Getting started with Sensus Navigation voice control | Voice control

Updated 2024-05-14

If your vehicle is equipped with Sensus Navigation, you can use voice control commands to control parts of your navigation system.

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Below is an introduction to using voice control to control the navigation system in your vehicle. For more information on useful commands, follow the link under "Related information".

Note

Not all system languages support voice control. If a system language supports voice control, it is marked with a P5–1507–Voice control button

symbol in the list of available system languages. For more info on which system languages are supported, see Language settings for voice control.

Voice recognition control of Sensus Navigation

Note

Settings and menus in the center display vary depending on software version.

To activate a navigation command

Press the steering wheel button P5-QG-1507-Symbol-Röststyrning

for voice control.

You can now give commands, e.g. "Navigation", which starts a navigation dialog and shows examples of commands.

Using voice control for route guidance to an address

For route guidance to a specific address, use the voice command Go to followed by the address. It is important that the address is given in the right order. To use voice control for route guidance to an address, the address must be given as (1) street address; (2) street number; (3) city, as follows:

Give command Go to.

You can now say the address you would like route guidance to.

Say the street name, e.g. "Filbert Street"

Say the street number, e.g. "five"

Say the city, e.g. "San Fransisco"

The full command will then be: "Go to Filbert Street five, San Fransisco". If the address is found in the system, your navigation system will now provide route guidance to the address.

Using voice control for route guidance to an address in another country or another state

Your navigation system uploads sets of maps for the country or state it believes your vehicle is located in. This means that for accurate route guidance across country or state borders, you need to first tell the system in which country or state the address you would like route guidance to is located. You do this by using the command Change country or Change state. (Command Change state is primarily used in the US. In the example below, command Change country is used.)

Give command Change country.

You can now enter the country in which the address you would like route guidance to is located, e.g. "Canada"

Now input the address you want route guidance to by following the above procedure for "Using voice control for route guidance to an address".

In this scenario, the full command is divided into two sub-commands:

"Change country, Canada"
"Go to Howe Street twenty-two, Vancouver"

If the address is found in the system, the navigation system will now provide route guidance to Howe Street twenty-two, Vancouver, Canada

Note

After you have changed country, try to pronounce the address you want route guidance to in the destination country's language. This is required because the system automatically switches to the recognition language of the selected country.

Using voice control for route guidance to an address set as Home

If you have set an address as a Home location in your navigation system, you can use a voice command to receive route guidance to the location.

Give command Take me home.

If the navigation system has a home location saved, you will now receive route guidance to the location.

Using voice control for route guidance to a place, store or other specific business without inputting an exact address

Your navigation system can provide route guidance to specific places or types of businesses, which are referred to in the system as "points of interest" (POI1). Examples of points of interest are restaurants, hotels, gasoline stations, museums and tourist attractions.

Use the command Search to search for a point of interest. You can search for a specific point of interest or for categories of points of interest.

Note

It is important to use the right command for the option you would like route guidance for. When you want route guidance to a point of interest, use the Search command. The command is different for route guidance to specific addresses. Then you should use the Go to command instead.

Searching for a specific place or business

Here, [POI name] refers to a specific place or business (a point of interest), e.g. a hotel, a restaurant, a city park, etc.

Give command Search.

You can now say the specific point of interest you would like route guidance to.

Say [POI name], e.g. "Golden Gate Bridge"

The full command will then be: "Search Golden Gate Bridge". If the point of interest is found in the system, your navigation system will now provide route guidance to the location.

Searching for a point of interest category, e.g. stores, hotels, restaurants, museums or other tourist attractions or businesses.

Here, [POI category] refers to specific types of places or businesses (points of interest), e.g. hotels, restaurants, museums, etc.

Give command Search.

You can now say the type of point of interest you would like to find and receive route guidance to.

Say [POI category], e.g. "restaurant"

In this case, the full command will be: "Search restaurant". The navigation system will now search for restaurants around and in the vicinity of the vehicle and display a list of these in your instrument panel. The displayed list will provide suggestions from the system based on your command. Relevant categories and nearby results will be shown at the top of the list, followed by other suggestions in order of relevance.

Since we are looking for a category in this example, it may be a good idea to select the category option that most closely matches your search.

Select the category from the list that best matches what you searched for, in this case "restaurant(s)", by saying the row number shown in the instrument panel for that option.

You can now see your search results and select an option.

Using voice control to cancel route guidance

You can use voice commands to cancel route guidance, including all waypoints and the final destination.

Give command Clear itinerary.

The navigation system will cancel route guidance and delete the final destination and all waypoints along the route.

Inputing zip codes and house numbers

The number commands are stated differently depending on the function to be controlled:

Zip codes must be spoken individually, number by number, e.g. zero three one two two four four three (03122443).
House numbers can be spoken individually or in groups, e.g. two two or twenty-two (22). It is also possible to state them with hundreds, e.g. 19 hundred 22 (1922). For English and Dutch, several groups can be said in sequence, e.g. twenty-two twenty-two (22 22). For English, double or triple can be used, e.g. double zero (00). Numbers can be given within the range 0-2300.

Entering a destination using the phone book's list of contacts

You can use the command "Go to [contact]" to enter the address of a phone book contact as a destination. However, the address must be spelled correctly and entered without abbreviations in order to be found in the map database. To check the spelling of addresses in HERE's database, go to wego.here.com.