WARNING
■
Please pay attention to the traffic first and foremost! As the driver you are
fully responsible for road safety. Only use the system so that you are in full
control of your vehicle in every traffic situation - risk of accident!
■
Do not use the voice control system when under stress or in an emergency.
Your Voice commands may not be recognized in such situations. In such cir-
cumstances a telephone connection may not be established or the connection
may take too long to complete. The emergency number should be dialled
manually!
function requirements
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 13.
Function requirements for voice control.
The ignition is switched on.
The device is switched on.
No phone call is in progress.
The parking aid is not active.
Requirements for optimum voice command recognition.
›
Only issue voice commands when the symbol is displayed on the device screen
or appears in the information display.
appears.
›
Speak with a normal tone of voice without intonation and excessive pauses.
›
Avoid a bad pronunciation.
›
Close doors, windows and the sliding roof, in order to prevent external distur-
bances affecting recognition of the voice commands.
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It is recommended to speak louder at higher speeds, so that the tone of your
voice is louder than the increased surrounding noise.
›
During voice control, limit additional noise in the vehicle, e.g. passengers talking
at the same time.
CAUTION
For some languages, there is no voice control available. The device indicates this
fact via a text message that is displayed after setting the device language
screen
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Note
■
During voice control, no traffic announcements are played.
■
Some voice commands must be spelled out when pronouncing depending on
the selected language of communication, such as the Source Selection “
SD
”
card
one
.
Switching on/off
Fig. 9
Multifunction steering wheel
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 13.
Switching on voice control
›
Briefly press the button
VOICE
on the unit.
›
Briefly press the symbol key
1
on the multifunction steering wheel.
Activation of voice control is indicated by an acoustic signal and the device screen
will display a collection of basic voice commands for the current menu.
The menu display as well as the acoustic signal can be enabled or disa-
bled
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Switching off voice control
›
Press the button
VOICE
on the unit for a long time, or press it twice.
›
With a long or double press of the symbol key
on the multifunction steering
wheel.
›
Touch the screen with your fingers (any part of the screen with the exception of
the function key
).
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Device operation
