When the number of characters in a display 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 the
PRESET UP/OKbutton on the rear of the steering wheel.
To quit the selected option or to exit a submenu, press
/ESC.
BLUE&ME™ HANDS-FREE COMMUNICATION
FUNCTIONS
BLUE&ME™Hands-Free Communication lets you make
and receive phone calls on yourBluetoothwireless
technology enabled mobile phone using voice commands
(keywords) or the steering wheel buttons.
By using the voice commands, you can make calls to
people in your phonebook by pronouncing their first
and/or last name, or you can make phone calls to
numbers not stored in your phonebook by pronouncing
the digits of the phone number or calling the last message
sender.
By using steering wheel buttons, you can make phone
calls to people in your phonebook or call history list by
selecting the associated item in theRECENT CALLSor
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In addition, you can use other calling features, such as
responding to incoming calls, re-dial, callback, call wait-
ing, reading a message or deleting it.
NOTE:
•If you encounter difficulties with any of the voice
recognition operations, refer to HANDS-FREE COM-
MUNICATION PACKAGE - TROUBLESHOOTING.
•Before you can make and receive phone calls using the
hands-free communication package, you must create a
pairing relationship for your mobile phone.
•For further information refer to SETTING FUNC-
TIONS – PAIRING A MOBILE PHONE.
•To activate the hands-free communication package,
the ignition key must be turned to the ON position.
•If during a phone call you turn the ignition key to
STOP, you can continue your conversation through the
hands-free communication package for another15 minutes. After 15 minutesBLUE&ME™will sound
a warning tone and will transfer the call to the mobile
phone.
Making a Phone Call
You can make a phone call using one of the following
methods:
•Calling a contact in your phonebook
•Dialing a phone number using voice commands
•Dialing a phone number using the mobile phone
keypad
•Calling a phone number using call history (recent
calls)
•Calling the sender of a received SMS message
NOTE:For further information refer to FUNCTIONS
OF SMS MESSAGES READER, paragraph SMS MES-
SAGES MANAGEMENT
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Calling a contact in your phonebook
It is a requirement that you create a pairing relationship
and download your mobile phone phonebook to the
hands-free communication system to use this dialing
feature.
To call a contact in your phonebook using manual
interaction, proceed as follows:
Press the
/MAINbutton on the steering wheel to
open the Main Menu.
Use the Scan Up
and Scan Downbuttons on the
rear of the steering wheel to selectPHONEBOOKand
then pressPRESET UP/OKbutton on the rear of the
steering wheel.
To select the alphabetical grouping which your contact’s
name belongs to, press thePRESET UP/OKon the rear of
the steering wheel, then select the required contact.If the contact has just one phone number, press the
PRESET/OKbutton or the
/MAINon the steering
wheel to start the call.
If the contact has multiple phone numbers, use the scan
up and scan down buttons on the rear of the steering
wheel to view the different phone numbers and then
select the required one by pressing thePRESET UP/OK
button or the
/MAINbutton on the steering wheel to
start the call.
To end the phone call, press thePHONE HANG UP
button on the steering wheel.
Or, using voice interaction:
Assume you would like to call the contact “John Smith”
in your mobile phone phonebook.
Press and say“Call John Smith”or“Call John Smith
(on/at) Mobile”(in the previous statement, the keyword
“Mobile”represents the type of phone number you
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“Delete”. The system will delete the last group of num-
bers and display the partially dialed phone number.
Then, you can say the digit group again and also the
remaining phone number digits.
To cancel the phone call, say“Cancel”.
To cancel the phone call and start dialing again, say
“Start over”.
To ask the system to repeat the recognized phone num-
ber, say“Repeat”. If no phone number was dialed, the
system says“No number available”.
If the repeated phone number is correct, say“Dial”to
start the call.
NOTE:When connected toBLUE&ME™and dialing 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
the digits. Since the system is speaker independent, it canalso recognize other voices; there is a risk that some
numbers will be accidentally recognized, added to cor-
rect numbers or not recognized.
Dialing a phone number using the mobile phone
keypad
Alternatively, you can dial a phone number using your
mobile phone keypad and then continue your conversa-
tion using the hands-free communication system.
