
1838-1. 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.
●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.
• The sound of the air conditioning  fan is loud.
• There is a negative effect on 
sound quality due to the phone 
and/or network being used.
Using the phone 
switch/microphone
A
B
C
NOTICE
●Do not touch and put a sharp 
object to the microphone. It may 
cause failure. 

1878-1. 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.199)
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.202)
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.202)
●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.180)
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-
A
B
C
A
By keypad
B
C 

1888-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
tooth® phone being connected, it 
may be necessary to perform 
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.198)
●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 

1918-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
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.
1 Select “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 

1948-1. 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.205)
*: If equipped
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.192)
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.
15 messages have already 
been stored.
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.192)
2 Select the desired message 
from the list.
3 Select “Reply”.
4 Select “Quick Message”.
5 Select the desired message.
: Select to edit the message. 
(  P.195)
6 Select “Send”.
“Cancel”: Select to cancel sending 
the message.
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.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
Replying to a message 
(dictation reply)*
Replying to a message 
(quick reply) 

1958-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
Phone
tooth®phone, reply function is not 
available.
■Editing quick reply mes-
sages
This operation cannot be per-
formed while driving.
1 Select   corresponding to 
the desired message to edit.
2 Select “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
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.192)
2 Select the desired message.
3 Select  , or press the   
switch on the steering wheel.
 If there are 2 or more phone 
numbers, select the desired 
number.
4 Check 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.
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.192)
2 Select the desired message.
3 Select the text area.
 Identified phone numbers 
contained in the message are 
displayed in blue text.
4 Select the desired number.
Calling the message 
sender 

2279-2. Connected Services operation
9
Connected Services
3Follow the steps in “From the 
menu screen” from step  3. 
( P.227)
■From the menu screen
1 Press the “MENU” button.
2 Select “Destination”.
3 Select “Dest Assist”.
4 When 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.
5 After 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. 

Alphabetical Index235
Setting Bluetooth® details ....... 40
Bluetooth
® setup screen ........ 40
Connecting a Bluetooth
® device
............................................. 41
Deleting a Bluetooth
® device . 43
“Detailed Settings” screen ...... 45
Displaying the Bluetooth
® setup 
screen .................................. 40
Editing the Bluetooth
® device 
information ........................... 43
Registering a Bluetooth
® device
............................................. 43
Setup ............... 102, 144, 197, 228
“Setup” button (“Menu” screen) ........................................... 14, 18
“Setup” screen ......................... 18
Some basics ................... 121, 181 About the contacts in the contact list ....................................... 184
Audio screen adjustment...... 123
Registering/Connecting a Blue-
tooth
® phone ...................... 182
Reordering the audio source 122
Selecting an audio source .... 121
Sound settings ..................... 122
Turning the system on and off ........................................... 121
USB port............................... 122
Using the phone switch/micro- phone ................................. 183
Voice command system124, 184
When selling or disposing of the  vehicle ................................ 184 Starting route guidance ...........91
A route from the Cloud ...........94
Confirm destination screen.....91
Route overview screen ...........92
Status icon ................................16 Status icon explanation ..........16
Steering switch “MODE/HOLD” switch ..........143
Phone switch ........................183
SEEK/TRACK switch ............143
Talk switch ....................156, 184
Volume control switch ...143, 183
Steering switches ...................143 Steering switch operation .....143
T
Talking on the Bluetooth® hands-
free system............................189 Call screen operation ...........189
Incoming call waiting ............191
Sending tones ......................190
Switching calls while a call is in  progress .............................191
Transmit volume setting .......190
Things you should know .......177 If you notice any symptoms ..177
Tips for operating the audio/ visual system ........................146
Tips for operating the navigation  system ................................... 114