S4 USER GUIDE Read Me to Get the Most Out of Your Device...
Contents Introduction 4 Remove the Protective Cover 5 Charge Your S4 5 Pair the S4 with your Phone 6 Install the S4 in your Car 8 Using the Handsfree Trigger 9 Handsfree Trigger Battery Saving Mode 10 Reconnecting to the S4 11 Use Your Voice to Make Phone Calls 12 Use Your Voice to Answer Calls 12 Voice Commands 13 Transferring your Phonebook Contacts to the S4 15
17 Adjusting the Volume 18 Using 2 Phones with the S4 (Multipoint) 19 Multiple Calls (Call Waiting)* 20 Switching the S4 On and Off 21 Resetting the S4 22 Troubleshooting 23 Alternatives to Voice Control 28 Help and Support 29 Specifications 30 Terms and Conditions 31 ENGLISH Listening to Audio 3
Touch-Sensitive Volume Controls Introduction The S4 speakerphone is the first true handsfree voice controlled Bluetooth car speakerphone. There is no need to take your hands off the wheel or your eyes off the road to use the S4. Battery Indicator Microphone Multi-Function Button (the symbol) Simply say the trigger phrase BlueAnt Speak To Me™ and the S4 will be ready for your voice commands.
The plastic cover on your S4 is intended to protect it during transit. Please remove it before using your S4. Charge Your S4 Battery Indicator Your S4 has been given an initial partial charge to get you started, but for best results we recommend you charge it using the supplied USB cable and adaptor: > You should charge the S4 whenever it announces that the battery is Very Low. ENGLISH Remove the Protective Cover ON F OF > A full charge takes about 3-4 hours.
Pair the S4 with your Phone To use the S4 you need to pair it with your phone. 1. Slide the power switch on the side of the S4 to the ON position. 2. If this is the first time you have used the S4 it will go straight to pairing mode. The voice prompts will start to talk you through the pairing process and the light will flash blue. For subsequent pairings, say BlueAnt Speak To Me, wait for the S4 to ask you to Say A Command and then say Pair Me. 3. Follow the voice prompts to pair the S4 with your phone.
If you are using a BlackBerry smartphone you may see a message like this one. Select “Don’t ask this again” so that a tick appears in the box, and then choose “YES”. Accept connection request from BlueAnt S4? YES NO Android ™ On Android devices a message about the phonebook transfer may appear in the notifications area at the top of the screen. In order to transfer your contacts you must swipe your finger over this message and accept the phonebook transfer request from the S4.
Install the S4 in your Car 1. Slide the sun visor clip onto the edge of the car sun visor. Your S4 is supplied with a choice of visor clips so you can select the most appropriate one for your vehicle. 2. Attach the magnetic back of the S4 to the fixed sun visor clip. 1 2 Sun Visor Clip Don’t forget: Drive safely and within the law. Please refer to the relevant national or local legislation regarding the usage of mobile devices while driving.
Your S4 is designed to be a true handsfree device. Simply say the trigger phrase BlueAnt Speak To Me and the S4 will be ready to receive your voice commands. 1 BlueAnt Speak To Me Handsfree Trigger Indicator 2 ENGLISH Using the Handsfree Trigger Say A Command When the S4 asks you to Say A Command, immediately say one of the voice commands loudly and clearly. Note: The handsfree trigger only works when the green handsfree trigger indicator light on the front of the device is on.
Handsfree Trigger Battery Saving Mode Using the handsfree trigger gives you true handsfree operation, as the S4 is always listening for your voice. If you want your S4 to run for longer between charges, slide the power switch to the middle position to activate “battery saving mode”. OFF ON In this mode the S4 only listens for 2 minutes after the last action. Once the 2 minutes are up, the green indicator light goes out and the S4 stops listening.
To save battery, the S4 goes into “sleep mode” when you are not using it. If you take your phone out of range of the S4 for more than 2 minutes, the handsfree trigger switches off and “sleep mode” is activated. When you come back, you must tap the symbol to reconnect your phone and reactivate the trigger. ENGLISH Reconnecting to the S4 Alternatively, use the power switch to turn the S4 off when you get out of the car and then turn it back on again when you come back.
Use Your Voice to Make Phone Calls Say BlueAnt Speak To Me and wait for the S4 to ask you to Say A Command, then: > Say Phone Commands to activate the voice dial feature on your phone (if your phone supports voice dialing). > Say Redial to redial the last number you called on your phone. > Say Call Back to call back the last call you received on the S4. Use Your Voice to Answer Calls When the phone rings, wait for the prompt to ask you if you want to take the call, and then say Answer or Ignore.
When you want to do something, just say BlueAnt Speak To Me, wait for the S4 to ask you to Say A Command, and then say one of the following commands: > Am I Connected? — The S4 will check if your phone is connected, and attempt to connect if it is not. > Call Back — Calls back the last incoming call received on the S4. ENGLISH Voice Commands > Check Battery — Tells you the battery level on the S4.
> Pair Me — Puts the S4 into pairing mode. Any connected phone will be disconnected. > Phone Commands — Activates your phone’s voice dialing feature (if supported). Depending on your phone model, you may need to record voice tags on the phone to use this feature. > Redial — Redials the last outgoing call made on the connected phone. > Sensitivity Level — Configures the sensitivity of the S4’s voice recognition. > LED Light — Turns the LEDs on or off.
Automatically Transferring your Phonebook Contacts to the S4 ENGLISH Transferring your Phonebook Contacts to the S4 Your S4 uses Text To Speech technology (TTS) to read out the name of the person who is calling you. To do this, the S4 needs to store a copy of your phonebook contacts. When you pair your phone with the S4 it will attempt to transfer the phonebook contacts automatically. The S4 stores up to 2,000 contacts per phone.
individually). 3. Select the option on your phone to “send” or “beam” contacts, business cards, or v-cards via Bluetooth, and select the S4 from the list of Bluetooth devices. See your phone’s manual for help with this step. Note: some phones do not support phonebook transfers at all. If this is the case, the S4 will read out the caller’s number instead.
