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After the entry of the destination
address or point of interest (nearest
petrol station, hotel, etc.), the route is
calculated from the current location to the destination selected.
Route guidance is provided by voice
output and an arrow, as well as with
the aid of a multi-colour map display.
Important information
Input order for destination addresses
The order in which the parts of an
address need to be entered is
dependent on the country where the
destination is located.
■ Albania, Andorra:
■ Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, San Marino,Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
Vatican City:
■ France:
■ Germany:
or
■ Gibraltar, Ireland:
■ Great Britain:
or
■ Montenegro:
TMC traffic information system and
dynamic route guidance
The TMC traffic information system
receives all current traffic information from TMC radio stations. This
information is included in the
calculation of the overall route. During this process, the route is planned sothat traffic problems related to pre-
selected criteria are avoided.
If there is a traffic problem during
active route guidance, depending on
the pre-settings, a message appears
as to whether the route should be
changed.
TMC traffic information is displayed in
the map display as symbols or as
detailed text on the TMC messages
menu.
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The contacts list and POI data is
stored on the connected USB device
in the folders "F:\myContacts"
respective "F:\myPOIs", where "F:\" is
the root folder of the USB device.
Notice
This function may only be carried out if a USB device with sufficient
storage space is connected.
Downloading contacts data
You can exchange your vehicle
contacts list data with Infotainment
systems in other cars:
To upload the data to a USB device,
see "Uploading navigation data to a
USB device" above.
Connect the USB device to the
Infotainment system of another car
3 55.
A message is displayed that prompts
you to confirm the download.
After confirmation, the contacts data
is downloaded to the Infotainment
system.
The downloaded contacts are then
selectable via the CONTACTS menu
3 32.Creating and downloading user
defined POIs (My POIs)
In addition to the predefined POIs
already stored in the Infotainment
system, you can create user defined
POIs that meet your personal
requirements. After creation, such
user defined POIs can be
downloaded to the Infotainment
system.
For each POI you need to define the
GPS coordinates (longitude and
latitude values) of the respective
location and a descriptive name.
After downloading the POI data to the Infotainment system, you will find the
respective POIs as selectable
destinations in the My POIs menu,
see "Selecting a point of interest" in
chapter "Destination input" 3 70.
Creating a text file with POI data Create a text file (e.g. by using a
simple text editor software) with an
arbitrary name and the file
extension .poi, e.g. "TomsPOIs.poi".
Enter the POI data into the text file in
the following format:
Longitude coordinate, Latitude
coordinate, "Name of POI",
"Additional information", "Phone
number"
Example: 7.0350000, 50.6318040,
"Michaels Home", "Bonn, Hellweg 6", "02379234567" , see image above.
The GPS coordinates must be
expressed in decimal degrees and can be taken, e.g., from a
topographical map.
The additional information and phone
number strings are optional.
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The POI name and the additional
information string may not exceed 60 characters each. The phone number
string may not exceed 30 characters.
The POI data of each destination
address must be entered in a single
separate line, see image above.
Storing the POI data on a USB drive
In the root directory of a USB drive:
create a folder named " myPOIs",
e.g. "F:\myPOIs", where "F:\" is the
root directory of the USB drive.
In the "myPOIs" folder, store the text
file with your POIs, e.g. "F:\myPOIs
\TomsPOIs.poi".
Notice
Optionally, subfolders may be
created in the "myPOIs" folder and
several POI files stored.
Downloading the POI data to the
Infotainment system
Connect the USB device with your
user defined POI data to the USB port
3 55 of the Infotainment system.
A message is displayed that prompts
you to confirm the download.After confirmation, the POI data will be downloaded to the Infotainment
system.
The downloaded POIs are then
selectable as destinations via the My
POIs menu, see "Selecting a point of
interest" in chapter "Destination input" 3 70.
Destination input The navigation application provides
different options to set a destination
for route guidance.
Press the ; button and then select
the NAV icon to display the navigation
map.
Entering an address via
keyboard Select the DESTINATION screen
button in the interaction selector bar
and then select the ADDRESS tab.
You may enter an address,
crossroads or the name of a road.
Find important information on the country-specific input orders for
destination addresses 3 62.
Notice
If a different input order is used than specified for the respective country,
the system may not find the desired
destination.
Type in the desired address.
Find a detailed description on the keyboards 3 24.
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To confirm your input, select the Go
screen button in the top left corner of
the screen.
If there is more than one destination
possible according to the information
entered, a list of all matching
destinations found is displayed.
Select the desired address.
The destination details view is
displayed.
To start route guidance, select the
Go screen button.
Selecting an address from the
recent destinations list
Select the DESTINATION screen
button in the interaction selector bar
and then select the RECENT tab.
A list of all recently entered
destinations is displayed.
Select one of the entries. The
destination details view is displayed.
To start route guidance, select the
Go screen button.
Selecting an address from the
contacts list
Select the DESTINATION screen
button in the interaction selector bar
and then select the CONTACTS tab.
The contacts list is displayed.
Quick function icon
If there is only one address stored for a contact, a quick route icon is
displayed next to the respective entry
in the contacts list.
Select the y screen button to directly
display the destination details view.
To start route guidance, select the
Go screen button.
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Enter the desired name, category or
location. Find a detailed description
on the keyboards 3 24.
