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Steering Wheel Controls
g:Press to answer incoming calls.
Hold to start voice recognition on
your connected Bluetooth phone, for
example Siri and Google.
i: Press to end a call, decline a
call, or cancel an operation. Press
to mute or unmute the infotainment
system when not on a call.
Infotainment System Controls
For information about how to
navigate the menu system using the
infotainment controls, see
Introduction 0139.
PHONE : Touch the Phone icon on
the Home Page to enter the phone
main menu.
Audio System
When using the Bluetooth phone
system, sound comes through the
vehicle's front audio system
speakers and overrides the audio
system. The volume level while on a
phone call can be adjusted by
pressing the steering wheel controls
or touching the volume control on
the center stack. The adjusted volume level remains in memory for
later calls. The volume cannot be
lowered beyond a certain level.
Bluetooth (Pairing and
Using a Phone)
Pairing
A Bluetooth-enabled cell phone
must be paired to the Bluetooth
system and then connected to the
vehicle before it can be used. See
the cell phone manufacturer's user
guide for Bluetooth functions before
pairing the cell phone.
Pairing Information
.
A Bluetooth phone with music
capability can be paired to the
vehicle as a phone and a music
player at the same time.
. Up to 10 devices can be paired
to the Bluetooth system.
. The pairing process is disabled
when the vehicle is moving. .
Pairing only needs to be
completed once, unless the
pairing information on the cell
phone changes or the cell phone
is deleted from the system.
. If multiple paired cell phones are
within range of the system, the
system connects to the paired
cell phone that is set to First to
Connect. If there is no phone set
to First to Connect, it will link to
the device which was used last.
To link to a different paired
phone, see “Linking to a
Different Phone” later in this
section.
Pairing a Phone 1. Make sure Bluetooth has been enabled on the cell phone
before pairing is started.
2. Touch the Phone icon on the Home Page or the phone
shortcut on the applications
tray at the bottom of the
screen.
3. Touch Phone at the top of the infotainment display. There is
also an Add option in the
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middle of the Phone screen.
Touching this Add Phone
option will shortcut to the
Phone List menu.
4. Touch Add Phone.
5. Select the vehicle name shown on the infotainment display
from your phone’ s Bluetooth
Settings list.
6. Follow the instructions on the cell phone to confirm the
six-digit code shown on the
infotainment display and
touch Pair.
7. Start the pairing process on the cell phone to be paired to the
vehicle. See the cell phone
manufacturer's user guide for
information on this process.
Once the cell phone is paired,
it will show under Connected.
8. If the vehicle does not appear on your phone, there are a few
ways to start the pairing
process over.
.Turn the phone off and then
back on. .
Go back to the beginning of
the Phone menus on the
infotainment display and
restart the pairing process.
. Reset the phone, but this
step should be done as a
last-effort.
9. If the phone prompts to accept connection or allow phone
book download, select Always
Accept and Allow. The phone
book may not be available if
not accepted.
10. Repeat Steps 1−8 to pair additional phones.
First to Connect Paired Phones
If multiple paired cell phones are
within the range of the system, the
system connects to the paired cell
phone that is set as First to
Connect. To enable a paired phone
as the First to Connect phone, make
sure the phone is turned on, then
touch Settings, then System, and
then touch Phones. Phones will
display all paired and all connected
phones, and media player devices.
Phones can be added and removed, connected, and disconnected.
A sub-menu will display whenever a
request is made to add or manage
phones. To set a phone as First to
Connect, select
4to the right of the
phone to open the phone’s settings
menu. Select the First to Connect
option to enable the setting for that
device.
Secondary Phone
A phone can be enabled as a
Secondary Phone by selecting
4to
the right of the paired phone name
to open the phone’s settings menu.
If a phone is enabled as a
Secondary Phone, it can connect
simultaneously alongside another
Bluetooth device. In doing so, the
Secondary Phone will be labeled as
Incoming Calls. This means the
device can only receive calls. The
Address Book of a Secondary
Phone will not be available and
hands-free outgoing calls cannot be
placed using this phone.
If needed, touch the Secondary
Phone while in the Devices list, to
swap it into the Outgoing and
