General information
Instructions for voice activation system.
To have the available spoken instructions read out loud: ›Voice commands‹
The following short commands apply to vehicles equipped with a voice activation system. They have no function in vehicles in which only the mobile phone is operated using the voice.
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Audio playback
Selecting the track using the button
Press the button repeatedly
until the
desired track is played.
Selecting a track via iDrive
Audio CDs
Select the desired track to begin playback
CDs/DV ...
Setting the voice dialog
You can set whether the system should use the
standard dialog or a shorter version.
In the shorter variant of the voice dialog, the announcements
from the system are issued in an
abbreviated fo ...