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Voice activation system
Voice activation system*
The concept
The voice activation system allows you to control
operation of various vehicle systems without
ever removing your hands from the steering
wheel.
Most menu items on the Control Display can be
voiced as commands. This frees you of having
to use the controller.
The voice activation system transforms your
oral commands into control signals for the
selected systems and provides support in the
form of instructions or questions.
The voice activation system uses a special
microphone located in the area of the interior
rearview mirror, refer to page 14.
Precondition
Using iDrive, set the language that applies for
the voice activation system in order to enable
identification of the spoken commands. To set
the language of iDrive, refer to page 86.
Symbols in Owner's Manual
{...} Say the specified commands word for
word.
{{...}} Indicates responses of the voice activation
system.
activation system can respond to commands.
2. Say the command.
The command is displayed on the Control
Display.
This symbol appears on the Control Display
when you can enter additional commands.
If no other commands are possible, then operate
the equipment via iDrive.
Terminating or canceling voice
activation system
Press the button on the steering wheel
or
{Cancel}
In dialogs that call for a text of your choice, the
procedure can only be canceled using the button
on the steering wheel.
Voice commands
Activating voice activation system
1. Press the button on the steering wheel.
This symbol on the Control Display and
an acoustic signal tell you that the voice
Possible commands
The commands available in each case depend
on the menu item selected on the Control Display.
To have the available commands read aloud:
{Voice commands} or {Help}
For example, if "CD" is selected, the commands
for operating CD/Multimedia are read aloud.
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