Operation - Mercedes-Benz GLS 2020 Operator's Manual

266 Voice Control System
If you use the voice control system in an
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emergency your voice can change and your
telephone call, e.g. an emergency call, can
thereby be unnecessarily delayed.
Familiarize yourself with the voice control
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system functions before starting the journey.
Comply with the loading guidelines
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( page 106).
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Operation

Overview of operating the multifunction
steering wheel
The Voice Control System is operational approx‐
imately thirty seconds after the ignition is
switched on. 1 Press the rocker switch up: £ starts the
dialog
2
Press the control knob: 8 switches the
sound off or on (ends the dialog)
Turn the control knob up/down: increases/
decreases the volume
3 Press the rocker switch down: ~ rejects/
ends a call (ends the dialog)
Conducting a dialog
For the dialog with the Voice Control System,
you can use complete sentences of colloquial
language as voice commands, such as, for exam‐
ple, "Please show me the list of the last calls" or
"How warm is it outside?". It is not necessary to
first change to the relevant application such as
"Telephone" or "Vehicle function".
To activate or continue dialog by using a
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keyword: say "Hello Mercedes" to activate
the Voice Control System. Voice activation
must be switched on in the multimedia sys‐
tem ( page 267). For this, it is not neces‐
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sary to press up the £ rocker switch on
the multifunction steering wheel.
Voice activation can also be directly com‐
bined with a voice command, e.g. "Hi
Mercedes, how fast can I drive?".
or
Press the £ rocker switch up on the mul‐
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tifunction steering wheel.
You can say a voice command after an
acoustic signal.