2019 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN & MAYBACH Owner's Manual

No
teson oper ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng mob ile commu nication equipme nt
whi letheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atemob ilecomm unic ationeq uip‐
men twhen drivin g,youwill bedistract ed fr
om thetra ffic situat ion.This could also
cause youto lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
ve hicle isstatio nary. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney. Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ation oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem onthemu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 263

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Press thero ck er switc hup: £ star ts the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem
2 Press thecon trol kn ob: 0063 switchesthe
sound offor on (ends theVo ice Cont rolSy s‐
te m)
Tu rn thecon trol kn ob up/do wn:increases/
decr eases thevo lume 3
Press thero ck er switc hup: 0061 makes/
accep tsacall
Pr ess thero ck er switc hdo wn: 0076 rejects /
end sa cal l(e nds theVo ice Cont rolSy stem) Conducting
adialog withth eVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem #
Tostar tor continue adialo g:on themulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel, press the£
ro ck er switc hup.
Yo ucan saya vo ice com mand afte ran
acou stic sign al. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:sa yth eCorrect ion
vo ice com mand . #
Toselect anentr yfrom theselecti onlist:
sa yth eline number orthecon tents. #
Tobrows eth eselecti onlist:sa yth eNext
or Back voice com mand . #
Tointerru pt thedia log: sayth ePause voice
com mand . #
Tocancel thedia log: sayth eCancel voice
com mand . Oper
ablefunct ions Yo
ucan usetheVo ice Cont rolSy stem tooper ate
th efo llo wing equipmen tdepen dingonthefe a‐
tur es:
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memor ycar d,Media Interface, USB
and Bluetoo th®
audio)
R Vehicle Ov
ervie wof types ofvoice comm and A
dis tinction ismade between thefo llo wing
vo ice com mand s:
R Global voice comm andscan besaid atany
time andrega rdless ofthecur rent applica ‐
tio n,e.g .th evo ice com mand sNavigat eto,
Call orText mess ageto. 26
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

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App licat ion-specificvo ice comm andsar e
onl yav ailable forth eactiv eapplication.
Onc eth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem isstar tedan
aut ocue issho wn. Apar tfr om theav ailable voice
com mand sfo rth eapplication currentl yacti ve,
th is also cites exam ple voice com mand sfo r
ot her appli cations whichar eno tactiv e.In this
wa y,yo uwill befamili armor equ ickl ywit hth e
av ailable voice com mand s.The listcan bescrol‐
led oritcan beoper ated byspeec hor thecon ‐
tr oller/t ouchpad. Inf
ormat iononthelangu agese tting Yo
ucan chang eth elanguag eof theVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem viathesy stem languag ese ttings. If
th ese tsy stem languag eis no tsuppor tedby the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem, English will beselec ted.
The Voice Cont rolSy stem isavailable inEn glish,
Fr enc h,Po rtuguese andSpan ish. Using
theVo ice Contr olSy stem effectiv ely Fe
atur esofaudibl ehelp functi ons Yo
ure cei veinformatio nand help forth efo llo w‐
ing topics:
R Optim um oper ation: sayth ebrief instruc-
tion voice com mand .
R Cur rent app lication: onthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, press the£ rock er switc h
up and sayth eHelp voice com mand .
R Continu eddia log: sayth eHelp voice com ‐
mand during avo ice dialog.
R Specif icfunct ion:sayvo ice com mand sfo r
th edesir edfunc tion,e.g. Help telephon e. No
teson howto improve speec hqu ality If
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem does notunder stand
yo u:
R onlyop erateth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem from
th edr iver's seat. R
sayth evo ice com mand scohe rentl yand
cle arly,bu tdo notex agg erateth ewo rds.
R avoidloud noisesthat caus eint erfere nce
wh ile ma king avo ice com mand entry,e.g.
th eblo wer.
A vo ice tagin theaddr essbook isno tre cog‐
nized :
R only crea te sensible addressbook entriesin
th esy stem/mo bilephone, e.g.entersur‐
name andfirs tnam ein thecor rect field.
R donotuse anyabbr eviation s,unn eces sary
spaces orspec ialcharact ers.
If ast atio nlis tent ryisno tre cogni zed:
R sayth eRead outstationlistvoice com mand . Essentia
lvo ice comm ands Ov
ervie wof switc hvo ice comm ands Swit
chvoice com mand scan beused toopen
cer tain applicat ions.The voice com mand selec‐
tion canbeused rega rdless oftheapplication
th at iscur rently active. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 265

