2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class buttons

X
Sel ect _Re arAudio/VideoOff and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm. Adjus
tingthe brig htne ss,contrast or
co lor
X Sel ect Source in
the AUX menu andpress
the 9button onthe remo tecontrol to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Displa yAux or
Dis kDri veAux and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Bright ness ,
Con trast or
Col or and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
An adjus tment scaleap pe ars .
X Sel ect asetti ngusing the 9 or:
bu tton andpressthe 9button toconfi rm. Cha
ngingthe picture format
X Sel ect Source in
the AUX menu andpress
the 9button onthe remo tecontrol to
confi rm.
X Sel ect Displa yAux or
Dis kDri veAux and
pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
X Sel ect 16:9Opt imized ,
4:3 or
Wid escreen us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The äiconin front ofamenu item
ind icates the curr entsetti ng. AU
Xmode
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ry!”. Thevoice control confirms import ant
comm andstoyou and gives youinstruct ions
in the event ofincor rectentries.
Comma ndTyp es Voice
control distin guishes between the
following typesofcomm and:
R Global commands:
These arecomm andswhich canbecalled
up atany time (e.g.helporphone
comm ands).
R Local comm ands:
These arecomm andswhich areonly
available forthe active application (e.g.
“En terStreet” during navigation ).
Active Applicat ion The
local comm andsrefertothe application
curren tlyshown onthe display andtothe
audio source youarecurren tlylisten ingto.
For example, ifyou arelisten ingtothe radio
while thenavigation application isactive on
the display, youcan operate both
applications usingvoicecontrol.
To operate adifferen tfunc tion usin gvoi ce
co ntrol ,you must first swit chtothat
applic ation usin gth eco rrespo nding
co mm and. Op
era ting Voi ceCont rol Veh
icles withVoiceCont rolButtons on
th eMu lti-Fu nct ion Steer ing Wheel Ex
ampl edisp lay:M-Class
1 A Cancelsvoice control
2 ? Activat esvoice control
3 X Decreases thevol ume
W Incr eases thevol ume
x Mute
i You cancancelthedialog withvoi ce
co ntrol atany time.
Voic eco ntrol isoper ationalaroun dhalf a
min ute afterCOMA NDisswit ched on.
Veh icles withLever forVoiceCont rol Ex
ampl edisp lay:SL-Cla ss
1 Canc elsvoice control
2 Activat esvoice control
3 X Decreases thevol ume
W Incr eases thevol ume Over
view
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Star
ting theDialog X
Switch onthe ignition (seethevehicle
Owner's Manual).
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull thelever toward you
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthedialog
has been started.
X Give acommand.
Interru ptingtheDialog If
alist appears onthe display ,you can use
the “Pause” command tointerr uptthedialog.
You canthen select anentr yusing the
COMAND controlpanel.
To resume thedialog withvoice control,press
the ? button onthe multifunct ionsteering
wheel.
Cancel ingthe Dialog X
Vehicles withVoice Control buttonson
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the A button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Push thelever away fromyou.
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthedialog
has been canceled.
or
X Say thecommand “Cancel”(exceptwhen
creating andstoring voicetags,navigation
entr iesorduring individual ization).
or
X Press anybutton onCOMAND.
Adjust ingthe Volume X
Start thedialog.
X Give acommand, e.g.“Help”. X
Press theW orX button.
The volume increases ordecreases during
voice output.
or
X Set thevolume forthe voice output onthe
volume controlfor COMAND.
Display Messages The
audi blehelp funct ioncan be
supplemented byvisual helponthe display
(Y page 38).Ifthe help funct ionisswitched
on, the most important commands thatare
current lypossible appearint he displa ywhen
you start thedialog .
In the address bookandnavigation system,a
selection listisshown inthe displa yif voice
cont rolrequires additional information from
you. 1
Display
Entering Numbers R
Digits from“zero” to“nine” arepermitted.
R Say thephone number ingroups of,e.g.,
three tofive digits.
R Say each individua ldigit clearly.
Spell R
The letters ofthe alpha betand thenumbers
0 to 9are permitted.
R Say theletters ingroups of,e.g., fiveto
seven letters.
R Say each individua lletter clearly. 180
OverviewVoice
Control

