MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV 2019 Owners Manual

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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.
R Comply with the loading guidelines
(/ page 116). Operation
Overview of operating
the multifunction
st eering 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 the
dialogue
2 Press the control knob: 8switches the
sound off or on (ends the dialogue)
Tu rn the control knob up/down: increases/
decreases thevo lume
3 Press therock er switch down: ~rejects/
ends a call (ends the dialogue) Conducting a dialogue
Fo
rth e dialogue with LINGU ATRO NIC, you can
use co mplete sentences of colloquial language
as voice commands, such as, forex ample,
"Please show me the list of the last calls" or
"How warm is it outside?". It is not necessary to
fi rs tch ange tothere leva nt application su chas
"Telephone" or "Vehicle function". #
Toactivate or continue dialogue byusing
a ke yword: say "Hello Mercedes" toactivate
LINGU ATRO NIC. Voice activation must be
switched on in the multimedia sy stem
(/ page 300). Forth is, it is not necessary to
press up the£ rock er switch on the mul‐
tifunction steering wheel.
Vo ice activation can also be directly com‐
bined with a voice command, e.g. "Hi
Mercedes, how fastcan I drive?".
or #
Press the£ rocker switch up on the mul‐
tifunction steering wheel.
Yo u can say a voice command af ter an
acou stic signal. 298
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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.
The dialogue can be continued with the
"Hello Mercedes" voice command or by
pressing up the£ rock er switch on the
multifunction steering wheel. #
Tojump tothe preceding dialogue: saythe
Back voice command. #
Tojump back totheto p dialogue le vel:
say theHome voice command. #
Tocancel the dialogue: saytheClose voice
command or press the8 or~ button
on the multifunction steering wheel. #
Tointer rupt avo ice output: speak inthe
middle of a voice dialogue when the sy stem
is still answering.
The voice output is shor tened and the con‐
clusion is reached more quickl y.
% The Voice barge-in option must be switched
on in the multimedia sy stem forth is
(/ page 300). Overview of operable functions in LINGUA‐
TRONIC
Yo
u can use the LINGU ATRO NIC voice control
sy stem tooperate thefo llowing functions
depending on theve hicle equipment:
R Telephone
R Text messa geand e-mail
R Navigation
R Address book
R Radio
R Media
R TV
R Vehicle functions R
Weather
Fu ll functionality is only available foryo u with
activation of online voice control (/ page 300). Note
s onthe 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 in thefo llowing lan‐
guages:
R German
R English
R French
R Italian
R Dutch
R Polish
R Portuguese
R Russian
R Swedish
R Spanish LINGU
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Cze ch
R Turkish Setting LINGU
ATRO NIC (multimedia sy stem) Re
quirements:
R For online voice control: your vehicle is
connected with your Mercedes me user
account (/ page 438).
R There is an In tern et connection
(/ page 442).
R For online use of contacts: onlinevoice
control is activated.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 LINGUATRONIC
Switching voice activation of LINGU ATRO NIC
on/o ff #
Select Voice activation "Hi Mercedes".
Depending on the pr evious status, the func‐
tion is activated or deactivated. When
the function is active, the "Hi
Mercedes" voice command can activate the
dialogue.
Switching on voice inter ruption #
Select Voice barge-in.
If th e function is active, a command can be
interjecte d duringvoice output of the sys‐
te m.
Ac tivating/deactivating online voice control #
Activate Online recognition.
% Online voice control is activated at thefa c‐
to ry. #
Select Online recognition subscrip..
Yo u will be connected with the Mercedes me
por tal. #
Activate online voice control in the Mercedes
me por tal.
Ac tivating contacts for online use #
Select Contact upload for online recognition.
When the function is active, conta cts will be
fo und more easily and accurately using voice
input. The quality of the enunciation of con‐ ta
ct names bythe sy stem will also be
impr oved. Using LINGU
ATRO NIC ef fectively LINGU
ATRO NIC audible help functions Using
the cor responding voice commands you
re cei vethefo llowing information and assis tance
in thefo llowing cases:
R For optimal ope ration: saytheVoice con-
trol tutorial voice command or call up the
Digital Owner's Manual wi thCould you go to
the LINGUATRONIC tutorial please? ,for
ex ample. The full extent of the Digital Own‐
er's Manual is available when theve hicle is
st ationar y.Here you can also find explana‐
to ry videos which introduce youto the func‐
tions of LINGU ATRO NIC.
R Cur rent application: onthe multifunction
st eering wheel, press the£ rock er switch
up and say theHelp voice command. You will
re cei vesuggestions and information about
operation of LINGU ATRO NIC forth e cur rent
application. 300
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Continued dialogue: saytheHelp voice
command during a voice dialogue. Foreve ry
st ep of the dialogue youre cei vematching
information.
R Speci fic function: saythevo ice command
fo rth e desired function, e.g. with "Hello
Mercedes, I need help with thera dio" or af ter
pressing the£ rock er switch on the multi‐
function steering wheel up, say theHelp for
the telephone voice command, forex ample. Note
s on optimal use of LINGU ATRO NIC No
tes on how toimpr overecognition:
R Activate online voice control (/ page 300).
R Only operate 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 enter tainment in there ar-passen ger
compa rtment.
R Forte lephone or add ress book entries: -
Only create sensible address book entri es
in the sy stem/mobile phone, e.g. enter
surname and firs t name in the cor rect
fi eld.
- Do not use any abbr eviations, unneces‐
sary spaces or special characters.
R Forra dio or TVprog ramme names: say
th eRead out station list voice command and
say the desired station name in thewa ythe
vo ice output reads aloud to you.
% Toimpr overecognition, depending on the
outside temp erature, either the blo wersfor
ve ntilation or heating are reduced when LIN‐
GU ATRO NIC is star ted. Note
s on online voice control Online
voice control impr oves recognition and
makes additional results available as a result of
ex tern al information, e.g. information about POIs
and about thewe ather. Wetherefore recom‐
mend that you activate online voice control.
Yo u will need a Mercedes me user account for
th is. If you do not yet ha vea user account youha
ve tocrea teone and connect it with your vehi‐
cle (/ page 438).
Then call up your Mercedes me user account.
The Mercedes me services are shown and can
be activated (/ page 438).
In addition, online voice control must be activa‐
te d (/ page 300). Essential
voice commands Note
s onthevo ice commands Aside from
theex act voice commands (see the
"Voice command" column in thefo llowing tables)
to call up specific functions, in most cases LIN‐
GU ATRO NIC also under stands a great ma nypar‐
aphrases from daily usage. Examples of these
are lis ted in the "Colloquial examples" column.
Fo r some languages ho weverth ese examples
are on lyavailable toa limited extent. LING
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Con tent in angled brac kets, e.g. or
, is a placeholder which has tobe
comple tedby yo u with the desired term . The
vo ice command Set as intermediate destination
could,forex ample, be comple ted
with: Set Mercedes-Benz Arena as intermedi-
ate destination. Overview of switch
voice commands Swit
chvoice commands can be used toopen
cer tain applications.
Switch voice commands Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Switch to navigation I would like to go to navigationSwitches
tonavigation
Switch to address book I would like to switch to the
address bookSwitches
tothe address book
Switch to telephon eI would like to switch to the phone Swit
ches tothete lephone
Switch to messages Can you switch to messages
please?Swit
ches tothete xt messa geapplication.
Switch to e-mail I would like to go to the e-mail
applicationSwit
ches tothe e-mail application
Switch to radio I would like to switch to the radioSwitches
toradio
Switch to TV I would like to switch to the TVSwitches
toTV
Switch to media I would like to switch to the media
applicationSwitches
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Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Switch to comfort I would like to go to the comfort
applicationSwitches
tothe comfort settings
Switch to vehicle info I would like to go to the vehicle
applicationSwitches
tovehicle information
Switch to settings I would like to go to the settings
menuSwitches
tothe menu with the setting options %
It is not necessary tofirs t call up a menu in
order tooperate a function it contains with
LINGU ATRO NIC. You can operate the func‐
tion directly using voice input, e.g. call a
con tact or enter a destination for navigation. Yo
u can find fur ther information in theove r‐
view tables forvo ice commands. Overview of navigation
voice commands Using
the navigation voice commands you can
en ter POIs and con ventional addresses or navi‐ ga
te to your ow n contacts. You can also car ry
out impor tant navigation settings di rectl y.The
fo llowing list of fers just a small selection of the
possible navigation commands. You will recei ve
additional suggestions if you say Help for naviga-
tion. LINGU
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Na
vigation voice commands Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Navigate to

Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Home I would like to go home/I want to
drive to my home addressSt
arts route guidance tothe home address.
Work I would like to navigate to workSt
arts route guidance towo rk.
Enter POI Take me to a POIEnters a POI, e.g. Brandenburg Ga
te.
Navigate to Navigate to "McDonald's"St
arts route guidance toa POI.
Navigate to the online POI Navigate to online POI "McDonald's Sear
ches online for a POI and starts route guidance.
Start route guidance Begin route guidance/Can you
start route guidance?St
arts route guidance toa destination.
Cancel route guidance Can you quit route guidance?Cancels
route guidance.
Restart route guidance I would like to resume route guid-
anceContinues
route guidance af ter a break.
Set

Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Set as intermediate destina-
tion Set "Buckingham Palace" as an
intermediate destinationSelects a POI as an intermediate destination
forth ero ute.
Enter address in I would like to enter a new address in "France"Selects a destination in ano
ther count ry.
Enter postcode Start route guidance to a new post-
codeEnters a po
stcode.
Last destinations Show the previous destinationsSelects a destination from
the pr evious destinations.
Show alternative routes Search for alternative routesSho
wsone of the alternative routes calculated.
Driving recommendations on Switch on driving recommendations Swit
ches on voice output forro ute guidance.
Driving recommendations off Mute the driving instructions Swit
ches off voice output forro ute guidance.
Show traffic map Switch on traffic jam infoDispla
ystraf fic information on the map.
Hide traffic map Switch off the traffic jam messagesHides
the traf fic information.
POI icons on Show me point of interest icons on
the map pleaseDispla
ys the POI symbols on the map.
Hide POI icons I would like to hide all POI symbolsHides
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Overview of
telephone voice commands Yo
u can use thete lephone voice commands to
make phone calls or sear chthro ugh the address book. The
following list of fers just a small selec‐
tion of the possible telephone commands. Yo uwill
recei veadditional suggestions if you say
Help for phone.
Te lephone voice commands Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Call I would like you to dial 0171xxxxxxxMakes a
telephone call byentering thete lephone number direct ly.
Call Call Jane Smith on her mobileMakes a
telephone call direct lyby entering a name from the address
book.
Call Mercedes-Benz emergency
call centre Could you call the Mercedes-Benz
emergency centre? Tr
iggers an emer gency call tothe Mercedes-Benz emer gency call centre.
Call Mercedes me I’d like you to call the MB break-
down assistance pleasePlaces a call wi
thMercedes-Benz breakdown assis tance.
Latest calls Show me the list of missed callsSho
ws th e list of missed calls.
Previous calls Show me the last callsThe list sho
wsall outgoing, incoming and missed calls.
Incoming calls Show me the calls receivedSh
ows the list of incoming calls.
Outgoing calls Show me the list of outgoing callsSho
ws th e list of outgoing calls. LINGU
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