2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class navigation system

186 Voice Control
Navigation
Example of dialog:
sEnter town
tPlease say the name of the town
sAlbany
tLoading list of towns
uThe system shows a numbered list
of possible town names on the dis-
play
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
The town is stored for route guidance.
“Spell town”
Using the “Spell town” command, you can
spell any town. This may be necessary if
certain town or street names are not rec-
ognized.
Say the letters in the form of a continuous
string of letters. In the case of long names,
it is not always necessary to spell the
whole name. Usually only the first five to
seven letters are required. A list of city
names will appear in the display and you
can choose the one you require.Say each individual letter clearly.
It is not easy to avoid confusion of similar-
sounding letters (e.g. D and E).
Example of dialog:
sSpell town
tPlease spell the town
sF-R-E-N-S-
tLoading list of towns
uThe system shows a numbered list
of city names on the display
tPlease select a line number.
sNumber three
tNumber three accepted
The town is stored for route guidance.
i You can use the “Next page” or “Previous
page” commands to scroll through the list. You
can use the “Correction” command to spell the
town again from the beginning.
i Note that the list in the display is sorted ac-
cording to the probability of voice recognition.
“Enter district” (center)
You can use the “Enter district” command
to enter an area in a city which you have
selected previously.
Example of dialog:
sEnter district
tPlease say the name of the district.
sManhattan
uThe system shows a numbered list
of districts in the display if the se-
lected city has more than one dis-
trict.
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
The district is stored for route guidance.
“Enter Street”
You can use the “Enter Street” command
to enter the name of any street in the se-
lected city.
i If only a few streets are stored for a selected
town, they will be displayed for selection imme-
diately after you give the “Enter Street” com-
mand.

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Navigation
Example of dialog:
sEnter Street
tPlease say the name of the street
sMabel’s Street
uThe system shows a numbered list
of street names on the display
tPlease select a line number.
sNumber three
tNumber three accepted
The street name is stored for route guid-
ance.
“Correction”
If you have entered or spelled a city or
street, you can use the “Correction” com-
mand to enter the city or street again or
spell it from the beginning.
“House number”
You can use the “House number” com-
mand to specify the house number for the
selected street in individual digits.Example of dialog:
sHouse number
tPlease say the house number in sin-
gle digits
sThree four
tThree four
sOkay
The house number is stored for route guid-
ance.
“Point of interest” (POI)
You can use the “Point of interest” com-
mand to select specific destinations (filling
stations, airports, stations, etc.).
Example of dialog:
sPoint of interest
uThe system shows the following list
in the display:
1 Current position
2 Other town
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.uThe system shows a numbered list
of POI categories
tPlease select a line number or say
the category name
sLine number 5 ...
tNumber 5 accepted
uThe system shows a numbered list
with destinations from the selected
category
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
The specific destination which has the
number one is stored for route guidance.
i Depending on the selected area, other lists
may be shown.
You can only select points of interest in the
state or province the navigation system is
set for.

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Navigation
Selecting next point of interest
You can use the following commands to
select nearby points of interest.

“Next gas station”

“Next car park”

“Next Mercedes-Benz Service”

“Next restaurant”

“Next hospital”
Example of dialog:
sNext gas station
uThe system shows a numbered list
of gas stations on the display
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
uLine number one accepted. Would
you like to start route guidance?
sYes
The route guidance for this point of inter-
est is started.
or
sNo
tDo you want to save the destina-
tion?sYes
The dialog continues as shown in the sec-
tion “Save destination”
“Last destinations”
You can use the “Last destinations” com-
mand to reselect a destination from a list
of the previously selected destinations.
Example of dialog:
sLast destinations
uThe system shows a numbered list
of the previously selected destina-
tions
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
uLine number one accepted. Would
you like to start route guidance?
sYes
The route guidance for this destination is
started.
“Save destination”
You can use the “Save destination” com-
mand to save the current destination in the
address book by means of a voice tag.
i If the desired voice tag already exists in the
address book, the system asks if you want to add
the address.
Example of dialog:
sSave destination
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
tPlease repeat the name.
sSmith
tWhere would you like to save: home
or work?
sWork
tThe destination has been saved.

