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If you wish a specific TMC station to
be observed, select the respective
station from the list.
If this station is no longer received,
the system switches back to the
Auto function.
Route guidance menu Notice
The route guidance menu may only
be displayed if route guidance is
active.
The route guidance menu provides
additional options to change route
settings during active route guidance.
To display the route guidance menu,
tap on the arrow symbol indicating
your next turning manoeuvre on the
right side of the screen. The route
guidance menu is displayed.
Depending on which type of route you
are in, the route guidance menu is
displayed differently.
Normal route (one destination)
Waypoint trip (several destinations)
Changing the route
After route guidance has been
started, tap on the arrow button to
display the route guidance menu.Adding a waypoint
Select the DESTINATION screen
button in the interaction selector bar
and enter or select a new address.
You are prompted with a message.
Select the Add as Waypoint screen
button. The route is recalculated and
the new destination is added as
waypoint to the current route.Changing the destination
Select the DESTINATION screen
button in the interaction selector bar
and enter or select a new address.
You are prompted with a message.
Select the Set New Destination
screen button. The route is
recalculated to the new destination.
Ending route guidance
After route guidance has been
started, tap on the arrow button to
display the route guidance menu.
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To cancel route guidance, select theEND screen button.
Excluding streets from route
guidance
After route guidance has been
started, you may exclude streets from the previously calculated route.
The route is then recalculated
bypassing the streets previously
excluded.
Tap on the arrow button to display the
route guidance menu and select the
AVOID tab. The turn list is displayed
(see "Displaying the turn list" below).
Select the street, motorway or
motorway junction you wish to avoid.
You are prompted with a message.
Select the desired distance option. The respective street or motorway isdisplayed in the Avoided Areas
section on top of the turn list indicated
by a red 9.Notice
The Avoided Areas section also
comprises roads automatically
avoided by the system due to traffic
incidents.
To reinclude the avoided street or
motorway in the route, unselect the
respective list item.
Displaying the turn list
The turn list displays all streets on the
calculated route, starting from the
current location.
Tap on the arrow button to display the
route guidance menu and select the
TURN LIST tab. The turn list is
displayed and the next manoeuvre is
read out by the system.
Each list entry may show the following information:
■ Name of the street, motorway or motorway junction.
■ Direction arrow.
■ Distance to the next street on the route.
■ Estimated arrival time when reaching the next street.
To display all available information on a particular list item, select the
respective list item and then select
the Info screen button in the top line
of the screen.
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Displaying the waypoint list
The waypoint list displays all
waypoints of the calculated waypoint trip, starting with the next upcoming
waypoint.
Tap on the arrow button to display the
route guidance menu and select the
WAYPOINTS tab. The waypoints list
is displayed.
Each list entry may show the following
information:
■ Name or address of the waypoint.
■ Distance to the next waypoint.
■ Estimated arrival time when reaching the next waypoint.
Optimising the waypoint trip
If several waypoints have been added
and the waypoint trip has been edited
several times, you may want to
rearrange the waypoints in the most
efficient order.
Select the OPTIMISE tab.
Wait until the waypoints list has been
updated.
Select the Save screen button at the
top of the screen to save the changes.
Editing the waypoint trip
To arrange a waypoint trip as desired, tap on the arrow button to display the
route guidance menu and select the
EDIT tab. The waypoints list is
displayed.
To change the position of the
waypoints within the list, select the ▲
and ▼ symbols next to the respective
list items.
To delete a waypoint from the list, select the ☓ symbol.
For a detailed description on how to
add new waypoints, see "Adding a
waypoint" above.Select the Save screen button at the
top of the screen to save the changes.
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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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You can now say a voice command to
directly initiate a system function
(e.g. playing a preset radio station), or
to start a dialogue sequence with
several dialogue steps (e.g. entering
a destination address), see
"Operation via speech commands"
further below.
After a dialogue sequence is finished,
the speech recognition is deactivated
automatically. To initiate another
dialogue sequence, you need to
activate the speech recognition
again.Activation via the VOICE screen
button on the centre display
Select the VOICE screen button in the
interaction selector bar of a centre
display main menu.
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 on the centre
display.
As soon as the speech recognition is
ready for voice input, a beep is heard. The speech recognition symbol on
the right side of the help menu
changes from black to red.
