2012 MERCEDES-BENZ GL-Class Comand Manual

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nsmore than30entri es,the system
as ks youto saythe name fromwhich the
rea ding sha llbe star ted.
Examp leof dialog:
s Listdestin ation memory
The system readsoutallent ries, from
the address bookdestin ationmemory.
To select anent ryand setanaddress:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-funct ionSteering Wheel:
Press the? button atthe select ed
ent ry.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward youat
the select edent ry.
If ther eis more thanoneaddress, thesystem
asks
t Doyou want tonavigate toSmit hhome
or work?
s Home
t Smithhome. Startin groute guidance
The system startsroute guidance.
To cancel thedialog:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-funct ionSteering Wheel:
Press theA button .
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Push theVoice Controllever away from
you.
You have canceled thedialog. Thesystem
con firms byrespon ding“Cancel”. Addr
essBook G
WARN
ING
Please devote youratten tionfirst and
foremo stto the traff icsituation youarein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheaddress bookfunctions. Only
usetheVoice ControlSystem whenroad
and trafficcon ditions permityoutodo so.
Other wiseyoucould beinvolved inan
acciden tinw hich youorothers couldbe
injured. Overview
The address bookgives youtheoption of
storing information aboutpeople inthe form
of entr ies.
Using voicecontrol,you can dialaphone
number storedinthe address bookorstart
route guidanceforastored address.
Apart fromthe<0013001000050001000B0005001200270004000500100005000E00040005000E
0014> voicetags
stored inthe address book,voicecontrolcan
recogniz eall the entr iesinthe name fieldsof
the address book.Recognition ofthe entr ies
in the address bookdepends onthe text that
was entered. Tomake acall you must saythe
text ofthe entr y.
Check theaddress bookentriesforthe
following:
R The name entries, e.g. lastname andfirst
name, areinthe right fields.
R Do not use abbreviations oracronyms.
R Avoid unnecessary spacesinnames.
R Do not use special characters.
You canimprove voicerecognit ionbysaving
a <0013001000050001000B0005001200270004000500100005000E00040005000E
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book entries.
Use a<0013001000050001000B0005001200270004000500100005000E00040005000E
0014> voicetag:
R for names whicharedifficult topronounce
R to distinguish nameswhichsound similar
R for names whicharenot pronounced as
they arewritten
Voice controlcan store upto50 ofthese
address bookentriesbymeans ofaspeaker-
dependent voicetag. Addr
essBook
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Opera
tion
You canusevoice control atany time to:
R save aname
R select aname
R delete aname
R list the address book
R delete theaddress book
R open theaddress book
R open anent ryfrom theaddress book
R list the phone book
R list the destin ationmemory
To open theaddress book:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-funct ionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button .
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward you.
X Give the“Address book”command.
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-funct ionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button .
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward you.
X Give oneofthe address bookcomm ands
explained below. Comma
nds
“Addr essBook” X
To open theaddress book: Saythe
comm and“Address book”.
“Help AddressBook” X
Using the“Help address book”command,
you can have allthe essent ialcomm ands
for the address bookreadout. “Save
Name” Use
the“Save name” commandtosave a
phone number withavoice tagforaspecific
speaker. Usethiscomm andforaname which
is complicat edorwhich ispronoun ced
differen tlyasitis spelled, forexample,
because itis aforeign name.Whenyouhave
given thecomm and“Save Name”, voice
con trol prompt syou toent eraphone
number.
i This function isonly possible ifamobile
phone iscon nected toCOMAND .
The digits 0to9a nd the word“Pl us”ar e
pe rmi tted .
“Pl us”rep laces theinte rnational dialing cod e,
e.g .“00” .
Say thephone num berin the form ofa
conti nuousstri ngofdigits or as blocks of
di gits, e.g.three tofive digits.
Voice controlrepeats thedigits itrecogniz es
after each block ofdigits (withapause of
about halfasecond between eachblock of
digits) andwaits foryou tocont inue speaking.
When youhave given thecommand “Okay”,
voice controlprompts youtwo orthree times
to say thename. Whenrepeating thename,
make surethatyoupronounce itin exactly
the same wayasyou didthe first time.
Otherwise, thename cannot besaved and
voice controlaborts thesaving procedure.