Switc
hvo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Function
Navigation To
switc hto navig ation mod e
Ma p To
switc hto map display
Address book To
switc hto addr essbook
Telep hone To
switc hto telephon emode
Text mess age To
switc hto text mes sage s
Radio To
switc hto radio mode
Media To
switc hto media mode
USB To
switc hto USB
Memory card To
switc hto memor ycar d
Internet application To
star ta Mer cedes-Ben zon line applic ation.The applic ationmus tbe calle dup bytouc hon ce prior
to use.
Mer cedes-Ben zAp ps To
switc hto Mer cedes-Ben zApps
Connect To
switc hto Interne tmode 266
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Function
Vehicle menu To
switc hto vehicle settin gs
System settingsmenu To
switc hto system settings Ov
ervie wof navig ation voice comm ands Usin
gna vig ation voice com mand s,yo ucan enter
POIs orcon ventio naladdress esaswellas
dir ect lych ang eim por tant navig ation settings .
Na vig ation voice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Function
Navigate to

Vo
ice comm and Function
POI Des
tinat ionentryfora POI, e.g.thePOI Brandenbur gGat e.Asear chisper form ed inthena vig ation
dat abase andontheInt erne t.
POI online search Conduct
sa POI sear chon theInt erne tonl y
Navigate tocon tact Des
tinat ionentryto acon tact intheaddr essbook
En ter count ry
En ter city
En ter distric t
En ter street
En ter inter section
En ter house number
En ter ZIP code En
ters acoun try/c ity/ district /s tree t/int ersec tion/ house number/ ZIPcode
Near estrestaur ant
Near estpark inglot
Near estrestarea withrestroom s
Near estgas statio n Sear
ches fornearb yre staur ants,par kingspac es,rest areas withre stro oms andgasst atio ns 268
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Function
Restaurant alongtheroute
Parking alongtheroute
Rest areawithrestrooms alongtheroute
Gas stations along theroute Sear
ches forre staur ants,par kingspac es,rest areas withre stro oms andgasst atio nsalon gth e
ro ute
Rest auran tat dest ination
Park ingatdest ination
Rest areawithres troom sat dest ination
Gas statio nat dest ination Sea
rches forre staur ants,par kingspac es,rest areas withre stro oms andgasst atio nsatthedes ti‐
nation
Last destin ations Select
sa des tinat ionfrom thelis tof las tent ered des tinat ions
Alter nativ eroutes Switc
hesrouteguidan cetoano ther route
St art rout eguidan ce St
arts routeguidan ceafte rent ering ava lid des tination
Cance lrout eguidanc e Cance
lsrouteguidan ce
Guidan ceinstruct ionson
Guidan ceinstruct ionsoff Swit
ches thero uteguidan cevoice output on/off Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 269

Vo
ice comm and Function
Show trafficmap
Hide trafficmap Switc
hesthetra ffic map on/off
Swit chon POI symbols
Swit choff POI symbols Swit
ches thePOI symbols displayon themap on/off Ov
ervie wof telephone voice comm ands Yo
ucan usethete lephon evo ice com mand sto
mak ephone callsor sear chthro ugh theaddr ess
book .
Te lephone voice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Function
Call Mak
esaphone call.Alladdr essbook names areav ailable.
Sear chfor con tact Sear
ches forand displays acon tact. Alladdress bookname sar eav ailable.
Out goin gcalls Dis
playsthelas tcall
Redial Select
sth elas tphone number dialed 27
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Voice Cont rolSy stem