Go slow and add only a few numbers to the phone number at a time. I found it to go much quicker this way. Be sure to speak right at the mic when saying numbers. Also, make sure you are not driving or have any other loud sounds going on in the background.

 

I'm sure there's a way to be more efficient with the system, but I haven't found it yet. I settled on doing one or two at a time whilst at a stoplight or what have you. I have found that once you have done a few, it comes more easily. Also, do a search. Another board member sat down with his nav system and wrote down ALL of the voice commands and published them in another thread in a .doc format. Once I had THAT info, I used it as kind of a Rosetta Stone to find out more about the whole nav system. I learned more about it that way than by reading the manual. Learn by doing, not by reading, ya know? While YMMV, I don't have a whole lot of people I need/want on speed dial, so the dozen or so I have programmed thus far will probably be it for me.

One more thing...as much as we may complain about the JBL/Toyota nav unit, my buddy's Mercedes unit is twice as much money and about half as useful. I told him to try speaking to it in German. He politely told me to go to hell.

Good luck!

~A

 

I say the number as clearly, but quickly as I can or it seems it adds numbers if I do it slowly. This is not just a problem in our system from what I hear.

 

Mine sucks. Was going to take to dealer to see if he had better luck. Really frustrating when you do speak really clear and slow and it repeats something diff back!! I have yet to program one particular #, every time I (or my wife) tries it reads back several more numbers than we said??

 

I gave up also. The worst thing I have seen. I just use the speed dial on my phone. If somebody comes up with something please let us know.:ts:

 

Thanks everyone for your input. Guess either Toyota or Blue tooth needs to go to the drawing board

 

Loud and fast talking works every time for me, if I go slow its adds false numbers.

 

I feel your pain. I am English and the damn thing only responds if I put on a (very poor) American accent

 

Loud and fast, and speak to the mic, not the air vents. It seems to get better the longer I have it. I am not sure if it "learns" or I am just figuring out what it wants.

 

Works great for me...couldn't be happier. Very rarely kicks anything back at me and that is only when one of the rugrats in the back seat pipes up while I'm giving a command.

 

I would like it if you could just say for example "Dial Home" and then it dials.
Instead you have to hit the button, say "dial by name", hit button again and say "Home", and the hit another button to dial.

Hell even Ford has the sync whichs seems much simplier.

According to the command list is it possible to hit the button and say "Dial by Name Home"?

 

I would like it if you could just say for example "Dial Home" and then it dials.
Instead you have to hit the button, say "dial by name", hit button again and say "Home", and the hit another button to dial.

Hell even Ford has the sync whichs seems much simplier.

According to the command list is it possible to hit the button and say "Dial by Name Home"?

Just hit the button and say Home. Works fine that way for me.

 

I was amazed at how well mine works, picking up numbers and commands, etc. I'm going to look around for that list of commands, though, just cuz I'm curious.
On getting numbers into it, I have a Treo 700p, and one option I have when I'm in the phone's address book is to send either a contact or a group of contacts via bluetooth. I did that and sent every number in my phone to the truck in about 10 seconds. Seems like first I had to put the truck nav in 'information transfer' mode on the phone settings page or something like that, but it was intuitive and very easy.

 

Mine worked perfectly ....Then on the 5th day it blew out !! I get a whole new Nav unit today, hopefully you guys got all the bad ones..LOL

 

If you have the straight JBL with Bluetooth (i.e. non-NAV) then it only holds 10 or 15 numbers in the radio's memory anyway. The NAV head, on the other hand, can hold many. I was bummed when I tried to transfer phone book over from my handset and found this out (I bought a new cell phone and everything to try this).

When I want to dial a stored number I just push the voice button and say "Cindy Cell" or "Kevin Jones" or whatever a previously stored phonebook name is. Then when the system responds properly I press the off hook button. If I don't want to wait for the audible confirmation I see it's the right number in the display and immediately press off hook without waiting.

 

I have the nav/bluetooth. Was able to download entire phonebook to truck (600 numbers) without any problem. Set 18 speed dials, just use the speed dial rather than voice prompts. Seeems to work great.

 

Just hit the button and say Home.

There is no way this works for me

nor does this

When I want to dial a stored number I just push the voice button and say "Cindy Cell" or "Kevin Jones" or whatever a previously stored phonebook name is. Then when the system responds properly I press the off hook button. If I don't want to wait for the audible confirmation I see it's the right number in the display and immediately press off hook without waiting.


Like I said I have to go through multiple voice button pushes.

1. Push voice button
2. Say "Dial by name"
3. Push voice button again
4. Say "home"
5. Then push the off hook button.

I would like to just hit the voice button and say "Dial Home" or just "Home" and have it dial but it does not work that way.

Any thoughts? I may just go with the speed dialing.

 

Buummpp

 

My voice dial works best when the numbers are spoken without hesitation.

I have noticed that the Lexus RX350 has a better voice propt system than my Tundra

 

it isn't terrific, but most voice recognition isn't. Note that any other noise (even your ac/ heat blowers) cause noise. Also know that your mic isn't where you hear the woman's voice, it is directly center over head. So, if it helps, enunciate and speak towards the headliner a little.

it drives me crazy because I don't have the patience for it... so I don't really use it either. I use the incoming blue tooth daily to intercept calls, but don't bother with dialing out. The wife, however, is way more patient and she has no problems with it.

 

My non-nav system is disappointing to me (never played with the nav version). The voice recognition is mediocre. I've programmed numbers into it and got it to work as designed, but in general, it's mostly useless.

I just wish they had a simple pass-through mode that allowed me to press the button on the steering wheel to take the phone on and off the hook and to allow me to talk to my phone (which has much better voice-rec and menuing). Also, my phone has all my numbers in it already, what is the point in storing them in the truck?

It seems to be the consumer electronics curse where every device expects itself to be the center of the world. Like I'm going to base my whole wireless phone world around a clumsy device that holds 16 numbers (which I've just found out here).

Generally poor engineering all around. The random play on the disc player won't randomize over all the discs in the player if they are MP3. Why? Who knows? And now the always-on, yet useless, Bluetooth is interfering with my wireless backup camera, and I can't turn it off.

But, nits in an otherwise great truck (and the stereo sounds good, which is the main point). But, it was an expensive option, and I deserve better for that money.

 

No problem with mine, check the document that lists the commands. Someone talked about it earlier. Or just google toyota navigation voice commands and thats how I found it. It was definitely more useful than the manual.

 

So guys is it not true that you HAVE to do this in order to call someone?? There is not a simpler way if you want to use voice commands?


1. Push voice button
2. Say "Dial by name"
3. Push voice button again
4. Say "home"
5. Then push the off hook button.

 

I'm able to skip steps 2 & 3, I do it all the time to call home. Or as I call it..."My House."

 

I have no idea why I cannot do this. I thought it was because I did not have any speed dials set up but that is not it either.

I am jealous!