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2013

BLUE&ME™ Hands-Free Communication

User’s Manual

Summary of Contents for 2013 BLUE&ME

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Page 2: ...nt is impaired when you have been drinking Never drink and then drive This manual illustrates and describes the operation of fea tures and equipment that are either standard or optional on this vehicle This manual may also include a description of features and equipment that are no longer available or were not ordered on this vehicle Please disregard any features and equipment described in this ma...

Page 3: ...ayer 10 Road Safety 11 䡵 DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL 14 Display 14 Front Steering Wheel Buttons 14 Rear Steering Wheel Buttons 15 䡵 BLUE ME HANDS FREE COMMUNICATION PACKAGE QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 21 Prepare Your Mobile Phone Phonebook 21 Important Notes 22 Try Out the Voice Commands 22 Pair Your Mobile Phone 23 Making a Phone Call 24 ...

Page 4: ...alls 44 Managing Phone Calls 46 Conference Call Function 47 䡵 MESSAGE READER FUNCTIONS 48 How To Read The Last SMS Text Received 49 Inbox 49 Managing Messages 50 Deleting All Messages 51 SMS Notification Settings 51 䡵 MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS 53 How To Connect The USB Device iPod To BLUE ME Hands Free Communication 53 How To Manage The Media Library 55 Playing Audio Tracks 60 Practical Hints For Usi...

Page 5: ... Free Communication Package 92 Message Reader 103 Media Player 106 iPod威 113 䡵 SYSTEM SOFTWARE USE NOTICE 118 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT EULA 118 GRANT OF SOFTWARE LICENSE This EULA grants you the following license 119 DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS 119 UPGRADES AND RECOVERY MEDIA 122 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 122 EXPORT RESTRICTIONS 123 䡵 QUICK TIPS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 125 ...

Page 6: ...s Free Communication Quick Tips 125 BLUE ME Media Player Quick Tips 127 BLUE ME Message Reader Quick Tips 128 BLUE ME And The TomTom PND Portable Navigation Device If Equipped Quick Tips 128 4 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...out having to take your eyes off the road You can even keep your phone in a pocket or a bag You are not required to train the voice recognition system to recognize your voice The system is speaker indepen dent and performs equally well for different users With this system you can also play your favorite music stored on a USB stick or iPod威 and select tracks and playback modes with both voice comma...

Page 8: ... phone while driving even if your mobile device does not feature this capability You can also interact with your mobile phone manually and visually using the steering wheel controls and the instru ment panel multifunction display For further details on the mobile phones supported by BLUE ME refer to BLUE ME SUPPORTED MO BILE PHONES To get started with BLUE ME Hands Free Communi cation with voice r...

Page 9: ... you can interact with BLUE ME using buttons on the steering wheel or voice commands relevant only to phone functions LAST CALLS and PHONEBOOK and the media player To activate settings when travelling you can only use voice commands The hands free package enables the following operations Contact calling by voice you can call a contact in your mobile phone phonebook using your voice You can also ca...

Page 10: ... button on the steering wheel With your mobile phone in the vehicle and the pairing procedure complete connect to your mobile phone to BLUE ME and you can make phone calls by speaking keywords or pressing buttons on the steering wheel When using the hands free phone the audio output of a phone conversation is heard through your car s speakers Message Reader The BLUE ME message reader enables autom...

Page 11: ...your Bluetooth威 wireless technology enabled mobile phone with send er s number name BLUE ME will also ask whether to read you the message that has been re ceived To manage the list of SMS texts received on your BLUE ME paired mobile phone NOTE Only messages that were received while the mobile phone was connected to BLUE ME will be listed To read the messages received and stored Messages can be rea...

Page 12: ...ile you drive iPod威 player refer to MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS The media player feature allows the following opera tions Digital audio playback you can play all your digital audio files mp3 wma wav aac or play a custom ized playlist m3u or wpl format Audio file selection by category you can play all audio files of a certain category e g album artist or genre NOTE Each audio file category must be tagge...

Page 13: ...ons on the steering wheel or voice commands BLUE ME will then play your selection via the car sound system Road Safety WARNING Operating certain parts of this system while driv ing can distract your attention away from the road and possibly cause an accident or other serious consequences for this reason certain functions are disabled by the BLUE ME system until driving conditions are secure and if...

Page 14: ...might be required to distract your attention away from the road and remove your hands from the wheel General Operation Continued WARNING Continued Voice Command Control some functions within the system may be accomplished using only voice commands Using voice commands while driving allows you to operate the system without removing your hands from the wheel Prolonged Views of Screen do not access a...

Page 15: ...nherently a statistical process which is subject to errors It is your responsibility to monitor any speech recognition functions in cluded in the system and address any errors Distraction Hazard many features may require manual non verbal setup Attempting to perform such set up or entering data while driving can seriously distract your attention and could cause an accident or other serious consequ...

