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DISPLAY 
The different Blue&Me
™Main Menu op-
tions are displayed on the instrument pan-
el multifunction display (see fig. 1).
The display shows the following informa-
tion:
❒Status information for the Bluetooth®
wireless technology-enabled mobile
phone.
❒;indicates that Blue&Me™is cur-
rently connected with a Bluetooth®
wireless technology-enabled mobile
phone.
❒NO BLUETOOTH- the connection
is disconnected (versions with multi-
function display).
❒Name of your current mobile phone
carrier (“- - - - - - - -” displayed if not
available).
❒Info about message received, message
sender phone number or name 
(if stored in the phonebook).
❒Data concerning the track being played
by the media player.
❒CurrentBlue&Me™information or
current menu option.AUDIO
Blue&Me™uses your in-car audio equip-
ment to deliver audio output (hands-free
phone conversation, media player, voice
announcements and tone signals). For this
purpose, the current audio program is
muted for the time needed. 
You can always adjust the audio volume
either through the radio or the steering
wheel controls. 
When the audio system is used by
Blue&Me™, the radio display will show
dedicated messages.
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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 multifunction display. Available
options enable to activate the different
functions or to change the settings of your
Blue&Me™system. 
The Main Menu includes the following op-
tions:
❒LAST CALLS- this submenu allows
you to view a list of the recent calls
made or received. This list is either
downloaded from your mobile phone
memory, or accumulated 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 contained in groups within alpha-
betical submenus indicating the contacts
within that group. The number of con-
tacts within a group depends on the
amount of entries in your phonebook.
❒MESSAGE READER 
(with compatible mobile phones
only)- This submenu enables to read
the last message received, to call the
message sender or to delete the last
message received. It is possible to store
up to 20 received messages in the ded-
icated inbox and to play them later, to
call the message sender or to delete the
messages. It is possible to select noti-
fication signals for the arrival of a new
SMS text.
❒MEDIA PLAYER- this submenu al-
lows to scroll the digital audio tracks in
the library by folder, artist, genre, al-
bum or by playlist. This sub-menu is to
be used to select and play tracks.
iPod player- see dedicated paragraph.
❒SETTINGS- this submenu allows you
to perform tasks such as managing your
phonebook entries, creating a pairing
relationship, or setting a connection ID.Launching the Main Menu
To launch the Blue&Me™Main Menu,
press 
ß, you can then interact with the sys-
tem through the buttons on the steering
wheel.
Navigating the menu options
To navigate through the items in a menu,
press 
QorZ. 
When the number of characters in a dis-
play message is too long for the allowable
number of display characters, the text in
the display message will be cut to fit the
display size. 
To select the option shown on the display,
press OKor 
ß.
To quit the selected option or to exit a
submenu, press 
ESC.
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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 pronounc-
ing the digits of the phone number or call
the last message sender.
By using steering wheel buttons, you can
make phone calls to people in your phone-
book or call history list by selecting the as-
sociated item in the LAST CALLSor
PHONEBOOKsubmenus.
In addition, you can use other calling fea-
tures such as responding to incoming calls,
redial, callback, call waiting, read a mes-
sage or delete it. If you encounter difficulties with any of
the voice recognition operations, consult
section HANDS-FREE KIT - TROU-
BLESHOOTING.
Notes
❒Before you can make and receive
phone calls using the hands-free kit, you
must create a pairing relationship for
your mobile phone. 
For further information read chapter
SETTING FUNCTIONS – PAIRING
YOUR MOBILE PHONE.
❒To activate the hands-free kit, the ig-
nition key shall be at MAR.
❒If during a phone call you turn the ig-
nition key to STOP, you can contin-
ue 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
commands
❒Dialling a phone number using the mo-
bile phone keypad
❒Calling a phone number using call his-
tory (last calls)
❒Call the sender of a received SMS mes-
sage 
For further information refer to chap-
ter FUNCTIONS OF SMS MESSAGES
READER, paragraph SMS MESSAGES
MANAGEMENT
HANDS-FREE KIT FUNCTIONS
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INCOMING CALLS
With the hands-free phone system you
can respond to incoming phone calls us-
ing steering wheel buttons. When a phone
call is received, the system will display in-
formation about the caller’s identity if
available.
The incoming phone call will have cus-
tomized ring tone (if this function is avail-
able on your mobile phone).
