Honda CR-V: Audio System Basic Operation / Song By Voice™ (SBV)

Honda CR-V 2017-2025 Owner's Manual / Features / Audio System Basic Operation / Song By Voice™ (SBV)

Use SBV to search for and play music from your USB flash drive or iPod using voice commands.

To enable SBV

  1. Select Honda CR-V. Song By Voice™ (SBV).
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Select System.
  4. Select the Voice Recog. tab.
  5. Select Song by Voice.
  6. Select Next, then select On or Off.

Honda CR-V. Song By Voice™ (SBV)

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 Honda CR-V. Song By Voice™ (SBV) (Talk) button and say “Music Search” to activate the SBV feature for the USB flash drive and iPod.
  3. Then, say a next 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 Honda CR-V. Song By Voice™ (SBV) (hang-up/back) button on the steering wheel. The selected song continues playing.

Once you have canceled this mode, you need to press the Honda CR-V. Song By Voice™ (SBV) button and say “Music Search” again to re-activate this mode.

Honda CR-V. Song By Voice™ (SBV)

Song By Voice™ Commands List

NOTE:

Song By Voice commands are available for tracks stored on the USB flash drive 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.

SBV is not available when using Apple CarPlay™ . Use Siri® Eyes Free instead.

How to Select a Play Mode

You can select shuffle and repeat modes when playing a file. Select a play mode. To turn off a play mode Select the mode you want to turn off. Play Mode Menu Items Shuffle Albums: Plays all available albums in a selected list (playlists, artists, albums, songs, podcasts, genres, composers, or audiobooks) in random order...

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 USB flash drive or iPod...

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