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1585-1. Voice command system operation
5-1.Voice command system operation
■Steering switchTa l k s w i t c h
Voice command system:
• Press the talk switch to start the voice command system. To can-
cel voice command, press and
hold the talk switch.
When an Apple CarPlay/Android
Auto connection is established:
• Press and hold the talk switch to start Siri/Google Assistant. To
cancel Siri/Google Assistant,
press the talk switch.
• Press the talk switch to start the voice command system.
■Microphone
It is unnecessary to speak
directly into the microphone
when giving a command.
●Voice commands may not be rec-
ognized if:
• Spoken too quickly.
• Spoken at a low or high volume.
• The roof or windows are open.
• Passengers are talking while voice commands are spoken.
• The fan speed of the air condition-
ing system is set at high.
• The air conditioning vents are turned towards the microphone.
●In the following c onditions, the
system may not recognize the
command properly and using
voice commands may not be pos-
sible:
• The command is incorrect or unclear. Note that certain words,
accents or speech patterns may
be difficult for the system to recog-
nize.
• There is excessive background
noise, such as wind noise.
●Normally, it is necessary to wait
for a beep before saying a com-
mand. To enable th e ability to talk
over prompts and say commands
before the beep, enable the voice
prompt interrupt function. ( P. 6 4 )
●This system may not operate
immediately after the engine
switch is in ACC
or ON.
Voice command sys-
tem
The voice command sys-
tem enables the radio,
phone dialing, etc. to be
operated using voice com-
mands. Refer to the com-
mand list for samples of
voice commands. ( P.162)
Using the voice command
system
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1807-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
tooth® phone being connected, it
may be necessary to perform
additional steps on the phone.
1 Display the home screen.
( P. 2 9 )
2 Select the desired contact.
3 Check that the dialing screen
is displayed.
■Registering a new contact
1 Select and hold the screen
button to add a contact.
2 Select the desired contact.
3 Select the desired number.
●If there is no contact in the con-
tacts list, the contacts cannot be
registered at the home screen.
●The contact cannot be registered
at the home screen while driving.
1Select “Answer” or press the
switch on the steering
wheel to talk on the phone.
“Decline”: Select to refuse to
receive the call.
To adjust the volume of a received
call: Turn the “POWER VOLUME”
knob, or use the volume control
switch on the steering wheel.
●The contact image picture can be
displayed only when the vehicle is
not moving.
●During international phone calls,
the other party’s name or number
may not be displayed correctly
depending on the type of Blue-
tooth
® phone you have.
●The incoming call display mode
can be set. ( P.189)
●The ringtone that has been set in
the sound settings screen can be
heard when there is an incoming
call. Depending on the type of
By home screen
Receiving a call using
the Bluetooth® hands-
free system
When a call is received, the
following screen is dis-
played with a sound.
Incoming calls
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1857-1. Phone operation (Hands-free system for cellular phones)
7
Phone
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone used for receiving
messages, or its registration sta-
tus with the system, some infor-
mation may not be displayed.
●The pop-up screen is separately
available for incoming e-mail and
SMS/MMS messages under the
following conditions:
E-mail:
• “Incoming E-mail Display” is set to “Full Screen”. ( P.189)
• “E-mail Notification Pop-up” is set
to on. ( P.189)
SMS/MMS:
• “Incoming SMS/MMS Display” is set to “Full Screen”. ( P.189)
• “SMS/MMS Notification Pop-up” is set to on. ( P.189)
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, E-
Mail function cannot be used via
Bluetooth
®.
1 Display the message screen.
( P.184)
2 Select a desired account
name.
3 Select the desired message
from the list.
4 Check that the message is
displayed. Select to call the message
sender.
Select to have messages
read out.
To cancel this function, select
“Stop”.
When “Automatic Message
Readout” is set to on, mes-
sages will be automatically
read out. (
P.196)
Select to display the previous
or next message.
This function can be chosen
the method to reply mes-
sage with “Dictation” or
“Quick Message”.
●Reading a text message is not
available while driving.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected,
this function cannot be used.
●Depending on the type of Blue-
tooth® phone being connected, it
may be necessary to perform
additional steps on the phone.
●Messages are displayed in the
appropriate connected Blue-
tooth
® phone’s registered mail
address folder. Select the desired
folder to be displayed.
●Only received messages on the
connected Bluetooth® phone can
be displayed.
●The text of the message is not dis-
played while driving.
●Turn the “POWER VOLUME”
knob, or use the volume control
switch on the steering wheel to
adjust the message read out vol-
ume.
●“Subject:” field is not shown on
Checking received mes-
sages
A
B
C
D