Honda Accord: Song By VoiceTM (SBV)

Use SBV to search for and play music from your HDD or iPod® using voice commands.

• To enable SBV

1. Press the SETTINGS button.
2. Rotate to select System Settings, then press .
3. Rotate to select Song by Voice, then press .
4. Rotate to select On or Off, then press .

Setting options:

• On (factory default): Song By Voice commands are available.
• Off: Disable the feature.

• Searching for music using SBV

1. Set the Song by Voice setting to On.
2. Press the (Talk) button and say “Music Search” to activate the SBV feature for the HDD and iPod®.
3. Press the button and say a command.
 - Example 1: Say “(List) ‘Artist A’“ to view a list of songs by that artist. Select the desired song to start playing.
 - Example 2: Say “Play ‘Artist A’“ to start playing songs by that artist.
4. To cancel SBV, press the (hang-up/back) button on the steering wheel. The selected song continues playing.

Once you have canceled this mode, you need to press the button and say “Music Search” again to re-activate this mode.

Song By VoiceTM Commands List

NOTE:

Song By VoiceTM commands are available for tracks stored on the HDD or iPod®.

You can add phonetic modifications of difficult words so that it is easier for SBV to recognize artists, songs, albums, and composers in voice commands.

• Phonetic Modification

Add phonetic modifications of difficult or foreign words so that it is easier for SBV to recognize artists, songs, albums, and composers in voice commands when searching for music on the HDD or iPod®.

1. Press the SETTINGS button.
2. Rotate to select System Settings, then press .
3. Rotate to select Song by Voice Phonetic Modification, then press .
4. Move and rotate to select New Modification, then press .
5. Rotate to select HDD or iPod, then press .

Phonetic Modification is grayed out when Song By Voice is set to Off.

You can store up to 2,000 phonetic modification items.

6. Rotate to select the item to modify (e.g., Artist), then press .
 - The list of the selected item appears on the screen.
7. Rotate to select an entry (e.g., No Name), then press .
 - The pop-up menu appears on the screen.
 - The listen to the current phonetic modification, rotate to select Play, then press .
 - To delete the current phonetic modification, rotate to select Delete, then press .
8. Rotate to select Modify, then press .
9. Enter the phonetic spelling you wish to use (e.g., “Artist A”) when prompted.
10. Move to select OK to exit.
 - The artist “No Name” is phonetically modified to “Artist A.” When in the SBV mode, you can press the (Talk) button and use the voice command “Play ‘Artist A’” to play songs by the artist “No Name.”