Alfa Romeo Blue&me User manual

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THE INNOVATIVE TELEMATIC SOLUTION FOR CARS

BASED ON Microsoft Auto

™

HANDS-FREE SYSTEM WITH Bluetooth

®

TECHNOLOGY, SMS MESSAGE READER AND MEDIA PLAYER

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Media Player functions

Setting functions

Technologies compatible

with Blue&Me

™

List of available voice commands

Troubleshooting

Personal data protection

Warnings on use

of the system software

Index

General information

Display and steering wheel controls

Hands-free

function quick guide

SMS message

reader quick GUIDE

Media Player

quick guide

Using Blue&Me

™

Hands-free system functions

SMS message reader

functions

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SUMMARY

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GENERAL INFORMATION

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1

Blue&Me

™

based on Microsoft Auto™ is

a personal infotainment system which allows

the use of communication and entertainment

applications, specially designed for use on cars.

The Blue&Me

™

system installed on your

car is equipped with hands-free, SMS mes-

sage reader and Media Player functions, and

it is preset for additional services that will

become available over time.

Note

Not all mobile phones support the voice

reading of SMS messages or the automat-

ic transfer of contacts through Blue-

tooth

®

. For more information on mobile

phones allowing this function, go to

www.alfaromeo.com.

The Blue&Me

™

system, fully integrated

with voice commands, controls on the steer-

ing wheel, car radio controls and multifunc-

tional display messages, allows you to in-

teract with your Bluetooth

®

technology

mobile phone (even if you keep it in your

pocket or bag) without having to take your

hands off the steering wheel. To use the

voice commands, there is no need for

a voice learning stage by the voice recog-

nition system. The system is capable of

recognising the voice commands given, irre-

spective of gender, tone of voice and into-

nation of the person giving the commands.

It is also possible to listen to your favourite

music saved on a USB device by selecting

the tracks and playback method with ei-

ther the steering wheel buttons or voice

commands.

HANDS-FREE

The basic feature of this function is hands-

free telephone communication with voice

recognition and Bluetooth

®

technology.

This system allows you to make and receive

phone calls by using voice or the manual con-

trols on the steering wheel in complete safe-

ty, freedom and comfort whilst driving, in ac-

cordance with the law.

Bluetooth

®

technology allows you to use

your mobile phone through the vehicle’s

hands-free system, without the need for

wires.

To use the hands-free function, you need

a Bluetooth

®

technology enabled mobile

phone. This function allows you to interact

vocally with your mobile phone while driving,

even if your mobile device does not feature

this capability. You can interact with your mo-

bile phone manually and visually by using

the manual controls on the steering wheel

and the multifunctional display on the con-

trol panel.

For further information on mobile phone

compatibility with Blue&Me

™

, refer to the

TECHNOLOGY COMPATIBLE WITH Blue&

Me

™

chapter.

To start using the Blue&Me

™

hands-free

function with voice recognition, simply reg-

ister your mobile phone with Bluetooth

®

in the system.

You only have to register your mobile phone

in the system once.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Note

Whilst registering a new mobile phone,

Blue&Me

™

will search for a mobile

phone with Bluetooth

®

in its operating

range. It then establishes the connection us-

ing a Personal Identification Number (PIN).

Once your phone is paired, you can transfer

your mobile phone contacts to the system,

make a phone call either by using the phone-

book or dictating the phone number, accept

a call and answer a second incoming call.

To interact with Blue&Me

™

you can use

both the buttons on the steering wheel

and voice commands. With voice recog-

nition, you can perform system functions

by giving voice commands which are

recognised by the system. When the sys-

tem recognises a voice command, it will

respond with the appropriate action. Voice

recognition is an easy and convenient 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 scroll through the

menu using both the buttons on the steer-

ing wheel and voice commands.

When the car is moving, you can only in-

teract with Blue&Me

™

using the controls

on the steering wheel or voice commands

for functions relating to the telephone (LAST

CALLS and PHONEBOOK) and the Media

Player. To activate settings functions when

travelling you can only use voice commands.

