VOICE RECOGNITION (IF EQUIPPED)
Your vehicle may be equipped with an advanced interactive Voice
Recognition (VR) system. This system allows you to perform many
operations such as operating the navigation, audio, phone (if equipped),
media, climate (if equipped), display and voice settings by “speaking”
certain commands. The system will respond with a series of audible
tones, prompts, questions and spoken confirmations depending on the
situation and the chosen level of dialogue interaction.
Feedback through audible tones
Your VR system will respond through various audible tones. You may
hear a tone at the following times:
• When you press VOICE or
on your steering wheel controls.
• When you access the help feature.
• When the VR system does not understand your request
• When a VR session is completed successfully
• When a VR session is ended unsuccessfully
• When a speed dependent feature has been accessed
• When a new device is connected
The navigation system has five different audible tones that will play
depending on the circumstance.
• Initial: Sounds when you are entering a new mode.
• Positive: Sounds for a positive recognition or a successful VR session
completion.
• Negative: Sounds for a negative recognition, an unsuccessful VR
session, or when a speed dependent feature has been accessed.
• Listening: Sounds when the system is ready to listen for a command.
• Help: Sounds when you ask for ’Help’.
Confirmation prompts
Confirmation prompts are short questions asked by the system when the
system has not clearly understood your request or when there are
several possible responses to your request. For example, if you have
Confirmation prompts ON, the system may say, “Phone, is that correct?”.
The system will then listen for a “Yes” or “No” confirmation from you. If
you say “Yes”, the system will proceed. If you say “No”, the system will
ask you to say the command again. If you have Confirmation prompts
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The main categories of your voice commands are as follows: • Navigation •Climate (if equipped)
• Audio •Jukebox
• Radio •Sirius (if activated)
• Travel link (if activated) •Display mode
• User profile •Disc
• CD •DVD
• Video CD •Line in
• Rear AUX (if equipped) •Rear DVD (if equipped)
• Phone •USB
• Voice settings •Bluetooth audio
• Dial •Confirmations
• Tutorial
To access a list of all available voice commands:
1. Press the i button (
) on the navigation system.
2. Select the ‘Help’ tab on the touchscreen.
3. Select ‘Voice commands’ at the top of the screen.
4. Select the desired category.
Voice recognition visual feedback
When Voice recognition (VR) is activated, the following icons will appear
in the status bar.
VR State VR Icon
Main Menu/Generic
VR recognition failure
VR session unsuccessful?
Listening
Listening paused
Speaking instructions
For the best voice recognition, please ensure that:
• The interior of the vehicle needs to be as quiet as possible. Wind noise
from open windows and road vibrations may prevent the system from
correctly recognizing voice commands.
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User profile voice commands (if equipped)
In order to create, edit, delete, or select a user profile through voice,
press
or VOICE on the steering wheel controls. After the second tone,
say, “User Profile”. A tone will sound and the system will say, “User profile,
please say a command” (if in ‘Standard mode’) and another tone will
sound. After the second tone, you may say any of the following commands:
• Create user profile 1 •Create user profile 2
• Delete user profile 1 •Delete user profile 2
• Select user profile 1 •Select user profile 2
• Edit user profile 1 •Edit user profile 2
• Help
THX AUDIO SYSTEM — IF EQUIPPED (LINCOLN VEHICLES ONLY)
Your vehicle may be equipped with
the THX certified premium audio
system. This system creates optimal
acoustic quality for all seating
positions and road conditions.
The system offers an advanced speaker system, amplifier, subwoofer and
equalizer.
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SONY AUDIO SYSTEM (IF EQUIPPED)
Your vehicle may be equipped with
the SONY premium audio system.
This system creates optimal acoustic
quality and offers an advanced
speaker system, amplifier, subwoofer
and equalizer.
Voice commands in audio mode (if equipped)
When in audio mode, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel controls.
When prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
• On •Off
• Headphones •Headphones off
• Jukebox •Disc
• CD •DVD
• Video CD •Radio
• Sirius •Rear DVD
• Rear AUX •Line in
• SYNC •User Device
• USB •Phone
• Bluetooth audio •Read Message
• Help
Note: If you are not in audio mode, press
on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, say, “Audio” and then any of the above
commands.
AM
1. Ensure that the system is on.
2. Press the RADIO hard button on
the navigation face.
3. Select the ‘AM’ tab on the
touchscreen. Once in AM mode, you may select from ‘Show options’ and
‘Show presets’.
4. Press ‘Show Options’ to select from:
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•Scan: Press for a brief sampling
of all listenable stations. Press
again to disable and remain on
the current selection.
• Scan Presets: Press for a brief
sampling of all the stations held
in the memory presets.
• Autoset Presets: The autoset
feature allows you to set strong
radio stations without losing your
original preset stations. This feature is helpful on trips when traveling
between cities with different radio stations.
To enable, select AUTOSET PRESETS and the six strongest stations
in your current area will be set as presets. To return to your original
presets, press AUTOSET PRESETS again and the feature will disable.
• Rear Zone: Press to access the functionality of the Family
Entertainment System (if equipped).
