2011 INFINITI M Owners Manual

Useful tips for correct operation
You can display useful speaking tips to help the
system recognize your voice commands cor-
rectly.
Select “Help on Speaking” to start display.
USING THE SYSTEM
Initialization
When the ignition switch is pushed to the ON
position, INFINITI Voice Recognition is initial-
ized, which can take up to one minute. When
completed, the system is ready to accept voice
commands. If the TALK
switch is pushed
before the initialization completes, the display
will show the message: “Phonetic data down-
loaded. Please wait.” or a beep sounds.
Before starting
To get the best recognition performance from
INFINITI Voice Recognition, observe the follow-
ing:
● The interior of the vehicle should be as quiet
as possible. Close the windows to eliminate
the surrounding noises (traffic noise and
vibration sounds, etc.), which may prevent
the system from correctly recognizing the
voice commands.
● Wait until the tone sounds before speaking a
command.
● Speak in a natural conversational voice with-
out pausing between words.
● If the air conditioner is set to “Auto”, the fan
speed is automatically lowered so that your
commands can be recognized more easily.
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Giving voice commands
1. Push the TALKswitch located on the
steering wheel. 2. A list of commands appears on the
screen, and the system announces,
“Would you like to access Phone, Naviga-
tion, Information, Audio or Help?”.
3. After the tone sounds and the icon on the screen changes from
to,
speak a command.
Selecting the “Practice” key will start the
practice mode. See “Let’s Practice” earlier in
this section.
4. Continue to follow the voice menu prompts and speak after the tone sounds
until your desired operation is completed.
Selecting the “Help ” key can display the
detailed information of the each command. Operating tips :
●
Say a command after the tone.
● Commands that are available are always
shown on the display and spoken through
voice menu prompts. Commands other than
those that are displayed are not accepted.
Please follow the prompts given by the
system.
● If the command is not recognized, the sys-
tem announces, “Please say again”. Repeat
the command in a clear voice.
● Push the BACK button once to return to the
previous screen.
● To exit the voice recognition system, push
and hold the TALK
switch. The mes-
sage, “Voice canceled” will be announced.
● To skip the voice guidance function and give
the command immediately, press the TALK
switch to interrupt the system. Re-
member to speak after the tone.
● If you want to adjust the volume of the
system feedback, push the volume control
buttons [+] or [] on the steering switch or
use the audio system volume knob while the
system is making an announcement.
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How to speak numbers :
INFINITI Voice Recognition requires a certain
way to speak numbers when giving voice com-
mands. Refer to the following examples.
General rule
Only single digits 0 (zero) to 9 can be used. (For
example, if you would like to say 500, “five zero
zero” can be used, but “five hundred” cannot.)
Examples
●1-800-662-6200
– “One eight zero zero six six two six two zero zero” Improving Recognition of Phone numbers
You can improve the recognition of phone num-
bers by saying the phone number in three
groups of numbers. For example, when you try
to call 800-662-6200, say “eight zero zero”
first, and the system will then ask you for the
next three digits. Then, say “six six two”. After
recognition, the system will then ask for the last
four digits. Say, “six two zero zero”. Using this
method of phone digit entry can improve recog-
nition performance.
When speaking a house number, speak the
number “0” as “zero”. If the letter “o (Oh)” is
included in the house number, it will not be
recognized as the number “0 (zero)” even if you
speak “oh” instead of “zero”.
Please speak
“zero” for the number “0 (zero)”, “oh” for the
letter “o (oh)”
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Command List
Category Command:
CommandAction
Phone Operates the Phone function
Navigation Operates the Navigation function
Information Displays the vehicle Information function
Audio Operates the Audio function.
Help Displays User Guide
●Phone Command:
Command Action
Dial Number Makes a call to a spoken phone number up to 10 digits.
Vehicle Phonebook Makes a call to a contact that is stored in the Vehicle Phonebook.
Handset Phonebook Makes a call to a contact that is stored in the mobile phone.
Call history Incoming Calls Makes a call to the incoming call number. Outgoing Calls Makes a call to the dialed number.
Missed Calls Makes a call to the Missed calls number.
International Call Makes an international call by allowing more than 10 digits to be spoken.
Change Number Corrects the recognized phone number (available during phone number entry).
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●Navigation Command:
Command Action
Home Sets a route to your home that is stored in the Address Book.
Address Searches for a location by the street address specified, and sets a route to the location.
Places Sets a route to a facility near the current vehicle location.
Address Book Searches for stored information in the Address Book.
Previous Destinations Sets a route to a previous destination.
●Information Command:
Command Action
Fuel Economy Displays fuel economy information.
Maintenance Displays maintenance information.
Traffic Information Turns the traffic information system ON and OFF.
Where am I? Displays your current location.
●Audio Command:
Command Action
AM Turns to the AM band, selecting the station last played.
FM Turns to the FM band, selecting the station last played.
XM Turns to the XM Satellite band, selecting the channel last played.
Music Box Turns on the “Music Box” hard drive audio system.
CD Starts to play a CD.
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●General Commands
Command Action
Go back Corrects the last recognition result to return to the previous screen
Exit Cancels Voice Recognition
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Voice command examples
To use the INFINITI Voice Recognition function,
speaking one command is sometimes suffi-
cient, but at other times it is necessary to speak
two or more commands. As examples, some
additional basic operations by voice commands
are described here.
For navigation system commands, see the sepa-
rate Navigation System Owner’s Manual.Example 1 - Placing a call to the phone number
800-662-6200:
1. Push the TALKswitch located on the
steering wheel. 2. The system announces, “Would you like
to access Phone, Navigation, Information,
Audio or Help?”
3. Speak “Phone”.
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4. Speak “Dial Number”.5. Speak “8 0 0”.
Selecting the “Manual Controls” key
switches the screen to the keypad to input
the phone number manually.
6. The system announces, “Please say the
next three digits or dial, or say change
number.”
7. Speak “6 6 2”.
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