Spotify Car Thing User Manual

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Place the mount Talk to Car Thing CD mount Get Car Thing to listen Vent mount Talk to Car Thing Dash mount Not working? Connect to power What can I ask Car Thing to do? Connect to dock 2 ...
Page 3 Play music (and podcasts) Turn play at start on/oﬀ Control music (and podcasts) Voice optimization Ask questions Perform voice optimization Save music (and podcasts) Voice Show content Select voice Music level Network connection Set music level Limited network connection About ...
Page 4 Recycling and disposal Technical speciﬁcations Dimensions Display Weight Wireless technology Battery Ports & Connectors Location Services Power Environmental conditions Important Safety Information Regulatory and Compliance Information Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement 4 ...
Page 5: Meet Car Thing
Meet Car Thing Car Thing makes it easier than ever to play your favorite music and podcasts in the car. To set up, just connect to the car’s media system with Bluetooth or the aux cable and mount it so it’s easily ...
Page 6: Get To Know Car Thing
2. Dial - Turn to explore music, settings, and options. 3. Preset buttons - Save your favorite music and podcasts to play instantly. 4. Microphones - Control Car Thing with your voice. Back 1. Restart button - Press to make the device restart. ...
Page 7: What's In The Box
Vent mount - Attaches to the car’s vents. CD mount - Attaches to the car’s CD slot. Dock and screw - Connects Car Thing to power and aux. On the back of the dock, the screw attaches the dock to the mounts. ...
Page 8: Connecting Parts
Connecting parts Car Thing - Plays your music or podcasts through the car speakers via Bluetooth or the aux cable. Power adapter - Connects the dock to the 12V power outlet in the car. Aux cable - Can connect Car Thing to the car’s media ...
Page 9: Other Parts
Other parts Storage pouch - Stores Car Thing when it’s not in use. Cable organizers - Helps keep Car Thing’s cables neat and out of the way. Cleaning cloth - Cleans the surface before you place the ...
Page 10: Set-Up Guide
Set-up guide These are the steps to getting Car Thing set up in your car and ready to play: 1. Mount in the car. Use one of the three mounts included in the box (CD mount, vent mount, or dash ...
Page 11: Mount In The Car
CD mount : Attaches inside the CD slot. This mount is appropriate if: ● The car has a CD slot located in a spot that makes it easy and safe for you to set up and operate Car Thing. ● The CD slot isn’t used to play CDs ...
Page 12: Before Mounting
● The mount must be out of the way from important functions in the car (such as gear stick, parking brake, light switches and speedometer). ● Car Thing should not be placed in front of or above any airbag. ● Car Thing must be safely secured with the chosen ...
Page 13: Attach The Dock To The Mount
Attach the dock to the mount Once you’ve chosen your mount you need to attach the dock to it. You do this by using the screw on the back of the dock. The dock attaches in the same way regardless of which mount you’re using. ...
Page 14: Place The Mount
Place the mount CD mount This mount has wings that can be ﬂattened to ﬁt into the CD slot. Important! Make sure you put the wings in the right way. The tips should be pointing upwards. ...
Page 15: Vent Mount
Important! If possible you should turn oﬀ the vent as the air ﬂow from the vent can cause noise interference, making it harder for Car Thing to hear you. 2. Slide and twist the grips to ﬁt your vent. Note! The gaps between the clamps diﬀers in width, ...
Page 16: Dash Mount
Dash mount This mount attaches with adhesive to any vertical surface you choose. Important! Before you mount the device, you should carefully consider the mounting location. The adhesive is very sticky, can be diﬃcult to move, and is not reusable. ...
Page 17: Connect To Power
Important ! Always remove Car Thing from the dock and bring it with you when you leave the car. If you leave Car Thing on the dock your car might still supply it with power, which risks draining the car’s battery. ...
Page 18 1. Locate the 12V power outlet in the car (it’s usually the cigarette lighter). Important ! Make sure the outlet you use is actually 12V and that it’s providing power. For some cars that means the ignition has to be turned on. 2.
