Alfa Romeo 159 2007 User Manual

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GUIDE TO SOS SERVICE AND Info
SOS SERVICE
With Blue&Me
Nav SOS service you
In case of emergency, you will simply need to push the SOS button in your cabin to send an SMS to the Service Center. The mes­sage contains the assistance request infor­mation and the GPS position of your car, required to locate you.
At the same time, a voice call will be for­warded to an operator of the Service center.
SOS service also includes the automatic re­quest for assistance to the Service Center in case of airbag operation following an acci­dent.
The SOS service is provided free of charge throughout the period of road assistance included in the con­tractual warranty.
Info SERVICE
Info by Blue&Me
Nav provides in-
formation systems to drivers.
No matter where you are, you will always easily receive information on venues, movies, museums, traffic, trains, restau­rants, bars, clubs and much more. Simply press the
k
button in your cabin to be con­nected to an operator who will answer any need or request.
The service is available at a charge.
To know the costs of the Info please
refer to your subscription agreement.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Blue&Me
Nav provides access to a
number of services that can be requested when purchasing your car or afterwards.
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ROAD SAFETY
Read and Follow Instructions: before using your system, read and follow all instructions and safety information provided in this end user manual (“User’s Guide”). Not following precautions found in this User’s Guide can lead to an accident or other serious consequences.
Keep User’s Guide in the car: when kept in the car, the User’s Guide will be a ready reference for you and other users unfamiliar with the sys­tem. Please make certain that before using the system for the first time, all persons have access to the User’s Guide and read its instructions and safe­ty information carefully.
WARNING Operating certain parts of this system while driving can distract your attention away from the road, and pos­sibly cause an accident or other serious consequences. Do not change system settings or enter data non-verbally (using your hands) while driving. Stop the car in a safe and legal manner before attempting these operations. This is impor­tant since while setting up or changing some functions you might be required to distract your attention away from the road and remove your hands from the wheel.
GENERAL OPERATION
Voice Command Control: functions within the system may be accomplished using only voice commands. Using voice commands while driving al-
lows you to operate the system without removing your hands from the wheel. Prolonged Views of Screen: do not access any function requiring a prolonged view of the screen while you are driving. Pull over in a safe and
legal manner before attempting to access a function of the system requiring prolonged attention. Even occasional short scans to the screen may be hazardous if your attention has been diverted away from your driving task at a critical time.
Volume Setting: do not raise the volume excessively. Keep the volume at a level where you can still hear outside traffic and emergency signals while driving. Driving while unable to hear these sounds could cause an accident.
Use of Speech Recognition Functions: speech recognition software is inherently a statistical process which is subject to errors. It is your re­sponsibility to monitor any speech recognition functions included in the system and address any errors.
Distraction Hazard: any features may require manual (non-verbal) setup. Attempting to perform such set-up or insert data while driving can seri­ously distract your attention and could cause an accident or other serious consequences. Stop the vehicle in a safe and legal manner before attempt­ing these operations.
WARNING
Operating certain parts of this system while driving can distract your attention away from the road, and pos­sibly cause an accident or other serious consequences; for this reason certain functions shall only be used when
driving conditions are secure and, if required, only when the car is stopped.
WARNING
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DISPLAY AND BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL
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A
V
S
O
S
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Blu&Me™ Nav direct function keys, near the front courtesy light
Alfa 159 Alfa Brera - Alfa Spider
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Controls Button
ß
&
ô
+ /
NAV
SOS
k
Note
For many tasks, the steering wheel buttons SRC and ßcan be used interchangeably, and you can use the key that is more convenient for you to press.
For both operating modes of steering wheel buttons (short or long press), the function chosen will be activated when you release the button.
STEERING
WHEEL
Short press function (less than 1 second)
– Accept an incoming phone call
– Cancel voice recognition – Cancel a voice announcement – Mute the ring tone of an incoming call – Media player Pause on/off
– Activate voice recognition – Interrupt voice announcement to provide a new voice command
– Adjust the volume of Blue&Me™ Nav functions: hands-free kit,
message reader and media player, voice announcements
– Start Navigation Menu – Display incoming information with active navigation
– Access to SOS service
– Access to Info service
Long press function (more than 1 second)
– Reject an incoming
phone call
– End a phone call
(hang up)
– Repeat the last
utterance in a voice interaction
Blue&Me™ Nav
DIRECT
FUNCTION KEYS
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DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES
SOS SERVICE
SOS service provides you with the follow­ing type of assistance:
road assistance in case of failure
road assistance in case of accident
health care when traveling.
This service is available all year round, 24 hours a day.
The territory coverage of the service is the same as the road assistance included in the agreement warranty.
The service is free for the period of road as­sistance included in the contractual warran­ty, then it is possible to subscribe to the SOS service.
For information on how to subscribe to the serivice, see section HOW TO ACTIVATE SOS and Info SERVICES.
When the information regarding the position of the vehicle has been received, the Ser­vice Center operator will check the require­ments of the service request and immedi­ately send the necessary rescue team.
Suitable rescue will always be guaranteed, even if you are unable to talk to the opera­tor o if you can’t place a voice call with the Service Center.
Rescue will be sent only if the SMS with the assistance request and GPS position of the car has been forwarded to the Service Cen­ter.
Note:
Any active phone conversation will be au­tomatically cut off in case the SOS ser­vice is enabled.
