2019 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET language

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Application-specific voice commands are
only available forth e active application.
Once theVo ice Cont rol Sy stem is star ted an
autocue is shown. Apart from theav ailable voice
commands forth e application cur rently acti ve,
th is also cites example voice commands for
ot her applications which are not active. In this
wa y,yo u will be familiar more quickly with the
av ailable voice commands. The list can be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeech or the con‐
troller/touchpad. Information on
the language setting Yo
u can change the language of theVo ice Con‐
trol Sy stem via the sy stem language settings. If
th e set sy stem language is not suppor tedby the
Vo ice Cont rol Sy stem, Engl ish will be selec ted.
The Voice Cont rol Sy stem is available in En glish,
Fr ench, Portuguese and Spanish. Using
theVo ice Control Sy stem ef fectively Fe
atures of audible help functions Yo
ure cei veinformation and help forth efo llow‐
ing topics:
R Optimum operation: saythebrief instruc-
tion voice command.
R Cur rent application: onthe multifunction
st eering wheel, press the£ rocker switch
up and say theHelp voice command.
R Continued dialog: saytheHelp voice com‐
mand during a voice dialog.
R Specific function: sayvoice commands for
th e desired function, e.g. Help telephone. Note
s on how toimpr ovespeech quality If
th eVo ice Cont rol Sy stem does not under stand
yo u:
R only oper atetheVo ice Cont rol Sy stem from
th e driver's seat. R
say thevo ice commands cohe rently and
clearly, but do not exaggerate thewo rds.
R avoid loud noises that cause inter fere nce
while making a voice command ent ry, e.g.
th e blo wer.
A vo ice tag in the address book is not recog‐
nized:
R only crea tesensible address book entries in
th e sy stem/mobile phone, e.g. enter sur‐
name and firs t name in the cor rect field.
R do not use any abbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
If a station list ent ryis not recognized:
R say theRead out station list voice command. Essential
voice commands Overview of switch
voice commands Swit
chvoice commands can be used toopen
cer tain applications. The voice command selec‐
tion can be used rega rdless of the application
th at is cur rently acti ve. 224
Voice Cont rol Sy stem

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On theTo uch Control and controller:
select thech aracters in thech aracter bar.
Depending on theta rget entry ,th efo llowing
ch aracters are available:
R The full set of characters is shown
R Onlythose characters which are useful
fo rth e cur rent input string are shown
Other characters are gr ayed out. #
On theto uchpad: selectthech aracters in
th ech aracter bar.
or #
Write thech aracters on theto uch-sensitive
sur face of theto uchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rts yo uby
means of character suggestions and a read-
aloud function.
Examples of character ent ry:
R Renaming a favo rite
R Entering a POI or an address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering a web address Entering
characters using the controller
Example: renaming favo rites #
Call up the "Renaming favo rite s" function
(→ page 242). #
Toenter a character: turn0018, slide 0019
and press the controller.
The character is entered in the input line.
Use thefo llowing ent ryfunctions:
% Todele teach aracter: press the control‐
ler.
To dele tean ent ry: press and hold the
controller until the entire entry is deleted. 0062
To
switch tospecial characters and sym‐
bols.
006A To
switch toupper-case or lo wer-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switch the language.
v Toswitch tocharacter ent ryon theto uch‐
pad.
% The available editing functions depend on
th e editing task, the language set and the
ch aracter le vel. #
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) #
Enter the POI or address (→ page 260).
Entering characters on theto uchpad
Re quirements:
R The touchpad is swit ched on (→ page 239).
R The entered or selected character should be
re ad out: the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is swit ched on (→ page240). Multimedia sy
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Sy
stem language Note
s onthe sy stem language
This function allo wsyouto determ ine the lan‐
guage forth e menu displa ysand the navigation
announcements. The selected language af fects
th ech aracters available for entr y.The navigation
announcements are not available in all lan‐
guages. If a language is not available, the naviga‐
tion announcements will be in Engl ish.
Setting the sy stem language
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
Language #
Set the language.
% Ifyo u are using Arabic map data, thete xt
information can also be shown in Arabic on
th e navigation map. Todo so, select 

The
state or pr ovince in which theve hicle is
located is set 1.
