Honda Accord Accessory HandsFreeLink 2008 manual

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    Accessory HandsFreeLink TM User’ s Information Manual[...]

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    2 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. A Few W or ds About Safety Y our saf ety , and the safety of others, is v er y impor tant. Operating the Accessory Hands F ree L in k TM sa f ely is an impor tant responsibility . T o help you mak e informed decisions about safety , we ha ve provided operating procedures and other inf[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 3 A Fe w Words About Saf ety .................................................................................. 2 Introduction .. ........................................................................................................ 4 Setup ............................................[...]

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    4 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Thank you f or purchasing this Honda accessory . Please read this User ’ s In f ormation M a n ual careful l y be f ore using the Accesso r y HandsFreeLink TM , and keep this manual in the glo ve bo x for future reference. This Accessor y User’ s Inf or mation Manual should be con[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 5 What is Accessor y HandsFreeLink? Accessory HandsFreeLink (HFL) is a state-of-the-art, integrated, hands-free phone communication system for your v ehicle. Accessory HFL utilizes Bluetooth ® wireless technology and Bluetooth hands-free profiled cell phones to improv e cell phone use [...]

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    6 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Introduction Safety Precautions - Please Read Be Safe. When using a cellular de vice in a vehicle, the v ehicle operator is solely responsible f or operating the vehicle in a saf e manner . V ehicle operators must be aware of all pertinent driving conditions at all times. An accident [...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 7 Getting Started Fully charge your cell phone’ s battery before programming y our Accessory HFL unit to ensure that the wireless electronic connection will be established with minimal difficulty . T ry to maintain a fully charged cell phone batter y when using Accessor y HFL. Accesso[...]

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    8 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Introduction Make sure the prompt f eature is turned on on your Accessory HFL unit before programming or when f ollowing any “prompted” instructions outlined in this user guide . Y ou can say “Cancel” to return to the main menu or “Help” to hear a list of availab le option[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 9 731901AE Introduction Accessory HandsFreeLink UIB (User Interface Board) 3. Speak er 4. Blue L.E.D . Light • A blue light comes on when the unit is activated or there is an incoming call. It also comes on when you are on a call. 5. VR (V oice Recognition) Button or Barge-in Button ?[...]

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    10 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Introduction Function Overview Command 1 Command 2 Location Name in Phonebook Number NEW ENTRY EDIT LIST NAMES DELETE ERASE ALL PHONE P AIRING CONFIRMA TION PROMPTS SELECT PHONE Command 3 Location Name Location Number Name Location Number Call Location Edit Location Number Delete Loc[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 11 Phone Pairing Y ou must first pair Accessory HFL (establish a communication link) to your Bluetooth hands-free profile cell phone. Please ref er to your cell phone’ s operation manual f or instructions on how to place your cellular phone into a pairing mode bef ore star ting the pa[...]

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    12 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Setup 8. Accessory HFL will prompt you for a phone name. Name it something easy to remember . Say the phone name , for e xample, “Jacob’ s phone. ” 9. T o complete the pair ing process, Accessory HFL will now ask you f or a phone priority from 1 to 7. Number 1 is the highest pr[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 13 Clear P aired Phones Y ou must clear a paired phone from Accessor y HFL in order to remov e it from being paired. Accessor y HFL will respond with “Phone not a vailab le” if y ou attempt to use a previously cleared phone to mak e a call. If you mak e a mistake during the clearing[...]

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    14 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Setup List Paired Phones 1. Press and release the Accessory HFL PHONE button and sa y “Set up . ” Accessory HFL will prompt you with a vailable options . 2. Say “Phone pairing. ” 3. After Accessory HFL prompts you, say “List paired phone. ” 4. Accessory HFL lists the name[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 15 Setup Confirmation Prompts Confirmation prompts confir m your commands with Accessory HFL before they are carried out. When the Accessory HFL confir mation prompts feature is ON, Accessory HFL will repeat the last command received and ask whether the command received w as correct bef[...]

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    16 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Setup T urning the confirmation prompts ON and OFF 1. Go to the Accessory HFL main menu and say “Set up . ” Accessory HFL prompts you with av ailable options. 2. Say “Confirmation prompts. ” 3. If the confirmation prompts are ON, Accessor y HFL will ask if you w ant to tur n [...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 17 Setup Select A Phone This option is used to ov erride the phone pr iority given during pairing. For e xample, if y ou wish to use phone 3 to ma k e an outgoing call, y ou would select phone 3 and ma k e the call. This o v er r ide only works for the current ignition ON cycle . Access[...]

