Alfa Romeo Blue&Me User manual

The innovating Windows Mobile™-based Telematic
Solution for the car
CONTENTS
OVERVIEW ............................................................... 3
The hands-free kit...................................................... 3
Message reader......................................................... 5
Media player ............................................................ 6
Road safety ............................................................. 7
DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL .......... 8
HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE .................... 10
Prepare your mobile phone phonebook ......................... 10
Try out the voice commands ....................................... 11
Pair your mobile phone .............................................. 11
Make a phone call .................................................... 12
MESSAGE READER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ................... 13
MEDIA PLAYER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ...................... 13
HOW TO USE Blue&Me™........................................ 14
Steering wheel controls .............................................. 14
Voice commands ...................................................... 14
Display .................................................................... 17
Audio ...................................................................... 17
Blue&Me™ function menu ...................................... 18
HANDS-FREE KIT FUNCTIONS....................................... 19
Making a phone call .................................................. 19
Incoming calls .......................................................... 23
Managing phone calls ................................................ 23
Conference call function ............................................. 24
MESSAGE READER FUNCTIONS .................................... 25
How to read the last SMS text received......................... 25
Inbox....................................................................... 26
Managing messages................................................... 26
Deleting all messages................................................. 27
Signal types.............................................................. 27
MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS ......................................... 28
How to connect the USB device to Blue&Me™............ 28
How to manage the media library ............................... 29
- Selection by folder .................................................. 29
- Selection by artist ................................................... 30
- Selection by genre .................................................. 30
- Selection by album .................................................. 31
- Selection by playlist ................................................. 31
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 1

Playing audio tracks .................................................. 32
- Shuffle playback of the whole media library .................. 32
- Now playing (track data) ......................................... 32
- Audio play ............................................................. 32
- Pause .................................................................... 32
- Play ...................................................................... 32
- Stop ..................................................................... 33
- Next track .............................................................. 33
- Previous track ......................................................... 33
- Changing audio source ............................................. 33
Practical hints for using the media player ....................... 34
- Scrolling ................................................................ 34
- Organizing media files ............................................. 34
- Building the media library on Blue&Me™ ................ 34
- Building playlists for Blue&Me™ ............................ 34
SETTINGS FUNCTIONS................................................ 35
Pairing a mobile phone .............................................. 35
Managing user data .................................................. 38
Media player settings ................................................ 41
- Autoplay ................................................................ 41
- Shuffle .................................................................. 41
- Loop ..................................................................... 42
Advanced options ...................................................... 42
- Accessing the device ID............................................. 42
- Changing the GPRS code .......................................... 43
Exit the settings menu ............................................... 43
Blue&Me™ SUPPORTED MOBILE PHONES ................. 44
Mobile phones with Bluetooth
®
wireless technology ....... 44
- “Pull” phones
(phonebook automatically downloaded) ..................... 44
- “Push” phones
(phonebook not automatically downloaded) ................ 44
- Mobile phones with message reader ........................... 44
Supported USB memory devices .................................. 45
- Management of audio files from iPod devices .............. 45
- USB memory devices ............................................... 45
- Supported digital audio files ...................................... 46
- Supported playlist formats......................................... 47
VOICE COMMANDS (KEYWORDS) - SUMMARY .............. 48
Always available voice commands ................................ 48
Hands-free phone kit voice commands........................... 49
Message reader voice commands (keywords) ................ 51
Media player voice commands..................................... 52
Settings function voice commands................................ 55
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................... 56
Hands-free kit ........................................................... 56
- General - display screen ............................................ 56
Message reader......................................................... 64
Media player............................................................. 66
iPod ....................................................................... 70
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ..................................... 72
SYSTEM SOFTWARE USE NOTICE ................................ 73
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 2

