Connect your mobile phone to the car via Bluetooth

Connect your mobile phone via Bluetooth to be able to use handsfree functions or stream music wirelessly in your car. This article describes how to set up a connection between your mobile phone and your Volvo.

Connect your mobile phone to the car via Bluetooth

It is possible to have two Bluetooth devices connected simultaneously, one of which is only for streaming media. The last phone connected is automatically connected in order to make calls, send/receive messages, stream media and provide an Internet connection. For this to work, your mobile phone needs to be equipped with Bluetooth and support tethering. For information on mobile phones and compatibility, see Phones and Bluetooth compatibility.

Connection is performed once per device. After collection, the Bluetooth device no longer needs to be visible/searchable, it just has to have Bluetooth activated.

To connect your phone to your car via Bluetooth, see the video tutorial or follow the instructions below.

Bluetooth pairing

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Instructions

There are two ways of connecting. You can either search for the phone from your car or search for the car from your phone.

Option 1 – search for the phone from your car

Make the phone searchable/visible via Bluetooth.

To connect your car to the Internet using your telephone's Bluetooth connection – activate tethering (portable/personal hotspot) via Bluetooth on your phone.

Open telephone view.

  • If no phone is connected to the car, press Add phone.
  • If a phone is connected to the car, press Change. In the pop-up box, press Add phone.

Available Bluetooth devices are listed.

Press the name of the phone to be connected.

Check that the specified numerical code in the car matches the one on the phone. In which case, choose to accept in both places.

Choose in the phone to accept or reject any options for phone contacts and messages.

Confirm your selections in the centre display.

Option 2 – search for the car from your phone

Open telephone view.

  • If no phone is connected to the car, press Add phoneMake car discoverable.
  • If a phone is connected to the car, press Change. In the pop-up box, press Add phoneMake car discoverable.

Enable Bluetooth on your phone.

To connect your car to the Internet using your telephone's Bluetooth connection – activate tethering (portable/personal hotspot) via Bluetooth on your phone.

On your phone, search for Bluetooth devices.

Available Bluetooth devices are listed.

Select the name of your car on your phone.

Check that the specified number code in the car matches that in the external device. In which case, choose to accept in both places.

Choose in the phone to accept or reject any options for phone contacts and messages.

Confirm your selections in the centre display.

  • The message function must be activated in some phones.
  • Not all mobile phones are compatible and can show contacts and messages in the car.

If the phone's operating system is updated then the connection may be broken. In which case, delete the phone from the car and then connect again.

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