Answering a phone call
❒To answer the phone call, press ß. 
❒To end the phone call, press ßfor
longer than 1 second. 
Rejecting a phone call
❒To reject the phone call, press ßfor
longer than 1 second.
Ignoring a phone call
❒To ignore the phone call and mute the
phone call ring tone, press 
ESC.Answering an incoming phone call
during an active phone conversation
To answer an incoming phone call while
another phone conversation is active,
press 
ß. The system will switch to the in-
coming phone call and put the current
phone conversation on hold.
Note 
Certain mobile phones support the abili-
ty to transmit your contacts’ ring tones to
the hands-free phone system and play cus-
tomized ring tones for incoming phone
calls. In this case the incoming phone calls
will have your mobile phone customized
ring tones.MANAGING PHONE CALLS
Transferring a phone conversation 
from your mobile phone to the
hands-free phone system
If you enter the car during a phone con-
versation from your mobile phone and you
want to continue the conversation using
the car hands-free phone system, you can
transfer the phone conversation to it.
Proceed as follows:
❒Get into he car and turn the ignition
key to MAR, to activate the hands-free
phone system.
❒The system will send a message to your
mobile phone offering hands-free
phone support.
❒To transfer the conversation to the
hands-free phone, enter the informa-
tion required by your mobile phone.
(This process is different for each mo-
bile phone).
❒The phone conversation is transferred
to the system. 
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Transferring a phone conversation
from the hands-free phone to your
mobile phone
To transfer a phone conversation from the
hands-free phone to your mobile phone,
press OK.
You can talk on your mobile phone and
still use buttons on the steering wheel.
Specifically, you can press 
ßto switch be-
tween two phone calls on your mobile
phone, or press 
ßfor longer than 1 sec-
ond to end the phone conversation. Putting a phone call on hold
To put a phone call on hold and disable
the microphone so that you can talk with-
out being listened to by the caller, press
ESC. CONFERENCE CALL FUNCTION 
(only with Bluetooth
®phones
supporting this function)
With the Conference Call function you
can call another contact while you are en-
gaged in a phone conversation yet. In this
way you can speak with both contacts at
the same time.
To start a Conference call while you are
still engaged in a phone conversation, call
the second required contact as described
in section MAKING A PHONE CALL.
When Conference Call option is active the
display will show “CONFERENCE”.
To end both calls, press button 
ßfor long
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HOW TO MANAGE 
THE MEDIA LIBRARY
With the media player you can select the
audio files stored on your USB device, us-
ing voice commands or steering wheel
buttons. 
You can scroll audio files by folder, artist,
genre, album or playlist and then select the
required category using voice commands.
After selecting the required category, se-
lect the required file using manual con-
trols. 
Enter track data (e.g.: title, artist, album,
genre) for surfing your media library
friendly.
Note
Not all formats require to enter media in-
fo. Formats .mp3and .wma, .aacrecog-
nized by Blue&Me™require media info
whereas .wavnot. If no media info is en-
tered, audio files can only be selected by
folder.
For further details, refer to section
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR USING THE
MEDIA PLAYER.Selection by folder
Track folders on your USB device are dis-
played in the FOLDERSmenu.
?
To select tracks through manual in-
teraction, proceed as follows:
Launch the Main Menu and select
MEDIA PLAYER, then press OK
or 
ß.
Select FOLDERS, then press OK
or 
ß.
Scroll folders. To play all folders, se-
lect PLAY ALLand then press OK
or 
ß. To display folder tracks, press
OKor 
ß.
Scroll the selected folder tracks. 
To play the required track, select
the title and then press OKor 
ß.
}
Or, using voice interaction:
Press 
‘and pronounce “Fold-
ers”.
Scroll folders. To play all folder, se-
lect PLAY ALLand then press
OKor 
ß. To display folder tracks,
press OKor 
ß.
Scroll the selected folder tracks. To
play the required track, select the ti-
tle and then press OKor 
ß.
For further details on FOLDERS,
menu customization, see section
PRACTICAL HINTS FOR USING
THE MEDIA PLAYER.
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The SETTINGSmenu enables you to
perform the following functions:
❒Pairing a mobile phone
❒Managing user data
❒Media player settings
❒Advanced Options.
To perform functions and adjustments in
the SETTINGSmenu, you may use but-
tons on the steering wheel or voice com-
mands at car standstill. When the car is
moving, you can use voice commands on-
ly. Instructions are provided for both
methods. 