The Blue&Me™ system, fully integral
with voice commands, buttons on the steer-
ing wheel and multifunction display mes-
sages, gives you the possibility of interact-
ing with your Bluetooth®wireless tech-
nology mobile phone (even if you keep it in
your pocket or bag) without having to take
your eyes off the road or removing your
hands from the steering wheel. To use voice
commands you are not required to train the
voice recognition system to recognize your
voice. This implies that the system is near-
ly equally performing with different persons,
i.e.: the voice recognition system 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 steering
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.
Hands-free kit with Bluetooth®wireless technology,
message reader and media player
Windows Mobile™-based Alfa Romeo
Blue&Me™ is a personal telematic system
enabling to use communication and enter-
tainment applications expressly designed for
use in the car.
The Blue&Me™ system installed on your
car is equipped with hands-free kit, message
reader and media player, and it is preset for
future installation of additional services.
Note
Not all mobiles support the voice reading of
SMS or the automatic transfer of the directory
through Bluetooth®. For further information,
surf the web site www.alfaromeo.com to find
out the list of compatible mobiles.
OVERVIEW
3
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 3

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 tech-
nology enabled mobile phone with the sys-
tem.
Pairing is an operation that has to be made
only once.
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
PHONEBOOK) and media player. To ac-
tivate settings when travelling you can on-
ly use voice commands.
4
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 4

The hands-free kit enables the following op-
erations:
❒ Contact calling by voice - you can call
a contact in your mobile phone phonebook
using your voice. You can also call a con-
tact 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 dial
a phone number by speaking the digits
to be dialled.
❒ To call the SMS text sender - call di-
rectly the last SMS text sender or the
sender of a message received and stored
yet in the Blue&Me ™ inbox.
❒ To answer a call - you can answer an
incoming call by pressing the key
˜
on the
steering wheel.
❒ Conference Call - you can call another
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 relationship
with Blue&Me™, you can make phone
calls by speaking keywords or pressing but-
tons on the steering wheel. When using the
hands-free phone, the audio output of a
phone conversation is heard through your car
sound speakers.
MESSAGE READER
(with compatible mobile
phones only)
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 mul-
tifunction display a visual notification
signal indicating that you have received
a new SMS text on your Bluetooth
®
wireless technology mobile phone, with
sender’s number/name; Blue&Me™
will also propose you to read the mes-
sage received
❒ To manage the list of SMS texts received
on your Blue&Me™ paired mobile
phone
5
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 5

❒ 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 recognize
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 nowadays to write
SMS texts.
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.
❒ iPod player - see dedicated paragraph.
The media player enables the following op-
erations:
❒ Digital audio playback - you can
play all your digital audio files ( .mp3 ,
.wma , .wav, .aac ) 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, Shuffle
and Loop track .
Note
The media player does not support audio
files compressed with other formats and
DRM (Digital Right Management) protected
audio files. 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.
Fitting the electronic key into the ignition de-
vice, Blue&Me™ will start building your
media library. At the end of this operation
you can surf the whole library and scroll its
categories as required using the buttons on
the steering wheel or voice commands.
Blue&Me™ will then play your selection
via the car sound system.
6
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 6

ROAD SAFETY
Read and Follow Instructions: before using your system, read and follow all instructions and safety information provided 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 unfamiliar with the sys-
tem. 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 safe-
ty 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 before 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.
GENERAL OPERATION
Voice Command Control: functions within the system may be accomplished using only voice commands. Using voice commands while driving al-
lows 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 occasional 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 errors. It is your re-
sponsibility 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 seri-
ously distract your attention and could cause an accident or other serious consequences. Stop the vehicle in a safe and legal manner before attempt-
ing these operations.
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; for this reason certain func-
tions shall only be used when driving conditions are secure and, if required, only when the car is stopped.
WARNING
7
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 7

DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
fig. 1
A0E4006g
USB port
8
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 8

Button
˜
^
ô
+/ –
N / O
÷/˜
SRC
Notes
❒ For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons SRC and
˜
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
– Scroll inbox messages
– Select media player tracks
– 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, CD Changer, Media Player)
– Select displayed message
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
–
–
–
–
9
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 9

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
❒ Be sure that the electronic key is insert-
ed in the start-up device.
❒ 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 contact 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.
HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
10
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 10

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
ô
.
❒ After Blue&Me™ plays a tone indi-
cating that voice recognition is active, pro-
nounce “Help”. Blue&Me™ will
speak the list of voice commands avail-
able.
❒ 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
ô
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
ô
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): select
it.
❒ When prompted by the mobile phone, en-
ter the PIN number shown on the instru-
ment 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
˜
or
^
before the message is displayed
may cancel the pairing process. If the pair-
ing process fails, an error message will be
displayed: in this event repeat the pairing
procedure.
❒ At first pairing, Blue&Me™ will say
“Welcome” immediately after connect-
ing. This message will no longer be heard
at next pairing procedures.
11
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 11

