Lexus ES300h 2015 Navigation Manual

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4Say “Go directly” .
zAfter this, follow the voice guidance and
search for a destination route by voice
command operation.
INFORMATION
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The voice command recognition is
designed to recognize the main body of
the official street name.
For example: if the official street name is
“East Main Street”, the voice command
recognition will recognize “Main”.
●Say the desired number, cardinal direc-
tion etc. in the place of the “<>”.
For example: Say “West 555”.
●Inputting the house number can be
skipped.
●Even if the state set using voice recogni-
tion is different from the set state in the
“Address” screen (which was set when a
destination was set manually), the set
state in the “Addre ss” screen will not
change. ( →P.1 1 2 )
●The house number voice recognition
conditions are outlined below:
• Numerals: 10 digits or less
• Numerals and cardinal direction or a
hyphen and numerals: A total of 9 dig-
its or less (Do not say “and”.)
• Cardinal direction or a hyphen and numerals: A total of 9 digits or less
(Do not say “and”.)
• Numerals are recognized as single digits only.
• The cardinal direction and hyphens are only recognized once.
• The following cardinal directions can be recognized: North, East, West and
South.

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1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Play song ” .
zA confirmation screen will be displayed
showing the recognition results. If multiple
matching items are found, a selection
screen will be displayed. Say “” or
select the number.
z The system starts pl aying music and the
song lists are displayed.
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: SEARCH FOR A
SONGINFORMATION
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The Gracenote database is only compati-
ble with the USB or iPod mode.
●The list screens can be operated by
selecting using the Remote Touch as well
as by recognizing the voice commands.
●A USB memory or iPod must be con-
nected to enable track searching and
playback. ( →P. 2 1 6 , 2 2 1 )
●When a USB memory or iPod is con-
nected, recognition data is created so
tracks can be searched using voice com-
mands.
●Recognition data is updated under the
following conditions:
• When the USB memory or iPod data
has changed.
• When the voice recognition language is changed. ( →P. 6 6 )
●While the recognition data is being cre-
ated or being updated, a track search
cannot be performed using a voice com-
mand.
●When the “Music” tab is disappeared on
the shortcut menu screen, it is not possi-
ble to search for a track using a voice
command.

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1Press the talk switch.
2Say “Call ” .
zA confirmation screen will be displayed
showing the recognition results. If multiple
matching items are found, a selection
screen will be displayed. Say “” or
select the number.
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: CALL NAMEINFORMATION
●
In the same manner as it is displayed on
the screen, “Call types>”, after saying “Call a contact” say
the name, or the name and type of phone,
of a contact.
For example: “Call a contact” , “J o h n
Smith” or “Call a contact” , “Mary Davis” ,
“Mobile”
●There are 4 types of phones: Home,
Mobile, Office and Other.
●Short or abbreviated names in the con-
tacts list may not be recognized. Change
names in the contacts list to full names.
●Sometimes a voice recognition result
confirmation screen will be displayed.
After confirming the result, say “Yes” or
“No” .
●When the system recognizes multiple
names from the contacts list, a name can-
didate list will be displayed on the screen.
If the desired name is not displayed on the
top of the screen, say or select the num-
ber of the name from the candidate list to
select a name from the candidate list.
●When a contact has multiple phone num-
bers registered in the contacts list, a can-
didate list will be displayed. If the desired
phone number is not displayed on the top
of the screen, say or select the number of
the desired phone number from the can-
didate list to select a phone number from
the candidate list.

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1Press the talk switch.
2Say the phone number.
zIn the same manner as it is displayed on the
screen, “Dial ”, after saying “Dial
a number” say the phone number.
z Say the phone number one digit at a time.
For example, if the phone number is
2345678:
Say “two three four five six seven eight”
3When the confirmation screen appears,
say “Yes” or select “Yes” or press the
switch on the steering wheel.
X Calling to other phone numbers
3Say “Call” or press the switch on the
steering wheel.
VOICE COMMAND
EXAMPLE: DIAL NUMBER
z When the system recognizes multiple
phone numbers, a phone number candi-
date list will be displayed on the screen.
Pressing the
switch on the steering
wheel makes a call to the top entry on the
list. If the desired phone number is not
displayed on the top of the screen, say
the number of the desired phone number
from the candidate list to select a phone
number from the candidate list.
EXPANDED VOICE
COMMANDS
Selecting “On” next to “Expanded
Voice Commands” on the “Voice
Settings” screen enables expanded
voice commands operation. ( →P.74)
Expanded voice commands are dis-
played on the screen of the “Other” tab.
Expanded voice commands are listed in
the table ( →P.276)
INFORMATION
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The “Other” tab is not displayed when
“Expanded Voice Commands” is “Off”.