There are two available me thods of destination
entry:
R Free sear ch2
R Sea rchstep-b y-step 3
Me thod 1: free sear ch #
Enter the POI or address in 2. The entries
can be made in any order.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list. Ente
rth ese address elements, forex ample:
R City, stre et, house number
R Street, city
R ZIP code
R POI name
R POI categor y,e.g. Gas Station
R City, POI name #
Toswitch tohandwriting recognition:
select v5. #
Write thech aracter on theto uchpad. #
Toswitch to character selection: pressthe
0038 button.
or #
Press theto uchpad. #
Todel ete an entr y:select %4(ifavail‐
able).
Use thefo llowing options:
R Press brief ly: del etes the last character
entered or the last suggestion adop ted.
R Press and hold: dele testh e entire entry. #
Toset the language: select00548. #
Select the language.
% This function is useful for countries in which
se veralch aracter sets are suppo rted. An
ex ample is Russia, which uses Cyrillic and
Latin characters. #
Tocall up the online sear chfunction:
select Online Search 6.
Once an Internet connection is es tablished, a
list appears. It sho wsonline destinations
re lated tothe pr evious ent ry.
Online destinations are pr ovided bythe Inter‐
net service pr ovider. #
Select the online destination.
or #
Ente rth e online destination or a 3 word
address in the input line.
% Ente r a 3 wordaddress (→ page 265).
Online sear chis not available in all coun‐
tries. #
Tocall up the lis t:press the0038 button.
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3wo rdaddresses from what3words are an
alternative addressing sy stem for multilin‐
gual georeferencing of global locations with
a re solution of thre e me ters. Using this grid,
locations on the Ear th's sur face are included
whi chdo not ha vea building address such
as stre et and house number, forex ample.
The Empire State Building in New York has
th efo llowing language dependent 3 word
address, forex ample:
R English: parade.help.bleat
R French: commun.verbe.bisquer
R Spanish: suertes.diga.pesca
3 wo rdaddresses are unique, easy to
re member and suf fice for most routine appli‐
cations.
The bidirectional co nversion of 3 word
addresses can be car ried out here:
R atthewe bsite http://what3words.com
R inthe what3words apps Selecting a destination on
the map
Multimedia sy stem:
, Navigation .
Z Options #
Select Map Menu.
or #
Ifth e map is displa yed in full screen mode,
press the cent ral control element.
The map menu appears. #
Select "mo vemap" in map menu 2
(→ page 278). #
Swipe in any di rection on theTo uch Control
or touchpad.
or #
Slide the controller in any direction.
The map mo ves in the cor responding direc‐
tion under the crosshair. The more you mo ve
yo ur finger away from thest arting position
on theto uchpad, thefast erthe map mo ves. #
Press theTo uch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad.
If se veral destinations are located around the
crosshair, a li stsho wstheav ailable POIs and
ro ads. If a destination is located
exact ly on the
crosshair, the destination address is dis‐
pla yed. #
Select the destination in the list.
The destination address is shown.
Setting the map orientation to2D or 3D #
Highlight Map Orientation: 2D/3D. #
Press theTo uch Control, theto uchpad or the
controller.
The map will be displ ayed in the selected
map orientation.
Showing traf fic messages in the vicinity of
th e map #
Select Traffic Messages for the Vicinity.
The map appears. #
Swipe left or right on theto uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left or right.
The pr evious or next traf fic incident is high‐
lighted on the map. Information on the tra ffic
incident is displa yed. 266
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Selecting notifications
Multimedia sy
stem:
, Naviga-
tion .
Z Options .
Announcements #
Switch an announcement on 0073or off 0053.
Yo u can choose from thefo llowing announce‐
ments:
R Announce Traffic Warnings
This function is not available in all countries.
R Announce Street Names
The multimedia sy stem announces the
names of thero ads that will follow the
upcoming change of direction.
This function is not available in all countries
and languages.
Displ aying destination information
Requ irements:
R A destination is entered. Multimedia sy
stem:
, Navigation #
Select Way Points and Info.
The following information is displa yed:
R Intermediate destinations and destination
The route can also include up tofour
intermediate destinations.
