Radio - I'm jealous!
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Radio - I'm jealous!
My neighbor just got a 2013 Fusion - I don't know how less expensive it was from my car but side by side the cars don't belong in the same class - in fact, it looks as though it should be two classes below my 300h - BUT his nav system/radio - I'm jealous! He calls out a station name or station number (like Sirius 20 or saying E Street Radio) - and zap the radio tunes to that station. Why couldn't Lexus have done that?
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it's because Ford licenses Microsoft's voice recognition which has been used on the xbox for years now and is very good. very few car markers actually license proper voice recognition.
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Well, in the ad it looked pretty good. Microsoft + Ford cannot be a good combo. I heard Ford was having major problems with their Sync app, and it was pulling down their customer satisfaction rating. Maybe they've improved, but then again, it's a MS product.
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Yeah, can't we do that in the ES? My 5 year old Hyundai could, but it never really seemed like something I needed. I used it like once when it was new, just for fun.
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Lexus voice recognition is very limited. You cannot use voice commands to tune to a radio station. You cannot use a voice command to cancel (delete) current navigation, must use the mouse.
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Yes, the Ford/Lincoln My Touch systems have been problematic for Ford both in terms of their satisfaction ratings as well as glitches that needed reprogramming etc. In time I'm sure it will be better.
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My neighbor just got a 2013 Fusion - I don't know how less expensive it was from my car but side by side the cars don't belong in the same class - in fact, it looks as though it should be two classes below my 300h - BUT his nav system/radio - I'm jealous! He calls out a station name or station number (like Sirius 20 or saying E Street Radio) - and zap the radio tunes to that station. Why couldn't Lexus have done that?
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My neighbor just got a 2013 Fusion - I don't know how less expensive it was from my car but side by side the cars don't belong in the same class - in fact, it looks as though it should be two classes below my 300h - BUT his nav system/radio - I'm jealous! He calls out a station name or station number (like Sirius 20 or saying E Street Radio) - and zap the radio tunes to that station. Why couldn't Lexus have done that?
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Yep, very frustrating that you can't even cancel the nav. by voice command, and only by mouse.
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GS Voice.pdf
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I'm not knocking your sister's car but that was our target car right up until the point where we drove one and realized..... it's still a Ford. That technology is nice though but we're very happy with our purchase decision.
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Yes you can, probably not delete but radio stations and air condition settings, and bunch of other stuff. Here is the PDF from Manual, although GS I think it's the same.
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Yes you can, probably not delete but radio stations and air condition settings, and bunch of other stuff. Here is the PDF from Manual, although GS I think it's the same.
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