Page 16: ... this User s Guide the descriptions of the menu entries refer to the multifunctional display which visualizes some entries in abbreviated form Front Steering Wheel Buttons 1 MUTE ESC 3 PHONE HANG UP 2 PHONE MENU 4 VOICE RECOGNITION VR 14 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 17: ...down for Volume The button in the center is the SRC button used to change audio sources e g AM FM CD Media Player The left hand control is also a rocker type switch with a pushbutton in the center Press the top of the switch to Scan Up Press the bottom of the switch to Scan Down The button in the center is the PRESET UP OK button BLUE ME User s Manual 15 ...

Page 18: ...nu Dial the number displayed on the display that was accessed haptically from the phonebook or the recent calls list Accept an incoming phone call Switch between two ongoing phone conversations call wait ing Dial the name number on the display that was selected entered by voice recognition 16 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 19: ...a voice announcement Interrupt message reading Exit BLUE ME Main Menu Exit the sub menu and return to the previous menu option Exit current menu option with out storing settings Turn the microphone on off during a phone conversation Mute the ring tone of an incom ing call Media player Pause on off BLUE ME User s Manual 17 ...

Page 20: ...NITION VR Activate voice recognition Interrupt voice announcement to provide a new voice com mand Repeat the last utterance in a voice interaction PHONE HANG UP Reject an incoming call and end a phone call in progress End an active call and switch to a call waiting on hold 18 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 21: ...eering wheel Confirm manually selected menu option Switch phone conversation from the hands free phone to your mobile phone and vice versa Select displayed message SCAN UP SCAN DOWN left side back of steering wheel Scroll BLUE ME menu items Scroll though media player tracks Scroll inbox messages BLUE ME User s Manual 19 ...

Page 22: ...the first time your phone s phonebook will automatically be downloaded If this operation is not allowed immediately after pairing for the first time the BLUE ME system will prompt you for the phonebook each time you connect to the system For phones containing a SIM card the phonebook on the SIM card will be downloaded if it is allowed See your phone s Operating Manual for further details 20 BLUE M...

Page 23: ...the following paragraphs Prepare Your Mobile Phone Phonebook Before creating a pairing relationship between your mo bile phone and BLUE ME Hands Free Communica tion you should make sure that you have contact entries in your mobile phone phonebook so that you can use them with the hands free phone If your phonebook is empty quickly create several new entries for frequently dialed phone numbers For ...

Page 24: ...ing to your mobile phone model Try Out the Voice Commands At each stage of your dialogue with the system you can always use the voice command Help to get detailed indications about the voice commands available To try out the Help function proceed as follows Press the steering wheel button After BLUE ME says Say a command and plays a tone indicating that voice recognition is active say Help BLUE ME...

Page 25: ...setting on your mobile phone might be called Discover or New Device In this list you will find BLUE ME name identifying the BLUE ME system on your car select it When prompted by the mobile phone enter the PIN number shown on the instrument panel display using your mobile phone keypad If pairing is successful the system will say Connecting and at the end the display will show a confirmation message...

Page 26: ...tart copying the phonebook say Yes otherwise say No Making a Phone Call Assume that John Smith is one of the contacts stored in your phonebook To call John Smith proceed as follows Press the button and say Call John Smith If the name is recognized the system will display the recognized contact s information on the display screen If there is just one phone number for John Smith in your phonebook th...

Page 27: ...splay The hands free communica tion system will ask if you would like to call the phone number displayed To respond with yes say Yes otherwise say No You can also scroll through the phone number list manually by pressing the buttons on the back of the steering wheel until you find the required number Then press the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steering wheel to start the call To end the ...

Page 28: ...ton on the steering wheel or the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steering wheel to read the last message received Say No or press the ESC button on the steering wheel the system will store the message so you can read it later For further details on the message reader SMS refer to the section MESSAGE READER FUNCTIONS NOTE If you encounter difficulties with any of the message reader settings ...

Page 29: ...glove box of the car USB sticks with USB wire use the wire to connect the USB stick to the USB port on the car Turn the ignition key to ON BLUE ME will auto matically start to play your digital tracks selecting them from the library that was built when the USB stick was connected After BLUE ME has built the library containing your digital audio files you can select and play tracks albums artists a...

Page 30: ...an of the contents and be ready to use much faster iPod威 player refer to MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS The set up menu also allows you to decide whether to play audio files automatically when connecting the USB device or to play them upon your command For further details on the media player refer to MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS NOTE If you encounter difficulties with any of the voice recognition operations con...

Page 31: ...e to a key press is in some cases controlled by the duration of the key press short or long NOTE For further information refer to DISPLAY AND BUT TONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL Instructions concerning manual controls are identified in the text by the appropriate symbol Voice Commands Voice commands can be said by the driver who does not need to change his her normal driving position to be heard by the...

Page 32: ...oice recognition is active Then speak the command in your natural voice at a moderate pace When the system recognizes the command it will ac knowledge your command by speaking a response or acting on your command Voice commands are organized according to three in creasing levels 1st level 2nd level and 3rd level When a valid 1st level keyword is said the system will activate 2nd level keywords whe...

