TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID 2021 Accessories, Audio & Navigation (in English)
Manufacturer: TOYOTA, Model Year: 2021, Model line: HIGHLANDER HYBRID, Model: TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID 2021Pages: 412, PDF Size: 18.57 MB
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3418-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
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■For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones when “Auto-
matic Transfer” is set to on 
( P.354)
 Contacts are transferred auto-
matically.
■For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth
® phones when “Auto-
matic Transfer” is set to off 
( P.354)
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.357)
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.356)
●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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3428-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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1Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.334)
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. 3 3 )
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 contacts cannot be 
registered at the home screen.
●The contact cannot be registered 
at the home screen while driving.
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 VOL-
UME”/“PWR/VOL” knob, or use the 
volume control switch on the steer-
ing 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.352)
●The ringtone that has been set in 
the sound settings screen can be 
heard when there is an incoming 
By keypad
By home screen
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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3438-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
Phone
HIGHLANDER_HIGHLANDER HV_NAVI_(U)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.352)
Select to display the keypad 
to send tones. ( P.344)
Select to send tones. This 
button only appears when a 
number that contains a (w) is 
dialed in hands-free mode. 
( P.344)
Select to adjust your voice 
volume that the other party 
hears from their speaker. 
( P.345)
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 
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 
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3448-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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and cellular phone.
Select to put a call on hold.
To cancel this function, select 
“Activate”.
Select to hang up the phone.
*: Premium Audio/12.3-inch display model
●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 diffe rent depending 
on the type of Bluetooth
® phone 
you have.
●For the operation of the cellular 
phone, see the manual that 
comes with it.
■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 d ata 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 such 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.
G
H
Sending tones 
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3458-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
8
Phone
HIGHLANDER_HIGHLANDER HV_NAVI_(U)
1Select “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.
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.
Transmit volume setting
Switching calls while a 
call is in progress
Incoming call waiting 
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3468-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
HIGHLANDER_HIGHLANDER HV_NAVI_(U)
1Display the phone top 
screen. ( P.334)
2 Select “Message”.
 A confirmation message 
appears when the “Automatic 
Message Transfer” function is 
set to off ( P.359), select 
“Yes”.
3 Check that the message 
screen is displayed.
“Phone”: Select to change to phone 
mode.
The account name is dis-
played on the left side of  screen.
 Account names are the 
names of the accounts that 
exist on the currently con-
nected phone.
 The following functions can 
be used on message function:
• Receiving a message  ( P.346)
• Checking messages  ( P.347)
• Replying to a message (dicta- tion reply) ( P.348)
• Replying to a message (quick  reply) ( P.348)
• Calling the message sender  ( P.349)
• Message settings ( P.359)
When an e-mail/SMS/MMS is 
received, the incoming message 
screen pops up with sound and 
is ready to be operated on the 
screen.
Select to check the message.
Select to not open the mes-
sage.
Select to call the message 
sender.
Bluetooth® phone 
message function
Received messages can be 
forwarded from the con-
nected Bluetooth
® phone, 
enabling checking and 
replying using the system.
Depending on the type of 
Bluetooth
® phone con-
nected, received messages 
may not be transferred to 
the system.
If the phone does not sup-
port the message function, 
this function cannot be 
used. Even when the sup-
ported phone is used, reply 
function may not be used.
Displaying the message 
screen
Receiving a message
A
B
C 
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3478-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
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●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone used for receiving 
messages, or its registration sta-
tus with the system, some infor-
mation may not be displayed.
●The pop-up screen is separately 
available for incoming e-mail and 
SMS/MMS messages under the 
following conditions:
E-mail:
• “Incoming E-mail Display” is set to  “Full Screen”. ( P.352)
• “E-mail Notification Pop-up” is set  to on. ( P.352)
SMS/MMS:
• “Incoming SMS/MMS Display” is  set to “Full Screen”. ( P.352)
• “SMS/MMS Notification Pop-up” is 
set to on. ( P.352)
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, 
E-Mail function cannot be used via 
Bluetooth
®.
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.346)
2 Select a desired account 
name.
3 Select the desired message 
from the list.
4 Check that the message is 
displayed. Select to call the message 
sender.
Select to have messages 
read out.
