Voice control MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2017 W213 Owner's Manual
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Drivingand pa rking .................................. 127
Driving ........................................................ 127
DY NA MIC SELECT switc h............................1 34
Au tomatic transmission .............................. 135
Manual gearshiftin g................................... .137
Gearshif trecommendatio n......................... 138
Using kickdown .......................................... 138
Re fueling .................................................... 138
Pa rking ...................................................... .140
Driving and driving saf etys ystems .............. 147
Instrument Displa yand on-board
compu ter.................................................. 194
Instrument display overview. ...................... 194
Overvie wofthe buttons on thes teering
wheel ......................................................... .195
Operating theo n-boar dcomputer .............. 195
Displ aysint he multifunction displa y........... 197
Ad justing thei nstrument lighting ............... .197
Menus and submenus ................................. 198
Head-up Displa y......................................... 205
Vo ice Control Sy stem .............................. 206
Operating saf ety. ........................................ 20 6Operatio
n................................................... 206
Using Voice Cont rolS ysteme ffecti vely ...... 208
Essential commands .................................. 208
Multimedias ystem ................................... 217
Overvie wand operation .............................. 217
Sy stem settings .......................................... 225
Na vigation .................................................. 233
Te lephone. .................................................. 23 5
Online an dInterne tfunctions ..................... 249
Media ......................................................... 256
Ra dio .......................................................... 268
Sound .........................................................2 74
Maintenanceand care ............................. 277
ASS YSTP LUSs ervice inter vald ispla y....... .2 77
Engine compartment .................................. 278
Cleaning and car e....................................... 28 4
Breakdow na ssistance ............................ 292
Emergency .................................................. 292
Ve hicle tool kit ............................................ 293
Flat tir e.......................................................2 94Batter
y(vehicle) ......................................... 299
To ws tartin gort owing away ....................... 304
Electrica lfuses ........................................... 308
Wheel sand tires ....................................... 311
No ise or unusual handlin gcharacteristics ... 311
Re gular checking of wheels and tires ......... .311
No tesons nowc hains .................................3 12
Ti re pressur e............................................... 312
Loading thev ehicle .................................... .319
Ti re labeling ................................................ 323
Definitions fort ires and loading ................. 328
Changing awheel. ...................................... 331
Tech nical data .......................................... 340
No tesont echnical dat a.............................. 340
Ve hicle electronics .....................................3 40
Ve hicle identification plate, VIN and
engine number ...........................................3 42
Operating fluids .......................................... 344
Ve hicle dat a................................................ 350
Contents 3
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*NO
TEEngine damage duetoexcessively
hig he ngine speeds
The engine will be damaged if youd rive wit h
th ee ngine in theo verrev ving range.
#Do no tdrive with th eengine in theo ver‐
re vving range.
The fue lsuppl yisi nterrupted toprotect the
engine when ther ed band in tach ome ter3
(o ve rrev ving range) is reached.
During no rmal operatin gconditions, coolant
te mp eratur edisplay 4mayrise to248° F
(120 °C).
& WARNING Danger of burn swhen open‐
ing thee ngine hood
If yo uo pen thee ngine hood when thee ngine
has overheated or during afireint he engine
compartment, youc ouldcome int ocontact
wit hh otgases or other escaping operating
fl uids.
#Befor eopening thee ngine hood, allow
th ee ngine tocool down.
#Inthee vent of afireint he engine com‐
partment, keep thee ngine hood closed
and call thef ires ervice.
Overvie wofthe buttons on thes teering
wheel
1But tong roup :
% Main menu and ba ckbutton (on-board
computer)
8 Switches sound off/on
W Increases thev olume
X Decreases thev olume
2Touc hC ontrol (on-boar dcompu ter)
3To uc hC ontrol (multimedia sy stem)
4Button group:
% Main menu and bac kbutton (multime‐
dia sy stem)
ó LINGU ATRO NIC or Voice Cont rolS ys‐
te m
6 Makes/accepts acall
~ Rejects/end sacall
Operatin gthe on-boar dcom puter
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be distracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thi scould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
Instrument Displa yand on-board compute r19
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Operating safety
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from oper‐
ating mobil ecommunication equipment
while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat emobile communicatio nequip‐
men twhen drivin g,youw ill be dis tracted
fromthet raffic situation. This could also
cause youtol ose control of thev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y.
Fory our owns afet y, alwa ys obser vethef ollow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especiall yyour voice con‐
trol sy stem:
RObser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
RWhile driving, only oper atem obile communi‐
cationse quipment and your voice control
sy stem when thet raffic condition spermit it.
Yo um ayotherwise be distracted from the
traf ficc onditions and cause an accident,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephonec all can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y.
