Mazda MX-5 RF (2017 year). Instruction

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Interior Features

Bluetooth

*Some models.

Entertainment (audio) related command

Voice command

Function

Corresponding audio

source

(Go to/Play) AM (Radio)

Switches the audio source to AM radio.

All

(Go to/Play) FM (Radio)

Switches the audio source to FM radio.

All

(Go to/Play) DAB (Radio)

Switches the audio source to DAB radio.

All

(Go to/Play) Bluetooth (Audio) Switches the audio source to BT audio.

All

(Go to/Play) Aha (Radio)

Switches the audio source to Aha

™

Radio.

All

(Go to/Play) Stitcher

Switches the audio source to Stitcher

™

Radio.

All

(Go to/Play) USB 1

Switches the audio source to USB 1.

All

(Go to/Play) USB 2

Switches the audio source to USB 2.

All

Play Playlist {Playlist name}

Plays the selected playlist.

USB

Play Artist {Artist name}

Plays the selected artist.

USB

Play Album {Album name}

Plays the selected album.

USB

Play Genre {Genre name}

Plays the selected genre.

USB

Play Folder {Folder name}

Plays the selected folder.

USB

Navigation related command

For the navigation screen voice commands, refer to the separate navigation system manual.

NOTE

Some commands cannot be used depending on the grade and speci

¿ cation.

Some commands cannot be used depending on the device connection conditions and

the use conditions.

The commands are examples of the available commands.

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Bluetooth

*Some models.

Bluetooth

Hands-Free

Making a Call

Phonebook Usage

Telephone calls can be made by saying
the contact name in the downloaded
phonebook or the name of a person whose
phone number has been registered in the
Bluetooth

Hands-Free. Refer to Import

contact (Download Phonebook).

1.   Press  the  talk  button.
2.   Wait  for  the  beep  sound.
3.    Say:  “Call XXXXX... (Ex. “John”)

Mobile”.

4. Follow the voice guidance to place the

call.

Screen operation

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the contact

list.

3. Select the contact you would like

to call to display the details for the
contact.

4. Select the desired phone number to

make the call.

Import contact (Download Phonebook)

Phonebook data from your device (Mobile
phone) can be sent and registered to your
Bluetooth

Hands-Free phonebook using

Bluetooth

(Automatic downloading)

The “Auto Download Contacts”
setting must be on. When hands-free is
connected to the device, the phonebook is
downloaded automatically.
Refer to Communication Settings on page
5-107 .

(Manually downloading)

If the “Auto Download Contacts” setting
is off, download the phonebook using the
following procedure.

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the contact

list.

3. Select

4. Select

to switch to the

device operation.

5. If

is selected, select

6. Download will be started from the

mobile phone.

NOTE

If “Import All Contacts” is performed

after saving the phonebook to the
Bluetooth

unit, the phonebook will

be overwritten.

A maximum of 1,000 contacts can be

registered to the phonebook.

Phonebook, incoming/outgoing call

record, and favourite memories are
exclusive to each mobile phone to
protect privacy.

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Bluetooth

Favourites Contacts

A maximum of 50 contacts can be
registered. It will take less time to make a
call after registering the telephone number.
In addition, you do not have to look for the
person you want to call in the phonebook.

Registering your favourites

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the

favourites list.

3. Select

4. Select

5. Select from the displayed list.

NOTE

When “Add New Contact” is selected,
information such as the selected person’s
name is also registered. In addition,
when “Add New Contact Details” is
selected, only the telephone number of
the selected person is registered.

Calling a favourite

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the

favourites list.

3. (If only one phone number is

registered to contact)

Select the contact information you
would like to call. Go to Step 5.

(If multiple phone numbers are
registered to contact)

Select the contact you would like to
call to display the screen indicating the
details for the contact. Go to Step 4.

4. Select the phone number you would

like to call.

5. Select

Deleting a favourite

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the

favourites list.

3. Select

4. Select

5. Select the contact information which

you would like to delete.

6. Select

Changing the display order of your
favourites list

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the

favourites list.

3. Select

4. Select

5. The contact can be moved after it is

selected.

6. Slide the contact or move it using the

commander switch, then select

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Bluetooth

Changing contact name of your
favourites

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the

favourites list.

3. Select

4. Select

5. Select the contact to display the

keyboard screen.

6. If a new name is input and

selected, the contact name is stored.

NOTE

If the contact is long-pressed when the
favourites list is displayed, the contact
information can be edited (deleted,
moved).

Telephone Number Input

NOTE

Practice this while parked until you are
con

¿ dent you can do it while driving in

a non-taxing road situation. If you are
not completely comfortable, make all
calls from a safe parking position, and
only start driving when you can devote
your full attention to driving.

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. When

is pressed, the dial pad

is displayed.

3. Input the telephone number using the

dial pad.

4. Select

to make the call.

