2004 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Comand Manual

18 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDBegin 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-but-
ton 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 96).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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19 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND
Entering 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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20 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDCity 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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21 At a glance
Quick 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

Press the right-hand rotary/push-
button v to confirm “OK”.
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
2.9 miles Distance to destination
(as the crow flies)
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22 At a glanceQuick reference COMANDThe 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 161).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 215).
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iIt is also possible to carry out the
change between day and night display
automatically via the headlight switch
(page 216).
Selecting beeps

23 Audio
Radio operation
CD operation
Sound settings

24 AudioRadio operation

Radio operationQuick reference

25 Audio
Radio operation
Function
Page
1
Switching COMAND on
and off
12
2
Muting the radio audio
(muting on/off)
28
3
Selecting a station via
number keypad (presets)
Selecting a station via di-
rect frequency entry
Saving a station
Selecting a station from
the preset menu FM/AM
Selecting a station from
the WB preset menu
32
32
34
38
38
4
Activating the input
mode for station fre-
quency
in the main radio menu
in the presets
32
39
5
Return to previous menu
6
Turn to highlight a func-
tion or a menu field
Press to perform a func-
tion or access a subme-
nu
7
Adjusting the volume
14
8
Automatic seek tuning
ascending/descending
Manual tuning ascen-
ding/descending
30
31
9
Requesting and dis-
playing Info Services
Adjusting system set-
tings
202
205
a
Switching to radio opera-
tion
28
b
Color screen with main
radio menu

Function
Page