Voice Control and Speech - Issues and Questions

So when I purchased my GTI PP I got the Voice Activation SD Card thrown in free of charge. Only problem was they didn't have it in stock when I picked up the car.

I've just been told by the dealership that the SD Card is on back order from Germany. There are none in the country. Guess that with the MY16 MIB II using an activation code for Voice Control there is no need for the SD Card to be kept in stock.....

Another quick question. Does the Discover Media unit have HDD capacity like the RNS 510? If both SD card holders have the Navigation and Voice Control loaded I presume you can't load any music via an SD card?

Only the Discover Pro has a HDD iirc.

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Originally Posted by prn31

So when I purchased my GTI PP I got the Voice Activation SD Card thrown in free of charge. Only problem was they didn't have it in stock when I picked up the car.

I've just been told by the dealership that the SD Card is on back order from Germany. There are none in the country. Guess that with the MY16 MIB II using an activation code for Voice Control there is no need for the SD Card to be kept in stock.....

Another quick question. Does the Discover Media unit have HDD capacity like the RNS 510? If both SD card holders have the Navigation and Voice Control loaded I presume you can't load any music via an SD card?

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prn31: If the process is the same as on my car (which also needed an SD Card for VC), the SD card is only used to load the VC software into the Discover media unit. Once this happens, the SD card is no longer needed and the slot ifs free to use for music. In my case the dealer wouldn't allow me to take the SD card - they kept it
Don

I'll second on what Don stated above. There should be no need for the SD card remaining in the 2nd slot, I have just loaded additional POIs (speed and red light cameras) and it was only a matter of inserting the SD card to load them into the system. Same with the radio station images. There must be some internal memory to allow voice files to be stored.

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Originally Posted by Seph

Guys, I've got an MY16 R, with MIIB 6.5" - are these units in the same situation as the older discover units? My voice control button also does not work....

anyone tried any of the above with MIIB yet?

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Just thought I would share something I picked up on voice control. I wanted to use voice control with Android Auto and Apple carplay. I asked my VW dealer to activate voice control on my Jetta MY16. They said it would cost ~$200. Although it wasn't as high as I expected I didn't end up getting it.

What I found out though was that when using Android Auto and Carplay if you hold the VC button down for 2 seconds it will actually activate the Android Auto and carplay voice recognition system. If you just press it once it gives the same 'activation required' message that everyone talks about. The VW dealership and service centre didn't know about this either.

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Originally Posted by shihantha

Just thought I would share something I picked up on voice control. I wanted to use voice control with Android Auto and Apple carplay. I asked my VW dealer to activate voice control on my Jetta MY16. They said it would cost ~$200. Although it wasn't as high as I expected I didn't end up getting it.

What I found out though was that when using Android Auto and Carplay if you hold the VC button down for 2 seconds it will actually activate the Android Auto and carplay voice recognition system. If you just press it once it gives the same 'activation required' message that everyone talks about. The VW dealership and service centre didn't know about this either.

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Hey thanks shihantha. I'll give this a shot.

Yes your recollection is correct though i believe it is also an option overseas. I think it costs approx $400 to have your voice control switched on. It is confusing why VW do this as in other models like the Beetle and Tiguan the voice control is standard. Probably just a money grab as the Golf is a high volume seller.

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Originally Posted by shihantha

Just thought I would share something I picked up on voice control. I wanted to use voice control with Android Auto and Apple carplay. I asked my VW dealer to activate voice control on my Jetta MY16. They said it would cost ~$200. Although it wasn't as high as I expected I didn't end up getting it.

What I found out though was that when using Android Auto and Carplay if you hold the VC button down for 2 seconds it will actually activate the Android Auto and carplay voice recognition system. If you just press it once it gives the same 'activation required' message that everyone talks about. The VW dealership and service centre didn't know about this either.

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This also works with Apple phones and Siri. Hold down the Voice button for a second and if you've got Apple CarPlay going it will activate Siri.


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Originally Posted by prn31

So when I purchased my GTI PP I got the Voice Activation SD Card thrown in free of charge. Only problem was they didn't have it in stock when I picked up the car.

I've just been told by the dealership that the SD Card is on back order from Germany. There are none in the country. Guess that with the MY16 MIB II using an activation code for Voice Control there is no need for the SD Card to be kept in stock.....

Another quick question. Does the Discover Media unit have HDD capacity like the RNS 510? If both SD card holders have the Navigation and Voice Control loaded I presume you can't load any music via an SD card?

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You can load music onto an SD card (say, MP3s) and as long as the card is in there you can play the music via Media. But it won't download the music to the car - remove the SD card and you can no longer play music.

I believe the same applies when you put a memory stick into the USB port under the head unit.


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So finally I have my Voice Control "package" from my VW dealer. Because I'm in Sydney and the car was purchased from the country, it came via the post. No dramas I thought, I'll just insert the SD card and I will have Voice Control!

However, when I opened the "DVD case" my heart sank when I realised that I've been sent an Activation Code that needs to be entered by an authorised workshop. The part number is 5G0.054.802, which from my review of this thread can only be used for MY16 MIB2 and not on my MY15 MIB1. Am I correct in my thinking? Does anyone have the part no. for the Voice Activation SD Card?

I'm getting my Passat R36 serviced next week at Volks Muller, so I can see whether they can activate the Voice Command on the Golf, but I'm not confident that they can put an activation code into an MIB1. Am I wrong??

Paul