MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

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Switc hingvoice activ ation oftheVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem on/of f #
Sele ctVoic eAc tivation "HeyMercedes".
Dep endingonthepr ev ious status ,th efunc ‐
tion isactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
When thefunc tion isactiv e,the"Hi
Mer cedes" voice com mand canactivat eth e
dialog.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gon line voice contr ol #
ActivateOnl ine VoiceControl .
% Online voice con trol isact ivat ed atthefa c‐
to ry. #
Select Onli neVoi ceControl Subscr..
Yo uwill beconn ect edwithth eMer cedes me
por tal. #
Activateonl ine voice con trol intheMer cedes
me portal. Ac
tiv atin gco ntacts foron line use #
Select Contacts forOnl ine Use .
Wh enthefunc tion isactiv e,con tacts willbe
fo und moreeasil yand accuratelyusin gvo ice
in put. Thequalit yof theenunc iation ofcon ‐
ta ct name sby thesy stem will also be
im prov ed.
Switc hingonvoice interru ption #
Selec tSpeak DuringVoice Output .
If th efunc tion isactiv e,acomm andcanbe
int erjec teddur ing voice output ofthesy s‐
te m. Usin
gth eVo ice Contr olSy stem effectiv ely Vo
ice Contr olSy stem aud ible help functions Usin
gth ecor responding voice com mand syo u
re cei vethefo llo wing informatio nand assis tance
in thefo llo wing cases :
R Forop timal operatio n:sayth eVoice con-
trol tutor ialvoice com mand orcall upthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua lwi th Could yougo
to theVoic eCon trol Sys tem tut orial pleas e?, fo
rex am ple. Thefullextent oftheDigit al
Oper ator's Manual isavailable whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary.Her eyo ucan also find
ex planat oryvideos whichint roduce youto
th efunc tionsof theVo ice Cont rolSy stem.
R Cur rent app lication: onthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, press the£ rock er switc h
up and sayth eHelp voice com mand .Yo uwill
re cei vesugg estions andinformation about
oper ation oftheVo ice Cont rolSy stem forth e
cur rent applica tion.
R Conti nue ddial og:sa yth eHelp voice com ‐
mand during avo ice dialog. Foreve rystep of
th edialog youre cei vematc hinginformation.
R Speci fic fu ncti on:sayth evo ice com mand
fo rth edesir edfunc tion,e.g. with"Hello
Mer cedes, Ineed helpwithth era dio" orafte r
pr essing the£ rock er switc hon themulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel up,sayth eHelp for
the telephon evo ice com mand ,fo rex am ple. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 31
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No
teson optima luse oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem No
teson howto improve recogni tion:
R Activateonl ine voice con trol (/ page31 8).
R Onlyoper ateth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem from
th edr iver's seat.
R Sayth evo ice com mand scohe rently and
cle arly,but donotex agg erateth ewo rds.
R Avoid loud noises that caus eint erfere nce
wh ile ma king avo ice com mand entry,e.g.
th eent ertainm ent inthere ar passe nger
com partment .
R Forte lephone oradd ress book entries:
- Onlycr eat esensible addressbook entries
in thesy stem/mo bilephone, e.g.enter
sur name andfirs tnam ein thecor rect
fi eld.
- Donotuse anyabbr eviation s,unn eces ‐
sar yspaces orspec ialcharact ers.
R Forra dio station names: sayth eRead out
stat ionlistvoice com mand andsayth e
desir edstatio nnam ein thewa yth evo ice
output reads aloud toyou. %
Toimprove recogni tion,dependi ngon the
outside temp eratur e,eit her theblo wersfor
ve ntil ation orhea ting arere duced whenthe
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem isstar ted. Inf
ormat ionononline voice contr ol Onlin
evo ice con trol im prov es recogni tionand
mak esadditiona lre sults available asare sult of
ex tern al inf ormat ion,e.g .inf ormat ionabout POIs
and about thewe ather .We ther efor ere com‐
mend that youact ivat eon linevo ice con trol.
Yo uwill need aMer cedesme user accoun tfo r
th is. Ifyo udo notye tha ve auser accoun tyo u
ha ve tocrea te one andconn ectitwit hyo ur vehi‐
cle (/ page350).
Then callupyour Mer cedesme user accoun t.
The Mercedesme services aresho wnand can
be act ivat ed (/ page35 1).
In addit ion,on linevo ice con trol mus tbe act iva‐
te d(/ page31 8). Ess
entialvo ice comm ands No
teson thevo ice comm ands Aside
from theex act voice com mand s(see the
"V oic eco mm and"co lumn inthefo llo wing tables)
to cal lup spe cificfuncti ons,inmos tcase sth e
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem also under stands agr ea t
ma nypar aphr ases from daily usage.Exam ples of
th ese arelis tedin the"Colloq uialexam ples" col‐
umn .Fo rsome languages howe verth ese exam‐
ples areon lyavailable toalimit edextent.