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    18 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Making a Call Using the Call Feature Calling a name or a name/location from phonebook. 1. At the main menu, sa y “Call (any phone book entry name). ” If the name has more than one location, Accessory HFL will ask for the location to call. 2. If just “Call” w as used, Accessor[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 19 Phonebook Accessory HFL can store up to 32 names and 128 phone numbers. Each name has four locations (Home, Work, Mobile, and P ager) associated with it. Adding a new name and phone n umber to your phonebook. 1. At the main menu, sa y “Phonebook. ” Accessor y HFL prompts you f or[...]

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    20 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Adding a new location f or an existing name in your phonebook. 1. At the main menu, sa y “Phonebook, Edit. ” When prompted, sa y the name that you want to edit. The system responds with “Home , W ork, Mobile, or P ager . ” 2. Say the location (“Home , ” “Work, ” “Mo[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 21 Phonebook Listing names in Accessory HFL phonebook. 1. At the main menu, sa y “Phonebook, List Names. ” The phonebook entries are listed. 2. At the end of the list, Accessory HFL asks, “End of list. Would y ou like to start from the beginning?” Say “Y es” to hear the phon[...]

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    22 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Phonebook Erasing all phonebook records. Use this command only if you want to er ase (delete) the entire phonebook. Accessory HFL prompts you two times to verify y ou do want to delete the entire phonebook. 1. At the main menu, sa y “Phonebook, Erase All” to delete all phonebook [...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 23 Help Using the HELP feature to get Accessory HFL to give you the av ailable commands. 1. Press and release the Accessory HFL Phone button. 2. After the beep , say “Help” an y time Accessor y HFL is on. The module lists the av ailable commands for the current menu. For e xample, s[...]

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    24 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Product Functions Call Reject 1. Use this f eature to reject a second incoming call. 2. Let the double-beep pla y three times. Call W aiting 1. Use this feature to place a call on w ait or hold. 2. Press and release the VR button to place a call on hold. Press and release it again to[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 25 Product Functions Mute a Call 1. Press and release the VR button during the call and say “Mute” to turn the mute feature on. This mutes the in-car activity from the person on the other end of the call. 2. Press and release it again and sa y “Mute off ” to turn the mute f eatu[...]

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    26 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. T roubleshooting My phone will not pair . Check Phone and Accessory HFL have power . Phone is designed to work with Accessory HFL. Phone was paired properly . On certain phone models, y ou need to tell the phone to connect (after initiating the pairing process on some models only). B[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 27 A paired phone will not link/connect. Check Phone and Accessory HFL have power . Phone and Accessory HFL have had adequate time to “find” each other. Accessory HFL was not “barred” from the phone. Phone is set to automatically link/connect to the Accessory HFL. Accessory HFL [...]

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    28 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. T roubleshooting I can’t place a call. Check Phone is turned ON. The vehicle ignition is in the ON position. Y ou have an adequate cell phone signal. Phone is paired and properly linked to Accessory HFL. Y ou are inside of y our coverage area. Mobile account is still active and has[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 29 I can hear but the y can’t hear me . T roubleshooting Check The phone’s signal strength. Call is not “muted” on the Accessory HFL unit. Possib le Solutions Av oid using your phone and Accessory HFL in areas where the signal strength is poor and unable to pro vide a good conve[...]

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    30 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. T roubleshooting I am told that I sound unclear . Check There is not an abnormal amount of noise inside of the vehicle while using Accessory HFL. If they hear a lot of distortion. Possib le Solutions T ry eliminating any additional noise by r olling up the windows, turning the heater[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 31 T roubleshooting Accessory HFL will not call the name given to it. Check The name you called is stored in the Accessory HFL phone book. Possib le Solutions Store the name in Accessory HFL phonebook, not in the phone. I can't select a phone. Check Phone is paired to Accessory HFL[...]

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    32 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Index A Accesso r y HFL command s ..................... 10 Adding a Nam e ....................................... . 1 9 Adding a N e w Locatio n ........................... . 20 A udio Qualit y ........................................... . 2 9 B Barge-in Butto n .....................[...]

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    © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 33 Index G Getting Sta r te d ......................................... . 7 H Hands- F ree Profil e .................................... . 5 Hel p ..................................................... . 8 , 2 3 Hold Cal l .................................................. . 2 4 I Incomi[...]

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    34 © 200 8 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Index S Sa f ety Precaution s .................................... . 6 Select a Phon e ................................. . 1 7 , 3 1 Setup Comman d ..................................... . 1 1 SIM Car d ................................................. . 2 6 Spea k e r ...............[...]

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