The hands-free function allows the following

operations to be performed:

❍

Calling someone in the phone

directory using voice commands

- you can call someone in your mobile

phonebook using your voice. You can al-

so phone a name in your phonebook, by

selecting it from those that appear on the

instrument panel.

(This function requires your phonebook

to be copied to the car’s hands-free

system).

❍

Calling a phone number using

voice commands - you can dial a phone

number by saying the digits.

❍

Calling the sender of an SMS

message - you can directly call the

phone number of the sender of the last

message received, or of a message al-

ready received and saved in the Blue&

Me

™

inbox.

❍

Accepting a call - you can accept an

incoming call by pressing the

ß/MENU button on the steering

wheel.

❍

Conference Call - you can make

a phone call to a third person while you

have an active call (with Bluetooth

®

phones connected that support this func-

tionality).

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❍

Manage the SMS inbox on the mobile

phone connected to Blue&Me

™

❍

Re-read SMS messages that have already

been received and saved

❍

Make a voice call to the sender of the

SMS message received, by using the

steering wheel controls or voice com-

mands

❍

Delete individual SMS messages or the

entire inbox, by using the steering wheel

controls or voice commands.

The Blue&Me

™

system is also capable of

recognizing and reading any abbreviations

(for example, “LOL” will be read as “Laugh-

ing out loud”) and interpreting the most fre-

quently used symbols (e.g. :-) will be read

as “Smile”) in text messages.

THE SMS MESSAGE READER

(Function available only with

mobile phones which support

this function)

By means of voice synthesis technology the

integrated Blue&Me

™

SMS message

reader allows automatic reading, through

your vehicle’s audio system, of incoming

messages on your mobile phone equipped

with Bluetooth

®

technology and also inter-

prets any abbreviations and emoticons with-

in the text of the message.

The SMS message reader functions are man-

aged with the steering wheel controls or

Blue&Me

™

. voice commands.

The Blue&Me

™

SMS message reader al-

lows you to:

❍

Be informed, by means of an alert on the

control panel multifunction display, of

a new incoming SMS message indicating

the number/name of the sender on your

mobile phone with Bluetooth

®

technol-

ogy; furthermore Blue&Me

™

will also

offer to read to you.

❍

Call alert – while you are engaged in

a phone conversation you can receive

notice of another incoming phone call,

respond to the incoming call and switch

from one call to another. (Call waiting

is only supported by some of the com-

patible mobile phones).

❍

Refuse a call – you can refuse an in-

coming call by pressing the key

ß/MENU.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Note

Media Player does not support DRM (Digi-

tal Rights Management) protected audio

files. Unsupported audio files on the USB de-

vice will be ignored (see “Compatible digi-

tal audio files”).

To use Media Player, simply plug your USB

device to the car’s USB port (either directly

or with an extension lead). When the igni-

tion key is turned to the MAR–ON position

Blue&Me

™

will start to create your mul-

timedia library index. At the end of the op-

eration, you can navigate through the whole

library and browse categories by using the

steering wheel controls, voice commands or

car radio controls. After you have chosen

what you want to listen to, Blue&Me

™

will play it through the car’s audio system.

With the Media Player, you can:

❍

Digital audio playback – you can

play back your digital audio files or

a customised playlist (see “Compatible

digital audio files”).

❍

Audio selection by category – you

can play all digital audio that belongs to

a certain category, for example an album,

an artist or a music genre.

❍

Using the playback functions

– whilst playing tracks you can use oth-

er functions such as

Play, Stop, Next,

Previous, Shuffle and Track loop

.

THE MEDIA PLAYER

The Blue&Me

™

Media Player allows you

to play digital audio stored on a USB device

via your vehicle sound system simply by con-

necting it to the USB port on the vehicle.

In this way, you can play your personal mu-

sic collections while you are driving.

❍

iPod player – see “Management of

audio files from iPod devices”.