Page 33: ... a command To interrupt a voice announcement from BLUE ME and say your reply before listening to the entire voice announcement press the steering wheel button and speak your command after the prompt To stop an ongoing interaction press the ESC button You will hear a tone indicating when voice recognition is deactivated The hands free communication Help option can speak the list of commands availab...

Page 34: ...NOTE After you press the steering wheel button if you do not issue a voice command within a few seconds the system will prompt you to say a voice command If you do not respond after two or three prompts to enter a command the voice recognition session will end It is the same case with not responding to a question during a voice interaction You will hear a tone indi cating when voice recognition is...

Page 35: ...iting for the system to finish its announcement or question you can press the steering wheel button again shortly to interrupt what the system is saying and say your command Speak at a normal volume Say words clearly in your natural voice at a moderate pace without stops If possible try to minimize background noise in the car Ask the other passengers to keep silent while you are speaking voice com...

Page 36: ...nel multifunction display The display shows the following information Status information for the Bluetooth威 wireless tech nology enabled mobile phone e g on a call Indicates that BLUE ME is currently connected with a Bluetooth威 wireless technology enabled mobile phone NOTE This icon is only displayed when the phone initially connects to BLUE ME and is part of the message that indicates the mobile ...

Page 37: ...BLUE ME the radio display will show dedicated messages BLUE ME Hands Free Communication Function Menu BLUE ME Main Menu displays options within a structured list Each option item in the menu can be viewed on the instrument panel multifunction display Available options enable activation of different functions or change the settings of your BLUE ME system The Main Menu includes the following options...

Page 38: ... and to play them later to call the message sender or to delete the messages It is possible to select notification signals for the arrival of a new SMS text Messages must be received while the mobile phone is connected to the BLUE ME system Mes sages that are already present on the mobile phone before entering the car and turning the ignition ON are not accessible MEDIA PLAYER this submenu allows ...

Page 39: ...enu options To navigate through the items in a menu press the scan up or scan down buttons on the rear of the steering wheel When the number of characters in a display message is too long for the allowable number of display characters the text in the display message will be cut to fit the display size To select the option shown on the display press the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steeri...

Page 40: ...ted item in the RECENT CALLS or PHONEBOOK submenus In addition you can use other calling features such as responding to incoming calls re dial callback call wait ing reading a message or deleting it NOTE If you encounter difficulties with any of the voice recognition operations refer to HANDS FREE COM MUNICATION PACKAGE TROUBLESHOOTING Before you can make and receive phone calls using the hands fr...

Page 41: ...to BLUE ME and dialing a phone number by voice commands it is essential to minimize background noise in the car and to ask the other passengers to keep silent while you are speaking the digits Since the system is speaker independent it can also recognize other voices there is a risk that some numbers will be accidentally recognized added to cor rect numbers or not recognized Calling a contact in y...

Page 42: ... pressing the PRESET UP OK button or the MENU button on the steering wheel to start the call To end the phone call press the PHONE HANG UP button on the steering wheel Or using voice interaction Assume you would like to call the contact John Smith in your mobile phone phonebook Press and say ⴖCall John Smithⴖ or ⴖCall John Smith on at Mobileⴖ in the previous statement the keyword ⴖMobileⴖ represen...

Page 43: ...the steering wheel When you find the required number press the MENU button on the steering wheel to start the call To end the phone call press the PHONE HANG UP button on the steering wheel Practical hint When you call a contact with multiple phone numbers use the at location portion of the voice command e g at Home at Work on at Mobile This will shorten the number of steps required to make the ph...

Page 44: ...Digit groups are cre ated by the pauses you use while pronouncing the sequence of digits If you pause after pronouncing sev eral digits a digit group is created The system will repeat the recognized digits If the spoken digits are correct you can continue pro nouncing the phone number If the spoken digits are incorrect you can delete the digit group by saying Delete The system will delete the last...

Page 45: ...d and connect the phone call following the procedure required by your mobile phone Conduct the conversation using the hands free com munication system To end the phone call press the PHONE HANG UP button on the steering wheel or end the phone call from your mobile phone keypad Calling a phone number using call history recent calls RECENT CALLS option is a list of the recent calls made or received ...

Page 46: ... otherwise say ⴖNoⴖ To redial the last phone number you called say ⴖRedialⴖ The system will display information about the last con tact you called and will ask if you would like to redial this phone number To redial the last phone number called say ⴖYesⴖ otherwise say ⴖNoⴖ NOTE If there are no incoming calls stored on the RECENT CALLS list BLUE ME will say No re ceived calls and the display will r...

Page 47: ... call while another phone conversation is active press the MENU button on the steering wheel The system will switch to the incoming phone call and put the current phone conversation on hold NOTE Not all mobile phones and carriers support this fea ture Contact the FIAT Studio or consult the www fia tusa com website for compatible mobile phones Certain mobile phones support the ability to transmit y...