Example ofdialog :
s Savename
t Please saythenumber
s Zeroonethree zero
t Zeroonethree zero
s Fivezero zero five
t Fivezero zero five
s Okay
t Please saythename.
s Smith
t Please repeatthename.
s Smith 192
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t
Doyouwa ntto save the num berin a
cate gory?
s No
t Name and num bers aved
“Dial Name” You
canusethe“D ial nam e”comm and to
plac eacall byselec tingan ame from your
addre ssbook .You can choose eitheravoice
tag orsay aname entry.
Only saythesurname ifonly thesurname is
enter edinthe address book.
Say thesurname firstandthen thefirst name
if both areenter edinthe address book.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Dialname
t Please saythename
s Smith
If there ismore thanonephone
number foranentr y,voice control
queries this:
t Which number doyou want todial?
Home orwork, landline, mobileorcar?
or
Please selectaline number
s Work
t Smithwork, landline. Dialing.
“Find Name” Use
the“Find name” comman dto search for
a name inthe address book.Voicecontrol
then asks what action youwant itto perform:
for example calltheselected number,start
route guidance tothe saved address oropen
the entr y.
“Find Address” (Y
page 190)
“Dele teNam e” Use
the“Delete name”comman dto delete a
voice tagfrom youraddress book. Ex
ample ofdialog:
s Delete name
t Please saythename
s Smith
t Doyou want todelete Smith?
s Yes
t Theentryhas been deleted
“List AddressBook” You
canusethe“List address book”
comman dto listen toall names andvoice tags
in the address book.Youcanselect anentr y
during this.
If no name isenter edinthe name fieldofthe
address book,thephone number orthe
address isread out.Aname canbeentered
late rint he name field.
Example ofdialog :
s Listaddress book
The system readsoutalladdress book
entr ies. Ifthere isalarge number ofentr ies,
the system asksfrom which entryit should
start thereading.
i Ifyou donot say aname, voicecontrol
reads outalladdress bookentries.
To selec tan addr essbook entry:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:
Press the? button atthe selected
entr y.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you.
The entryis selected andshown onthe
displa y.Voice controlasks whether the
selected entryshould becalled, navigated
to or opened.
X To selec tan addr essbook entry:
Press the? button atthe selected
entr y.
The entryis selected andshown onthe
displa y.Voice controlasks whether the Addr
essBook
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selected
entryshould becalled, navigated
to or opened.
To cance lthe dialog:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-function SteeringWheel:
Press theA button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Push theVoice Control leverawayfrom you
You have cancelled thedialog. The system
confirms byresponding “Cancel”.
“List Phone Book”andDiali ngaPhone
Number (Y
pag e183)
“De lete Address Book” You
canusethe“Dele teadd ress book”
command todel ete individu alvoice tagsorall
the voice tagsinthe address book. The
add ress data isnot deleted.
“Open Entry” You
canusethe“Ope nentry ”comm andto
op en any addre ssbook entry .
Exam ple of dialog:
s Openentry
t Plea se saythe nam e
s Smith
u Thesystem showsanum bered list in
the displ ay.
t Plea se select aline num bero rsay
co ntinue .
s Number1...
t Number1acc epted.
The syst emopen sth efir st en tryon the
list .
If th eselec teden try co ntains atleast
on ephon enum beroran addre ss,
voic eco ntrol ask swhet heryou want
to dial thenum berornav igat eto the
st ore daddre ss. “Sp
ellEnt ry” You
canusethe“S pell entry“ comm and to
open anyaddre ssbook entry by spell ingthe
nam e.
Say thelet ters inthefor mof aco ntinuo us
st rin gof letters (e. g.fiveto sev enletters) .
Al ist ofpossible entries willappear inthe
display andyoucan choose theone you
require .
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Spellentry
t Please spellthename .
s S-M-I -T-H
u Thesystemshows anumb eredlistin
the display.
t Please selectaline numberor say
con tinue.
s Number four
t Number fouraccepte d
The systemopen sthe fourt hentry on
the list.
If the selecte dentry containsatleas t
one phone num bero rana ddress,
voice controlasks whether youwant
to dial thenumber ornavigat eto the
stor edaddress.
i You canusethe“Next page” or“Previous
page” commandstoscro llthr ough thelist.
You canusethe“Correc tion”comm andto
spell thename again. Rad
ioand Satellite Radio G
WARN
ING
Please devoteyour attent ion first and
forem osttothe trafficsituation youarein.