GENERAL INFORMATION

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ROAD SAFETY

The use of some functions of the system whilst driving can distract attention away from the road with the risk of caus-

ing an accident or other serious consequences; they should therefore be used only when driving conditions permit

and, if necessary, only with the car stationary.

Read these instructions and follow them: before using your system, read and follow all the instructions and safety infor-

mation in this manual (“User Guide”). Failure to observe the precautions contained in the User Guide may cause accidents

or other serious consequences.

Keep the manual in the car

:

if it is kept in the car, the User Guide will become something quick and easy to consult for those not

familiar with the system. Make sure that before using the system, anyone who has access to the User Guide reads the instructions

and the safety information carefully.

Warning Consulting the system whilst driving can distract attention away from the road with the risk of causing an accident

or other serious consequences. Do not change system settings or enter data non-verbally (using the manual controls) while

driving. Stop the car in a safe and legal manner before carrying out these operations. This is important since while setting

up or changing some functions your attention may be distracted from the road and you may have to remove your hands

from the wheel.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

GENERAL OPERATION

Voice commands: the system functions can be carried out using only voice commands. The use of voice control commands

when driving allows the system to be managed without taking your hands off the steering wheel.

Looking at the display for a long time: while driving, do not use any function that requires looking at the display for a long

time. Pull over in a safe and legal manner before attempting to access a function of the system that requires prolonged attention.

Even occasional quick glances at the display can have dangerous effects if the driver’s attention is diverted from the act of driving at

a critical moment.

Setting the Volume: do not turn the volume up too high. Keep the volume at a level where you can still hear outside traffic and

emergency signals while driving. Driving without being able to hear these sounds can cause accidents.

Using Voice Recognition: the voice recognition software is based on a statistical process that is subject to errors. It is your

responsibility to monitor the system’s voice recognition functions and to correct any errors

.

Danger of Distraction: the functions may require manual settings (not using voice commands). Attempting to perform such

setup or insert data while driving can seriously distract your attention and could cause an accident or other serious consequences.

Stop the vehicle in a safe and legal manner before attempting these operations.

DISPLAY AND STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS

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In this manual the descriptions of the menu items refer to the multifunction display which shows certain things abbrevi-

ated compared with the reconfigurable multifunction display. The reconfigurable multifunction display has the menu items

fully displayed.

A0J2083g

fig. 1

USB port – AUX socket

(for versions/markets where provided)

2

USB port

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DISPLAY AND STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS

Button

ß

/MENU

&/ESC

‘

+/−

N/O

SRC/OK

NO

(*)

¯˙

(*)

Notes

(*) Radio buttons (**) For versions/markets where provided

❍For many functions, the SRC/OK and ß/MENU steering wheel controls are interchangeable and you can select the button you prefer.

❍For both methods of operating the steering wheel controls (short or long press), the function is activated when you release the button.

Long press

(more than 1 second)

– Refuse incoming phone call

– Hang up a call in progress

–

– Repeat last voice message said by

the system

–

Short press

(less than 1 second)

– Activation of Blue&Me

™

Main Menu

– Confirm selected menu option

– Accept an incoming phone call

– Moving from one phone conversation to another in second call mode (call alert)

– Select the message displayed

– Deactivate voice recognition

– Interrupt a voice announcement

– Interrupt the reading of an SMS message

– Exit from Blue&Me

™

Main Menu

– Exit from a submenu and return to the previous menu option

– Exit from the current menu option without saving

– Deactivate/reactivate the microphone during a phone conversation

– Mute the ringtone for an incoming phone call

– Media Player Pause on/off

– Enable voice recognition

– Interrupt the voice message in order to give a new voice command

– Adjust the volume of Blue&Me

™

functions: hands-free, SMS message reader,

Media Player, voice announcements

– Scrolling through the Blue&Me

™

menu

– Select Media Player tracks

– Scroll through SMS messages in the inbox

– Confirm manually selected menu option

– Switch phone conversation from the hands-free system to your mobile phone

and vice versa

– Audio source selection (Radio, CD, CD Changer, Media Player, AUX (**)

– Select the SMS message displayed

– Select previous/next folder/artist/genre/album

depending on the selection mode enabled

– Play previous/next track

HANDS–FREE FUNCTION QUICK GUIDE

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IMPORTANT NOTES

❍

Access to the phonebook copied to

Blue&Me

™

is possible only when the

mobile phone from which it was copied

is connected.