R Name, addre ss
R Remaining driving dis tance
R Time of ar rival
Selecting an alternative route
Multimedia sy stem:
, Navigation .
À Route and Position #
Select Alternative Route.
The routes are displ ayed in accordance with
th e setting made in thero ute settings.
The cur rently selected route is shown with a
dark blue line. #
Select the alternative route. Ac
tivating a commuter route
Re quirements:
R Your home and workaddresses are sa ved as
destinations in thefa vo rite s (→ page 275).
Multimedia sy stem:
, Navigation .
À Route and Position #
Select Activate Commuter Route 0073.
Na vigation auto maticallyrecognizes that the
ve hicle is located on thero ute between
"home" and "work" or vice versa. It automati‐
cally starts a route guidance without voice
output.
If th e destinations for home and workhave
not yet been crea ted, a prom ptappears.
Fo rth e daily commuter route, traf fic inci‐
dents on thero ute are also repor ted when
driving without route guidance. Multimedia sy
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Information on
NearField Communication
(NFC)
NFC enables short- range wi reless data transfer
or (re)connection of a mobile phone with the
multimedia sy stem.
The following functions are available without
having authorized a mobile phone:
R Trans ferring a URL tobe vie wed in the multi‐
media sy stem (see the manufacturer's oper‐
ating instructions).
R Setting up theve hicle's Wi-Fi access da tavia
th e sy stem settings (→ page 250).
Fu rther information can be found at: http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect
Using the mobile phone with NearField Com‐
munication (NFC)
Requ irements:
R NFC is activated on the mobile phone (see
th e manufacturer's operating instructions)
R The mobile phone's screen is switched on
and unloc ked (see the manufacturer's oper‐
ating instructions) #
Toconnect a mobile phone: openthe co ver
of the armrest on the center console. #
Place the NFC area of the mobile phone (see
manufacturer's operating instructions) on
NFC logo 1.
The mobile phone is connected tothe multi‐
media sy stem. #
Tochange mobile phones: placethe NFC
area of the mobile phone on NFC logo 1.
If th e mobile phone has already been author‐
ised on the multimedia sy stem, it is now con‐
nected.
If th e mobile phone is authorised on the mul‐
timedia sy stem forth efirs t time, it is connec‐
te d af ter confirming the mobile phone
instructions (see the manufacturer's operat‐
ing instructions).
Fu rther information can be found at: http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect
Setting there ception and transmission vol‐
ume
Re quirements:
R A mobile phone is authorized (→ page 287).
Multimedia sy stem:
, Phone .
Z Options .
Phone
This function ensures optimal language qualit y. #
Select Reception Volume orTransmission
Volume. #
Set thevo lume. 290
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Ending an unin
tentional emer gency call #
Select 0076onthe multifunction steering
wheel. Depress button for se veral seconds.
Data transfer of the Mercedes-Benz emer‐
ge ncy call sy stem
In theeve nt of an au tomatic or manual emer‐
ge ncy call thefo llowing data is transmitte d,for
ex ample:
R Vehicle's GPS position data
R GPS position data on thero ute (a few
300 feet (hundred me ters) before the inci‐
dent)
R Direction of tra vel
R Vehicle identification number
R Vehicle drive type
R Number of people de term ined tobe in the
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mercedes me connect is available
or not
R Whe ther the emer gency call was initiated
manually or automatically
R Time of the accident R
Language setting on the multimedia sy stem
Data transmit ted is vehicle information. For any
qu estions about the collection, use and sharing
of the eCall sy stem data, please conta ct MBU‐
SA 's Cus tomer Assis tance Center at 800-FOR-
MERC.
Fo r Canada, please contact MBC's Cust omer
Assis tance Center at 1-800-387-000.
Cu stomer requests for co vered information
should be submitted via the same channels.
Fo r accident clarification purposes, thefo llowing
measures can be take n up toan hour af terthe
emer gency call has been initia ted:
R The cur rent vehicle position can be called up
R Avo ice connection totheve hicle occupants
can be es tablished Online and Internet functions
Internet connection
Information on connecting
tothe Internet &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem. 306
Multimedia sy stem