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Settings
Use the joystick to select “Guidance
Setup” and press .
The Guidance Setup menu appears. Use the joystick to select
“Guidance” and press .
The Guidance menu appears.
Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing guidance modes and press .
“Hybrid”: The basic guidance
screen is displayed during a maneu-
ver. Once the maneuver is com-
plete, the MCS returns to the
detailed map display or the respec-
tive audio display.
“Arrow”: The Basic Guidance
screen is displayed at all times.
“Map”: The Detailed Map screen is
displayed at all times.
Use the joystick to save the settings,
select “Return” and press .
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Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing POI modes and press .
“Show”: The selected POI icons are
shown when you select the detail
map display.
“Hide”: No POI icons are dis-
played.
“Edit”: Allows you to select which
POI icons are displayed.
To save the settings, use the joystick to
select “Return” and press .
When you move the Present Vehicle Posi-
tion icon to any of the visible POI icons and
press , the name, address, and phone
number respective of the POI icon will be
displayed.Editing POI icons
If you select “Edit” a list of 6 icons appears.
Use the joystick to select up to 3 of the
following icon types. After selecting each
icon, press .
“ATM”
“Bank”
“Gas Station”
“Hotel”
“Parking”
“Restaurant” and type of restau-
rantYou can set the map display so that north
is always referenced towards the top of the
display or the Present Vehicle Position icon
is always pointing towards the top of the
screen.
Press .
Use the joystick to select “SYSTEM
SETUP” and press .
The Setup Select menu appears.
Setting map and screen orientation
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Info Services
Info Services
The following chapter provides detailed in-
formation on how to:
Request and display Info Services*
Switch between the light and the dark
mode
Set the display dimming characteris-
tics
Select the language/unit of measure
Set time
View system information
If you have not already done so, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading the chapter "At a glance"
(
page 9).When subscribed to Info Services, you can
download information directly to your
MCS. You can select from news, weather,
sports, stocks, and calendar reminders.
To personalize your selections, visit
www.MBUSA.com
or call
1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Press SSVC.
The info service menu appears and the
last information the MCS received is
displayed.
If no information is stored, the message
“NO INFORMATION STORED IN
MEMORY PLEASE UPDATE” appears.
To retrieve information or update the
existing information, press the softkey
“UPDT”.
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This function is not available in some
countries.
Requesting and displaying
InfoServices*
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Before you can receive Info Services,
you must activate Tele Aid at the
Response Center and select the Info
Services option.
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Info Services
After new information has been download-
ed, the message “NEW INFO RECEIVED
READ LATER WHEN STOPPED” ap-
pears.
By pressing the softkey “YES”,
you switch back to the current back-
ground audio mode (e. g. radio mode).
By pressing the softkey “NO”, the
new information is displayed immedi-
ately.
With the softkeys and
or with the joystick you can flip
to the next or previous page.
To exit the info service mode, switch to
the radio, tape or CD mode, or switch
off the MCS.
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If Info Services can not be retrieved,
one of the following error messages is
displayed:
“DATA CONNECTION CANNOT
BE ESTABLISHED” - request has
failed because the Response Center
can not be accessed.
“TELE AID PLEASE VISIT
WORKSHOP” - a hardware error has
been detected. Contact your autho-
rized Mercedes-Benz Center.
“INFO SERVICE NOT ACTI-
VATED” - Info Services is not acti-
vated. You must activate Tele Aid at
the Response Center and select the
optional Info Services.
If one of the above error messages is
displayed, press the softkey
“RTN” to return to Info Services display.
WarningG
A driver's attention to the road must always
be his/her primary focus when driving.
For your safety and the safety of others, we
recommend that you pull over to a safe loca-
tion and stop the vehicle before requesting
or receiving any info services.