2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN Owner's Manual

Whenyour eceiv eacall,the6 ,QFRPLQJ &DOO
messag eappear sonthe Head-up Displa y.
In audio mode, thes tatio nn ameort rack istem‐
porarily shown when thea ctiv eaudio source is
being operated.
Sy stem limitations
The visibility is influenced bythef ollowing condi‐
tions:
RSeat position
RThe positioning of thed ispla yimage
RLight conditions
RWe troads
RObject sonthe displa ycover
RPo larization in sunglasses
% Inextreme sunlight, sections of thed isplay
ma yappear washed out. Youc an co rrect this
by switching theH ead-up Displa yoffand on
again.
Switching theH ead-up Displa yon/off
#Press button 1.
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Notesono perating saf ety
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipme nt integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from oper‐
ating mobil ecommunication equipment
while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat ecommun icatio nequipme nt
integrated inthev ehicle when driving, you
will be distracted from thet raffic situation.
This could also cause youtol ose control of
th ev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y.
Fory our owns afet y, alwa ys obser vethef ollow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especiall yyour voice con‐
trol sy stem:
RObser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
RWhile driving, only oper atem obile communi‐
cationse quipment and your voice control
sy stem when thet raffic condition spermit it.
Yo um ayotherwise be distracted from the
traf ficc onditions and cause an accident,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephonec all can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y.
Operation
Operating them ultifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rolS ystemiso perational appr ox‐
imatel ythirty seconds af tert he ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches thes ound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem)
2ó Starts theV oice Control Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts acall
4~ Rejects/end sacall( en ds theV oice
Control Sy stem)
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5WIncrease sthe volume
6X Decreases thev olume
Conduc ting adialog
#Tostar torc ontinue adialog: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yavoice command af tera n
acou stic signal.
#To cor rect an entry :sa yt he &RUUHFWLRQ
vo ice command.
#To select an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec onte nts.
#Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he 1H[W
or %DFN voice command.
#To inter rupt thed ialog: sayt he 3DXVH voice
command.
#To cancel thed ialog: sayt he &DQFHO voice
command or press the8 button on the
multifunction steering wheel.
Operable functions
Yo uc an use theV oice Control Sy stem tooperate
th ef ollowing equipment depending on thef ea‐
tures:
RTe lephone
RText message s
RNavigation
RAddress book
RRadio
RAu dio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®audio)
RVe hicle
Overvie woftypes of voice commands
Ad istinction is made between thef ollowing
vo ice commands:
RGlobal voice commands can be said at any
time and rega rdless of thec urrent applica‐
tion, e.g .the voice commands 1DYLJDWHWR,
&DOO or7H[W PHVVDJH WR.
RApplication-specific voice commands are
onl yavailable fort he activ eapplication.
1Global voice commands
2Application-specific voice commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
ex amples of global voice command sand thec or‐
re sponding application-specific voice commands
ar ed ispla yedonana utocue. This makes ent ry
easier and supports interactiv eoperation. The
lis tc an be scrolled or it can be operated by
speec horthe controller/touchpad.
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Numbe rentry functions
RThe numbe rsallo weda re]HUR toQLQH .
RTelephonen umberscan be entered as single
digits.
Information on thel anguag esetting
Yo uc an chang ethe languag eoftheVoice Con‐
trol Sy stem via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisnotsuppor tedbyt he
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, En glish will be selecte d.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemisa vailable in En glish,
Fr ench, Portuguese and Spanish.
Using theV oice Control Sy stem ef fectively
Fe atures of audibleh elp functions
Your eceiv einformatio nand help for:
ROptima loperation: sayt he +HOS YRLFH FRQ
WURO V\VWHP voice command.
RCur rent application: onthem ultifunction
st eering wheel, press theó rocker switch
up and sa ythe +HOS voice command.
RContinued dialog: sayt he +HOS voice com‐
mand during avoice dialog.
RAs pecific sy stem: sayt he voice commands
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. +HOS WHOHSKRQH.
Notesonh owtoimpr ovespeec hquality
If The Voice Control Sy stem does no tunder‐
st and you:
Ronl yoperat eThe Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
Rsayt he voice command scohe rently and
clear ly,b ut do no texaggerat ethe words.
Ravo id loud noises, e.g. theb lowe r,th at cause
inter fere nce whil emaking avoice command
entr y.
Rsayt he voice tagw itht he same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entr yvoice tag is no trec‐
ognized:
Ronl ycreates ensible address book entries in
th es ystem/mobile phone, e.g. enter sur‐
name and firs tn am eint he cor rect field.
Rdo no tuse an yabbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
If as tatio nliste ntr yisn otrecognized:
Rsa yt he 5HDG RXW VWDWLRQ OLVW voice command.
Essentia lvoice commands
Overvie wofswitchvoice commands
Swit chvoice command scan be used toopen
cer tain applications .The voice command selec‐
tion can be used rega rdless of thea pplication
th at is cur rentl ya ctive.
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Voice command Function
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switc hton avigation mode
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switc htot elephone mode
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switc htot extm essage s
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Voice command Function
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Overvie wofnavigation voice commandsUsingn avigation voice commands, youc an ente r
POIs or con ventional addresses as well as
directly chang eimp ortant navigation settings.
Vo ice command Function
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versal sear chfora ll types of destinations. Asearc hisa lsoc onducted in thea ddress book con‐
ta cts, then avigation database and on theI nterne t(POIs). The order of thed etails, e.g. cit y,stre et or
house number ,can be changed.
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ches ther out eguidance voice output on/off
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ches thet raffic map on/off
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mak ephone call sorsearchthro ugh thea ddress book.
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