Toyota Tacoma (2005–2015) Owners Manual: Using a Bluetooth® phone

The hands-free system is a function that allows you to use your cellular phone without touching it.

This system supports Bluetooth®. Bluetooth® is a wireless data system that allows the cellular phone to wirelessly connect to the hands-free system and make/receive calls.

Before making a phone call, check the connection status, battery charge, call area and signal strength.

If a Bluetooth® device cannot be connected, check the connection status on the phone screen. If the device is not connected, either register or reconnect it.

Phone screen

To display the screen shown below, press the switch on the steering wheel or press the button.

Several functions are available to operate on each screen that is displayed by selecting the 4 tabs.

Device name

Bluetooth® connection status

■ Microphone

The vehicle’s built in microphone is used when talking on the phone.

The person you are speaking to can be heard from the front speakers.

To use the hands-free system, you must register your Bluetooth® phone in the system.

Status display

You can check indicators such as signal strength and battery charge on any screen.

Connection status

Signal strength

Battery charge

Making a call

Once a Bluetooth® phone is registered, you can make a call using the following procedure:

■ Dialing

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Dial Pad” tab and enter a phone number.

To delete the input phone number, select .

For the first digit, you can enter “+” by selecting “” for a while.

Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

■ Dialing from the contacts list

You can dial a number from the contact data imported from your cellular phone. The system has one contact for each registered phone. Up to 2500 contacts may be stored in each contact.

Display the phone screen.

Select “Contacts” tab.

Choose the desired contact to call from the list.

Choose the number and then press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

■ When the contact is empty

You can transfer the phone numbers in a Bluetooth® phone to the system.

Operation methods differ between PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile) compatible and PBAP incompatible Bluetooth® phones. If the cellular phone does not support either PBAP or OPP (Object Push Profile) service, you cannot transfer contacts.

● For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones

When “Automatic Contact/History　Transfer” is set to on

Select the “Contacts” tab.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

Transfer the contact data to the system using a Bluetooth® phone.

When “Automatic Contact/History Transfer” is set to off

Select the “Contacts” tab.

Select the desired item.

Select to transfer new contacts from a cellular phone, select “Always” and then enable “Automatic Transfer”.

Select to transfer all the contacts from a connected cellular phone only once.

Select to cancel transferring.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

● For PBAP incompatible but OPP compatible Bluetooth® phones

Select the “Contacts” tab.

Follow the steps in “Update contacts from phone” from “STEP 2”.

■ Calling using favorites list

You can make a call using numbers registered in the contact.

Display the phone screen.

Select “Favorites” tab.

Select the desired number to make a call.

■ Dialing from call history

You can make a call using the call history, which has the 3 functions below.

calls which you missed

calls which you received

calls which you made

Display the phone screen.

Select “Call History” tab.

Select or the desired entry from the list.

When is selected

Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.

When the desired contact is selected

Select the desired number.

Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.

■Call history list

●If you make a call to or receive a call from a number registered in the contact, the name is displayed in the call history.

●If you make multiple calls to the same number, only the last call made is displayed in the call history.

■International calls

You may not be able to make international calls, depending on the mobile phone in use.

Receiving a call

When a call is received, the following screen is displayed together with a sound.

■ To answer the phone

Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

■ To refuse a call

Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

■ To adjust the incoming call volume

Turn the “PWR·VOL” knob.

■International calls

Received international calls may not be displayed correctly depending on the cellular phone in use.

Speaking on the phone

The following screen is displayed when speaking on the phone.

■ To adjust the call volume

Select “-” or “+”. You can also adjust the volume using the volume knob.

■ To prevent the other party from hearing your voice

Select “Mute”.

■ Inputting tones

When using phone services such as an answering service or a bank, you can store phone numbers and code numbers in the contact.

Select “0-9”.

Input the number.

● Release Tones

“Release Tones” appear when a continuous tone signal(s) containing a “w” is registered in the contact list.

Select “Release Tones”.

■Release Tones

●A continuous tone signal is a character string that consists of numbers 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 automatically sent after a user operation is performed.

●Release tones can be used when automated operation of a phone based service such as an answering machine or bank phone service 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 on voice command during a call.

■ To transfer a call

Select “Handset Mode” to change from a hands-free call to a cellular phone call.

Select “Handset Mode” to off from a cellular phone call to a handsfree call.