❒ 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”.
❒ For certain mobile phones the phonebook
is not copied automatically, in this case
you must transfer the phonebook con-
tacts using your mobile phone keypad. If
Blue&Me™ asks you to do this, then
perform this procedure following the in-
structions specific to your mobile phone
and press
˜
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
ô
and
pronounce “Call John”.
❒ If the name is recognized, the system will
display the recognized contact’s infor-
mation 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 required 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”, oth-
erwise pronounce “No”. If this is the cor-
rect contact but the wrong number, say
“Forward” 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 num-
ber list manually by pressing the buttons on
the steering wheel
N or O until you find
the required number. Now, press
˜
or SRC
to start the call.
❒ To end the phone call, press
˜
for longer
than 1 second.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult sec-
tion HANDS-FREE KIT - TROUBLESHOOTING.
12
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 12

MESSAGE READER
QUICK REFERENCE
GUIDE
(with compatible
mobile phones only)
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
˜
or SRC to
read the last message received
❒ pronounce “No” or press
^
, 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”
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 , .mp3
.wav and aac 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).
❒ Fit the electronic key into the ignition de-
vice. Blue&Me ™ will start automati-
cally 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.
❒ iPod 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.
MEDIA PLAYER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
13
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 13

HOW TO USE
Blue&Me™
CONTROLS STEERING WHEEL
Buttons on the steering wheel (see fig. 1)
are used to perform functions on the hands-
free kit, activating voice recognition, using the
media player functions or selecting a
Blue&Me™ menu option.
Certain buttons have multiple functions
which depend on the current state of the sys-
tem.
The function chosen in response to a key
press is in some cases controlled by the du-
ration of the key press (short or long).
 For further information read chapter DIS-
PLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING
WHEEL.
Note
Instructions concerning manual controls are
identified in the text by symbol
?
.
VOICE COMMANDS
Voice commands can be pronounced by the
driver, which does not need to change
his/her normal driving position to be heard
by the system, since the microphone is prop-
erly located and oriented to this purpose.
Voice commands, which are words recog-
nized by the system, are identified as “key-
words”.
The hands-free phone system recognizes and
responds to a preset list of voice commands.
The list of available voice commands depends
on the keyword level that you are currently
on. The current list is always available by
pressing
ô
and pronouncing “Help” or, pro-
nouncing “Help” after whichever question
of the system. Blue&Me™ also recognizes
personalized versions of voice commands like
the name of a contact in your phonebook.
There is no voice training required for us-
ing voice commands with this system.
To issue a voice command to the system,
press
ô
and wait for the tone indicating
that voice recognition is active. Then, speak
the command in your natural voice at a mod-
erate pace. When the system recognizes the
command, it will acknowledge your com-
mand by speaking a response or acting on
your command.
Voice commands are organized according to
three increasing levels: 1st level, 2nd level and
3rd level.
When a
valid * 1st level keyword is pro-
nounced, the system will activate 2nd level
keywords; when a valid 2nd level keyword
is pronounced, the system will activate 3rd
level keywords.
If the user pronounces a valid 1st level key-
word, then the submenu relevant to that
command will remain active until a keyword
leading to another level is given or the in-
teraction is interrupted; the same rule ap-
plies for the other lower levels (2nd and 3rd
level).
 For the list of available keywords, refer
to section VOICE COMMANDS (KEYWORDS)
- SUMMARY.
*
Valid means that the keyword pronounced is included in the Blue&Me™ “dictionary” and that can therefore be recognized by the
system for the concerned level.
14
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 14

