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#189 of 256 Voice Control on 2009 G37x by slzweibel Jul 29, 2009 (6:44 pm)
I just upgraded from my 07 G35x to an 09 G37x. Great car! Even better than the 05 G35 - and I thought that car was outstanding.   Anyway - I have noticed that when I dial my phone with voice commands there is no way to do so with one command. For example, on the G35 I could hit the Talk button and say "Phonebook Home" and it would dial my home #. Now I have to hit Talk and wait (while the annoying voice tells me my options) then say "Phonebook", and then wait again, and then say "Home", and wait again, and then say "Dial". I cannot figure out a way to make this work like it did in the G35. I tried turning on the Alternate Commands button in Settings under Phone but this did not help. I now just use the speed dial feature on my phone instead of the voice commands - but this sort of defeats the whole purpose.   Anyone?? Replies to this message: pulp_fiction (Aug 01, 2009 8:10 pm)
#190 of 256 Re: Voice Control on 2009 G37x [slzweibel] by pulp_fiction Aug 01, 2009 (8:10 pm)
Replying to: slzweibel (Jul 29, 2009 6:44 pm) I was just at the dealer checking out the G37 and complained about just that annoyance. They showed me that you can change the nav from beginner mode to advanced mode and use the commands like you described in your G35.
#191 of 256 voice dialing on G37 by pulp_fiction Aug 01, 2009 (8:12 pm)
I have a question regarding voice dialing.   Does the G37 do voice recognition for the phone books or just use trained voice tags? For example in my current car (BMW 335) I can just say "call John mobile" and it will look up John in my bluetooth linked phone book and offer up John to call him. It would appear that in the G37 I have to train the system to know who I want to call. It would also appear that anybody I want to voice tag has to be in the cars built in phonebook, not my bluetooth downloaded phone book. Can anybody explain how this works? The saleswoman and sales manager were not able to answer these questions which leads me to believe the system cannot voice dial from the bluetooth downloaded phone book. Replies to this message: richardnva (Aug 02, 2009 9:31 am) slzweibel (Aug 02, 2009 4:46 pm) pulp_fiction (Aug 06, 2009 4:06 pm)
#192 of 256 Re: voice dialing on G37 [pulp_fiction] by richardnva Aug 02, 2009 (9:31 am)
Replying to: pulp_fiction (Aug 01, 2009 8:12 pm) There's a couple of different answers to you questions. Depending on your cell phone, you can download your address book to the car. The car can only dial what''s been loaded onto the onboard phonebook, it can't actively search phone, not that I'm aware of. I have a blackberry pearl and it doesn't support the download contact info feature, so I had to manually enter each of my contacts into the car's phonebook. Once you've done that, you can use the voice system to call contacts using voice commands, but it's a multi-step process (as noted above). You have to hit the "voice" command button, then say "phonebook", then say the name of the contact you want to call. It's tiring. I just trading in my Acura TL for the G37 and really miss the voice and Nav features of the Acura better than the Infiniti.
#193 of 256 Re: voice dialing on G37 [pulp_fiction] by slzweibel Aug 02, 2009 (4:46 pm)
Replying to: pulp_fiction (Aug 01, 2009 8:12 pm) You have to download the phonebook from your phone to the car by BT. You then have to add an entry into the onboard phonebook - you can pull the information for that entry from the downloaded phonebook but have to enter the voicetag for it. All in all a pain in the you know what. Also, even in "advanced" mode, you have to do multiple voice entries to get the car to dial the phone (see my post above). They really should have done a much better job with this. Both Acura and BMW do better. It is even worse than the G35 I just came out of. I tend to use my speed dial feature on my Blackberry over the car's voice commands unless I can't get to my phone. Replies to this message: pulp_fiction (Aug 06, 2009 4:06 pm)
#194 of 256 The G37 Sedan by nyccarguy Aug 02, 2009 (5:51 pm)
I wish the G37 got slightly better gas mileage. I'm thinking of trading in my '90 E30 325i as Cash 4 Clunkers & the G37 doesn't qualify for a rebate. I'd take a G37S Sedan (6speed stick) in a heartbeat
#195 of 256 exhaust by pharm30 Aug 04, 2009 (1:26 pm)
I miss the exhaust sound from my 06 coupe. I loved starting it every day and the sound when accelerating. Has anyone looked into replacing the exhaust or tweaking something on 09 AT sedan to give it a little deeper sound? thanks
#196 of 256 Re: voice dialing on G37 [slzweibel] by pulp_fiction Aug 06, 2009 (4:06 pm)
Replying to: slzweibel (Aug 02, 2009 4:46 pm) That does sound like a pain in the rear. My BMW may be easier but I have gotten sick of hearing: "I'm sorry, I didn't understand you, please repeat". And don't get me started on IDrive. I wish the manufacturers would not force us to use their integrated systems and build a dash that allows for the ability to replace the main unit. Since we can't change out these head units to aftermarket the nav/stereo has become an integral part of selecting many of these new cars. The pathetic nav system in the A5 Audi took it right off my list. It is a little better than the idrive but that doesn't say much...
#197 of 256 G37 Battery Question?? by mazzman Aug 07, 2009 (3:04 pm)
I picked up my '09 G37 Sedan (6-speed MT) on Monday....and thumbed through the owner's manual,,,,,,which said, "Check the fluid level in each cell......Add distilled water up to the UPPER LEVEL line." Since I haven't had a "maintenence-needed" battery in a new car since 1979, I called the dealership, and the service guy assured me that my G37 had a "maintenance-free" battery....      So I pulled off the battery cover, twisted one of the (6) little plugs on the top of the battery, and it unscrewed....so did the other five, making it real-easy for me to add distilled water as needed. In other words, my car has a "real-old-school", add-water battery, just like in the 1970's, in spite of what the service guy says.....or thinks.      My questions: (1) Do *all* G37's come with these old-tech batteries?? (2) Could there be a plausable *reason* why Infiniti decided to use type of battery type that many/most other car-makers abandoned years........make that *decades* ago? (3) Does "monthly" seem like a good battery-checking interval, if only to keep the car's warranty in effect???      TIA for any comments.... Replies to this message: kingpcgeek (Aug 07, 2009 3:28 pm) mazzman (Aug 10, 2009 1:42 pm) sjaieve (Aug 10, 2009 2:33 pm) and 1 more...
#198 of 256 Re: G37 Battery Question?? [mazzman] by kingpcgeek Aug 07, 2009 (3:28 pm)
Replying to: mazzman (Aug 07, 2009 3:04 pm) I'll have to look under the hood of mine when I leave work, but I can tell you that batteries are not covered by the car warranty. Replies to this message: mazzman (Aug 10, 2009 1:42 pm) sjaieve (Aug 10, 2009 2:33 pm) m6user (Aug 10, 2009 5:37 pm)

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