02 Getting to know your navigation system
Voice control
NOTE
The tutorial feature can only be started when
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the vehicle is parked and the parking brake
is applied.
•
By pressing the voice control button and
saying "Voice tutorial."
•
By pressing MY CAR and going to
Settings
Voice settings
tutorial. Press OK to begin the tutorial les-
son.
Voice training
The
Voice training
feature enables the voice
control system to become familiar with your
voice and pronunciation, and allows you to set
up user profiles. Two user profiles can be cre-
ated.
•
To start the voice training procedure, press
MY CAR and go to
settings
Voice
training. Select
or
User 2
and press OK to begin.
NOTE
The menu selection
Default setting
User 1
only be changed to
training
session has been completed.
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Other voice control settings found in MY
CAR
•
Voice user setting: Two user profiles can
be set by pressing MY CAR and going to
Settings
setting. Select
•
Voice output volume: Press MY CAR and
go to
output volume
Voice
level.
The system's voice volume can also be
changed by turning TUNE during a system
prompt.
Languages
The voice control system is constantly being
developed and at the time of printing, the fol-
lowing languages were available:
•
Dutch
•
Settings
Voice
English (UK)
User 1
•
English (US)
•
French (CAN)
•
French (FRA)
•
German
can
•
Italian
Voice
after a
•
Spanish (EU)
•
Spanish (US)
•
Swedish
Voice settings
Voice user
User 1
or
User 2
.
Settings
Voice settings
Voice
and select the desired
NOTE
Voice control for the navigation system is
only available in the languages listed.
To change languages, go to
Settings
System options
Language.
The available languages have this icon
in the list.
Language-dependent user profile
The voice control feature will only understand
System options
the languages set in
For example, assume that the profile
has been stored by a French-speaking driver
and the language set to Canadian French. If the
driver then changes the system language to
English, the profile
User 1
can no longer be
selected because the system will now only
understand English and expect English to be
spoken. The alternative
Default setting
active instead.
To improve the system's capability to under-
stand the driver's English pronunciation, carry
out voice training and store the results in the
profile
User 2
with the language set to English
(which will make both languages available) or
change the language profile for
User 1
lish.
.
User 1
will be
to Eng-
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