Numeral or symbol entry

Use  the  dial  pad.
  Long-press the     to input +.
Select

to delete the currently input

value.
Long-press

to delete all input values.

Redial Function

Makes a call to the last person called
(latest person on outgoing call record)
from the mobile phone/vehicle.

1.   Press  the  talk  button.
2.   Wait  for  the  beep  sound.
3.    Say:   “Redial”

Call back Function

Makes a call to the last person who called
your (latest person on incoming call
record) mobile phone/vehicle.

1.   Press  the  talk  button.
2.   Wait  for  the  beep  sound.
3.    Say:  “Call back”

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Bluetooth

Receiving an Incoming Call

When an incoming call is received, the incoming call noti

¿ cation screen is displayed. The

“Incoming Call Noti

¿ cations” setting must be on.

Refer to Communication Settings on page 5-107 .
To accept the call, press the pick-up button on the audio control switch or select

the screen.
To reject the call, press the hang-up button on the audio control switch or select

on the

screen.
The following icons are displayed on the screen during a call. Icons which can be used differ
depending on use conditions.

Icon

Function

Displays the Communication menu.

Ends the call.

Transferring a call from hands-free to a mobile phone
Communication between the Bluetooth

unit and a device (mobile phone) is cancelled, and

an incoming call will be received by the device (mobile phone) like a standard call.

Transferring a call from a device (mobile phone) to hands-free
Communication between devices (mobile phone) can be switched to Bluetooth

Hands-

Free.

Mute
The microphone can be muted during a call.
When selected again, the mute is cancelled.

To make a 3-way call, select the contacts from the following:

: Call History is displayed.

: The phonebook is displayed.

: The dial pad is displayed. Input the phone number.

The device may be unusable depending on the contractual content.

The call on hold is made to make a 3-way call.
The device may be unusable depending on the contractual content.

Switches the call on hold.

DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency Signal) Transmission
This function is used when transmitting DTMF via the dial pad. The receiver of a DTMF
transmission is generally a home telephone answering machine or a company's automated
guidance call centre.
Input the number using a dial pad.

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Interior Features

Bluetooth

NOTE

If the ignition is switched off

during a hands-free call, the line is
transferred to the device (Mobile
phone) automatically.

If the DTMF code has two or more

digits or symbols, each one must be
transmitted individually.

Call Interrupt

A call can be interrupted to receive an
incoming call from a third party.
When

is selected or the pick-

up button on the steering wheel is pressed,
the current call is held and the system
switches to the new incoming call.
When

is selected, the current

call is ended and the system switches to
the new incoming call (GSM network
only).
When

is selected or the hang-up

button on the steering wheel is pressed, an
incoming call is refused.

NOTE

The function may not be available

depending on the contractual content
of the mobile device.

The function may not be operable

depending on the type of the
telephone network and the mobile
device.

Receiving and Replying to

Messages (available only with
E-mail/SMS compatible phones)

SMS (Short Message Service) messages,
and E-mail received by connected devices
can be downloaded, displayed, and played
(read by the system).
Additionally, replies can also be made
to calls and messages in the received
messages.

Downloading messages

Up to 20 new messages can be
downloaded and displayed from a
connected device.

NOTE

For E-mail, 20 messages for each
account can be downloaded.

(Automatic downloading)

The “Auto Download Email” (E-mail) or
“Auto Download SMS” (SMS) setting
must be on. A message is downloaded
automatically when the Bluetooth

unit is

connected to the device.
Refer to Communication Settings on page
5-107 .

(Manually downloading)

When the “Auto Download Email”
(E-mail) or “Auto Download SMS” (SMS)
setting is off, the message is downloaded
using the following procedure.

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the Inbox.

3. Select

4. Download will be started from the

mobile phone.

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Bluetooth

NOTE

Attached data is not downloaded.

Messages up to 1 kilobyte

(E-mail)/140-bytes (SMS) can be
downloaded.

A message list is created for each

device.

If the connected device does not

correspond to MAP 1.0, the AT
command is used to download. The
downloaded message indicates that it
is already read.

Downloading using the AT command

may not function depending on the
connected device.

Receiving messages

(Method 1)

When a device receives a message, a
message received noti

¿ cation is displayed.

The “Email Noti

¿ cations” (E-mail) or

“SMS Noti

¿ cations” (SMS) setting must

be on.
Refer to Communication Settings on page
5-107 .
Select

and display the message.

(Method 2)

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

and display the new

message list for E-mail and SMS.

3. Select the message you would like to

display.

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Bluetooth

The following icons are displayed in the lower part of the details on the message. Icons
which can be used differ depending on use conditions.

Icon

Function

Displays the Communication menu.

Displays the inbox.

Plays back a message.
When selected again, playback is temporarily stopped.

Displays the previous message.

Displays the next message.

