2023 Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Phone connection
Connecting a phone to the car
Connect a phone to the car with Bluetooth to make calls, send and receive messages, and play back media.
Search phone from car
Activate Bluetooth in the phone and check in the settings that the phone is visible to other devices.
Activate Bluetooth in the phone and check in the settings that the phone is visible to other devices.
- If a phone is not already connected, tap on
. Otherwise go to settings 
at the bottom of the centre display and then tap on Connectivity and Bluetooth. If the phone is not already listed, (The phones previously connected are directly visible under Bluetooth and can then be selected from there.) select Pair new device.
- Available Bluetooth devices are listed. The list is updated as new devices are detected.
- Tap on the name of the phone to be connected.
- Check that the numerical code shown in the car matches the code in the phone and, if so, confirm.
- On the phone, choose to accept or reject any options for phone contacts and messages.
- The phone is connected for both media and telephony as standard. (Later, it will be possible to choose which device should be used for telephony and/or media, such as if a passenger wants to use his/her phone as media device to play back music.)
- Press Done.
Note
- The message function must be activated in certain phones.
- If contacts and messages are not shown in the car despite activation of the function, disconnect the phone and then reconnect it.
- Not all phones are fully compatible and may therefore not show contacts and messages in the car.
Note
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.
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.
Disconnecting a Bluetooth-connected phone
It is possible to disconnect a phone connected to Bluetooth, and it will then no longer be connected to the car.
- When the phone is out of range of the car it is automatically disconnected. If disconnection occurs during an active call, then the call will be continued on the phone.
- It is also possible to disconnect the phone by manually deactivating Bluetooth.
Disconnecting via the centre display
- Tap on at the bottom of the display.
- Press Connectivity.
- Under Bluetooth, tap on the row with the phone’s name to disconnect both telephony and media.
- The phone is no longer connected to the car.
It is also possible to select whether the phone should be connected as only phone or media device by tapping on the respective icon.
Switch between Bluetooth-connected phones
It is possible to switch between a number of Bluetooth-connected phones. You can do this by opening the phone app and pressing 
. It is also possible to change between phones as follows:
- Tap on at the bottom of the display.
- Press Connectivity.
- Under Bluetooth, tap on the name of the phone to be connected.
- Select whether it should be used for both telephony and media.
Removing devices connected to Bluetooth
It is possible to remove phones from the list of registered Bluetooth devices, for example.
- Tap on at the bottom of the display.
- Press Connectivity.
- Under Bluetooth, tap on the arrow after the phone’s name.
- Press Forget device.
- The phone is no longer registered to the car.