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arcus
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I second that. About the first car I own that can recognize the simple commands and when I say "home" doesn't dial Home DepotUse voice commands. Say "call wife"
Brass Guy
Active Member
Voice usually works well. (Sometimes doesn't recognize "Call ")
I've tried the scroll wheel a few times. It never works for me. All calls, incoming, outgoing... It always seems to list very few numbers, and never anything remotely recent.
I would expect it would get the recent lists from the phone. Maybe my flip phone's the issue?
I've tried the scroll wheel a few times. It never works for me. All calls, incoming, outgoing... It always seems to list very few numbers, and never anything remotely recent.
I would expect it would get the recent lists from the phone. Maybe my flip phone's the issue?
lunitiks
Cool James & Black Teacher
Wait, what do you mean by "in my current car, the wife is #1"?
Do you literally have her saved as "#1"? Wouldn't that kind of solve it - placing her on top of the contact list? Or?
you may want to rephrase this
my wife would be pissed if she wasn't number 1 in every conceivable aspect
to be serious, I use "wife" as a designator just for voice mail, the voice system has trouble with her name.
Then I couldn't affod the car...
When I say my wife is #1, I do mean it in EVERY conceivable way...
When I hit the phone button on my steering wheel, it shows either my "saved contacts" or "recent calls".
She is my #1 saved contact. So she pops up first. So I hit the button, then hit it a 2nd time to call the wife.
Makes it very easy.
I like the seperate contact for "the wife". Not sure I can get away with "Call she who must be obeyed."
When I hit the phone button on my steering wheel, it shows either my "saved contacts" or "recent calls".
She is my #1 saved contact. So she pops up first. So I hit the button, then hit it a 2nd time to call the wife.
Makes it very easy.
I like the seperate contact for "the wife". Not sure I can get away with "Call she who must be obeyed."
Since the car was designed in California, I wonder how many wives it supports?
"Call Wife #5"
"Call Wife #5"
arcus
Active Member
This sort of thing went out with phones with buttons you could press. Remember when you pressed a button hard and it dialed that shortcut? About ten years ago, before the iPhone? (No offense to flipphone or blackberry users...)
Now we have a favorites list, and tap on one to call someone. In the car, you press 'voice command' and say 'call <whoever>'. My GF's name, which is really weird spelling-wise, actually works well this way. Since it's only looking at your contacts, the car is not searching the whole universe.
Be sure your contacts are synced, be sure you are saying what the 'name' is in your contact list, and I bet that that works very well.
History will work also... In my BMW that was nine years old, there was no way to program a shortcut; I think I used history there... but here, the voice works well for a new call.
(No offense to flipphone or blackberry users...)Now we have a favorites list, and tap on one to call someone. In the car, you press 'voice command' and say 'call <whoever>'. My GF's name, which is really weird spelling-wise, actually works well this way. Since it's only looking at your contacts, the car is not searching the whole universe.
Be sure your contacts are synced, be sure you are saying what the 'name' is in your contact list, and I bet that that works very well.
History will work also... In my BMW that was nine years old, there was no way to program a shortcut; I think I used history there... but here, the voice works well for a new call.
cpa
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deonb
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I second that. About the first car I own that can recognize the simple commands and when I say "home" doesn't dial Home Depot
Wait, you call "Home" more than "Home Depot"??
Some people truly lead very different lives...
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