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1. VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
Talk switch
 Press the talk switch to start the voice
command system.
 To cancel voice recognition, press and
hold the talk switch. Back switch
 Press the back switch to return to the pre-
vious screen.
1Press the talk switch.
After the “Shortcut Menu” screen has
been displayed, voice guidance will com-
mence.
2After a beep sounds, say the command
of your choice.
Voice commands are marked with .
Some commonly used commands are dis-
played on the screen.
 By saying “Next page” or “Previous
page” , or by touching “Next Pg.”/ “Prev.
Pg.” , the screen will display the com-
mands displayed on the page in the back-
ground.
 Saying “Main menu” or touching “Main
Menu” when the “Shortcut Menu” screen
is displayed will display the “Main Menu”
screen.
 Registered POIs, registered names in the
phonebook etc., can be said in the place
of the “<>” next to the commands. (See
page 250.)
For example: Say “Find nearby dining” ,
“Call John” etc.
The voice command system enables
the navigation, audio/video and hands-
free systems to be operated using
voice commands.
The operating procedures of voice
commands from the “Shortcut Menu”
screen are explained here.
INFORMATION
●Commands that are not displayed in the
“Shortcut Menu” screen can be operated
from the “Main Menu” screen.
STEERING SWITCHES FOR
THE VOICE COMMAND
SYSTEM
VOICE COMMAND SYSTEM
OPERATION
Voice guidance for the voice command
system can be skipped by pressing the
talk switch.

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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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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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2. NATURAL SPEECH INFORM ATION (ENGLISH ONLY)
*: Say the desired artist name or album
name in the place of the “<>”.
Due to natural language speech recog-
nition technology, this system enables
recognition of a command when spo-
ken naturally. However, the system
cannot recognize every variation of
each command. In some situations, it
is possible to omit the command for the
procedure and directly state the de-
sired operation. Not all voice com-
mands are displayed in the short cut
menu.
INFORMATION
●The “Set a Destination”, “Use the
Phone”, “Play Music” and “Get Informa-
tion” commands displayed on the “Short-
cut Menu” screen can be operated using
natural language speech recognition
technology.
● If the command cannot be recognized
completely, the command input screen
will be displayed. (Search results will be
shown based on the part of the com-
mand that was recognized.)
EXPRESSION EXAMPLES FOR
EACH FUNCTION
CommandExpression examples
“Go Home”Let’s go home.
Take me home.
“Enter an Ad-
dress”I wanna enter an ad-
dress, please.
Put in an address.
“Find Nearby
”
Find nearby rants> for me.
I need to see the near-
by .
“Call
”
Get me Brown>.
I need to call Brown> at
right away.
“Dial ”
Please dial the number
<3334445555>.
Ring <3334445555>.
“Play Artist
”Play the artist
.
I’d like to hear the band
.*
“Play Album
”Play album .
Music from album
.*
“Traffic”How’s the traffic?
Check the traffic.
“Weather”What’s the weather
like?
Let’s get a forecast.
“Sports Scores”
Team scores.
How are my favorite
teams doing?
“Stock Quotes”
Stock quotes.
How are my stocks do-
ing?
“Fuel Prices”
Let’s check fuel prices.
Find the cheapest gas
prices.
INFORMATION
●Commands that are not displayed in the
“Shortcut Menu” screen can be
accessed from the main menu.
● For example, to make an “International
Call”, say “Main menu” while the
“Shortcut Menu” screen is being dis-
played. Then say “Use the phone” fol-
lowed by saying the desired number,
e.g. “123456789” .
CommandExpression examples

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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
phone number.

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“Play Music”
*
1: Say the desired artist name or al bum name in the place of the “<>”.
*2: To use this function, say “Main menu” and then “Play music” while the “Shortcut
menu” screen is being displayed.
 “Get Information”
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Play Artist ”Plays tracks by the selected artist.
For example: Say “Play artist ”
*1O
“Play Album ”Plays tracks from the selected album.
For example: Say “Play album ”
*1O
“Play Song ”*2Plays the selected track.
For example: Say “Play song Summertime” ,
“Play song Concerto in A Major” etc.

“Play Playlist ”*2Plays tracks from the selected playlist.
For example: Say “Play playlist My Favorite
Songs” , “Play Playlist Classic Hits” etc.
CommandActionShortcut
Menu
“Traffic”Displays the traffic incident list.O
“Weather”Displays weather information.O
“Sports Scores”Displays the sports list.O
“Stock Quotes”Displays the stocks list.O
“Fuel Prices”Displays the fuel prices list.O