Now if you've got a modern Mercedes-Benz you've probably noticed this button
up on the steering wheel and you might be wondering what it is
Quite simply it is a voice command button and allows you to give voice commands to the car
when you're driving behind the wheel so you might be wondering well what commands can you give?
Well in this video today I've hand-picked 10 of my absolute
favourite ones that you should be making use of behind the wheel.
And there is a hidden tip and trick on this one that I'll share at the end of this video
that not many people know about!
So guys just before we jump into
today's video be sure to check out what multimedia system you have in your car.
This video today is aimed at COMAND NTG 5.5 owners
and the way to identify this is by going to the navigation screen
on your multimedia system and keep an eye out for this menu here on the left hand side.
If it's on the left then you know you have COMAND.
However if it's in a different position say for example if you have MBUX which is on the bottom
and you also have that Hey Mercedes voice assistant, I have got a separate
video for you guys on the pop-up banner up above and in the description down below.
But yes this one is on COMAND so let's have a look at what those commands are!
So guys just the basics of COMAND, the way it works is you use the button on the steering wheel
and when you press it you'll hear a beep from the car and basically from that beep onwards the car
is listening for your exact command and those commands are shown on the screen.
So if i nudge this up you'll see all these different things on the screen here, now of course
I'm going to press cancel in a second because the car is listening to what I'm saying....
And well obviously I'm not saying any of those things but it just shows you a few examples.
So if I press cancel.
Car: 'Cancel'
And let's start out with number one which actually relates to the sat nav.
Now this is probably the most common one to use if you nudge this up I'm going to say:
'Enter postcode'
Car: 'The postcode in single digits and letters please'.
'B H 1 5 2 B D'
Car: 'The line number please.'
One
Car: 'B H 1 5 2 B D has been selected. Do you want to enter a house number?'
'No'
Car: 'Do you want to start route guidance?
'Yes'
Car: 'Starting route guidance.
Car: 'Make a u-turn if possible and then turn right'.
So that is a simple one on the sat nav you can enter postcodes and as you saw there you
just basically select one, two, three, four or five based on what the car thought you said.
And then of course you can type in a house number but you probably saw that list of commands,
I'll cut to it here you so you can see basically you can choose any of these
in this list but just make sure that no one else is talking when you give these commands
as you have to give the exact commands kind of hence the reason why the system's called COMAND.
You have to give these exact commands phrase by phrase
so if that's number one you might already know that one so what about number two?
Number two also relates to the sat nav but most of us actually navigate
to quite commonly the same places so why not make use of your last destinations?
And you can probably guess what the phrase is for that one:
'Last destinations'
Car: 'The line number please'.
'One'
Car: 'You have selected the number one. Would you like to start route guidance?'
'Yes'
Car: 'Starting route guidance'.
So there you go there's another example you can bring up your last destinations.
Now you don't of course have to say one you can just say
one of the other numbers and navigate to one of your last destinations!
Now for number three relates to your phonebook entries
so yes you can give commands to the car and basically call people in your phone book.
Now the way this works is depending on if you've
got first name or surname on your phone book so if you go onto the phone section
you can categorise your phonebook either first name first or surname first.
So obviously just double check this setting before you give commands to the car but for
example if you have someone called like John Smith quite simply just nudge this up and then say:
'Call John Smith'.
Now I'm going to press the cancel button.
Car: 'Cancel'
Just here because my phone is currently not connected to this and also I don't have someone
called John Smith in my phonebook but basically if you have anyone in your phonebook you know
with those relevant names just be sure to say the exact name as it is in your in your phone.
Now just in case you have any issues with connecting your phone or anything
like that check out the pop-up banner up above
because I've got a video dedicated on connecting your phone via Bluetooth.
But yep that's a nice easy one so what about the next one?
Now this one's quite an easy one quite simply instead of looking down and taking your eyes
off the road you don't actually have to press any of these buttons so these buttons here of course
relating to Navi, Radio, Media, Tel, you can just say them so if i wanted to go to the Media
page where I might have my phone connected and want to play music just say that relevant word.
'Media'
Or say you want to go to the sat nav...
'Navigation'
Just as easy as that!
Now this next one relates to the radio stations now you can actually change to
any of your preferred radio stations just by saying it and the command is:
'Station BBC Radio 2'
And it will change straight to your preferred radio.
Now of course this will work for any of them really.
'Station Talksport'
Just like that so just make sure you say station and then your preferred station and of
course if a radio station has changed their name sometimes they might be called BBC R1, BBC R2.
Just double check sometimes the information
comes through you just have to say the exact name that's shown on the screen.
