Voice Control System - BMW X1 Owner's Handbook Manual

Voice control system

Vehicle equipment
This chapter describes all standard, national
and special equipment provided in the model
series. Equipment not available in the vehicle is
therefore also described, for example the se‐
lected special equipment or national version.
This also applies to safety-relevant functions
and systems. Comply with the relevant na‐
tional regulations when using the correspond‐
ing functions and systems.
Principle
▷ Through the voice control system most
functions shown in the Control Display can
be operated by spoken commands. The
system supports spoken input.
▷ Functions that can only be used when the
vehicle is stationary cannot be operated via
the voice control system.
▷ The system has a special microphone on
the driver's side.
▷ ›...‹ Indicates commands for the voice con‐
trol system in the Owner's Handbook.
Requirements
On the control display set a language that is
also supported by the voice control system, so
that the vehicle can identify spoken com‐
mands.
Setting the language, see page 99.
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Voice control system
Issuing voice commands
Activating the voice control system
1. Press the button on the steering
wheel.
2. Wait for acoustic signal.
3. Issue the command.
Command detected by voice control sys‐
tem is announced and displayed in instru‐
ment cluster.
Symbol in the instrument cluster indicates
that the voice control system is active.
If no further spoken commands are possible,
switch to iDrive to control the function in this
case.
Switching off the voice control system
Press the button on the steering
wheel or say ›Cancel‹.
Possible commands
Most of the menu items on the Control Display
can be called up using spoken commands.
The possible commands depend on which
menu is currently displayed on the Control Dis‐
play.
For various functions there are short com‐
mands.
Several list entries, for example telephone
book entries, can also be selected using the
voice control system. When doing this, list en‐
tries are to be spoken exactly as they are
shown in the relevant list.
Having possible commands read aloud
Possible commands can be read aloud: ›Voice
commands‹.
Overview
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