Page 19: Start The Device
Start the device As soon as the device is connected to power it will start automatically. If you’re using the device for the ﬁrst time, you will be guided through the setup of the device. Setup At start up the device will check if the following is available: ...
Page 20: Connect To The Car's Media System
Connect to the car’s media system You can connect Car Thing to the car’s media system in the following ways: ● With the aux cable. ● With Bluetooth. Once Car Thing is connected to the car’s media system, it can ...
Page 21: No Car Connection
No car connection If the device has no car connection a symbol indicating this is shown on top of the screen. If this symbol shows, you need to connect the device to the car’s media system with the aux cable or Bluetooth to play music through the car’s speakers. ...
Page 22: Connect With The Aux Cable
Connect with the aux cable The provided aux cable is an easy way to connect Car Thing to the car’s media system through the aux port. Note : Not all cars have an aux port. Refer to the car’s user ...
Page 23: Connect With Bluetooth
Connect with Bluetooth and the car’s media system. ● Car Thing is within 3 feet (91 cm) from the car stereo. When using Bluetooth to connect Car Thing to the car’s media ● The ignition in the car is turned on. ...
Page 24: Pair From Car Thing
This will make the car’s media system discoverable for other Bluetooth devices 2. On Car Thing, go to Settings > Connect to car . Note : If no car connection is found when you start the device, you’re automatically taken to this page. ...
Page 25 6. You now get the option to perform voice optimization, which makes Car Thing better at picking up your voice requests. Press the center of the screen to start voice optimization. Go to Voice Optimization for more ...
Page 26: Pair From The Car's Media System
Follow these instructions if you want to establish the connection from the car’s media system. 1. On Car Thing, go to Settings > Connect to car . Note : If no car connection is found when you start the device, you’re automatically taken to this page. ...
Page 27: Link Account
Link account To play music on the device, you need to link your Spotify account to it. Note: Use a mobile device with an internet connection and a browser, such as a phone or tablet, to perform this. ...
Page 28: Organize The Cables
Organize the cables After you’ve set Car Thing up and mounted it, you can use the cable organizers to arrange the cables. These let you arrange the cables in a neat and tidy way to keep them away from ...
Page 29: Navigate Car Thing
Navigate Car Thing 1. Settings Here you can manage Car Thing. To get to Settings , press up from Now Playing (default screen). ● Turn the dial to scroll through options and sub-options ● Press the center of the screen to select options. ...
Page 30: Actions
● Press the screen left for previous song (if the current song’s been playing for less than 30 secs) or beginning of the current song (if it’s been playing for more than 30 secs). ● Press the screen up to get to Settings. ●...
Page 31 ● Press left to turn Shuﬄe on/oﬀ . . ● Press down to return to Now Playing . For Spotify Radio: ● Press up to start Radio. This starts a playlist of similar songs to what’s currently playing. ● Press right to like the song - this informs the Radio to ...
Page 32: Talk To Car Thing
● No or limited internet connection . If Car Thing has To talk to Car Thing you ﬁrst need to get it listening. You can no or limited internet connection it can’t do what you ...
Page 33: What Can I Ask Car Thing To Do
do? Play something ...play. This is a list of common things you can ask Car Thing to do. ...start playing. Be aware that the list doesn’t cover everything you can ask. Play a song ...play {song}. ...
Page 34 ...play {name} podcast. Ask questions ...play {podcast name}. Play a preset ...play preset {number}. To do this Say “Hey Spotify…” Control music (and podcasts) Find out what’s playing ...what’s playing? To do this Say “Hey Spotify…”...
Page 35 This means less risk of streaming interruptions due to short periods of limited network connection such as when you drive through a tunnel. Car Thing has a built-in 4G/LTE network. This means it will automatically connect to the internet when network coverage ...
Page 36 First ﬁnd and play the music or podcast you want to save. Then set it to a preset in one of these ways: ● Say “Hey Spotify, save to Preset {number}”. ● Press and hold the button for the preset you want to ...
