2004 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class key

152 SystemSystem settingsSetting the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day mode:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.

Night mode:
The display is constantly set to night-
time design.

Automatic:
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus-
ter.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.Adjusting display brightness

In the Display Settings menu, press the
Bright. soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.Use this function to:

start or delete voice control individual-
ization (
page 153)

activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window

Open the System menu (
page 148).

Press the VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears. Voice control settings

153 System
System settings

Press the  key to select the Help
Window menu item.
The status bar shows you whether the
help window is activated or deactivat-
ed.

Press.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help window appears. The solid circle
shows whether the help window is
activated or deactivated.
For example: help window is activated

Press  or  to select the menu
item with the empty circle .

Press.
This will activate or deactivate the help
window.
Voice control individualization
The individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech recogni-
tion. This does not affect speech recogni-
tion of other users.
Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
whilst the second stage trains specific
commands.

From the System menu (
page 148),
press the VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.

Press to select menu item
Individualization.

Press.
The Individualization menu appears.

155 System
System settings
Canceling individualization
You can cancel individualization at any
time during either the first or second
stage. All existing data remains un-
changed.
During any individualization stage,
press the Cancel soft key.
Individualization is cancelled.
Deleting individualization

From the Individualization menu,
press to selec t m enu it em Delete
individualization.

Press.
A prompt appears, which asks if you re-
ally want to delete the data.

Press to select Yes.

Press.
The individualization is deleted.Actuating the Reset function resets CO-
MAND to the factory settings.
In addition, it deletes:

SMS: All SMS messages.

Navigation*: All entries in the Destina-
tion memory and in the Last destina-
tion memory.
Reset activation

Call up the System menu (
page 148).

Press the Reset soft key.
iThis function is not available if no indi-
vidualization data has been saved.
Reset function


158 GlossaryPUK
(P
ersonal U
nblocking K
ey)
Personal unlocking code, must be en-
tered if the wrong PIN was entered
three consecutive times.
SCAN search
Plays receivable radio stations, or CD
tracks in succession, each for approx.
8 seconds.
SIM
(S
ubscriber I
dentity M
odule)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for access-
ing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(S
hort M
essage S
ervice)
With this function, you can receive,
read and delete short text messages
(if SMS service is provided by your ser-
vice provider).Soft keys
Keys to activate different functions,
depending on the selected operating
mode.
TDMA
(T
ime D
ivision M
ultiple A
ccess)
A method of digital wireless communi-
cation transmission allowing a large
number of users to access a single ra-
dio-frequency channel without interfer-
ence. Each user is given a unique time
slot within each channel.
Tele Aid*
(Tele
matic A
larm I
dentification on D
e-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and man-
ual emergency, roadside assistance
and information. Tele Aid is initially
activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call. The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided the vehicle's battery is charged,
properly connected, not damaged and
cellular and GPS coverage are avail-
able.
Telematics*
Compound word made up of the terms
Telecommunication and Informatics.
Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unautho-
rized persons from using your tele-
phone. The unlock code is a number
string, which you have to enter when
switching on the telephone.
UTC
(U
niversal T
ime C
oordinated)
The mean sun time associated with lon-
gitude zero (world time). It functions as
basis for the time zones.
WB
Weatherband

161 Index
GPS position display
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130H
Handling of
CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 48
Home address
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102I
Interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97L
Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Selecting destination . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting route guidance to a last
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
List (Satellite radio* mode)
Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
List (telephone* mode)
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Loading
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 49
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Location determination. . . . . . . . . . . 96
Low tones, see Bass
M
Manual tuning (in radio mode). . . . . 38
Memory
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 40
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 146
Missed calls (telephone*). . . . . . . . . 80
Mix
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 58
Multifunction steering wheel
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34N
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 117
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . 96
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
current announcement . . . . . . . . . . 117
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Navigation* mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Navigation soft key displays
show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
New telephone book entry . . . . . . . . 87
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 77
Notes
on the handling of CDs . . . . . . . . 42, 48
on the Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . 96
O
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81P
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Personal Unblocking Key
see PUK
PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 73
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 76
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 72, 73
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD . . . . . . . . 73

163 Index
Setting
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
for navigation announcements . . 100
Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
for navigation announcements . . 100
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Date format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
for navigation announcements . . 100
Language
System language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Low tones, see Bass
Map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Radio station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 39
Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
for navigation announcements . . 100
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
for navigation announcements . . 100Setting language
System language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Show
Navigation soft key displays . . . . . . 121
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
SIM CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Single CD mode
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Single CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sirius Satellite Radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sirius Service Center
calling the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SMS
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Soft key displays
show in navigation mode . . . . . . . . 121
Soft keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 158
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Speed dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Station
storing (Satellite radio* mode) . . . . . 67
Station (radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 40
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 39
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 39
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Station (Satellite radio*)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Storing
current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 127
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Subscriber Identity Module
see SIM card
Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157