Alfa Romeo Blue&Me User manual

THE INNOVATING Windows Mobile ™ -BASED TELEMATIC
SOLUTION FOR THE CAR
HANDS-FREE KIT WITH Bluetooth
®
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
MESSAGE READER, MEDIA PLAYER
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Media player functions
Settings functions
Blue&Me
™ Supported
mobile phones
Voice commands
(keywords) – Summary
Troubleshooting
Personal data protection
System software use notice
Index
Overview
Display and buttons
on the steering wheel
Hands-free kit quick
reference guide
Message reader quick
reference guide
Media player quick
reference guide
How to use Blue&Me
™
Hands-free kit functions
Message reader functions
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SUMMARY
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Windows Mobile™-based Blue&Me™ is a
personal telematic system enabling to use com-
munication and entertainment applications ex-
pressly designed for use in the car.
The Blue&Me™ system fitted on your ve-
hicle has the following functions: hands-free,
SMS text reader (not all mobile phones sup-
port this function), multimedia player and
navigator; it is also prepared for additional
services that will become available in the
course of time. Blue&Me™ makes a
whole range of functions available, howev-
er it is useful to know that:
❍ not all mobile phones support them ful-
ly, such as, for example listening to an
incoming SMS message or automatic
downloading of the directory.
❍ certain improvements are required for
using an iPOD (see dedicated para-
graph).
The Blue&Me™ system, fully integral
with voice commands, buttons on the steer-
ing wheel, on sound system and multifunc-
tion display messages, gives you the possi-
bility of interacting with your Bluetooth®
wireless technology mobile phone (even if
you keep it in your pocket or bag) without
having to take your eyes off the road or re-
moving your hands from the steering wheel.
To use voice commands you are not required
to train the voice recognition system to rec-
ognize your voice. This implies that the sys-
tem is nearly equally performing with differ-
ent persons, i.e.: the voice recognition sys-
tem is of the “speaker independent” type.
With this system you can also play your
favourite music stored on USB device and
select tracks and playback modes with both
voice commands or buttons on the steer-
ing wheel.
THE HANDS-FREE KIT
The basic characteristic of this hands-free kit
is voice recognition with Bluetooth®wire-
less technology. With this system you can
make and receive calls safely and securely
using either voice commands or buttons on
the steering wheel under whatever driving
condition without having to take your eyes
off the road or removing your hands from
the steering wheel, as required by current
law regulations.
Bluetooth®wireless technology enables
wireless connection between your mobile
phone and the hands-free kit installed on
your car.
To use the hands-free kit, you need a Blue-
tooth®wireless technology enabled mo-
bile phone. This hands-free kit gives you the
possibility of interacting vocally with your
mobile phone while driving, even if your mo-
bile device does not feature this capability.
You can also interact with your mobile phone
manually and visually using the steering
wheel controls and the instrument panel
multifunction display.
For further details on the mobile phones sup-
ported by Blue&Me™, refer to section
Blue&Me™ SUPPORTED MOBILE
PHONES.
To get started with Blue&Me™ hands-free
kit with voice recognition, you have to sim-
ply pair your Bluetooth
®
wireless technol-
ogy enabled mobile phone with the system.
Pairing is an operation that has to be made
only once.
OVERVIEW
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6OVERVIEW
Note
During the mobile phone pairing procedure,
Blue&Me™ attempts to detect a phone
equipped with Bluetooth
®
wireless tech-
nology within range and then establishes
the connection using a Personal Identifica-
tion Number (PIN).
Once your phone is paired, you have the op-
tion to transfer your mobile phone contacts
to the hands-free kit, to make a phone call
either by using the contacts list or directly
pronouncing the phone number, to answer
a call and also to answer another incoming
phone call.
To interact with Blue&Me
™ you can use
either buttons on the steering wheel and
voice commands. With voice recognition,
you can perform system function by speak-
ing voice commands, also identified as “key-
words”. When the system recognizes a key-
word, it will respond with the appropriate
action. Voice recognition is an easy and con-
venient way to use Blue&Me ™ .
All the system functions are available with-
in the Blue&Me
™ Main Menu. When the
car is not moving, you can surf through the
menu using either buttons on the steering
wheel and voice commands. When you are
travelling, you can interact with
Blue&Me ™ using buttons on the steering
wheel or voice commands relevant only to
phone functions (LAST CALLS and PHONE-
BOOK) and media player. To activate set-
tings when travelling you can only use voice
commands.
The hands-free kit enables the following op-
erations:
❍ Contact calling by voice - you can
call a contact in your mobile phone phone-
book using your voice. You can also call
a contact in your phonebook by scanning
through the entries on the multifunction
display.
(To use this option you have to transfer
your mobile phone contacts to the hands-
free kit phonebook).
