▫Playing Audio Tracks.................. 52
▫Practical Hints For Using The Media Player . . 55
Setting Functions....................... 56
▫Pairing a Mobile Phone................. 57
▫Managing User Data................... 62
▫Advanced Options.................... 65
▫Media Player Settings.................. 66
BLUE&ME™ Hands-Free Communication
Supported Mobile Phones................. 68
▫Mobile Phones With BluetoothWireless
Technology.......................... 69
▫Supported USB Memory Devices.......... 70
List Of Available Voice Commands.......... 74
Troubleshooting....................... 83▫Hands-Free Communication Package....... 83
▫Message Reader...................... 91
▫Media Player........................ 94
▫iPod............................. 99
Personal Data Protection................ 101
System Software Use Notice.............. 101
▫End User License Agreement (“EULA”).... 102
▫Grant Of Software License. This EULA
Grants You The Following License........ 102
▫Description Of Other Rights And
Limitations......................... 103
▫Upgrades And Recovery Media.......... 106
▫Intellectual Property Rights............. 106
▫Export Restrictions................... 106
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OVERVIEW
FIAT’s Windows Mobile™ basedBLUE&ME™Hands-
Free Communication is a personal telematics system that
incorporates communication and entertainment applica-
tions that are expressly designed for use in your car.
TheBLUE&ME™Hands-Free Communication package
installed in your car is equipped with integral hands-free
kit, message reader, and media player.BLUE&ME™is
designed to support the future installation of additional
services.
TheBLUE&ME™Hands-Free Communication package
features integrated voice recognition, steering wheel con-
trols and a multifunction electronic display that allows
you to use yourBluetoothwireless technology enabled
mobile phone without having to take your eyes off the
road. You can even keep your phone in a pocket or a bag.
You are not required to train the voice recognition systemto recognize your voice. The system is “speaker indepen-
dent” and performs equally well for different users.
With this system, you can also play your favorite music
stored on a USB stick or iPodand select tracks and
playback modes with both voice commands or buttons
on the steering wheel.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules
subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept all interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation
The BLUE&ME™ Hands-Free Communication
Package
The basic characteristic of this hands-free package is
voice recognition withBluetoothwireless technology.
With this system you can make and receive calls safely
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and securely using either voice commands or buttons on
the steering wheel, under any driving condition, without
having to take your eyes off the road or removing your
hands from the steering wheel, as required by current
legal regulations.
Bluetoothwireless technology enables wireless connec-
tion between your mobile phone and the hands-free
package installed on your car.
To use the hands-free package, you need aBluetooth
wireless technology enabled mobile phone. This hands-
free package gives you the possibility of interacting
vocally with your mobile phone while driving, even if
your mobile device does not feature this capability. You
can also interact with your mobile phone manually and
visually using the steering wheel controls and the instru-
ment panel multifunction display.For further details on the mobile phones supported by
BLUE&ME™,refer toBLUE&ME™SUPPORTED MO-
BILE PHONES.
To get started withBLUE&ME™Hands-Free Communi-
cation with voice recognition, you have to simply pair
yourBluetoothwireless technology enabled mobile
phone with the system.
Pairing is an operation that has to be performed only
once.
NOTE:
•During the mobile phone pairing procedure,
BLUE&ME™attempts to detect a phone equipped
withBluetoothwireless technology within range and
then establishes the connection using a Personal Iden-
tification Number (PIN).
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•To answer a call –you can answer an incoming call by
pressing theMAIN/Phonebutton on the steering
wheel.
•Conference call –you can call another contact while
you are engaged in a phone conversation (Conference
Calling is only supported by a compatible mobile
phone).
•Call waiting –while engaged in a phone conversation,
you can receive notification of another incoming
phone call, answer the other incoming phone call, and
switch between two ongoing phone conversations.
(Call waiting is only supported by a compatible mo-
bile phone.)
•Refusing an incoming call or ending a call –you can
refuse an incoming call or end a current call by
pressing thePhone Hang-upbutton on the steering
wheel.With your mobile phone in the vehicle and the pairing
procedure complete, connect to your mobile phone to
BLUE&ME™and you can make phone calls by speaking
keywords or pressing buttons on the steering wheel.
When using the hands-free phone, the audio output of a
phone conversation is heard through your car’s speakers.
Message Reader
TheBLUE&ME™message reader enables automatic
reading, through the car sound system, of the SMS texts
you receive on yourBluetoothwireless technology
enabled mobile phone that are received when the phone
is paired and connected toBLUE&ME™system. The
message reader does not provide access to messages that
were received before you entered the car and connected
with theBLUE&ME™system. Only a subset of abbre-
viations and emoticons are supported by the
BLUE&ME™system.
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NOTE:Not all mobile phones support the SMS text
message reader function or automatic phonebook trans-
fer viaBluetooth. Consult www.fiatusa.com for further
information on the list of compatible mobile phones.
Message reader functions are managed by the control
buttons on the steering wheel or by theBLUE&ME™
voice commands.
TheBLUE&ME™message reader enables the following
operations:
•To display on the instrument panel multifunction
display a visual notification signal indicating that you
have received a new SMS text on yourBluetooth
wireless technology enabled mobile phone, with send-
er ’s number/name;BLUE&ME™will also ask
whether to read you the message that has been re-
ceived.
•To manage the list of SMS texts received on your
BLUE&ME™paired mobile phone.
NOTE:Only messages that were received while the
mobile phone was connected toBLUE&ME™will be
listed.
•To read the messages received and stored. Messages
can be read multiple times.
•To call the SMS text sender using the buttons on the
steering wheel or voice commands.
•To delete individual messages or the entire inbox
using the buttons on the steering wheel or voice
commands.
NOTE:Messages are to only be deleted by the
BLUE&ME™system and not by your mobile phone.
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phonebook each time you connect to the system. For
phones containing a SIM card, the phonebook on the
SIM card will be downloaded if it is allowed. See your
phone’s Operating Manual for further details.
BLUE&ME™ HANDS-FREE COMMUNICATION
PACKAGE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
To quickly get started with using theBLUE&ME™
Hands-Free Communication Package with voice recogni-
tion andBluetoothwireless technology:
•Prepare your mobile phone phonebook
•Turn the ignition key to ON
•Try out the voice commands
•Pair your mobile phone
•Make a phone call
Instructions for each of the above functions are given in
the following paragraphs.
Prepare Your Mobile Phone Phonebook
Before creating a pairing relationship between your mo-
bile phone andBLUE&ME™Hands-Free Communica-
tion, you should make sure that you have contact entries
in your mobile phone phonebook so that you can use
them with the hands-free phone.
If your phonebook is empty, quickly create several new
entries for frequently dialed phone numbers. For further
details, consult your mobile phone owner ’s manual.
To properly enter contacts in your mobile phone phone-
book, refer to SETTING FUNCTIONS - PAIRING YOUR
MOBILE PHONE.
Important Notes
•
The phonebook copied toBLUE&ME™can only be
used when the corresponding mobile phone is paired
and connected.
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Pair Your Mobile Phone
CAUTION!
BLUE&ME™ Hands-Free Communication only al-
lows this operation to be performed when the car is
stopped.
To pair your mobile phone, proceed as follows:
•Press thesteering wheel button and say“Set-
tings”then, at the end of theBLUE&ME™message
say“Pairing”.
•The system will show the phone pairing PIN number
on the multifunction display. For the next two steps,
consult your mobile phone owner ’s manual about
Bluetoothpairing procedures for your phone.
•On your mobile phone, search for devices equipped
withBluetoothwireless technology (the setting on
your mobile phone might be called Discover or New
Device). In this list you will findBLUE&ME™(name
identifying theBLUE&ME™system on your car);
select it.
•When prompted by the mobile phone, enter the PIN
number shown on the instrument panel display using
your mobile phone keypad. If pairing is successful, the
system will say“Connecting”and at the end the
display will show a confirmation message, the ID of
the paired mobile phone.
It is essential to wait until you see this confirmation
message on the display. Pressing the
/MAINbutton
on the steering wheel or
/ESCbefore the message is
displayed may cancel the pairing process. If the pairing
process fails, an error message will be displayed: in this
event repeat the pairing procedure.
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the back of the steering wheel until you find the required
number. Then, press thePRESET UP/OKbutton on the
rear of the steering wheel to start the call.
•To end the phone call, press thePHONE HANG UP
button on the steering wheel.
NOTE:
If you encounter difficulties with any of the voice
recognition operations, refer to HANDS-FREE COMMU-
NICATION PACKAGE - TROUBLESHOOTING.
MESSAGE READER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
If yourBluetoothwireless technology enabled mobile
phone supports the message reader function, at the
arrival of a new SMS text,BLUE&ME™plays a tone and
it will ask if you would like to read it.
•Say“Yes”or press the/MAINbutton on the
steering wheel or thePRESET UP/OKbutton on the
rear of the steering wheel to read the last message
received.
•Say“No”or press the/ESCbutton on the steering
wheel; the system will store the message so you can
read it later.
For further details on the message reader SMS, refer to
the section “MESSAGE READER FUNCTIONS”.
NOTE:If you encounter difficulties with any of the
message reader settings, refer to MESSAGE READER –
TROUBLESHOOTING.
MEDIA PLAYER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
To start playing the digital audio files stored on your USB
stick or iPod, proceed as follows:
•Copy tracks to your USB stick(BLUE&ME™
recognizes.wma,.mp3.wav and aac formats for audio
files and.wpl and.m3u formats for playlists).
•USB sticks without USB wire: just connect the USB
stick (directly or by an extension lead) to the USB port
in the glove box of the car.
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