“Save
Name”(Address Book) "Save
Name" (Address Book)functional
description (Ypage 192)
“Dial Name”(Address Book) “Dial
Name” (Address Book)functional
description (Ypage 193)
“Dele teNam e”(Address Book) “Delete
Name”(Address Book)functional
description (Ypage 193)
“Find Name”(Address Book) “Find
Name” (Address Book)functional
description (Ypage 193)
“List Phone Book”andDialing aPhone
Number You
canusethe“List phone book”command
to listen toallentries inthe phone bookin
whi chaphone numbe risalso stored and,if
required, selectanentry. Ifthe listcont ains
more than30entries, thesystem asksyouto
say thename fromwhich thereading shallbe
started.
Example ofdial og:
s Listphone book
The system readsoutallthe address
book entries withphone numbers. If
there ismore thanonephone number
for anentry, voicecontrolqueries this.
t Doyou want tomake awork callora
home call?
s Homecall To
cance lthe dialog:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-function SteeringWheel:Press
the A button.
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Push theVoice Control leverawayfrom
you.
You have canceled thedialog. The system
confirms byresponding “Cancel”.
“Redial” You
canusethe“Redi al”command toredial
the number mostrecent lycalled.
Managing Announcement Servicesor
Voice Mail You
canalso usevoice controltomanage
your voice mailorrecorded announcement
services.
While aphone callisin progress:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-function SteeringWheel:Press
the ? button whileaphone callisin
progress.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you.
An acoustic signalconfirms thatthesystem
is activated.
X Say therequired digits(“zero” to“nine”).
or
X Say therequired words“Star”or“Hash”.
X Say theconcluding command“Okay”.
The system dialsthe number entered. Navigation
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WARNING
For safety reasons, youshould onlyselect a
destination whenthevehicle isstationary.
While thenavigation systemprovides
directional assistance, thedriver mustremain Navigat
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focuse
don safe drivingbeha vior,especially
pay attention totraffic andstreet signs,and
shou ldutil ize the system 'sau dio cues while
drivi ng.
The navig ation system doesnotsupplyany
informa tiononstop signs, yield signs, traffic
regu lations ortraffic safetyrul es. Thei r
obse rvance alwaysremai nsinthe drive r's
perso nalrespo nsibility.DVD maps donot
cover allareas norallroutes withinanarea.
Traffic regulationsalways have priority over
any route recommendations given.Bearin
mind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(app roximately 50km/h), yourvehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet (approximately
14 m)every second.
During routeguidance, youwillnotreceive
infor mation on:
R traff iclights
R stop andyield signs
R parking orstoppin gzon es
R one- way street s
R narrow bridges
R other trafficregulation data
You should thereforealway sstric tlyobserve
traff icregulations whiledriving. Drive
carefully andalway sobey trafficlaws and
road signs, evenifthey contradict navigation
system instruct ions. G
WARN
ING
Navigation announcementsare inten dedto
direct youwhile driving without divertingyour
atten tionfrom theroad anddriving.
Please alwaysuse this feature instead of
con sulting themap display fordirect ions.
Consultin gthe symbols ormap display for
direct ionsmay cause youtodivert your
atten tionfrom driving andincrease yourrisk
of an acciden t. G
WARN
ING
Please donot use theVoice ControlSystem
in an emergen cy,asthe toneof your voice
may change inastres sfulsituation .This could cause
adelay incompleting yourphone call
in atimely manner. Thiscould distract youin
an emergency situationandcause youtobe
involved inan accident. Operat
ion
You canusevoice controlto:
R enter astate
R enter aprovince
R enter acity
R enter adistrict (center)
R enter astreet
R enter anintersec tion
R enter ahouse number
R enter anentire address
R enter azip code
R find address
R enter apoint ofinterest
R select oneofyour previous destinations
R call uproute information
R store adestination
R displa ythe map
R enlarge/reduce thesize ofthe map
R listen tothe destination memory
R start andstop route guidance
R switch theguida nceinstruct ionsonand off
To select thenavigation application:
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttons on
the Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control:
Pull theVoice Control levertoward you. 184
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contai
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
0014> voicetagforaddress
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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essBookVoice Control

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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