❍ Digit-dialling by voice - you can di-
al a phone number by speaking the dig-
its to be dialled.
❍ To call the SMS text sender - call
directly the last SMS text sender or the
sender of a message received and stored
yet in the Blue&Me ™ inbox.
❍ Receiving phone calls - you can ac-
cept an incoming call simply by pressing
a button on the steering wheel.
❍ Conference Call - you can call anoth-
er contact while you are engaged in a
phone conversation (with Bluetooth
®
phones supporting this option)
❍ Call waiting - while engaged in a phone
conversation, you can receive notification
of another incoming phone call, answer
the other incoming phone call, and switch
between two ongoing phone conversa-
tions. (Call waiting is only supported by
a subset of compatible mobile phones).
After you place your mobile phone in the car
environment and create a pairing relation-
ship with Blue&Me™, you can make
phone calls by speaking keywords or press-
ing buttons on the steering wheel. When us-
ing the hands-free phone, the audio output
of a phone conversation is heard through
your car sound speakers.
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OVERVIEW 7
MESSAGE READER
(Function only available with
compatible mobile phones)
The Blue&Me™ message reader enables
automatic reading, through the car sound
system, of the SMS texts you receive on
your Bluetooth
®
wireless technology mo-
bile phone. The message reader will also in-
terpret any abbreviation and emoticon con-
tained in the SMS text.
Message reader functions are managed by
the control buttons on the steering wheel or
by the Blue&Me™ voice commands.
The Blue&Me™ message reader enables
the following operations:
❍ To display on the instrument panel
multifunction display a visual notifica-
tion signal indicating that you have re-
ceived a new SMS text on your Blue-
tooth
®
wireless technology mobile
phone, with sender’s number/name ;
Blue&Me™ will also propose you to
read the message received
❍ To manage the list of SMS texts received
on your Blue&Me™ paired mobile
phone
❍ To read again the messages received
and stored
❍ To call the SMS text sender using the
buttons on the steering wheel or voice
commands
❍ To delete individual messages or the en-
tire inbox using the buttons on the steer-
ing wheel or voice commands.
The Blue&Me™ system can also recog-
nize and read abbreviations, if any (e.g.
“ILUVU” will be read like “I love you”) and
interpret the most usual emoticons (e.g.:-)
will be read like “Smile”), adopted nowa-
days to write SMS texts.
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8OVERVIEW
MEDIA PLAYER
With the Blue&Me™ media player you can
play, via the car sound system, the digital au-
dio files stored on a USB device by simply
connecting it to the USB port located in the
car.
In this way, while you are driving you can
play your favourite personal music collec-
tions.
❍ iPodTM player - see dedicated para-
graph.
The media player enables the following op-
erations:
❍ Digital audio playback - you can
play all your digital audio files ( .mp3,
.wma, .aac, .wav ) or play a customized
playlist ( .m3u or .wpl format).
❍ Audio file selection by category -
you can play all audio files of a certain cat-
egory, e.g.: album, artist or genre.
❍ Playback options - while playing
tracks you can select the following options:
Play, Stop, Next track, Previous track,
Track loop.
Note
The media player does not support audio
files compressed with other formats and
DRM (Digital Right Management) protected
audio files or MP4. Non-supported audio files
that may be present on the USB device will
be ignored.
To use the media player, you have to sim-
ply connect (directly or by an extension
lead) your USB device to the car USB port.
Turning the ignition key to MAR,
Blue&Me™ will start building your media
library. Once the operation is completed, you
can browse the whole library and scroll
through the categories by either using the
steering wheel controls, voice controls or the
radio controls. Blue&Me™ will then play
your selection via the car sound system.
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OVERVIEW 9
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ROAD SAFETY
Operating certain parts of this system while driving can distract your attention away from the road, and possibly cause
an accident or other serious consequences; for this reason certain functions shall only be used when driving condi-
tions are secure and, if required, only when the car is stopped.
Read and Follow Instructions: before using your system, read and follow all instructions and safety information pro-
vided in this end user manual (“User’s Guide”). Not following precautions found in this User’s Guide can lead to an accident
or other serious consequences.
Keep User’s Guide in the car: when kept in the car, the User’s Guide will be a ready reference for you and other users unfa-
miliar with the system. Please make certain that before using the system for the first time, all persons have access to the User’s Guide
and read its instructions and safety information carefully.
WARNING: Operating certain parts of this system while driving can distract your attention away from
the road, and possibly cause an accident or other serious consequences. Do not change system settings
or enter data non-verbally (using your hands) while driving. Stop the car in a safe and legal manner be-
fore attempting these operations. This is important since while setting up or changing some functions
you might be required to distract your attention away from the road and remove your hands from the
wheel.
