2003 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Owners Manual

The memo recorder has th e ca pacit y to
record up to
seco nds of audio.
Starts recording
-the I button
fig. 7 The system beeps sev­
eral
times , followed by a
bee p .
Ends recording
-[
befo re recordi ng
s tart s.
-fig. 8
response: .
-
the command Memo,
response:

Booklet 3 .2 Volk swagen T elemotic s by
the
the page 11,
fig. 8
th e command Memo,
response:
the comman d
starts memo playback from begin­
ning,
or
-t h e command R esume,
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sp ee c h reco gnition syste m s use
s p
eech tech n ology that i s designed to under­
stand a w ide ra n ge of speake rs o f A m erican
E nglis h . Ho weve r, th e technology does not
work e qually well ac ross all regio nal a nd
e
thnic acce nts.
Alth ou gh th ere is no o n e
w ho do not ob ta in
good results are a dvis
ed to try th e tip s and
w orka ro u nd s fo un d i n this doc u m ent .
Pe rs o nal
V irt ual Advi so r5
l
u se s a s peech recog ­
nitio n sys te m that re sides in the v ehi cle.
W hen th e user pres ses the
Advisor:
Ad viso r by re que sting it th rough an Pe rso nal command. T he user
i s th
en tra nsfe rre d to the Virt ual A d visor
co mpute r and commun ica tes throu gh th e
w ireless
connection.
may get bett er re­
sults at lowe r speeds.
S l m odel s only
A n open window or an open sunroof allows more no ise to e nte r th e ve hicl e.
will get better results if all occ u­pant s of the ve hicle are q uiet, w hile th e
sys te m i s
listening fo r commands.
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by
When to speck
In
tening for commands for a few seconds be­
tw
een information/entert ainment seg ments.
How to speck
for cefu lly and clearly. The sys te m has
been optimized for the drive r. T he nois ier the
What to say
environment, the loud er yo u nee d to speak. If
you are in the
drive r's seat, sp eak facing the
front of the car. If yo u are a passenger, speak
f
aci ng th e rear view mirro r.
yo ur speec h
i s di st
orted by shouting or frustration , this
m ay cau
se more error s.
Indiv iduals with
high-pitched voices m ay
hav e b
etter result s by speak ing in a d eeper,
low er-p itch ed vo ice. Howeve
r. do no t lower
th e of the vo ice.
Avoid speaking with a risi ng intonation,
The commands for Personal Calling and the Virtual Advisor are
differe nt.
OnStor
commands are one
for one wo rd at a tim e. There are some
excep tions, two-wo rd phrases that a re
s p oken
and unders tood as a word, e.g.
Virtua l Advisor 7l, Voice Feedback, a nd My Number.
You ca n phone numbers o ne digit
a t a tim e, a
nd the syste m repeats each digit as
it hears it.
m ode ls onl y
m ode ls only
For sa y Help at th e Heady prompt to
h ea r th e
list com­
m an d s.
Advisor: sente nces
Virtual Ad visor can unde rs ta nd senten ce s
with more
than one word . It expects to
hea r a four -di git numbe r all at once w he n it
asks for your
For example, say What are my ch oices? to
h ea r a list of command s th at the Virt ual A d­
v iso r
unders tands.
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3.2 by
at the end of th e word.
Directory
Speak all four syllables clearly. Do not fade out at the end of the
word.
H
elp E mphasize the h sound at the of the word.
Emp hasize the p sound at the end of the wo rd.
My
Number Emp hasize all three syllables.
Spea k loudly a
nd slowly.
No
Emphasize then sound at th e start of th e word. Draw out the o
sound at the e nd of th e wo rd.
Redial Try to e
mphasize and lengthen the first syllable: re-dial.
Security S
peak four syllables clearly. Say the i sound in the middle of the wo rd clearly.
E
mphas ize the o sound in the middle of th e wo rd in order to
Store distinguish from star. Emphasize the st sound at the s tart of the
word in order to distingu is h from four.
Units Speak loudly
and clearly.
Verify
Speak three sy llables clearly. Emphasize the i sound in the middle of the word.
Adv isor Emphasize both words.
Voice Feedback Emp
hasize both words.
Yes Emphasize they sound at the start of the wo rd. Emphas ize the s sound at the en d of th e word.
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Booklet 3 .2 Volk swagen Tele matic s by
Emphasis
zero
or If the system does no t understand o h, try zero, or vice versa.
o h
one Emphasize th e n at the end of the word.
R o
und your lip s for the o part of the word.lfyou are clipp ing
two the o very short, try to lengthen it, but do not draw it out
sive ly. in a pitch. Do not use a ris in g to ne like asking a question: a falling ton e lik e g iv in g an answer is better.
t h
ree End the word three in a smile, to draw back your lips.
Leng then the ee sound if you are clipping it very short.
fo ur
Em
phasize the rat the end of the word.
five E
mphasize the sound.
six E
mphasize the ks sound at the end of the word.
seven Emphasize t
h e n at the end of the word. Lengthen the sev
la bl e.
e ig h t E
mphas
ize th e tat th e e nd of th e word. Leng th en thee sound
at the s tart of the word.
nine
Emphasize th en sounds to distin guish from five.
star Emphasi
ze the rat the end of th e word. Emphasize th e ah sound in order to distingui sh from store.
p o
und Emphasize the pat the start of th e word. Emphasize the d at
the end of the word.
You ca n use OnStar Persona l Calling in your vehicle to place or
to receive calls.
As an subscriber, yo u can use wh ic h provides you with
nationwide wireless ph o n e service in your
car that yo u can activa te simply by pressing a button and sp eaki ng.
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The voice-ac tivate d sys te m will dial the
number. party will an swe r thro ugh your
ste reo speakers .
Wit h
Calling, you ca n enj oy
th e s imp
licity of a one-touch wireless will rec eive
vate your perso nal callin g serv ic e at no
tio nal cost.
In order to use this service, an OnStar Advisor must set up the
cellular
account and modify the settings in your vehicle.
Fig. 9
the blu e button
=> fig. 9 your vehicl e.
- Inform the A dvi s
or that yo u
wo uld like to
activa te
s onal Calling.
As an subscrib er, th e
Call ing capabil ity is alread y built into yo ur
veh icle' s
must also pro vide a credit card in order
to esta bli sh you r prepaid cellular account.
(ther e is no monthly ch arge for this service). are
easily reple ni shed using the c redit ca rd on
file a t you sig n up fo r
Ca lling , you will be give n yo ur own
persona l p ho ne number that you can provide
t o o thers so they can call into your vehic le.
The Adviso r will set up your account. will
n ee d to prov ide account and payment m atio n.
will be asked for your credit card
u sing a
lin e ph one or w hil e the vehicl e is stat io nary is recommend ed.
C redit Card
informatio n is sec ure, protecte d and used onl y for unit reple ni shment or
other servi ces you request.
in most market s in th e (not in Quebec)
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Booklet 3.2 Volksw agen Telematics b y
System did not understand a command, it notifies
you.
says:
or
< Slower Please> wo
rd
that it knows. Repeatin g th e command
di stinctly should fix the problem.
says -The syste m h as not
been able to match your command with a
says -Repeat th e
command afte r a short pau se. This response
normally happe n s if you say a command
stantial background n o ise.
Personal Calling which can be
used universally.
button
fig.
Fig.
one of the follo win g com­
mands:
The syste m will prov ide a list o f available commands.
W he n you are enterin g di
gits , th is command will erase th e la st digit entered.
T
his command takes you from the curren t fun ction to
th e < Read
y> prompt. If the las t response from the
sys te m was , thi s command will exi t voice rec -
ognition .
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