2004 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class navigation

Contents
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tape operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 12
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 16
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 18
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 30
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 30
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching the radio operation on . . 31
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 32
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Notes on tape care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Switching tape operation on . . . . . . 40
Seeking/skipping tracks . . . . . . . . 41
Changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fast forward/rewinding . . . . . . . . . 42
Scan function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Skip blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
DOLBY B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . 44
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Return to the Audio menu . . . . . . . 44CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
General Information on
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 46
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 47
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting a CD (CD changer* only). 50
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Muting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Tips on caring for your MP3-CDs . . 56
Switching to MP3-CD operation . . . 57
MP3-CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 14 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ContentsDVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
General information on
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 64
Switching to DVD mode . . . . . . . . . 64
Loading a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Soft key display and status bar. . . . 67
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting brightness, contrast and
color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . 75
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 112
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the route mode . . . . . . . . . 116
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Saving current position . . . . . . . . . 118
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Activating the Destination
Entry menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 133

Contents
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 134
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Recalculating an existing route . . 134
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . 137
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 138
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 139
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Via function (soft key via) . . . . . . . 141
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Saving the current location . . . . . 146
Defining route guidance displays . 146
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 150
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 151POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Selecting a POI around your current
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Selecting a POI around another
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Selecting a POI around a global
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 159
Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Activating the Service main menu 164
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
SMS Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Reading SMS message received. . 167
Deleting an SMS message . . . . . . 168
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Activating the Address book
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Entries in the address book . . . . . 169
Selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Sorting the address book . . . . . . . 170
Details on an address book entry . 171
Details on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
New address book entry . . . . . . . . 178
Deleting an address book entry . . 179
Using an address book entry
in other system modes . . . . . . . . . 180
Notebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Activating the Notebook menu . . 182
Entries in the notebook. . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Sorting the notebook . . . . . . . . . . 183
Entering a new note . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Recording a new note . . . . . . . . . 184
Playback a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Playing intros of all recorded
notes (Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Entering a reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Deleting a note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Deleting a reminder . . . . . . . . . . . 188

1
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, cassette player*, CD-
player, CD changer* and DVD drive.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how
to select a station and a program category.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input

Route guidance including detour

Last destinations and destination
memory

POIs
Service
Here you will find all the information about:
SMS

Address book

Notebook

Tele Aid*
System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

3 Introduction
Operating safety
Warning
G
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, CD changer*, satellite
radio*, telephone*, navigation module and
voice control system* are interconnected.
When one of the components is not operati-
onal or has not been removed/replaced pro-
perly, the function of other components may
be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
only by qualified personnel.
Warning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road
and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
is covering a distance of 50 feet (approxima-
tely 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encoura-
ge the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read na-
vigational maps, instructions, or downloa-
ded information.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

Operating safety

5
Radio operating elements
Tape operating elements
CD operating elements
Satellite radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation system operating elements
Service operating elements
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND
At a glance

16 At a glanceNavigation operating elements

Navigation operating elements

17 At a glance
Navigation operating elements
Function
Page
1
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2
Color screen with
Navigation main menu
3
H,h,g,G
F,f
Function selection
4
E Confirm
5
J
During a voice instruction:
Muting current voice
instruction
Switching off voice
instructions
135
135
Function
Page
6
j
Repeating current voice
instruction
Switching on voice
instructions
134
135
7
Volume control
24
8
e Switching on and off
23
9
b
Navigation main menu
During route guidance:
Change over to navigation
display
Cancelling route guidance
114
135
138
a
c
Switches to map display
135