Page 37 “Hey Spotify” and make a request. Here you can see if Car Thing is connected to the car’s media If the microphone is turned oﬀ, the symbol indicating this is system. Car Thing can be connected to the car’s media ...
Page 38 When Speaking is on, Car Thing will reply to you when you another account instead. talk to it. If it’s oﬀ, Car Thing will still hear and execute your requests, but it won’t speak. ...
Page 39 1. Go to Settings > Options > Speaking . Here you can select the voice for Car Thing. All voice replies 2. Press the center of the screen to switch on/oﬀ. from the device will be performed with the selected voice. ...
Page 40 ● OS version ● Voice version ● Language version Help You can get help on how to use Car Thing by going to Settings > Help . Here you can access brief help information in text form about diﬀerent topics. ...
Page 41 Updates Updates will be available for the device regularly. When an update becomes available, it will initiate the next time the device is connected to power or restarted. You don’t have to do anything for these updates to be performed, but you might brieﬂy see a screen saying that the ...
Page 42 Power modes There are two diﬀerent ways to restart the device. Car Thing has diﬀerent modes depending on if it’s in use or Go to Settings > Restart > Restart . ● not. The mode also depends on if Car Thing is connected to ...
Page 43 Put in sleep mode The device will automatically go to sleep after being disconnected for about 5 seconds. You can also put the device in sleep mode by tapping the power button on the back briefly. Power problem The message Power problem is shown if the device is plugged into the wrong power source. The device won’t be able to operate. Try plugging the device into another power source if this happens. ...
Page 44 Factory reset By doing a factory reset you will clear all saved data from the device. The following data will be cleared when you perform a factory reset: ● User data such as: ○ Bluetooth settings ○ Preset settings ○...
Page 45 It’s also possible to detach the dash mount by pulling on it Detach the dock and Car Thing from the mount before and moving it back and forth to loosen the adhesive. removing it. This makes it easier to remove the mount and ...
Page 46 Cleaning If your device needs to be cleaned, we recommend you use a lint free and scratch resistant cloth (microﬁbre preferred). Use this cloth to clean both the screen and all other external parts. Dampen the cloth slightly if needed and clean the screen using soft, even strokes. ...
Page 47 Recycling and disposal Devices that are no longer operational should be returned to Spotify, together with all equipment included. Visit for information about how to do support.carthing.com this. If this is not possible you should abide by your local ...
Page 48 Technical speciﬁcations Wireless technology Dimensions ● Bluetooth 4.0 ● Width: 3.9” (98 mm) ○ Supported Proﬁles: AVRCP target, A2DP ● Height: 1.7” (43.3 mm) Source ● Depth: 1.2” (31.7 mm) ● 3G/4G: ○ UMTS, bands: 2, 4, 5 Display ...
Page 49 Power ● Power supply requirements: 5V, 1.8A ● Power supply supplied: 12V in, 5V 1.8A +1.8A out ● Average power consumption, operational: 5W ● Peak power consumption: 10W ● Idle power consumption, 12V plug: 0.06W Environmental conditions ● Operational temperature: 14 °F to 105 °F (-10 °C to 40 °C ) ...
Page 50 Electrical Safety. Only use adapters and cables provided by Thing if it distracts you from operating any kind of vehicle. For Spotify for use with Car Thing. Do not use Car Thing in further information on the dangers of distracted driving and ...
Page 51 Medical Conditions. Do not use Car Thing if you have any ● Car Thing comes with various mounts to use with your medical condition that you believe could be aﬀected by Car vehicle’s dashboard, air vents and CD player. These ...
Page 52 ● The mounts may not stay attached in all circumstances. Do not place the device or mount where it will become a distraction should it become detached. 52 ...
Page 53 Regulatory and Compliance Information Federal Communication Commission try to correct the interference by one of the following Interference Statement measures. ● Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. ●...

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