2003 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class Comand Manual

17 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Begin dialing
When the Ä button is highlighted,
press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm your input.
Dialing will begin. If the phone number
together with a name is stored in the
phone book, the name appears on the
screen.
Conducting a call
When the call is answered, the call time ap-
pears in the screen.
Ending a call

Press the right-hand rotary/push-but-
ton v to confirm the Ö button.
Switching another system on

Press any system key, e.g. b.
COMAND switches to the navigation
system.
You will find more information in chapter
“Telephone” (
page 78).Switching the navigation system on
Main destination input menu

Press b.
If the navigation system has not been
booted up, the message “Navigation
being activated. Please obey all traffic
rules” will appear.
The navigation menu displayed will vary
according to the last navigation func-
tion used (
page 13).
If route guidance was switched off, the
main destination input menu will be
displayed.
Entering a destination and calcula-
ting a route
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Settings
NAVI Destination Entry
Destn from Memory...
Destination via Map...
Points of Interest...
Last Destinations...Address...

18 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDEntering destination address
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v in the main destination input
menu and confirm “Address...”.
The main address menu will appear.
The entry behind “City...” is either
empty or the city you last entered will
appear.
“City/Suburb Entry” input menu
Press the right-hand rotary/push-but-
ton v in the main address menu and
confirm “City...”.
The “City/Suburb Entry” input menu
will appear.
Adopting the city last selected

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.Entering a city

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the first letter
and press to confirm.

Enter other characters until the desired
city appears in the input line.
Correcting entry

Last character
Press r briefly.

Complete entry
Press r longer than 2 seconds.
Activating the city list

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds until
the city list appears.
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NAVI Destination EntryCity...
Street...
Center...
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NAVI City/Suburb EntryABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ
_1234567890 .
:‘/ NEW YORK
City List
,

19 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
City list
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v again to confirm the city.
A selection menu will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Street…”.
The input menu “Street Entry” will ap-
pear.
The further sequence corresponds to the
“Entering a city” section.

Now enter the street and activate the
street list. Then confirm the street in
this list.You have now selected the destination and
can calculate the route.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “OK”.
The “Route Mode” selection menu will
appear.
iIf several options of a city/suburb are
available, another menu will appear
where you must make and confirm your
desired selection.
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NAVI City/Suburb EntryNEW YORK
NEW YORK, WEST
NEWAGAN
NEWARK
NEWARK HOLLOW
NEWARK, EAST
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NAVI City/Suburb EntryNEW YORK
Center... Street...
Map
Map
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NAVI City/Suburb EntryIN: NEW YORK
WEST 100TH, CENTRAL PARKIntersection
Map
OKHouse No.
Save

20 At a glanceQuick reference COMAND“Route mode
” selection menu
Select a route and then a traffic route
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to move the cursor on the
entry you want and press to confirm.
A checkmark appears P.Route types available:

Fast Route

Short Route
Including P/avoiding traffic routes Q

Freeway

Ferry

Toll

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “OK” and press
to confirm.
The selected route and the destination
you have entered will appear on the
display.
You will hear the message “The route is
being calculated”.
Symbol displayAfter a few seconds, you will see the sym-
bol display.
CALC. ROUTE Calculation of route
1.0 mi (miles) Distance to destination
(as the crow flies)
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NAVI Route Mode
Fast Route
Short Route
Freeway
Ferry
Toll
OK
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DIRECTION TO DESTN.
Map
Stop
Mix
CALC.
ROUTE
1.0 mi

21 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
The route will be calculated. COMAND
identifies the road you are travelling on.
You will see the arrow indicating the direc-
tion of travel if COMAND recognizes the
road you are travelling on. You will e.g.
hear the message “Please turn right”. Rou-
te guidance will begin.
You will find more information in chapter
“Navigation” (
page 123).Day and night display, switching off
screen

Press Ä repeatedly until the desired
display appears.
The display changes in this order: 
Day display

Night display

Screen off

Day displayYou can switch different beeps on and off.

Acknowledgement beep
Beeps when you accept an entry or en-
ter a destination on the map

Info beep
Beeps when you see the messages an-
nouncing a drop of battery voltage
(page 10)

Alarm beep
Beeps if the device has a serious mal-
function or if you are listening to a di-
saster announcement on the radio. You
can only switch off the beep if you also
switch off COMAND.
You will find more information in chapter
“System settings” (
page 197).
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Map
Stop
Mix
0.1 miBATTERY PARK/STATE ST
3.4 mi
iIt is also possible to carry out the
change between day and night display
automatically via the light sensor
(page 198).
Selecting beeps

22 At a glanceQuick reference COMAND

23
Audio
Radio operation
CD operation
Sound settings

24 AudioRadio operation

Radio operationQuick reference
FM2
FM Presets
Auto PresetsSound
WB Scan
101.5 FM
PWR
TELNAV
CD
FM/AM
SVC
MNO
ABCJKL GHI
DEF
2
1
3
5
4
6
TUV PQRS
WXYZ8
7
9
0
6
8
13 12 11 10
15
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OPR Z+
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