2019 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

1
Press therock er switch up: £starts the
Vo ice Cont rol Sy stem
2 Press the control knob: 0063switches the
sound off or on (ends theVo ice Cont rol Sys‐
te m)
Tu rn the control knob up/down: increases/
decreases thevo lume 3
Press therock er switch up: 0061makes/
accepts a call
Press therock er switch down: 0076rejects/
ends a call (ends theVo ice Cont rol Sy stem) Conducting a dialog with
theVo ice Control
Sy stem #
Tostart or continue a dialog: onthe multi‐
function steering wheel, press the£
rock er switch up.
Yo u can say a voice command af ter an
acou stic signal. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:say theCorrection
vo ice command. #
Toselect an entry from the selection lis t:
say the line number or the conte nts. #
Tobrows eth e selection lis t:say theNext
or Back voice command. #
Tointer rupt the dialog: saythePause voice
command. #
Tocancel the dialog: saytheCancel voice
command. Operable functions
Yo
u can use theVo ice Cont rol Sy stem tooperate
th efo llowing equipment depending on thefe a‐
tures:
R Telephone
R Text messa ges
R Navigation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memory card, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®
audio)
R Vehicle Overview of types of
voice command A distinction is made between
thefo llowing
vo ice commands:
R Global voice commands can be said at any
time and rega rdless of the cur rent applica‐
tion, e.g. thevo ice commands Navigate to,
Call orText message to. Vo
ice Cont rol Sy stem 223

R
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

Switch
voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Navigation To
switch tonavigation mode
Map To
switch tomap display
Address book To
switch toaddress book
Telephone To
switch totelephone mode
Text message To
switch totext messa ges
Radio To
switch toradio mode
Media To
switch tomedia mode
USB To
switch toUSB
Memory card To
switch tomemory card
Internet application To
start a Mercedes-Benz online application. The application must be called up bytouch once prior
to use.
Mercedes-Benz Apps To
switch toMercedes-Benz Apps
Connect To
switch toInternet mode Vo
ice Cont rol Sy stem 225

Vo
ice command Function
Vehicle menu To
switch tovehicle settings
System settings menu To
switch tosystem settings Overview of navigation
voice commands Using navigation
voice commands, you can en ter
POIs or con ventional addresses as well as
directly change impor tant navigation settings.
Na vigation voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Navigate to

Vo
ice command Function
POI Destination entry
for a POI, e.g. the POI Brandenburg Gate. A sear chis per form ed in the navigation
database and on the Internet.
POI online search Conducts a POI sear
chon the Internet only
Navigate to contact Destination entry
toa con tact in the address book
Enter country
Enter city
Enter district
Enter street
Enter intersection
Enter house number
Enter ZIP code Ente
rsa country/city/district/street/intersection/house number/ZIP code
Nearest restaurant
Nearest parking lot
Nearest rest area with restrooms
Nearest gas station Sear
ches for nearby restaurants, parking spaces, rest areas with restro oms and gasst ations Vo
ice Cont rol Sy stem 227

Vo
ice command Function
Restaurant along the route
Parking along the route
Rest area with restrooms along the route
Gas stations along the route Sear
ches forre staurants, parking spaces, rest areas with restro oms and gasst ations along the
ro ute
Restaurant at destination
Parking at destination
Rest area with restrooms at destination
Gas station at destination Sea
rches forre staurants, parking spaces, rest areas with restro oms and gasst ations at the desti‐
nation
Last destinations Selects a destination from
the list of last entered destinations
Alternative routes Switches
route guidance toano ther route
Start route guidance St
arts route guidance af ter entering a valid destination
Cancel route guidance Cancels
route guidance
Guidance instructions on
Guidance instructions off Swit
ches thero ute guidance voice output on/off 228
Voice Cont rol Sy stem

Vo
ice command Function
Show traffic map
Hide traffic map Switches
the tra ffic map on/off
Switch on POI symbols
Switch off POI symbols Swit
ches the POI symbols display on the map on/off Overview of
telephone voice commands Yo
u can use thete lephone voice commands to
make phone calls or sear chthro ugh the address
book.
Te lephone voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Call Makes a phone call. All address book names are
available.
Search for contact Sear
ches for and displa ysa con tact. All address book names are available.
Outgoing calls Displa
ys the last call
Redial Selects
the last phone number dialed Vo
ice Cont rol Sy stem 229

Overview of
radio voice commands Ra
dio voice commands can also be used when
th era dio application is running in the back‐
ground.
Ra dio voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Station To
call up recei vable or sa vedstations
To
enter a frequency directly
Next station To
switch tothe next available station
Previous station To
switch tothe pr evious station
Save station To
save ast ation in thest ation list
Show station list To
display the names of all recei vable stations
Read out station list To
listento the names of all recei vable stations 230
Voice Cont rol Sy stem