■ Transmit volume setting

Select “Transmit Volume”.

Select the desired level for the transmit volume.

Select “OK”.

■ To hang up

Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

■ Call waiting

When a call is interrupted by a third party while talking, an incoming call message will be displayed.

To talk with the other party: Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

To refuse the call: Press the switch on the steering wheel or select .

Every time you press the switch on the steering wheel or select during call waiting, you will be switched to the other party.

■Transferring calls

●If you transfer from the cellular phone to hands-free, the hands-free screen will be displayed, and you can operate the system using the screen.

●Transfer method and operation may vary according to the cellular phone used.

●For operation of the cellular phone in use, see the phone’s manual.

■Call waiting operation

Call waiting operation may differ depending on your phone company and cellular phone.

Bluetooth® phone message function

Received messages can be forwarded from the connected Bluetooth® phone, enabling checking and replying using the multimedia system.

Depending on the type of Bluetooth® phone connected, received messages may not be transferred to the message inbox.

If the phone does not support the message function, this function cannot be used.

■ Displaying “Message Inbox” screen

Press the switch on the steering wheel or press the button.

Select on the phone screen.

Check that the “Message Inbox” screen is displayed.

■ Receiving a message

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.

E-mail: Select to check the message.

Select to refuse the message.

Select to call the message sender.

■Receiving a message

●Depending on the cellular phone used for receiving messages, or its registration status with the navigation system, some information 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”.

• “E-mail Notification Popup” is set to on. (→P. 338) SMS/MMS:

■ Checking the messages

Display the “Message Inbox” screen.

Select the desired message from the list.

Check that the message is displayed.

E-mails: Select “Mark Unread” or “Mark Read” to mark mail unread or read on the “Message Inbox” screen.

This function is available when “Update Message Read Status on Phone” is set to on

Select to make a call to the sender.

Select to have messages read out. To cancel this function, select “Stop”.

Select to display the previous or next message.

Select to reply the message.

■Check the messages

●Depending on the type of Bluetooth® phone being connected, it may be necessary to perform additional steps on the phone.

●Messages are displayed in the appropriate connected Bluetooth® phone’s registered mail address folder.

Select the tab of the desired folder to be displayed.

●Only received messages on the connected Bluetooth® phone can be displayed.

●The text of the message is not displayed while driving.

●When “Automatic Message Readout” is set to on, messages will be automatically read out.

●Turn the “PWR⋅VOL” knob to adjust the message read out volume.

●The message read out function is available even while driving.

■ Replying to a message

  Display the “Message Inbox” screen.

  Select the desired message from the list.

  Select “Quick Message”.

  Select the desired message.

Select “Send”.

● Editing quick reply message

This operation cannot be performed while driving.

Select “Quick Message”.

Select corresponding to the desired message to edit.

Select “OK” when editing is completed.

■ Calling the message sender

Calls can be made to an e-mail/SMS/MMS message sender’s phone number.

Display the “Message Inbox” screen.

Select the desired message.

Select .

Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.

● Calling from a number within a message

Calls can be made to a number identified in a message’s text area.

Display the “Message Inbox” screen.

Select the desired message.

Select the text area.

Select corresponding to the desired number.

Check that the “Call” screen is displayed.

● Calling from the incoming message screen

Using the steering wheel switches (if equipped)

The steering wheel switches can be used to operate a connected cellular phone.

■ Operating a telephone using the steering wheel switches

Off hook switch

• Make a call

• Receive a call

• Display “Phone” screen

On hook switch

• End a call

• Refuse a call

Bluetooth® phone settings

You can adjust the hands-free system to your desired settings.

■ “Phone/Message Settings” screen

To display the screen shown below, press the “SETUP” button, and select “Phone” on the “Setup” screen.

Set the phone connection

Sound Settings

Contact/Call History Settings

Messaging Settings

Phone Display Settings

■ Sound setting

Display the “Phone/Message Settings” screen.

Select “Sound Settings” on the “Phone/Message Settings” screen.

Set the desired ringtone.

Adjust the ringtone volume.

Adjust the message readout volume.

Set the desired incoming SMS/MMS tone.

Adjust the incoming SMS/ MMS tone volume.

Set the incoming e-mail tone.

Adjust the incoming e-mail tone volume.

Adjust the default volume of the other party’s voice.

