2021 TOYOTA TACOMA steering

2458-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
Phone
●This system is not guaranteed to
operate with all Bluetooth®
devices.
●If your cellular phone does not
support Bluetooth®, this system
cannot function.
●In the following conditions, the
system may not function:
• The cellular phone is turned off.
• The current position is outside the
communication area.
• The cellular phone is not con-
nected.
• The cellular phone has a low bat-
tery.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone, some function is
not available.
●When using the hands-free sys-
tem or Bluetooth® audio and Wi-
Fi® hotspot functions at the same
time, the following problems may
occur:
• The Bluetooth
® connection may
be cut.
• Noise may be heard on the Blue-
tooth
® audio playback.
• A noise may be heard during
phone calls.
●Bluetooth® uses the 2.4 GHz fre-
quency band. If both a Wi-Fi® con-
nection and Bluetooth®
connection are being used simul-
taneously, each connection may
be affected.
●If a Bluetooth® device is attempt-
ing to connect to the vehicle while
another device is connected as a
Bluetooth
® audio device or con-
nected using the hands-free sys-
tem or Wi-Fi
® hotspot function, the
communication speed may
decrease or malfunctions may
occur, such as image distortion or
audio skipping. If a Bluetooth
®
device is connected to the system,
the interference it may cause will
be reduced. When carrying a
device with its Bluetooth
® connec-
tion enabled, make sure to regis-
ter it to the system and connect it
or disable its Bluetooth
® function.
●When a device is connected via
Bluetooth®, the Bluetooth® icon
on the status bar will be displayed
in blue. (P. 1 6 )
Some basics
The hands-free system
enables calls to be made
and received without having
to take your hands off the
steering wheel.
This system supports Blue-
tooth
®. Bluetooth® is a wire-
less data system that
enables cellular phones to
be used without being con-
nected by a cable or placed
in a cradle.
The operating procedure of
the phone is explained here.
When an Apple CarPlay
connection is established,
phone functions will be per-
formed by Apple CarPlay
instead of the hands-free
system.
WA R N I N G
●While driving, do not operate a
cellular phone.

2478-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
Phone
■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
• If the switch is pressed when an
Apple CarPlay/Android Auto con-
nection is established, the Apple
CarPlay/Android Auto phone
application will be displayed on
the system screen.
On hook switch
■Microphone
The microphone is used when
talking on the phone.
Type A
Type B
●The other party’s voice will be
heard from the front speakers.
The audio/visual 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:
• Driving on an unpaved road.
(Making excessive traffic noise.)
• Driving at high speeds.
• The roof or windows are open.
• The air conditioning vents are
pointed towards the microphone.
Using the phone
switch/microphone
A
B
C

2518-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
Phone
■For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones when “Auto-
matic Transfer” is set to off
(P.263)
1Select 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.
2Check that a confirmation
screen is displayed when the
operation is complete.
■For PBAP incompatible but
OPP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones
1Select 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.266)
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.266)
●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.
1Display the phone top
screen. (P.244)
2Select “Keypad” and enter
the phone number.
3Select or press the
switch on the steering wheel.
4Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
A
B
C
A
By keypad
B
C

2528-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
tooth® phone being connected, it
may be necessary to perform
additional steps on the phone.
1Display the home screen.
(P. 2 9 )
2Select the desired contact.
3Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
■Registering a new contact
1Select and hold the screen
button to add a contact.
2Select the desired contact.
3Select 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.262)
●The ringtone that has been set in
the sound settings screen can be
heard when there is an incoming
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

2558-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
When there are no calls on
hold during a call: “Hold” is
displayed. When selected, the
current call is placed on hold.
When there is no current call,
but there is a call on hold:
“Activate” is displayed. When
selected, the system switches
to the call that was on hold.
When there is another call on
hold during a call: “Swap
Calls” is displayed. When
selected, the current call is
placed on hold, and the sys-
tem switches to the call that
was on hold.
●This function may not be available
depending on the type of cellular
phone.
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”.
Each time “Swap Calls” is
selected, the party who is on
hold will be switched.
●This function may not be available
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone.
Switching calls while a
call is in progress
Incoming call waiting

2588-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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.269)
*: If equipped
1Display the message screen.
(P.256)
2Select the desired message
from the list.
3Select “Reply”.
4Select “Dictation”.
5When the “Say Your Mes-
sage” screen is displayed,
speak message that you
want to send.
6Select “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.
7Check 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.
15 messages have already
been stored.
1Display the message screen.
(P.256)
2Select the desired message
from the list.
3Select “Reply”.
4Select “Quick Message”.
5Select the desired message.
: Select to edit the message.
(P.259)
6Select “Send”.
“Cancel”: Select to cancel sending
the message.
While the message is being
sent, a sending message
screen is displayed.
7Check 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.
Replying to a message
(dictation reply)*
Replying to a message
(quick reply)

2598-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone, reply function is not
available.
■Editing quick reply mes-
sages
This operation cannot be per-
formed while driving.
1Select corresponding to
the desired message to edit.
2Select “OK” when editing is
completed.
●To reset the edited quick reply
messages, select “Default”.
●Quick message 1 (“I am driving
and will arrive in approximately
[##] minutes.”)
*:
This message cannot be edited
and will automatically fill in [##]
with the navigation calculated esti-
mated time of arrival on the con-
firm message screen.
If there are waypoints set, [##] to
the next waypoint will be shown.
If there is no route currently set in
the navigation system, quick mes-
sage 1 cannot be selected.
*: Premium Audio only
Calls can be made to an e-
mail/SMS/MMS message
sender’s phone number.
This operation can be per-
formed while driving.
■Calling from e-
mail/SMS/MMS message
display
1Display the message screen.
(P.256)
2Select the desired message.
3Select , or press the
switch on the steering wheel.
If there are 2 or more phone
numbers, select the desired
number.
4Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
■Calling from a number
within a message
Calls can be made to a number
identified in a message’s text
area.
This operation cannot be per-
formed while driving.
1Display the message screen.
(P.256)
2Select the desired message.
3Select the text area.
Identified phone numbers
contained in the message are
displayed in blue text.
4Select the desired number.
Calling the message
sender

2899-2. Connected Services operation
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Connected Services
2Select .
3Follow the steps in “From the
menu screen” from step 3.
(P.289)
■From the menu screen
1Press the “MENU” button.
2Select “Destination”.
3Select “Dest Assist”.
4When an agent comes on the
line, tell the agent the
address, business name, or
the type of POI or service.
To adjust the call volume,
select “-” or “+”, or use the vol-
ume switch on the steering
wheel during the call.
To hang up the phone, select
“End” or press the switch
on the steering wheel.
5After the agent helps you
determine your location of
choice, select the screen but-
ton of the desired action.
“Save”: Select to register as a
memory point.
“Go”: Select to set as a destination.
: Select to call the registered number.