Only replies to the sender of the currently displayed message.
Select the sentence on the displayed reply screen and select the sentence for sending from
the preset message.
Select

(Only E-mail)
  Replies to all members including CC.
  Select the sentence on the displayed reply screen and select the sentence for sending from
the preset message.
Select

Makes a call to a person who sent a message.
For E-mail, this function may not work depending on the device.

Deletes a message.
The messages stored in a device is also deleted.

NOTE

Up to three preset messages can be selected.

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Bluetooth

Example of use (verify unread E-mail)

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

to display the inbox.

3. Select the unread message displayed in

bold.

4. The details of the message are

displayed and replying to the message,
making a call, or playback can be
performed.

Changing account for displaying
(E-mail only)

1. Select

2. Select the account which you would

like to display. Only the messages for
the selected account are displayed in
the inbox.

Editing preset messages

1. Select the

icon on the home screen

to display the Communication screen.

2. Select

3. Select

4. Select the preset message which you

would like to edit. The keyboard screen
is displayed.

5. When the message is input and is

selected, the message is stored as a
preset message.

NOTE

Select the icon to change the

language.

Select the icon to switch between

capitalized and lower-case
characters.

Select the icon to return to the

previous screen without storing the
edit.

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Interior Features

Bluetooth

Communication Settings

Select the

icon on the home screen to display the Communication screen.

Select

to change the setting.

Item

Setting

Function

Bluetooth

—

Go to Bluetooth

setting menu.

Refer to Bluetooth

Preparation on page 5-93 .

Incoming Call
Noti

¿ cations

On/Off

Noti

¿ es when an incoming call is received.

Auto Download SMS

On/Off

Downloads SMS automatically when the Bluetooth

unit is connected

to the device.

SMS Noti

¿ cations

On/Off

Noti

¿ es when a new SMS is received.

Auto Download
Email

On/Off

Downloads E-mail automatically when the Bluetooth

unit is connected

to the device.

Email Noti

¿ cations

On/Off

Noti

¿ es when a new Email is received.

Auto Download Call
History

On/Off

Downloads Call History automatically when the Bluetooth

unit is

connected to the device.

Auto Download
Contacts

On/Off

Downloads the phonebook automatically when the Bluetooth

unit is

connected to the device.

Ringtone

Fixed/In-band/

Off

Changes the ringtone setting.

Phone Volume

Adjusts using

the slider.

Adjusts the conversation volume.

VR and Ringtone

Adjusts using

the slider.

Adjusts the voice guidance and ringtone volume.

Contacts Sort Order

First Name,

Last Name

Displays the contact information in alphabetical order of the

¿ rst name.

Last Name,

First Name

Displays the contact information in alphabetical order of the last name.

Preset Messages

—

Edits the preset message.
Refer to Receiving and Replying to Messages (available only with
E-mail/SMS compatible phones) on page 5-103 .

Reset

—

Initializes all Communication Settings.

*1 Depending on the device, it may be necessary to acquire download permission on the device side.

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Bluetooth

*Some models.

Bluetooth

Audio

Applicable Bluetooth

speci

¿ cation

(Recommended)
Ver. 1.1/1.2/2.0 EDR/2.1 EDR/3.0
(conformity)
Response pro

¿ le

A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution

Pro

¿ le) Ver. 1.0/1.2

AVRCP (Audio/Video Remote Control

Pro

¿ le) Ver. 1.0/1.3/1.4

A2DP is a pro

¿ le which transmits only

audio to the Bluetooth

unit. If your

Bluetooth

audio device corresponds

only to A2DP, but not AVRCP, you
cannot operate it using the control panel
of the vehicle's audio system. In this
case, only the operations on the mobile
device are available the same as when a
portable audio device for a non-compliant
Bluetooth

device is connected to the

AUX terminal.

Function

A2DP

AVRCP

Ver. 1.0 Ver. 1.3 Ver. 1.4

Playback

Pause

File (Track)
up/down

—

Reverse

—

Fast-
forward

—

Text display

—

Repeat

—

Depends

device

Depends

device

Shuf

À e

—

Depends

device

Depends

device

Scan

—

Depends

device

Depends

device

Folder up/
down

—

Depends

device

X: Available
—: Not available

NOTE

The battery consumption of

Bluetooth

audio devices increases

while Bluetooth

is connected.

If a general mobile phone device

is USB connected during music
playback over the Bluetooth

connection, the Bluetooth

connection is disconnected. For
this reason, you cannot have
music playback over a Bluetooth

connection and music playback using
a USB connection at the same time.

The system may not operate

normally depending on the
Bluetooth

audio device.

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Bluetooth

How to Use the Bluetooth

Audio System

Switching to Bluetooth

audio mode

To listen to music or voice audio recorded to a Bluetooth

audio device, switch to the

Bluetooth

audio mode to operate the audio device using the audio system control panel.

