Alfa Romeo MiTo Blue&Me Nav User manual

THE INNOVATING Windows Mobile™-BASED TELEMATIC
SOLUTION FOR THE CAR
HANDS-FREE KIT WITH Bluetooth
®
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY,
MESSAGE READER, MEDIA PLAYER AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM
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Media player functions
Functions of the navigation system
Settings functions
Blue&Me™ Nav supported
mobile phones
Voice commands
(keywords) - summary
Troubleshooting
Personal data protection
System software use notice
Index
Overview
Display and buttons on the
steering wheel
Hands-free kit quick
reference guide
Message reader quick
reference guide
Media player quick
reference guide
Navigation system quick
reference guide
How to use Blue&Me™ Nav
Hands-free kit functions
Message reader functions
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CONTENTS
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Blue&Me™ Nav based on Windows Mo-
bile™ is a personal telematic system that
allows the use of communication, entertain-
ment and navigation applications specifical-
ly designed for in-car use.
The Blue&Me™ Nav system fitted on
your vehicle has the following functions:
hands-free, SMS text reader (not all mobile
phones support this function), multimedia
player and navigator; it is also prepared for
additional services that will become avail-
able in the course of time.
Blue&Me™ Nav makes a whole range
of functions available, however it is useful
to know that:
❍ not all mobile phones support them ful-
ly, such as, for example listening to an
incoming SMS message or automatic
downloading of the directory.
❍ certain improvements are required for
using an iPOD (see dedicated para-
graph).
The Blue&Me™ Nav system, fully inte-
gral with voice commands, buttons on the
steering wheel, on sound system front pan-
el and multifunction display messages, gives
you the possibility of interacting with your
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology mobile
phone (even if you keep it in your pocket
or bag) without having to take your eyes off
the road or removing your hands from the
steering wheel. To use voice commands you
are not required to train the voice recogni-
tion system to recognize your voice. This im-
plies that the system is nearly equally per-
forming with different persons, i.e.: the voice
recognition system is of the “speaker inde-
pendent” type.
With this system you can also play your
favourite music stored on USB device and
select tracks and playback modes with both
voice commands or buttons on the steer-
ing wheel.
THE HANDS-FREE KIT
The basic characteristic of this hands-free kit
is voice recognition with Bluetooth
®
wire-
less technology. With this system you can
make and receive calls safely and securely
using either voice commands or buttons on
the steering wheel under whatever driving
condition without having to take your eyes
off the road or removing your hands from
the steering wheel, as required by current
law regulations.
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology enables
wireless connection between your mobile
phone and the hands-free kit installed on
your car.
To use the hands-free kit, you need a Blue-
tooth
®
wireless technology enabled mobile
phone. This hands-free kit gives you the pos-
sibility of interacting vocally with your mo-
bile 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™ Nav, refer to sec-
tion Blue&Me™ Nav SUPPORTED MO-
BILE PHONES.
To get started with Blue&Me™ Nav
hands-free kit with voice recognition, you
have to simply pair your Bluetooth
®
wire-
less technology enabled mobile phone with
the system.
Pairing is an operation that has to be made
only once.
OVERVIEW
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OVERVIEW
Note
During the mobile phone pairing procedure,
Blue&Me™ Nav attempts to detect a
phone equipped with Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology within range and then establish-
es the connection using a Personal Identifi-
cation 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™ Nav 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™ Nav.
All the system functions are available with-
in the Blue&Me™ Nav 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™ Nav using buttons on
the steering wheel or voice commands rel-
evant only to phone functions (LAST CALLS
and PHONEBOOK) and media player. To ac-
tivate settings when travelling you can on-
ly use voice commands.
The hands-free kit enables the following op-
erations:
❍ Contact calling by voice - you can
call a contact in your mobile phone phone-
book using your voice. You can also call
a contact in your phonebook by scanning
through the entries on the multifunction
display.
(To use this option you have to transfer
your mobile phone contacts to the hands-
free kit phonebook).
❍ Digit-dialling by voice - you can di-
al a phone number by speaking the dig-
its to be dialled.
❍ To call the SMS text sender - call
directly the last SMS text sender or the
sender of a message received and stored
yet in the Blue&Me™ Nav inbox.
❍ Receiving phone calls - you can ac-
cept an incoming call simply by pressing
a button on the steering wheel.
❍ Conference Call - you can call anoth-
er contact while you are engaged in a
phone conversation (with Bluetooth
®
phones supporting this option)
❍ Call waiting - while engaged in a phone
conversation, you can receive notification
of another incoming phone call, answer
the other incoming phone call, and switch
between two ongoing phone conversa-
tions. (Call waiting is only supported by
a subset of compatible mobile phones).
After you place your mobile phone in the car
environment and create a pairing relationship
with Blue&Me™ Nav, you can make
phone calls by speaking keywords or press-
ing buttons on the steering wheel. When us-
ing the hands-free phone, the audio output
of a phone conversation is heard through your
car sound speakers.