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10 OVERVIEW
GENERAL OPERATION
Voice Command Control: 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 any function requiring a prolonged view of the screen while you are driving. Pull
over in a safe and legal manner before attempting to access a function of the system requiring prolonged attention. Even occasion-
al short scans to the screen may be hazardous if your attention has been diverted away from your driving task at a critical time.
Volume Setting: do not raise the volume excessively. Keep the volume at a level where you can still hear outside traffic and
emergency signals while driving. Driving while unable to hear these sounds could cause an accident.
Use of Speech Recognition Functions: speech recognition software is inherently a statistical process which is subject to er-
rors. It is your responsibility to monitor any speech recognition functions included in the system and address any errors.
Distraction Hazard: any features may require manual (non-verbal) setup. Attempting to perform such set-up or insert data
while driving can seriously distract your attention and could cause an accident or other serious consequences. Stop the vehicle in a
safe and legal manner before attempting these operations.
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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
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In this manual, the descriptions of the menu entries refer to the multifunctional display, which visualises
some entries in abbreviated form compared to the version with reconfigurable multifunctional display.
The reconfigurable multifunctional display visualises the menu entries in full.
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fig. 1
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12 DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
Button
ß
/MENU
&
/ESC
‘
+/ –
N / O
SRC/OK
N / O (*)
¯
/
˙
(*)
Notes
(*) Sound system buttons
❍ For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons SRC/OK and
ß
/MENU can be used interchangeably, and you can use the key that is more convenient for
you to press.
❍ For both operating modes of steering wheel buttons (short or long press), the function chosen will be activated when you release the button.
Short press function
(less than 1 second)
– Launch Blue&Me™ Main Menu
– Confirm selected menu option
– Accept an incoming phone call
– Switch between two ongoing phone conversations (call waiting)
– Select displayed message
– Cancel voice recognition
– Cancel 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 without storing settings
– Turn the microphone on/off during a phone conversation
– Mute the ring tone of an incoming call
– Media player Pause on/off
– Activate voice recognition
– Interrupt voice announcement to provide a new voice command
– Adjust the volume of Blue&Me™ functions: hands-free kit, message reader
and media player, voice announcements
– Scroll Blue&Me™ menu items
– Select media player tracks
– Scroll inbox messages
– Confirm manually selected menu option
– Switch phone conversation from the hands-free phone to your mobile phone
and vice versa
– Select audio sources (Radio, CD, Media Player)
– Select displayed message
–Select folder/artist/genre/previous/next album according to the selected mode
– Play previous/next track
Long press function
(more than 1 second)
– Reject an incoming phone
call
– End a phone call (hang up)
–
– Repeat the last utterance
in a voice interaction
–
–
–
–
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HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
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To quickly get started with using the
Blue&Me™ hands-free kit with voice
recognition and Bluetooth
®
wireless tech-
nology:
❍ Prepare your mobile phone phonebook
❍ Turn the ignition key to MAR
❍ Try out the voice commands
❍ Pair your mobile phone
❍ Make a phone call.
 Instructions for each of the above func-
tions are given in the following paragraphs.
PREPARE YOUR MOBILE
PHONE PHONEBOOK
Before creating a pairing relationship
between your mobile phone and Blue&Me™,
you should make sure that you have con-
tact entries in your mobile phone phonebook
so that you can use them with the hands-
free phone.
 If your phonebook is empty, quickly cre-
ate several new entries for frequently dialled
phone numbers. For further details, consult
your mobile phone owner’s manual.
 To enter properly contacts in your mobile
phone phonebook, refer to section SETTING
FUNCTIONS - PAIRING YOUR MOBILE
PHONE.
IMPORTANT NOTES
❍ The phonebook copied to Blue&Me™
can only be used when the correspond-
ing mobile phone is paired.
❍ Entries stored in SIM card or mobile
phone memory can be transferred to
Blue&Me™ with different procedures,
according to your mobile phone model. 3
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TRY OUT THE VOICE
COMMANDS
At each stage of your dialogue with the sys-
tem, you can always use the voice com-
mand “Help”, to get detailed indications
about the voice commands available at the
current dialogue stage.
To try out the “Help” function, proceed as
follows:
❍ Press the steering wheel button
‘
.
❍ After Blue&Me™ plays a tone indicat-
ing that voice recognition is active, pro-
nounce “Help”. Blue&Me™ will speak
the list of voice commands available.
❍ After the general help message is finished,
pronounce “Settings” and then “Help”.
Blue&Me™ will speak again the list of
voice commands available for the SET-
TINGS menu.
❍ You can then pronounce one of the avail-
able commands and proceed with the di-
alogue as you like.
❍ If you need further help, press
‘
and
pronounce again “Help”.
PAIR YOUR MOBILE PHONE
IMPORTANT Carry out this operation only
with the car stopped.
To pair your mobile phone, proceed as fol-
lows:
❍ Press
‘
and pronounce “Settings” then,
at the end of the Blue&Me™ message
say “Pairing”.
