MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SALOON 2012 Owners Manual

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(for cer tain countries only)
Ve hicles with Traf fic Sign Assis t:de tected
instructions and traf fic signs (/ page 211). Head-u
p display Fu
nction of the head-up display *
NO
TEMercedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vethe no tes in the Supplement.
Yo u could otherwise failto recognise
dangers. The head-up displ
ayprojects thefo llowing into
th e driver's field of vision:
R Information from the navigation sy stem
R Information from the driver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning messages
Display content 1
Navigation instructions
2 Curr ent speed
3 Detected instructions and traf fic signs
4 Set speed in the driver assis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control) When
youre cei vea call, the6 Incoming call
message will appear on the head-up displa y.
In audio mode, thest ation name or track will be
shown temp orarily when the audio source is
being actively operated.
Sy stem limits
The visibility is influenced bythefo llowing condi‐
tions:
R Seat position
R Image position setting
R Light conditions
R Wetro ad sur faces
R Objects on the display co ver
R Polarisation in sunglasses
% Inextreme sunlight, sections of the display
may appear washed out. You can co rrect this
by switching the head-up display off and on
again. 248
Instrument display and on-board computer
Internal use only

Ad
justing the head-up display settings on
the on-board co mputer On-board computer:
4 HUD 1
Setting cur rently selected
2 Digital speedome ter
3 Traf fic Sign Assi st
4 Navigation displa ys
The following can be adjus tedfo rth e head-up
display:
R Position
R Brightness R
Display content #
Toselect a setting: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rds on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Toadjust a value: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rds on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. Swit
ching the head-up display on/off #
Press button 1. In
stru ment display and on-board computer 249
Internal use only

Note
s on operating saf ety&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Fo
ryo ur ow n sa fety, al ways obser vethefo llow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especially your voice con‐
trol sy stem:
R Obser vethe legal requ irements forth e coun‐
try in which you are driving. R
Ifyo u use thevo ice control sy stem in an
emer gency your voice can change and your
te lephone call, e.g. an emer gency call, can
th ereby be unnecessarily dela yed.
R Familiarise yourself with thevo ice control
sy stem functions before starting the journe y. Operation
Overview of operation of LINGU
ATRO NIC on
the multifunction steering wheel LINGU
ATRO NIC is operational appr oximately
th irty seconds af terth e ignition is switched on. 1
Press therock er switch up: £starts LIN‐
GU ATRO NIC
2 Press the control: 8switches the sound
off or on (ends LINGU ATRO NIC)
Tu rn the control up/down: increases/
decreases thevo lume 250
LINGU ATRO NIC
Internal use only

3
Press therock er switch up: 6makes/
accepts a call
Press therock er switch down: ~rejects/
ends a call (ends LINGU ATRO NIC) Conducting a dialogue with LINGU
ATRO NIC #
Tostart or continue a dialogue: onthe
multifunction steering wheel, press the£
rock er switch up.
Yo u can say a voice command af ter an
acou stic signal. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:say theCorrection
vo ice command. #
Toselect an entry from the selection lis t:
say the line number or the conte nts. #
Tobrows eth e selection lis t:say theNext
or Back voice command. #
Tointer rupt the dialogue: saythePause
vo ice command. #
Tocancel the dialogue: saytheCancel
vo ice command. Operable functions
Yo
u can use the LINGU ATRO NIC voice control
sy stem tooperate thefo llowing equipment
depending on thefe atures:
R Telephone
R Text messa ges
R Navigation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memory card, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®
audio)
R TV
R Vehicle Overview of types of
voice command A distinction is made between
thefo llowing
vo ice commands:
R Global voice commands can be said at any
time and rega rdless of the cur rent applica‐
tion, e.g. thevo ice commands Navigate to,
Call orText message to. R
Application-specific voice commands are
only available forth e active application.
Once Linguatronic is star ted an autocue is
shown. Apart from theav ailable voice com‐
mands forth e application cur rently acti ve,th is
also cites example voice commands forot her
applications which are not active. In this wa y,
yo u will be familiar more quickly with theav aila‐
ble voice commands. The list can be scrolled or
it can be operated byspeech or the controller/
to uchpad. Information on
the language setting Yo
u can change the language of LINGU ATRO NIC
via the sy stem language settings. If the set sys‐
te m language is not suppor tedby LINGUA‐
TRONIC, English will be selected.
LINGU ATRO NIC is available foryo u in thefo llow‐
ing languages:
R German
R English
R French LINGU
ATRO NIC 251
Internal use only

