2004 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class sat nav

130 Navigation*During route guidanceIf you activate GPS position display and
full-screen map display (
page 120), the
following data is displayed in the status
bar:

The current position as coordinates.

The number of satellites that can cur-
rently be received.

The current elevation above sea level.

In the Display menu, press the
(page 127) GPS soft key.
Option On or Off appears.

Use  or to select the desired
option.

Press .
Depending on the previous setting,
GPS position display will be switched
ON or OFF.

Finally, press the Back soft key.
If you have set the map view to full screen
(
page 120) and the automatic map tog-
gling function is activated, then the follow-
ing happens:

The system automatically switches to
the split-screen map display when a
driving maneuver is announced.

As soon as the driving maneuver is
completed, the system automatically
returns to full-screen map display.
iDuring route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is al-
ways pointing up,

Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Switching GPS position display
ON/OFF
iThe solid circle shows the current
setting.Automatic map toggling

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.


157 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
CDMA
(C
ode D
ivision M
ultiple A
ccess)
A digital spread-spectrum modulation
technique used mainly with personal
communication devices such as mobile
phones. CDMA digitizes the conversa-
tion and tags it with a special frequency
code.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Man
agement and D
ata Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys-
tems, including the radio and CD play-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*). DVD
(D
igital V
ersatile D
isc)
Digital storage medium for storing
large volumes of data (e.g. films).
Fader
(Fader control)
Volume control between front and rear
speakers.
GPS
(G
lobal P
ositioning S
ystem)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
GSM
(G
roupe S
peciale M
obile)
Set of standards used for cellular com-
munication; widely used in Europe.LOGIC7®
A 7-channel surround matrix that con-
verts any 2-channel material into
breathtaking multi-channel surround
sound, creating a natural, 360-degree
“enveloping” soundfield with a maxi-
mum “audio sweetspot” for all passen-
gers.
PIN
(P
ersonal I
dentification N
umber)
Personal identification number, must
be entered to activate the telephone.
POI
(P
oint o
f Interest)
Points of Interest include service sta-
tions, rest areas, parking lots, hospi-
tals, sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider
Service provider offering access to a
mobile communication network or oth-
er services within the network.
Glossary

159 Index
A
Accident hazard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Answering
Call (telephone*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Audio AUX mode
Switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 29
Autostore (in radio mode). . 37, 41, 157
AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157B
Balance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 157
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Blocking
Route segments (Navigation) . . . . . 123
Break. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
destination, changing . . . . . . . . . . . 126
destination, deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . 126C
Call
terminating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 83, 84Call (telephone*)
answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
initiating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
rejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Calling up
Destination Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cancelling
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Navigation announcements . . . . . . 117
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Category list (satellite radio*) . . . . . 65
CD
Copy protection . . . . . . . 42, 43, 48, 50
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 53
Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 58
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 49
Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 58
Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 58
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 56
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 58CD changer*
accessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CD changer* mode
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 48
CD slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing
Break destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Detour (Navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing map scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Connecting
Call (telephone*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Controls
CD changer* mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . 22
Navigation* mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Telephone* mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Index

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

162 IndexPOI
see Points of interest
Points of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Presets
Satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Program type list
see Program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reading SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rejecting
Call (telephone*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Repeat
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 58Repeat track (CD mode) . . . . . . . 47, 58
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Retracting (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reverse
in CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 58
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Route display (navigation mode) . . 122
Route guidance
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
starting
to a destination in the destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
to a last destination . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Route guidance info menu . . . . . . . 121
Route mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
S
Safety instructions. . . . . 42, 48, 70, 77
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . 63
Saving current vehicle location . . . 127Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
in CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 57
in radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
in Satellite radio* mode . . . . . . . . . . 67
Search
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 39
Select
Destination in destination memory . 134
Selecting
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CD track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 56
Destination from the last
destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Telephone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selecting a track
in CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 56

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