Operation
Operating them ultifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rolS ystemiso perational appr ox‐
imatel ythirty seconds af tert he ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches thes ound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem)
2ó Starts theV oice Control Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts acall
4~ Rejects/end sacall( en ds theV oice
Control Sy stem)
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Voice Cont rolS ystem
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5WIncrease sthe volume
6X Decreases thev olume
Voice prom pting
#To star torc ontinue adialog: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yacomman dafter an acoustic
signal.
#To cor rect an entry :sa yt he Correction
command.
#To select an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec onte nts.
#Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he Con-
tinue orBack command.
#Tointer rupt thed ialog: sayt he Pause com‐
mand.
#To cancel thed ialog: sayt he Cancel com‐
mand.
Operable functions
Yo uc an use theV oice Control Sy stem tooperate
th ef ollowing equipment, depending on thev ehi‐
cle's equipment:
RTe lephone
RText message s
RNavigation
RAddress book
RRadio
RAu dio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®audio)
RVe hicle
Command types
Ad istinction is made between thef ollowing
command types:
RGlobal commands can be said at anytime
and rega rdless of thec urrent application,
e.g .the Navigate to ,Call orText message to
commands.
RApplication-specific commands areo nly
av ailable fort he activ eapplication.
1Global commands
2Application-specific commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
va rying global commands and thec orresponding
application-specific commands ar edispla yedo n
an autocue. This makes ent ryeasier and sup‐
ports interactiv eoperation. The lis tcan be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeec horthe con‐
troller/touchpad.
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Entering numbers
Entering numbe rs:
RThe number sallowe da rezero tonine .
RTelephonen umberscan be entered as single
digits.
Changing thel anguag esetting
Yo uc an chang ethe languag eoftheVoice Con‐
trol Sy stem via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisnotsuppor tedbyt he
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, En glish will be selecte d.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemisa vailable in En glish,
Fr enc hand Spanish.
Using Voice Control Sy stem ef fectively
Au dibl ehelpf unctions
Your eceiv einformatio nand help for:
ROptima loperation: sayt he Help Voice Con-
trol System command.
RCurrent application: presstheó button
on them ultifunction steering wheel and say
th eHelp command.
RContinued dialog: sayt he Help command
during avoice dialog.
RSpecific sy stem: call up theh elp command
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. Help telephone.
Speechquality impr ovement
Ifth eV oice Control Sy stem does no tunder‐
st and you:
ROnly operat ethe Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
RSa ythe commands coherently and clearly,
but do no texaggerat ethe words.
RPr eve nt loud noises ,e.g.t he blo wer,from
inter fering whil eyou mak eanentry.
RSa ythe voice tagw itht he same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entr yvoice tag is no trec‐
ognized:
ROnly creat esensible address book entries in
th es ystem/mobile phone, e.g. surname and
fi rs tn am eint he cor rect field.
RDo no tuse an yabbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
RCreat easpeaker-dependentv oicetag,ifn ec‐
essar y.
RPress theó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired name is
re ad out.
If as tatio nliste ntr yisn otrecognized:
RSa ve as peaker-dependentv oicetagf or the
st ation.
RSa ythe Read out station list command.
RPresstheó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired statio nis
re ad out.
Essential commands
Switch commands
Switchcommands can be used toopen cer tain
applications .The command selection can be
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CommandFunction
Text message to
create amessage. All address book names ar eavailable.
Reply To
reply toam essage
Forward text message To
forw ardam essage
Vehicl ecom mandsYouc an use thev ehicle commands todirectly
cal lupt he cor responding menus fort he vehicle
settings.
Command Function
Ambien tlight To
displa yambient light settings
Display and styles To
sho wdispla ysettings
Assistance settings To
displa yassis tance settings
Scent To
displa yfragrancin gsettings
Energy flow To
displa yenergy flow settings
Ionization To
displa yionization settings
Climate control To
displa yclimat econtrol settings
Voice Cont rolS ystem 21
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#Selectthea void or use option.
#To select an alternativ eroute: select Alter-
native Route .
#Select an alternativ eroute.
Ro uteg uidance
The road and traf ficr ules and regulations alw ays
ha ve priority overmultimedia sy stem driving rec‐
ommendations .Driving recommendations are
navigation announcements ,rout eguidance dis‐
pla ysand lane recommendations.
#To switc honu seful functions: select
¥ Options.
#SwitchonGas on Reserve O.
When ther eser vefuel le velisr eached, you
can star tt he gass tatio ns ear ch.
#To cancel/resum erout eguidance: select
¬ Destination.
#Select Cancel Route Guidance orContinue
Route Guidance .
#Alternatively wit hthe Voice Cont rolS ystem:
press theó button.
#Sayan avigation command, e.g. "cancel
ro uteg uidance".
Im portant ma pfunctions
#When them ap is displa yed, press on the
to uchpad or cont roller.
