NissanConnect on 2013 Nissan Altima

NissanConnect found in the 2013 Nissan Altima at Victoria Nissan

The NissanConnect is found on the 2013 Nissan Altima and on the soon to be released 2013 Nissan Sentra. We just added the info to our website at NissanConnect. Check it out. It’s some amazing in-car technology.

One thing we found that’s disappointing is Google’s decision to remove the Google Maps Send to Car feature from their Apple mobile devices. In the past you could look up directions on your iPhone or iPad and send the route into to your “Send to Car” enabled car navigation system. Not anymore.
Apple isn’t innocent in this whole connectivity platform game. Nissan’s text system that allows drivers to text pre-written messages to recipients (“I’m running late” or “Be there in ten minutes”) only works with select Google-based Android phones.

Come on guys, let’s compromise! It will make everyone’s driving a little safer.
Hutch Pine – General Manager – Victoria Nissan – hpine@victorianissan.com

Nissan Bluetooth Technology enhanced for 2010 – “Speaker Adaptation” feature for those with distinct accents and dialects

Nissan's Bluetooth Speaker Adaptation Technology

Do you have a distinct accent or dialect that makes your Nissan Bluetooth Phone system difficult to program? If yes, then this post is the help you need.  
 
New for 2010, Nissans equipped with Bluetooth have a new “Speaker Adaptation” feature that  listens to your specific accent and learns how to best respond to your commands. 

The Bluetooth® Hands-free Phone System is programmed to respond when voice commands are spoken clearly and without speech variation. This can be challenging, if not frustrating, for drivers with accents or regional dialects. Speaker Adaptation helps users overcome this problem by allowing them to program the pronunciation of certain voice commands. Users can “train” the hands-free phone system to recognize their particular speech patterns or inflections by repeating a series of training phrases. The system stores a different voice adaptation for each user and Bluetooth®-paired phone.

Speaker Adaptation is available on all 2010 Nissan vehicles with hands-free phone systems. For vehicles that do not have a navigation system, Speaker Adaptation works only with the hands-free phone system. This article focuses on the features for vehicles without a navigation system. Navigation-equipped vehicles have a more sophisticated system that offers voice control of more functions.

A few things to keep in mind about the feature.

• Speaker Adaptation can be programmed for up to two drivers in vehicles without a navigation system (the feature accommodates up to three drivers in vehicles with navigation).
• You can look up the specific speech training phrases in most 2010 vehicle owner’s manuals. However, customers don’t need to refer to the list to successfully program Speaker Adaptation.
• Once Voice Recognition is assigned a language, Speaker Adaptation operates only in that given language. Programmable languages include English, Spanish, or French (Canadian) but not any combination of the three.

Setting Speaker Adaptation

Here’s an overview of how to set Speaker Adaptation. Be sure to refer to the vehicle’s owner’s manual for details:

Phone/Send Button

1. Park in a reasonably quiet outdoor location with the engine running and the parking brake on.
2. Press the Phone/Send button for more than five seconds
3. The system announces: “Press the Phone/Send button for the hands-free phone system to enter the speaker adaptation mode.”
4. Press the Phone/Send button.
5. Voice memory A or B is selected automatically. If both memory locations are already in use, the system will prompt you to overwrite one. Follow the instructions provided by the system.
6. When training is finished, the system will tell you that an adequate number of phrases have been recorded.
7. After registering, voice adaptation is complete.

The voice adaptation mode will stop if:

• The Phone/End button is pressed in voice adaptation mode.
• The vehicle is driven during voice adaptation mode.
• The ignition switch is turned to the OFF or LOCK position

 Speaker Adaptation offers Nissan drivers a personalized driving experience. Drive safely!

Victoria Nissan in Victoria, Texas, provides sales and service for new Nissan vehicles. Victoria Nissan also offers a great selection of pre-owned cars and trucks. In addition to new and used cars, Victoria Nissan also services all makes and models. Victoria Nissan is located in Victoria, but we offer a great selection of new and pre-owned vehicles to South Texas, including San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Corpus Christi, and McAllen metro areas. You can contact Victoria Nissan at 866-808-7765 or locally at 645-7045. You can also visit our online showroom at www.victorianissan.com or our blog at http://www.victorianissanblog.com. Victoria Nissan, 6003 N. Navarro, Victoria, Texas 77904. Availability of specific features is dependent upon the phone’s Bluetooth® support. Please refer to your phone owner’s manual for details. Cell phone not included. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., and any use of such marks by Nissan is under license.

Source: Nissan University Online