❍ The system will show the phone pairing
PIN number on the multifunction display.
For the next two steps, consult your mo-
bile phone owner’s manual about Blue-
tooth
®
pairing.
❍ On your mobile phone, query for devices
equipped with Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology (the 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): se-
lect it.
❍ When prompted by the mobile phone,
enter the PIN number shown on the in-
strument panel display using your mobile
phone keypad. If pairing is successful,
the system will say “Connecting” and at
the end the display will show as confir-
mation message, the ID of the paired mo-
bile phone.
It is essential to wait until you see this con-
firmation message on the display. Pressing
ß
/MENU or
&
/ESC before the mes-
sage is displayed may cancel the pairing
process. If the pairing process fails, an er-
ror message will be displayed: in this event
repeat the pairing procedure.
❍ At first pairing, Blue&Me™ will say
“Welcome” immediately after connecting.
This message will no longer be heard at
next pairing procedures.
❍ Blue&Me™ will ask if you would like
to copy your paired phone phonebook to
Blue&Me™. It is recommended to copy
it. To start copying the phonebook say
“Yes”, otherwise say “No”.
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HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 15
❍ On some compatible mobile phones the
names in the directory are not copied au-
tomatically, but have to be transferred by
the user using the mobile phone
keypad.If Blue&Me™ asks you to do
this, then perform this procedure follow-
ing the instructions specific to your mo-
bile phone and press
ß
/MENU when
you have finished.
MAKING A PHONE CALL
Assume that “John” is one of the contacts
stored in your phonebook.
To call John, proceed as follows:
❍ Press the steering wheel button
‘
and
pronounce “Call John”.
❍ If the name is recognized, the system will
display the recognized contact’s informa-
tion on the display screen.
If there is just one phone number for John
in your phonebook, the system will ask if
you would like to call John. To start the call
say “Yes”, otherwise say “No”.
If John has several phone numbers, the sys-
tem will ask which phone number you would
like to call (e.g.: “Call John (at) Work or
(at) Home?”). Answer with the type of re-
quired phone number (e.g.: “(at) Home”).
If John has several phone numbers but the
“location” (i.e.: the type of phone number
like work, home, etc.) is missing, the sys-
tem will display the selected contact and a
list of related phone numbers. The hands-
free phone system will ask if you would like
to call the phone number displayed. To re-
spond with “yes”, pronounce “Yes”, other-
wise pronounce “No”. If this is the correct
contact but the wrong number, say “For-
ward” or “Backward” to navigate to the
phone number you’d like to call. To call the
displayed phone number, pronounce “Call”.
You can also surf the phone number list
manually by pressing the buttons on the
steering wheel
N or O until you find the
required number. Now, press
ß
/MENU
or SRC/OK to start the call.
❍ To end the phone call, press
ß
/MENU
for longer than 1 second.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult sec-
tion HANDS-FREE KIT - TROUBLESHOOTING.
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MESSAGE READER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
( COMPATIBLE MOBILE PHONES ONLY )17
If your mobile phone with Bluetooth
®
wireless technology supports the message
reader function, at the arrival of a new SMS
text, Blue&Me™ plays a tone and it will
ask if you would like to read it.
❍ pronounce “Yes” or press
ß
/MENU or
SRC/OK to read the last message re-
ceived
❍ pronounce “No” or press
&
/ESC, the
system will store the message so you can
read it later
For further details on the message reader
SMS, refer to section “MESSAGE READER
FUNCTIONS”.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the message reader settings, consult section
“MESSAGE READER – TROUBLESHOOTING”
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MEDIA PLAYER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
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To start playing the digital audio files stored
on your USB device, proceed as follows:
❍ Copy tracks to your USB device
(Blue&Me™ recognizes .wma , .aac,
.mp3 and .wav formats for audio files
and .wpl and .m3u formats for playlists).
❍ USB devices without USB wire: just con-
nect the USB device (directly or by an ex-
tension lead) to the USB port on the car
(see fig. 1).
❍ USB devices with USB wire: use the wire
to connect the USB device to the USB
port on the car (see fig. 1).
❍ Turn the ignition key to MAR.
Blue&Me™ will start automatically to
play your digital tracks selecting them
from the library built at the moment the
USB device is connected.
❍ After Blue&Me™ has built the library
containing your digital audio files, you can
select and play tracks, albums, artists and
playlists by interacting manually or verbal-
ly with Blue&Me™. Building the library
may require a few minutes if your USB de-
vice contains several files.
❍ iPodTM player - see dedicated paragraph.
❍ You can also decide whether to play au-
dio files automatically when connecting
the USB device or to play them upon
your command.
For further details on media player, refer to
section MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult sec-
tion MEDIA PLAYER - TROUBLESHOOTING.
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