Toyota Corolla Hybrid (2022 year). Manual in english

342

5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

■

Steering switch

By pressing the phone switch, a
call can be received or ended
without taking your hands off the
steering wheel.

Phone switch

• If the switch is pressed during a

call, the call will end.

• If the switch is pressed when an

incoming call is received, the call
will be answered.

• If the switch is pressed during a

call when a separate incoming
call is waiting, the waiting call will
be answered.

• If the switch is pressed when an

Apple CarPlay connection is
established, the Apple CarPlay
phone application will be dis-
played on the system screen.

Volume control switch

• Press the “+” side to increase the

volume.

• Press the “-” side to decrease the

volume.

■

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 not 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.

Using the phone
switch/microphone

NOTICE

Do not touch and put a sharp

object to the microphone. It may

cause failure.

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5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

Audio

Press this switch to operate the
voice command system.

The voice command system and
its list of commands can be
operated. (



P.330)

The following data is stored for
every registered phone. When
another phone is connected, the
following registered 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 vehicle, initial-
ize the data. (



P.290)

The following data in the system
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 erased. Pay additional

attention when initializing the data.

Voice command system

About the contacts in the
contact list

When selling or disposing
of the vehicle

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5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

Display the phone top
screen. (



P.339)

Select the desired method to
call from.

■

Calling methods from
phone screen



By call history (



P.344)



By favorites (



P.344)



By contacts (



P.345)



By keypad (



P.346)



By message (



P.353)

■

Also the following lists are
available from each func-
tion’s screen



By voice command system
(



P.331)



By home screen (



P.346)

Up to 30 of the latest call history

items (missed, incoming and
outgoing) can be selected.

Display the phone top
screen. (



P.339)

Select “History” and select
the desired contact.

If the contact which is not regis-

tered on the contact list is selected,

the name is displayed as “Unknown

Contact”. In this case, select the

number to make a call properly.

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

as follows: John (2)

Calls can be made using regis-
tered contacts which can be

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

By favorites list

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Audio

selected from a contact list.
(



P.345)

Display the phone top
screen. (



P.339)

Select “Favorites” and select
the desired contact.

Select the desired number.

Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.

Calls can be made by using
contact data which is transferred
from a registered cellular phone.
(



P.356)

Up to 5000 contacts (maximum
of 4 phone numbers, e-mail
addresses and addresses per
contact) can be registered in the
contact list.

Display the phone top
screen. (



P.339)

Select “Contacts” and select
the desired contact.

Select the desired number.

“Add Favorite”/“Remove Favorite”:

Select to register/remove the con-

tact in the favorites list. (



P.360,

361)
“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.

Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.

■

For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth

phones when “Auto-

matic Transfer” is set to on
(



P.356)

Contacts are transferred auto-
matically.

■

For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth

phones when “Auto-

matic Transfer” is set to off
(



P.356)

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.

By contacts list

When the contact list is
empty

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5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

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

■

For PBAP incompatible but
OPP compatible Blue-
tooth

phones

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

(



P.359)

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.359)

●

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.

Display the phone top
screen. (



P.339)

Select “Keypad” and enter
the phone number.

Select

or press the

switch on the steering wheel.

Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.

Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth

phone being connected, it

may be necessary to perform addi-

tional steps on the phone.

Display the home screen.
(



P.258)

Select the desired contact.

Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.

■

Registering a new contact

Select and hold the screen
button to add a contact.

Select the desired contact.

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.

By keypad

By home screen

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Audio

Select “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.355)

●

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.354)

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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Select to display the keypad
to send tones. (



P.348)

Select to send tones. This
button only appears when a
number that contains a (w) is
dialed in hands-free mode.
(



P.348)

Select to adjust your voice
volume that the other party
hears from their speaker.
(



P.349)

Select to mute your voice to
the other party.
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.

●

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 different depending

on the type of cellular phone you

have.

●

For the operation of the cellular

phone, see the manual that

comes with it.

