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• Even if the phone supports Blue‐
tooth
®
Wireless Technology, the
phone will not be found during de‐
vice searches if the phone has
been set to hidden state or the
Bluetooth
®
Wireless Technology
power is turned off. Disable the
hidden state or turn on the Blue‐
tooth
®
Wireless Technology power
prior to searching/connecting with
the car audio system.
• You will not be able to use the
hands-free feature when your
phone (in the car) is outside of the
cellular service area (e.g. in a tun‐
nel, in a underground, in a moun‐
tainous area, etc.).
• If the cellular phone signal is poor
or the vehicles interior noise is too
loud, it may be difficult to hear the
other person s voice during a call.
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• Do not place the phone near or in‐
side metallic objects, otherwise
communications with Bluetooth
®
Wireless Technology system or
cellular service stations can be dis‐
turbed.
• Placing the audio system within an
electromagnetic environment may
result in noise interference.
• Some cellular phones or other de‐
vices may cause interference
noise or malfunction to audio sys‐
tem. In this case, store the device
in a different location may resolve
the condition.
• While a phone is connected
through Bluetooth
®
Wireless Tech‐
nology your phone may discharge
quicker than usual for additional
Bluetooth
®
Wireless Technology-
related operations.
• If Priority is set upon vehicle igni‐
tion (IGN/ACC ON), the Bluetooth
®
Wireless Technology phone will be
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automatically connected. Even if
you are outside, the Bluetooth
®
Wireless Technology phone will be
automatically connected once you
are in the vicinity of the vehicle. If
you do not want to automatically
connect your Bluetooth
®
Wireless
Technology phone, try the follow‐
ing.
1. Turn off the Bluetooth ®
Wire‐
less Technology feature in your
mobile phone.
2. Turn off the Bluetooth ®
Wire‐
less Technology feature in your
car audio system.
- To turn off the Bluetooth ®
Wireless Technology feature in
your car audio system, go to
[SETUP] > [Phone] and [turn
off] the Bluetooth
®
Wireless
Technology feature.
• Bluetooth ®
Wireless Technology
connection may become intermit‐
tently disconnected in some mo‐
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