You can now say a voice command,
see description above.
Adjusting the volume of voice
prompts
Press the ! / # button on the right
side of the steering wheel upwards
(increase volume) or downwards
(decrease volume).
Interrupting a voice prompt
As an experienced user, you can
interrupt a voice prompt by briefly
pressing the w button on the steering
wheel.
A beep is heard immediately, the
speech recognition symbol changes
to red, and a command can be stated
without having to wait.
Cancelling a dialogue sequence
There are various possibilities to
cancel a dialogue sequence and to
deactivate the speech recognition:
■ Say " Cancel" or "Exit".
■ Press the n button on the left-
hand side of the steering wheel.
■ If the speech recognition session was started via the VOICE screen
button on the centre display, you
may alternatively:
◆ Press the ; button on the
instrument panel.
◆ Select the m or Exit screen
buttons in the help menu.
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In the following situations a dialogue
sequence is automatically cancelled:
■ If you do not say any commands for
some time (by default you are
prompted three times to say a
command).
■ If you say commands that are not recognised by the system (by
default you are prompted three
times to say a correct command).
Operation via speech commands
The speech recognition can
understand commands that are either naturally stated in sentence form, or
direct commands stating the
application and the action.
For best results: ■ Listen for the voice prompt and wait
for the beep before saying a
command or replying.
■ Say " Help" or read the example
commands on the screen.■ The voice prompt can be interrupted by pressing the w button
again
■ Wait for the beep and then speak the command naturally, not too
fast, not too slow. Use short and direct commands.
Usually phone and audio commands
can be spoken in a single command.
For example, "Call David Smith at
work", "Play" followed by the artist or
song name, or "Tune to" followed by
the radio frequency and the
waveband.
Navigation destinations, however, are too complex for a single
command. First, state a command that explains the type of destination
needed, such as "Directions to an
Address", "Navigate to an
intersection", "Find a Place of
Interest", or "Directions to a contact".
The system responds with requesting
more details.
After saying "Place of Interest," only
major chains may be selected by
name. Chains are businesses with at
least 20 locations. For other POIs,say the name of a category like
"Restaurants," "Shopping centres," or "Hospitals".
Direct commands are easier
understood by the system, e.g. "Call
01234567". Examples of these direct
commands are displayed on most of
the screens while a speech
recognition session is active.
If you say "Phone" or "Phone
commands", the system understands
that a phone call is requested and
responds with respective questions
until enough details are gathered. If
the phone number has been saved
with a name and a place, the direct
command should include both, for
example "Call David Smith at work"Selecting list items
When a list is displayed, a voice
prompt asks to confirm or select an
item from that list. A list item may be
manually selected, or by speaking the
line number of the item.
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The list on a speech recognition
screen functions the same as a list on
other screens. Manually scrolling the
list on a screen during a speech
recognition session suspends the
current speech recognition event and
plays a prompt like "Make your
selection from the list using the
manual controls, press the back
button on the faceplate, or press the
back screen button to try again".
If no manual selection is made within
15 seconds, the speech recognition
session terminates, you are prompted with a message, and the former
screen is redisplayed.The "Back" command
To return to the previous menu,
optionally: say " Back", press the k
BACK button on the instrument panel,
or press the m screen button.The "Help" command
After saying " Help", the help prompt
for the current screen is read aloud. Additionally, the prompt is displayed on the screen.Depending on how speech
recognition was initiated, the help
prompt is either displayed in the
Driver Information Centre or on the centre display.
To interrupt the help prompt, press
the w button. A beep is heard. You
may say a command.
Voice pass-thru application
Activating speech recognition
Select the PHONE icon (with
microphone symbol) on the Home screen. The menu of the voice pass-
thru application is displayed.Select the Start screen button to
activate a speech recognition
session.
As soon as a beep is heard, you can
say a command. For a list of the
commands supported, see your
smartphone manufacturer's user
guide.
During a speech recognition session
the display of the Infotainment system does not change.
Exception: If you initiate a phone call
via voice command, the phone menu
of the Infotainment system is
displayed and available for manual
interaction as long as the phone call
is active.
Interrupting a voice prompt
As an experienced user, you can
interrupt a voice prompt by selecting
the Stop screen button.
Deactivating speech recognition
Select the Exit screen button. The
Home screen of the Infotainment system is displayed again.