❍

The names stored on the SIM card or

in your mobile phone memory can be

transferred onto Blue&Me

™

in a dif-

ferent way depending on the model of

mobile phone.

PREPARING YOUR

MOBILE PHONE PHONEBOOK

Before registering your mobile phone with

Blue&Me

™

, you should make sure that

you have stored the names you want to con-

tact in the phone book on your mobile

phone so that you can call them using the

car’s hands-free system.



If your phonebook is empty, create new

entries for frequently dialled phone numbers.

For further details, consult your mobile

phone manual.



For the best use of the car’s hands-free

system, refer to the suggestions for how to

store the names in your mobile phone direc-

tory in the SETTINGS FUNCTIONS - PAIRING

A MOBILE PHONE chapter.

To start using the hands free function with

voice recognition and Bluetooth

®

technol-

ogy provided by Blue&Me

™

:

❍

Make sure that the ignition key is in the

MAR-ON position

❍

Practise the voice commands

❍

Register your mobile phone

❍

Make a call.



The instructions for each of these func-

tions are given in the paragraphs that fol-

low.

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HANDS–FREE FUNCTION QUICK GUIDE

❍

When the mobile phone asks for it, en-

ter the PIN number shown in the panel

display using your mobile phone keypad.

If the registration is successful, the sys-

tem will say “Connecting” and at the end

the display will show, as confirmation, de-

tails of the mobile phone registered.

It is important to wait for this confirmation

message, if you press ß/MENU or

&

/ESC before this message appears, you

risk cancelling the registration process. If the

registration fails, an error message will ap-

pear; in this case, you will need to repeat the

procedure.

❍

After registering your mobile phone, the

first time you connect Blue&Me

™

will

say “Welcome”. In subsequent pairing or

connection procedures for the same phone,

this message will no longer be given.

HOW TO PAIR YOUR MOBILE

PHONE

IMPORTANT This operation should be carried

out only with the car stationary.

To pair your mobile phone, proceed as fol-

lows:

❍

Press

‘

and say “Settings” and then at

the end of the message provided by

Blue&Me

™

, say “Pairing”.

❍

On the control panel multifunction display,

the system shows the code number (PIN)

to be used for registration. For the next

two steps, consult your mobile phone

manual regarding Bluetooth

®

pairing.

❍

On your mobile phone, search for devices

with Bluetooth

®

technology (the set-

ting on your mobile phone may be called

Search or Add Device, for example). Find

“Blue&Me” in this list (the name that

identifies the Blue&Me

™

system in

your vehicle) and select it.

GETTING TO KNOW THE

VOICE COMMANDS

When talking to the system, you can always

use the voice command “Help” to obtain de-

tailed instructions on the voice commands

available for each interactive stage.

To practise the ‘Help’ command proceed as

follows:

❍

Press the

‘

steering wheel control.

❍

After Blue&Me

™

has given an acoustic

signal to indicate that voice recognition is

activated, say “Help”. Blue&Me

™

will

give the list of voice commands available.

❍

At the end of the help message, say

“Settings” and, at the end of the mes-

sage, “Help”. Blue&Me

™

will give

the list of voice commands available for

the Settings menu.

❍

You can then give one of the available

commands and proceed with the dia-

logue as you wish.

❍

If you need more help, press

‘

and say

“Help”.

