Hands Free Phone

A Uconnect® Hands Free Phone system is factory-installed optional equipment. This system allows hands free use of compatible mobile phones for sending and receiving phone calls and text messages as well as for streaming audio from those devices through the audio system in the vehicle. The Hands Free Phone system includes the following major components, which are described in further detail elsewhere in this service information:

• Bluetooth® Antenna  - A Bluetooth® antenna is internal and integral to the radio.
• Bluetooth® Phone  - A compatible, customer-supplied and paired Bluetooth® phone is a required component of the Hands Free Phone system. A list of suggested phones and providers is available at: https://www.driveuconnect.com 
• Body Control Module  - The Body Control Module (BCM) is located on the lower left side of the instrument panel within the passenger compartment, where it is concealed behind the instrument panel to the left of the steering column, and attached to the instrument panel carrier. The BCM is the configuration master node for the vehicle. Refer to MODULE, BODY CONTROL (BCM), DESCRIPTION .
• Electronic Vehicle Information Center Switch Pod  - The Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) switch pod is located in the left horizontal spoke of the steering wheel. In addition to the EVIC switch buttons this switch pod contains the Uconnect® Voice Recognition (VR) switch button and the Uconnect® Phone switch button of the Hands Free Phone system. Refer to SWITCH, EVIC CONTROL, DESCRIPTION .
• Microphones  - Stereo microphones are in the headliner just above the driver and front passenger in vehicles equipped with the Uconnect® Hands Free Phone system. Refer to MICROPHONE, DESCRIPTION .
• Radio  - The radio is located near the top of the instrument panel center stack area and is the primary component of the phone system in this vehicle, in addition to a 12.7 centimeter (5 inch), 17.8 centimeter (7 inch) or 21.3 centimeter (8.4 inch) color electronic touchscreen display, a microcontroller, a Bluetooth® transceiver, a navigation module, flash memory and sophisticated Advanced Speech Recognition (ASR) input capability through VR software. The ASR software includes many different available languages. Each vehicle is equipped with a list of available languages, which are made available from the factory based upon languages most commonly used for the market destination. Refer to RADIO, DESCRIPTION .

The radio also contains a microcontroller and programming that allows it to communicate with other electronic modules in the vehicle over the Controller Area Network - Interior High Speed (CAN-IHS) data bus. Refer to COMMUNICATION, DESCRIPTION .

The Uconnect® Hands Free Phone system components cannot be adjusted or repaired. If any Hands Free Phone system component is damaged or ineffective, that component must be replaced. The Hands Free Phone system software is flash programmable through the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port.