To repeat the last system voice announce-
ment, press
ô
for longer than 1 second
or press shortly
ô
and pronounce “Re-
peat”.
The system can issue voice announcements.
A voice announcement is a spoken message
initiated by the system. To cancel a voice an-
nouncement, press
^
, or press
ô
and pro-
nounce “Cancel”.
A voice interaction is a two-way communi-
cation/spoken exchange between system
and user. To initiate a voice interaction, press
ô
and issue a command. To interrupt a con-
versation and start a new one, press
ô
at
any time during the conversation and pro-
nounce a vocal command.
To stop an ongoing interaction press
^
. You
will hear a tone indicating when voice recog-
nition is deactivated.
The hands-free kit help option can speak the
list of commands available to you at any
time, depending on the keyword level that
you are currently on. To use the help sys-
tem, say “Help Listen to the list of currently
available commands and decide on which
command you’d like to issue to the system.
Adjust the volume of phone calls to a level
that is comfortable and safe while the car is
in motion. To adjust the default volume of
Blue&Me™, see paragraph
“EXTERNAL AUDIO VOL function” in the
sound system owner handbook. To tem-
porarily adjust the volume of the current
phone call, press +or –or adjust the posi-
tion of the radio knob. After the phone call
is disconnected, the volume will revert back
to the original level.
You can press +or –also to adjust the vol-
ume of the current Blue&Me™ voice an-
nouncement.
Please remember that to interrupt a voice
announcement, you can always press
ô
at
any time during a voice interaction and give
a new voice command.
Notes
❒ Instructions concerning voice commands
are identified in the text by symbol
}
.
❒ After you press
ô
, if you do not issue a
voice command within a few seconds, the
system will prompt you to pronounce a
voice command. If you do not respond,
then voice recognition shuts off. It is the
same case with not responding to a ques-
tion during a voice interaction. You will
hear a tone indicating when voice recog-
nition is deactivated.
❒ When the system fails to recognize your
voice command, it will give you another
opportunity to re-pronounce the voice
command. If you are unsure of whether
the voice command is appropriate for the
given context, pronounce “Help”.
15
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 15

Using voice recognition
The voice recognition system may occa-
sionally misrecognize a voice command. To
ensure that your voice commands are al-
ways recognized by the system, use the fol-
lowing guidelines:
❒ After pressing
ô
, pronounce the voice
command after the system plays a tone
indicating that voice recognition is active.
❒ After the system asks a question, wait for
one second before pronouncing the re-
sponse to ensure that voice recognition
is active.
❒ If you want to pronounce a command
without waiting that the system has fin-
ished its announcement or question, you
can press again shortly
ô
to interrupt
what the system is saying and pronounce
your command.
❒ Speak at a normal volume.
❒ Pronounce 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 pronouncing voice com-
mands to prevent misunderstanding since
the system could recognize other words
(in addition to or different from your voice
command) if several people are speak-
ing.
❒ For Alfa 159: if your car has a con-
vertible top, close it before using voice re-
cognition.
❒ For Alfa Spider: for best operation,
it is recommended to close the folding
top.
Notes
As concerns countries where the version in
native language is not available, voice recog-
nition of the different commands and phone-
book contacts could be difficult. You are
therefore recommended to adopt a pro-
nunciation/accent meeting the language
present on Blue&Me ™ .
To change the voice recognition language con-
tact Alfa Romeo Authorized Services or consult
the dedicated site at www.alfaromeo.com.
16
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 16

DISPLAY
The different Blue&Me ™ Main Menu op-
tions are displayed on the instrument pan-
el multifunction display (see fig. 1).
The display shows the following information:
❒ Status information for the Bluetooth
®
wireless technology-enabled mobile
phone.
❒
;indicates that Blue&Me
™ is cur-
rently connected with a Bluetooth
®
wireless technology-enabled mobile
phone.
❒ The absence of symbol ;indicates that
connection is disconnected (versions with
multifunction display).
❒ Symbol
Ì
indicates that current call is
the first incoming one, symbol present
only with call waiting (versions with re-
configurable multifunction display).
❒ Symbol
@
indicates that current call is
the second incoming one, symbol present
only with call waiting (versions with re-
configurable multifunction display).
❒ Symbol ‰ indicates the Conference Call
(versions with reconfigurable multifunc-
tion display).
❒ Name of your current mobile phone car-
rier (“- - - - - - - -” displayed if not avail-
able).
❒ Info about message received, message
sender phone number or name
(if stored in the phonebook).
❒ Data concerning the track being played
by the media player.
❒ Current Blue&Me ™ information or cur-
rent menu option.
AUDIO
Blue&Me™ uses your in-car audio equip-
ment to deliver audio output (hands-free
phone conversation, media player, voice an-
nouncements and tone signals). For this pur-
pose, the current audio program is muted
for the time needed.
You can always adjust the audio volume ei-
ther through the radio or the steering wheel
controls.
When the audio system is used by
Blue&Me™, the radio display will show
dedicated messages.
17
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 17

