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Voice Activation, Any One Bother With It?

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Yo, Just wondered if any of you guys ever bother with your voice activation? Loved it at first but now can't help but feel that it's only good cause is for calling a mate from your phonebook! Still, a good little gadget to have and to show off I suppose.. ;)



I use it to change the the climate control and Radio station changes and the playlist but not the phone bit I don't like using even hands free in the car still distracting and not safe as far as I am concerned.

Use it daily. For everything from phone calls, to changing tracks and opening playlists of my iPod. Love it once you work out how to speak to her! But like all women, she can be stubborn sometimes!

I don't think I've used it since the first week of ownership and I've now had the car 14 months!

I used it at first as it was a novelty but haven't used it for about 6 months. Bit of a gimmick I think. Anyway I've now changed my Fiesta for another Titanium Mk 7 but an auto and it hasn't got Bluetooth and I don't miss it at all.

yeah, climate control with voice is superb :-)

Hi

Can anyone point me to a list of all the commands and functions that voice control is able to perform please ?

Cheers

Westy

There's a list of them in the manual for the car. Also, you can say help at any level into the voice command and the lovely lady will give you a list of what you can say :D

Used it a few times in the first week, but keep forgetting the commands!

Used it a few times in the first week, but keep forgetting the commands!

Played with it at first, wasn't too reliable at understanding commands, don't have Blue Tooth phone, car doesn't have ACC, haven't used voice control for months now.

Stewart.

I use the Dial Name Function on my voice control.

Apart from that I do not use it very much

Jamie

I use it but I've only had the car two weeks so it's still a novelty.

That said, I bet I'll use it when I've got someone in the car! :P

I rarely use mine, not since my friend discovered the "Play directory" command which has my voice saying loads of names, I hate hearing my own voice so it's just awful! I daren't add anymore names in my directory through fear of further mocking :huh:

Only ever used for the phone. Tried with my ipod once, followed the instructions in the manual but didn't work. Woman says "playlist 1 not possible" :angry: never tried again. More of a gimmick than anything else.

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