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unnecessarily delay the establishment of a tele‐
phone connection.
Instead, use the SOS button close to the interior
mirror.
Additional information:
Emergency call, refer to page 371.
Settings
Setting the voice control
You can set the system to use standard dialog or
a short version.
The short version of the voice control plays back
short messages in abbreviated form.
1.
"CAR"
2. "Settings"
3. "General settings"
4. If necessary, "Personal assistant"
5. "Voice control"
6. "Response length"
7. Select the desired setting.
Speaking during voice output
It is possible to answer during inquiries of the
voice activation system. The function can be de‐
activated if inquiries are often undesirably inter‐
rupted, for instance due to background noise or
conversations in the vehicle.
1.
"CAR"
2. "Settings"
3. "General settings"
4. If necessary, "Personal assistant"
5. "Voice control"
6. "Speaking during voice output"
Online speech processing
Online speech processing provides a dictation
function, a natural method of destinations input
and improves the quality of voice recognition. To
use the functions, data is transmitted to a service
provider via an encrypted connection and stored
locally there.
1. "CAR"
2. "Settings"
3. "General settings"
4. If necessary, "Personal assistant"
5. "Voice control"
6. "Online speech processing"
Adjusting the volume
Turn the volume button during the spoken in‐
structions until the desired volume is set.
The volume remains constant even if the volume
of other audio sources is changed.
Using the voice activation
system of the smartphone
Depending on the device, a smartphone con‐
nected to the vehicle can be used via voice con‐
trol.
Activate voice command response on the smart‐
phone for this purpose.
1. Press and hold the button on the
steering wheel for approx. 3 seconds.
Voice command response is activated on the
smartphone.
2.
Release the button.
If activation is successful, a confirmation ap‐
pears on the Control Display.
Voice assistants from third-party
providers
Concept
Some third-party providers provide digital voice
assistants. Supported voice assistants can be
used in the vehicle.
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