BMW M5 Owner's Handbook Manual page 52

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To do this, activate the voice control in the
smartphone.
1. Press and hold the
steering wheel for approx. 3 seconds.
Voice control in the smartphone is activated.
2. Release the
If activation is successful, a confirmation ap‐
pears on the Control Display.
If it was not possible to activate voice control, the
list of Bluetooth devices appears on the Control
Display.
Possible commands
General
Most of the menu items on the Control Display
can be said as commands.
Commands from other menus can be spoken as
well.
Some list entries, for example telephone book
entries, can also be selected using the voice
control system. When doing this, list entries are
to be spoken exactly as they are shown in the
relevant list.
Displaying possible commands
The following is displayed in the upper area of
the Control Display:
▷ Some of the possible commands for the cur‐
rent menu.
▷ Some of the possible commands from other
menus.
▷ Voice recognition status.
▷ Encrypted connection unavailable.
Help with the voice control
system
▷ To have possible voice commands read
aloud: ›Voice commands‹.
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Voice control system
button on the
button.
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▷ To have information about the voice control
system read aloud: ›General information on
voice control‹.
▷ To have help on the current menu read
aloud: ›Help‹.
An example: calling up
sound settings
The commands for the menu items are spoken
exactly as they are selected using the Controller.
1. If necessary, switch on entertainment audio
output.
2. Press the button on the steering
wheel.
3. ›Media and radio‹
4. ›Sound‹
Settings
Setting the speech dialogue
You can select whether the system uses the
standard dialogue or the short variant.
If the short variant is selected, the system an‐
nouncements are played in shortened form.
Via iDrive:
1. "My Vehicle"
2. "iDrive settings"
3. "Language"
4. "Voice control:"
5. Select the desired setting.
Selecting the input language
For some languages, it is possible to select
which language is used for voice input.