The S4 supports A2DP audio streaming. If your phone supports the A2DP profile then simply start playing music or any other audio (including turn-by-turn directions from a GPS application on your phone) and it will automatically transfer to the S4. If the phone rings the audio will mute. You can use your voice to answer or ignore the call. Or: > Tap the ENGLISH Listening to Audio symbol once to accept the call. > Double tap the symbol to ignore the call. The audio will resume when the call ends.
Adjusting the Volume The volume controls are touch sensitive. Swipe your finger across the top of the S4 to adjust the volume. You can also adjust the volume by pressing and holding the - or + symbols. You can adjust the volume during calls, during music playback and you can also adjust the volume of the audio prompts. Please note that each of these modes has its own independent volume setting.
Up to 2 devices can connect to the S4 at the same time. If either phone rings, you can answer it with the S4. Use the Pair Me command to put your S4 back into pairing mode to pair another phone. Any currently connected phone will be disconnected during pairing, so you will need to reconnect afterwards. ENGLISH Using 2 Phones with the S4 (Multipoint) Which Phone is Used for Calls? When you have two phones connected to the S4 at the same time you can always answer an incoming call on either phone.
Multiple Calls (Call Waiting)* If you receive an incoming call while you are already on a call the S4 will play a tone to alert you. > Press the + symbol on the S4 for about 1 second to put your current call on hold and answer the incoming call. > Press the - symbol on the S4 for about 1 second to end the current call and answer the incoming call. > Once you have a call on hold, you can switch between calls by pressing the + symbol for about 1 second.
> Slide the switch to the ON position to use the S4 in handsfree trigger mode. > Slide the switch to the position to use the S4 in battery saving mode. In this mode the S4 will only listen for the trigger phrase for 2 minutes after you do something. Once the 2 minutes are up you must tap the symbol to activate the S4’s voice recognition. ENGLISH Switching the S4 On and Off To switch the S4 on or off, use the hardware power switch located on the side of the device.
Resetting the S4 If you are having problems with the S4, you can reset it and start again. Resetting the S4 will clear all the stored pairing settings on the S4, delete any stored contact details and put the device back into pairing mode. To reset the S4: 1. Delete any existing pairing information from your phone and turn it off and back on again to refresh the phone memory. 2. Make sure the S4 is switched on but not connected to any phones. 3.
Using Phone Commands and Voice Dialing When you use the command Phone Commands your S4 activates your phone’s voice dial function. Your phone must support “voice dialing over Bluetooth”. ENGLISH Troubleshooting This feature is supported by the iPhone 3GS (iOS 3.1+) and iPhone 4, most BlackBerry smartphones, and most Android devices running Android 2.2 and above. Once you have activated the voice dial feature, you are using your phone’s voice recognition software.
Some phones support phonebook transfers but do not support doing them automatically. If this is the case on your phone then you will need to manually send the contacts to the S4, as described in “Manually Transferring your Phonebook Contacts to the S4” on page 15. If you are having problems transferring your phonebook to the S4, please see our knowledgebase on www.blueantwireless.com. This contains extensive troubleshooting tips for phone-specific issues relating to the phonebook transfer process.
The S4 Does Not Announce the Caller’s Name The S4 will only announce the name if the caller’s name and number are stored in your phonebook and have been transferred to the S4 (on most phones your phonebook is automatically transferred when you pair your phone). ENGLISH order it receives from the phone.
How Many Contacts Can I Store on the S4? The S4 can store up to 2,000 phone numbers for each paired device. Each number stored in your phonebook counts towards this limit. For example, if you have a business, home, and mobile number stored for one of your contacts, then this counts as 3 separate entries. The S4 Does Not Respond to “BlueAnt Speak To Me” If you are having trouble getting the S4 to respond to your voice, it may be that there is too much noise around you for the S4 to hear you.
If your phone always prompts you to confirm whether you want to accept the connection from the S4, then you should configure your phone to treat the S4 as a “trusted connection” or a “trusted device”. The exact option to change will depend on your phone model, but you need to go to the Bluetooth menu and locate the S4 in the list of paired devices, then configure the S4 to be an “authorized device” or add it to your phone’s list of “trusted devices” or “trusted connections”.
> Speak louder than any background noise. > Try changing the S4’s sensitivity level. This setting determines how precisely the words that you say need to match the speech patterns that the S4 has been configured to recognize. You can change it by using the Sensitivity Level command. Alternatives to Voice Control 28 S4 Function Do This Activate voice control Tap the When symbol S4 switched on, but not on a call. S4 switched on, but not on a call.
Do This Reject a call Double tap the When Hold active call and switch to incoming or held call Press the + symbol for 1 second Active call with ringing incoming call or held call. End active call and answer a new incoming call Press the - symbol for 1 second Active call with ringing incoming call. symbol Phone ringing. ENGLISH S4 Function Help and Support If you are having trouble getting the S4 to work, please visit www.blueantwireless.com for online help, support, and troubleshooting tips.
Specifications > Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR > Supported Profiles: HFP 1.5, A2DP 1.2 > Operating Range: Up to 10 meters > Frequency: 2.
By using this product, you are agreeing to BlueAnt’s terms and conditions, available at www.blueantwireless.com and on the supplied warranty information card. Please protect your ears. All BlueAnt devices are designed to reach volumes of up to 100 decibels. Prolonged use at high volumes may affect your hearing capacity and may result in noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Please read the enclosed safety card for information about the safe use of BlueAnt products.
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