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ÃIf a sharer changes or reset the
smartphone, the key should be re-
shared from owner.
ÃSome of the old smartphone may
not work properly. Please check the
available smartphone models with
your dealer.
ÃNFC antenna position on the
smartphone can be confirmed
on each smartphone’s manual or
contact to customer service center
of the smartphone manufacture.
Digital key (Card key)
ODN8A059243
ODN8A059131
Digital key (Card key) save
1. Install Hyundai digital key app in
main user’s smartphone and register
the digital key (smartphone). Please
refer to the registration method of the
digital key (smartphone).
2. User can register Card Key in the
Digital Key Mobile App by tapping
“Full Menu” icon at the top-left
corner, Pair Card Key, and selecting
NFC or BLE Authentication.
ÃNFC authentication : enter the NFC
authentication menu and contact
the smartphone on the outside door
handle.
ÃBluetooth authentication : enter the
Bluetooth authentication menu and
press the [OK] button for activation.
If you activate the registration mode,
you should complete the Card saving
process with in 5 minutes.
3. Place the NFC card key onto the
interior authentication pad (wireless
charger).
4. Register the NFC card key on the
User’s Settings menu after turning on
the vehicle.
ÃWith Navigation screen : From the
infotainment screen menu, go to
[Setup] - [Vehicle] - [Digital Key] -
[Card Key] then select the [Save] from
submenu.
ÃWithout navigation screen : From
cluster menu, go to [Digital Key] -
[Card Key] and select [Save].
The saving process will begin
automatically.
Information
The [Save] button will be disabled if the
digital key (Card key) is already saved.
Please refer to “Digital Key Delete” in this
manual and follow the digital key delete
procedure in your car before Digital key
save.
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5. If the key is enrolled, the message
will be displayed on the infotainment
screen or instrument cluster.
• Once the card key registration mode
is activated, the process should be
completed within 5 minutes. After
then, you should reactivate once
again for registration.
• For the digital key(card key) saving,
the smart key(fob) must be exist inside
of vehicle.
• Once a Card key is registered, it
cannot be reuse onto another vehicle.
ODN8A059243
ODN8A059132
Digital key (Card key) deletion
You should have the smart key to delete
the digital key (card key) so please carry
around the key.
1. Get on the vehicle with the smart key.
2. Delete the NFC card key on the User’s
Settings menu after turning on the
engine.
ÃWith Navigation screen : From the
infotainment screen menu, go to
[Setup] - [Vehicle] - [Digital Key] -
[Card Key] then select the [Delete]
from submenu.
ÃWithout navigation screen : From
cluster menu, go to [Digital Key] -
[Card Key] and select [Delete].
If there is no saved digital key(card key),
[Delete] menu will not be activated.
• To delete the saved digital key (card
key), the smart key must be exist
inside the vehicle.
• The deleted digital key (card key) can
be re-registered before registering a
new digital key (card key).
• If you try to register a new digital key
(card key), the previously registered
digital key (card key) cannot be used
again.
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![HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID 2020 Owners Manual 05
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ODN8059237[1] : Door handle authentication pad
NFC door lock/unlock
You should contact digital key (card key)
to door handle authentication pad (1,
marked position near by the lock button)
HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID 2020 Owners Manual 05
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ODN8059237[1] : Door handle authentication pad
NFC door lock/unlock
You should contact digital key (card key)
to door handle authentication pad (1,
marked position near by the lock button)](/manual-img/35/56190/w960_56190-170.png)
05
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ODN8059237[1] : Door handle authentication pad
NFC door lock/unlock
You should contact digital key (card key)
to door handle authentication pad (1,
marked position near by the lock button)
of driver’s (or front passenger’s) outside
door for 2 seconds to lock or unlock the
doors. If the Two Press Unlock feature
is applied (press twice for unlocking),
driver’s seat door will be unlocked by
contacting the digital key (card key). In
this state, if you contact one more time
within 4 seconds, all the doors unlock.
Inoperable condition
If you do not contact the digital key (card
key) to the center of the door handle
authentication pad accurately., it may
not work. In addition, if you overlap and
use the key with NFC-enabled cards such
as transportation card or credit card, it
does not work.
Note that if you try to lock your vehicle
with digital key (card key) in following
cases, the doors will not be locked and
chime will sound for 3 seconds.
• The Smart Key is in the vehicle.
• The POWER button is in ACC or ON
position.
• Any of the doors, hood and trunk are
open If the digital key (card key) does not
work, please detach the key around
4 inches (0.1 m) from the handle
authentication pad and retry to contact.
The card key may be damaged by the
impact. It would not work properly if
the key is damaged. You should buy a
new card and register again. Long-time
exposure to high temperature may cause
the card key to malfunction. Please be
careful not to expose the key to direct
sunlight or high temperature.
After unlock the door or start up the
vehicle with digital key, even though
the driver tries to lock the doors by the
central door lock switch, the door lock
will be once locked and immediately
released at the moment of door closed.
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Start-up with Card key
After placing your registered card key
onto the interior authentication pad
(wireless charger), step on the brake and
press the Engine Start/Stop button.
WARNING
• If you do not place the digital key
(card key) onto the center of the
interior authentication pad (wireless
charger) exactly, the card key may
not be recognized. If the engine is
not turned on, adjust and place the
key again.
• If you overlap and use the key
with NFC-enabled cards such as
transportation card or credit card,
the card key may not be recognized.
• If the digital key (card key) does not
work, please detach the key around
4 inches (0.1 m) from the handle
authentication pad and retry to
contact.
• The card key may be damaged due to
impact. It would not work properly if
the key is damaged. You should buy a
new card and register again.
For more information, refer to the
Engine Start/Stop button in chapter 6.