If the car is stopped and the electronic key is extracted from the start-up device during a service SOS call, the latter shall however be completed just by sending out an SMS message.
If the car is stopped and the electronic key is extracted from the start-up device during a an active call to the Service Center operator, the latter shall be main­tained active till its end or after 15 min. conversation.
How to ask for rescue
?
In order to ask for SOS rescue to the Service Center, press the SOS button on the button panel in the front ceil­ing.
Note:
The request for SOS service cannot be sent by vocal control.
The system will forward the request for res­cue to the operator of the Service Center af­ter a safety time of few seconds, in order to avoid any unwanted activation.
Blue&Me
Nav will count the safety
time by a vocal message and a sound alarm.
You can cancel the rescue request procedure by pressing the SOS button again, within the safety time (displayed on the multi-func­tion panel).
Once the safety time has elapsed,
Blue&Me
Nav will automatically send
an SMS containing the assistance request information and the GPS position of your ve­hicle. At the same time the system will for­ward a voice call (loudspeaker mode) to the Service Center.
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In case no information on the vehicle po­sition is available (e.g. a failure to receive the GPS signal due to the vehicle being parked indoor) the request for service to SOS Service Center will be sent anyhow.
Should you be unable to connect to the Service Center, Blue&Me
Nav will forward the rescue request to 112 In­ternational Emergency Number
(in this case only a phone call in loud­speaker mode to the Service Center will be placed, while the SMS with the in­formation on the request for assistance and the GPS position of the car will not be sent)
In case GSM service is missing, the mes­sage “SEGNALE GSM ASSENTE” will be displayed on the multi-function panel and the red warining light on the keyboard panel of the front ceiling will turn on. In this condition you cannot send the SOS service request to the Service Center.
Automatic activation
The SOS service is automatically enabled in case of airbag operation following an ac­cident.
In this condition, fast and suitable rescue will be sent, even if you are unable to talk to the Service Center operator.
SOS service status
Through vocal controls you can find out about the status of the SOS service and re­ceive information on the SOS service.
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Vocal controls:
press
ô
and say “SOS Informa-
tion”, Blue&Me
Nav will list
the available controls:
Service modeBlue&Me
Nav
will inform you about the status of the SOS service:
– INACTIVE: SOS service is not available
because you did not subscribe to the service or you haven’t renewed your subscription.
– ACTIVE: SOS service is active.
– IN EMERGENCY CALL ONLY, MODE: on-
ly an emergency call (loudspeaker mode) will be placed to the 112 in­ternational emergency number.
In this mode, the automatic forwarding of the request for SOS service in case of airbag operation is disabled.
– IN MAINTENANCE MODE: SOS service
has been temporarily disabled by the Service Center, due to maintenance in­terventions on the vehicle.
SOS procedureBlue&Me™Nav will provide a brief description of the SOS service request.
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Info SERVICE
This service allows you to receive informa­tion from the Service Center regarding: Gas stations, weather forecast, drugstores, restaurants, hotels, movie theatres and movies, bars and clubs, venues, exhibitions, markets, parking lots, traffic, reservations, ticketing etc.
Info is available every day 8 am to 10 pm in Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Spain.
Info contents may vary according the coun­try where you are.
Info charges on a per use basis, therefore you don’t need to pay a subscription, al­though it needs to be enabled.
For information on how to register, see section HOW TO ACTIVATE SOS AND Info SERVICES.
Requesting for information
?
To access the service, press the
k
button on the front ceiling button pan­el, Blue&Me
Nav will forward a
phone call to the Service Center in loud­speaker mode.
Together with the phone call, the sys­tem will also send an SMS message containing the GPS position of the ve­hicle so that the Service Center can locate you.
This way the Service Center will be able to answer your needs and pro­vide you with information pertaining to the area where you are located.
For detailed information on the type of Information services, please refer to Info activation agreement.
Note:
If after pressing the
k
button the mes-
sage “SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE” is displayed on the multi-function panel, then this means the service is not avail­able because you did not subscribe to the service or you haven’t renewed your sub­scription.
If you press the
k
button while you are on a conversation, you will not be able to send your request to the Service Cen­ter
If you receive a phone call immediately after having pressed the
k
button and
before making the voice call to the Ser­vice Center, the request for Info will be cancelled.
Blue&Me
Nav will ignore any in-
coming call to your Bluetooth®phone, during a voice call with the Service Cen­ter.
If the car is stopped and the electronic key is extracted from the start-up device during a an information request, the lat­ter shall in any case be completed.
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In case no information on the vehicle po­sition is available (e.g. a failure to receive the GPS signal due to the vehicle being parked indoor) the request for service to Info Service Center will be sent any­how.
If you request a phone number, please note that Info will not be able to trans­fer you automatically.
HOW TO ACTIVATE SOS AND Info SERVICES
To activate the services, please refer to the subscription form available at www.alfaromeo.com or at Alfa Romeo Deal­ers.
In case GSM service is missing, the mes­sage “GSM SIGNAL ABSENT” will be displayed on the multi-function panel and the red warning light on the keyboard panel of the front ceiling will turn on. In this condition you cannot send the SOS service request to the Service Center.
QUALITY
ASSISTENZA TECNICA - INGEGNERIA ASSISTENZIALE Largo Senatore G. Agnelli, 5 - 10040 Volvera - Torino (Italia) Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. Publication no. 60431746 - 1
st
Edition - 07/2007
All rights reserved. Reproduction, even in part is prohibited without written permission from Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.
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