2021 TOYOTA 4RUNNER bluetooth

1918-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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3Select the desired device to
be connected.
4 Check that a confirmation
screen is displayed when the
connection is complete.
 If an error message is dis-
played, follow the guidance
on the screen to try again.
■Bluetooth® phone condition
display
The condition of the Bluetooth
®
phone appears on the upper
right side of the screen. ( P. 1 6 )
■Steering switch
By pressing the phone switch, a
call can be received or ended
without taking your hands off the
steering wheel.
Volume control switch
• Press the “+” side to increase the volume.
• Press the “-” side to decrease the volume.
Off hook switch
• Press to start talking.
• Press to put a call on hold. • Depending on the
system, if the
switch is pressed when an Apple
CarPlay connection is estab-
lished, the Apple CarPlay phone
application will be displayed on
the system screen.
*
On hook switch
• Press to end t alking/dialing.
• Press to refuse to receive the call.
*: This function is not available in some countries or areas.
■Microphone
The microphone is used when
talking on the phone.
●The other party’s voice will be
heard from the front speakers.
The audio/vis ual system will be
muted during phone calls or when
hands-free voice commands are
used.
●Talk alternately with the other
party on the phone. If both parties
speak at the same time, the other
party may not hear what has been
said. (This is not a malfunction.)
●Keep call volume down. Other-
wise, the other party’s voice may
be audible outside the vehicle and
voice echo may increase. When
talking on the phone, speak
clearly towards the microphone.
●The other party may not hear you
clearly when:
Using the phone
switch/microphone
A
B
C

1938-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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1Display the phone top
screen. ( P.188)
2 Select the desired method to
call from.
■Calling methods from
phone screen
 By call history ( P.193)
 By favorites ( P.194)
 By contacts ( P.194)
 By keypad ( P.195)
 By message ( P.202)
■Also the following lists are
available from each func-
tion’s screen
 By POI call
* ( P.79)
 By voice command system
( P.163)
 By home screen ( P.196)
*: Premium Audio only
Up to 30 of the latest call history
items (missed, incoming and
outgoing) can be selected.
1 Display the phone top
screen. ( P.188)
2 Select “History” and select
the desired contact.
 If the contact which is not reg-
istered on the contact list is
selected, the name is dis-
played as “Unknown Con-
tact”. In this case, select the
number to make a call prop-
erly.
3 Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
●The icons of call type are dis-
played.
: Missed call
: Incoming call
: Outgoing call
●When making a call to the same
number continuously, only the
most recent call is listed in call his-
tory.
●When a phone number registered
in the contact list is received, the
name is displayed.
●Number-withheld calls are also
memorized in the system.
●International phone calls may not
be made depending on the type of
Bluetooth
® phone you have.
●The list should group together
consecutive entries with the same
phone number and same call
type. For example, two calls from
John’s mobile would be displayed
Placing a call using
the Bluetooth®
hands-free system
After a Bluetooth® phone
has been registered, a call
can be made using the
hands-free system. There
are several methods by
which a call can be made, as
described below.
Calling methods on the
Bluetooth
® phone
By call history

1958-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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■For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones when “Auto-
matic Transfer” is set to off
( P.207)
1 Select the desired item.
Select to always transfer all
the contacts from a con-
nected cellular phone auto-
matically.
Select to transfer all the con-
tacts from a connected cellu-
lar phone only once.
Select to cancel transferring.
2 Check that a confirmation
screen is displayed when the
operation is complete.
■For PBAP incompatible but
OPP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones
1 Select the desired item.
Select to transfer the con-
tacts from the connected cel- lular phone.
Transfer the contact data to
the system using a Blue-
tooth
® phone.
Select to add a new contact
manually.
Follow the steps in “Register-
ing a new contact to the con-
tacts list” from step 2.
( P.209)
Select to cancel transferring.
●If your cellular phone is neither
PBAP nor OPP compatible, the
contacts cannot be transferred
using Bluetooth
®. But the contacts
can be transferred from USB
device. ( P.209)
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone:
• It may be necessary to perform
additional steps on the phone
when transferring contact data.
• The registered image in the con-
tact list may not transfer depend-
ing on the type of Bluetooth
®
phone connected.
1 Display the phone top
screen. ( P.188)
2 Select “Keypad” and enter
the phone number.
3 Select or press the
switch on the steering wheel.
4 Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, it
may be necessary to perform
A
B
C
A
By keypad
B
C

1968-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
4RUNNER_NAVI_(U)additional steps on the phone.
1
Display the home screen.
( P. 2 9 )
2 Select the desired contact.
3 Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
■Registering a new contact
1 Select and hold the screen
button to add a contact.
2 Select the desired contact.
3 Select the desired number.
●If there is no contact in the con-
tacts list, the contacts cannot be
registered at the home screen.
●The contact cannot be registered
at the home screen while driving.
1Select “Answer” or press the
switch on the steering
wheel to talk on the phone.
“Decline”: Select to refuse to
receive the call.
To adjust the volume of a received
call: Turn the “POWER VOLUME”
knob, or use the volume control
switch on the steering wheel.
●The contact image picture can be
displayed only when the vehicle is
not moving.
●During international phone calls,
the other party’s name or number
may not be displayed correctly
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone you have.
●The incoming call display mode
can be set. ( P.205)
●The ringtone that has been set in
the sound settings screen can be
heard when there is an incoming
call. Depending on the type of
By home screen
Receiving a call using
the Bluetooth®
hands-free system
When a call is received, the
following screen is dis-
played with a sound.
Incoming calls