It is a requirement that you create a pairing relationship
and that the mobile phone is within range of the hands-
free communication system of your car.
To dial a phone number using your mobile phone key-
pad, proceed as follows:
•Dial the phone number on your mobile phone keypad
and connect the phone call following the procedure
required by your mobile phone.
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•Conduct the conversation using the hands-free com-
munication system.
•To end the phone call, press thePHONE HANG UP
button on the steering wheel, or end the phone call
from your mobile phone keypad.
Calling a phone number using call history (recent
calls)
RECENT CALLSoption is a list of the recent calls made
or received. It can consist of up to ten incoming calls, up
to ten outgoing calls and up to five missed calls.
To dial a phone number using manual interaction, pro-
ceed as follows:
•Press the/MAINbutton on the steering wheel to
open the Main Menu.
•SelectRECENT CALLSand then press thePRESET
UP/OKbutton on the rear of the steering wheel.
•The system will present a list of phone numbers. Use
the Scan up/Scan down buttons to select the required
phone number. Then press thePRESET UP/OKbutton
on the rear of the steering wheel or the
/MAIN
button on the steering wheel to start the call.
•To end the phone call, press thePHONE HANG UP
button on the steering wheel.
Or, using voice interaction:
To call back the last incoming phone number, press the
steering wheel button and say“Call back”.
The system will display information about the last caller
and ask if you would like to call back this contact. To
respond with “yes”, say“Yes”,otherwise say“No”.
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Answering an incoming phone call during an
active phone conversation
To answer an incoming phone call while another phone
conversation is active, press the
/MAINbutton on the
steering wheel. The system will switch to the incoming
phone call and put the current phone conversation on
hold.
NOTE:
•Not all mobile phones and carriers support this fea-
ture. Contact the FIAT Dealership or consult the
www.fiatusa.com website for compatible mobile
phones
•Certain mobile phones support the ability to transmit
your contact’s ring tones to the hands-free communi-
cation system and play customized ring tones for
incoming phone calls. In this case, the incoming phone
calls will have your mobile phone customized ring
tones. The ring tone format must be compatible with
the type of audio files thatBLUE&ME™supports.
Managing Phone Calls
Transferring a phone conversation from your
mobile phone to the hands-free communication
system
If you enter the car during a phone conversation from
your mobile phone and you want to continue the con-
versation using the car hands-free communication sys-
tem, you can transfer the phone conversation to it.
Proceed as follows:
•Get into the car and turn the ignition key to ON, to
activate the hands-free communication system.
•If the permissions on the phone are set to allow an
automatic connection the conversation will be trans-
ferred automatically. Otherwise the system will send a
message to your mobile phone offering hands-free
phone support.
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NOTE:Before using the player, refer to COMPATIBLE
USB STORAGE DEVICES to check that your USB
memory device is compatible withBLUE&ME™.
How To Connect The USB Device/iPod To
BLUE&ME™ Hands-Free Communication
To connect your USB device/iPod toBLUE&ME™
Hands-Free Communication, proceed as follows:
•Copy tracks on your USB device/iPod (BLUE&ME™
recognizes.wma,.mp3 and.wav,.aac formats for audio
files and.wpl and.m3u for playlists).
•USB devices without USB wire: just connect the USB
device/iPod (directly or by an extension lead) to the
USB port on the car.
•USB devices with USB wire: use the wire to connect
the USB device/iPod to the USB port on the car.
The multimedia player does not play audio files covered
by digital rights (DRM).
•Turn the ignition key to ON. If theAUTOPLAYfeature
is set to ON,BLUE&ME™will start playback auto-
matically when a USB device is present in the USB
port.
•IfAUTOPLAYis set to ON,BLUE&ME™will start
playback automatically when a USB device is inserted
into the USB port
NOTE:
•For the best use ofBLUE&ME™it is recommended to
use USB devices with maximum capacity of 32 GB
•Indexing time will increase with the number of files
present on the media device. For a good customer
experience, a maximum total file size of 4 GB on the
media device is recommended.
•For further information refer to SETTINGS FUNC-
TION - MEDIA PLAYER.
•It is possible to useBLUE&ME™to select and play
tracks after the media library has been built.
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