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3Say the command displayed on the
screen.
If a desired outcome is not shown, or if no
selections are available, perform one of
the following to return to the previous
screen:
•Say “Go back” .
• Touch “Go Back” .
• Press the back switch.
 To cancel voice recognition, touch “Can-
cel”, or press and hold the talk switch.
 Saying “Help” prompts voice guidance
to offer examples of commands and
operation methods.INFORMATION
● If the navigation system does not
respond or the confirmation screen does
not disappear, press the talk switch and
try again.
● If a voice command cannot be recog-
nized within 6 seconds, voice guidance
will say “Pardon?” (“Command not rec-
ognized.” will be displayed on the
screen) and voice command reception
will restart.
● If a voice command cannot be recog-
nized 2 consecutive times, the voice
command guidance system will say
“Paused. To restart voice recognition,
push the talk switch. To cancel voice
recognition, push and hold the talk
switch.” Then voice recognition will be
suspended.
● The voice recognition prompt can be set
to on or off when “Voice Prompts” is
touched. This setting can also be
changed on the “Voice Settings” screen.
(See page 51.)
● When “Voice Prompts” is touched,
voice recognition will be temporarily sus-
pended. Press the talk switch again.
● Voice guidance can be canceled by set-
ting voice prompts to off. Use this setting
when it is desirable to say a command
immediately after pressing the talk
switch and hearing a beep.

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1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Go home” .
A confirmation screen will be displayed
showing the recognition results.
3Say “Yes” or touch “Yes” .
The system starts searching for a route to
your home.
 When the voice command is recognized,
the map of the area around the home
address will be displayed and route guid-
ance to the home address will begin.
1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Enter an address” .
If the destination’s state/province has not
been set or is not contained in the voice
command recognition list, the screen to
input a state/province will be displayed.
 Some areas cannot be recognized by the
voice recognition system.
3Say “” .
Say the desired city name that belongs to
the set state in the place of the “<>”.
 Say “Change State” to change the set
voice recognition state.
4Say “” .
Say the desired full street name, or main
body of the street name that belongs to
the set state in the place of the “<>”.
 The voice command recognition is
designed to recognize the main body of
the official street name.
For example, if the o fficial street name is
“East Main Street” , the voice command
recognition will recognize “Main”.
VOICE COMMAND EXAMPLE:
SEARCHING FOR A ROUTE TO
YOUR HOME
If a home address is not registered,
voice guidance will say “Your home is
not set. Please try again after setting a
home location.” and you will be
prompted to enter a home address.
(See page 91.)
VOICE COMMAND EXAMPLE:
PERFORMING A DESTINATION
SEARCH BY ADDRESS

(ENGLISH ONLY)
 For information regarding the state/
province setting to perform a destination
search by address, see “SELECTING
THE SEARCH AREA” on page 56.

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5Say “” .
Say the desired number, cardinal/intercar-
dinal direction etc. in the place of the “<>”.
For example: Say “West 555”.
Inputting the house number can be
skipped.
6Say “Start guidance” or “Show
map” . Alternatively, touch “Start
Guidance” or “Show Map” .
After this, follow the voice guidance and
search for a destination route by voice
command operation.
INFORMATION
●Even if the state set using voice recogni-
tion is different from the set state in the
“Address” screen (which was set when a
destination was set manually), the set
state in the “Address” screen will not
change. (For more information on the
“Address” screen, see “SELECTING
THE SEARCH AREA” on page 56.)
● The house number voice recognition
conditions are outlined below:
• Numerals: 10 digits or less
• Numerals and cardinal/intercardinal
direction or a hyphen and numerals:
A total of 9 digits or less (Do not say
“and” .)
• Cardinal/Intercardinal direction or a hyphen and numerals: A total of 9
digits or less (Do not say “and”.)
• Numerals are recognized as single digits only.
• The cardinal/intercardinal direction and hyphens are only recognized
once.
• The following cardinal/intercardinal directions can be recognized: North,
East, West, South, North East, North
West, South East and South West.
● When inputting the house number is
skipped and the recognized candidate
list has multiple entries and so forth, the
full street name may need to be recog-
nized. If this occurs, say the full street
name.
For example, say “East Main Street”
and “East Main Street” will be recog-
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1Press the talk switch.
“Play Artist ” and “Play Album
” are displayed in the “Shortcut
Menu” screen.
2Say “Play artist ” or “Play al-
bum ” .
Say the desired artist name or album
name in the place of the “<>”.
 A confirmation screen will be displayed
showing the recognition results. If multiple
matching items are found, a selection
screen will be displayed.
3Say “Yes” or touch “Yes” .
The system starts playing music.
VOICE COMMAND EXAMPLE:
SEARCH FOR A TRACK USING
ARTIST NAME OR ALBUM
NAME
When “Play Artist ” is used to
play music, the first track is selected
randomly. For operations beyond play-
ing music, refer to the “AUDIO/VIDEO
SYSTEM” section of this manual.
INFORMATION
● A USB memory or iPod must be con-
nected to enable track searching and
playback. (See “USB MEMORY OPER-
ATION” on page 212 and “iPod OPERA-
TION” on page 217.)
● When a USB memory or iPod is con-
nected, recognition data is created so
tracks can be searched using voice
commands.
● Recognition data is updated under the
following conditions:
• When the USB memory or iPod data
has changed.
• When the voice recognition language is changed. (See page 44.)
● While the recognition data is being cre-
ated or being updated, a track search
cannot be performed using a voice com-
mand.
● While “Play Music” is displayed in the
“Shortcut menu” screen, say “Play
music” to display the music screen from
which searching for a track using a voice
command can be performed.
● When “Play Music” is dimmed in the
“Shortcut Menu” screen, it is not possi-
ble to search for a track using a voice
command. In this situation, reduce the
amount of music data in the USB mem-
ory or iPod and update the recognition
data to enable searching by voice com-
mand.

