Ifiniti really messed up on the new voice commands for the 08's

they cut just about all of them except for the navi commands

radio just: am fm sat
climate just: on or off

no tune or temp....... no tracks, stations, or presets

it's only a software change they were changing them at the port to the new commands

also there is a training mode that takes forever to listen to the prompt

even in the alternate set up it still takes a long time to enter a destination on the gps because every time you enter something it repeats it (normal)
and then says " please say the city name or press the back button to correct state


if you want to adjust the temp on the climate control you press the button on the steering wheel wait for the prompt to say do you want navigation, audio, climate control or help, beep

then you need to take your hand off the wheel and press that little hot or cold button up or down then reach over and set the temp for the passenger side unless you don't need the dual temp.


on the navi no more destination phone #

does anyone know if it can be re programed to the old commands??
the early 08s had the better software
Alternate Command Mode command
list
Navigation Command:
COMMAND ACTION
Home Sets a route to your home that is stored in the Address Book.
Address Book Displays the first 5 entries of the Address Book.
Previous Destinations Sets a route to a previous destination.
Previous Start Point Calculates a route to your previous starting point of the last route.
Address Searches for a location by the street address specified, and sets a route (for continental US and Canada only).
Places Sets a route to a facility near the current vehicle location.
Fastest Route Recalculates a route to the current destination using the fastest estimated time.
Minimize Freeway Recalculates a route to the current destination while minimizing freeway usage.
Shortest Route Recalculates a route to the current destination using the shortest distance.
Recalculate Recalculates a route to the current destination.
Route Information Displays the Route Information Menu.
Cancel Route Cancels the current route.
Detour Displays a list of distances to detour from the current route.
Show Current Location Displays the current location on the Map view.
Birdview Map Changes the Map display to Birdview.
Planview Map Changes the Map display to a 2-dimensional view.
Planview Split Map Changes the Map display to show two 2-dimensional maps using a split screen.
Birdview Split Map Changes the Map display to show a 2-dimensional map and Birdview map using a split screen.
Heading Up Changes the Map display to keep the direction of the vehicle pointing up on the screen.
Navigation System Owner’s Manual Voice Recognition information 2-33


COMMAND ACTION
North Up Changes the Map display to keep north pointing up on the screen.
Zoom In Changes the map scale to a small number.
Zoom Out Changes the map scale to a larger number.
Landmark Icons Shows or hides the points of interests on the displays.
Guidance Voice Turns the navigation voice guidance on or off.
Guide Voice Repeat Repeats the last navigation voice guidance.
Store Location Stores the current location to the Address Book.
Phone Command:
COMMAND ACTION
Redial Makes a call to the last dialed number.
Dial Number Makes a call to a spoken phone number up to 10 digits.
Phonebook Makes a call to a contact that is stored in the Phonebook.
Outgoing Calls Shows the last 5 outgoing phone calls.
Incoming Calls Shows the last 5 incoming phone calls.
International Call Makes an international call by allowing more than 10 digits to be spoken, as well as star (*), pound (#), and plus (+).
Audio Command:
COMMAND ACTION
Radio Turns the radio on, selecting the station and band last played.
Radio AM Turns to the AM band, selecting the station last played.
Radio FM Turns to the FM band, selecting the station last played.
Satellite Radio Turns to the SAT band, selecting the station last played.
2-34 Navigation System Owner’s Manual Voice Recognition information
Music Box Turns to the Music Box hard-disk drive audio system.
CD Starts to play a CD.
iPod Start to play the iPod (if equipped).
Vehicle Information Command:
COMMAND ACTION
Traffic Info Turns the traffic information system on and off.
Fuel Economy Displays Fuel Economy information.
Trip Computer Displays Trip information.
Maintenance Display Maintenance information.
Tire Pressure Displays the Tire Pressure screen.

Climate Control Command:
COMMAND ACTION
Climate Control Turns the climate control system on and operates it in the AUTO mode.
Climate Control Off Turns the climate control system off.
1-28 Vehicle Owner’s Manual Voice Recognition information

 

As for the 'waiting for a voice command' when you hit the wheel button, I recall the `07 being different and you would merely mute that featuring... thus turning it into a 'beep'.

For what it's worth, in a year of ownership, I have only used the voicemail commands to power the climate control and radio ONCE to show off the system. Kinda pointless in my opinion. The voice commands for navigation are excellent and used on a near daily basis. I can pull out the treo, google a restaurant or (insert any location here), and voice input the address while underway.

 

yes the old system worked just great no need to change it and if they are going to change it make it better not worse

 

This change is the one thing I hate about the '08 (otherwise love the car!). Absolutely ridiculous that they would dumb down the system allegedly because some marketing surveys indicated people were having problems with the number of commands. Just make the expanded commands available in an alternate mode if the software already exists. The current "alternate mode" on the '08 adds very little over the base mode, and waiting for the voice prompts to end drives me nuts (even more so when I see those damn Ford Focus/Edge commercials showing off the Microsoft Sync interface!) WTF, we're paying near $40K for this car, shouldn't the technology progress instead of regress?

There have been other threads on this and one of the dealer reps on here has indicated that a reflash to the old system eventually may be made available (but not anytime soon). My advice (and others may agree) is to call Infiniti consumer affairs and lodge a complaint. The more people bitch, the more likely they come up with a fix.

 

I agree. Call Infiniti and lodge a complaint. I have done this and have a log #.

Earlier in the day Infiniti connected me with a Zenrin tech..and he said this choice is a hardware based option that is in infiniti's hands..and they can change it. I asked whether this means the commands are technically still there...and he said yes.

Ed

 

Maybe its just me -- but I would be extremely scared of a car with Micro$oft software in it .... I don't want to start patching my car and applying security updates and what not

No thanks - just keep my car m$ free please.

 

LOL your car will crash without reason and you will accept this: you will then need to close all windows and restart....