Type A
ODN8A059133
Type B
ODN8A059247
Digital Key Function Enable/Disable
If you do not want to use the digital key
(smartphone and card key), you can
disable the function temporarily. You
should have the smart key when you
change the settings
à With Navigation screen :
From the infotainment screen menu,
go to [Setup] - [Vehicle] - [Digital Key]
- [Enable Digital Keys] (deselect)
ÃWithout navigation screen :
From cluster menu, go to [Digital Key]
- [Enable Digital Keys] (deselect)
Information
For the digital key disable, the smart key
must be exist inside the car. For the digital
key enable, the smart key does not need.
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CAUTION
If you uncheck Enable digital keys, it is
impossible to lock or unlock the doors
or start up the vehicle with digital keys
such as smartphone and card key. If
you check Enable digital keys again, the
registered digital keys(smartphone and
card key) are available. Even though
you stop the digital key function, the
registered keys (smartphone and card
key) are not deleted.
Personalized profile and vehicle
settings
Connect the registered digital key with
personalized profile. Then in case you
lock or unlock the door with the digital
key NFC function or unlock the door
remotely by digital key application
Bluetooth connection, the vehicle
will play the personalized user profile
settings. Profile connection and
personalization are available for Driver 1
and Driver 2.Profile link/unlinked
Profile link
1. Select Setup → User Profile → Profile Settings → Link Digital Key (Smartphone) on the infotainment
system menu.
2. Unlock and place your smartphone on
the wireless charger according to a
message and it automatically starts to
interwork.
3. It begins the profile link with a
message.
4. If you select Link, the registered
phone number’s digital key and the
user’s profile are linked.
5. The interconnection process is
completed with a message.
Profile unlink
1. Select Digital Key information on
infotainment Vehicle Settings menu. It
is possible to unlink only if the profile
is interconnected.
2. Profile unlink is completed with a
message.
Information
If you connect both Driver 1 and Driver 2
with a single smartphone, the smartphone
digital key always works as Driver 1.
If you unlink the Driver 1, personalization
function will operate as Driver 2.
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PRECAUTION for vehicle profile link and
unlink
When you link or unlink the profile of
digital key, you should be careful of the
following.
• Profile link is possible to use with the
digital key. (Infotainment Vehicle
Settings Mode → Digital Key → Enable Digital Keys)
• Profile link information remains even
when you set the digital key function
disable.
• Only the smart phone with digital key
app enables you to link your profile.
(Impossible to link with NFC card)
• Profile link works only when the
smart phone and the digital key are
registered to the vehicle. The smart
phone with another vehicle’s digital
key cannot link profile.
• If you remove the smart phone
from the wireless charger before
completing the profile link, it does not
work.
• To unlink the profile, the smart phone
does not need to be on the wireless
charger.
• Vehicle personalization operation
The personalization function linked with
digital key works as following conditions:
•
Contact the driver’s door handle with
the profile linked smart phone to lock
or unlock the doors (Personalization
does not operate when locking or
unlocking the front passenger door.)
• Remote door unlock with the profile
linked smartphone digital key app.
The profile linked with digital key can be
changed manually in the infotainment
system setup screen.
Precaution for digital key profile link and
unlink
Profile operation according to door lock/
unlock system is as follows.
Item Personalization
Operation
Initial value Guest
Profile linked smart phone key Linked profile
Profile unlinked smart phone key Recently activated
profile
NFC card key
Smart key
• The personalization function using
the digital key can be operated
after linking the digital key on the
infotainment system profile menu.
• You should use the personalization
function during stopping your vehicle
safely.
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Vehicle personalization with digital key
The available personalization function in the vehicle is as follows.
SystemPersonalization Item
USM HUD
Position adjustment of image, Information display
selection, Size and color of speedometer
Lamp Blink number of one-touch signal lamps
Cluster Information display on the cluster, Voice volume,
Welcome sound
Seat/Mirror Seat position, O/S mirror position, Easy Access
Intelligent driving posture assist (Smart IMS)
Door Automatic door lock/unlock, Two Press Unlock
AVN Navigation
Preferred volume of the navigation system, Recent
destination
User preset My menu list settings, Radio preset
Phone
connectivity Bluetooth preferential connect
CarPlay/Android Auto/MirrorLink On/Off
Air conditioning Operating
condition Latest operation setup of the following functions:
Temperature, AUTO, air flow direction, air volume,
air conditioner, air intake control, SYNC, Front
windshield defroster, OFF
For more information of personalization, refer to the infotainment system manual.
CAUTION
If you leave the digital key after locking or unlocking the doors or starting up the
vehicle with the smart key, the doors can be locked by the central door lock. Please
carry around the digital key all the time.
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DOOR LOCKS
Operating Door Locks from
Outside the Vehicle
Mechanical key
ODN8059011
If you lock or unlock the driver’s door
with a mechanical key, you can open and
close the driver’s door only.
Once the doors are unlocked, they may
be opened by pulling the door handle.
When closing the door, push the door by
hand. Make sure that doors are closed
securely.
Smart key
ODN8059001Press the button on the driver’s outside
door handle or touch the touch sensor
on the door handle (the engraved part)
while carrying the Smart Key with you
or press the Door Unlock button on the
Smart Key, the driver’s door will unlock.
If you press the button on the front
passenger’s outside door, all doors will
unlock.
Once the doors are unlocked, they may
be opened by pulling the door handle.
When closing the door, push the door by
hand. Make sure that doors are closed
securely.
Information
• In cold and wet climates, door lock
and door mechanisms may not work
properly due to freezing conditions.
• If the door is locked/unlocked multiple
times in rapid succession with either
the vehicle key or door lock switch, the
system may stop operating temporarily
in order to protect the circuit and
prevent damage to system components.
• Two press unlock setting can be
changed in the User Settings mode on
the cluster.