2012 TOYOTA AVALON wheel

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Handsfree system allows you to make
or receive a call without taking your
hands off the steering wheel by con-
necting your cellular phone.
This system supports Bluetooth .
Bluetooth  is a wireless data system by
which you can call without your cellular
phone being connected with a cable or
placed on a cradle.
If your cellular phone does not support
Bluetooth , this system can not function.
The operating procedure of the phone is
explained here.
For registering and setting of the phone,
see “Telephone settings” on page 226.
CAUTION
While driving, do not use a cellular
phone or connect the Bluetooth 
phone.
NOTICE
Do not leave your cellular phone in
the car. The temperature inside may
be high and damage the phone.
INFORMATION
 In the following conditions, the
system may not function.
 The cellular phone is turned off.
 The current position is outside
the communication area.
 The cellular phone is not connec-
ted.
 The cellular phone has a low bat-
tery.
 Even if your cellular phone sup-
ports both handsfree and audio
Bluetooth  connections, it may
not be able to connect to the
handsfree connection at the
same time.
 When using Bluetooth audio and
handsfree at the same time, the
following problems may occur.
 The Bluetooth connection may
be cut.
 Noise may be heard on the
Bluetooth  audio playback.
Bluetooth is a registered trademark of
Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Telephone
(Handsfree system for
cellular phone)

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INFORMATION
This system supports the following
service.
Bluetooth  Specification
Ver.1.1 or higher
(Recommended: Ver.2.0+EDR or
higher)
 Profiles
 HFP (Hands Free Profile)
Ver.1.0 or higher
(Recommended: Ver.1.5 or
higher)
 OPP (Object Push Profile)
Ver.1.1
 PBAP (Phone Book Access Pro-
file) Ver.1.0
If your cellular phone does not
support HFP, you cannot enter the
Bluetooth  phone, and take OPP or
PBAP service individually.
Please go to “http://www.toyota.
com/” to find approved Bluetooth 
phones for this system.
By pushing the telephone switch above,
you can receive a call or hang up without
taking your hands off the steering wheel.
 Microphone
You can use the microphone above
when talking on the phone.
The other party’s voice outputs from the
front speaker. When the received calls or
received voice outputs, the audio from the
audio system or voice guidance from the
navigation system will be muted.

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Reconnecting the Bluetooth

phone
Vehicles with smart key system —
If the Bluetooth phone is
disconnected with a poor reception
from the Bluetooth network when the
“ENGINE START STOP” switch is in
ACCESSORY or IGNITION ON mode,
the system automatically reconnects
the Bluetooth  phone. In this case, the
connection result is not displayed.
Vehicles without smart key system —
If the Bluetooth phone is
disconnected with a poor reception
from the Bluetooth network when the
engine switch is in the “ACC” or “ON”
position the system automatically
reconnects the Bluetooth phone. In
this case, the connection result is not
displayed.
If the Bluetooth is disconnected on pur-
pose such as you turned your cellular
phone off, this does not happen. Recon-
nect it by the following methods.
Select the Bluetooth phone again.
Enter the Bluetooth phone.After you enter the Bluetooth
 phone,
you can call by using handsfree sys-
tem. You can call using the 6 methods
described below.
By dial
You can call by inputting the phone
number.
This cannot be operated while driving.
1. Push the “INFO/PHONE” button.
You can also push
of the steering
wheel to display the “Phone” screen.
2. Touch “Phone”.
— Call on the Bluetooth
phone

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3. Touch the desired key to input the
phone number.
Each time you touch
, an inputted
digit is deleted.
When you touch “Redial” , the number you
called last is inputted.
Touch
or push of the steering
wheel.
By phonebook
You can call by phonebook data which
is transferred from your cellular phone.
The system has one phonebook for
each telephone. You can register up to
1000 numbers in total of phonebooks.
This cannot be operated while driving.
1. Touch “Contacts”.
2. Select the desired data from the list.

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3. Select the desired number from the
list.
Touch
or push of the steering
wheel. When the phonebook is empty
1. Touch “Contacts”.
2. Touch “Yes” if you want to transfer
new contacts from a cellular phone.
Touch “No” if you want to edit the
phonebook.

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3. Touch or push of the steer-
ing wheel. You can call using the latest call history
item.
1. Push
of the steering wheel to
display the “Phone” screen.
2. Push
of the steering wheel to
display the “Call History” screen.
3. Push
of the steering wheel to se-
lect the latest history item.
4. Touch
or push of the steer-
ing wheel to call the latest history item.
When you call by phonebook, the
name (if registered) is displayed.
When you call the same number
continuously, only the newest number
is registered.
When a phone number registered in
the phonebook is received, the name
and the number are displayed.
Number −withheld calls are also mem-
orized in the system.
A international phone call may not be
made depending on the cellular phone
which you have.

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You: Push the talk switch.
System: “After the beep, please say acommand.” “Such as “Go
Home”, “Destination”, “Phone”,
“Audio” or “Command List”.”
“(beep)”
You: “Phone.”
System: “Phone.” “Say a command.” “Such as
“Dial by Number”, “Dial by
Name”, “Redial”,
“Call Back” or “Connect
Phone”.”
“(beep)”
You: “Dial by Name.”
System: “Dial by Name.” “Say a name from your contact list.”
“(beep)”
You: “MIKE.”
System: “MIKE.” “Say the type of number.” “Such as
“Mobile”, “Home”,
“Work” or “Other”.”
“(beep)”
You: “Home.”
System: “MIKE.” “Home.” “Push the off −hook switch to
dial or say “Dial”.”
“(beep)”
You: “Dial.”
System: “Dial.”
Now, you can call MIKE. Calling without the voice recognition
After the entry number is displayed, you
can also call by pushing
of the steering
wheel or touching “Dial”.
Cancelling the voice recognition
The voice recognition will be cancelled
when you do the following.
Keep on pushing the talk switch.
Push of the steering wheel.
Touch “Cancel” . (Except for recogniz-
ing the command.)
Say “Cancel”.

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By POI* call
You can call by touching when it is
displayed on the screen from naviga-
tion system. (See “POI INFORMA TION”
on page 36 for details.)
*: Point of Interest
When a call is received, this screen is
displayed with a sound. Touch
or
push
of the steering wheel to talk on
the phone.
To refuse to receive the call:
Touch
or push of the steering
wheel.
To adjust the volume of received call: Touch “
–” or “+” or use the volume
switch of the steering wheel.
On the international phone call, the other
party’s name may not be displayed cor-
rectly depending on the cellular phone
which you have.
— Receive on the
Bluetooth  phone