Page 48: ... phone offering hands free phone support To transfer the conversation to the hands free phone enter the information required by your mobile phone This process is different for each mobile phone The phone conversation is then transferred to the system Transferring a phone conversation from the hands free phone to your mobile phone To transfer a phone conversation from the hands free communication s...

Page 49: ...you can call another contact while you are engaged in a phone conversation In this way you can speak with both contacts at the same time To start a conference call while you are still engaged in a phone conversation call the second required contact as described in MAKING A PHONE CALL When the Conference Call option is active the display will show ⴖCONFERENCEⴖ To end both calls press the PHONE HANG...

Page 50: ...r information on signal types refer to SMS NOTIFICATION SETTINGS If you want BLUE ME to read the SMS message received by manual interaction press the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steering wheel The message will be read and any abbreviation or emoticon contained in the message will be spoken Otherwise press the ESC BLUE ME will not read the message but it will store it so you can read the...

Page 51: ...t message received Inbox BLUE ME will store up to 20 received messages in the event of linked messages the number of stored messages could be lower when your mobile phone is connected with Bluetooth威 When the inbox is full the new incoming message will delete the oldest message received even if not yet read It is also possible to delete just one message or to delete the entire inbox refer to MANAG...

Page 52: ...nebook To scroll the Inbox say Previous or Next when the required message is displayed say Read BLUE ME will read the selected message Say Delete to delete the selected message Managing Messages For every message received while BLUE ME is con nected to your phone BLUE ME can read the message call the sender directly delete the message To access these options when reading a message open the BLUE ME...

Page 53: ...er After the audible tone say Delete all BLUE ME will ask Delete all messages from the vehicle now say Yes to delete all messages otherwise say No SMS Notification Settings With the BLUE ME message reader it is possible to set three notification signals to announce the arrival of a new SMS text VIS ACOUST BLUE ME will notify you of a new incoming message using a visual signal on the instrument pan...

Page 54: ...e option SIGNAL TYPE and scroll the three available options using the up and down buttons or select the desired option and then press the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steering wheel Or using voice interaction Press the steering wheel button and say Message reader After the audible tone say Signal type BLUE ME will list the available options and then you can select the required one by say...

Page 55: ...atible with BLUE ME How To Connect The USB Device iPod To BLUE ME Hands Free Communication To connect your USB device iPod to BLUE ME Hands Free Communication proceed as follows Copy tracks on your USB device iPod BLUE ME recognizes wma mp3 and wav aac formats for audio files and wpl and m3u for playlists USB devices without USB wire just connect the USB device iPod directly or by an extension lea...

Page 56: ...BLUE ME will start playback automatically when a USB device is inserted into the USB port NOTE For the best use of BLUE ME it is recommended to use USB devices with maximum capacity of 32 GB Indexing time will increase with the number of files present on the media device For a good customer experience a maximum total file size of 4 GB on the media device is recommended For further information refe...

Page 57: ...ed file using the manual controls To surf your media library use the track data e g title artist album genre USB sticks can also be surfed in folders mode NOTE Not all formats can support media information The mp3 and wma aac recognized formats by BLUE ME can support media information whereas the wav format files do not BLUE ME will popu late the title field in the index with the filename as the t...

Page 58: ...elected folder tracks To play a desired track select the title and then press the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steering wheel Or by using voice interaction Press the steering wheel button and say Folders Use the Scan Up Scan Down buttons to scroll through the folders To play all song tracks in all folders select PLAY ALL and then press the PRESET UP OK button To display folder tracks pre...

Page 59: ... button To play an album by the selected artist select the desired album and then press the PRESET UP OK button To play a track by the selected artist select the title and then press the PRESET UP OK button Use the Scan Up Scan Down buttons to scroll the artist s albums To play all the albums of the desired artist select PLAY ALL and then press the PRESET UP OK button To play an album by a selecte...

Page 60: ... USB device iPod contains many audio files the GENRES menu will be subdivided into alpha betical submenus The alphabetical submenu will display just the first letter of the name of genre it contains e g A F or it will display the first two letters e g Aa Ar Selection by album To select an album using manual interaction proceed as follows Press the MENU button to launch the Main Menu and select MED...

Page 61: ...select PLAY ALL and press the PRESET UP OK button To play just one track select the track title and press the PRESET UP OK button NOTE If your USB device iPod contains many audio files the ALBUMS menu will be subdivided into alpha betical submenus The alphabetical submenu will display just the first letter of the albums it contains e g A F or it will display the first two letters e g Aa Ar Selecti...

Page 62: ...ack of the whole media library The option PLAY ANYTHING can be used to quickly play the whole content of your media library at random To start PLAY ANYTHING using manual interaction proceed as follows Press the MENU button to launch the Main Menu and select MEDIA PLAYER then select USB OPTIONS and press the PRESET UP OK button on the rear of the steering wheel Select PLAY ANYTHING and press the PR...

Page 63: ...use To pause the track being played Press the ESC or the MUTE button on the radio Play To resume playback of the paused track Press the ESC button or the MUTE button on the radio Stop To stop playing a track press the steering wheel button and say Stop To resume playback press the steering wheel button and say Play Next track To play the next track using manual interaction proceed as follows While...

