2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Date

Contents
Driving on a non-digitized road . . . 168
Interrupting route guidance during
a journey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 170
Activating audio system . . . . . . . . 171
Activating audio functions . . . . . . 171
Canceling route guidance . . . . . . . 173
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retrieving a destination from
the destination memory . . . . . . . . 174
Saving the current destination . . . 175
Saving the current vehicle
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Sorting destination memory . . . . . 178
Deleting a destination. . . . . . . . . . 179
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Entering the vehicle location . . . . 180
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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. . . . . . . . 187
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Auxiliary audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Switching auxiliary audio source
on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Switching auxiliary audio source
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

45 Audio
CD operation
Loading a CD into the CD drive
1Eject button
2CD drive

Press 1 to eject any CD if necessary.

Insert a CD as illustrated with the label
facing up into 2 until it is automatical-
ly pulled in.
Changing the navigation CD
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page 119)Loading CDs in the changer
The CD changer is located in the rear sto-
rage compartment behind the driver's
seat. It can accomodate up to 6 CDs.

Open the sliding door by pushing in the
direction of the arrow above. Push the
door completely open until it locks in
the open position.
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!After the navigation CD has been chan-
ged, the message “Program is being loa-
ded. Please wait.” (
page 119) and a
progress indicator are displayed. This
indicates that COMAND is currently loa-
ding the program stored on the naviga-
tion CD.
Do not interrupt the loading process.
Do not eject the navigation CD until the
loading process has been completed.
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104 TelephoneSMS function1Current SMS message is highlighted,
telephone number or name (if it is in
the phone book), date and time appear
in brown
The SMS messages (max. 10) are listed
in the order when they were received.

Use the appropriate arrow symbols to
page through the list.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired SMS
message is and press to confirm.
The SMS message will appear.
SMS view2Deletes displayed SMS message
Reading SMS messages received
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147 Navigation
Route guidance
Once you have calculated the route, you
can request destination and route informa-
tion.
Press ..
The selection menu “Destination Info”
will appear.
“Destination info” selection menu 1Estimated time of arrival at destination
2Current distance to destination
3Displays route list
4Displays location map
5Displays current destination
6Requests route mode
7Activates route map
8Displays stop-over

Turn the right-hand rrotary/push-
button v to highlight 3 to 8 and
press to confirm.
Route guidance is switched off
The last destination driven to will appear in
line 1.
Requesting destination and route in-
formation
iIf the vehicle drives on a road which is
not digitized, 1 and 2 will appear in
gray and display the last available infor-
mation. The message “Off Road: dest.
info not up-to-date” appears underne-
ath.

148 NavigationRoute guidanceDisplaying route list
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight 3 and press to
confirm.
The message “Compiling Route List...”
will appear.Displaying the entry in full in a window

Press u.

Press u again to remove the window.
Displaying the next/previous page (if ar-
rows are filled)
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight ;/: and press to
confirm.Switching back to the symbol or map dis-
play

Press * twice.
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iThe route list is updated during the trip.
It contains a selection of streets which
will be travelled or which still lie ahead.
If a longer route is calculated, e.g. to
avoid sections of the freeway
(page 142), these freeways may still
appear on the route list. As the vehicle
approaches the freeway, it will be dele-
ted from the route list.

177 Navigation
Destination memory
Saving without a name
If you do not wish to enter a name,
COMAND will save the destination with
city and street name.
While you are in the input menu, turn
the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Save without
names” and press to confirm.
The destination memory will appear.With this function, you can save the cur-
rent vehicle location in the destination me-
mory. Enter a name so you will be able to
retrieve it at a later date.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Save current lo-
cation...” in the main destination me-
mory menu and press to confirm.
The input menu “Save Location” will
appear.

Enter a name.

Then activate the destination memory
and save the position in the desired
memory location, see “Saving with a
name”.
The main destination input menu will
appear.
Saving the current vehicle location

184 Info Services/System settingsInfo Services

Info ServicesIn chapter “Info Services/System set-
tings”, you will find detailed information on
the following topics: 
Requesting and displaying Info Services

Adjusting the brightness

Selecting the language for the menu
text displays and the voice output

Setting the date and time

Selecting beep tones

Setting changeover between day and
night display

Reset all settings to the factory set-
tings

Switching an auxiliary audio source on
and off
If you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading chapter “At a glance” (
page 6).When you subscribe to Info Services, you
can download information directly to your
COMAND. You can select from news, wea-
ther, sports, stocks, and calendar informa-
tion.
To personalize your selections, visit

www.MBUSA.com or call

1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Main service menu1New information service is requested
from Response center
2Shows date and time of the message
3The main settings menu will appear
(
page 187)
iThis function is not available in some
countries.
Requesting and displaying
Info ServicesiBefore you can use Info Services, Tele
Aid must be activated at the Response
center and Info Services selected.

187 Info Services/System settings
System settings

System settings
Main system settings menu1Date and time
You can select the time format
(
page 196)
2Adjusts the brightness
3Activates “Settings” menu
4Switches an auxiliary audio source on
(page 200)
5Country setting, with a time zone
(page 192)

Press (.
The main service menu will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “System Set-
tings” and press to confirm.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
1Previous settings
2Current settings

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Brightness”.
The “Brightness” menu will appear.
Activating the main settings menu
iYou will see information 5 if the clock
has been set to GPS reception and if a
country, e.g. USA and a time zone was
selected.
Adjusting the brightness
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