Mini PHONE PAIRING WITHOUT NAV SYSTEM User Manual
Mini also has a feature that lets you connect your phone without a tracking system. Depending on the Mini model and the system in place, this technology lets you connect your smartphone to the car’s audio system and use different phone features. Through Bluetooth, you can connect your phone to the Mini’s music system and talk without having to use your hands. This means that you can make and take calls right through the car’s speakers, using the built-in microphone to make sure the sound is clear and crisp. With this function, you can keep in touch and talk on the go without having to hold your phone. Phone pairing without a navigation system often includes the ability to play music in addition to making calls. You can use your phone’s wireless connection to play your favorite music, podcasts, or other audio material through the car’s sound system. This lets you enjoy music that fits your tastes while driving, and you can handle it all from the car’s interface.
Using this Owner’s Manual
This manual is a supplement to your Owner’s Manual for Vehicle and instructs you on how to register your mobile phone for the first time and how to operate it using features in the vehicle. Keep it together with the other vehicle documentation.
Should the day arrive when you wish to sell your MINI, please remember to hand this Owner’s Manual to the next owner; it is an important part of the vehicle.
For information on other vehicle equipment, please turn to the Owner’s Manuals of your vehicle or to the respective supplementary Owner’s Manuals. If you have any questions, your MINI Dealer will be glad to help you.
Editorial notice
The manufacturer pursues a policy of continuous, ongoing development that ensures the highest quality standards combined with advanced, state-of-the-art technology for MINI products. For this reason, the features described in this Owner’s Manual could differ from those in your vehicle in rare cases.
The concept
Your MINI is equipped with a full preparation package mobile phone. After a one-time pairing of a suitable mobile phone with the vehicle, you can operate it using the onboard monitor, the buttons* on the steering wheel, and your voice*.
Once a mobile phone is paired with the vehicle, it will automatically be recognized when it is located inside the vehicle if the vehicle engine is running or the ignition is switched on. Pairing data can be stored for up to four mobile phones at any one time. If several mobile phones are recognized simultaneously, the mobile phone paired last can be operated on the vehicle.
Making calls in the car
Using the snap-in adapter
The so-called snap-in adapter, or mobile phone base plate, recharges the battery and connects the mobile phone to the outside antenna of the vehicle. This provides for good network reception and consistent sound quality. Inquire with your MINI Dealer whether you can use a base plate with your vehicle and for which mobile phone snap-in adapters are available. Avoid using the mobile phone buttons to operate a mobile phone recognized by the vehicle as this may cause the mobile phone to malfunction.
For your safety
Make entries only when traffic and road conditions allow. While driving, do not make calls with the mobile phone in your hand. Use the hands-free system instead. Otherwise, you may become distracted, potentially placing your own vehicle’s occupants and other road users in danger.
SUITABLE MOBILE PHONES
Ask your MINI Dealer which Bluetooth mobile phones the full preparation package mobile phone supports and for which mobile phones snap-in adapters* are available. When loaded with the appropriate software version, these mobile phones support the functions described in this Owner’s Manual. Other mobile phones may not function properly.
Your vehicle can save the pairing data for four mobile phones at any one time. When the vehicle engine is running or the ignition is switched on, every paired mobile phone is automatically recognized whenever it is located inside the vehicle.
Pairing the mobile phone with the vehicle
The following conditions must be met:
- Suitable mobile phone: The mobile phone is supported by the full preparation package mobile phone. Information on this can be found on the Internet: www.mini.com
- The mobile phone is ready to operate.
- The Bluetooth connection on the vehicle, refer to page 10, and on the mobile phone is activated.
- Depending on the mobile phone type, it may be necessary to make certain settings, e. g. via the following menu items:
- Bluetooth switched on
- Connection without confirmation
- Reconnection
- Depending on the type of mobile phone, for example, the energy-saving mode may result in the vehicle not being able to identify the mobile phone.
- To pair the phone, define a number of your choice as the Bluetooth passkey, e.g. 1. This Bluetooth passkey will not be needed again after the phone has been paired successfully.
- The ignition is switched on.
To avoid being distracted and thus posing an unnecessary hazard both to your own vehicle’s occupants and to other road users, only pair the mobile phone with the vehicle when the vehicle is parked.
Checks to perform if the pairing is unsuccessful
- Is the mobile phone supported by the full preparation package mobile phone? Information on this can be found on the Internet: www.mini.com.
- Do the Bluetooth passkeys on the mobile phone and vehicle match? The same Bluetooth passkey must be entered on the mobile phone’s display and on the onboard monitor.
- Is the mobile phone no longer responding? Switch the mobile phone off and on or disconnect it briefly from the power supply.
- Only a limited number of devices can be connected to mobile phones. If necessary, delete connections with other devices.
LIST OF PAIRED MOBILE PHONES
You can call up a list of mobile phones whose pairing data are stored in the vehicle. If several mobile phones are detected by the vehicle at the same time, the mobile phone at the top of the list can be operated via the vehicle. You can adjust the order in which the mobile phones are listed. As long as one of the mobile phones in this list is selected, you cannot operate rate the mobile phones on the vehicle.
Onboard monitor, concept, refer to Owner’s Manual for Vehicle.
- Press the button to open the start menu.
- Move the MINI joystick to highlight “Setup” and press the MINI joystick.
- Select “Settings”.
- Select”Bluetooth”.
- Select “Phone”.
- Select the desired mobile phone.
The following functions can be operated on the onboard monitor:
- Accepting/rejecting calls
- Dialing a phone number
- Dialing a phone number from the phone book
- Dialing a stored phone number, e.g. from the list of accepted calls
- Terminating a call
When the ignition and radio standby modes are switched off, e.g. after taking the remote control out of the ignition switch, you can continue an ongoing call via the hands-free system for a maximum of 25 minutes.
Voice quality
If the person you are talking to is unable to hear you clearly, this may be due to excessive background noise. The mobile phone preparation can compensate for these noises to a certain degree.
To optimize voice quality, we recommend the following:
- Reduce background noise, e. g. by closing the windows, lowering the air volume of the air conditioning system or opening the four front air vents and pointing them downward.
- Reduce the volume of the hands-free system.
Useful Links
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