Playing Bluetooth® Audio

Honda Crosstour / Honda Crosstour 2010-2025 Owner's Manual / Features / Models with navigation system / Playing Bluetooth® Audio

Your audio system allows you to listen to music from your Bluetooth®-compatible phone.

This function is available when the phone is paired and connected to the vehicle’s Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink® (HFL) system.

Not all Bluetooth-enabled phones with streaming

Not all Bluetooth-enabled phones with streaming audio capabilities are compatible with the system.

For a list of compatible phones:

• U.S.: Visit www.handsfreelink.honda.com, or call 1-888-528-7876.
• Canada: Visit www.handsfreelink.ca, or call 1-888- 528-7876.

In some states, it may be illegal to perform some data device functions while driving.

If more than one phone is paired to the HFL system, there will be a delay before the system begins to play.

You can control Bluetooth® Audio using voice commands.

■To Play Bluetooth® Audio Files

1. Make sure that your phone is paired and

1. Make sure that your phone is paired and connected to HFL.
2. Select the Bluetooth® Audio mode.

If the phone is not recognized, another HFLcompatible phone, which is not compatible for Bluetooth® Audio, may already be connected.

■ To pause or resume a file

Interface Dial
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Rotateor Pause, then press .  to select Play or Pause, then press Audio with Touch Screen.

Audio with Touch Screen
Select the play icon or pause icon.

To play the audio files, you may need to operate your phone. If so, follow the phone maker’s operating instructions.

The pause function may not be available on some phones.

Switching to another mode pauses the music playing from your phone.

■Switching to HFL

Press the  (pick-up) button on

Press the the steering (pick-up) button on the steering wheel to receive a call when Bluetooth® Audio is playing.

Press the to end (hang-up/back) button to end the call and return to Bluetooth® Audio.

If you receive a call while Bluetooth® Audio is in the pause mode, it will resume play after ending the call.

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