2003 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class display

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MCS control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Quick reference MCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching the MCS operating
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CD operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Telephone operation* . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigation system, entering a
destination and calculating
a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Switching radio operation on . . . . . 30
Switching another system on . . . . . 30
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Inserting or ejecting a tape. . . . . . . 40
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . 44
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fast forward and rewind . . . . . . . . . 45
Music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tape scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . 47
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
General information on CD
mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Inserting or ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . 51
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching CD operation on
and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a CD
MCS with CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Music seek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD track repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CD track random play . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Elasped time display . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switching telephone
operation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Switching telephone
operation off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Contents
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Inserting or ejecting the
navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switching the navigation
system on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Entering destination address . . . . . 91
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Route guidance principles . . . . . . 110
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Saving the current
vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Editing the Previous
Destination list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Voice prompt frequency . . . . . . . . 130
Selecting the guidance display . . . 131
Selecting the estimated
time displayed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Selecting which Point of
Interest icons are displayed . . . . . 134
Setting map and
screen orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Info Services/System settings. . . . 137
Info Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Requesting and displaying
Info Services* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Switching between the light
and the dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Setting the display dimming
characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Selecting the language and
unit of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Integrated clock adjustment . . . . . 143
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

5
Where to find it
Introduction
Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the MCS
operator. Each chapter has its own guide
color to provide fast access to information.
At a glance
This chapter will give you an overview of all
MCS control elements and system compo-
nents. If you are operating MCS 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 detailed information on
how to use the radio, cassette player, sin-
gle CD player*, CD changer* and adjust
the audio system settings.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, 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

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 MCS system settings.
Directories
The table of contents and index will help
you to quickly locate the information you
need.

6 Introduction
Symbols
Symbols
You will find the following symbols in these
operating instructions:
* An asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since the MCS will vary
according to the items ordered with
it, certain descriptions and illustra-
tions may be different.This symbol points to instructions for
you to follow.
A number of these symbols appearing
in succession indicates a multiple-step
procedure.
(
page 7) This symbol tells you where
to look for additional infor-
mation on a subject.
The continuation symbol
marks an interrupted proce-
dure which will be continued
on the next page.
Display Words appearing in the
MCS display are printed in
the type shown here.
WarningG
Warning notices draw your attention to
hazards that may endanger your health or
life, or the health or life of others.
!
Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your MCS
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Helpful hints or additional information
you may find useful.


11 At a glance
MCS control unit
FunctionPage
1Switches the radio oper-
ation on30
2Color display
3Delete the last input, re-
turn to previous screen
4Press to:
Open and close the con-
trol panel
Cassette compartment
and CD/DVD slot are lo-
cated behind control
panel
40,
51
5Press to:
Switch the MCS on and
off
Turn to:
Adjust the volume of an
audio source, or naviga-
tion voice prompt during
active route guidance
announcement.
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16
FunctionPage
6Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number
34
36
58, 59
72
74
7Joystick:
Activates equipment
functions and submenus
via menu fields
Pressing :
Confirms a selection
8Switches the navigation*
system on
Activates the navigation
menu90
FunctionPage
9Repeats current (last)
voice instruction
10Softkeys
11Ending a call73
12Accepting an incoming
call
Sending a call73
13Switches telephone* op-
eration on72
14Switches info service*
operation on138
15Switches CD operation
on (single CD player*,
CD changer*)56
16Switches tape operation
on44

12 At a glance
MCS control unit
Main menu structure
Main radio display
1Active system/function display field
2Inserted cassette icon
3Inserted navigation DVD or audio CD
icon
4Inserted CD changer icon
5Telephone roaming indicator
6Telephone signal strength meter
7Selected station preset / CD
8Softkey menu Active system / function display field Display screen
System
Display
FM
AM, WB
CD
CHANGER
INFO SER-
VICE
PHONE
TAPE
Roaming in-
dicator
S
R
R (highlight-
ed)Meaning
FM radio band selected
AM radio band or Weather
Band WB selected
Single CD player selected
CD changer selected
Info service selected
Telephone selected
Tape selected
Signal in home network
Roaming
Roaming on non-home
type system

13 At a glance
MCS control unit
Warning messages
Display is too hot
If the display is too hot, the message
“DISPLAY IS TOO HOT...” will brief-
ly appear.
To protect the display from damage, the
light shuts off. As soon as the display
reaches normal operating temperatures, it
turns on automatically.Anti-theft system
If the power supply to the MCS has been
interrupted, the message
“PLEASE EN-
TER SECURITY CODE” will be displayed
the next time the MCS unit is switched on.
Use the number keypad to enter your five
digit security code and press the softkey
“OK” to confirm. The MCS unlocks and
normal operation is enabled.
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14 At a glance
Quick reference MCS
Quick reference MCS
This section only provides a brief overview
of the MCS. Please read all instructions
carefully before operating the unit to en-
sure your complete understanding and to
obtain the best possible performance from
the system.
For detailed information, please refer to
the pages indicated and the respective
system chapters.Switching on
Press the rotary/push-button 11.
or
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 1 or 2 if the MCS has been
switched off by turning the key in the
steering lock to position 0 or removed.The MCS will switch on the last active
source and display the corresponding
menu.
Switching off
Press the rotary/push-button 11.
or
Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 0.
or
Remove the key.
The MCS switches off.
Switching the MCS operating unit on
and off