Language setting question

[Gryphon]

Hey Mustang owners!!

During my test drive yesterday I noticed to my enormous disappointment that all the menus and systems were in Swedish... :(

Trust me, Swedish is just too nerdy and stick-up-yer-arse to ever be good at saying things like 'Track Apps' or 'Track only'. I am desperate to find information on whether it's possible to default this language back to English.

Call me mental but I'd like my American car to speak some gosh darned American... :frusty::rant:

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[papinist]

from the manual:

The options include: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch,
Swedish, Polish, Turkish and Russian. Only four of these languages are available for voice input and output, depending on your location.

in voice input I think english is always present

 

[Gryphon]

Not too bothered with the voice input as I don't expect to be using it a lot, but I sure would like to know I can change the written language in the menus on the center display in the dashboard - so there's a setting for that?

 

[papinist]

yes, it's a separate setting and you can found in the center display. It has only 4 choices: for me those are english, french, german and italian.

 

[Gryphon]

Brilliant. Thanks for a quick answer!!

 

[Notes]

Mine was set to dutch when I picked up the car and was the first thing I changed. Don't remember if I changed it in MFT or the menu though. Also not sure if I need to talk in english now though for the voice input... I used it twice so far and think it's kinda useless. First time I used it was to call mam and it called my friend Mark instead who lives in Vegas now!:ford:

 

[Ericc B]

I used it twice so far and think it's kinda useless. First time I used it was to call mam and it called my friend Mark instead who lives in Vegas now!:ford:

Heheh yeah I know what you mean. My Audi always start calling the police when I try to voice dial a certain collegue. And when I tell my navigation to zoom it changes over to radio. I have given up on it as well.

 

[SteveS]

First time I used it was to call mam and it called my friend Mark instead who lives in Vegas now!:ford:

LOL :lol:

I can sympathise as even people south of Gateshead tend to have a problem with the Scottish twang too... ;)

 

[NewMustangDE]

I never use the voice activation thingy in any of our cars. Much quicker to just press the button instead ;)

The english voice in the Mustang (at least mine) is a UK voice (to get that nice clean english instead of the american-down-your-throat-speech) happens to be very clear and the same as in my wifes Volvo. Terrible in pronouncing non-english names though :lol:

 

[Jimtasteek]

My Alfa still speaks Italian. I could change it I'm sure, but at least it's authentic.

 

[Notes]

Also if you press the phone/dial button on the steering wheel it just starts to call a number, no idea what number but it does... anyone tried it?

Heheh yeah I know what you mean. My Audi always start calling the police when I try to voice dial a certain collegue. And when I tell my navigation to zoom it changes over to radio. I have given up on it as well.

Police, good evening what can we do for you?

Uhm nothing, it's just me Ericc B again trying to use my cars voice control...

Oh you again, well goodnight then!

 

[papinist]

I never use the voice activation thingy in any of our cars. Much quicker to just press the button instead ;)

The english voice in the Mustang (at least mine) is a UK voice (to get that nice clean english instead of the american-down-your-throat-speech) happens to be very clear and the same as in my wifes Volvo. Terrible in pronouncing non-english names though :lol:

I tried today to call a number and not only it works very good, but it's much quicker than search through the menu while I'm driving

Haven't tried english but italian is pretty good. Some translations are funny but at least it works. Sure some commands are too much work and it's easier to just touch a button - like the climatization section - but for phone and navigation I think it's useful.

 

[NewMustangDE]

I tried today to call a number and not only it works very good, but it's much quicker than search through the menu while I'm driving

Haven't tried english but italian is pretty good. Some translations are funny but at least it works. Sure some commands are too much work and it's easier to just touch a button - like the climatization section - but for phone and navigation I think it's useful.

I will have to try. In my A6 it never seems to understand my commands

 

[Gryphon]

I played through Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light in Russian. Authenticity matters

 

[Notes]

Just for fun I tried all four languages today, English UK is the best out of the four. Didn't like the dutch right from the start and French & German is not my thing as don't understand most of it.

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