■To return to the default settings

Select “Default”, and then “Yes”.

Contact/Call history settings

The contact can be transferred from a Bluetooth® phone to the system.

The contact also can be added, edited and deleted.

The call history can be deleted and contact and favorites can be changed.

Display the “Phone/Message Settings” screen.

Select “Contact/Call History Settings”.

Select the desired item to be set.

For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones, select to set automatic contact/history transfer on/off. When set to on, the phone’s contact data and history are automatically transferred.

Select to update contacts from the connected phone.

Select to sort contacts by the first name or last name field.

Select to add contacts to the favorites list.

Select to delete contacts from the favorites list.

Select to display contact images.

Select to clear contacts from the call history.

Select to add new contacts to the contact list.*

Select to edit contacts in the contact list.*

Select to delete contacts from the contact list.*

Select to reset all setup items.*

*: For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones only, this function is available when “Automatic Contact/ History Transfer” is set to off.

■ Update contacts from phone

Operation methods differ between PBAP compatible and PBAP incompatible but OPP compatible Bluetooth® phones.

If your cellular phone is neither PBAP nor OPP compatible, the contacts cannot be transferred.

● For PBAP Compatible Bluetooth® Phones

Select “Update Contacts from Phone”.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

This operation may be unnecessary depending on the type of cellular phone.

Depending on the type of cellular phone, OBEX authentication may be required when transferring contact data. Enter “1234” into the Bluetooth® phone.

If another Bluetooth® device is connected when transferring contact data, depending on the phone, the connected Bluetooth® device may need to be disconnected.

Depending on the type of Bluetooth® phone being connected, it may be necessary to perform additional steps on the phone.

● For PBAP Incompatible Bluetooth® Phones

Select “Update Contacts from Phone”.

Transfer the contact data to the system using a Bluetooth® phone.

This operation may be unnecessary depending on the type of cellular phone.

Depending on the type of cellular phone, OBEX authentication may be required when transferring contact data. Enter “1234” into the Bluetooth® phone.

To cancel this function, select “Cancel”.

Select “Done” when it appears on the screen.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

● Updating the contacts in a different way (From the “Call History” screen)

For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones, this function is available when “Automatic Contact/History Transfer” is set to off.

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Call History” tab and select a contact not yet registered in the contact list.

Select “Update Contact”.

Select the desired contact.

Select a phone type for the phone number.

■ Registering a new contact to the contact list

New contact data can be registered. Up to 4 numbers per person can be registered. For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones, this function is available when “Automatic Contact/History Transfer” is set to off.

Select “New Contact”.

Enter the name and select “OK”.

Enter the phone number and select “OK”.

Select the phone type for the phone number.

To add another number to this contact, select “Yes”.

● Registering a new contact in a different way (From the “Call History” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Call History” tab and select a contact not yet registered in the contact list.

Select “Add to Contacts”.

Follow the steps in “Registering a new contact to the contact list” from “STEP 3”.

■ Editing the contact data

For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones, this function is available when “Automatic Contact/History Transfer” is set to off.

Select “Edit Contact”.

Select the desired contact.

Select corresponding to the desired name or number.

For editing the name

Follow the steps in “Registering a new contact to the contact list” from “STEP 3”.

For editing the number

Follow the steps in “Registering a new contact to the contact list” from “STEP 4”.

● Editing the contacts in a different way (From the “Contact Details” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Contacts”, “Call History” tab or the “Favorites” tab and select the desired contact.

Select “Edit Contact”.

“E-mail Addresses”: Select to display all registered e-mail addresses for the contact.

Follow the steps in “Editing the contact data” from “STEP 4”.

■ Deleting the contact data

For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones, this function is available when “Automatic Contact/History Transfer” is set to off.

Select “Delete Contacts”.

Select the desired contact and select “Delete”.

Select “Yes” when the confirmation screen appears.

● Deleting the contact in a different way (From the “Contact Details” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Contacts”, “Call History” tab or the “Favorites” tab and select the desired contact.

Select “Edit Contact”.

Select “Yes” when the confirmation screen appears.

■ Favorites list setting

Up to 15 contacts (maximum of 4 numbers per contact) can be registered in the favorites list.

● Registering the contacts in the favorites list

Select “Add Favorite”.

Select the desired contact to add to the favorites list.