Befor eyour journ ey,please familiarize
yourself withtheradio functions.
Only usetheVoice ControlSyst emwhen road
and trafficcon dition spermit youtodo so.
Other wiseyoucould beinvolv edinan 194
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dio and Satellite RadioVoice Control

acc
iden tinw hich youorothers couldbe
injured. Operat
ion
You canusevoice controlto:
R select thewaveba nd
R find astation
R select afrequency (FM,AM)
R select acategory (Satellite radio)
R listen tothe station list
R save avoice tagforastation
R delete astation list(voice tagsonly)
R delete astation (voicetagonly)
R select achannel number(Satellite radio)
The names ofall received andstored stations
are availa bleforvoice recognit ion.To
improve voicerecognit ion,youcan store a
voice tagforaspecific speaker.
To selec tthe radioor satellite radio
application:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button onthe multifunction
steering wheel.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you
X Say thecommand “Radio”or“Satellite
Radi o”.
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button onthe multifunction
steering wheel.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you
X Say one ofthe Radi oor Satellite radio
commands explainedbelow. Commands
You canalwa ysgive thecommands forthe
radio when youarelistening tothe radio, even
if adifferent application isshown onthe
displa y.
“Help Radio” Using
the“Help Radio”command, youcan
have allthe commands forthe radio readout.
“Help Satellite Radio” Using
the“Help Satellite Radio”command,
you can have allthe commands forthe
satellite radioreadout.
Selec tingaWaveb and You
cansetthe waveba ndwith the followi ng
command s:
R “FM”
R “AM”
“Next Station ”/“Previ ousStation ” You
canstart manu altuning andsetthe next
statio nusing thefollowi ngcommands:
R “Next station”
R “Previous station”
“Next <00190001001400050007000F0012001B00180022004700460012000500160009
000FB usCategory” You
canusethefollowi ngcommands to
change thecategory onsatellite radio:
R “Next category”
R “Previous category”
Selec tingtheFrequency (FMRange) You
canselect frequencies withintheFM
range (87.7to107.9 MHz)directly. Voice
cont rolalso recognizes thewords
“frequency”, “point”and“megahertz”.
Example ofdial og:
s Eighty sevenpointninemegahertz
u Voicecontrolsets thefrequency. Rad
ioand Satellite Radio
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Selec
tingtheFrequency (AMRange) You
canselect frequencies withintheAM
range (530to1710 kHz)directly. Voice
cont rolalso recogniz esthe words
“frequency” and“kilohertz ”.
Example ofdialog:
s Fivehundred andthirtykilohertz
u Voicecontrolsets thefrequency.
“Save Station” Using
the“Save station” command youcan
give avoice tagtothe station currently
selected. Youcanalso usethis command to
improve voicerecognit ionfordifficult names
or ifyou want touse aname ofyour own. You
could, forexample, saveastati onwith the
nam e'Fa vor ite station'.
Wh enyouha ve given thecomm and,voi ce
contr olpro mpts uptothre etim estosaythe
sta tionn ame. When repeatingth est atio n
nam e,mak esure that you pronounc eit in
ex act lythesame wayasyou didthefir st tim e.
Ot her wise, thenam ecan notb esaved and
voice control aborts thesaving procedure.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Savestation
t Please saythestationname
s Favorit estat ion
t Please repeatthestationname.
s Favorit estat ion
t Thestation'Favor itestat ion' hasbeen
saved.
“Select Station” Using
the“Select station” comm and,youcan
select astat ion.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Select station
t Please saythestationname
s Favorit estat ion
u Voicecontrol sets thestation “Sta
tion 'Favorit eSta tion'” Using
thiscomm and,youcan select asaved
stat ion.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Favorit estat ion
u Voicecontrol sets thestat ion'Favor ite
stat ion'
“Select Category ”(Satellite radio) Using
the“Select category”comm and,you
can select anavailable category.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Select categor y
t Please saythecategor yname
s News
u Voicecontrol sets thecategor y
“Category News”(Satellite Radio) Use
thiscomm andtoselect asatellite radio
categor y.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Category news
u Voicecontrol sets thecategor y
“Enter Channel Number”(Satellite
Rad io) Use
thecomm and“Enterchann elnumber” to
select asatellite radiocategor y.
