2004 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class Comand Manual

142 Navigation*SettingsThe MCS allows you to change the fre-
quency of voice prompts used to guide you
to your destination.
Press .

Use the joystick to select SYSTEM
SETUP and press .
The Setup Select menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Guidance
Setup and press .
The Guidance Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Voice
prompt and press .
The Voice Prompt menu appears.
Voice prompt frequency







iThe volume of the navigation voice prompt
can only be adjusted during active route
guidance. Turn the rotary push
button during an announcement, or press
Navi Voice to repeat the current/last
voice instruction and turn the rotary push
button during the announcement to adjust
the volume.
During a navigation announcement, the
volume of the audio source is lowered au-
tomatically.


143 Navigation*
Settings

Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing voice prompt frequency modes
and press .
Min: A beep tone will be heard
when approaching a maneuver.

Normal: Voice instructions are an-
nounced shortly before
approaching a maneuver. In
addition, voice instructions are
announced 1/2 a mile before a
maneuver when travelling on local
or county roads and 1 mile before a
maneuver on freeways or express-
ways.

Max: Voice instructions accompa-
nied by a beep tone are announced
at all maneuver locations. In addi-
tion, voice instructions are an-
nounced 1/2 a mile before a
maneuver when travelling on local
or county roads and 1 mile before a
maneuver on freeways or express-
ways. Once a maneuver is com-
plete, the distance to the next
maneuver is announced.

To save the settings, use the joystick to
select Return and press .The MCS allows you to choose between
three distinct guidance displays.

Press .

Use the joystick to select SYSTEM
SETUP and press .
The Setup Select menu appears. Selecting the guidance display





144 Navigation*Settings
Use the joystick to select Guidance
Setup and press .
The Guidance Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select
Guidance and press .
The Guidance menu appears.

Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing guidance modes and press .
Hybrid: The basic guidance
screen is displayed during a maneu-
ver. Once the maneuver is com-
plete, the MCS returns to the
detailed map display or the respec-
tive audio display.

Arrow: The Basic Guidance
screen is displayed at all times.

Map: The Detailed Map screen is
displayed at all times.

Use the joystick to save the settings,
select Return and press .






145 Navigation*
Settings
The MCS allows you to display either the
estimated arrival time at, or the remaining
time to your destination. 
Press .

Use the joystick to select SYSTEM
SETUP and press .
The Setup Select menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Guidance
Setup and press .
The Guidance Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Est.Time
and press .
The Est. Time setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing estimated time modes and
press .
Arrival: The estimated arrival
time at your destination is dis-
played.

Remaining: The remaining time
to your destination is displayed.

To save the settings, select Return
and press .
Selecting the estimated time dis-
played









146 Navigation*SettingsThe MCS allows you to display 3 different
Point of Interest icons when the detail map
display has been selected. 
Press .

Use the joystick to select SYSTEM
SETUP and press .
The Setup Select menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Display
Setup and press .
The Display Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select POI Icon
and press .
The POI Icon menu appears.
Selecting which Point of Interest
(POI) icons are displayed










147 Navigation*
Settings

Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing POI modes and press .
Show: The selected POI icons are
shown when you select the detail
map display.

Hide: No POI icons are displayed.

Edit: Allows you to select which
POI icons are displayed.

To save the settings, use the joystick to
select Return and press .
When you move the Present Vehicle Posi-
tion icon to any of the visible POI icons and
press , the name, address, and phone
number respective of the POI icon will be
displayed.Editing POI icons
If you select Edit a list of 6 icons ap-
pears. Use the joystick to select up to 3 of
the following icon types. After selecting
each icon, press .

ATM

Bank

Gas Station

Hotel

Parking

Restaurant and type of restaurantYou can set the map display so that north
is always referenced towards the top of the
display or the Present Vehicle Position icon
is always pointing towards the top of the
screen.

Press .

Use the joystick to select SYSTEM
SETUP and press .
The Setup Select menu appears. Setting map and screen orientation






148 Navigation*Settings
Use the joystick to select Display
Setup and press .
The Display Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Orienta-
tion and press .
The Orientation menu appears.

Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing orientation modes and press
.
Heading Up: The Map display ro-
tates such that the Present
Vehicle Position icon is always
pointing toward the top of the
screen.

North Up: The Map display
always shows the map with north
facing toward the top of the screen.
The Present Vehicle Position icon
rotates on the map.

To save the settings, use the joystick to
select Return and press .








149 System settings
System settings