User's Manual

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It is important to pair the Bluetooth car kit with your Bluetooth phone for first time use.
Pairing procedure:
1) Get the car kit into pairing mode:
 Once turned on, the car kit will automatically go into pairing mode if it has not
detected any connection.
 Under standby mode, you can also go into pairing mode by pressing and holding
the “MFB” button until the LED blinks alternatively blue and red.
2) Activate Bluetooth on your phone, and search for Bluetooth devices.
3) Select “Avantree Cara” from the list of found devices.
4) Enter the Bluetooth passkey “0000” to pair and connect the Cara to your phone.
5) The car kit is now ready for use.
Note:
1) If the pairing can’t be completed within 2 minutes after pairing mode is activated,
Cara will enter standby mode. Repeat steps above to pair Cara and mobile phone
again.
2) If connection is lost, the car kit will automatically turn itself off after 30 minutes. In
this case, you need to slide the “Power” switch to “OFF-->ON” to wake up the car kit.
3) Once paired and connected, the car kit will be automatically connected to the device
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whenever you turn the car kit on again, provided the device is in range.
We find most problems are caused by improper pairing between the Bluetooth
car kit and the Bluetooth device. Please follow the online instructions step-by-
step.
7. Basic Operations
1) Answer a call:
When receiving a phone call, press “MFB” button once to answer the call.
2) End a call:
During a call, press “MFB” button once to end the call.
3) Reject a call:
When you hear the ringing tone, press and hold the “MFB” button for 2 secs.
To reject the call.
4) Voice dial:
If your mobile phone is voice dial-enabled, press the “MFB” button for 3 secs. during
connection and say the voice tag after you hear a beep.
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Note: Make sure you record your voice tag onto the mobile phone before using
voice dial function. Functionality varies depending on the mobile phone model.
Please refer to your mobile phone user guide for details.
5) Re-dialing:
During connection, short press the “MFB” button twice for last number redials.
6) Restore to default settings:
Important note: When the car kit is reset to factory default settings, all the paired
mobile phone information will be erased.
 Get the car kit into pairing mode.
 In pairing mode, press “MFB” button twice to restore the car kit to default
settings. During this process, you will hear a beep.
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8. Advance features
1) Multipoint feature:
Multipoint means that you can connect with two mobile phones at the same time.
The default setting of Cara’s multipoint function is on.
Multipoint pairing procedure:
 First mobile phone: pair and connect Cara with the first mobile phone.
 Second mobile phone: press and hold the “MFB” button for 6 secs. to enter
pairing mode again. Then pair and connect Cara with the second mobile phone.
 Connect two mobile phones at the same time: turn Cara off and on again, it will
automatically search and connect with the last two paired phones.
2) Answer or reject a second call:
During a call, when another call comes in:
 Answer a second incoming call: press “MFB” button twice.
 Reject a second incoming call: press and hold “MFB” for 1 sec.
 Answer a second call and release active call: press “MFB” button once.
3) Switch between two phone calls:
 Switch between two phone calls: press the “MFB” button twice.
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 End the holding call and stay with the current call: press and hold “MFB” button
for 1 sec.
 End the current call and stay with the other call: press the “MFB” button once.
4) Audio streaming feature:
 Play music: during connection, press the “MFB” button once – your phone will
play whatever music was last playing. (NB: To change the music selection, use
the controls on the phone.)
 Pause music: when playing, press the “MFB” button again to pause the music.
Note:
 When connected with two mobile phones, the “MFB” button operates on the first
linked phone. For playing music, the “MFB” button is operates on the last phone
that sent music to Cara.
 Cara can only output music from one mobile phone. If you want to play music
from another phone, please pause current phone’s music first.
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9. LED indication
Status LED Indication
Power on Blue LED on 1 sec.
Power off Red LED on 1 sec.
Standby mode Blue LED flashes twice every 7 secs.
Standby (disconnects Bluetooth device) Red LED flashes twice every 7 secs.
Pairing mode The red and blue LED flash alternately
Play music Blue LED flashes once every 7 secs.
Low voltage Red LED flashes every 0.5 secs.
Charging in progress Red LED stays on
Charging completed Red LED off