Now you might be looking at this and thinking
well I know all these commands so what other ones are there?
Well I've got a few more to go through but if you want to find out the ones and commands
that you want to use yourself don't forget that depending on what screen you're on,
say you're on the navigation screen and you nudge this up here.
You'll see that there's actually navigation
examples there are commands you can say just as you scroll down.
Now I'm going to press the cancel button again just to get rid of this.
Car: 'Cancel'
But don't forget you can do the same on radio so on the radio screen nudge this up.
And you'll see radio examples of commands again scrolling down
here you can see all the relevant radio commands that you can say.
I'll press the back button to cancel this one again.
Car: 'Cancel'
Then you can do the same for telephone
Nudge this up and you can see all the telephone examples.
There are a few more in the manual as well...
Car: Cancel
But let's move on to the next one.
So as I said you may know all the ones I've shown so far but what about some
more advanced commands you can give to the multimedia system?
So this one relates to the heated seats!
So with this command nudge the button up.
'Seat heating level two'
Car: Seat heating level two'
There we go!
So that comes on so you can say level one obviously level one level two or even level three
and you can even do the passengers as well so you basically just say
'Front passenger level one' or level two or level three.
So what about the next one?
Well the next one actually relates to the ambient light
so of course with some cars you have an option for ambient light and there's usually one of 64
colors which is quite cool it illuminates all the dashboard you see the blue just in here
but so you can give commands to change it so let's do an example of changing it to red.
'Ambient lighting red'
Car: 'Ambient light red'
There we go and it's changed just like that! My personal favourite
and I think a lot of people say it says the blue so um...
'Ambient light blue'
Car: 'Ambient light blue'
And it'll change it back just like that!
Now the next one relates to
media playback and radio stations so say you have some music playing on like your phone
or like a memory stick or something you can say 'Next track' or 'Previous track'
but in this example here as I have radio on the screen let's do the changing of the radio station.
'Next station'
And it'll change to the next one and if you want to go back...
'Previous station'
Just like that now for the next one relates to the sat nav now of course if you didn't
know that of course you can mute the sat nav just in case you want the visual element only
just because obviously she can talk to you and you just might want the visual bit...so
you can press the mute button when it talks to you and only when it talks to you
because then it will mute the thing that's making the sound at that moment in time.
But you can also give a command to turn the sat nav voice instruction off
and that command is this:
'Guidance instruction off'
Car: 'Guidance instructions off'
Or if you want to put it on:
'Guidance instruction on'
Car: 'Make a u-turn if possible and then turn right'
Then she'll actually repeat that last kind of sat nav command that she last gave.
So guys you may know all those commands
on the multimedia system but what about this hidden feature that I mentioned.
I have mentioned this before in a hidden tip and trick before but
it is quite useful especially if you don't have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
So of course it does require a smartphone connected so give me
a second while I just connect the phone up and then we'll show you how it works!
So once your phone's connected basically this hidden feature is still on this button.
What I've shown you today is just by nudging the button up it will beep and
then you give a command exactly word for word that's shown on the screen.
I am just going to press the
Car: 'Cancel'
Cancel button just so it doesn't kind of do anything.
Now this hidden feature is actually if you hold the button up it does
something completely different and does require your smartphone to be connected
and the reason for that is because it actually activates the voice assistant on your phone.
So if you have an iPhone for example this will activate Siri
if you have an Android this will activate google.
So you can give commands to the car even if you don't have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto so this
can enable a lot of functionality just in case you don't have one of those things
so if I hold this button up.
'Hey Siri how you doing today?'
Siri: 'I'm fine thanks'
There we go so he's feeling fine!
Of course there's loads of commands you can give and that's just
one example but you can give it commands to phone people in your phonebook for example.
You could play music from a third-party app like Spotify or Amazon Music depending on basically
any kind of commands that your voice assistant can do on your phone.
Even things like asking the weather or setting reminders when you get home,
reading out emails, text messages all sorts!
Basically anything that voices assistant can do on the phone you can then do in
here so just remember it's a nudge up for the voice assistant in the car,
but then if you hold it up that will activate the voice assistant on your smartphone.
So guys if you enjoyed today's video be sure to check out some of my other videos
and especially those tips and tricks on Mercedes-Benz as I know all of you
do love a round of tips and tricks on Mercedes!
So that playlist is located right here so be sure to check out that one if you want to know more!
Guys thank you so much for watching huge shout out to these guys Sandown Mercedes-Benz
as they help provide access to all these awesome cars you see in the videos!
Until next week see you then!