2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class navigation system

17 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Begin dialing
When the “Send” 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-
button v to confirm the “End” 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 COMAND still has to prepare the
function, 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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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 an
emergency broadcast 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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change between day and night display
automatically via the headlight switch
(page 198).
Selecting beeps

28 AudioRadio operationIn chapter “Audio”, you will find detailed in-
formation regarding 
radio operation

CD operation and

sound adjustments
If you have not done so already, please fa-
miliarize yourself with these functions by
reading chapter “At a glance”.
Main radio menu FM1Frequency band (FM, AM, WB) and me-
mory location of station, e.g. “1”
2Station frequency
3Symbol bar
Press c to switch to radio operati-
on.
The station last tuned to will begin to
play.Muting

Press Ö while listening to the radio.
The symbol R will appear in the sym-
bol bar.

Press Ö again to resume listening to
the current station.
The symbol R will have disappeared.

Press any system key, e.g. d.
COMAND will switch to CD mode.
Switching on
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iYou can operate the telephone and the
navigation system while the radio is on.iMuting will also be cancelled if you
switch to a different audio source, e.g.
CD, or if you alter the volume.Switching another system on

43 Audio
CD operation
Function
Page
1
CD drive in the
control unit and
CD changer operation
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
CD drive for audio CD or
navigation CD
45
3
Muting CD playback (mu-
ting on/off)
60
4
Ejecting an audio CD or a
navigation CD
45
5
Selecting a CD
Selecting a track
53
5 1
6
Track selection with the
number keypad
51
7
Return to previous menu
8
Press briefly:
Deleting the character
that has been entered
last
Press longer than
2 seconds:
Deleting a complete
name
55
55
9
Turn to highlight a func-
tion or a menu field
Press to perform a func-
tion or activate a subme-
nuFunction
Page
10
Turn to the right:
Raises the volume
Turn to the left:
Lowers the volume
11
Press briefly:
Previous track or start of
the track (depending on
playback time)/next title
Press longer than
2 seconds:
Fast rewind/reverse
51
54
12
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
Adjusting system set-
tings
184
187
13
Switching on CD operati-
on (CD drive, CD chan-
ger)
50
14
Color screen with main
CD menuFunction
Page

63 Audio
Sound settings

Sound settings
COMAND is equipped with a standard am-
plifier.
You can set 
the sound Bass/Treble individually

the sound-center

select predefined sound optimization.
See individual audio mode descriptions for
instructions on this feature.
Adjustments to the sound have a different
effect on the audio and service sources.
The predefined sound modes are available
for the audio sources only.Audio sources include:

Radio FM, AM, WB

CD (CD drive, CD changer)

auxiliary audio source, e.g. tape deck (if
connected)
You can activate the main Sound menu in
the audio sources through the menu field
“Sound”.
Service sources include:

Telephone*

Voice output in the navigation

Voice control system*
See separate operating instructions for te-
lephone and voice control system.
You can activate the main Sound menu in
the “NAVI Settings” menu (
page 181),
through the menu field “Sound”. Activating the main sound menu
For audio sources
Main sound menu1Radio (FM) is switched on
2Actual sound settings (Bass/Treble)
3Actual sound-center (Balance)
4Slider switch to alter the value
5Reset Bass/Treble to “0”, and the Ba-
lance to the middle of the vehicle
6Activate predefined sound optimi-
zations
Adjusting sound settings

79 Telephone
Telephone operation
If the phone memory has been downloa-
ded to COMAND, the menu fields “Phone
Book”, “Last Calls” and “Calls” will be avai-
lable.
If the memory was not downloaded, the
menu fields will be dimmed out.
Outgoing calls (
page 82).
Use one of these ways:

When the telephone is connected to
the coiled cord, press a on the
COMAND control unit.
or

When the telephone is in portable mo-
de, press # on the phone.Accepting the call at the multifunction
steering wheel
1
CALLThe system detects an incoming call,
the phone rings
2Reception quality
The more bars appear, the stronger the
signal of the cellular networkAccepting a call

Press K.
Audio source is automatically muted.
Ending a call

Press L.
The main telephone display appears.
Switching telephone operation off
Incoming call
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CALL
TEL
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iYou can also accept a call, if another
display, e.g. navigation, is shown on the
multifunction display.iCommunication between the multifunti-
on display and the COMAND screen:
If different systems appear, the changes
made to COMAND will have no effect on
the driver information display.
Press the COMAND key a to
switch to the telephone functions.

115 Navigation
Important notes
Changing tires
Mercedes-Benz recommends that you
have any tire changes done by an authori-
zed Mercedes-Benz Center.
COMAND operates based on measure-
ments taken by wheel revolutions. When
changing tires, the correct tire information
must be entered for the system to operate
as expected.
See “Calibration” (
page 181).

117 Navigation
Quick reference
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Switching the navigation
system on
122
3
Zooming in for more de-
tailed map
If a list is displayed:
Removing a window
133,
158
148
4
Zooming out for less de-
tailed map
133,
158
5
Route guidance active:
Switching between map
and symbol display
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Activating location map
156
149
6
Selecting a detour during
route guidance
163
7
CD drive for navigation
CD or audio CDiPay attention to regional
version of navigation CD
45
8
Route guidance active:
Displaying estimated
time of arrival and cur-
rent distance to destina-
tion
Route guidance not acti-
ve:
Displaying last
destination driven
147
147
If a list is displayed:
Displaying a long list ent-
ry in full in a window
138
Function
Page
9
Muting current route in-
structions or
Switching off voice out-
put for the duration of
the current route
guidance
153
153
10
Ejecting navigation CD
119
11
Entering destination via
the map
12
Displaying a long list
entry in full in a window
138
13
Switch back to the pre-
vious menu
14
When entering informati-
on:
Deleting last character
or complete entry
124
Function
Page