■

By keypad

This operation cannot be per-
formed while driving.

Select “0-9”.

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.
This operation can be per-
formed while driving.
Select “Release Tones”.

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

Sending tones

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Audio

●

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 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.

Select “Transmit Volume”.

Select the desired level for
the transmit volume.

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 cellular

phone.

When a call is interrupted by a
third party while talking, the
incoming screen is displayed.

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 Bluetooth

phone.

Transmit volume setting

Switching calls while a
call is in progress

Incoming call waiting

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5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

Display the phone top
screen. (



P.339)

Select “Message”.

A confirmation message appears

when the “Automatic Message

Transfer” function is set to off

(



P.362), select “Yes”.

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.350)

• Checking messages

(



P.351)

• Replying to a message (dicta-

tion reply) (



P.352)

• Replying to a message (quick

reply) (



P.352)

• Calling the message sender

(



P.353)

• Message settings (



P.362)

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.

●

Depending on the type of Blue-

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

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5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

Audio

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.355)

• “E-mail Notification Pop-up” is set

to on. (



P.355)

SMS/MMS:
• “Incoming SMS/MMS Display” is

set to “Full Screen”. (



P.355)

• “SMS/MMS Notification Pop-up” is

set to on. (



P.355)

●

Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth

phone being connected,

E-Mail function cannot be used via
Bluetooth

Display the message screen.
(



P.350)

Select a desired account
name.

Select the desired message
from the list.

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.362)

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 VOLUME”

knob, or use the volume control

switch on the steering wheel to

adjust the message read out vol-

ume.

●

“Subject:” field is not shown on

SMS case.

●

E-mail only: Select “Mark Unread”

Checking received mes-
sages

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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.362)

: If equipped

Display the message screen.
(



P.350)

Select the desired message
from the list.

Select “Reply”.

Select “Dictation”.

When the “Say Your Mes-
sage” screen is displayed,
speak message that you
want to send.

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 dis-

played.

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

If an error message is displayed,

follow the guidance on the screen

to try again.

15 messages have already

been stored.

Display the message screen.
(



P.350)

Select the desired message
from the list.

Select “Reply”.

Select “Quick Message”.

Select the desired message.

: Select to edit the message.

(



P.352)

Select “Send”.

“Cancel”: Select to cancel sending

the message.
While the message is being sent, a

sending message screen is dis-

played.

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

If an error message is displayed,

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.

Select

corresponding to

the desired message to edit.

Select “OK” when editing is
completed.

To reset the edited quick reply mes-

sages, select “Default”.

Replying to a message
(dictation reply)

Replying to a message
(quick reply)

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5-13. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)

Audio

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

Display the message screen.
(



P.350)

Select the desired message.

Select

, or press the

switch on the steering wheel.

If there are 2 or more phone num-

bers, select the desired number.

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.

Display the message screen.
(



P.350)

Select the desired message.

Select the text area.

Identified phone numbers con-

tained in the message are dis-

played in blue text.

Select the desired number.

Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.

A series of numbers may be recog-

nized as a phone number. Addition-

ally, some phone numbers may not

be recognized, such as those for

other countries.

■

Calling from the incoming
message screen

For detail, refer to “Receiving a
message”. (



P.350)

Calling the message
sender

354

5-14. Phone settings

5-14.Phone settings

Press the “MENU” button.

Select “Setup”.

Select “Phone”.

Select the desired item to be
set.

Connecting a Bluetooth

device and editing the Blue-
tooth

device information

(



P.268, 272)

Sound settings

(



P.354)

Notification settings

(



P.355)

Contact/call history settings

(



P.356)

Message settings

(



P.362)

: This operation cannot be per-

formed while driving.

The call and ringtone volume
can be adjusted. A ringtone can
be selected.

Display the phone settings
screen. (



P.354)

Select “Sounds”.

Select the desired item to be
set.