To cancel this function, select 
“Stop”.
When “Automatic Message 
Readout” is set to on, mes-
sages will be automatically 
read out. (
P.359)
Select to display the previous 
or next message.
This function can be chosen 
the method to reply mes-
sage with “Dictation” or 
“Quick Message”.
●Reading a text message is not 
available while driving.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, 
this function cannot be used.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, it 
may be necessary to perform 
additional steps on the phone.
●Messages are displayed in the 
appropriate connected Blue-
tooth
® phone’s registered mail 
address folder. Select the desired 
folder to be displayed.
●Only received messages on the 
connected Bluetooth® phone can 
be displayed.
●The text of the message is not dis-
played while driving.
●Turn the “POWER VOL-
UME”/“PWR/VOL”  knob, or use 
the volume control switch on the 
steering wheel to adjust the mes-
sage read out volume.
●“Subject:” field is not shown on 
SMS case.
Checking received mes-
sages
A
B
C
D 
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3488-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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●E-mail only: Select “Mark Unread” 
or “Mark Read” to mark mail 
unread or read on the message 
screen.
This function is available when 
“Update Message Read Status on 
Phone” is set to on. (P.359)
*: If equipped
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.346)
2 Select the desired message 
from the list.
3 Select “Reply”.
4 Select “Dictation”.
5 When the “Say Your Mes-
sage” screen is displayed, 
speak message that you 
want to send.
6 Select “Send” to send mes-
sage.
“Cancel”: Select to cancel sending 
the message.
“Retry”: Select to retry speaking 
message that you want to send.
While the message is being 
sent, a sending message 
screen is displayed.
7 Check that a confirmation 
screen is displayed when the 
operation is complete.
 If an error message is dis-
played, follow the guidance 
on the screen to try again. 15 messages have already 
been stored.
1
Display the message screen. 
( P.346)
2 Select the desired message 
from the list.
3 Select “Reply”.
4 Select “Quick Message”.
5 Select the desired message.
: Select to edi t the message. 
(  P.348)
6 Select “Send”.
“Cancel”: Select to cancel sending 
the message.
While the message is being 
sent, a sending message 
screen is displayed.
7 Check that a confirmation 
screen is displayed when the 
operation is complete.
 If an error message is dis-
played, follow the guidance 
on the screen to try again.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone, reply function is not 
available.
■Editing quick reply mes-
sages
This operation cannot be per-
formed while driving.
1 Select   corresponding to 
the desired message to edit.
Replying to a message 
(dictation reply)*
Replying to a message 
(quick reply) 
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3498-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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Phone
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2Select “OK” when editing is 
completed.
●To reset the edited quick reply 
messages, select “Default”.
●Quick message 1 ( “I am driving 
and will arrive in approximately 
[##] minutes.”)
*: 
This message cannot be edited 
and will automatica lly fill in [##] 
with the navigation calculated esti-
mated time of arrival on the con-
firm message screen.
If there are waypoints set, [##] to 
the next waypoint will be shown.
If there is no route  currently set in 
the navigation system, quick mes-
sage 1 cannot be selected.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone used for receiving 
messages, reply function may not 
be used.
*: Premium Audio/12.3-inch display 
model
Calls can be made to an 
e-mail/SMS/MMS message 
sender’s phone number.
This operation can be per-
formed while driving.
■Calling from e-mail/SMS/
MMS message display
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.346)
2 Select the desired message.
3 Select  , or press the   
switch on the steering wheel.
 If there are 2 or more phone 
numbers, select the desired  number.
4 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed.
■Calling from a number 
within a message
Calls can be made to a number 
identified in a message’s text 
area.
This operation cannot be per-
formed while driving.
1 Display the message screen. 
( P.346)
2 Select the desired message.
3 Select the text area.
 Identified phone numbers 
contained in the message are 
displayed in blue text.
4 Select the desired number.
5 Check that the dialing screen 
is displayed.
●A series of numbers may be rec-
ognized as a phone number. Addi-
tionally, some phone numbers 
may not be recognized, such as 
those for other countries.
Calling the message 
sender 
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3508-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
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■Calling from the incoming 
message screen
For detail, refer to “Receiving a 
message”. ( P.346)