Page 64: ...iven within the first 3 seconds the previous track will be played Changing audio sources To change the current sound source Radio CD CD Changer Media player press the PRESET UP OK but ton on the rear of the steering wheel or FM AM or MEDIA buttons on the radio NOTE For further details on voice commands key words to be used with the media player refer to VOICE COMMANDS KEYWORDS SUMMARY iPod威 compat...

Page 65: ...evices and USB sticks Practical Hints For Using The Media Player Scrolling To optimize scrolling of the FOLDERS menu organize folders on your USB stick before connecting it to BLUE ME To facilitate and to optimize FOLDERS menu selection organize your tracks in folders with names that mean something to you Organize media files In order to make the musical selection on BLUE ME based on predefined se...

Page 66: ...ry while playing music Building playlists for BLUE ME Hands Free Communication For building m3u or wpl playlist for BLUE ME using Microsoft威 Windows Media威 Player proceed as follows Copy required tracks into a new folder or to your USB memory device Open Microsoft威 Windows Media威 Player Select File and then Open from the menu Scroll the content of the USB device iPod威 connected to your computer an...

Page 67: ...r difficulties with any of the BLUE ME settings refer to TROUBLESHOOTING Pairing a Mobile Phone Before you can use your mobile phone with the hands free communication function on your car you must create a pairing relationship between the mobile phone and the hands free communication system During the pairing procedure the hands free communi cation system attempts to detect a Bluetooth威 wireless t...

Page 68: ...p using the PAIRING option in the SETTINGS menu To create a pairing relationship using manual interaction proceed as follows Press the MENU button to open the Main Menu then select SETTINGS by pressing the PRESET UP OK but ton Select PAIRING and then press the PRESET UP OK button The system will start the pairing procedure BLUE ME will show the mobile phone pairing PIN on the instrument panel disp...

Page 69: ... phone s phonebook It is recommended to copy it To start copying the phonebook press the PRESET UP OK button otherwise press the ESC button You can download your phonebook at a later time using the menu option SETTINGS USER DATA or PHONEBOOK Or using voice interaction Press the button and say Settings wait for the tone then say Pairing The system shows the mobile phone pairing PIN on the instrumen...

Page 70: ...system will ask if you would like to copy your phone s phonebook Copying is recommended To start copying the phonebook say Yes otherwise say No For certain mobile phones the phonebook is not copied automatically in this case you must send the contacts in your mobile phone s phonebook to the BLUE ME hands free communication system using your mobile phone keypad Practical hints To improve both the v...

Page 71: ...tacts by voice do not include the middle names or middle initials of your contacts NOTE You only need to pair your mobile phone a single time You can pair up to five mobile phones but only one phone can be used at a time To use one of the other paired phones the currently connected phone needs to be powered off or it s Bluetooth威 setting must be turned off BLUE ME will then search the paired phone...

Page 72: ...ormation will be deleted To delete a paired phone from the system from the USER DATA menu select DELETE USERS On your mobile phone delete BLUE ME from the list of Bluetooth威 mobile phones following the specific instructions for your mobile phone refer to your mobile phone owner s manual If you download a phonebook with a contacts list including more than 1000 contacts the system may operate slower...

Page 73: ... the PRESET UP OK button Or using voice interaction Press the button and say Settings Wait until after the tone then say User data In the USER DATA menu you can perform the following functions described below Delete user data In the USER DATA menu you can delete the pairing list After you delete the pairing list you cannot use an unpaired phone with the hands free communication sys tem or its phon...

Page 74: ...pairing list If all paired users are deleted from the pairing list then each phone must be re paired before it can be used with BLUE ME again Delete the phonebook In the USER DATA menu you can delete the phonebook data that was downloaded to the system To delete the phonebook using manual interaction pro ceed as follows Select DEL PHONEBOOK and then press the PRESET UP OK button The system will di...

Page 75: ...T UP OK button Or using voice interaction Press the button and say Settings wait for the tone and then say Download phonebook Add contacts To copy contacts from your mobile phone to the hands free communication system using manual interaction proceed as follows Select ADD CONTACTS and then press the PRESET UP OK button Or using voice interaction Press the button and say Settings wait for the tone ...

Page 76: ...e system will ask Delete all data saved by users from the system To confirm say Yes Advanced Options To navigate to the ADV OPTIONS menu using manual interaction proceed as follows Press the MENU button to open the Main Menu then select SETTINGS by pressing the PRESET UP OK but ton Select ADV OPTIONS and then press the PRESET UP OK button Within the ADV OPTIONS menu you can access the device ID NO...

Page 77: ...n The instrument panel display will show your BLUE ME Application ID code Accessing the device ID To access the device ID by manual interaction proceed as follows Select device ID and then press the PRESET UP OK button The instrument panel display will show your BLUE ME device ID Media Player Settings Autoplay When the Autoplay option is on BLUE ME will start to play the audio files on your USB de...

