2007 MERCEDES-BENZ CL600 command

283 Control systems
Voice Control telephone
“Dial name” (COMAND address book)
Use the command “Dial name” to place a
phone call by selecting a name previously
saved in your personal address book.
Sample dialog:
sDial name
tPlease say the name
sJohn Smith
If several telephone numbers exist
for the same entry, the Voice Con-
trol System will ask for clarification.
tDo you want to place a work call or
a home call?
sWork
tJohn Smith work
Dialing“Call ” (Address book)
Use the command “Call ” to
place a phone call by directly selecting a
name previously stored in your address
book.
One address book entry can have up to
three different telephone numbers (mobile
phone/car/land line) for both the home
and work fields.
If only one telephone number is stored for
a given name, you can recall the entry us-
ing the command “Call John Smith”.
If several telephone numbers are associat-
ed with one entry, you can recall the de-
sired telephone number by using the
following commands:
“Call John Smith home”

“Call John Smith work”

“Call John Smith home cell phone”

“Call John Smith home car”

“Call John Smith home land line”

“Call John Smith work cell phone”

“Call John Smith work car”

“Call John Smith work land line”
The system confirms your input and the
number is dialed.
Sample dialog:
sCall John Smith
If several telephone numbers exist
for the same entry, the Voice Con-
trol System will ask for clarification.
tDo you want to place a work call or
a home call?
sWork
tJohn Smith work
Dialing

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Voice Control telephone
“Delete name” (COMAND Address
book)
Use the command “Delete name” to delete
a name from the COMAND address book.
Sample dialog:
sDelete name
tThe name, please
sSmith office
tSmith office: Would you like to de-
lete the voice name?
sYes
tThe voice name is deleted
“List phone book” and dialing a phone
number
Use the command “List phone book” to lis-
ten to all voice entries in the phone book
with a phone number stored, and select an
entry and dial that number.Sample dialog:
sList phone book
The system reads out the complete
phone book entry by entry.
Selecting an entry and dialing that
number
For the desired entry, press ! dur-
ing or immediately after voice output.
If more than one phone number exists
for a given entry, the Voice Control Sys-
tem prompts:
tDo you want to place a work call or
a home call?
sHome
The system reads out the name of
the selected entry and dials the cor-
responding number.Cancelling the dialog
Press L.
The system confirms “Cancel”.
The dialog is concluded.
Managing automated answering sys-
tem/voice mail box
Activate the Voice Control System to ac-
cess and manage your answering ma-
chine/voice mail box.
Activate the Voice Control System dur-
ing a phone call (
page 276).
An audible tone (beep) confirms the ac-
tivation of the system.
Speak the required digits (“Zero” to
“Nine”).
or
Speak the required words “Star” and
“Pound”.
Speak the final command “OK”.
The system dials the number entered.

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Voice Control navigation
Navigation operation
The Voice Control System allows you to

enter a state or province

enter a city

spell the name of a city

spell the name of district or center

spell the name of a street

spell the name of an intersection

enter a house number

enter a complete address

select one of your last destinations

enter a POI (point of interest)

select one of your last destinations

save a destination

navigate to a destination stored in the
destination memory of the address
book

start route guidance

display the map

zoom in or zoom out of the map

listen to the destination memory

cancel route guidance

turn guide instructions on or off
Before you can operate navigation using
the Voice Control System, you have to ac-
tivate the Voice Control System
(
page 276).
Selecting navigation mode
Press!.
Speak the command “Navigation”.
Press!.
Speak one of the navigation com-
mands.
Navigation commands
For a complete list of commands
(
page 305).
“Help navigation”/“Help”
Use the command “Help navigation” or
“Help” to read out an option list of avail-
able functions and commands that can be
used in conjunction with the navigation
system.
“Enter state”,“Enter province”
Use the command “Enter state” or “Enter
province” to select a different state or
province on the navigation DVD.
iYou cannot start the route guidance until all
necessary address data has been entered.

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Voice Control navigation
Sample dialog:
sEnter state
tPlease say the name of the state
sNew York
uThe system shows a numbered list
of states recognized by the system
tPlease select a line number
sNumber two
or accept, say
sYes
tState accepted
The selected entry is adopted from the list.
“Last states”
Use the command “Last states” to select a
state or province from among a number of
last selected states or provinces.
Dialog for entering a complete address
“Enter destination”
Use the command “Enter destination” to
enter a complete destination address.
The system guides you through the dialog.
As soon as a valid address has been en-
tered, you can start route guidance or save
the destination. For information on spelling
(
page 292).
Sample dialog:
sEnter destination
tPlease spell a New York street
name
sB-R-O-A-D-W
uThe system displays a numbered
list of matching street names on
the COMAND display
tPlease select a line number
sNumber two
tNumber two accepted
tDo you want to enter a house num-
ber?
sNo
tDo you want to enter an intersec-
tion?
sNo
tDo you want to spell the town’s
name?
sYes
tPlease spell the town name
sN-E-W-Y-O-R-K
uThe system displays a numbered
list of matching city names on the
COMAND display
tPlease select a line number
sNumber one