% Content inang led br ac kets, e.g.or
,is apl ace holderwh ich ha sto be
com pletedby youwit hth edesir edterm .The
vo ice com mand Setas interme diate
dest inationcould, forex am ple, becom pleted
wit h:Set Merc edes- BenzAr ena asinterm edi-
ate dest ination. Ov
ervie wof switc hvo ice comm ands Swit
chvoice com mand scan beused toopen
cer tain applicat ions. 320
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Switc
hvo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Switc hto navigation Iwould liketogo tonavigation Switc
hestonavig ation
Swi tch toaddre ssbook Iwo uld like tosw itch tothe
ad dre ssbook Swi
tches totheaddr essbook
Switc hto telephon eI wouldliketoswit chtothephon e Swit
ches tothete lephon e
Swit chtomess ages Canyouswitc hto mess ages
please? Swit
ches tothete xt mes sage applic ation
Swit chtoradio Iwould liketoswit chtotheradio Swit
ches toradio
Switc hto media Iwould liketoswitch tothe media
application Switc
hestomedia
Switch tocomfort Iwou ldlike togo tothe comfort
app lication Switc
hestothecomf ortse ttings
Switc hto vehicle info Iwould liketogo tothe vehicle
application Switc
hestovehicle information
Switch tosettin gs Iwould liketogo tothe settin gs
menu Switc
hestothemenu withth ese tting option s Vo
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Itis no tnecessar yto firs tcal lup amenu in
order tooper ateafunct ionitcont ains with
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem. Youcan oper ate
th efunc tion direct lyusing voice input, e.g.
call acon tact or ent erades tina tion forna vi‐ ga
tio n.Youcan find further information in
th eove rview tables forvo ice com mand s. Ov
ervie wof navig ation voice comm ands Usin
gth ena vig ation voice com mand syo ucan
en terPOIs andconventio naladdress esornavi‐ ga
te to your ow ncont acts.Yo ucan also carry
out impor tant navig ation setting sdi re ctl y.The
fo llo wing listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onofthe
possible navig ation comm ands.Youwill recei ve
addit ionalsugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel pfor nav iga-
tio n.
Na vig ation voice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate to

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate to<3 word address> The
exam ple isforth eEn glish lan‐
guag e:
Dr ive toParade. Help.Bleat St
arts routeguidan cetoa3 wo rdaddr essfrom what 3words.
The exam ple men tioned navig ates youto theEm pireSt ateBuild ing.
Obse rveth efo llo wing informatio n:
R 3wo rdaddr esse sar elang uagedepen dent.
R Sear ching fora des tination using 3wo rdaddr esse sis no tposs iblein
all coun tries and inall lang uages.Addition alinf ormation on3wo rd
addr esse sfrom what 3words can befound intheNa vig ation section
under "Entering thedes tinat ionasa3 wo rdaddr ess".
The EmpireSt ateBuild ing,fo rex am ple, hasthefo llo wing 3wo rd
addr esse s:
R English: parade.he lp.bleat
R Frenc h:commu n.verbe.bisq uer
R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca
Home Iwould liketogo home/I wantto
drive tomy home address St
arts routeguidan cetothehome address.
Work Iwould liketonavigate towork St
arts routeguidan cetowo rk.
Enter POI Take me toaPOI Ent
ersa POI ,e.g .Br and enb urg Gate.
Naviga teto Navigateto "McDonald's" St
arts routeguidan cetoaPOI . Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 323

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate tothe online POI Navigatetoonline POI"McDon ald'sSear
ches online fora POI and star ts routeguidan ce.
St art rout eguidan ce Beginrout eguidan ce/Can you
st art rout eguidan ce? St
arts routeguidan cetoades tinatio n.
Canc elrout eguidan ce Canyouquit routeguidan ce? Canc
elsrouteguidan ce.
Rest artrout eguidan ce Iwould liketo res ume routeguid-
anc e Con
tinues routeguidan ceafte ra br eak .
Set asintermedi atedes-
tination Set
"9Euclid Avenue inCle vela nd"
as an intermedi atedestina tion Selects
anintermedia tedes tination forth ero ute.
Set as interm ediat edes-
tin atio n Set
"John Doe"as interm ediat edes-
tin atio n Sel
ect san intermed iatedes tinatio nfrom thecon tacts forth ero ute.
Set as interm ediat edest ina-
tio n Set
"Trum pTower "as an interm edi-
ate dest ination Sel
ect sa POI asan intermed iatedes tinatio nfo rth ero ute.
En teraddr essin Iwould liketo entera ne waddr ess
in "Fr anc e" Sel
ect sa des tinatio nin ano ther count ry.
