phone TOYOTA COROLLA HATCHBACK 2021 Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)
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1968-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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■Microphone
The microphone is used when 
talking on the phone.
●The other party’s voice will be 
heard from the front speakers. 
The audio/visual system will be 
muted during phone calls or when 
hands-free voice commands are 
used.
●Talk alternately with the other 
party on the phone. If both parties 
speak at the same time, the other 
party may not hear what has been 
said. (This is no t a malfunction.)
●Keep call volume down. Other-
wise, the other party’s voice may 
be audible outside the vehicle and 
voice echo may increase. When 
talking on the phone, speak 
clearly towards the microphone.
●The other party may not hear you 
clearly when:
• Driving on an unpaved road.  (Making excessive traffic noise.)
• Driving at high speeds.
• The windows are open.
• The air conditioning vents are  pointed towards the microphone.
• The sound of the air conditioning  fan is loud.
• There is a negative effect on 
sound quality due to the phone 
and/or network  being used.
Press the talk switch to operate 
the voice command system.
The voice command system 
and its list of commands can 
be operated. ( P.168)
NOTICE
●Do not touch and put a sharp 
object to the microphone. It may 
cause failure.
Voice command system 
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1978-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
 The following data is stored 
for every registered phone. 
When another phone is con-
nected, the following regis-
tered data cannot be read:
• Contact data
• Call history data
• Favorites data
• Image data
• All phone settings
• Message settings
●When a phone’s registration is 
deleted, the above-mentioned 
data is also deleted.
A lot of personal data is regis-
tered when the hands-free sys-
tem is used. When selling or 
disposing of the v ehicle, initial-
ize the data. ( P. 6 5 )
 The following data in the sys-
tem can be initialized:
• Contact data
• Call history data
• Favorites data
• Image data
• All phone settings
• Message settings
●Once initialized,  the data and set-
tings will be eras ed. Pay much 
attention when init ializing the data.
About the contacts in the 
contact listWhen selling or disposing 
of the vehicle 
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1988-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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1Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.192)
2 Select the desired method to 
call from.
■Calling methods from 
phone screen
 By call history ( P.198)
 By favorites ( P.199)
 By contacts ( P.199)
 By keypad ( P.201)
 By message ( P.210)
■Also the following lists are 
available from each func-
tion’s screen
 By POI call
* ( P.82)
 By voice command system 
( P.169)
 By home screen ( P.201)
*: Premium Audio only
Up to 30 of the latest call history 
items (missed, incoming and 
outgoing) can be selected.
1 Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.192)
2 Select “History” and select 
the desired contact.
 If the contact which is not reg-
istered on the contact list is 
selected, the name is dis-
played as “Unknown Con-
tact”. In this case, select the 
number to make a call prop-
erly.
3 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed.
●The icons of call type are dis-
played.
: Missed call
: Incoming call
: Outgoing call
●When making a call to the same 
number continuously, only the 
most recent call is listed in call his-
tory.
●When a phone number registered 
in the contact list is received, the 
name is displayed.
●Number-withheld calls are also 
memorized in the system.
●International phone calls may not 
be made depending on the type of 
Bluetooth
® phone you have.
●The list should group together 
consecutive entries with the same 
phone number and same call 
type. For example, two calls from 
John’s mobile would be displayed 
Placing a call using 
the Bluetooth® 
hands-free system
After a Bluetooth® phone 
has been registered, a call 
can be made using the 
hands-free system. There 
are several methods by 
which a call can be made, as 
described below.
Calling methods on the 
Bluetooth
® phone
By call history 
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1998-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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as follows: John (2)
Calls can be made using regis-
tered contacts which can be 
selected from a contact list. 
( P.218)
1 Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.192)
2 Select “Favorites” and select 
the desired contact.
3 Select the desired number.
4 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed. Calls can be made by using 
contact data which is transferred 
from a registered cellular phone. 
(
P.213)
Up to 5000 contacts (maximum 
of 4 phone numbers, e-mail 
addresses and addresses per 
contact) can be registered in the 
contact list.
1 Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.192)
2 Select “Contacts” and select 
the desired contact.
3 Select the desired number.
“Add Favorite”/“Remove Favorite”: 
Select to register/remove the con-
tact in the favo rites list. (P.218)
“E-mail Addresses”: Select to dis-
play all registered e-mail addresses 
for the contact.
“Addresses”: Select to display all 
registered addresses for the con-
tact.
4 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed.
By favorites list
By contacts list 
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2008-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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■For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones when “Auto-
matic Transfer” is set to on 
( P.214)
 Contacts are transferred auto-
matically.
■For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones when “Auto-
matic Transfer” is set to off 
( P.214)
1 Select the desired item.
Select to always transfer all 
the contacts from a con-
nected cellular phone auto-
matically.
Select to transfer all the con-
tacts from a connected cellu-
lar phone only once.
Select to cancel transferring.
2 Check that a confirmation 
screen is displayed when the 
operation is complete.
■For PBAP incompatible but 
OPP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones
1 Select the desired item. Select to transfer the con-
tacts from the connected cel-
lular phone.
Transfer the contact data to 
the system using a Blue-
tooth
® phone.
Select to add a new contact 
manually.
Follow the steps in “Register-
ing a new contact to the con-
tacts list” from step  2. 
( P.217)
Select to cancel transferring.