Page 78: ...g will be activated the next time you connect a different USB device or the same USB device with an updated track library Shuffle Use the Shuffle option to change the playback sequence With the Shuffle option on BLUE ME will play digital audio files at random To change the Shuffle setting using manual interaction proceed as follows Open the Main Menu select MEDIA PLAYER SET TINGS SHUFFLE and then ...

Page 79: ... PRESET UP OK button Or using voice interaction Press the and say Repeat on or Repeat off NOTE With the Repeat option on the previous and next commands will play the previous or next track and the new track will be repeated Exit the settings menu At the end of any of the operations described above you can exit the SETTINGS menu as described below or the message will disappear from the display in l...

Page 80: ...pported on mobile phones certain functions e g answering a sec ond incoming phone call transferring phone a phone call from hands free communication system to mobile phone and vice versa etc may not be supported as described in this manual In any case phone conversation using the hands free communication package will not be impaired Pull phones Pull phone means that your mobile phone supports auto...

Page 81: ...ith message reader not all mobile phones support reading incoming SMS messages If your mobile phone can send messages through the Bluetooth威 wireless technology it is possible to read incoming messages using the BLUE ME Hands Free Communication Package to store them in the dedicated inbox or to delete them Supported USB Memory Devices USB Memory Devices The media player supports most USB memory de...

Page 82: ...sed bit rate based and peak constrained VBR profiles Supports WMA v1 and WMA v2 bit streams Extension Audio Coding mp3 MP3 in two forms MPEG 1 Layer 3 sampling rates 32 kHz 44 1 kHz and 48 kHz and MPEG 2 Layer 3 16 kHz 22 05 kHz and 24 kHz Supports the proprietary Fraunhofer extension called MP2 5 which adds even lower sam pling rates 8 kHz 11 025 kHz and 12 kHz ISO compliance with the follow ing ...

Page 83: ...ing playlist formats m3u file containing a list of tracks release 1 and 2 wpl Windows威 based file containing a playlist playlist capacity limit for this format is 300Kb Play lists with extension wpl can be built with Microsoft威 Windows Media威 Player The media player does not support nested or linked playlists Playlist tracks with relative and absolute paths are supported Query based playlists are ...

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Page 94: ...GS menu The downloaded phonebook was deleted For push phones You have not sent contacts to the system using the ADD CONTACTS procedure The downloaded phonebook was deleted For pull phones Use the option PHONEBOOK in the SETTINGS menu to download the phonebook again Enter contact information in the phonebook on your mobile phone and then download the phonebook again see the section SETTING FUNCTION...

Page 95: ...d the option PHONE BOOK in the SETTINGS menu but the mobile phone phonebook does not include any valid contacts For push phones You used the ADD CONTACTS option but did not send any valid contacts to the system For pull phones Enter valid contact information name and one phone number at least in the phonebook on your mobile phone then download the phonebook again see the section SETTING FUNCTIONS ...

Page 96: ...em the mobile phone should be located within approximately 30 feet of the system Bluetooth威 wireless technology connection has been disabled on your mobile phone Turn the paired mobile phone on Make sure that your phone is paired Make sure that the Bluetooth威 wireless tech nology connection on your mobile phone is enabled Make sure that the mobile phone you paired with the system is within range 9...

Page 97: ...rning the mobile phone off and on Reset BLUE ME by turning the ignition key to OFF and then to ON again Display screen shows PAIR FAILED and the system says Pairing unsuccessful Please try again A technical error occurred during the pairing proce dure Verify the correct PIN number and try entering it again Reset the mobile phone by turning it off and on and then retry the pairing procedure see the...

Page 98: ...eature The caller has blocked caller ID to prevent the system from displaying the caller s name and or phone number Enter a contact in your mobile phonebook for the incoming call and then download your phone book or contact again For phones with no caller ID support or for calls from callers with caller ID blocked nothing can be done and the message will always appear 96 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 99: ...e car display may be hazardous if your attention has been diverted away from your driving tasks Certain BLUE ME functions which require the user to give attention to the car display are only available when the car is stopped Stop your car and at tempt to perform the function again manu ally or continue driv ing and perform the function using the voice recognition sys tem BLUE ME User s Manual 97 ...

Page 100: ...don t press the button before pronouncing a voice command the system will not activate voice recognition and therefore will not recognize your voice commands If you don t press the MENU button to enter the Main Menu it will not be possible to manually access the BLUE ME menu If after pressing the MENU button you don t take action within approximately eight seconds the system will not respond to yo...

Page 101: ...mation on your mobile phone or on the system the Bluetooth威 pairing relationship between your mobile phone and BLUE ME will no longer work Select option DELETE USERS on the system and delete all users then pair the phone again see the section SETTING FUNC TIONS MANAGING USER DATA AND PHONEBOOK and also the section SET TING FUNCTIONS PAIRING YOUR MO BILE PHONE BLUE ME User s Manual 99 ...

