2004 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class light

85 Telephone*
Phone book

Phone book
The phone book contains all entries of the
mobile phone memory. On the COMAND control unit:
Press the soft key in the Telephone
main menu (
page 77).
The phone book appears on the dis-
play. The first list entry is highlighted
automatically.
On the multifunction steering wheel:

Switch the multifunction display in the
instrument cluster to the Telephone
main display (
page 24).

Pressj or k.
A phone book entry appears on the
multifunction display; scroll up or down
as required.
COMAND phone book display
An example display for the phone book is
shown above. It shows a list of the phone
book entries whose names start with the
letter B. Displayed in the status bar is the
number of the highlighted name, in this ex-
ample 18005551212.
iIf a GSM phone is used, the phone book
contains all entries of the telephone
phone book.Opening the phone book
iVarious icons may be assigned to the
phone numbers, depending on the en-
try made on the telephone:
Home number
Work number
Fax number
Main number
Mobile number
Pager number
The name of the category assigned to
the phone number, e.g. Home, appears
in the multifunction display in the in-
strument cluster.

86 Telephone*Phone bookThe following options are now available:
Switching the phone book display from
COMAND (
page 86).

Selecting a phone book entry and call
initiation (
page 86).

Deleting a phone book entry from CO-
MAND (
page 87).
Switching the phone book display

Open the phone book from COMAND
(page 85).

Press the 123 soft key.
This switches the display to number
display. The name of the highlighted
entry is shown in the status bar;
or

Press the ABC soft key.
This switches the display to name dis-
play. The number of the highlighted en-
try is shown in the status bar.
On the COMAND control unit

Open the Phone Book main menu
(page 85).
As described in the “COMAND phone
book display” section (
page 85), a
list of phone book entries appears, be-
ginning with a specific first letter (ini-
tial).Changing initials:

Press or  once or repeatedly.
Each time you press the button, the
display changes to the next letter up or
down. At the end of the list of letters is
the category Other.
This category combines all entries
without a name, or entries whose
names start with a special character
(e.g. * or #).
Selecting an entry:

If necessary, change the initial letter
(page 86).

Select an entry. You can scroll through
the list using  or .
If you press and hold either one of the
buttons, the scrolling up or down accel-
erates.
Selecting a phone book entry and es-
tablishing the connection

94 Navigation*Important notesWarning
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For safety reasons, you should only enter a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When the vehicle is in motion, a passenger
should enter the destination. Study manual
and select route before driving.
Do not watch display screen or operate but-
tons while the vehicle is in motion - let voice
instructions guide you. Stop at a safe loca-
tion before using buttons or making correc-
tions.
Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
The route calculated by COMAND is a rec-
ommendation on how to best reach your se-
lected destination.
During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on
Traffic lights

Stop and yield signs

Parking or stopping zones

One-way streets

Narrow bridges

Similar traffic regulation data
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care-
fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND in-
structions.
Warning
G
The Navigation DVD module contains a
Class 1 laser product. There is a danger of
invisible laser radiation if the cover is
opened or damaged.
Do not remove the cover. The Navigation
DVD module does not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safe-
ty reasons, have any service work which
may be necessary performed only by quali-
fied personnel.

106 Navigation*Destination entryEntering a different city
Use, , or to select the
characters. Press  after each selec-
tion.
Use  and  to select characters
diagonally.Activating the city list
Switching to a list of destinations is possi-
ble at any time while entering a destina-
tion.

Press the List soft key.

A selection list of destinations appears
(page 107)

Press the Delete soft key, if neces-
sary.
The character last entered or the char-
acter last accepted by the system is de-
leted.

Press and hold  for approx. 2 sec-
onds to confirm the input.
or

Use or  to select the sym-
bol.

Press.
The city list appears. You can select the
city entered and currently highlighted,
or any other city on the city list.
iFor quicker input, COMAND offers
available characters from the character
set based on your selections and the
names of the cities stored on the
navigation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied.
The system will accept the entry if the
input matches the name of a city
stored on the navigation DVD.
iDo not confuse the Delete soft key
(deletion of the last character) with the
Back soft key (deletion of the complete
entry).
iThe symbol can only be selected if
the system has recognized the input of
the city name as being definite.
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118 Navigation*Route guidanceDisplay example 1:
The road currently travelled on is indicated
in the status bar at the bottom, in this ex-
ample I-80 (Interstate 80).
The information 1.2 mi indicates the dis-
tance to the next driving maneuver.The circle shows the current vehicle lo-
cation. The arrow on the circle designates
the current driving direction.
The route remaining is highlighted in color. Display example 2:
On the right-hand side of the display the
symbol for the next driving maneuver is in-
dicated (here left turn).
On the very right is a distance bar. The
dark blue part of the bar and the informa-
tion 700ft, in this example, indicate the
distance to the next driving maneuver.
iThe display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).
When the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo-
meters (km) and meters (m). iThe colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.

122 Navigation*During route guidance1Estimated time of arrival
2Remaining driving time in hours and
minutes
3Remaining journey (distance)
Points 1, 2 and 3 refer to the stop-
over destination. You'll only see the de-
tails for the final destination when you
arrive at your stopover and the system
has calculated the route to the main
destination.Selectable soft keys:

Route soft key:
Allows access to the display of the
route on the map (
page 122).

Mode soft key:
Allows access to the setting of the
route mode (
page 99).

In the Info menu (
page 121), press
the Route soft key.The map appears. The route remaining
is highlighted in blue color.
The destination is marked with a flag
, any stop-over destination is marked
with a flag . The current vehicle posi-
tion is identified with the symbol.
Depending on the distance to the des-
tination, it may take some time before
the route display appears.
iThe estimated time of arrival does not
refer to the time zone of destination,
but always refers to the time zone of
the vehicle's current location. For a
correct calculation, make sure that the
system clock is set correctly
(page 148).
Displaying the route on the map
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140 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Press 
or

In the Enter Destination menu, press
the (
page 102) Map soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the current location and POIs.

If required, use, , , , ,
or  to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the Symbol soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.

Press the Prev. or Next soft key to se-
lect the desired POI.

Press the Details soft key if required.
Details of the selected POI appear.

Press .
You are prompted to confirm the se-
lected POI as the destination.

Use to select the menu item Yes.

Press.
The Start Route Guidance menu
(page 116) appears.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe symbols to be displayed can be se-
lected (
page 128).
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi
(500 m).
To set the map scale (
page 119).

149 System
System settings
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and

correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.

Use or  to select the hours or
the minutes.

Press or .
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press  or  changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press  or , the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.

Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.Setting the date

Use or  to select the day, the
month or the year.

Press or .
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.

Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Date/Time format

Press the Format soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
iThere is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep-
tion is available.