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 additional detail elsewhere in this service information:

• Bluetooth® Antenna  - A Bluetooth® antenna is internal and integral to the Radio Receiver Module (RRM) on 178 mm (7 inch) radios. However, a separate Bluetooth® antenna is used on models that are equipped with the 257 mm (10.1 inch) DSM. The separate Bluetooth® antenna is located just above the Passenger AirBag (PAB).
• 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 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 .
• Microphone  - A microphone is integral to the roof lamp unit in the headliner near the center of the upper windshield opening header panel in vehicles equipped with the Uconnect® Hands Free Phone system. Refer to MICROPHONE, DESCRIPTION .
• 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 micro-controller, 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 RADIO, DESCRIPTION .
• Steering Wheel Switches  - The steering wheel switches for the audio/telematics systems are located in one switch pod located on the left side of the Driver AirBag (DAB) trim cover secured to the surface of the left steering wheel spoke. This switch pod contains the Uconnect® VR switch button and the Uconnect® Phone switch button of the Hands Free Phone system in addition to the Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC) access buttons.

The RRM also contains a micro-controller 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.