Dimmed contacts are already stored as a favorite.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

When 15 contacts have already been registered to the favorites list

When 15 contacts have already been registered to the favorites list, a registered contact needs to be replaced.

Select “Yes” when the confirmation screen appears to replace a contact.

Select the contact to be replaced.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

Registering contacts in the favorites list in a different way (from the “Contacts” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Contacts” tab.

Select at the beginning of the desired contact list name to be registered in the favorites list.

When selected, is changed to , and the contact is registered in the favorites list.

Registering contacts in the favorites list in a different way (from the “Contact Details” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Contacts” tab or the “Call History” tab and select the desired contact.

Select “Add Favorite”.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

● Deleting the contacts in the favorites list

Select “Remove Favorite”.

Select the desired contacts and select “Remove”.

Select “Yes” when the confirmation screen appears.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

Deleting contacts in the favorites list in a different way (from the “Contacts” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Contacts” tab.

Select at the beginning of the contact list name to be deleted from the favorites. list.

When selected, is changed to , and the data is deleted from the list.

  Deleting contacts in the favorites list in a different way (from the “Contact Details” screen)

Display the phone screen.

Select the “Contacts”, “Call History” tab or the “Favorites” tab and select the desired contact to delete.

Select “Remove Favorite”.

Select “Yes” when the confirmation screen appears.

Check that a confirmation screen is displayed when the operation is complete.

■ Message Settings

Display the “Phone/Message Settings” screen.

Select “Messaging Settings”.

Select the desired item to be set.

Set automatic message transfer on/off.

Set automatic message readout on/off.

Set the SMS/MMS notification popup on/off.

Set the e-mail notification popup on/off.

Set adding the vehicle signature to outgoing messages on/ off.

Set updating message read status on phone on/off.

Change the incoming SMS/ MMS display.

“Full Screen”: When an SMS/ MMS message is received, the incoming SMS/MMS display screen is displayed and can be operated on the screen.

“Drop-Down”: When an SMS/ MMS message is received, a message is displayed on the upper side of the screen.

Change the incoming e-mail display.

“Full Screen”: When an e-mail is received, the incoming e-mail display screen is the displayed and can be operated on the screen.

“Drop-Down”: When an e-mail is received, a message is displayed on the upper side of the screen.

Set display of messaging account names on the inbox tab on/off.

When set to on, messaging account names used on the cellular phone will be displayed.

● Displaying the “Messaging Settings” screen in a different way

Display the phone screen.

Select .

Select “Settings”.

■To return to the default settings

Select “Default”, and then “Yes”.

■ Phone Display Settings

Display the “Phone/Message Settings” screen.

Select “Phone Display Settings”.

Select the desired item to be set.

Change the incoming call display.

“Full Screen”: When a call is received, the hands-free screen is displayed and can be operated on the screen.

“Drop-Down”: A message is displayed on the upper side of the screen.

Set display of the contact/history transfer completion message on/off.

Voice command system

The voice command system enables the hands-free system to be operated using voice commands.

Operations of the voice command system can be performed by selecting the menu corresponding to each function on the screen.

Even if any menu is selected, commands displayed on all menus can be operated.

■ Using the voice command system

Press the talk switch.

To cancel the voice command system, press and hold the talk switch.

After a beep sounds, say the desired command.

On the list screen, you can select the desired command.

■Microphone

■When using the microphone

●It is unnecessary to speak directly into the microphone when giving a command.

●It is not necessary to wait for the confirmation beep before speaking a command.

●Voice commands may not be recognized if: • Spoken too quickly.

• Spoken at a low or high volume.

• The roof or windows are open.

• Passengers are talking while voice commands are spoken.

• The air conditioning speed is set high.

• The air conditioning vents are turned towards the microphone.

●In the following conditions, the system may not recognize the command properly and using voice commands may not be possible: • The command is incorrect or unclear. Note that certain words, accents or speech patterns may be difficult for the system to recognize.

• There is excessive background noise, such as wind noise.

■ Casual speech recognization

Due to natural language speech recognition technology, this system enables recognition of a command when spoken naturally. However, the system cannot recognize every variation of each command.

In some situations, it is possible to omit the command for the procedure and directly state the desired operation.

Not all voice commands are displayed in the short cut menu.

This function is available in English, Spanish and French.

● Expression examples for each function