2012 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class buttons

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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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
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ChangerVoiceCont rol

Problem Possible
Cause/
Conse quence Suggested
Solutions An
address book
entr ywithout a
speaker-
dependent voice
tag isnot
recogniz ed. The
names entered
in the address
book donot sound
sufficiently
different ,or are not
pronounced as
they arewritten . X
Create a<0013001000050001000B0005001200270004000500100005000E00040005000E
0014> voicetag.
or
X Give the“List address book”command.
The system readsouttheaddress book.
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonsonthe
Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button whenthename youwant is
read out.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control: Pull
the Voice Control levertoward you The
sound ofthe
voice tagsinthe
address bookisnot
sufficiently
different . X
The voice tagsentered inthe address book
must sound asdifferent aspossible, e.g.store
the names WhiteandWright as“Mr White
office” and“MrWright John”.
or
X Give the“List address book”command.
The system readsouttheaddress book.
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonsonthe
Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button whenthename youwant is
read out.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control: Pull
the Voice Control levertoward you Tr
oublesho oting
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Problem Possible
Cause/
Conse quence Suggested
Solutions A
station listentr y
is not recogniz ed. The
voice tagsfor
the stations inthe
address bookdo
not sound
sufficiently
different . X
Save a<0013001000050001000B0005001200270004000500100005000E00040005000E
0014> voicetagforthe
station (Ypage 192).
or
X Give the“List station list”command.
The system readsoutthestation list.
X Vehicles withVoice Control buttonsonthe
Multi-fu nctionSteering Wheel:Press
the ? button whenthestation youwant is
read out.
or
X Vehicles withLever forVoice Control: Pull
the Voice Control levertoward you
The station isselected (Ypage 196). If
you aremaking
speaker-
dependent voice
tags, thesystem
prompts youto
enter themseveral
times. The
two voice tags
differ fromeach
other. X
Say thevoice tagwith thesame intonation
both times. Help
Function
Voice controlhas acomprehensive help
funct iontoassist theuser.
The voice controlhelp funct ionprovides:
R general information abouthowbest to
operate voicecontrol
R alist ofthe possible commands
“Help Voice Control” You
canusethe“Help Voice Control”
command toobtain information abouthow
best tooperate voicecontrol.
“Help” If
you press the? button andsaythe
command “Help”,youwillreceive helpforthe
appli cation current lyselected. If
you select the“Help” command duringa
voice dialog, forexample afterthe“Dial
number” command, youwillreceive help
explaining howthedialog continues.
You canalso request thehelp funct ionfora
specific system, forexample withthe“Help
phone” command.
If you have activated thehelp window, youwill
see aselection ofthe possible commands on
the display (Ypage 38). 208
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oublesho otingVoiceControl