GF82.70-P-3000B Dialing, Function

GF82.70-P-3000B Dialing, Function

MODELS 140, 202,203 up to 23.4.04,208.3,210,215,220 up to 31.8.03
- with CODE (813) Voice control system (VCS)
- Selection and dialogue with the telephone system







Shown on models 202, 203, 208.3, 210, 215, 220 as of 6/1/00
A Activating, accepting call (pull toward driver)
S93/2 VCS [SBS] switch







Illustrated on model 220 up to 31.5.00
S93/2 VCS [SBS] switch

Function
After activating the voice control system (VCS) with the VCS switch (S93/2), the user has a number of possibilities for establishing a desired call. Different commands are available to accomplish this depending on the state.

No number stored in telephone book
User editing commands:
- Dial telephone number
- Dial number

User final commands:
- Dial
- Memory
After activation has been completed and the user has spoken an editing command, e.g. "Dial number", the user is requested to enter telephone number by the voice control system (VCS) by the voice output saying "Please say number".

The entry can be made in 2 different ways:
- Block of numbers suitable for entering longer numbers (approx. 3 to 5 numbers per number block, in each case with a speaking pause of approx. 0.5 s between the number blocks)
- Number chains (up to 5 numbers, without speech pause), suitable for entering short numbers.

Depending on the vehicle-specific equipment, the number entered via voice command is shown in the display of the instrument cluster (A1) or in models 203, 208.3, 210, 215 and 220 in the display of the COMAND operating, display and control unit (A40/3).

If an error occurs when entering the desired telephone number, e.g., improper recognition of a number by the VCS or incorrect entry by the user, it is possible for the user to delete or correct the number. If the number was entered without errors and recognized correctly by the VCS, the final command "Dial" given by the user is confirmed by the VCS announcement "The number is being dialed" and the connection is established.

If the user would like to have the desired phone number permanently available after entering it successfully, then instead of the final command "Dial" the final command "Store" must be entered.

Thereupon the VCS requests the user to enter the associated name through the spoken announcement "Please say the name". After this has been entered by the user, the VCS requests the user to repeat the name as confirmation. Then the number and the associated name are stored in the telephone book and acknowledged with the spoken announcement "Name and number have been stored".

The entry stored in the telephone book can only be called up reliably by the user who stored them.

Numbers with associated names are stored in the telephone book
User editing commands:
- Dial name
- Read telephone book

In this case, the user has 2 options for establishing a telephone connection:
- The user can enter the name with the editing command "Select name".
- He/she can have the VCS read the telephone book with the editing command "Listen to telephone book" and then actuate the VCS switch (S93/2) (activation) while the desired name is being read and thus selecting the corresponding name.

The editing command "Read telephone book" can also be used when the VCS is having difficulties in recognizing a name desired by the user via a spoken input. If it is already in the telephone book, the name can then be selected and thus the connection established.

With the two listed selection options the termination command "Dial" can be omitted.

After the VCS has repeated the name, the voice output announces to the user: "The number is being dialed". At the same time, the connection is established. However, if the desired names are not available (e.g., the desired connection is busy), the user has the option of redialing the last number after dialing has stopped and after reactivation of the VCS with the VCS switch (S93/2) and the editing command "Redialing".

All functions in the VCS can be deactivated at any time by using the VCS switch (S93/2) (pushed away from the driver) or in the dialog with the VCS via the command "End".

Deleting or correcting number chains/blocks during number entry
If the VCS system has performed a faulty recognition or the user has made a wrong entry, then this number can be corrected using 2 methods.

If the number has been entered as a number chain (spoken together without pauses), the number can only be changed with the following editing commands:
- Delete
- Delete number
- Delete telephone number

This means that all numbers entered previously are deleted and the system outputs a message to the user via voice output indicating "Number deleted, please say number or command" and asks for the entry of further numbers or commands.

If the number has been entered as a series of number blocks (3 to 5 numbers per block, speech pause of 0.5 s between individual blocks), the number can be changed with the following editing commands:
- Correct
- Correction
- Correct telephone number/number

This means that the block of numbers entered last is deleted and the block of numbers entered previously is repeated by the VCS. Then the VCS requests the user to "Continue" with voice output requesting either more numbers or a command.

In case of the number entry of number chains, after more than 20 numbers have been entered without a speaking pause, the VCS reports: "The number is too long" and the user is requested to enter the given number as a sequence of number blocks. This then makes it possible to enter long telephone numbers as well.

If the user wants to check the numbers already entered by listening to them again, this is possible with the command "Repeat". The VCS then repeats all of the numbers entered up to that point and requests the user with voice output "Continue" to enter additional numbers or a command.

However, he/she also has the option of making international calls via the VCS and controlling announcement services as well as the mailbox.

As of 1.6.00 a help function exists which is intended to make operation of the VCS as easy as possible for the user. If the user is in dialog mode with the telephone and says the word Help", the VCS reads the most important telephone commands aloud. If the user is in dialogue mode with the radio component of the particular vehicle-specific audio system, then they can say "Help phone" whereupon the system is changed and the VCS reads out the most important phone commands.