Blue&Me™ 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 to activate the different functions or
to change the settings of your Blue&Me™
system.
The Main Menu includes the following op-
tions:
❒ LAST CALLS - this submenu allows you
to view a list of the recent calls made or
received. This list is either downloaded
from your mobile phone memory, or ac-
cumulated via use of the hands-free
phone, or both.
❒ PHONEBOOK - this submenu allows
you to view the phone numbers in your
phonebook and to select one to dial. If
there is a large amount of entries in your
phonebook, then the items will be con-
tained in groups within alphabetical sub-
menus indicating the contacts within that
group. The number of contacts within a
group depends on the amount of entries
in your phonebook.
❒ MESSAGE READER
(with compatible mobile phones
only) - This submenu enables to read
the last message received, to call the
message sender or to delete the last mes-
sage received. It is possible to store up
to 20 received messages in the dedicat-
ed inbox and to play them later, to call
the message sender or to delete the mes-
sages. It is possible to select notification
signals for the arrival of a new SMS text.
❒ MEDIA PLAYER - this submenu allows
to scroll the digital audio tracks in the li-
brary by folder, artist, genre, album or by
playlist. This sub-menu is to be used to
select and play tracks.
iPod player - see dedicated paragraph.
❒ SETTINGS - this submenu allows you
to perform tasks such as managing your
phonebook entries, creating a pairing re-
lationship, or setting a connection ID.
Launching the Main Menu
To launch the Blue&Me™ Main Menu,
press
˜
, you can then interact with the sys-
tem through the buttons on the steering
wheel.
Navigating the menu options
To navigate through the items in a menu,
press N or O .
When the number of characters in a display
message is too long for the allowable num-
ber of display characters, the text in the dis-
play message will be cut to fit the display
size.
To select the option shown on the display,
press SRC or
˜
.
To quit the selected option or to exit a sub-
menu, press
^
.
18
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 18

Blue&Me™ lets you make and receive
phone calls on your Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology-enabled mobile phone using
voice commands (keywords) or steering
wheel buttons.
By using voice commands, you can make
calls to people in your phonebook by pro-
nouncing their first and/or last name, or you
can make phone calls to numbers not stored
in your phonebook by pronouncing the dig-
its of the phone number or call the last mes-
sage sender.
By using steering wheel buttons, you can
make phone calls to people in your phone-
book or call history list by selecting the as-
sociated item in the LAST CALLS or
PHONEBOOK submenus.
In addition, you can use other calling fea-
tures such as responding to incoming calls,
redial, callback, call waiting, read a message
or delete it.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult sec-
tion HANDS-FREE KIT - TROUBLESHOOTING.
Notes
❒ Before you can make and receive phone
calls using the hands-free kit, you must
create a pairing relationship for your mo-
bile phone.
 For further information read chapter SET-
TING FUNCTIONS – PAIRING YOUR MOBILE
PHONE.
❒ To activate the hands-free kit, the elec-
tronic key shall be fitted into the ignition
device.
❒ If during a phone call you remove the
electronic key from the ignition device,
you can continue your conversation
through the hands-free kit for other 15
minutes.
MAKING A PHONE CALL
You can make a phone call using one of the
following methods:
❒ Calling a contact in your phonebook
❒ Dialling a phone number using voice com-
mands
❒ Dialling a phone number using the mo-
bile phone keypad
❒ Calling a phone number using call histo-
ry (last calls)
❒ Call the sender of a received SMS mes-
sage
 For further information refer to chapter
FUNCTIONS OF SMS MESSAGES READ-
ER, paragraph SMS MESSAGES MAN-
AGEMENT
HANDS-FREE KIT FUNCTIONS
19
604_38_158 Alfa 159 Brera Spider Blue&Me GB 1ed 27-08-2009 9:46 Pagina 19