General Information

The cellular telephone module and instrument cluster communicate via class 2 serial data. This communication allows the cellular telephone module to provide status and message information to the cluster for display on the Driver Information Center (DIC). A driver may display the cellular telephone status messages by pressing the INFO DIC button up or down, then navigating through the various display parameters (such as fuel used, average vehicle speed, etc.) until the cellular telephone status display appears.

The following is a list of cellular telephone status information and messages. When the message listed is divided by a dash (-), the second portion of the message is right justified on the DIC.

Received Signal Strength Indicator
The display indicates the signal strength from the cell site that the cellular telephone is currently detecting. The received signal strength indicator uses the 3 characters following PHONE on the DIC. Each character is capable of displaying 5 bars to represent signal strength. The DIC can display the signal strength level within the range 0 to 15. The received signal strength indicator is only displayed for certain cellular telephone status information and messages.

Phone Alphanumeric Display
The display indicates a recall of a text string or phone number from a memory location. The display will include the received signal strength indicator display. The phone alphanumeric display is displayed as PHONE - XX XXXXXXXXXX. The 2 digit XX represents the number for the memory location in the cellular telephone. The 10 digit XXXXXXXXX represents the text string or phone number stored in the memory location. A text string may contain letters and numbers.