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Requesting and displaying Info Services
Press
in any menu.
The main service menu will appear.
1New information service is requested from
provider, page 217
Note:
The characters are displayed in light grey during
active request transmission.2Shows date and time of the message,
a list (page one) of all received messages will
appear, move to the next message by pressing the
rotary/pushbutton
Info Services categories include news, weather,
stocks, sports and reminders. Choices can be
selected via www.MBUSA.com or by calling
1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Note:
If no information is available, the characters are
displayed in light grey.
3The main system settings menu will appear,
page 219
Note:
Before you can use Info Services, TeleAid must be
activated at the Response center and Info Services
selected.
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ServiceNote on (4):
In the following situations it is not possible to make a
request and the following messages appear:
• “Data Connection Cannot be Established” — request
has failed because Response Center cannot be
accessed
• “No Cellular Connection Available” — vehicle may
be in a cellular weak signal area
• “Cellular System Busy” — request has failed
because cellular system is busy, try again later
• “Data transmission failure” — request has failed
because a data transfer error has occured, try again
• “Tele Aid Call in Progress!” — request has failed
because SOS or Roadside call is in progress.
• “Tele Aid. Please visit workshop” - a hardware error
has been detected. Contact M-B Center.
• “To subscribe to information services dial
phone number” – you have not yet subscribed to
service
• “No information available at this time. Press SVC
button later” – no new information is available 4This message appears,
a beep tone will be heard if there is a new incoming
message
There are three ways to switch to a main menu (e.g.
radio main menu) before the
key was pressed:
• Press the rotary/pushbutton
• Press • automatically after 15 seconds.
5Cancels the request
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7Switches back to the main menu (e.g. radio main
menu)
6Displays the new message
There is more than one message:
Move to the next message by pressing the
rotary/pushbutton
.
To activate the main service menu, page 216:
Press
.
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Selecting the language
Press the rotary/pushbutton
to confirm the
highlighted “Language...” menu field in the settings
menu.
The languages list will appear.
1Current language setting appears in red
2Page back, if the arrow is filled in
3Page forward for more languages
Use the rotary/pushbutton to highlight the desired
language and press to confirm.The message “Loading the xx language” will be
displayed.
The language selected will be loaded.
You will hear the corresponding voice output.
Note:
The language affects the menu text displays and the
voice output during route guidance.
After the language has been loaded, the main system
settings menu will appear with the display text in the
language selected.
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Set the date and time manually
If the clock has been disconnected from the vehicle
battery for any reason or if the dates of the change
between summer and winter time are not available in
advance, it will be necessary to set the clock manually.
Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the “Date/
Time ...” menu field in the “Settings” menu (page 221)
and press to confirm.
11Setting the day, month, year, hours, minutes,
when the menu appears on the screen, the day is
highlighted automatically.Activate the setting mode:
Press the rotary/pushbutton
. The day is shown in
red.
Move the day forwards – turn the rotary/pushbutton
to the right.
Move the day back – turn the rotary/pushbutton
to
the left.
Exiting from the setting mode:
Press the rotary/pushbutton
. The day is shown in
black, the cursor moves to the month indicating.
Adopting a date and time:
Press the rotary/pushbutton longer than 2 seconds.
The main System settings menu will appear.
Note:
If an entry is not accepted, the message “Invalid input”
will appear.
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Index237
MMap display ..................................................................... 178
Map orientation, Selecting ............................................ 192
Map scale, Current ................................................. 164, 191
Map scale, Reduce .................................................. 164, 191
Map scale, Increasing ............................................ 164, 191
Menus .................................................................................. 12
Message “Activating Navigation.
Please obey all traffic rules!” ................................ 149, 150
Message “Attention, name memory is full;
new entry only possible after cleaning an old one!” .. 72
Message “Being activated” .............................................. 77
Message “CALC. ROUTE” .............................................. 175
Message “Caution. Please turn on ignition.
Otherwise system will shut down in 3 minutes” ......... 15
Message “Caution. Please turn on ignition.