The map cross-control appears.
1Changes them ap scale
2Selectst he map orientation and map view
3Movest he map
4Calls up then avigation map
5Calls up thet raffic map
#Al te rn ative ly with th eVoice Control Sy stem:
press theó button.
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Multimedia sy stem
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Newm essages ar eidentified bythe1 symbol
in them ultimedia sy stem's displa yand an audi‐
ble signal.
RThe multimedia sy stem displa ys the100
ne west text message s.
RTheú symbol is displa yedw hen the
mobilep hone's message memoryisfull.
Con figuring thet extm essages displa yed
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.Z Options.Open
Messages
#Select ¥.
Am enu wit hthe following option sisshown:
RAll Messages
RNew and Unread Messages
RNew Messages
ROff(The text message sarenotd ispla yed
automaticall y.)
#Select an option. Re
ading text messages
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
Re ading atextm essage
#Select atextm essage .
The messag etextisd ispl ay ed.
Using ther ead-aloud function
#Select atextm essage .
#Select¥.
#Select+.
The text message isread aloud.
Composing and sending atextm essage
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Navigat etot he lef ttwice.
#Select Write New Text Message.
Dictating text
#Select Press to Dictate .
The App fort he dictation function is loaded.
Ifth er ew as no prior Interne tconnection, a
connection is no westablished.
#To star tt he dictation function:p ress thec on‐
troller or touchpad.
#Sa yy our message.
The dictation ends automatically af tery ou
ha ve finished speaking.
Af tert he voice messag ehas been processed,
it is shown as text.
Editin gtext
#Select thew ord.
#Tocal lupt he cor rection menu :press the
controller or touchpad.
The following option sareavailable:
RAd justing thec apitalization of words( if
suppor tedbyt hecharacter set)
RExpanding thec hoice of words
RDel eting thes election
RRecording anew dictation
#Tolea vethem enu: select Done.
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Sendingtext messages
#Select Send Text Message .
Re plyin gtoat extm essage
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Select atextm essage .
#Select¥.
#SelectReply.
Calling atextm essag esender
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Select atextm essage .
#Select¥.
#SelectCall Sender.
Deleting text messages
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Select ¥.
#SelectDelete.
Apple CarPlay™
Overvie wofApple CarPlay™
iPhone®function scan be used via them ultime‐
dia sy stem using Apple CarPlay™. It is operated
using thec ontroller or theS iri
®voice-opera ted
control sy stem.
Onl yone mobile phone at atime can be connec‐
te dv ia Apple CarPlay™ tothem ultimedia sys‐
te m.
The availabilityofA pple CarPlay™ ma yvary
accordingtot he country.
The service pr ovider is responsible fort his appli‐
cation and thes ervices and conte nt connected
to it.
Connecting an iPhone
®via Apple CarPlay™
Re quirements
RApple CarPlay™ can be used wit hApple
operatin gsystemv ersion iOS 8.3 or abo ve.
RThe full rang eoff unctions forA pple Car‐
Play™ is only possible wit hanInterne tcon‐
nection. Multimedias
ystem:
,Connect.Apple CarPlay
Ac tivatin gautomati cstar t
#Select StartAutomatically O.
St arting automatically
#Connect your iPhone®to theU SB port ç
on them ultimedia sy stem using asuitable
cable (
→pag e259).
St arting manually
#Select thei Phone®in thed evice list.
Exiting Apple CarPlay™
#Select Úin Apple CarPlay™.
Calling up Apple CarPlay™ tone settings
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Apple CarPlay.Sound
#Select thet one men u(→page 274).
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Multimedia sy stem
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Using Mercedes-Benz Appsvoice control
Prerequisites:
RRe gis tertou se Mercedes-Ben zApps.
RConfi rmtheg ene ralterms and conditions.
Yo uc an use thef ollowing Apps via thev oice
control sy stem:
RWe ather
RGoogle®Local Sear ch
RTuneIn Radio
#Call up theM ercedes-Benz App
(→pag e252).
The basic menu of theA pp is displa yed.
#To use voice control: select oLanguage.
#Voice aquestion or ademand.
% Voice control is no tavailable in all countries.
We bbrows er
Calling up awebsite
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Browser.z Enter URL
#Enteraw eb address.
#Tofinish an entr yand call up awebsite:
select ¬.
% Websites cann otbe shown while thev ehicle
is in motion.
Overvie wofthewebb rows er
1URL ent ry
2Webp age, back
3Webp age, forw ards
4Re freshes/s tops
5Options
6Closes theb row ser
Calling up thew eb br owser options
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Browser.Z Options
The following function sareavailable:
RBookmarks
RZoom
RFon tSize
RBrowser Settings
RDeleteB rowser Data
#Select an option.
#Change thes ettings.
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