“List Station List” and“Selecting a
Sta tion” Using
the“List stationlist” comm and,you
can hear alist ofall receivable stations and
choose onefrom yourstationlist.
i Ifvoice control does notrecogn izethe
stat ionname, havethelistofstat ions read
out. This allows youtochec kwhether you
have saved thestation yourequire inthe
station list. 196
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ioand Satellite RadioVoice Control

Exam
ple of dialog :
s List sta tionlist
The systemreads outthestation list.
If the station yourequire isread out:
X Veh icles withVoice Controlbut tons on
th eMult i-function SteeringWheel: Press
the ? button.
or
X Veh icles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoic eCont rollever towar dyou.
The systemsetsthe correspo nding
fre quenc y.
To cancel thedia log:
X Veh icles withVoice Controlbut tons on
th eMult i-function SteeringWheel: Press
the A button.
or
X Veh icles withLever forVoice Control:
Push theVoic eCont rollever away from
you.
You have canceled thedialog. Thesystem
con firm sby respo nding“Canc el”.
“Delete Station” You
canusethe“De lete station ”com mand to
delet eavoic etag forastati onfromy our
station list.
Ex ample ofdialog:
s Delete station
t Which station doyou want todelete?
s Favorite station
t Doyou want todelete 'Favorite
station '?
s Yes
t Stationdeleted.
“Dele teStat ionList” You
canusethe“Delete stationlist”
comman dto delete allvoice tagsorindividual
ones fromyourstation list. Ex
ample ofdialog:
s Delete station list
t Doyou want todelete allvoice names
from thestation list?
s Yes
t Doyou really wanttodelete thewhole
list?
s Yes
t Allvoice names havebeen deleted
from thestation list
The system permanent lydeletes allvoice
names inthe station list.
or
s No
The system readsoutthelistofstation s.
When thesystem readsoutthestation sto be
deleted:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-f unction Steering Wheel:Press
the ? button .
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you.
The station tobe deleted isselected. The
system readsouttheselected station
again.
t Doyou want todelete 'Favorite
station '?
s Yes
t Stationdeleted
u Thesystem deletes thestation and
reads outtheremaining entriesinthe
station list.
or
s No
The system continues toread outthelistof
station s. Rad
ioand Satellite Radio
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DVD
Changer G
WAR
NING
Plea sedev oteyour atte nt ion first and
fo rem osttothetraff icsit uat ion you arein.
Be fore your journ ey, plea sefam iliarize
your selfw ith the disc functions.
Only usetheVoic eCont rolSyst emwhen road
and traffic condition sperm ityou todo so.
Oth erwise youcould beinvolved inan
acc ident inwhich youoroth ers could be
inj ured. Oper
ation
You canusevoicecon trol to:
R selec ta CD/ DVD
R selec ta track
R selec tadirectory inMP3 operation
R select agroup inAudio DVDoperation
i Onthe comm and“Next /prev iousCD/
DVD ”,the DVD chang erchang esfrom one
CD/ DVD tothe next,skippin gany empty
compart ments.Ifyou select anempty
compart mentwiththe“CD/D VD1to CD/
DVD 6”comm and,thecurren t
compart mentremains selectedand the
system respondswith “Noaudio CD”.
To select theCDapp lication:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-function SteeringWheel: Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward you.
X Say one ofthe following commands:
R “CD player/CD changer”
R “DVD audio” R
“DVD video”
R “MP3”
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Mult i-function SteeringWheel: Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Controllever toward you.
X Give oneofthe CDorDVD comm ands
explained below. Comma
nds
“Help CD”/“Help DVD”/“Help MP3” With
thecomm ands:
R “Help CD”
R “Help DVDaudio”
R “Help DVDvideo”
R “Help MP3”
you can have allthe comm andsforthe CD,
DVD orMP3 readout.
“Next CD/DVD” With
the“Next CD”/“N extDVD ”commands,
you can select thenext audio CD/DVD from
your DVD changer.
“Tr ack 1”to“Tr ack 99” With
the“Track 1”to“Track 99”comman ds,
you can select atrack number fromthe
insert edCD/D VD.
“Next Track” You
canusethe“Next track”comman dto
select thenext track .
“Previous Track” With
the“Previous track”or“Repeat track ”
co mm ands,you can haveth etrack just
played repeated. Ifth eco mm and isspo ken
as thefir st few seconds ofthetrack are
played ,th epre vious track issele cted. 198
DVD
ChangerVoiceCont rol