Any Bluetooth

audio device must be paired to the vehicle's Bluetooth

unit before it can be

used.
Refer to Bluetooth

Preparation on page 5-93 .

1. Turn on the Bluetooth

audio device's power.

2. Switch the ignition to ACC or ON.

3. Select the

icon on the home screen to display the Entertainment screen.

4. When

is selected, switches to the Bluetooth

audio mode to begin playback.

NOTE

If Bluetooth

audio is used after using Aha

™

or Stitcher

™

radio, the application on the

mobile device has to be closed

¿ rst.

If the Bluetooth

audio device does not begin playback, select the

icon.

If the mode is switched from Bluetooth

audio mode to another mode (radio mode),

audio playback from the Bluetooth

audio device stops.

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Bluetooth

Playback

To listen to a Bluetooth

audio device over the vehicle's speaker system, switch the mode to

Bluetooth

audio mode. (Refer to “Switching to Bluetooth

audio mode”)

After switching to the Bluetooth

audio mode, the following icons are displayed in the

lower part of the display. Icons which can be used differ depending on the version of the
Bluetooth

audio device which you are currently using.

Icon

Function

Displays the Entertainment menu. Use to switch to a different audio source.

(AVRCP Ver. 1.4 only)
Displays the top level folder/

¿ le list.

Select the folder which you want to select.
The

¿ les in the selected folder are displayed.

Select the

¿ le you want to play.

(AVRCP Ver. 1.3 or higher)
  Replays the song currently being played repeatedly.
  When selected again, the songs in the folder are played repeatedly.
  Select it again to cancel.
  Icons change when the song is repeated or the folder is repeated.

(AVRCP Ver. 1.3 or higher)
  Plays songs in the folder in random order.
  When selected again, the songs on the device are played in random order.
  Select it again to cancel.
  Icons change during folder shuf

À e or device shufÀ e.

Scans the titles in a folder and plays the beginning of each song to aid in

¿ nding a desired

song.
When selected again, the beginning of each song on the device is played.
When selected again, the operation is cancelled and the song currently being played
continues.

Returns to the beginning of the previous song.
Long-press to fast reverse. It stops when you remove your hand from the icon or the
commander knob.

Plays the Bluetooth

audio. When selected again, playback is temporarily stopped.

Advances to the beginning of the next song.
Long-press to fast forward. It stops when you remove your hand from the icon or the
commander knob.

Displays sound settings to adjust audio quality level.
Refer to Volume/Display/Sound Controls on page 5-50 .

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Bluetooth

Audio Device

Information Display

If a Bluetooth

audio device is connected,

the following information is displayed in
the centre display.

AVRCP

Ver. lower

than 1.3

AVRCP

Ver. 1.3

AVRCP

Ver. 1.4 or

higher

Device name

Remaining
battery
charge of
device

Song name

—

Artist name

—

Album name

—

Playback
time

—

Genre name

—

Album art
image

—

X: Available
—: Not available

NOTE

Some information may not display
depending on the device, and if the
information cannot be displayed,
“Unknown - - -” is indicated.

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Bluetooth

How to Use Aha

™

What is Aha

™

Aha

is an application which can be used to enjoy various Internet content such as Internet

radio and podcasts.
  Stay connected to your friends activities by getting updates from Facebook and Twitter.
  Using the location-based service, nearby services and destinations can be searched or real-
time local information can be obtained.
  For details on Aha, refer to “http://www.aharadio.com/”.
  *1  Aha, the Aha logo, and the Aha trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Harman International Industries, Inc., used with permission.

NOTE

The service content provided by Aha varies depending on the country in which the user

resides. In addition, the service is not available in some countries.

To operate Aha from your Bluetooth

device, perform the following in advance:

Install the Aha application to your device.

Create an Aha account for your device.

Log onto Aha using your device.

Select the preset station on your device.

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Bluetooth

Playback

Select the

icon on the home screen to display the Entertainment screen. When

selected, the following icons are displayed at the bottom of the centre display. The displayed
icon differs depending on the selected station.
In addition, icons other than the following icons may be displayed.

Icon

Function

Displays the Entertainment menu. Use to switch to a different audio source.

Displays the main menu.
Use to switch to other stations.

Displays the content list.
Use to switch to other desired content on the station.

Shout
Records voice.
Records voice and posts it as playable audio to Facebook and other social stations.

Like

Evaluates the current content as “Like”.

Dislike

Evaluates the current content as “Dislike”.

Reverses for 15 seconds.

Map (vehicles with navigation system)
Displays the destination searched by the location based services on the navigation system.

Call
A call can be made to the telephone number of a shop searched using the Location Based
Services. Available when a device is connected as a Hands-Free.

Returns to the previous content.

Pauses playback of the content. When selected again, playback resumes.

Goes to the next content.

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