Kia Forte 2011 Owner's Manual

IMPORTANT KIA BLUETOOTH® INFORMATION (WITHOUT NAVIGATION)

FOR RIO, SOUL, SPORTAGE, AND FORTE MODELS

Please keep for easy future reference (see Kia.com/Owners for FAQs, or reference your Owner’s Manual for additional information)

PHONE PAIRING QUICK REFERENCE

Vehicle must be safely parked. Vehicles with automatic transmissions must be in “P” or Park. For
manual transmissions, make sure the vehicle is in neutral and the parking brake is on. Turn off
other Bluetooth

® devices to pair and connect.

NOTE: Vehicle MUST be in “P” or Park.

User Action

Kia Bluetooth® System Response

Enable Bluetooth® on the phone

- Turn Bluetooth

®

on (Process can vary by phone)
On the vehicle, press the SETUP button
Select PHONE

Select PAIR or PAIR PHONE

Some systems may ask you to say the name of
your phone. Afterwards, say “yes”.

Select Bluetooth
- Select “search for Bluetooth

®

”Search” on the phone:

®

devices” (or “find”,

Radio will display Passkey as a 4 digit code

- may take a few moments

“discovery”, “connect”, etc.)

- Phone will display vehicle name

- Select the vehicle name and press OK/enter on
the phone

Enter the 4 digit pairing passkey in your phone
and press OK (or “send”, “enter”, “done”,etc.)

Note: Some phones will ask you to accept the
connection before proceeding

- Radio displays “Pairing complete”

Note: This may take a few

minutes and radio

may play during the wait)

- Radio displays “Connection Complete”

* The names listed in the phone contact list for the transferred phone numbers are now available
through the system’s voice dialing function.

NOTE: During the pairing process, some phones may require you to check an option so that
accepting the connection request will not be required each time.

NOTE: Up to 5 phones may be paired. The first phone entered will be the priority phone (unless
changed). If a pairing is lost or accidentally deleted, simply repeat the pairing procedure.

BLUETOOTH® AUDIO ADAPTATION (Driver’s voice)
For users with accents, this option improves
performance of voice recognition to a particular
user’s voice.

User Action

Press END CALL button for 10 seconds
Say “Record Profile”
Say “ Ye s ”
Speak the words shown on the Audio System display

BLUETOOTH® FUNCTIONS

Menu Tree

Setup Pair Phone

Select Phone

Delete Phone

Change Priority

Bluetooth Off

Phonebook

Call

Add Entry

Change

Delete Name

By Name

By Number

By Voice

By Phone

11/2010

Part Number UA110-KU-002

Steering Wheel Controls

RECEIVE CALL
Button

(push to display
the phone screen
with number key
pad, or to answer
an incoming
call)

END CALL
Button

HOW TO PLACE A CALL

HOW TO PLACE A CALL

There are two ways to place a call

There are two ways to place a call

User Action

User Action

Option 1: Press the “Receive Call” button (system will prompt you through call process).

Option 1: Press the “Receive Call” button (system will prompt you through call process).
Option 2: Press the “Talk button” (system will beep to indicate it is ready for call placement, will not offer call prompts)

Option 2: Press the “Talk button” (system will beep to indicate it is ready for call placement, will not offer call prompts)

NOTE: When using Voice Recognition, some phones reverse the names in the contact list from {First Name, Last Name} to {Last Name, First Name}.

NOTE: When using Voice Recognition, some phones reverse the names in the contact list from {First Name, Last Name} to {Last Name, First Name}.

TALK Button

(push to place a
call with minimal
vocal command

prompts from

the system)

NOTE: If experiencing difficulty using Voice Recognition to place a call, be sure you are using the actual full contact name as entered in your phone

NOTE: If experiencing difficulty using Voice Recognition to place a call, be sure you are using the actual full contact name as entered in your phone

book, not a casual or nick-name (e.g., if name was entered as “Robert Smith”, say “Call Robert Smith” not “Call Bob Smith”).

book, not a casual or nick-name (e.g., if name was entered as “Robert Smith”, say “Call Robert Smith” not “Call Bob Smith”).

NOTE: Phonebook transfer upload time varies by phone model and with number of phonebook entries.

NOTE: Phonebook transfer upload time varies by phone model and with number of phonebook entries.

NOTE: Remember to always wait for the beep before speaking any commands.

NOTE: Remember to always wait for the beep before speaking any commands.

Always check the Owner’s Manual for complete operating information

Always check the Owner’s Manual for complete operating information