Page 102: ...e is played through the car speakers Some types of mobile phones require you to set the phone to choose between automatic in coming call transfer to the sys tem or non automatic incoming call transfer you will transfer the call using the mobile phone keypad as required Refer to your mobile phone owner s manual to find out how to set up the default loca tion for phone audio when a phone call is rec...

Page 103: ...leted Remember that the pairing pro cedure will only need to be per formed once for your mobile phone After this procedure BLUE ME will automati cally connect to your phone each time you get into the car and turn the ignition key to ON To pair the phone again select DELETE USERS and then re pair the phone see the section SETTING FUNCTIONS MAN AGING USER DATA AND PHONEBOOK and also the sec tion SET...

Page 104: ... s name without using prefixes suffixes or middle names initials If you have two entries with similar first and or last names in your phonebook modify one of the entries in the mobile phone to make it unique Then re download the phonebook to the hands free communication system Phone numbers containing interna tional dialing codes e g 39 Italy 44 UK 33 France etc are difficult to call On certain mo...

Page 105: ...phones sup port SMS messages transfer to BLUE ME Check that your cellular tele phone supports the function for transmitting SMS Messages by technology or for further infor mation refer to LIST OF TELE PHONE SETS SUPPORTED BY BLUE ME or visit the web site www fiatusa com SMS texts received from your phone carrier service center show abnormal displaying of sender s name or num ber Not all mobile pho...

Page 106: ...aph Problem Probable Cause Possible Solution You cannot display some SMS mes sages present on your cellular tele phone on BLUE ME SMS mes sage list BLUE ME is capable of reading and storing the last 20 received SMS messages while the telephone set is connected to the system Messages re ceived while not connected to the system are not transferred to BLUE ME SMS messages stored by BLUE ME can be del...

Page 107: ...ep you chose not to download the telephone book or if your mo bile phone only supports man agement of single contacts you chose to download only some contacts To download your cellular tele phone book from the Settings menu select the Copy Phonebook or Add Contacts option refer to SETTING FUNCTIONS CELLU LAR TELEPHONE REGISTRA TION and USER DATA MAN AGEMENT paragraphs Sometimes received SMS messag...

Page 108: ... device If power is interrupted e g car battery disconnection BLUE ME will rebuild the media library Connect your USB device to BLUE ME Store digital audio files on your USB memory devices following the instructions given by your media file software Remove the USB device from the USB port and replace it to rebuild the media library again Check whether your USB de vice is supported by BLUE ME 106 B...

Page 109: ...ace the USB device Press the button and say Play Media playback should start After inserting a USB device and turning the car key to the ON posi tion BLUE ME malfunctions oc cur e g failure to reproduce musi cal tracks or no voice messages You may have used a USB de vice with the PASSWORD function enabled Use another USB device with out a password protection func tion BLUE ME User s Manual 107 ...

Page 110: ...r media file soft ware and then copy it to your USB device Displayed message PLAYLIST ER ROR and BLUE ME says Play list error Playlist is damaged or invalid Make sure the playlist is in m3u or wpl format Build the playlist again follow ing the instructions given in BUILDING PLAYLISTS FOR BLUE ME PRACTICAL HINTS If the problem persists delete the playlist from your USB device 108 BLUE ME User s Man...

Page 111: ...rom your USB device or copy media files to the playlist using your media file software Reduce the number of tracks in the playlist using your media file software Problem Probable Cause Possible Solution Displayed message FILE ERROR One or more digital audio files are damaged or invalid Delete bad media from your USB device Displayed message PROTECTED and BLUE ME says Protected content The track se...

Page 112: ...l the digital audio files stored on the USB device Your playlist contains DRM protected files that are ignored during playback Your playlist contains more than 20 000 tracks that is the maximum number of files that can be copied to the media li brary The playlist stored on your USB device contains more than 20 nested folders Nested fold ers files will not be copied to the media library Reduce the ...

Page 113: ...able although the command you prompt is a first level voice command Certain commands are not available when the track is paused or the CD player is playing a track If the track is paused resume playback by pressing the ESC button Then pro nounce the voice command again BLUE ME User s Manual 111 ...

Page 114: ...s ready To reset the USB memory device using Microsoft威 Windows威 XP click on My Computer in the Start menu click rightward on the USB memory device select Properties select Tools click on key Check Now in field Error checking select Auto matically fix file system errors and then click Start To avoid future problems re move the USB device using the option Secure hardware re moval 112 BLUE ME User s...

Page 115: ...c but there are tracks inside in Mp4 format these formats are not supported by BLUE ME There are DRM protected tracks on the iPod威 purchased from the iTunes site the system does not support protected tracks such as those in DRM format that can be purchased from the iTunes store site Use an alternative USB memory stick or reset the iPod威 Enable usage as a disc Modify the track format to one that is...

Page 116: ...le Cause Possible Solution iPod威 not working for iPod威 classic models from the 5th generation for ward iPod威 Touch and iPhone威 de vices Use an alternative USB memory stick or reset the iPod威 114 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 117: ... may contain only 1 track There is a specific item in the menu like continuous play or individual track repetition which must be deactivated Proceed with the deactivation press the controls activation button on the steering wheel when requested by the system say Repeat Off in a clear tone wait for voice confirmation by the system which will say Re peat Off wait for voice confirmation by the system...

