Thread: D4 Hands Free - Voice Recognition

Thanks RangieBit, I'll give that a go and see if I can make it work. I'm pretty sure my iPhone 3GS has this feature but I've never played with it. A couple of Nokia's I've had some years ago did this trick and it worked well, even via an aftermarket Parrott bluetooth car kit in my old Peugeot.

In the meantime, I've learned a couple of tricks to scrolling through the dreadful contacts list shown on the basic LR screen (it really is a very poor system and LR should be ashamed of it).

Firstly, you can hold the scroll arrow and then you just need to glance at the screen every 5 seconds or so to see how close you're getting to your target. Just one name is shown at the bottom of the list to show where it's up to. It's not a huge improvement, but it beats pressing on the button 127 times to scroll through individual entries and all their multiple listings, although you still need to have your hand off the steering wheel, indicators, etc for an extended period. I agree with an earlier poster that it's often quicker to stop the car, look up the number on the phone and dial it that way.

Secondly, it's possible to scroll backwards from the end of the list. If the contact you're looking for is towards the end of the alphabet, just press the up arrow and the scrolling will start at the end of the list and work forwards. Again, not fantastic but better than starting at "A" when looking for "Thompson".

Well after Iains suggestions I took a closer at my Iphone and found that if I hold the on/off button down the voice control comes up. Simple enough. Then I tried it in the D4. The beep comes through the speaker, I say "call bob" - it calls Bob. Brillant. I use the steering wheel to hang up. So rather than push the speaker button on the steering wheel (which doesn't work), all I have to do is puch and hold the on/off
button on the iphone for the same result. I dont need to look at my phone to do this so its about as safe as it gets. Problem solved for me gentlemen. Thankyou all