WARNING■Please pay attention to the traffic first and foremost! As the driver you are
fully responsible for road safety. Only use the system so that you are in full
control of your vehicle in every traffic situation - risk of accident!■
Do not use the voice control system when under stress or in an emergency.
Your Voice commands may not be recognized in such situations. In such cir-
cumstances a telephone connection may not be established or the connection
may take too long to complete. The emergency number should be dialled
manually!
function requirements
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings
on page 13.
Function requirements for voice control.
The ignition is switched on.
The device is switched on.
No phone call is in progress.
The parking aid is not active.
Requirements for optimum voice command recognition.
› Only issue voice commands when the symbol is displayed on the device screen
or appears in the information display.
appears.
› Speak with a normal tone of voice without intonation and excessive pauses.
› Avoid a bad pronunciation.
› Close doors, windows and the sliding roof, in order to prevent external distur-
bances affecting recognition of the voice commands.
› It is recommended to speak louder at higher speeds, so that the tone of your
voice is louder than the increased surrounding noise.
› During voice control, limit additional noise in the vehicle, e.g. passengers talking
at the same time.
CAUTION
For some languages, there is no voice control available. The device indicates this
fact via a text message that is displayed after setting the device language
screen » page 17 .Note■
During voice control, no traffic announcements are played.■Some voice commands must be spelled out when pronouncing depending on
the selected language of communication, such as the Source Selection “ SD” card
one .
Switching on/off
Fig. 9
Multifunction steering wheel
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings
on page 13.
Switching on voice control
› Briefly press the button
VOICE on the unit.
› Briefly press the symbol key
1
on the multifunction steering wheel.
Activation of voice control is indicated by an acoustic signal and the device screen
will display a collection of basic voice commands for the current menu.
The menu display as well as the acoustic signal can be enabled or disa-
bled » page 20 .
Switching off voice control › Press the button
VOICE
on the unit for a long time, or press it twice.
› With a long or double press of the symbol key
on the multifunction steering
wheel.
› Touch the screen with your fingers (any part of the screen with the exception of
the function key
).
14Device operation
MessageImportancePlease switch on Bluetooth.Switch on the Bluetooth®
function.No Bluetooth devices paired.Connect the phone with the device.
Phonebox
Fig. 22
Front centre console: Phonebox
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings
on page 34.
At the bottom of the storage compartment in the front center console is an in- duction plate connected to a GSM roof antenna roof - the Phonebox.
Function
When the phone is inserted into the Phonebox, the phone signal increases in
strength by about 20%. This reduces the level of phone battery discharge and theelectromagnetic radiation inside the vehicle.
Inserting the phone into the Phonebox
›
Press on the edge of the lid
A
in the direction of the arrow, and open the stor-
age compartment.
›
Place the phone in the storage compartment
B
with its back on the induction
panel.
›
Pull on the edge of the lid
A
in the opposite direction from the arrow, and close
the storage compartment » .
The Phonebox cannot be used as an alternative to connecting the phone with the
device.
WARNINGFor safety reasons, the storage compartment must always be closed when
driving.
CAUTION
■ Protective cases or cases around the phone placed in the storage compartment
may interfere with the phone signal strength.■
Metallic objects such as coins or keys under the phone can affect the phone sig-
nal strength.
Settings
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings
on page 34.
›
Press the button PHONE.
.
Menu with the telephone menu settings
■ Select telephone - Search for available telephones/list of paired telephones/se-
lect telephone ■ Find telephone - Search for a mobile phone
■ Bluetooth - Bluetooth ®
settings » page 20
■ User profile - User profile settings
■ Manage favourites - Assign function keys to allow speed dialling of contacts;
you can also add and delete contacts here
■ Enter mailbox number - Enter the phone number of the voicemail
■ Prefix: - Switch on/off the option to assign a prefix to a telephone number.
Once this function is activated, the button for adding a prefix will be displayed
with the symbol in some menus.
.
■ Enter here - Enter the prefix of a phone number
■ Sort by: - Sort the order of the phonebook
■ Surname - Sort by contact name
■ Name - Sort by contact first name
■ Import contacts - Starts update of the phone book; the number of imported
contacts and number of contacts stored in the phone is displayed
■ Delete other user profiles - Delete up to three of the last connected user pro-
files (contacts, order of calls, call lists, speed dial buttons assigned to con-
tacts)
36Communication