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3. EXPANDED VOICE COMMANDS
1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Audio on” .
Touching “On” next to “Expanded
Voice Commands” on the “Voice Set-
tings” screen enables voice command
operation of the audio/video system.
(See page 51.) For more information
on operations that can be controlled
using expanded voice commands, re-
fer to “COMMAND LIST”. (See page
250.)
VOICE COMMAND EXAMPLE:
TURN THE AUDIO SYSTEM ON
INFORMATION
● Commands relating to operation of the
audio/video system can only be per-
formed when the audio system is turned
on.
● Expanded voice commands can be rec-
ognized when the “Shortcut Menu”
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4. COMMAND LIST
All commands are listed in the table.
 For devices that are not installed in the vehicle, the related commands will not be dis-
played in the “Shortcut Menu” screen. Also, according to conditions, other commands
may not be displayed in the “Shortcut Menu” screen.
 The functions available may vary according to the navigation system installed.
“Set a Destination”
*
1: For example; Gas stations, Restaurants, etc.
*2: To use this function, say “Main menu” and then “Set a destination” while the
“Shortcut Menu” screen is being displayed.
 “Use the Phone” (See “BY VOIC E RECOGNITION” on page 134.)
*
1: To use this function, say “Main menu” and then “Use the phone” while the “Shortcut
Menu” screen is being displayed.
Recognizable voice commands and their actions are shown below.
 Voice recognition language can be changed. (See “SELECTING A LANGUAGE” on
page 44.)
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Find Nearby ”Displays a list of near the
current position.O
“Enter an Address”Enables setting a destination by saying the ad-
dress.O
“Go Home”Displays the route to home.O
“Destination by Phone Num-
ber”*2Enables setting a destination by saying the
phone number.
CommandActionShortcut Menu
“Call ”
Calls made by saying a name from the phone-
book.
For example: Say “Call John Smith” , “Call
John Smith, mobile” etc.
O
“Dial ”Calls made by saying the phone number.
For example: Say “Dial 911”, “Dial
5556667777” etc.O
“International Call”*1Calls international numbers by saying the
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Select audio mode
When Expanded Voice Commands are turned “On”. (See page 249.)
*: Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
CommandActionShortcut Menu
“Radio”Sets the audio mode to radio.O
“AM”Selects the AM band.O
“FM”Selects the FM band.O
“Satellite radio”Selects the satellite radio mode.O
“Disc”Selects the disc audio mode.O
“Auxiliary”Selects the auxiliary audio mode.O
“Bluetooth* audio”Selects the Bluetooth® audio mode.O
“iPod”Selects the iPod audio mode.O
“USB audio”Selects the USB audio mode.O
“Audio on”Turns the audio system on.O
“Audio off”Turns the audio system off.O
INFORMATION
● Commands that have a “O” in the Shortcut Menu column can be recognized from the
“Shortcut Menu” screen.
● Commands that have a “
” in the Shortcut Menu column can only be recognized from
the screen that they are displayed in.

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INFORMATION
2. XM FUNCTION-OVERVIEW
1. XM SERVICES
With an active XM subscription, the follow-
ing features are available:
•XM Sports
*1 (See page 260.)
• XM Stocks
*1 (See page 263.)
• XM Fuel Prices
*2 (See page 265.)
• XM NavWeather™*2 (See page 268.)
•XM NavTraffic®*2 (See page 271.)
*1: Available at no extra charge with an ac- tive XM Satellite Radio subscription.
*2: Available via separate XM subscrip- tion(s).
 XM NavTraffic®, XM NavWeather™ and
XM TravelLink require separate XM sub-
scription(s). XM Sports
*, XM Stocks* and
XM Fuel Prices are available with an XM
TravelLink subscription. After a 90-day
trial, you must contact XM and set up the
appropriate XM subscription(s) to continue
receiving these services.
*: XM Sports and XM Stocks are included
with an XM Satellite Radio subscription.
 The XM NavTraffic® service is available in
the contiguous 48 U.S. states and
Canada.
 The XM NavWeather
™, XM Sports, XM
Stocks and XM Fuel Prices services are
available in the contiguous 48 U.S. states. 
To receive XM NavTraffic
®, XM
NavWeather™, XM Sports, XM Stocks and
XM Fuel Prices services, the XM service
must be activated. To activate the service,
call the XM Listener Care Center at 1-800-
967-2346 (U.S.A.) or 1-877-209-0079
(Canada).
 Customers should have their radio ID
ready. The radio ID can be found by
selecting “CH 000” on the radio. For
details, see “DISPLAYING THE RADIO
ID” on page 188.
XM services are subscription-based
XM Satellite Radio services to provide
convenient features to subscribers.
SUBSCRIPTION(S)
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE(S)
ACTIVATION OF SERVICE(S)
INFORMATION
● For details about the XM service cover-
age areas, refer to www.siriusxm.com
(U.S.A.) or www.xmradio.ca (Canada),
or call XM Listener Care Center at 1-
800-967-2346 (U.S.A.) or 1-877-209-
0079 (Canada).
● For further details about the service,
contact your Toyota dealer.
● XM Satellite Radio is responsible for all
fees and services, which are subject to
change.