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OVERVIEW
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MESSAGE READER
(Function only available with
compatible mobile phones)
The Blue&Me™ Nav message reader
enables automatic reading, through the car
sound system, of the SMS texts you receive
on your Bluetooth
®
wireless technology
mobile phone. The message reader will al-
so interpret any abbreviation and emoticon
contained in the SMS text.
Message reader functions are managed by
the control buttons on the steering wheel or
by the Blue&Me™ Nav voice com-
mands.
The Blue&Me™ Nav 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™
Nav will also propose you to read the
message received
❍ To manage the list of SMS texts received
on your Blue&Me™ Nav paired mo-
bile phone
❍ To read again the messages received
and stored
❍ To call the SMS text sender using the
buttons on the steering wheel or voice
commands
❍ To delete individual messages or the en-
tire inbox using the buttons on the steer-
ing wheel or voice commands.
The Blue&Me™ Nav 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 nowa-
days to write SMS texts.
MEDIA PLAYER
With the Blue&Me™ Nav media player
you can play, via the car sound system, the
digital audio 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 , .acc, .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 .
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OVERVIEW
Note
The media player does not support audio
files compressed with other formats and
DRM (Digital Right Management) protected
audio files or MP4. Non-supported audio files
that may be present on the USB device will
be ignored.
To use the media player, you have to sim-
ply connect (directly or by an extension
lead) your USB device to the car USB port.
Turning the ignition key to MAR,
Blue&Me™ Nav will start building your
media library. Once the operation is com-
pleted, you can browse the whole library
and scroll through the categories by either
using the steering wheel controls, voice con-
trols or the radio controls. Blue&Me™
Nav will then play your selection via the
car sound system.
THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
The Blue&Me™ Nav navigation system
allows you to reach a required location
quickly and safely. You will be taken to your
destination by means of voice messages and
pictogram instructions shown on a the ve-
hicle’s reconfigurable multifunction display.
The navigation system allows you to:
❍ Enter a new destination – you can en-
ter the address of a desired destination,
specifying the name of the destination
street with the house number or simply
the town/city centre.
❍ Navigate to a point of interest – you can
call up as a final destination a point of
interest selected from a category list (e.g.
hotels, restaurants, airports, railway sta-
tions, authorised workshops, etc.).
❍ Trip information – Blue&Me™ Nav
is able to provide estimated time of ar-
rival and distance to a preset destination.
It also allows you to display your car’s
position (latitude, longitude and number
of GPS satellites received).
❍ Recent destinations – you may choose
one of the destinations recently preset,
stored by the system in a special list.
❍ Navigation settings – you can set your
preferences for the route type, e.g. mo-
torways, toll-roads or ferries.
❍ Route simulation – Blue&Me™ Nav
allows you to simulate the type of route
to your set destination in advance.
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OVERVIEW
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ROAD SAFETY
Operating certain parts of this system while driving can distract your attention away from the road, and possibly cause
an accident or other serious consequences; for this reason certain functions shall only be used when driving condi-
tions are secure and, if required, only when the car is stopped.
Read and Follow Instructions: before using your system, read and follow all instructions and safety information 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 conse-
quences.
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
system. Please make certain that before using the system for the first time, all persons have access to the User’s Guide and read its instructions
and safety information carefully.
IMPORTANT Operating certain parts of this system while driving can distract your attention away from the road, and possi-
bly 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 re-
move your hands from the wheel.
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GENERAL OPERATION
Voice Command Control: functions within the system may be accomplished using only voice commands. Using voice commands while
driving allows you to operate the system without removing your hands from the wheel.
Prolonged Views of Screen: do not access any function requiring a prolonged view of the screen while you are driving. Pull over in a safe
and legal manner before attempting to access a function of the system requiring prolonged attention. Even 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
seriously distract your attention and could cause an accident or other serious consequences. Stop the vehicle in a safe and legal manner before at-
tempting these operations.
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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
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(*) The red led comes on when no connection is available for Roadside Assistance and Infomobility services.
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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
Short press function
(less than 1 second)
– Launch Blue&Me™ Nav Main Menu
– Confirm selected menu option
– Accept an incoming phone call
– Switch between two ongoing phone conversations
(call waiting)
– Select text message displayed
– Cancel voice recognition
– Cancel a voice announcement
– Interrupt message reading
– Exit Blue&Me™ Nav 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
STEERING
WHEEL
Notes
❍ For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons SRC/OK and
ß
/MENU can be used interchangeably, and you can use the key that is more convenient
for you to press.
❍ For both operating modes of steering wheel buttons (short or long press), the function chosen will be activated when you release the button.
Controls Button
ß
/MENU
&
/ESC
‘
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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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
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Short press function
(less than 1 second)
– Adjust the volume of Blue&Me™ Nav functions: hands-free kit,
message reader and media player, voice announcements
– Scroll Blue&Me™ Nav menu items
– Select media player tracks
– Scroll inbox messages
– Special navigation functions (see NEW DESTINATION section
– Operation of keys when entering a town/city name)
– Confirm manually selected menu option
– Switch phone conversation from the hands-free phone to your mo-
bile phone and vice versa vivavoce al telefono cellulare e viceversa
– Select audio sources (Radio, CD, CD Changer, Media Player)
– Select displayed message
– Start Navigation Menu
– Display incoming information with active navigation
– Access to Roadside Assistance Services (*)
– Access to Infomobility Services (*)
Long press function
(more than 1 second)
–
–
–
–
–
–
STEERING
WHEEL
Blue&Me™
Nav DIRECT
FUNCTION KEYS
Controls Button
+/ –
N / O
SRC/OK
NAV
SOS
j
Note
❍ For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons SRC/OK and
ß
/MENU can be used interchangeably, and you can use the key that is more convenient
for you to press.