R
Italian
R Dutch
R Polish
R Portuguese
R Russian
R Swedish
R Spanish
R Czech
R Turkish Using LINGU
ATRO NIC ef fectively Fe
atures of audible help functions Yo
ure cei veinformation and help forth efo llow‐
ing topics:
R Optimum operation: saythebrief instruc-
tion voice command. R
Cur rent application: onthe multifunction
st eering wheel, press the£ rocker switch
up and say theHelp voice command.
R Continued dialogue: saytheHelp voice
command during a voice dialogue.
R Specific function: sayvoice commands for
th e desired function, e.g. Help telephone. Note
s on how toimpr ovespeech quality If LINGU
ATRO NIC does not under stand you:
R onlyoperate LINGU ATRO NIC from the driv‐
er's seat.
R say thevo ice commands cohe rently and
clearly, but do not exaggerate thewo rds.
R avoid loud noises that cause inter fere nce
while making a voice command ent ry, e.g.
th e blo wer. A
vo ice tag in the address book is not recog‐
nised:
R only crea tesensible address book entries in
th e sy stem/mobile phone, e.g. enter sur‐
name and firs t name in the cor rect field.
R do not use any abbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
If a station list ent ryis not recognised:
R say theRead out station list voice command. Essential
voice commands Overview of switch
voice commands Swit
chvoice commands can be used toopen
cer tain applications. The voice command selec‐
tion can be used rega rdless of the application
th at is cur rently acti ve. 252
LINGU ATRO NIC
Internal use only

Switch
voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Navigation To
switch tonavigation mode
Map To
switch tomap display
Address book To
switch toaddress book
Telephone To
switch totelephone mode
Text message To
switch totext messa ges
Radio To
switch toradio mode
TV To
switch toTV mode
Media To
switch tomedia mode
USB To
switch toUSB
Memory card To
switch tomemory card
Internet application To
start a Mercedes-Benz online application. The application must be called up once using the mul‐
timedia sy stem prior touse.
Mercedes-Benz Apps To
switch toMercedes-Benz Apps LINGU
ATRO NIC 253
Internal use only

Vo
ice command Function
Connect To
switch toInternet mode
Vehicle menu To
switch tovehicle settings
System settings menu To
switch tosystem settings Overview of navigation
voice commands Using navigation
voice commands, you can en ter
POIs or con ventional addresses and make impor‐
ta nt navigation settings di rectl y.
Na vigation voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Navigate to

Vo
ice command Function
POI Destination entry
for a POI, e.g. the POI Brandenburg Gate. A sear chis per form ed in the navigation
database and on the Internet.
POI online search Conducts a POI sear
chon the Internet only
Navigate to contact Destination entry
toa con tact in the address book
Enter country
Enter city
Enter district
Enter street
Enter junction
Enter house number
Enter postcode Ente
rsa country/t own/di strict/street/junction/house number/postcode
Nearest restaurant
Nearest car park
Nearest rest area with toilets
Nearest filling station Sea
rches for nearby restaurants, parking spaces, rest areas with toilets and filling stations LINGU
ATRO NIC 255
Internal use only

Vo
ice command Function
Restaurant along the route
Parking along the route
Rest area with toilets along the route
Filling stations along the route Sear
ches forre staurants, parking spaces, rest areas with toilets and filling stations along thero ute
Restaurant at destination
Parking at destination
Rest area with toilets at destination
Filling station at destination Sea
rches forre staurants, parking spaces, rest areas with toilets and filling stations at the destina‐
tion
Last destinations Selects a destination from
the list of last entered destinations
Alternative routes Switches
route guidance toano ther route
Start route guidance St
arts route guidance af ter entering a valid destination
Cancel route guidance Cancels
route guidance
Guidance instructions on
Guidance instructions off Swit
ches thero ute guidance voice output on/off 256
LINGU ATRO NIC
Internal use only

Vo
ice command Function
Show traffic map
Hide traffic map Switches
the tra ffic map on/off
Switch on POI symbols
Switch off POI symbols Swit
ches the POI symbols display on the map on/off Overview of
telephone voice commands Yo
u can use thete lephone voice commands to
make phone calls or sear chthro ugh the address
book.
Te lephone voice commands Vo
ice command Function
Call Makes a phone call. All address book names are
available.
Search for contact Sear
ches for and displa ysa con tact. All address book names are available.
Outgoing calls Displa
ys the last call
Redial Selects
the last phone number dialled LINGU
ATRO NIC 257
Internal use only