2003 MERCEDES-BENZ CL-Class display

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Screen displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Entering a destination and
calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting beeps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching another system on . . . . . 28
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
General information on
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching another system on . . . . . 50
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Naming a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Muting CD playback . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multifunctional display . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting sound settings . . . . . . . . 63
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Display overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching telephone operation on . 78
Switching telephone operation off . 79
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Editing the phone book . . . . . . . . . . 98

ContentsSMS function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Reading SMS messages received . 104
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Telephone is ready for operation . 107
Service numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Calling a service number . . . . . . . 108
Changing personal service
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Changing the number for
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Changing the navigation CD . . . . . 119
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Switching the navigation system
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Entering destination address . . . . 123
Continue destination input . . . . . . 128
Selecting a destination
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entering Points of Interest . . . . . . 137
Selecting the last destinations . . . 141
Calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 144
Requesting destination and
route information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Beginning route guidance . . . . . . . 152
Turning onto a street. . . . . . . . . . . 154
Following the course of the road . 155
Driving through an intersection. . . 155
Changing to map display. . . . . . . . 156
Mix of map and symbol display . . . 157
Altering the map scale . . . . . . . . . 158
Selecting map orientation . . . . . . . 159
Marking a way point . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Resetting functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Deviating from the calculated
route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Contents
Driving on a non-digitized road . . . 167
Interrupt route guidance during a jour-
ney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 169
Activating audio system . . . . . . . . 170
Activating audio functions . . . . . . 170
Canceling route guidance . . . . . . . 172
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Retrieving a destination from the desti-
nation memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Saving the current destination . . . 174
Saving the current vehicle
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Sorting destination memory . . . . . 177
Deleting a destination. . . . . . . . . . 178
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entering the vehicle location . . . . 179
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Info Services/System settings. . . . 183
Info Services*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Requesting and displaying
Info Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Activating the main settings menu 187
Adjusting the brightness. . . . . . . . 188
Activating settings menu . . . . . . . 188
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 189
Setting date and time . . . . . . . . . . 190
Switching beep tones on and off . 197
Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display) . . . . . 198
Resetting all settings to the
factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Auxiliary audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Switching auxiliary audio source
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Switching auxiliary audio source
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

1
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, cassette player*, CD-
player, CD changer and adjust the audio
system settings.Telephone
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers.Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input

Route selection and calculation

Route guidance including detour

Destination memory
Info Services* and System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to:
Request and display info services such
as news, weather, stocks and sports

Adjust COMAND system settings
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

2 IntroductionSymbols

SymbolsYou will find the following symbols in these
operating instructions:
* The asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since not all models
have the same standard equip-
ment, your COMAND system equip-
ment may deviate from some
descriptions and illustrations.

This symbol points to instructions for
you to follow.

A number of these symbols appearing
in succession indicates a multiple-step
procedure.
The continuation symbol
marks an interrupted proce-
dure which will be continued
on the next page.
(
page 3) This symbol tells you where
to look for further infor-
mation on this subject.
-> This symbol is used in the
glossary. It indicates that
the term immediately follo-
wing the symbol is also exp-
lained in the glossary.
Display
Words appearing in the mul-
tifunction display are prin-
ted in the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to ha-
zards that may endanger your health or life,
or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your COMAND.iHelpful hints or further information you
may find useful.


5 At a glance
COMAND control unit
Multifunction display
Quick reference COMAND

7 At a glance
COMAND control unit
/
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2, 3
Radio operation:
Automatic seek tuning
Manual tuning
CD operation:
Track select
Fast forward/reverse
30
31
51
52
4
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
Adjusting system set-
tings
184
187
5
Switching radio operati-
on on
Quick reference
Changing the radio band
28
24
29
6
Switching CD operation
on
Quick reference
50
42
7
Switching telephone
operation on
Quick reference
78
74
8
Switching the navigation
system on
Quick reference
122
116
9
CD drive for an audio or a
navigation CD
10
Color screen, e.g. with
main radio menu
14
11
Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number
30
34
51, 52
78
82
Function
Page
Navigation (Destination
input):
Selecting destination via
the map

131
12
Subsequent dialing
Displaying a long list en-
try in full in a window
Removing a window
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
84
127
127
158
13
Subsequent dialing
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
84
158
14
Turn to highlight a func-
tion or a menu field
Press to start a function
or activate a submenuFunction
Page

8 At a glanceCOMAND control unit
Function
Page
Function
Page
15
From within a system:
Return to the previous
menu
Telephone:
Ending a call
81
16
General:
Altering or deleting
entries
CD operation:
Deleting a CD name
Telephone:
Altering or deleting the
unlock code or a tele-
phone number
18
57
83
17
Muting of:
Audio source

Voice output during
route guidance
28
153
18
Setting the display dim-
ming characteristics
(day and night display)
198
19
Ejecting an audio or a na-
vigation CD
45
20
Requesting destination
and route information
147
21
Route guidance is active:
Switching between map
and symbol display or ac-
tivating the map
Route guidance is
not active:
Activating the location
map
156
149
22
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
162
23
Press to repeat the cur-
rent voice output
154
Function
Page
24
Turn to adjust the volu-
me of 
Audio source

Hands-free operation
of the telephone

Voice output during
route guidance
14

Function
Page