❍ For both operating modes of steering wheel buttons (short or long press), the function chosen will be activated when you release the button.
(*) These services may not be available when the car is purchased; to obtain information on availability and activation, call Universal Freephone Number Alfa
Info More 0080025320000 or consult the dedicated area on www.alfaromeo.com
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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
Short press function
(less than 1 second)
– Select folder/artist/genre/previous/next album according to the
selected mode
– Play previous/next track
Long press function
(more than 1 second)
–
–
SOUND SYSTEM
Controls Button
NO
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HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
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To quickly get started with using the
Blue&Me™ Nav hands-free kit with
voice recognition and Bluetooth
®
wireless
technology:
❍ Prepare your mobile phone phonebook
❍ Turn the ignition key to MAR
❍ Try out the voice commands
❍ Pair your mobile phone
❍ Make a phone call.
 Instructions for each of the above func-
tions are given in the following paragraphs.
PREPARE YOUR MOBILE
PHONE PHONEBOOK
Before creating a pairing relationship
between your mobile phone and Blue&Me™
Nav, you should make sure that you have
contact entries in your mobile phone phone-
book 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™
Nav can only be used when the corre-
sponding mobile phone is paired.
❍ Entries stored in SIM card or mobile
phone memory can be transferred to
Blue&Me™ Nav with different pro-
cedures, according to your mobile phone
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HANDS-FREE KIT QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE
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™ Nav plays a tone
indicating that voice recognition is active,
pronounce “Help”. Blue&Me™ Nav
will speak the list of voice commands
available.
❍ After the general help message is finished,
pronounce “Settings” and then “Help”.
Blue&Me™ Nav 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”.
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™ Nav
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™ Nav system on your
car): select it.
❍ When prompted by the mobile phone,
enter the PIN number shown on the in-
strument panel display using your mobile
phone keypad. If pairing is successful,
the system will say “Connecting” and at
the end the display will show as confir-
mation message, the ID of the paired mo-
bile phone.
It is essential to wait until you see this con-
firmation message on the display. Pressing
ß
/MENU or
&
/ESC before the mes-
sage is displayed may cancel the pairing
process. If the pairing process fails, an er-
ror message will be displayed: in this event
repeat the pairing procedure.
❍ At first pairing, Blue&Me™ Nav will
say “Welcome” immediately after connect-
ing. This message will no longer be heard
at next pairing procedures.
❍ Blue&Me™ Nav will ask if you would
like to copy your paired phone phonebook
to Blue&Me™ Nav. It is recommend-
ed to copy it. To start copying the phone-
book 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™ Nav asks you to do
this, then perform this procedure follow-
ing the instructions specific to your mo-
bile phone and press
ß
/MENU when
you have finished.
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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 informa-
tion on the display screen.
If there is just one phone number for John
in your phonebook, the system will ask if
you would like to call John. To start the call
say “Yes”, otherwise say “No”.
If John has several phone numbers, the sys-
tem will ask which phone number you would
like to call (e.g.: “Call John (at) Work or
(at) Home?”). Answer with the type of re-
quired phone number (e.g.: “(at) Home”).
If John has several phone numbers but the
“location” (i.e.: the type of phone number
like work, home, etc.) is missing, the sys-
tem will display the selected contact and a
list of related phone numbers. The hands-
free phone system will ask if you would like
to call the phone number displayed. To re-
spond with “yes”, pronounce “Yes”, other-
wise pronounce “No”. If this is the correct
contact but the wrong number, say “For-
ward” or “Backward” to navigate to the
phone number you’d like to call. To call the
displayed phone number, pronounce “Call”.
You can also surf the phone number list
manually by pressing the buttons on the
steering wheel
N or O until you find the
required number. Now, press
ß
/MENU
or SRC/OK to start the call.
❍ To end the phone call, press
ß
/MENU
for longer than 1 second.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult sec-
tion HANDS-FREE KIT - TROUBLESHOOTING.
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MESSAGE READER QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE (
COMPATIBLE MOBILE PHONES ONLY )
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If your mobile phone with Bluetooth
®
wireless technology supports the message
reader function, at the arrival of a new SMS
text, Blue&Me™ Nav plays a tone and
it will ask if you would like to read it.
❍ pronounce “Yes” or press
ß
/MENU or
SRC/OK to read the last message re-
ceived
❍ pronounce “No” or press
&
/ESC, the
system will store the message so you can
read it later
For further details on the message reader
SMS, refer to section “MESSAGE READER
FUNCTIONS”.
 If you encounter difficulties with any of
the message reader settings, consult section
“MESSAGE READER – TROUBLESHOOTING”
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