Select to set the desired ring-
tone.
Select “-” or “+” to adjust the
ringtone volume.
Select “-” or “+” to adjust the
default volume of the other
party’s voice.

Setup

Displaying the phone set-
tings screen

Phone settings screen

Sounds settings screen

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5-14. Phone settings

Audio

Select to set the desired
incoming e-mail tone.
Select to set the desired
incoming SMS/MMS tone.
Select “-” or “+” to adjust the
incoming SMS/MMS tone
volume.
Select “-” or “+” to adjust the
incoming e-mail tone volume.
Select “-” or “+” to adjust the
message readout volume.
Select to reset all setup
items.

Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth

phone, certain functions may

not be available.

Display the phone settings
screen. (



P.354)

Select “Notifications”.

Select the desired item to be
set.

Select to change the incom-
ing call display.

“Full Screen”: When a call is
received, the incoming call screen
is displayed and can be operated
on the screen.
“Drop-down”: A message is dis-
played at the top of the screen.

Select to set the SMS/MMS
notification pop-up on/off.
Select to change the incom-
ing SMS/MMS display.
“Full Screen”: When an
SMS/MMS message is
received, the incoming
SMS/MMS display screen is
displayed and can be oper-
ated on the screen.
“Drop-down”: When an
SMS/MMS message is
received, a message is dis-
played at the top of the

Notifications settings
screen

356

5-14. Phone settings

screen.
Select to set the e-mail notifi-
cation pop-up on/off.
Select to change the incom-
ing e-mail display.
“Full Screen”: When an
e-mail is received, the incom-
ing e-mail display screen is
displayed and can be oper-
ated on the screen.
“Drop-down”: When an
e-mail is received, a mes-
sage is displayed at the top
of the screen.
Select to set display of the
contact/history transfer com-
pletion message on/off.
Select to reset all setup
items.

Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth

phone, these functions may

not be available.

Contacts can be transferred
from a Bluetooth

phone to this

system. Contacts and favorites
can be added, edited and
deleted. Also, the call history
can be deleted.

Display the phone settings
screen. (



P.354)

Select “Contacts/Call His-
tory”.

Select the desired item to be
set.

For PBAP compatible Blue-
tooth

phones: Select to

change the contact/history
transfer settings. (



P.357)

Select to update contacts
from the connected device.
(



P.357)

Select to sort contacts by the
first name or last name field.
Select to add contacts to the
favorites list. (



P.360)

Select to delete contacts
from the favorites list.
(



P.360)

Select to clear the call his-
tory.

Select to add new contacts to
the contact list.

(



P.359)

Select to edit contacts in the

Contacts/Call history set-
tings screen

357

5-14. Phone settings

Audio

contact list.

(



P.360)

Select to delete contacts
from the contact list.

(



P.360)

Select to set the voice tags.
(



P.361)

Select to reset all setup
items.

: For PBAP compatible Bluetooth

phones, this function is available
when “Automatic Transfer” is set
to off. (



P.357)

●

Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth

phone, certain functions

may not be available.

●

Contact data is managed inde-

pendently for every registered

phone. When one phone is con-

nected, another phone’s regis-

tered data cannot be read.

The automatic contact/history
function is available for PBAP
compatible Bluetooth

phones

only.

Select “Automatic Transfer”.

Select the desired item to be
set.

Select to set automatic con-
tact/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.
(



P.357)

Select to set the transferred
contact image display on/off.
Only when the vehicle is not
moving, the contact image
can be displayed.
Select to reset all setup
items.

■

Updating contacts from
phone

Select “Update Now”.

Contacts are transferred automati-

cally.

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



This operation may be unnec-
essary depending on the type
of Bluetooth

phone.



If another Bluetooth

device

is connected when transfer-
ring contact data, depending
on the phone, the connected
Bluetooth

device may need

to be disconnected.



Depending on the type of
Bluetooth

phone being con-

nected, it may be necessary
to perform additional steps on
the phone.

Setting automatic con-
tact/history transfer

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