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Voice activation system

AT A GLANCE

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Commands

Individual menu items on the Control Display
can be voiced as commands.
The commands that are possible depend upon
which menu is currently shown on the Control
Display.
There are short commands for functions in the
main menu.
Some list items, for example telephone book
listings, can also be selected using the voice acti-
vation system. In particular, say the list items
exactly as they are displayed in the respective
list.

Having the possible commands read
aloud

Having the possible commands read aloud:

For example if you have selected "CD" the sys-
tem will read aloud the possible commands for
operating the CD player.

Help for the voice activation system

Calling up Help:

Additional commands for Help:

>

{Help with examples}: information about
the current operating options and the most
important commands for them are
announced.

>

{Help with voice activation}: information
regarding the principles behind the voice
activation system is announced.

Using alternative commands

There are often a number of commands to run a
function, e.g.:

Carrying out functions through short
commands

Main menu functions can be executed immedi-
ately by short commands, almost regardless of
which menu item is selected, e.g.,

{Vehicle sta-

tus

}.

List of voice activation system short commands,
see page

247

.

Opening the main menu

Example: selecting the track of a CD

1.

Switch on Entertainment sound output if
necessary.

2.

Press the

button on the steering wheel.

Setting the voice dialog

You can set whether the voice activation system
uses the standard dialog or the short version.
With the short version of the spoken dialog, the
requests and responses of the voice activation
system are shortened.

1.

"Settings"

2.

"Language/Units"

3.

"Speech mode:"

4.

Select a setting:

>

"Default"

>

"Short"

{Voice commands}

{Help}

{Radio} or {Radio on}

{Main menu}

3.

Select the music track, e.g.:
{C D track …}
The system replies:
{{Track …}}

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