●If your cellular phone is neither 
PBAP nor OPP compatible, the 
contacts cannot be transferred 
using Bluetooth
®. But the contacts 
can be transferred from USB 
device. ( P.216)
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone:
• It may be necessary to perform 
additional steps on the phone 
when transferring contact data.
• The registered image in the con-
tact list may not transfer depend-
ing on the type of Bluetooth
® 
phone connected.
When the contact list is 
empty
A
B
C
A
B
C 
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1 Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.192)
2 Select “Keypad” and enter 
the phone number.
3 Select   or press the   
switch on the steering wheel.
4 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, it 
may be necessary to perform 
additional steps on the phone.
1 Display the home screen. 
( P.30)
2 Select the desired contact.
3 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed.
■Registering a new contact
1 Select and hold the screen 
button to add a contact.
2 Select the desired contact.
3 Select the desired number.
●If there is no contact in the con-
tacts list, the cont acts cannot be 
registered at the home screen.
●The contact cannot be registered 
at the home screen while driving.
By keypadBy home screen 
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2028-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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1Select “Answer” or press the 
 switch on the steering 
wheel to talk on the phone.
“Decline”: Select to refuse to 
receive the call.
To adjust the volume of a received 
call: Turn the “POWER VOLUME” 
knob, or use the volume control 
switch on the steering wheel.
●The contact image picture can be 
displayed only when the vehicle is 
not moving.
●During international phone calls, 
the other party’s name or number 
may not be displayed correctly 
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone you have.
●The incoming call display mode 
can be set. ( P.212)
●The ringtone that has been set in 
the sound settings screen can be 
heard when there is an incoming 
call. Depending on the type of  Bluetooth
® phone, both the sys-
tem and Bluetooth® phone may 
ring simultaneously when there is 
an incoming call. ( P.211)Receiving a call using 
the Bluetooth® 
hands-free system
When a call is received, the 
following screen is dis-
played with a sound.
Incoming calls 
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2038-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
Select to display the keypad 
to send tones. ( P.204)
Select to send tones. This 
button only appears when a 
number that contains a (w) is 
dialed in hands-free mode. 
( P.204)
Select to adjust your voice 
volume that the other party 
hears from their speaker. 
( P.204)
Select to mute your voice to 
the other party.
Select to mute the naviga-
tion route guidance during a 
phone call.
*
Select to change handset 
modes between hands-free  and cellular phone.
Select to put a call on hold.
To cancel this function, select 
“Activate”.
Select to hang up the phone.
*: Premium Audio only
●Changing from hands-free call to 
cellular phone call is not possible 
while driving.
●Only when the vehicle is not mov-
ing, the contact image can be dis-
played.
●When cellular phone call is 
changed to hands-free call, the 
hands-free screen will be dis-
played and its functions can be 
operated on the screen.
●Changing between cellular phone 
call and hands-free call can be 
performed by operating the cellu-
lar phone directly.
●Transferring methods and opera-
tions will be differ
ent depending 
on the type of Bluetooth
® phone 
you have.
●For the operation of the cellular 
phone, see the manual that 
comes with it.
Talking on the Blue-
tooth® hands-free sys-
tem
While talking on the phone, 
the following screen is dis-
played. The operations out-
lined below can be 
performed on this screen.
Call screen operation
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H 
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2048-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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■By keypad
1 Select “0-9”.
2 Enter the desired number.
■By selecting “Release 
Tones”
“Release Tones” appear when a 
continuous tone signal(s) con-
taining a (w) is registered in the 
contact list.
1 Select “Release Tones”.
●A continuous tone signal is a char-
acter string that consists of num-
bers and the characters “p” or “w”. 
(e.g. 056133w0123p#1)
●When the “p” pause tone is used, 
the tone data up  until the next 
pause tone will be  automatically 
sent after 2 seconds have 
elapsed. When the “w” pause tone 
is used, the tone  data up until the 
next pause tone  will be automati-
cally sent after a user operation is 
performed.
●Release tones can be used when 
automated operation of a phone 
based service su ch as an answer-
ing machine or bank phone ser-
vice is desired. A phone number 
with continuous tone signals can 
be registered in the contact list.
●Tone data after a “w” pause tone 
can be operated by voice com-
mand during a call.
1 Select “Transmit Volume”.
2 Select the desired level for 
the transmit volume.
3 Select   to display previ-
ous screen.
●The sound quality of the voice 
heard from the other party’s 
speaker may be negatively 
impacted.
●“Transmit Volume” is dimmed 
when mute is on.
Sending tonesTransmit volume setting 
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2058-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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 When there are no calls on 
hold during a call: “Hold” is 
displayed. When selected, the 
current call is placed on hold.
 When there is no current call, 
but there is a call on hold: 
“Activate” is displayed. When 
selected, the system switches 
to the call that was on hold.
 When there is another call on 
hold during a call: “Swap 
Calls” is displayed. When 
selected, the current call is 
placed on hold, and the sys-
tem switches to the call that 
was on hold.
●This function may not be available 
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone.
When a call is interrupted by a 
third party while talking, the 
incoming screen is displayed.
1 Select “Answer” or press the 
 switch on the steering 
wheel to start talking with the 
other party.
 To refuse to receive the call: 
Select “Decline”.
 Each time “Swap Calls” is 
selected, the party who is on 
hold will be switched.
●This function may not be available 
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone.
Switching calls while a 
call is in progressIncoming call waiting