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Voice Control navigation
tNumber one accepted
tDo you want to start route guid-
ance?
sYes
tStarting route guidance
The system calculates the route and, upon
completing route calculation, starts route
guidance.“Points of interest”
Use the command “Points of interest” to
select a point of interest (POI) such as air-
ports, railroad stations, gas stations etc.
Sample dialog:
sPoints of interest
uThe system shows the following list
on the COMAND display:

current position

other town/city

Global POI
tPlease select a line number
sNumber one
uThe system displays a numbered
list of available POI categories:
Select POI category menu
tPlease select a line number
sNumber one
uThe system displays a numbered
list search categories: Find menu
tPlease select a line number
sNumber one
uThe system displays a numbered
list of airports sorted by distance
tPlease select a line number
sNumber one
tPoint of interest accepted
tDo you want to start route guid-
ance?
sYes
tStarting route guidance
iYou may not need to spell the entire name
(street, intersection, city or point of interest) es-
pecially if the name is lengthy. Spelling the first
three to five characters of the name should be
sufficient for the system to recognize the name
provided it is available on the navigation DVD.
iThe selection appearing on the COMAND
display is sorted based on your recognized voice
input and a matching algorithm.
You can use the commands “Continue” or
“Back” to scroll up or down in the list.
Use the command “Correction” to start over by
again spelling the name.
Speak each character as clearly as you can, es-
pecially when they sound very similar (d or e).
iDepending on the number of categories and
POI’s available for a given area, the system may
display several lists on each of which you may
have to make a selection by speaking the desired
line number or you have to spell the name of a
POI.

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Voice Control navigation
“Next POI”
With the commands

“Next gas station”

“Next parking lot”

“Next Mercedes-Benz service”

“Next restaurant”

“Next hospital”
you can select POIs in your vicinity.
Sample dialog:
sNext gas station
uThe system shows a numbered list
of gas stations on the COMAND dis-
play
tPlease select a line number
sNumber one
tNumber one accepted
tDo you want to start route guid-
ance?
sYesThe system calculates the route and, upon
completing route calculation, starts route
guidance.
“Last destinations”
Use the command “Last destinations” to
select a destination from among a number
of destinations last navigated to.
“Save destination”
Use the command “Save destination” to
save the current destination in the address
book. Sample dialog:
sSave destination
tPlease say the name
sJohn Smith
tPlease repeat the name
sJohn Smith
tWhere do you want to save: home
or work?
sWork
tThe destination has been saved
iThe Voice Control System may recognize
names even if not saved in your voice. For best
possible call-up performance, however, you
should speak and save the names you intend to
use yourself.
If an entry is already available in the address
book, the system will ask you if you would like to
add the address to the available entry.

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Voice Control navigation
“Navigate to ” (Address
book)
Use the command “Navigate to try>” to start route guidance by selecting
voice entry with a saved destination ad-
dress from the COMAND address book.
A voice entry may have two different desti-
nation addresses associated with it (home
or work).
The system confirms your command, cal-
culates the route, and begins route guid-
ance.
If only one address is stored, you can use
the command “Navigate ” to
select the stored destination address for
that name.If two addresses are stored, you can use
the commands

“Navigate home”
or

“Navigate work”
to directly select between home or work
address for that name. The system con-
firms your selection, calculates the route,
and begins route guidance.
Sample dialog:
sNavigate to John Smith
If more than one address exists for
this voice entry, the Voice Control
System will prompt you:
tNavigate to home or work?
sWork
tJohn Smith work
Starting route guidance“Start route guidance”
Use the command “Start route guidance”
to start route guidance after entering a val-
id destination.
Sample dialog:
sStart route guidance
tStarting route guidance
Route guidance begins.
“Guidance instructions on”
Use the command “Guidance instructions
on” to have the Voice Control System re-
peat the last guidance instruction. If guid-
ance voice output was previously muted,
using this command will deactivate the
muting of the voice output.
“Guidance instructions off”
Use the command “Guidance instructions
off” to mute the systems’ guidance voice
output.

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Voice Control navigation
“Cancel route guidance”
Use the command “Cancel route guid-
ance” to cancel route guidance.
Sample dialog:
sCancel route guidance
tAre you sure you want to cancel
route guidance?
sYes
Route guidance is canceled.
or
sNo
tCancel
The dialog with the Voice Control System
is canceled. Route guidance remains ac-
tive.
“Map”
Use the command “Map” to activate or
switch to map display.“Zoom in”, “Zoom out”
Use these commands to zoom in on map or
to zoom out of map to the desired level of
map detail.
“Zoom in completely”, “Zoom out com-
pletely”
These commands are used to adapt the
map display directly to the smallest or larg-
est map scale.
“List destination memory”
Use the command “List destination memo-
ry” to have the system read out all destina-
tion memory entries and select and entry
for route guidance.Sample dialog:
sList destination memory
The system reads out the address
book destination memory.
To select a voice entry and adopt address
for route guidance:
When the system reads the desired en-
try, press !.
If more than one address is available,
the system will prompt you:
tNavigate to home or work?
sHome
The system reads the selected
voice entry and starts route guid-
ance.
To cancel the dialog:
Press L.
You have canceled the dialog. The sys-
tem confirms cancellation by saying
“Cancel”.