Enter ZIP cod eS tartrou teguidance toanew ZIP
cod e Ent
ersa ZI P cod e.
La st destinati ons Showthe previous destinati ons Sel
ects ade stinat ionfrom thepr ev ious destination s. 32
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Show alternat iveroutes Searchforalternat iveroutes Sho
wsone ofthealt ernativ ero utes calc ulated.
Dr ivin grec omm endat ionson Switchon driv ingrecomm endat ions Swit
ches on voice output forro uteguidan ce.
Dr ivin grec omm endat ionsoff Muteth edriv inginstruct ions Swit
ches offvo ice output forro uteguidan ce.
Sh ow traff icmap Switchon traff icjam info Dis
playstraf fic inf ormati ononthemap.
Hide trafficmap Switchoff the traff icjam messages Hides
thetraf fic inf ormati on.
POI icons on Showmepointofintere sticons on
the map plea se Disp
lays thePOI symbols onthemap.
Hide POIicons Iwould liketohide allPOI symbols Hides
thePOI symbols. Ov
ervie wof telephone voice comm ands Yo
ucan usethete lephon evo ice com mand sto
mak ephone callsor sear chthro ugh theaddr ess book
.The follo wing listof fers jus ta sma llsel ec‐
tio nof thepossible telephon ecom mand s.Yo u will
recei veaddit ionalsugg estio ns ifyo usa y
Hel pfor phon e. Vo
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Te
lephone voice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Call Iwould likeyou todial 0171 xxxxxxx Mak
esate lephon ecall byent ering thete lephon enumb erdirect ly.
Call CallJane Smithonher mob ile Mak
esate lephon ecall direct lyby ent ering aname from theaddr ess
book .
Call Mercedes- Benzemergen cy
call cent er Could
youcalltheMercedes- Benz
emergen cycent er? Tr
igg ersan emer gency callto theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
Ca llMer cedesme I’d like youto cal lthe MB break-
do wn assista nce plea se Pl
ace sa cal lwi th Mer cedes-Ben zbr eakdo wnassis tance.
La test calls Showmethe list of mis sed calls Sho
wsthelis tof missed calls.
Previous calls Showmethe last calls The
listsho wsallout goin g,inc omin gand miss edcalls .
In com ingcalls Show me thecalls receive d Sh
ows thelis tof incom ingcalls.
Outgoing calls Showmethe listofoutgoing callsSho
wsthelis tof outgoing calls.
Search forC ouldyouopen thecont act"John
Doe"? Opens
thecon tact data ofacont actintheaddr essbook . 326
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Redial Redial/Calllast phone number Mak
esacall tothelas tte lephon enumb erdialed.
Change phoneC ouldyouplease switchtothe sec-
ond phone? Chang
esthepr imar yte lephon e Ov
ervie wof med iapla yervo ice comm ands Media
playervo ice com mand scan also beused
when themedia playerapp lication runs inthe bac
kground andanother application isvisible in
th efo re grou nd .Th efo llo wing listof fers jus ta
sma llsel ecti onofthepossible mediaplayer vo
ice com mand s.Yo uwill recei veaddit ionalsug‐
ge stions ifyo usa yHel pfor medi aor Hel pfor
player .
Med iapla yervo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Play composer s/musicgenres> Play
"Yellow Submarine" The
names ofall available tracks,albums, artis ts, com poser sor genres
ar eacce pteddur ing thesear ch.In thecase ofaclear searchresult the
tr ac kfo und ispla yedbac kimmediat ely.
Play track Playsong "SoWhat" The
available tracksarepla yedbac k.
Play album Playalbum "ANight atthe Opera" The
available albums arepla yedbac k.
Play artist I wanttolist en totheart ist
"Madon na" The
available artis ts arepla yedbac k. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 32
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Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Play composer I'dlike tohear thecomposer "Lud-
wig van Beeth oven" The
available compose rsarepla yedbac k.
Play music genre I'dlike tohear themusic genre
"Bebop" The
available musicgenres are play ed bac k.
Sea rch fortrack Iwo uld like tosea rch forthe song
"Sa iling" The
name sof allav ailable tracksareacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A sel ec‐
tion list appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo uwish
to pla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor album S earchforalbum "ANight atthe
Opera" The
names ofall available albums areacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A
sel ecti onlist appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo u
wish topla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor artist I wouldliketosearc hfor theart ist
"Elt onJohn " The
nam esofall available artis ts areacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A sel ec‐
tion list appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo uwish
to pla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor compo serS earchforcomposer "Beethoven"The
names ofall available compose rsareacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A
sel ecti onlist appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo u
wish topla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor musi cgen re gen re> Sear
chfor musi cgen re"Classi cal" The
nam esofall available musicgenres are acce pteddur ing thesear ch.A
sel ecti onlist appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo u
wish topla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks". 328
Voice Cont rolSy stem