1978-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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4RUNNER_NAVI_(U)Bluetooth
® phone, both the sys-
tem and Bluetooth® phone may
ring simultaneously when there is
an incoming call. ( P.204)
Select to display the keypad
to send tones. ( P.198)
Select to send tones. This
button only appears when a
number that contains a (w) is
dialed in hands-free mode.
( P.198)
Select to adjust your voice
volume that the other party
hears from their speaker.
( P.198)
Select to mute your voice to
the other party.
Select to mute the naviga-
tion route guidance during a
phone call.
*
Select to change handset
modes between hands-free
Talking on the Blue-
tooth® hands-free sys-
tem
While talking on the phone,
the following screen is dis-
played. The operations out-
lined below can be
performed on this screen.
Call screen operation
A
B
C
D
E
F

1998-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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When a call is interrupted by a
third party while talking, the
incoming screen is displayed.
1Select “Answer” or press the
switch on the steering
wheel to start talking with the
other party.
 To refuse to receive the call:
Select “Decline” or press the
switch on the steering
wheel.
 Each time the switch on
the steering wheel is pressed,
the party who is on hold will
be switched.
●This function may not be available
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone.
1 Display the phone top
screen. ( P.188)
2 Select “Message”.
 A confirmation message
appears when the “Automatic
Message Transfer” function is
set to off ( P.212), select
“Yes”.
3 Check that the message
screen is displayed.
“Phone”: Select to change to phone
mode.
The account name is dis-
played on the left side of
Incoming call waitingBluetooth® phone
message function
Received messages can be
forwarded from the con-
nected Bluetooth
® phone,
enabling checking and
replying using the system.
Depending on the type of
Bluetooth
® phone con-
nected, received messages
may not be transferred to
the system.
If the phone does not sup-
port the message function,
this function cannot be
used. Even when the sup-
ported phone is used, reply
function may not be used.
Displaying the message
screen

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screen.
 Account names are the
names of the accounts that
exist on the currently con-
nected phone.
 The following functions can
be used on message function:
• Receiving a message ( P.200)
• Checking messages ( P.200)
• Replying to a message (dicta- tion reply) ( P.201)
• Replying to a message (quick reply) ( P.202)
• Calling the message sender ( P.202)
• Message settings ( P.212)
When an e-mail/SMS/MMS is
received, the incoming message
screen pops up with sound and
is ready to be operated on the
screen.
Select to check the message.
Select to not open the mes-
sage.
Select to call the message
sender.●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone used for receiving
messages, or its registration sta-
tus with the syste m, some infor-
mation 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.205)
• “E-mail Notification Pop-up” is set to on. ( P.205)
SMS/MMS:
• “Incoming SMS/MMS Display” is set to “Full Screen”. ( P.205)
• “SMS/MMS Notification Pop-up” is
set to on. ( P.205)
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected,
E-Mail function cannot be used via
Bluetooth
®.
1 Display the message screen.
( P.199)
2 Select a desired account
name.
3 Select the desired message
from the list.
4 Check that the message is
displayed.
Receiving a message
A
B
C
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Select to call the message
sender.
Select to have messages
read out.
To cancel this function, select
“Stop”.
When “Automatic Message
Readout” is set to on, mes-
sages will be automatically
read out. (P.212)
Select to display the previous
or next message.
This function can be chosen
the method to reply mes-
sage with “Dictation” or
“Quick Message”.
●Reading a text m essage is not
available while driving.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected,
this function cannot be used.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, it
may be necessary to perform
additional steps on the phone.
●Messages are displayed in the
appropriate connected Blue-
tooth
® phone’s registered mail
address folder. Se lect the desired
folder to be displayed.
●Only received messages on the
connected Bluetooth® phone can
be displayed.
●The text of the message is not dis-
played while driving.
●Turn the “POWER VOLUME”
knob, or use the volume control
switch on the steering wheel to
adjust the message read out vol-
ume.
●“Subject:” field is not shown on
SMS case.
●E-mail only: Select “Mark Unread”
or “Mark Read” to mark mail
unread or read on the message
screen.
This function is available when
“Update Message Read Status on
Phone” is set to on. ( P.212)
*: If equipped
1 Display the message screen.
( P.199)
2 Select the desired message
from the list.
3 Select “Reply”.
4 Select “Dictation”.
5 When the “Say Your Mes-
sage” screen is displayed,
speak message that you
want to send.
6 Select “Send” to send mes-
sage.
“Cancel”: Select to cancel sending
the message.
“Retry”: Select to retry speaking
message that you want to send.
While the message is being
sent, a sending message
screen is displayed.
7 Check that a confirmation
screen is displayed when the
operation is complete.
 If an error message is dis-
played, follow the guidance
on the screen to try again.
A
B
C
D
Replying to a message
(dictation reply)*