HANDS–FREE FUNCTION QUICK GUIDE

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If John has several phone numbers but the

type of phone number is missing, the system

will display the selected contact and a list

of related phone numbers. The hands-free

system will ask if you would like to call the

phone number displayed. If the number dis-

played is the one you wish to call, say “Yes”,

otherwise, say “No”. If the person to con-

tact is the one desired, but the number is

wrong, say “Forward” or “Back” to see the

other phone numbers for this person.

To call the number displayed, say “Call”.

You can also navigate through this list man-

ually by pressing the

N

or

O

steering wheel

controls until you find the number you want.

At this point, press ß/MENU or

SRC/OK to make the call.

❍

To end the call, press ß/MENU for

more than one second.



If you have difficulty using the car’s

hands-free system, consult the TROU-

BLESHOOTING – HANDS-FREE chapter.

HOW TO MAKE A CALL

Imagine that “John” is one of the contacts

stored in your phonebook.

To call John, proceed as follows:

❍

Press the

‘

steering wheel control and

say “Call John”.

❍

If the system recognises the name John,

it will show the information relating to

this name on the display.

If your phonebook has only one number

stored for John, the system will ask you di-

rectly if you want to call him. To make the

call, say “Yes”; otherwise, say “No”.

If, on the other hand there are several phone

numbers for John, the system will ask which

one you wish to call (for example, “Call

John work or home?”). Respond by indicat-

ing the type of telephone number desired

(for example, “Home”).

❍

Blue&Me

™

asks you if you want to

copy the phonebook of the mobile

phone just paired on the Blue&Me

™

system. You are advised to copy it. To

proceed with the copying, say “Yes”.

If you do not want to copy the phone-

book, say “No”.

❍

On some compatible mobile phones,

the names in the phonebook are not

copied automatically but have to be

transferred using the mobile phone key-

pad. If Blue&Me

™

asks you to do

this, perform this procedure following

the instructions specific to your mobile

phone and press ß/MENU when

you have finished.

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SMS MESSAGE READER QUICK GUIDE

(COMPATIBLE MOBILE PHONES ONLY)

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To get to know all the functions and ways

of using the SMS message reader, refer to

the SMS MESSAGE READER FUNCTIONS

chapter.



If you have difficulty using the SMS mes-

sage reader, consult the TROUBLESHOOT-

ING – SMS MESSAGE READER chapter.

If your Bluetooth

®

phone supports this func-

tion, when you receive a new SMS message,

Blue&Me

™

alerts you with an audible sig-

nal and asks you if you want to read it.

❍

Say “Yes” or press the ß/MENU or

SRC/OK button, and the system will

read the last message received

❍

Say “No” or press the &

/ESC button,

and the system will store the message

for you to read later.

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MEDIA PLAYER

QUICK GUIDE

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To get to know all the functions and ways of

using the Media Player, refer to the MEDIA

PLAYER FUNCTIONS chapter.



If you have difficulty using the Media

Player, consult the TROUBLESHOOTING

– MEDIA PLAYER chapter.

❍

The time required by Blue&Me

™

to

recognise your USB device and start play-

back may depend on the type of device,

its capacity and its contents.

❍

After Blue&Me

™

has created a library

of your digital audio files, you can select

and listen to tracks, albums, artists and

playlists, interacting manually or vocally

with Blue&Me

™

. Creating the library

may require a few minutes if your USB

device contains many files.

❍

iPod player – see paragraph “Managing

audio files from iPod devices”.

❍

You can also decide whether to play au-

dio files automatically when the

USB/iPod device is connected or to play

them only on your command.

To start playing the digital audio stored on

your USB device, proceed as follows:

❍

Copy the tracks to your USB device (see

paragraph “Compatible digital audio

files”).

❍

For USB devices without a USB cable,

simply connect the device to the USB

port in the car (either directly or with an

extension) (see fig. 1).

❍

For USB devices with a cable, connect

one end to your USB device and the oth-

er to the USB port in the car (see fig. 1).

❍

Turn the car’s ignition key to the

MAR–ON position.

Blue&Me

™

will automatically start to

play your digital tracks, selecting them

from a library that is created when you

connect the USB device.

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