DODGE JOURNEY 2013 1.G Owners Manual

Things You Should Know About Your Uconnect®
Phone
Voice Command
•For best performance, adjust the rearview mirror to
provide at least ½ in (1 cm) gap between the overhead
console (if equipped) and the mirror.
•Always wait for the beep before speaking.
•Speak normally, without pausing, just as you would
speak to a person sitting a few feet/meters away from
you.
•Make sure that no one other than you is speaking
during a voice command period.•Performance is maximized under:
•low-to-medium blower setting,
•low-to-medium vehicle speed,
•low road noise,
•smooth road surface,
•fully closed windows,
•dry weather condition.
•Even though the system is designed for users speaking
in North American English, French, and Spanish ac-
cents, the system may not always work for some.
•When navigating through an automated system such
as voice mail, or when sending a page, before speaking
the digit string, make sure to say “Send”.
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•It is recommended that you do not store names in your
favorites phonebook while the vehicle is in motion.
•Phonebook (Mobile and Favorites) name recognition
rate is optimized when the entries are not similar.
•You can say “O” (letter “O”) for “0” (zero).
•Even though international dialing for most number
combinations is supported, some shortcut dialing
number combinations may not be supported.
•In a convertible vehicle, system performance may be
compromised with the convertible top down.
Far End Audio Performance
•Audio quality is maximized under:
•low-to-medium blower setting,
•low-to-medium vehicle speed,•low road noise,
•smooth road surface,
•fully closed windows,
•dry weather conditions, and
•operation from the driver’s seat.
•Performance, such as audio clarity, echo, and loudness
to a large degree rely on the phone and network, and
not the Uconnect® Phone.
•Echo at the far end can sometimes be reduced by
lowering the in-vehicle audio volume.
•In a convertible vehicle, system performance may be
compromised with the convertible top down.
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Voice Text Reply
Uconnect® Phone can read or send new messages on
your phone.
Your phone must support SMS over Bluetooth® in order
to use this feature. If the Uconnect® Phone determines
your phone is not compatible with SMS messaging over
Bluetooth® the “Messaging” button will be greyed out
and the feature will not be available for use.
NOTE:Uconnect® Phone SMS is only available when
the vehicle is not in moving.
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Read Messages:
If you receive a new text message while your phone is
connected to Uconnect® Phone, an announcement will be
made to notify you that you have a new text message.
Once a message is received and viewed or listened to,
you will have the following options:
•Send a Reply
•Forward
•Call
Send Messages Using Soft-Keys:
You can send messages using Uconnect® Phone. To send
a new message:
•Touch the “Phone” soft-key,
•Touch the “messaging” soft-key then “New Message”,
•Touch one of the 18 preset messages and the person
you wish to send the message to,
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•If multiple numbers are available for the contact select
which number you would like to have the message sent,
•Press “Send” or “Cancel”.Send Messages Using Voice Commands:
•Press the
button,
•After the “Listening” prompt and the following beep,
say “Send message to John Smith mobile”,
•After the system prompts you for what message you
want to send, say the message you wish to send or say
“List”. There are 18 preset messages.
While the list of defined messages are being read, you can
interrupt the system by pressing the
button and
saying the message you want to send.
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After the system confirms that you want to send your
message to John Smith, your message will be sent.List of Preset Messages:
1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Okay.
4. I can’t talk right now.
5. Call me.
6. I’ll call you later.
7. I’m on my way.
8. Thanks.
9. I’ll be late.
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10. I will be minutes late.
11. See you in minutes.
12. Stuck in traffic.
13. Start without me.
14. Where are you?
15. Are you there yet?
16. I need directions.
17. I’m lost.
18. See you later.Bluetooth® Communication Link
Mobile phones have been found to lose connection to the
Uconnect® Phone. When this happens, the connection
can generally be reestablished by switching the phone
OFF/ON. Your mobile phone is recommended to remain
in Bluetooth® ON mode.
Power-Up
After switching the ignition key from OFF to either the
ON or ACC position, or after a language change, you
must wait at least 15 seconds prior to using the system.
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Voice Tree
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NOTE:
1. You can replace “John Smith” with any name in your
mobile or favorite phone book. You can also say “Send
a message to John Smith” and the system will ask you
which phone number you want to send a message to
for John Smith.
2. You can replace “Mobile” with “Home”, “Work” or
“Other”.
3. You can replace “Incoming Calls” with “Outgoing
Calls” or “Missed Calls”.
4. You can replace “248 555 1212” with any phone
number supported by your Mobile phone.
5. These commands can be used during a phone call after
pushing the Uconnect® Voice Command button on
the steering wheel. Please note the call will be muted
while the VR session is active.6.Send dial tones for automated systems is available while
a call is active. This is an example that uses a Phonebook
Record named “Voicemail Password.”
7. Storing Dial tones in contact names is possible but
only the first number encountered in a contact name
will be sent. For example if there is a number stored in
the Home and Work numbers for the contact “Voice-
mail password” only the Home number will be sent
8.
If your phone does not support phonebook download or
call log download over Bluetooth then these commands
will return a response that the contact does not exist in
the phonebook.
9.Emergency and Towing assistance are contacts that have
been pre-loaded in the phonebooks. Commands such as
“Call Emergency” and “Call Towing Assistance” will call
the corresponding number stored with those contacts.
NOTE:Available Voice Commands are shown in bold
face and underlined in the gray shaded boxes.
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