Page 118: ...nnected to the BLUE ME is not charged When the ignition is ON the car recharges the iPod威 unless the iPod威 is completely run down Remember that your iPod威 must have some charge or wait a few minutes until the system recharges it 116 BLUE ME User s Manual ...

Page 119: ...led mobile phone Stored personal data can be deleted using specific BLUE ME functions NOTE For further details on how to delete personal data refer to SETTINGS FUNCTION MANAGING USER DATA CAUTION Take into account that when leaving your car at a service center personal data stored on BLUE ME phonebook and last calls may be disclosed or may be subject to improper use Before leaving your car at the ...

Page 120: ...VICE which in cludes software licensed by FIAT Auto S p A from one or more software licensors FIAT Auto S p A s Soft ware Suppliers Such software products as well as associated media printed materials and online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE are pro tected by international intellectual property laws and treaties The SOFTWARE is licensed not sold All rights reserved IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO TH...

Page 121: ... the SOFTWARE except and only to the extent that such activity is expressly per mitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation Single EULA The end user documentation for the DEVICE may contain multiple versions of this EULA such as multiple translations and or multiple media versions e g in the user documentation and in the software Even if you receive multiple versions of the EULA you a...

Page 122: ...and or their designated agent may use this information solely to improve their products or to provide customized ser vices or technologies to you FIAT Auto S p A s Soft ware Suppliers their affiliates and or their designated agent may disclose this information to others but not in a form that personally identifies you Internet Based Services Components The SOFTWARE may contain components that enab...

Page 123: ... A FIAT Auto S p A s Software Sup pliers their affiliates and or their designated agent reserve the right to discontinue any Internet based services provided to you or made available to you through the use of the SOFTWARE Links to Third Party Sites The SOFTWARE may provide you with the ability to link to third party sites through the use of the SOFTWARE The third party sites are not under the cont...

Page 124: ...lectual property rights in and to the SOFTWARE including but not limited to any images photographs animations video audio music text and applets incorporated into the SOFTWARE the accom panying printed materials and any copies of the SOFT WARE are owned by FIAT Auto S p A s Software Sup pliers their affiliates or suppliers The SOFTWARE is licensed not sold You may not copy the printed materi als a...

Page 125: ...ation Regulations as well as end user end use and destination restrictions issued by U S and other governments TRADEMARKS This EULA does not grant you any rights in connection with any trademarks or service marks of FIAT Auto S p A FIAT Auto S p A s Soft ware Suppliers their affiliates or suppliers PRODUCT SUPPORT Product support for the SOFT WARE is not provided by FIAT Auto S p A s Software Supp...

Page 126: ...ARE THIS LIMITATION SHALL APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL FIAT AUTO S p A S SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS AND OR THEIR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF U S TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS U S 250 00 FOR APPLICABLE LIMITED WARRANTIES AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO YOUR PARTICULAR JURISDICTION PLEASE REFER TO YOUR WARRANTY BOOKLET INCLUDED WITH THIS PAC...

Page 127: ... Quick Tips If I have questions and cannot find the answer in the BLUE ME User s Guide is there anyone I can call Yes you can contact the FIAT Customer Center at 1 888 CIAO FIAT 1 888 242 6342 If I know the series of commands I wish to make is there a way to avoid the voice command prompts Yes it is called barging in Simply press the steering wheel button and say your first com mand then immediate...

Page 128: ...ME VR Voice Recognition Speech vol ume is Too Loud Too Quiet This is a customer selectable feature To change the Speech volume Press the MENU button on the Radio The use the Up and Down arrows to select the Speech Volume setting Use the Right and Left arrows to increase or decrease the Speech volume The BLUE ME VR Voice Recognition system fails to make the proper selection when I give the command ...

Page 129: ...heel Using the controls on the device itself Why is the USB Port and AUX Port in the glove box To provide you more security for your personal media devices Even though your media device is in the glove box you can still operate that device by use of the Steering Wheel Buttons My iPod威 iPhone is not recognized by the Media Player System or is recognized then lost Insure that the software on your iP...

Page 130: ...ct the FIAT Customer Center at 1 888 CIAO FIAT 1 888 242 6342 BLUE ME And The TomTom PND Portable Navigation Device If Equipped Quick Tips How does the TomTom Portable Navigation Device communicate with the BLUE ME system You use the same procedure as if you were pairing a mobile phone to the BLUE ME system Once connected you can control your PND by using the BLUE ME system Voice Commands and stee...

Page 131: ...nnection This connection should not be fused Antennas for two way radios should be mounted on the roof or the rear area of the vehicle Care should be used in mounting antennas with magnet bases Magnets may affect the accuracy or operation of the compass on vehicles so equipped The antenna cable should be as short as practical and routed away from the vehicle wiring when possible Use only fully shi...

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