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2. CASUAL SPEECH RECOGNIZATION
Due to natural language speech recog-
nition technology, this system enables
recognition of a command when spoken
naturally. However, the system cannot
recognize every variation of each com-
mand. In some situations, it is possible to
omit the command for the procedure
and directly state the desired operation.
Not all voice commands are displayed in
the short cut menu.INFORMATION
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If the command cannot be recognized
completely, the command input screen
will be displayed. (Search results will be
shown based on the part of the command
that was recognized.)

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EXPRESSION EXAMPLES FOR
EACH FUNCTION
CommandExpression examples
“Go Home”Navigate to my house.
Take me home.
“Enter an
Address”I need a route to a street
address.
Give me a street.
“Find
”Search for a rants> around here.
I need a route to a near-
by .
“Call
”
Get me Brown>.
Contact the Brown> phone of
.
“Dial ”
Can you get me
<3334445555>.
Ring <3334445555>.
“Play Artist
”Play the artist .
I want to hear the band
.
“Play Album
”Play album .
Switch to the album
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3. COMMAND LIST
zFrequently used commands are listed in the following tables.
z For devices that are not installed in the vehicle, the related commands will not be dis-
played in the screen. Also, according to conditions, other commands may not be dis-
played in the screen.
z The functions available may vary accordin g to the navigation system installed.
XBasic
X Apps
When the voice recognition language is set to English.
Recognizable voice commands and their actions are shown below.
z Voice recognition language can be changed. ( →P. 6 6 )
CommandAction
“Help”Prompts voice guidance to offer examples of commands
or operation methods
“Go Back”Returns to the previous screen
“Go to ”Displays the command list of the selected tab
“More Hints”Displays more commonly used commands
“Cancel”Cancels the voice command system
CommandAction
“Launch ”Activates the LEXUS App Suite application

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XNavi
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1: For example; “Gas stations”, “Restaurants”, etc.
*
2: Depending on the search results, a POI list may be provided by a relevant POI appli- cation of the LEXUS App suite. ( →P.365)
X Phone
CommandAction
“Find ”Displays a list of near the current posi-
tion*2
“Enter an Address”Enables setting a destination by saying the address
“Go Home”Displays the route to home
“Pause Guidance”Stops the route guidance
“Resume Guidance”Resumes the route guidance
“Show icons”Displays the specified POI icons
“Delete Destination”Deletes the destination
“Previous Destination”Displays previous destinations
CommandAction
“Redial”Places a call to the phone number of the latest outgoing
call
“Call Back”Places a call to the phone number of latest incoming call
“Show Recent Calls”Displays the call history screen
“Dial ”Places a call to the said phone number
“Call ”Place a call to the said phone type of the contact from the
phone book

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XRadio
X Audio
X Info
CommandAction
“Tune to AM”Changes the radio to the specified AM frequency
“Tune to FM”Changes the radio to the specified FM frequency
“Play station”Changes the radio to an FM station of the specified genre
“Tune to FM
HD ”Changes the radio to the specified HD radio station
“Tune to preset ”Changes the radio to the specified preset radio station
“Tune to ”Changes the radio to the satellite radio channel with the
specified name
“Tune to channel ”Changes the radio to the specified satellite radio channel
number
“Play satellite station”Changes the radio to a satellite radio channel of the spec-
ified genre
CommandAction
“Play Playlist ”Plays tracks from the selected playlist
“Play Artist ”Plays tracks from the selected artist
“Play Song ”Plays the selected track
“Play Album ”Plays tracks from the selected album
CommandAction
“Destination Assist”Connects the system to the Lexus response center
“Show Forecast”Displays weather information
“Show Traffic”Displays traffic information
“Lexus Insider”Displays the Lexus insider list

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XOther
When “Expanded Voice Commands” is turned “On”. ( →P.74)
*
1: Only within the possible temperature range of the air conditioning system
*
2: Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
CommandAction
“Turn Climate Control On”Turns air conditioning system on
“Turn Climate Control Off”Turns air conditioning system off
“Warmer”Increases the temperature of the air conditioning system
“Cooler”Decreases the temperature of the air conditioning system
“<#> degrees”Changes the set temperature of the air conditioning sys-
tem to <#> degrees *1
“Turn Music On”Turns the audio system on
“Turn Music Off”Turns the audio system off
“AM Radio”Selects AM radio mode
“FM Radio”Selects FM radio mode
“Sirius XM”Selects satellite radio mode
“Disc”Selects the selected disc mode
“USB”Selects USB audio mode
“iPod”Selects iPod audio mode
“Bluetooth*2 Audio”Selects Bluetooth® audio mode
“A.V.”Selects VTR mode
“Auxiliary”Selects AUX audio mode
INFORMATION
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Commands relating to operation of the audio/visual and air conditioning systems can only
be performed when the audio and air conditioning systems are turned on.