2005 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class key

154 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)The following options are now available:
Selecting another region

Selecting a POI category
Selecting another region

Press the
Region
soft key.
The region list appears. Please see “Se-
lecting the region” (
page 117).
Selecting a POI category

Use or  to select a category.

Press .
Depending on the number of POIs in
the selected category, a POI name can
be entered (
page 154) or a POI can
be selected from a list (
page 154).Entering POI names
I
Proceed the same way as if you would
enter a city (
page 118).
The entry can be bypassed if the POI
name is not known.

Press and hold  for more than
approx. 2 seconds.
After entering the POI name, or after
bypassing the entry, a POI can be se-
lected.Selecting a POI

Use or  t o s e le c t a P OI . T he
Page

soft keys allow scrolling through the
list page by page.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
iThe list also includes the distance “as
the crow flies” (as opposed to road dis-
tance), and the direction to the POI.

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POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.
3 seconds, or when pressing the
Details

soft key again.

Press .
The Start Route Guidance menu ap-
pears.

Press to start route guidance.

Press 
or

In the Destination entry menu
(page 117), press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the 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.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected (
page 142).
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 change the map scale (
page 133).


156 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to select
the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want to
see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after
approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

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 ap-
pears.

Press to start route guidance.

162 SystemSystem settings
Press.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys

Time
soft key
For setting the date and time.

Lang.
soft key
For setting the language (
page 164).

Tones
soft key
For switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON and OFF
(
page 165).

Display
soft key
For changing the display settings
(
page 165).

VC tips
soft key
To call up the Voice control settings*
(
page 166).

Reset
soft key
For reversing COMAND to the factory
settings (
page 169).

In the System menu, press the
Time
soft
key.
The Date/Time settings menu appears.
The following options are now available:

Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time

163 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.
Setting the 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.


164 SystemSystem settings
Setting the format: 
Use or  to select a format.

Press.
The appropriate format is selected.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.

In the System menu (
page 162),
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:

Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the lan-
guage already set in the vehicle in-
strument cluster (
Vehicle
Operator’s manual).

All other options:
The system switches to the re-
quested language.
iList entry 1-3: Date formats
List entry 4 and 5: Time formats
(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex-
ample below.)
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set
Setting the language

165 System
System settings

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu (
page 162),
press the
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The System menu appears. The new
setting is stored.

In the System menu (
page 162),
press the
Display
soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following soft key and option are avail-
able:

Bright.
soft key
Provides access to adjusting the dis-
play brightness (
page 166).

Switching the display dimming charac-
teristics (
page 166).
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound OFF
Solid square = sound ONDisplay settings

166 SystemSystem settingsSwitching the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day modeThe display is constantly set to daytime
design.

Night modeThe display is constantly set to night-
time design.

AutomaticThe display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus-
ter.

Use or  to select an entry.

Press.Adjusting display brightness

Press the
Bright.
soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Use this function to:

Start or delete voice control individual-
ization (
page 167)

Activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window

Open the System menu (
page 162).

Press the
VC tips
soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.
Voice control settings*