Voice activation system*
The concept
The voice activation system allows you to con-
trol operation of various vehicle systems with-
out ever removing your hands from the steering
wheel.
Individual menu items on the Control Display
can be spoken as commands. This frees you of
having to use the controller.
The voice activation system transforms your
2.
Say the command.
The command is displayed on the Control
Display.
oral commands into control signals for the
selected systems and provides support in the
form of instructions or questions.
This symbol appears on the Control Display
The voice activation system uses a special
microphone located in the area of the interior
rearview mirror, refer to page 14.
when you can enter additional commands.
If no other commands are possible, then oper-
ate the equipment via iDrive.
Precondition
Terminating or canceling voice
command system
Using iDrive, set the language that applies for
the voice activation system in order to enable
identification of the spoken commands. To set
the language of iDrive, refer to page 81.
Press the
or
button on the steering wheel
{
Cancel}
Symbols in Owner's Manual
In dialogs that call for a text of your choice, the
procedure can only be canceled using the but-
ton on the steering wheel.
{
...} Say the specified commands word for
word.
{{
vation system.
...}} Indicates responses of the voice acti-
Possible commands
The commands available in each case depend
on the menu item selected on the Control Dis-
play.
Voice commands
To have the available commands read aloud:
Activating voice command system
{
Voice commands}
1.
Press the
button on the steering wheel.
For example, if "CD/DVD" is selected, the com-
mands for operating CD/Multimedia are read
aloud.
This symbol on the Control Display and
an acoustic signal tell you that the voice
activation system can respond to com-
mands.
Running functions directly with short
commands
With short commands you can carry out certain
functions directly, regardless of which menu
item is selected, refer to page 273.
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