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Voice recognition system Operating
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognitio n system
You con operate many Infotainment functions
conveniently by speaking.
Requirement: the ignition and the MM I must be
switched on ¢
page 148, there must not be any
phone call in progress and the park ing system
must not be active .
~ Switching on: press the~ button @
¢page 14, fig . 11 o r ¢ page 15, fig. 13 br iefly
on the mu ltifunction stee ring wheel and say
the des ired command after the
Beep .
~ Switching off : press and hold the [2;J b utton.
Or : press the [2] but to n.
~ Pausing : say the command Pause . To resume,
press the
[2;J b utton .
~ Correcting : say the com mand Correction . Or :
simp ly say a new comm and d uring an an
no uncement
¢ page 245.
Input assistance
The system gu ides you throug h the input with
v isua l and audio feedbac k.
- Visual input assistance : after switching on
vo ice recogn it ion, a display w ith a selection of
poss ible commands appea rs . This command
display can be sw itched on o r off. Se lec t:
IMEN UI butt on> Settings > left cont ro l button
> MMI settings > Speech dialog system .
- Audio input assistance :
to have the poss ible
comm ands read, tu rn th e voice rec ogn ition sys
tem o n and say
Help.
For the system to understand you:
Speak clearly and dis tinct ly a t a normal vo lume .
Speak lo uder when d riving faste r.
Emphasize the words in the commands even ly
a n d do no t leave long pauses .
C lose the doors, the windows and the sunroof* to
reduce background noise . Make s ure that passen
gers a re not speaking when you a re giving a voice
command .
Voice recognition system
D o not d irect the vents towa rd the hands -free mi
c ro p hone, wh ich is in the roof head liner nea r the
front interior lig hts.
O nly use the system from the dr ive r's sea t be
ca use the hands -free microphone is di rected to
ward that seat .
Additional settings
See¢ page 245, Speech dialog system .
_&. WARNING
- Dir e ct y ou r full a tte ntio n to dr iv in g. A s the
d river, you have com ple te re sponsibili ty fo r
safety in t raff ic . O nly use the functions in
such a way t hat you a lways maintai n com
p lete contro l over your vehicle in all traffic
situations.
- Do not use t he voice recognition system in
emergencies beca use your voice may change
in st ressfu l situations. It may take longe r to
d ia l the number o r th e system may not be
ab le to d ia l it at all. Dia l the emergency
number manually.
(D Tips
-The d ialog pauses w hen the re is a n incom
ing phone call a nd will con tinue if yo u ig
nore the ca ll. The dia log ends if yo u answer
t he ca ll.
- Yo u can select an item in the list using ei
t her the vo ice recogn it io n sys tem o r the
cont ro l knob .
Command overview
information
Applies to: vehicles with voice recognition system
T he following overv iews des cribe the comm ands
t h at can be used to ope rate the MMI using the
vo ice recognit ion system.
Alte rnative co m mand s ar e separate d using
a"/ ",
fo r ex ample say: Telephone / (or) Navigation /
(or) Radio.
Sequences of com mands used to perfo rm an a c
t io n a re iden tified w it h
a ">", fo r ex am ple s ay:
Enter address > ( then) Enter country/state . ..,
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Radio functions
Free text search
App lies to: ve hicles with free text search
Using the free text search, you can select the or
der that the search terms are entered in the in
put field . Search in all frequency bands for a sta
tion name or program type, such as
News .
Fig . 20 0 Input f ield and results l ist fo r free text search
- Opening the free text search: when in a s tat ion
li st, keep tu rning the contro l knob to t he left
u nti l the
free text s ear ch in put fie ld is dis
played.
- Using th e free text search : see¢ page 157,
F ree text search.
You can a lso search for frequencies .
Stat ions from the p resets ® are disp layed in the
results list
(D ¢ fig. 200. T he symbo l@ indicates
which station list yo u switched to based o n the
s tat ion se lection .
Additional options
"'Se lect: I RADIO ! button > right co ntro l butto n.
The fo llow ing options are ava ilable depend ing on
the frequency band:
- Sound settings : see ¢page 249.
- Store a s favorite : see ¢ page 223, Presets .
-Manage SiriusXM alerts : see¢ page 222, Sir-
iusXM alerts.
- Store arti st a s favorite /Store track as favorite :
see¢ page 222, SiriusXM alerts.
- Manual tuning : the frequency ba rs a re dis-
u played. Se lect and co nf irm the desi red frequen -co ..... N Cy. I"-
~ - Se ek: th e radio tunes to the previo us or next re -o
~ ceivable station . 00
Radio
-Scan : all stat ions a re p layed fo r severa l seconds
each.
- Radio settings: see ¢ page 223.
Radio text
"' Select: I RADIO I button > left control button > a
frequency band (such as
FM ) > a station.
"' Select: r ight control b utton > Radio te xt.
Info rmation tha t accompanies the program (such
as art ist, composer, track) is disp layed .
Browsing through radio text entrie s: turn the
contro l kno b to t he left or rig ht.
Requirement: a rad io tex t ent ry must be d is
played and the sta tion mus t be b road cas tin g a
phone nu mber, a navig ation des tina tion or a text
message number as Radio Text Plus informat io n.
If a location, a phone numbe r or a text message
numbe r is incl ud ed wi th a radio text entry, the
ra dio tex t will be shown wi th a colo red bor der.
Y ou have the following opt ions :
Call* /Start route guidance* /Write text mes
sage* :
-Select a rad io text ent ry with Radio Text Plus in
formation and press the control knob.
- Select and confirm
Call* /Start route guid
ance* /W rite text message* . O r:
press the
I BACK ! button to cancel.
(D Tips
The availability of radio text a nd Rad io Text
P lus depends on the rad io station.
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