2003 MERCEDES-BENZ SL-Class Comand Manual

185 Info Services/System settings
Info Services

Press ( in any menu.
The main service menu will appear.

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm 1.
New information service is requested
from the Response Center.4This message appears
5Cancels the requestYou will hear a beep tone if there is a new
incoming message.
There are three ways to cancel the request
and switch to a main menu, e.g. radio main
menu:

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v and confirm “Cancel”.

Press *.
or

Automatically after 15 seconds.
iThe characters are displayed in light
grey
In 1 During an active request
transmission
In 2 If no information is available

186 Info Services/System settingsInfo Services
6Displays the new message
7Switches back to the main menu
There is more than one message
Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to move to the next page.
Activate the main service menu

Press *.
Switch back to e.g. radio main menu

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “No” and press
to confirm.
iIf information cannot be retrieved, one
of the following messages will be dis-
played in 4: 
“Data Connection Cannot be Estab-
lished”
Request has failed because Re-
sponse Center cannot be accessed.
Try again later.

“No Cellular Connection Available”
Vehicle may be in a cellular weak si-
gnal area. Try again later.

“Cellular System Busy”
Request has failed because cellular
system is busy. Try again later.

“Data transmission failure”
Request has failed because a data
transfer error has occured. Try again
later.
i
“Tele Aid Call in Progress”
Request has failed because SOS or
Roadside Assistance Call is in pro-
gress.

“Tele Aid. Please visit workshop”
A hardware malfunction has been
detected. Contact your authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.

“To subscribe to information ser-
vices dial phone number”
You have not yet subscribed to ser-
vice.

“No information available at this ti-
me. Press SVC.”
No new information is available.

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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188 Info Services/System settingsSystem settingsDarkening screen
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the left.
The triangle 2 will move to the left.
Brightening screen

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right.
The triangle 2 will move to the right.Confirming new settings

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The main system settings menu will ap-
pear.
Settings menu 1Selecting the language
Navigation CD must be inserted
2Setting date and time (
page 190)
3Switching beep tones on and off
(
page 197)
4Setting the display dimming characteri-
stics (day and night display)
(page 198)
5Resetting all settings to the factory set-
tings (
page 199)
Activating settings menu

189 Info Services/System settings
System settings

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Settings” in the
main system settings menu and press
to confirm.
The settings menu will appear.The language affects the menu text dis-
plays and the voice output during route
guidance.
1Current language setting appears in
red
2Pages back, if the arrow is filled in
3Pages forward for more languages

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “Language...” in
the settings menu.
The languages list will appear.

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight the desired lan-
guage and press to confirm.
COMAND displays the message “Loa-
ding the xx language” and loads the se-
lected language.
You will hear the corresponding voice
output.
After that, the main system settings
menu will appear with the display text
in the language selected.

Selecting the language

190 Info Services/System settingsSystem settingsYou can select the following languages
“Adopt from Instrument Cluster”
COMAND will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster

“Deutsch”

“English” (metric)
Distance measured in km,
speed in km/h

“English” (imperial)
Distance measured in yards and miles,
speed in miles per hour (mph)

“Español”

“Français”

“Italiano”

“Nederlands”COMAND is equipped with an integrated
clock, which it shows in the main system
settings menu.
Automatically
COMAND automatically sets date and time
if the GPS time is received.
However, you can make the following ad-
justments:
Set the time in increments of 30 minu-
tes (
page 191)

Set the time by selecting a country and
the time zone (
page 192)Manually
You must always set the clock manually
(
page 195), if

COMAND does not receive a GPS time

the clock has been disconnected from
the vehicle battery

the dates of the change between sum-
mer and winter time are not available
Setting date and timeiThe clock displays e.g. the estimated
time of arrival at the destination during
route guidance.

191 Info Services/System settings
System settings
Setting the time in increments of 30 mi-
nutes
You can set the time to any local time (time
zone) in increments of 30 minutes.
1COMAND receives GPS time
2Setting the clock (increments of 30 mi-
nutes)
3Selecting the country and the time
zone (
page 192)
4Selecting the time format (
page 196)

Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to highlight “Date/Time...”
in the settings menu and press to con-
firm.
The menu displays the date and the
time, minutes are highlighted.Activating the setting mode

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
Setting mode is active, the minutes will
appear in red.
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192 Info Services/System settingsSystem settingsAltering the time
Setting the clock ahead
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the right.
Each click will move the time 30 mi-
nutes ahead.

Setting the clock back
Turn the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to the left.
Each click will move the time 30 mi-
nutes back.
Canceling setting mode

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v.
The minutes appear in black lettering.Switching back to the main system set-
tings menu

Press
*
.
or

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v longer than 2 seconds.
You will see the new time.
Selecting the country and the time
zone
You can select among several countries. If
a country has multiple time zones, e.g. Ca-
nada and USA, you can select the applica-
ble time zone.
COMAND will indicate this information in
the main system settings menu.
1Input line
2Activates country list