If you encounter difficulties with any of
the Blue&Me™settings, consult section
TROUBLESHOOTING.PAIRING A MOBILE PHONE
Before you can use your mobile phone
with the hands-free phone function on
your car, you must create a pairing rela-
tionship between the mobile phone and
the hands-free phone system.
During the pairing procedure, the hands-
free phone system attempts to detect a
phone equipped with Bluetooth
®wire-
less technology within range, and then es-
tablishes the connection using a Personal
Identification Number (PIN). After a pair-
ing relationship is established, you can use
the hands-free phone system to make and
receive phone calls, and do other opera-
tions via your wirelessly-connected mo-
bile phone.
IMPORTANT The mobile phone pairing
PIN number is a special PIN generated
randomly at each new pairing and used
just for this operation. It is not your SIM
PIN and therefore it is not required to
store or to keep it in mind; loosing it will
not impair the hands-free phone system
operation.
The pairing procedure will only need to
be performed once for your mobile
phone. After this procedure Blue&Me™
will automatically connect to your phone
each time you get into the car and turn
the ignition key to MAR.You can create a pairing relationship us-
ing the PAIRINGoption in the SET-
TINGSmenu.
?
To create a pairing relationship us-
ing manual interaction, proceed as
follows:
Press 
ßto open the Main Menu,
then select SETTINGSby press-
ing OKor 
ß.
Select PAIRINGand then press
OKor 
ß. The system will start the
pairing procedure.
The system shows the mobile
phone pairing PIN on the instru-
ment panel display and repeats it.
Please note that this is a PIN used
just for this operation, it is not your
SIM PIN. 
For the next two steps, consult your
mobile phone owner’s manual about
Bluetooth
®pairing.
SETTINGS FUNCTIONS
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SUPPORTED USB MEMORY DEVICES 
USB MEMORY DEVICES 
The multimedia player is compatible with
most of the USB mass storage devices 1.0,
1.1 or 2.0, which can be configured as hard
disks.
MANAGEMENT OF AUDIO
FILES FROM iPod DEVICES
To improve the connection of your iPod
with Blue&Me™, it is usually necessary
to carry out these few simple operations
on your iPod :
❒configure the iPod for use an an ex-
ternal disc, referring to the iPod in-
struction manual;
❒if the configuration has been made on
an Apple PC, make the configuration in
Windows format:
❒store the sound tracks as audio files
compatible with Blue&Me™.
These operations do not compromise
listening quality or the accessability of
tracks managed by the iPod.What I can do
❒Listen to tracks with digital quality
❒Select tracks (by Artist, Album, Genre
etc.) by voice control or using the con-
trols on the steering wheel
❒Display information about the track be-
ing played (song title, artist, etc.) on the
instrument panel. 
❒Recharge the iPod via USB connection.
What I cannot do
❒Playing of audio tracks from iPod de-
vices not configurable as external disks
or iPhone (without Media Player
Blue&Me™adapter, see following
Note).
Note
A Media Player Blue&Me™adapter is
available in Lineaccessori Fiat, to play the
music tracks in iPod or iPhone models that
cannot be configured as an external disk.Note
It is advisable not to use USB devices
equipped with the “password” function. If
the USB device is equipped with this func-
tion, always ensure that the function is dis-
abled.
The media player supports just one media
library. When connecting a new USB de-
vice, Blue&Me™will build a new library
replacing the existing one.
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Problem Probable Cause Possible Solution
With iPods or USB memory sticks the 
system continues playing the same track 
or the “forward” button has to be pressed 
to move on to the next track 
The iPod connected to the 
Blue&Me™is not charged
There is a specific item in the menu, 
like “continuous play” 
or “individual track repetition”, 
which must be deactivated.
Proceed with the deactivation:
❒press the controls activation button 
on the steering wheel
❒when requested by the system, say
“DEACTIVATE CONTINUOUS
PLAY”
in a clear tone
❒wait for voice confirmation by the 
system which will say “CONTINU-
OUS PLAY DEACTIVATED”
Remember that your iPod must have 
some charge or wait a few minutes un-
til the system recharges it The repetition function for each indivi-
dual track may have inadvertently been
activated
When the ignition is ON the vehicle 
recharges the iPod unless the iPod is
completely run down
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