Alfa Romeo Blue&Me User manual

The innovating Windows Mobile™-based Telematic
Solution for the car
CONTENTS
OVERVIEW ............................................................... 3
The hands-free kit...................................................... 3
Media player ............................................................ 5
Road safety ............................................................. 6
DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL .......... 7
HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ................... 9
Prepare your mobile phone phonebook ......................... 9
Try out the voice commands ....................................... 9
Pair your mobile phone .............................................. 10
Making a phone call .................................................. 11
MEDIA PLAYER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ...................... 12
HOW TO USE Blue&Me
™ ......................................... 13
Steering wheel controls .............................................. 13
Voice commands ...................................................... 13
Display .................................................................... 15
Audio ...................................................................... 16
Blue&Me
™ function menu ...................................... 16
HANDS-FREE KIT FUNCTIONS....................................... 18
Making a phone call .................................................. 18
Incoming calls .......................................................... 22
Managing phone calls ................................................ 22
Conference call function ............................................. 23
MEDIA PLAYER FUNCTIONS ......................................... 23
How to connect the USB device to Blue&Me
™ ........... 23
How to manage the media library ............................... 24
- Selection by folder .................................................. 24
- Selection by artist ................................................... 25
- Selection by genre .................................................. 26
- Selection by album .................................................. 26
- Selection by playlist ................................................. 27
Playing audio tracks .................................................. 27
- Shuffle playback of the whole media library ................ 27
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- Now playing (track data) ......................................... 27
- Audio play ............................................................. 28
- Pause .................................................................... 28
- Play ...................................................................... 28
- Stop ..................................................................... 28
- Next track .............................................................. 28
- Previous track ......................................................... 28
- Changing audio source ............................................. 29
iPod™ .................................................................... 29
Practical hints for using the media player ....................... 30
- Browsing folders ..................................................... 30
- Organizing media files ............................................. 30
- Building the media library on Blue&Me
™ ................. 30
- Building playlists for Blue&Me
™ ............................. 31
SETTINGS FUNCTIONS................................................ 31
Pairing a mobile phone .............................................. 31
Managing user data .................................................. 35
Managing updates .................................................... 37
Advanced options ...................................................... 40
- Changing the GPRS code .......................................... 41
Media player settings ................................................ 42
- Autoplay ................................................................ 42
- Shuffle .................................................................. 42
- Loop ..................................................................... 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
Supported USB storage devices ................................... 45
- USB storage devices ................................................ 45
- Supported digital audio files ...................................... 45
- Supported playlist formats......................................... 46
VOICE COMMANDS (KEYWORDS) - SUMMARY .............. 47
Always available voice commands ................................ 47
Hands-free phone kit voice commands........................... 48
Media player voice commands..................................... 51
Settings functions voice commands............................... 55
TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................... 58
Hands-free kit ........................................................... 58
- General - display screen ............................................ 58
Media player............................................................. 66
iPod™ .................................................................... 70
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ..................................... 72
SYSTEM SOFTWARE USE NOTICE ................................ 73
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(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 steer-
ing 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 nearly equal-
ly performing with different persons, i.e.:
the voice recognition system is of the
“speaker independent” type. With this sys-
tem 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.
To use the hands-free kit, you need a
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology enabled
mobile 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 dis-
play.
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.
Hands-free kit with Bluetooth®
wireless technology and media player
OVERVIEW
Windows Mobile™ Blue&Me ™ is a per-
sonal telematic system enabling to use com-
munication and entertainment applications
expressly designed for use in the car.
The Blue&Me
™ system fitted on your has
the following functions: hands-free, SMS
text reader (not all mobile phones support
this function) and multimedia player; it is al-
so prepared for additional services that will
become available in the course of time.
Blue&Me
™ makes a whole range of func-
tions available, however it is useful to know
that:
❒ not all mobile phones support them ful-
ly, such as, for example listening to an in-
coming SMS message or automatic
downloading of the directory.
❒ certain improvements are required for us-
ing an iPod™ (see dedicated paragraph).
The Blue&Me
™ system, fully integral with
voice commands, buttons on the steering
wheel and display messages, gives you the
possibility of interacting with your Blue-
tooth
®
wireless technology mobile phone
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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 activate settings when trav-
elling 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
phonebook using your voice. You can al-
so call a contact in your phonebook by
scanning through the entries on the dis-
play.
(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.
❒ 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 no-
tification of another incoming phone call,
answer the other incoming phone call,
and switch between two ongoing phone
conversations. (Call waiting is only sup-
ported 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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MEDIA PLAYER
(Function only available with
compatible mobile phones)
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.
The media player enables the following op-
erations:
❒ iPod™ player - see dedicated para-
graph.
❒ Digital audio playback - you can play
all your digital audio files ( .mp3 , .wma ,
.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, Shuffle
and Loop track .
Note
The media player does not support audio
files compressed with other formats (e.g.:
.aac) and DRM (Digital Right Management)
protected audio files or ACC files downloaded
from iTunes and 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. Turn-
ing the ignition key to MAR, 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 us-
ing the buttons on the steering wheel or voice
commands. Blue&Me ™ will then play your
selection via the car sound system.
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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 pos-
sibly cause an accident or other serious consequences; for this reason certain functions shall only be used when
driving conditions are secure and, if required, only when the car is stopped.
WARNING
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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
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fig. 1
MAIN
MENU
PHONEBOOK
USB door
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Button
ß
ESC
‘
N / O
OK
CD (*)
MUTE (*)
VOL+ (*)
VOL– (*)
Notes
(*) Sound system buttons
❒ For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons OK and
ß
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)
– Cancel voice recognition
– Cancel a voice announcement
– 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
– Activate voice recognition
– Interrupt voice announcement to provide a new voice command
– Scroll Blue&Me
™ menu items
– Direct access to the media player menu during current track info displaying
– 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)
– Volume on/off.
– Adjust the volume of the following Blue&Me
™ functions:
hands-free kit, media player, voice announcements
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
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 be-
tween 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.
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 indicating
that voice recognition is active, pronounce
“Help”. Blue&Me ™ will speak the list
of voice commands available.
❒ After the general help message is fin-
ished, pronounce “Settings” and then
“Help”. Blue&Me ™ will speak again
the list of voice commands available for
the SETTINGS 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”.
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