5. Press SHOW PRESETS to view the preset stations. To set or change a
preset station, press and hold any of the memory presets buttons (1–6)
or any of the soft key memory preset buttons on the screen while on the
desired station. The new station will replace the previous one recorded.
FM
1. Ensure that the system is on.
2. Press the RADIO hard button on
the navigation system.
3. Select the ‘FM’ tab on the
touchscreen. Press again to toggle between FM1 or FM2. Once in FM
mode, you may select between ‘Show Options’ and ‘Show Presets’.
4. Press ‘Show Options’ to select
from:
• Scan: Press for a brief sampling of all listenable stations. Press again
to disable and remain on the current selection.
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•Scan Presets: Press for a brief sampling of all the stations held in the
memory presets.
• Autoset Presets: The autoset feature allows you to set strong radio
stations without losing your original preset stations. This feature is
helpful on trips when traveling between cities with different radio
stations.
To enable, select AUTOSET PRESETS and the six strongest stations
in your current area will be set as presets. To return to your original
presets, press AUTOSET PRESETS again and the feature will disable.
• RDS: This feature allows you to receive text information from
RDS-equipped FM radio stations. In FM mode, press RDS to
activate/deactivate. RDS must be activated in order to access PTY and
SET PTY.
Note: When RDS is active, the visualizer is not displayed.
• Rear Zone: Rear zone allows you to access the functionality of the
Family Entertainment System (if equipped and a disc is present).
• Set PTY: Press to select a program type, which, once selected, will be
displayed above the SET PTY button. Once PTY has been
programmed, press SEEK or SCAN to initiate a search up or down the
frequency. The search will stop when the desired program type has
been reached.
Note: The system will scan the frequency band three times for the
chosen program type. If the program type is unavailable in your
reception range, the system will return to the previous station.
5. Press ‘Show Presets’ to view the preset stations. To set or change a
preset station, press and hold any of the presets while on the desired
station. The new station will replace the previous one recorded.
Radio voice commands (if equipped)
While listening to the radio, press
or VOICE on the steering wheel
controls. When prompted, you may say any of the following commands:
• On •Off
• <530–1710> •<87.7–107.9>
• AM <530–1710> •FM <87.7–107.9>
• AM •FM1
• FM2 •Preset <1–6>
• AM preset <1–6> •FM1 preset <1–6>
• FM2 preset <1–6> •Tune
• Help
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Note:If you are not listening to the radio, pressor VOICE on the
steering wheel controls. When prompted, say, “Radio” and then press
or VOICE on the steering wheel controls again and you can say any of
the above commands.
After you have said, “Tune”, you can say any the following
commands:
• <530–1710> •<87.7–107.9>
• AM <530–1710> •FM <87.7–107.9>
• AM •FM1
• FM2 •Preset <1–6>
• AM preset <1–6> •FM1 preset <1–6>
• FM2 preset <1–6>
SATELLITE RADIO (SAT) IF ACTIVATED
Once the Satellite Radio feature is activated, your navigation system will
have additional features.
1. Ensure that the navigation system is on.
2. Press the RADIO hard button on the navigation system.
3. Select the ‘SAT’ tab on the touchscreen to enter satellite radio mode
(if activated).
4. Press ‘Show Options’ to select from:
Sat 123: You will be able to access
three different Satellite Radio
modes, SAT1, SAT2 and SAT3.
Scan: Press to hear a brief sampling of satellite radio channels within
the currently selected genre. Press again to stop.
Scan Presets: Press to hear a brief sampling of all preset channels.
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Channel Guide:Press to display a list of satellite radio channels sorted
by genre and also to skip or lock out certain channels. Select the desired
genre and choose a channel by pressing the channel name button. You
can then choose to ‘Skip’ or ‘Lock’ a certain channel. A ‘skipped’ channel
will not be accessible using the tune knob, scan or seek functions. (To
access the skipped channel, select ‘Direct Tune’ and enter the channel
number.) A ‘locked’ channel can only be accessed by entering the
‘Channel Guide’ and then entering the PIN.
Note: The PIN can be reset by simultaneously pressing and holding
presets 1 and 5 while on the PIN entry screen. After approximately five
seconds, the system will transition to the Channel Guide screen
indicating that the PIN is reset. Once you have reset the PIN, the system
will then allow you to set a new PIN.
Direct Tune: Press to enter a specific channel using the keypad and go
directly to that channel.
Set Genre: Press to choose from a list of possible satellite radio genres.
Once a genre is chosen and you press SEEK, it will only seek within the
selected genre.
Memo: The MEMO feature allows you to save a song title and artist to
the system. When the saved song is playing on any satellite radio
channel, the system will alert you with a pop-up in the lower status bar.
You can then choose to tune to the station or to ignore the pop-up.
When you are in the MEMO screen, the following options are available:
• Refresh: Press to refresh the current artist and title information.
• Song Alert: Press to store the song information displayed in the Title
Field. When the stored song is played in the future, an audio and
visual notification will be initiated.
• Artist Alert: Press to store the artist information currently displayed
in the Artist Field. When that artist is played again, the system will
alert you with a pop-up.
• Alert On/Off: Press to enable/disable the audio and visual song and
artists alerts.
Show Presets: Press to display presets at the bottom of the screen.
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