Table of Contents Package Content Requirements Device Overview Charging Your Car Kit Recommended Way of Using Your Car Kit Connect Car Kit to your Bluetooth enabled cellular phone Operating the Car Kit with Two Bluetooth enabled phones Using your Car Kit...
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LED Indication Restore to Default Settings Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement CE Statement Limited Warranty Contact...
Package Content 1 x Solar Power Bluetooth Hands-free Car Kit 1 x USB Car Charger 1 x USB Charging Cable 1 x Windshield Mount 4 x Suction Cups 1 x Sun-Visor Mount 1 x User Manual 1 x Warranty / Registration Card...
Requirements Your mobile/cellular phone, PDA, or Smart Phone must be Bluetooth enabled and supports either Headset or Hands-free profile in order to work with the Solar Power Bluetooth Hands-free Car Kit. IMPORTANT NOTE: Before start using the Windshield Mount on your windshield, check the state and local laws and ordinances where you drive.
Charging Your Car Kit Before you begin using your Solar Power Bluetooth Hands-free Car kit, it is recommended to fully charge the device to ensure optimal performance. Using the USB cable Plug the micro-USB connector end of the USB charging cable to the Solar Power Bluetooth Car Kit, and the other USB Type A connector end to any available SUB port on your computer or an AC power adapter with USB port (not included).
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Using the car charger Plug the micro-USB connection end of the USB charging cable to the Solar Power Bluetooth Car Kit, and the other USB Type A connector end to the USB Type A female port of the included car charger. Plug the car charger completely into the cigarette lighter in your car and turn on the power of your car.
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Using solar power Place the Solar Power Bluetooth Car Kit under direct sunlight exposure with 45 degree angle, and have the solar panel facing toward sunlight. Leave the Car Kit under sunlight exposure for 18 hours to have the device fully charged. The LED light on the Car Kit will light up during charging, and it will turn off when charge completes.
Recommended Way of Using Your Car Kit Place the Car Kit with sun-visor On the sun-visor mount onto the sun visor of your car. Slide the Car Kit into the sun-visor mount. Now you can talk safely while driving.
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Mounting the Car Kit on the windshield IMPORTANT NOTE: Before start using the Windshield Mount on your windshield, check the state and local laws and ordinances where you drive. Some state laws prohibit drivers from using suction mounts on their windshields while operating motor vehicles. Other state laws allow the suction mount to be located only in specific locations on the windshield.
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Take the Car Kit off the windshield Clean the surface of your windshield mount. where you want to mount the windshield mount.
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Push and hold the windshield mount against the windshield until the windshield mount is securely attached to the windshield. Note: If you have problem attaching the windshield mount to your windshield, apply small amount of water and wet the suction cups and try again.
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Slide your Car Kit back into the windshield mount and now you can charge the Car Kit battery with solar energy.
Bluetooth Car Kit is found, your phone will connection. Make sure your phone display “GBHFK231” from the list and the Car Kit is no more than 3 of devices, and you will be asked feet apart.
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Note: If the pairing process can not be completed within 2 minutes after pairing mode is activated, the Car Kit will power off automatically. Please repeat above steps again to pair your Bluetooth enabled cellular phone and the Car Kit.
Operating the Car Kit with Two Bluetooth enabled phones Activate multi-point connection The default setting of Car Kit’s multi-point connection is off. To turn this on, power on the Car Kit and make sure it is in standby mode. Then press and hold “+”...
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Pair Two Bluetooth enabled cellular phones Before begin to pair two Bluetooth enabled phones with the Car Kit, first you need to make sure to activate the multi-point feature. Please refer to page 18 for instructions. Complete the pairing process with first phone following the steps in page 16. Power off the Car Kit.
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Note: If the Car Kit does not connect back to the first phone or having problem staying connected with any one of the two phones, try to power cycle the Car Kit and it should reconnect back to the two phones. Answering call from the second phone during a call on the first phone When a new call comes in on the second phone, quick tab the MFB button twice to hold the call on the first phone and pick up the call from the second...
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Rejecting call from the second phone When a new call comes in on the second phone, press and hold MFB button for 3 seconds to reject the call from the second phone. Switch between two calls on two phones Quick tab the MFB button twice to switch between the calls on two phones. When on an active call, short press MFB button to end the call and stay with the other call.
Using your Car Kit Power On Long press the MFB button for 4 seconds until you hear a short beep. The BLUE LED will flash 5 times and the Car Kit will automatically connect to the last connected phone. Power Off Long press the MFB button for 4 seconds until you hear a short beep.
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Voice Dial If you cellular phone voice dialing is enabled, short press the MFB button under standby mode and say the voice tag after hearing a beep. Note: Please ensure to record voice tag into the cellular phone before using voice dial function. Functionality varies depending on the phone models.
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Adjusting the Press the “+” or “-“ button repeatedly until you reach the Volume desired volume level. Mute Short press the Mute button during a call to mute and the RED LED will turn on. Un-Mute Short press the Mute button during mute mode to un-mute the Car Kit and the RED LED will turn off.
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Transferring Call Press Both “+” and “-“ to direct the call back from cellular from phone to phone back to the Car Kit. Car Kit...
LED Indication Device Status LED Status Power Off LED Off Powering On BLUE LED flash once every 3 seconds Powering Off RED LED flash once Standby Mode BLUE LED flash twice every 3 seconds Low Battery RED LED flash once every 3 seconds...
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Device Status LED Status Call in Progress BLUE LED flash once every 6 seconds Pairing Mode RED and BLUE LED flash alternatively Charging in Progress RED LED on Charging Completed LED off...
Restore to Default Settings When the Car Kit is on and in standby mode, press and hold both “+” and “-“ buttons for 10 seconds until the BLUE and RED LED flash 5 times. Then the Car Kit will enter pairing mode automatically after the reset. When the Car Kit is not powered on, turn on the Car Kit and press and hold both “+”...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 15.21 You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the part responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. 15.105(b) his equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
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guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: 1. this device may not cause interference and 2. this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.
CE Statement This device has been tested and found to comply with the requirements set up in the council directive on the approximation of the law of member states relating to EMC Directive 89/336/EEC, Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and R&TTE Directive 99/5/EC. The product has been approved for LVD and covered the following countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, U.K., Spain, Sweden...
Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and product names are trade- marks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. IOGEAR makes no warranty of any kind with regards to the information presented in this document. All information furnished here is for informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice.
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Customer’s Record The model number and serial number of this product can be found on the product package. You should note this serial number in the space provided below and retain this book, plus your purchase receipt, as a permanent record of your purchase to aid in identification for Warranty Service purposes.
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