2015 TOYOTA TACOMA Owners Manual (in English)

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To transfer a call
Select “Handset Mode” to change from a hands-free call to a cellu-
lar phone call.
Select “Handset Mode” to off from a cellular phone call to a hands-
free call.
■ Transmit volume setting
Select “Transmit Volume”.
Select the desired level for the transmit volume.
Select “OK”.
■ To hang up
Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .
■Release Tones
●A continuous tone signal is a character string that consists of numbers
and the characters “p” or “w”. (e.g.056133w0123p#1 )
● When the “p” pause tone is used, the tone data up until the next pause
tone will be automatically sent after 2 seconds have elapsed. When the
“w” pause tone is used, the tone data up until the next pause tone will be
automatically sent after a user operation is performed.
● Release tones can be used when automated operation of a phone based
service such as an answering machine or bank phone service is desired.
A phone number with continuous tone signals can be registered in the
contact list.
● Tone data after a “w” pause tone can be operated on voice command
during a call.

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■Call waiting
When a call is interrupted by a th ird party while talking, an incoming
call message will be displayed.
To talk with the other party:
Press the switch on the
steering wheel or select .
To refuse the call:
Press the switch on the
steering wheel or select .
Every time you press the switch on the steering wheel or
select during call waiting, you will be switched to the other
party.
■ Transferring calls
●If you transfer from the cellular phone to hands-free, the hands-free
screen will be displayed, and you can operate the system using the
screen.
● Transfer method and operation may vary according to the cellular phone
used.
● For operation of the cellular phone in use, see the phone’s manual.
■ Call waiting operation
Call waiting operation may differ depending on your phone company and
cellular phone.

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Bluetooth® phone message function
Received messages can be forw arded from the connected
Bluetooth
® phone, enabling checking and replying using the multime-
dia system.
Depending on the type of Bluetooth
® phone connected, received
messages may not be transferred to the message inbox.
If the phone does not support the message function, this function
cannot be used.
■ Displaying “Message Inbox” screen
Press the switch on the steering wheel or press the
button.
Select on the phone screen.
Check that the “Message Inbox”
screen is displayed.
■ Receiving a message
When an e-mail/SMS/MMS is received, the incoming message
screen pops up with sound an d is ready to be operated on the
screen.
E-mail: Select to check the
message.
Select to refuse the message.
Select to call the message
sender.

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■Checking the messages
Display the “Messa ge Inbox” screen. (P. 315)
Select the desired message from the list.
Check that the message is displayed.
E-mails: Select “Mark Unread”
or “Mark Read” to mark mail
unread or read on the “Mes-
sage Inbox” screen.
This function is available when
“Update Message Read Status on
Phone” is set to on (P. 329)
Select to make a call to the
sender.
Select to have messages read
out. To cancel this function,
select “Stop”.
Select to display the previous
or next message.
Select to reply the message.
■Receiving a message
●Depending on the cellular phone used for receiving messages, or its reg-
istration status with the navigation system, some information may not be
displayed.
● The pop up screen is separately available for incoming e-mail and SMS/
MMS messages under the following conditions:
E-mail:
• “Incoming E-mail Display” is set to “Full Screen”. ( P. 329)
• “E-mail Notification Popup” is set to on. ( P. 329)
SMS/MMS:
• “Incoming SMS/MMS Display” is set to “Full screen”. (P. 329)
• “SMS/MMS Notification Popup” is set to on. (P. 329)

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Replying to a message
Display the “Messa ge Inbox” screen. (P. 315)
Select the desired message from the list.
Select “Quick Message”.
Select the desired message.
Select “Send”.
● Editing quick reply message
This operation cannot be performed while driving.
Select “Quick Message”.
Select corresponding to the desired message to edit.
Select “OK” when editing is completed.
■Check the messages
●Depending on the type of Bluetooth
® phone being connected, it may be
necessary to perform additional steps on the phone.
● Messages are displayed in the appropriate connected Bluetooth
®
phone’s registered mail address folder.
Select the tab of the desired folder to be displayed.
● Only received messages on the connected Bluetooth
® phone can be dis-
played.
● The text of the message is not displayed while driving.
● When “Automatic Message Readout” is set to on, messages will be auto-
matically read out. (P. 329)
● Turn the “PWR VOL” knob to adjust the message read out volume.
● The message read out function is available even while driving.

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■Calling the message sender
Calls can be made to an e-mail/SMS/MMS message sender’s
phone number.
Display the “Messa ge Inbox” screen. (P. 315)
Select the desired message.
Select .
Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.
● Calling from a number within a message
Calls can be made to a number identified in a message’s text area.
Display the “Messa ge Inbox” screen. (P. 315)
Select the desired message.
Select the text area.
Select corresponding to the desired number.
Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.
● Calling from the incoming message screen
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Using the steering wheel switches (if equipped)
The steering wheel switches can be used to operate a connected cel-
lular phone.
■ Operating a telephone using the steering wheel switches
Off hook switch
• Make a call
• Receive a call
• Display “Phone” screen
On hook switch
•End a call
• Refuse a call

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Bluetooth® phone settings
You can adjust the hands-free system to your desired settings.
■ “Phone/Message Settings” screen
To display the screen shown below, press the “SETUP” button, and
select “Phone” on the “Setup” screen.
Set the phone connection
( P. 286)
Sound Settings ( P. 320)
Contact/Call History Settings
(  P. 322)
Messaging Settings ( P. 329)
Phone Display Settings
(  P. 331)
■ Sound setting
Display the “Phone/Message Settings” screen. ( P. 320)
Select “Sound Settings” on the “Phone/Message Settings”
screen.
Set the desired ringtone.
Adjust the ringtone volume.
Adjust the message readout
volume.
Set the desired incoming
SMS/MMS tone.
Adjust the incoming SMS/
MMS tone volume.
Set the incoming e-mail tone.
Adjust the incoming e-mail
tone volume.
Adjust the default volume of
the other party’s voice.