2004 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class phone

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






157 Glossary
Audio source
This includes the systems radio, tape
and CD (CD drive in the control unit and
CD changer) as well as an external
source, e.g. tape recorder.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
9-1-1 provider. It does not initiate a
->TELE AID call. Please note that the
9-1-1 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
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.Heading-up
The map is displayed facing driving di-
rection pointing up during route guid-
ance.
MCS
(M
odular C
ontrol S
ystem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio, tape and
CD player*, as well as for other option-
al equipment (CD changer, telephone,
etc.).Mix
Display representation during destina-
tion guidance. The symbol display is ac-
tivated automatically from the map
display as the vehicle approaches a
maneuver point. After you have made
the maneuver, the map will appear
again.
Navigation DVD
Contains all the destination addresses
(town, road, intersection, house num-
ber, special destinations) and the digi-
tal map material for a country or a
region for destination entry, route cal-
culation and destination guidance.

158 GlossaryNorth-up
The map is displayed facing due north
during route guidance.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. There are home type and non
home type systems. MCS displays the
system currently used with the
RM indicator.
Service numbers
includes a personal service number
and the number for roadside assis-
tanceService source
This includes the systems telephone,
navigation (voice output during desti-
nation guidance) and ->Voice control
system
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 ac-
tivated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquintance
call.
The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided that the vehicle's battery is
charged, properly connected, not dam-
aged, and cellular and GPS coverage is
available.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 on
switching on the telephone.
Voice control system
One of the service sources of MCS.
As voice-operated control system it
controls the MCS systems via voice, re-
fer to the separate operating instruc-
tions.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informa-
tions (symbol or map displays), MCS
also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.

160 Indexentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 103
saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 132
searching
by address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
by intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
by Point of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 112
from Previous Destination . . . . . . 119
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 118
selecting
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Destination list
previous
delete entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Dialing
a number from the
telephone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
interrupt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87quick-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
subsequent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
tetelephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
setting dimming
characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Dolby B
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
DVD-ROM version information . . . . 155
E
Editing
address book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
previous Destination list . . . . . . . . . 141
Today’s Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Ejecting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 157
ending/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
initiating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Ending a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Entering
address
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
destination address . . . . . . . . . 21, 103
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 86
time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 84
Error messages
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
F
Fault messages
during preparation of
navigation startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103G
Global Positioning
System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 157
Guidance display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143H
Hands-free operation
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Heading-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

161 Index
I
Important notes
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Inserting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
a tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD drive with an audio CD . . . . . . . . 51
the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98L
Language
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Light mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Listening
a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Loading
CDs in the changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52M
Main menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Main menu structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Maneuver list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Mapaltering the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
selecting a destination . . . . . . . . . . 120
Map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
MCS
description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MCS control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MCS operating unit
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Menu overview
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 68
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Message
“CD ERROR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“CHANGER ERROR” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“DISPLAY IS TOO HOT ...” . . . . . . . . . 13“Error reading DVD-ROM.
Please check the disk” . . . . . . . . . . 103
“MAG. EMPTY” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“MUSIC CD INSERTED PLEASE
REPLACE WITH A
NAVIGATION DISC” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
“NAVIGATION DISC INSERTED ...” . . 58
“NO CD” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
“NO MAGAZINE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
“NO SERVICE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“NO TAPE ...”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
“PHONE IS OFF ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“PLEASE ENTER UNLOCK
CODE” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“Please insert DVD-ROM” . . . . . . . . 103
“SYSTEM BUSY” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
“TAPE ERROR, TAPE MAY BE
TOO TIGHT” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
“TELEPHONE NOT ATTACHED” . . . . . 79
Music search
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
tape operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
Muting
voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

162 IndexN
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
inserting/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Navigation system
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
calculating a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
changing state/province. . . . . . 22, 105
entering
a city name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 105
a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
a street name . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 106
an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
an address number . . . . . . . . 24, 107
destination address . . . . . . . . . . . 103
important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 102
travelling aboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Noise reduction
tape operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
North-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
O
Opening
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Outgoing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86P
Pause
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
POI icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Point of Interest
display of icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
finding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
by Place Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
by Place Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
sorted by distance . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
sorted by Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
within a City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Previous Destination list
delete destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Program category list
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Q
Quick reference
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
MCS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
naviagation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 66
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91R
Radio band
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 32
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30
Radio station
automatic scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
automatic seek tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
automatically saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

163 Index
manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
saving manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
direct frequency entry . . . . . . . . . . 34
from the preset menu . . . . . . . . . . 37
from the WB preset . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
number keypad (presets). . . . . . . . 34
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Refusing a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Reset audio adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
adding a stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
avoiding a road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
changing the calculation
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
viewing the maneuver list . . . . . . . . 129
S
Satellite radio
additional text information . . . . . . . . 75
calling up SIRIUS information
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
manual channel input . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
opening main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
scan search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
selecting a station. . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 72
soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
storing of station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio operation
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Saving
a destination in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . 140
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Scan search
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scanning tracks
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Searching
destination
by address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
by intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
by Point of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 112
from Previous Destination . . . . . . 119
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 118

164 IndexSelecting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
a CD from CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 18
a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
destination
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
estimated time display . . . . . . . . . . 145
guidance display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 32
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . 19, 72
unit of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Service numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Service source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Settings
map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
navigation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Points of Interest icon options . . . . 146
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
SIRIUS information menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Soft key functions
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sound
optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Station see radio station/
satellite radio
Storing
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching off
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Switching on
another system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 30
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 56
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 102
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 84System information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
display dimming characteristics . . . 151
integrated clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
T
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . . 47
error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
inserting/ejecting a tape . . . . . . . . . 40
listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
scan function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17