2015 TOYOTA TACOMA Owners Manual (in English)

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Using a Bluetooth® phone
Phone screenTo display the screen shown below, press the switch on the
steering wheel or press the button.
Several functions are available to operate on each screen that is dis-
played by selecting the 4 tabs. Device name
Bluetooth
® connection status
The hands-free system is a function th at allows you to use your cel-
lular phone without touching it.
This system supports Bluetooth
®. Bluetooth® is a wireless data sys-
tem that allows the cellular phone to wirelessly connect to the
hands-free system and make/receive calls.
Before making a phone call, check the connection status, battery
charge, call area and signal strength. ( P. 306)
If a Bluetooth
® device cannot be connec ted, check the connection
status on the phone screen. If the de vice is not connected, either
register or reconnect it. ( P. 288)

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■Microphone
The vehicle’s built in microphone
is used when talking on the
phone.
The person you are speaking to
can be heard from the front
speakers.
To use the hands-free system, you must register your Bluetooth
®
phone in the system. (P. 286)
Status display
You can check indicators such as signal strength and battery charge
on any screen.
Connection status
Signal strength
Battery charge
IndicatorsConditions
Connection statusGood (Blue)Not connected
Battery chargeFull Empty
Call area“Rm”: Roaming area
Signal strengthExcellent Poor

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Making a call
Once a Bluetooth
® phone is registered, you can make a call using the
following procedure:
■ Dialing
Display the phone screen. ( P. 305)
Select the “Dial Pad” tab and enter a phone number.
To delete the input phone number, select .
For the first digit, you can enter “+” by selecting “ ” for a while.
Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .
■ Dialing from the contacts list
You can dial a number from the contact data imported from your
cellular phone. The system has one contact for each registered
phone. Up to 2500 contacts may be stored in each contact.
(  P. 308)
Display the phone screen. ( P. 305)
Select “Contacts” tab.
Choose the desired contact to call from the list.
Choose the number and then press the switch on the
steering wheel or select .

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■When the contact is empty
You can transfer the phone numbers in a Bluetooth
® phone to the
system.
Operation methods differ between PBAP (Phone Book Access
Profile) compatible and PBAP incompatible Bluetooth
® phones. If
the cellular phone does not support either PBAP or OPP (Object
Push Profile) service, you cannot transfer contacts.
● For PBAP compatible Bluetooth
® phones
When “Automatic Contact/History  Transfer” is set to on (P. 322)
Select the “Contacts” tab.
Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the oper-
ation is complete.
Transfer the contact data to the system using a Bluetooth® phone.
When “Automatic Contact/History Transfer” is set to off Select the “Contacts” tab.
Select the desired item.
Select to transfer new con-
tacts from a cellular phone,
select “Always” and then
enable “Automatic Transfer”.
Select to transfer all the con-
tacts from a connected cellular
phone only once.
Select to cancel transferring.
Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the oper-
ation is complete.

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For PBAP incompatible but OPP compatible Bluetooth® phones
Select the “Contacts” tab.
Follow the steps in “Update contacts from phone” from
“STEP 2”. ( P. 323)
■ Calling using favorites list
You can make a call using numbers registered in the contact.
Display the phone screen. ( P. 305)
Select “Favorites” tab.
Select the desired number to make a call.

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■Dialing from call history
You can make a call using the call history, which has the 3 func-
tions below.
: calls which you missed
: calls which you received
: calls which you madeDisplay the phone screen. ( P. 305)
Select “Call History” tab.
Select or the desired entry from the list.
When is selected
Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.
When the desired contact is selected Select the desired number.
Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.
■Call history list
●If you make a call to or receive a call from a number registered in the
contact, the name is displayed in the call history.
● If you make multiple calls to the same number, only the last call made is
displayed in the call history.
■ International calls
You may not be able to make international calls, depending on the mobile
phone in use.

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Receiving a call
When a call is received, the following screen is displayed together
with a sound.
■ To answer the phone
Press the switch on the
steering wheel or select .
■ To refuse a call
Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .
■ To adjust the incoming call volume
Turn the “PWR·VOL” knob.
■International calls
Received international calls may not be displayed correctly depending on
the cellular phone in use.

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Speaking on the phoneThe following screen is displayed when speaking on the phone.
■ To adjust the call volume
Select “-” or “+”. You can also adjust the volume using the volume
knob.
■ To prevent the other party from hearing your voice
Select “Mute”.
■ Inputting tones
When using phone services such as an answering service or a
bank, you can store phone numbers and code numbers in the con-
tact.
Select “0-9”.
Input the number.
● Release Tones
“Release Tones” appear when a cont inuous tone signal(s) contain-
ing a “w” is registered in the contact list.
Select “Release Tones”.