Hands Free Phone: Description

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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 additional detail elsewhere in this service information:

Bluetooth® Antenna - A Bluetooth® antenna is internal and integral to the 7 inch Radio Receiver Module (RRM). The Bluetooth® antenna for the 8.4 inch RRM is located above the glovebox, behind the instrument panel center trim panel.
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: http://www.chrysler.com/uconnect
Body Control Module - The Body Control Module (BCM) is located within the instrument panel on the driver side of the vehicle. The BCM is the configuration master node for the vehicle. Refer to MODULE, BODY CONTROL (BCM), DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION .
Microphone - Stereo microphones are mounted in the headliner just above the driver and front passenger in vehicles equipped with the Uconnect® Hands Free Phone system. Refer to MICROPHONE, DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION .
Radio Receiver Module - The RRM is located within the instrument panel and is the primary component of the hands free phone system in this vehicle. Depending upon selected vehicle optional equipment the RRM may include a microcontroller, a Bluetooth® transceiver, a navigation module, flash memory and sophisticated Advanced Speech Recognition (ASR) input capability through Voice Recognition (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 MODULE, RADIO RECEIVER, DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION .
Steering Wheel Switches - The steering wheel switches are located in two banks or pods located at each side of the Driver AirBag (DAB) trim cover in the spaces between the spokes of the steering wheel. These switch pods contain the Uconnect® Voice Recognition (VR) switch button and the Uconnect® Phone switch button of the Hands Free Phone system.

The RRM 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) and CAN - Chassis (CAN-C) data buses. Refer to COMMUNICATION, DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION .

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.