Select the Go screen button to
confirm your input. The destination
details view is displayed.
To start route guidance, select the
Go screen button.
Selecting an address from the
map
Tap on the desired location on the map. The map centres around this
location.
A red v symbol is displayed at the
respective location and the
corresponding address is shown on a label.
Tap on the label. The destination
details view is displayed.
To start route guidance, select the
Go screen button.
Creating a waypoint trip
A waypoint is an intermediate
destination that is considered in the
calculation of a route to its final
destination. To create a waypoint trip,
you may add one or several
waypoints.
Enter or select the final destination of
your waypoint trip and start route
guidance.
While under active route guidance,
select the DESTINATION screen
button in the interaction selector bar of the map view.
Alternatively, tap on the arrow symbol indicating your next turning
manoeuvre on the right side of the
screen to display the route guidance
menu 3 74. Select the
DESTINATION screen button in the
interaction selector bar of the route
guidance menu.
Enter or select a new address.
You are prompted with a message.
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Usage .......................................... 82General information
Embedded speech recognition The embedded speech recognition of the Infotainment system enables youto operate various functions of theInfotainment system via voice input. It
recognises commands and numeric
sequences independently of the
relevant speaker. The commands
and numeric sequences can be
spoken without a voice pause
between the individual words.
In the event of incorrect operation or
commands the speech recognition
gives visual and/or acoustic feedback
and requests you to re-enter the
desired command. Apart from this,
the speech recognition
acknowledges important commands
and will enquire if necessary.
In general, there are different ways to
speak commands for performing the
desired actions. Most of them, except destination entry and voice keypad,
can be completed in a single
command.If the action takes more than one command to be performed, proceed
as follows:
In the first command, you indicate the
kind of action to be performed, like
"Navigation destination entry." The
system replies with prompts that lead you through a dialogue for entering
the necessary information. For
example, if a destination for route
guidance is needed, say "Navigation"
or "Destination entry".
Notice
To ensure that conversations inside
the vehicle do not lead to
unintentional triggering of the
system functions, the speech
recognition does not start until it has been activated.
Important informationLanguage support ■ Not all languages available for the display of the Infotainment system
are also available for the speech
recognition.
■ If the display language currently selected is not supported by the
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speech recognition, speech
recognition is not available.
In such a case, you need to select
another language for the display, if
you want to control the Infotainment system via voice input. For
changing the display language, see
"Language" in chapter "System
settings" 3 43.Address input of destinations in
foreign countries
In case you want to enter the address of a destination located in a foreign
country via voice input, you need to
change the language of the
Infotainment display to the language
of the foreign country.
E.g., if the display is currently set to English and you want to enter the
name of a city located in France, you
need to change the display language
to French.
Exceptions: If you want to enter
addresses in Belgium, you may
optionally change the display
language to French or Dutch. For
addresses in Switzerland you mayoptionally change the display
language to French, German, or
Italian.
For changing the display language, see "Language" in chapter "Systemsettings" 3 43.Input order for destination addresses
The order in which the parts of an
address need to be entered using the speech recognition system is
dependent on the country where the
destination is located.
■ Austria, Germany:
■ Belgium, France, Great Britain:
■ Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland:
Setting up the speech recognition Several settings and adaptions for the embedded speech recognition of the
Infotainment system can be
performed.
Press the ; button and then select
the SETTINGS icon.
Select the Voice menu item to enter
the respective submenu.Confidence Threshold
Depending on the option selected in
the corresponding submenu, the
speech recognition appears more or
less 'confident' in correctly
understanding your commands.
Confirm More : If selected, the system
asks you relatively often to confirm your commands. Consequently, the
system performs the correct action in most cases.
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Confirm Less: If selected, the system
asks you less often to confirm your
voice inputs. Consequently, the
system might sometimes misinterpret your commands and not perform the
correct action.
Notice
When starting to use the speech recognition, it may be advantageous
to use the Confirm More setting. As
you get more experienced, i.e., you
get to know how to pronounce your
commands in a way the speech
recognition understands you
correctly, it may be advantageous to
use the Confirm Less setting.Prompt Length
The length and the detailedness of
the questions and statements the
speech recognition gives out can be
adjusted in the corresponding
submenu.Audio Feedback Speed
The speed with which the speech
recognition asks questions or makes
statements can be adjusted in the
corresponding submenu.If Medium is selected, the system's
speech rate corresponds to natural
speech.
Notice
When starting to use the speech
recognition, it may be advantageous
to use the Long setting. As you get
more experienced, it may be
advantageous to use the Short
setting.
Voice pass-thru application
The voice pass-thru application of the Infotainment system allows access tothe speech recognition commands on
your smartphone. See your
smartphone manufacturer's user
guide to find out whether your
smartphone supports this feature.
Usage
Embedded speech recognition Activating speech recognition Notice
Speech recognition is not available
during an active phone call.Activation via the w button on the
steering wheel
Press the w button on the left-hand
side of the steering wheel.
The audio system mutes, a voice
output message prompts you to say a command, and a help menu with the
most important commands currently
available is shown in the Driver
Information Centre.
As soon as the speech recognition is
ready for voice input, a beep is heard. The speech recognition symbol in the
upper left corner of the help menu changes from white to red.