CTS-V Voice Recognition on Nav

miscreant · #1 (**permalink**) 02-23-04, 08:24 PM

How do you activate the Voice Recognition on the V-series?

CVP33 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-23-04, 09:00 PM

I didn't see that in the manual and I read it cover to cover.

**ctsvett** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-23-04, 09:32 PM

miscreant may be referring to the navigation supplement...

There is a base manual which covers the car, oil, tire pressure, etc. Then there is a Navigation system suppliment which walks you though how to use the navigation system. I imagine that they did this because the nav system is very complex and there was no reason to burden the normal manual with the nav info bacause the car may not come with the Nav (in the case of the normal CTS of course).

I have PDFs of both documents for the normal CTS and know what button you are referring to. Its the open mouth with lines coming out.... I noticed it was missing as well but cant explain it.

Actually, go here: http://www.crestviewcaddy.com/servic...s/manuals.html
(no v manual yet...)

Let me know what you come up with.

RH

CVP33 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-23-04, 10:06 PM

I read ALL the manuals, supplement and otherwise. Even used the CD tutorial. There is no voice recognition on the V.

gothicaleigh · #5 (**permalink**) 02-23-04, 10:57 PM

Personally, that is one of my few complaints with what they did to the V. I really like the original CTS wheel with the volume wheel better.

No voice recognition is like taking a step backwards IMO.

BUILDINGCTSAMG · #6 (**permalink**) 02-24-04, 12:43 AM

I think all voice recognition on cars suck.....its fun to play with for about a week but no one uses it after that....its easier for me to just do it.....i think the volume wheel is better then any other steering wheel control from any car i have ever seen, im not a huge fan of the cruise control set up however

gothicaleigh · #7 (**permalink**) 02-24-04, 09:44 AM

I like to use it to call out the specific disc and track for music. One of the few areas where the voice commands are quicker than hitting buttons.

Simple operations like changing screens are easier by just touching a button though.

6Speed · #8 (**permalink**) 05-26-09, 11:57 PM

There has to be a way to turn it on, because my nav unit took a shit once so I took it to the dealer and they put a new system in and forgot to program it for a v so the steering wheel buttons were remapped somehow and when I pressed the volume down button it said "say a command" so I printed out the set of commands from the FAQ and I got it to change cd's, turn nav on, go to diffrent xm stations all with my voice!! The only downfall was that it could'nt go into competition mode ( it didnt know it was a v ) but when I took it back to the dealer they had no clue what to do so I told them to just program it for a v using the obd plug.

They did say that most dealers didn't know they had to reprogram it if they swapped out the system.

I know there has to be a hack or something ecause the damn thing did it before!!!

Lets see if we can crack this mystery wide open guys!!!!!

trhs75 · #9 (**permalink**) 05-27-09, 12:10 AM

There's something in cadillacfaq.com that says voice recognition only works in the non-V CTS. I don't know if it's correct or not, but maybe take a look at that.

DRKSIDE · #10 (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 01:09 AM

Rally all 'puter geeks! We believe in you! If you can tune out exhaust warble from a cut exhaust, surely you can make voice work and still keep the ability to disable traction control.

It was at least worth reviving a 4 year old thread. There has to be an award for this one.

6Speed · #11 (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 07:43 AM

Nothing like bringing life to an old thread!!! It's better than making multiple threads of the same thing, specially if the problem still exists. And this is how it's done.

So let's try to research this. Maybe there a tuner out there who can hack the system!!

odla · #12 (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 11:23 AM

i didnt know there was voice Recognition i have 2 cts v's and not one does it. does anyone really have this?

6Speed · #13 (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 11:37 AM

Like I said. When the dealer replaced my nav unit they forgot to tell it it was in a v, so apparantly it thought it was in a regular cts and the program swc control option was available for buttons 1234 like on the cts wheel but now the volume down button when pressed a voice over the speakers said "Say a command" and all the cd changer nav and radio control voice commands worked in my "V"!! But my competition mode didn't work

Also note that on the sts's and i think dts's if you press and hold the phone button it changes to nav/radio voice recognition!!!! There has to be something similar!!

bpitas · #14 (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 01:18 PM

I think I remember reading an old thread on here somewhere where someone hacked up just the steering wheel buttons (like push-to-talk) from a regular CTS and put them in their ash-tray opening so they could have both, but I might be mistaken.

NJMCTSV · #15 (**permalink**) 05-28-09, 01:44 PM

I've owned my '05 CTS-V - ordered new - since June, 2004, probably one of the first V1's on the road. I have never been aware, nor have I seen any indication that the first gen CTS-V's have voice recognition. If there is such a thing ON A STOCK CTS-V someone please let me know!

By the way, nav voice recognition is really no big deal, more of a POA to be honest with you. We just purchased an '09 Lexus IS for my wife with Nav voice recognition. As an earlier poster stated, it's easier to enter info manually. Don't get me wrong, it's great for raising/lowering volume and temps, etc., but the Nav function is better off being done by hand IMO.

By the way, this car has been a gem to own - as I tell everyone, to take this car from me they'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands!