188 Linguatronic; Notes On Operating Safety; Operation - Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 2018 Operating Instructions Manual

188 LINGUATRONIC

Notes on operating safety

& WARNING Risk of distraction from infor‐
mation systems and communications
equipment
If you operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integrated in the vehicle when
driving, you will be distracted from the traffic
situation. This could also cause you to lose
control of the vehicle.
Only operate this equipment when the
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traffic situation permits.
If you cannot be sure of this, stop the
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vehicle whilst paying attention to road
and traffic conditions and operate the
equipment with the vehicle stationary.
& WARNING Risk of distraction from oper‐
ating mobile communication equipment
while the vehicle is in motion
If you operate mobile communication equip‐
ment when driving, you will be distracted
from the traffic situation. This could also
cause you to lose control of the vehicle.
Only operate this equipment when the
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vehicle is stationary.
For your own safety, always observe the following
points when operating mobile communications
equipment and especially your voice control sys‐
tem:
Observe the legal requirements for the coun‐
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try in which you are driving.
While driving, only operate mobile communi‐
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cations equipment and your voice control sys‐
tem when the traffic conditions permit it. You
may otherwise be distracted from the traffic
conditions and cause an accident, injuring
yourself and others.
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.
Familiarise yourself with the voice control
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system functions before starting the journey.

Operation

Multifunction steering wheel operation over‐
view
LINGUATRONIC is operational approximately
thirty seconds after the ignition is switched on.
1
Press the rocker switch up: £ starts the
dialogue
2
Press the control knob: 8 switches the
sound off or on (ends the dialogue)
Turn the control knob up/down: increases/
decreases the volume
3
Press the rocker switch down: ~ rejects/
ends a call (ends the dialogue)
Conducting a dialogue with LINGUATRONIC
For the dialogue with LINGUATRONIC, you can
use complete sentences of colloquial language as
voice commands, such as, for example, "Please
show me the list of the last calls" or "How warm
is it outside?". It is also not necessary to first
change to the relevant application such as "Tele‐
phone" or "Vehicle function".
To activate or continue dialogue by using
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a keyword: say "Hello Mercedes" to activate
LINGUATRONIC. Voice activation must be
switched on in the multimedia system
( page 189). For this, it is not necessary to
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press up the £ rocker switch on the multi‐
function steering wheel.
Voice activation can also be directly com‐
bined with a voice command, e.g. "Hello
Mercedes, how fast can I drive?".
or