Otherwise system will shut down in 10 seconds” ........ 15
Message “Caution. The system will shut down.” .......... 15
Message “CD changer: No CD” ....................................... 68
Message “CD loading” ................................................ 64, 68
Message “CD-Reading error. Please change CD” ....... 150
Message “Cellular System Busy” .................................. 217
Message “Compiling Route List” .................................. 177
Message “Data Connection Cannot
be Established” ................................................................ 217Message “Data transmission failure” ........................... 217
Message “DEST AREA” .................................................. 175
Message “Error” ................................................................ 78
Message “Error: Phone defective” .................................. 93
Message “Error: Phone not connected” ......................... 93
Message “Forward”, “Rewind” .................................. 46, 69
Message “Magazine empty” ............................................ 77
Message “Navigation cannot be activated,
an error has occured” .................................................... 150
Message “NEW ROUTE” ........................................ 175, 201
Message “No CD. Insert navigation CD” ..................... 150
Message “No CD changer” .............................................. 77
Message “No Cellular Connection Available” ............. 217
Message “No information available at this time.
Press SVC button later.” ................................................. 217
Message “No magazine” .................................................. 77
Message “NO ROUTE” .................................................... 175
Message “No Service” .............................................. 93, 100
Message “No Service, redial?” ........................................ 93
Message “OFF MAP” ...................................................... 175
Message “OFF ROAD” .................................................... 175
Message “Reading error” ................................................. 77
Message “Ready” ............................................................ 109
Message “Seek” .................................................................. 47
Message “System busy, redial?” ............................. 93, 137

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Message “Tele Aid Call in Progress!” ........................... 217
Message “Tele Aid. Please visit workshop” ................. 217
Message “Telephone is being activated.
Please wait” ....................................................................... 93
Message “Temperature too high” ................................... 78
Message “To subscribe to information services
dial phone number” ........................................................ 217
Message “Voice output is muted” ................................ 185
Mix ............................................................................ 175, 190
Mobile telephone handset ............................................. 105
Moving the cross hairs .................................................. 162
Multifunction steering wheel, multifunction
display (telephone) ............................................................ 94
Multifunction steering wheel, multifunction
display (CD) ....................................................................... 82
Multifunction steering wheel, multifunction
display (radio) ................................................................... 39
Multifunction steering wheel, multifunction
display (tape) ..................................................................... 55
NNavigation system .......................................................... 145
North-up ........................................................................... 192Notebook .......................................................................... 124
Number keypad .................................................................... 8
Number of satellites received ....................................... 179
QQuick-dialing ................................................................... 123PPersonal Ser vice Number .............................................. 140
Phone book .............................................................. 109, 111
Phone book, Editing the
PM (Post Meridiem) ....................................................... 229
Points of interest ............................................................. 166
Pop-up window ................................................................... 15
Principle of route guidance ............................................ 174RRadio station frequency, Entering ................................. 37
Radio station, Selecting .................................................... 24
Radio stations, Deleting in the memory ....................... 35
Radio stations, Scanning ................................................. 28

Index239 Radio stations, Saving automatically, AM .................... 32
Radio stations, Saving manually, AM ............................. 31
Radio stations, Saving manually, FM ............................ 29
Reaching your destination ............................................ 201
Reception quality ............................................................. 101
Redial ................................................................................. 116
Reduce the map scale ............................................ 164, 191
Repeat tracks ..................................................................... 48
Requesting the route mode ............................................ 181
ROAM indicator ......................................................... 99, 132
Route guidance with a mixture of map and
symbol display ................................................................ 190
Route list, Displaying ..................................................... 177
Route map, Activating .................................................... 178
Route mode, Requesting ................................................. 181
Route, Fastest .................................................................. 175
Route, Short ..................................................................... 175
SSaving stations automatically, AM ................................. 32
Saving stations manually, AM ......................................... 31
Saving stations manually, FM ........................................ 29
Saving the current destination ..................................... 207Saving the current vehicle position ............................. 209
Scale bar ................................................................... 164, 191
Selecting a destination via the map ............................. 161
Selecting a detour ........................................................... 196
Selecting an intersection ............................................... 159
Selecting a station ............................................................. 24
Selecting the route calculation mode
and calculating the route ............................................... 171
Selecting CD’s .................................................................... 67
Selecting map orientation ............................................. 192
Selecting the previous destination .............................. 170
Selecting the time format .............................................. 229
Selecting/avoiding specific traffic routes .................... 171
Service numbers ............................................................. 139
Service sources ................................................................. 83
Set the date and time ..................................................... 223
Setting Bass/Treble/Fader/Balance ............................... 86
Setting the date and time manually ............................ 228
Short route ........................................................................ 171
SMS function ................................................................... 132
SMS message, Reading an ............................................. 133
SMS message, Deleting an ............................................ 135
Sorting destination memory .......................................... 210
Sound impressions ........................................................... 83