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“Find address”
You can use the “Find address” command
to select a previously saved address and
start route guidance.
Example of dialog:
sFind address
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
uThe system shows a numbered list
of saved addresses in the display
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
tStarting route guidance
“Start route guidance”
You can use the “Start route guidance”
command to start route guidance once a
valid destination has been entered.
sStart route guidance
tStarting route guidance
“Route information”
You can use the “Route information” com-
mand to have the following information on
your currently planned route read out:

Distance to destination

Remaining driving time

Expected arrival time
“Guidance instructions on”
When you use the “Guidance instructions
on” command, voice control repeats the
last driving tip. If the driving tip output has
been switched off up to this point, it is now
switched on again.
“Guidance instruction off ”
You can use this command to switch off
the route guidance voice output.
“Cancel route guidance”
You can use this command to stop route
guidance.
Example of dialog:
sCancel route guidance
tAre you sure you want to cancel
route guidance?
sYes
tCancelling route guidance
Voice control cancels route guidance.
or
sNo
tContinuing route guidance.
The dialog with voice control is terminated.
Route guidance remains activated.
“Zoom in/out"
You can use these commands to zoom the
map display one step in or out.
“Zoom in/out completely”
You can use these commands to set the
map display directly to the smallest or larg-
est scale.

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Navigation
“List destination memory”
You can use the “List destination memory”
command to listen to the entries from the
address book’s destination memory and, if
required, navigate to one of them.
sList destination memory
The system reads out all entries,
from the address book destination
memory.
To select an entry and set an ad-
dress: press the ! button at the se-
lected entry.
tIf there is more than one address,
the system asks “Navigate to: home
or work?”
sHome
The system starts route guidance
To cancel the dialog: press the L
button.
You have cancelled the dialog. The sys-
tem confirms by responding “Cancel”.

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Command list
In the Command list section, you will find
all the main commands for operating voice
control. The commands available to you
depend on the vehicle’s equipment.
i Some functions have several voice com-
mands to facilitate operation. These are grouped
together between the separator lines in the list
and can be used interchangeably.
Command list
General commands

Yes

Correct

Okay

Cancel

No

Pause

Address book

MP3

CD changer

CD

Navigation

Route guidance

Nav

DVD video

DVD audio

Radio

Satellite radio / Sirius*

Phone

Messages

Video

Correction

Wrong

Incorrect

Help

Help functions

Help devices

Help voice control [system]

Help voice control/voice control help

General help

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Letters of the alphabet

Continue

Go forward

Next page

Previous page

Go back

Back

Help radio

Help phone/help telephone

Help address book

Help CD changer

Help DVD

Help DVD changer

Help DVD audio

Help DVD audio changer

Help MP3

Help MP3 changer

Help navigation

Help route guidance

Help nav

213 Technical terminology
AAC
(A
dvanced Audio Coding)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses. Based on
the MPEG2 standard.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per unit time.
Bluetooth
®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
Writeable ->CD-ROM.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
CD which can be read, written and de-
leted.CD text
CD text is an extension of an audio CD,
which contains text information such
as title, artist and name of the individu-
al pieces of music.
->COMAND displays
this information on the corresponding
screens if the selected audio CD con-
tains this information.
COMAND control system
(Co
ckpit Management and Data
System)
Central information and operating unit
for various vehicle functions, such as
radio, DVD changer and other equip-
ment, such as telephone, navigation
system.
Dolby Digital
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.
DTMF
(D
ual Tone Multi-Frequency)
DTMF tones control answering machi-
nes or other devices, e. g. for remote
queries.
DTS
(D
igital Theater Sound)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format
for storing large data volumes, e.g.
films.
DVD+R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD+RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
DVD-R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD-RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
Geo-coordinates
Indicate the geographical position of a
location on the earth's surface.

214 Technical terminology
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
System for geographic position finding.
Satellite signals can be compared by
the receiver in the vehicle with a digital
map (e. g. on CD-ROM) and then used
for position finding and navigation.
Gracenote Media Database
Media database that is stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive.
Gracenote
® music recognition techno-
logy
Music recognition software that is
stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive. If
the selected audio CD does not contain
any
->CD text, ->COMAND can
recognise unknown audio tracks in CD
audio mode with the aid of this
software and depict this in corres-
ponding displays.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile
Communications)
International transmission standard for
mobile phones. This permits you to
make phone calls with your mobile
phone even when abroad. The trans-
mission method is digital.ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. track, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Kilobyte
Designation for an amount of informati-
on in digital technology.
LOGIC7
®
Multi-channel surround technology
from the professional audio industry,
which plays back 5.1 and stereo recor-
dings in surround quality. LOGIC7
® cre-
ates natural 360° sound characteris-
tics for all seats.
MLP
(M
eridian Lossless Packing)
Optional format for audio data on a
DVD-audio.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.
Multisession
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
Music Register
Memory for the audio main function to
which you can copy music files in MP3
format.
Notebook
Portable personal computer (PC).
NTSC
(N
ational Television Systems Commit-
tee)
TV standard, widespread mainly in the
US.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organised into directories for impro-
ved clarity. Can be likened to a filing ca-
binet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.