Originally Posted by Brian-bmw

It is possible that your TCU does not have the voice recognition capability. However, you have a 2006, so that is unlikely. I suspect that it is merely disabled in the coding. I have not seen the options available to a dealer for coding a TCU, so it may be as simple as a setting change in the dealer's programming system. Or, the VR option could be something they are required to charge a large sum of money to enable (like BMW does in some European markets) or is hidden from them in the US coding software.

If Jochen can incorporate this into NavCoder, they you would be able to turn it on yourself.