Abstract: A system and method of controlling an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system includes: determining the location of a vehicle; identifying terrestrial radio stations in a database that are within a range of the vehicle location based on geographic locations of the terrestrial radio stations stored in the database; and altering the content of a speech grammar used by the ASR system to process speech received in the vehicle that requests a terrestrial radio station.

Abstract: A ventilation system for circulating cooling air through the instrument panel of an automotive vehicle whereby electronic components within the instrument panel, such as the radio, tape deck and audio components which may include power transistors, are cooled thereby improving the durability and reliability of the electronic components, the system including portions that are common to the vehicle air conditioning and ventilation system, wherein provision is made for establishing a cooling air flow path through a circuitous air flow passage in the vehicle instrument panel to instrument panel components, including the radio chassis, which are packaged in a compact fashion in a restricted space.