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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 149, there must not be any
phone call in progress and the park ing system
must not be active .
~ Switching on: briefly press th e ~ button @
¢page 15, fig. 11 on the m ultifunction steer
ing whee l and say the desired command after
the
Beep .
~ Switching off : press and hold the~ button.
Or: press the [2] butto n.
~ Pausing : say the command Pause . To resume,
press the~ button .
~ Correcting : say the com mand Correction . Or :
simp ly say a new command du ring 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 lect:
IMENU I button> Se ttings > left cont rol button
> MMI settings > Speech dialog system .
- Audio input a ssis tance :
to have the poss ible
comma nds read, tu rn t he voice recogn ition sys
tem o n an d say
Help.
For the system to understand you:
Speak clearly and dis tinct ly at a normal vo lume .
Speak lo uder when d riving faste r.
Emphasize the words in the commands even ly
a n d do not leave long pauses .
C lose the doors, the windows and the sunroof* to
reduce background noise . Make su re that passen
gers are not speaking when you are giving a voice
command .
Voice recognition system
Do not d irect the vents towa rd the hands -free mi
c ro p hone, which is in the roof head liner nea r the
front interior lig hts.
Only use the system from the dr ive r's seat be
ca use the hands -free microphone is di rected to
ward that seat .
Additional settings
See¢ page 245, Spee ch dialog system .
_&. WARNING
- Dir e ct y our full atte nti on to dr iv ing. As the
d river, you have com plete re sponsibility fo r
safety in traff 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 stressfu 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 cont inue if yo u ig
nore the call. The d ia log ends if yo u answer
t he ca ll.
- Yo u can select an item in the list us ing 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 comm ands ar e separate d using a"/",
f o r ex ample say:
Telephone / (or) Navigation /
(or) Radio.
Sequences of commands used to perfo rm an ac
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. 200 Input field and results l ist for free text search
- Opening the free text search: when in a stat ion
list, keep turning the control knob to the left
until the
free text search input fie ld is dis
played.
- Using the free text search: see¢ page 158,
Free text search.
You can also search for frequencies .
Stations from the presets ® are disp layed in the
results list
(D ¢ fig. 200. The symbol @ indicates
which station list you switched to based on the
stat ion selection .
Additional options
"'Se lect: I RADIO ! button > right control button.
The following options are ava ilable depending on
the frequency band:
- Sound settings: see ¢page 249.
-Store as favorite : see ¢ page 223, Presets .
-Manage SiriusXM alerts: see¢ page 222, Sir-
iusXM alerts.
- Receive SiriusXM alerts for artist /Receive Sir
iusXM alert for track :
see¢ page 222, Sir
iusXM alerts.
~ - Manual tuning: the frequency bars are dis-
~ played. Select and confirm the desired frequen-
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-Seek : the radio tunes to the previous or next re
ceivab le station .
-Scan : all stations are played for 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: right control button
> Radio text .
Information that accompanies the program (such
as artist, composer, track) is disp layed .
Browsing through radio text entries: turn the
control knob to the left o r right.
Requirement: a radio text entry must be dis
played and the station must be broadcast ing a
phone number, a navigation destination or a text
message number as Radio Text Plus informat ion.
If a location, a phone number or a text message
numbe r is incl uded with a radio text entry, the
radio text will be shown with a colo red border .
You have the following options:
Call* /Start route guidance* /Write text mes
sage*:
- Select a radio text entry with Radio Text Plus in
formation and press the control knob.
- Select and confirm
Call*/Start route guid
ance*/Write text message* . Or :
press the
I BACK ! button to cancel.
(D Tips
The availability of radio text and Radio Text
P lu s depends on the radio station.
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