2010 BMW X5 Owner's Manual - Page 24

Voice activation system Voice activation system* The concept The voice activation system allows you to control operation of various vehicle systems without ever removing your hands from the steering wheel. Individual menu items on the Control Display can be spoken as commands. This frees you of having to use the controller. The voice activation system transforms your oral commands into control signals for the selected systems and provides support in the form of instructions or questions. The voice activation system uses a special microphone located in the area of the interior rearview mirror, refer to page 14. 2. Say the command. The command is displayed on the Control Display. This symbol appears on the Control Display when you can enter additional commands. If no other commands are possible, then operate the equipment via iDrive. Precondition Using iDrive, set the language that applies for the voice activation system in order to enable identification of the spoken commands. To set the language of iDrive, refer to page 81. Terminating or canceling voice command system Press the or {Cancel} In dialogs that call for a text of your choice, the procedure can only be canceled using the button on the steering wheel. button on the steering wheel Symbols in Owner's Manual {...} Say the specified commands word for word. {{...}} Indicates responses of the voice activation system. Possible commands The commands available in each case depend on the menu item selected on the Control Display. To have the available commands read aloud: {Voice commands} For example, if "CD/DVD" is selected, the commands for operating CD/Multimedia are read aloud. Voice commands Activating voice command system 1. Press the button on the steering wheel. This symbol on the Control Display and an acoustic signal tell you that the voice activation system can respond to commands. Running functions directly with short commands With short commands you can carry out certain functions directly, regardless of which menu item is selected, refer to page 273. 22 Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 2 602 756 - © 06/09 BMW AG