2009 BMW 5 Series Owner's Manual - Page 26

Voice command system Voice command system* The concept The voice command system allows you to control operation of various vehicle systems without taking your hands off 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 command system transforms your oral commands into control signals for the selected systems and provides support in the form of instructions or questions. The voice command 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 on the Control Display and an acoustic signal tell you that the voice command system can respond to commands. Precondition Via iDrive, set the language that applies for the voice command system in order to enable identification of the spoken commands. To set the language of iDrive, refer to page 89. Symbols in Owner's Manual {...} Say the specified commands word for word. {{...}} Indicates responses of the voice command system. Voice commands Activating voice command system 1. Press the button. This symbol is shown on the Control Display when you can input additional commands. If no other commands are possible, then operate the equipment via iDrive. Terminating or canceling voice command system Press the or {Cancel} button on the steering wheel Commands Having possible commands read aloud You can have the system read aloud the possible commands related to the selected menu item on the Control Display. 24 Online Edition for Part no. 01 41 2 600 721 - © 08/08 BMW AG