Kia Sorento 2023 Manual page 109

Features of your vehicle
Smartphone Key menu screen of the
infotainment system and Delete will
be displayed on the My Smartphone
Key screen. If you want to save a digi-
tal key again, "How to delete Digital
Key (Smart Phone)" on page 4-19.
僅 Smart Phone
The digital key cannot be saved again
whilst the vehicle's digital key is saved
in the owner's smart phone. Save the
digital key after deleting the digital
key from the Kia Access App.
僅 During the digital key 2 saving pro-
cess, the process will cancel when:
- The smart phone is removed from
the in-vehicle authentication pad
(wireless charging pad)
- Changing the infotainment system
or instrument cluster screen
- The vehicle is turned off
- The gear is shifted
- There is no smart key (saving pro-
cess will not begin)
僅 As the in-vehicle authentication pad
may not work smoothly depending on
the internal structure of the smart-
phones, the digital key may not be
registered. In this case, register the
procedure by moving the smartphone
to the left or right of the in-vehicle
authentication pad (wireless charging
pad).
僅 UWB (Ultra Wide Band) means ultra-
wideband wireless communication
technology. NFC (Near Field Commu-
nication) means short-range wireless
communication.
How to Use the Digital Key 2
(Smart Phone)
Smart Phone Touch Control
The driver can lock and unlock the door
by touching the smart phone on the
door handle without activating the Kia
Access App. Also, the vehicle can be
started by placing the smart phone on
the in-vehicle authentication pad (wire-
less charging pad).
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A: Door handle authentication pad
B: NFC antenna on the back of the
smartphone (The antenna position dif-
fers depending on models.)
You can check the location of the NFC
antenna on your Samsung smartphone
in the Settings app → Connections →
NFC and contactless payments. The
Apple iPhone's NFC antenna is located
at the top of the back of the device, and
the Apple Watch's NFC antenna is
located in the centre of the screen. Make
sure that the location of the smart-
phone's NFC antenna touches the in-
vehicle authentication pad (wireless
charging pad). However, as the location
of the smartphone's NFC antenna may
be different by smartphone model, con-
tact the smartphone manufacturer for
more details.
Locking/Unlocking the doors
僅 If the driver touches the smart phone
NFC antenna to the driver's or pas-
senger's door handle authentication
Keys
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