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
A0A9500g
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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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 display. For the next
two steps, consult your mobile phone
owner’s manual about Bluetooth
®
pair-
ing.
❒ 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” 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
ß
or ESC 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 con-
necting. 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”.
❒ 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 following the in-
structions specific to your mobile phone
and press
ß
when you have finished.
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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 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 respond with “yes”, pronounce “Yes”,
otherwise 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
ß
or OK to start the call.
❒ To end the phone call, press
ß
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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MEDIA PLAYER
QUICK REFERENCE
GUIDE
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
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 con-
taining your digital audio files, you can se-
lect 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.
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HOW TO USE
Blue&Me
™
STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS
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).
 DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEER-
ING 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 de-
pends on the keyword level that you are cur-
rently on. The current list is always available
by pressing
‘
and pronouncing “Help”
or, pronouncing “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
‘
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.
*
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.
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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.
To repeat the last system voice announce-
ment, press
‘
for longer than 1 second
or press shortly
‘
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 ESC, or press
‘
and
pronounce “Cancel”.
A voice interaction is a two-way communi-
cation/spoken exchange between system
and user. To initiate a voice interaction, press
‘
and issue a command. To interrupt an
ongoing interaction and start a new inter-
action, press
‘
at any time during the in-
teraction and issue a voice command.
To stop an ongoing interaction press ESC.
You will hear a tone indicating when voice
recognition 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 cur-
rently 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 temporarily adjust the
volume of the current phone call, press
VOL+ or VOL– or adjust the position of
the radio knob. After the phone call is dis-
connected, the volume will revert back to
the original level.
You can press VOL+ or VOL– also to ad-
just the volume of the current Blue&Me
™
voice announcement.
Please remember that to interrupt a voice
announcement, you can always press
‘
at
any time during a voice interaction and give
a new voice command.
Note
❒ Instructions concerning voice commands
are identified in the text by symbol
}
.
Notes
❒ After you press
‘
, 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”.
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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
‘
, 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
‘
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 speaking.
❒ If your car has a convertible top, close it
before using voice recognition.
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
contact Alfa Romeo Authorized Services or
consult the dedicated site at www.al-
faromeo.com.
DISPLAY
The different Main Menu Phonebook options
of the hands-free system are displayed on
the instrument panel display (see fig. 2).
The display shows the following status in-
formation for the Bluetooth
®
wireless tech-
nology-enabled mobile phone:
❒ symbol ;indicates that the hands-free
kit is currently connected with a Blue-
tooth
®
wireless technology-enabled mo-
bile phone.
❒ the absence of symbol ;indicates that
connection is disconnected.
fig. 2
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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.
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 instru-
ment panel display. Available options enable
to activate the different functions or to
change the settings of your Blue&Me ™
system.
Note
It is possible to navigate in the menu using
the steering wheel buttons only when the
car is not moving.
❒ symbol
Ì
indicates that current call is
the first incoming one (symbol present
only with call waiting).
❒ symbol
@
indicates that current call is
the second incoming one (symbol pre-
sent only with call waiting).
❒ symbol ‰ indicates the Conference Call.
❒ name of your current mobile phone car-
rier (“- - - - - - - -” displayed if not avail-
able).
❒ data concerning the track being played
by the media player.
❒ data concerning current hands-free sys-
tem or current menu option.
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Launching the Main Menu
To launch Blue&Me
™ Main Menu, press
ß
, you can then interact with the system
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 OK or
ß
.
To quit the selected option or to exit a sub-
menu, press ESC.
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.
❒ MEDIA PLAYER - this submenu allows
to browse through digital audio tracks in
the library by folder, artist, genre, album
or by playlist. This sub-menu is to be used
to select and play tracks.
❒ iPod™ PLAYER - see dedicated para-
graph.
❒ SETTINGS - this submenu allows you
to perform tasks such as managing your
phonebook entries, creating a pairing re-
lationship, or setting a connection ID.
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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.
 SETTING FUNCTIONS - PAIRING YOUR
MOBILE PHONE.
❒ To activate the hands-free kit, the ignition
key shall be at MAR.
❒ If during a phone call you turn the igni-
tion key to STOP, 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).
HANDS-FREE KIT
FUNCTIONS
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.
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 and call waiting.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult sec-
tion HANDS-FREE KIT - TROUBLESHOOTING.
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Calling a contact in your
phonebook
It is a requirement that you create a pair-
ing relationship and download your mobile
phone phonebook to the hands-free phone
system to use this dialing feature.
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To call a contact in your phonebook
using manual interaction, proceed as
follows:
Press
ß
to open the Main Menu.
Select PHONEBOOK and then
press OK or
ß
.
Press N or O to select the alphabet-
ical grouping which your contact’s
name belongs to, press OK or
ß
and
then select the required contact.
If the contact has just one phone num-
ber, press OK or
ß
to start the call.
If the contact has multiple phone
numbers, press OK or
ß
to view the
different phone numbers and then se-
lect the required one by N or O and
press OK or
ß
to start the call.
To end the phone call, press
ß
for
longer than 1 second.
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Or, using voice interaction:
Assume you would like to call the con-
tact “John” in your mobile phone
phonebook.
Press
‘
and pronounce “Call
John” or “Call John (on/at)
Mobile“ (in the previous statement,
the keyword “Mobile” represents
the type of phone number you would
like to call. The phone number type
can either be “(at) Home”, “(at)
Work”, or “(on/at) Other”).
If the name is recognized, the system
will display the recognized contact’s
information (John, in the example)
on the display screen.
If John has just one phone number,
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 system will ask which phone num-
ber you would like to call (e.g.: “Call
John (at) Work or (at) Home?”). An-
swer 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 system will display the
selected contact and a list of related
phone numbers.
To call the displayed phone number,
pronounce “Call”
If the contact is correct but the phone
number is wrong, you can surf the
phone number list manually by press-
ing
N or O . When you find the re-
quired number, press
ß
or OK to start
the call.
To end the phone call, press
ß
for
longer than 1 second.
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 amount of steps required to
make the phone call.
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