Voice Input System - BMW 730i Owner's Handbook Manual

Voice input system

The principle
The voice input system enables you to operate
various items of equipment on your car without
having to take your hands off the steering
wheel. You do this by means of spoken com-
mands that you will easily pick up once you have
used them a few times. In many cases, you are
assisted by means of announcements or ques-
tions by the voice input system while making
your inputs.
The voice input system converts your com-
mands and dialogues into control signals for the
system in question.
Please familiarise yourself with the oper-
ating principle for each item of equipment
before attempting to operate it via the voice
input system. At the time of going to print, the
voice input system was available in a choice of
German, English, Italian, French and Spanish.
Other languages are in
Note
Via iDrive, select the language in which the
voice input system is operating so that the spo-
ken commands can be identified. Selecting the
language for iDrive, see page 81.
Symbols used
Identifies inputs made via the voice input
system.
{...} Identifies commands for the voice input
system.
{{...}} Identifies replies by the voice input sys-
tem.
Voice-operated equipment
> {Navigation}, see page
> {Radio}, see page 162
> {Telephone}, see page
> {CD}, see page 173
> {CD changer}, see page
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> {MiniDisc}, see page
> {Notepad}, see page
> {TV}, see page 182
> {DVD}, see page 185
The info display, see page 23, shows the item of
equipment that you are currently operating, or
an error message relating to it.
Speaking commands
Activating the voice input system
Briefly press the button on the steering
wheel.
An acoustic signal is given and the display
"SVS active" appears on the info display, see
page 23, to indicate that the system is now
operational. You automatically start in the main
menu.
From here, you can call up all equipment that
can be operated by voice input.
Interrupting voice input
Briefly press the button on the steering
wheel
or
{Cancel}.
It is only possible to interrupt dialogues, in
which it is possible to speak a text of your
choice, such as names or notes, by pressing
the button.
If you receive a telephone call while
making a voice input, telephone mode will
cut in automatically. The info display shows
"SVS active", see page
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