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130 Navigation*Route guidanceYou can start route guidance when the
destination input is complete and Start Route Guidance
is displayed at the bot-
tom of the main area.
Besides starting route guidance following
soft keys are available:

Mode
soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (page 111).

Save
soft key
Stores the entered destination in the
destination memory (
page 148).

To start route guidance, press .
The route is calculated and route guid-
ance begins.
Depending on the distance to the destina-
tion, route calculation can take some time.
While the route is being calculated,
Reading
Navi DVD... Please Wait
and an arrow pointing
towards the destination are displayed.
Once route calculation is complete, route
guidance begins.
Because of changes in local traffic patterns
(e.g. road works) and/or incomplete data,
errors in calculation may occur.As a result, the recommended route may
deviate from the ideal route. The data
stored on the DVD only reflects local con-
ditions at the time of DVD production. DVD
maps may not cover all areas nor all routes
within an area.
The system will calculate a new route dur-
ing active route guidance if the driver fails
to follow the route guidance.
During recalculation,
NEW RTE
is displayed.
The arrow is not solid.
Start route guidance menu
Route calculation
Route re-calculation

135 Navigation*
During route guidance

During route guidance
Using the soft keys, diverse menus or dis-
plays can be requested, and settings can
be adjusted during route guidance.
COMAND automatically hides the soft key
displays after a certain period of time.
Press any soft key while route guidance
is active
The soft key displays appear.Selectable soft keys

Info
soft key
Provides access to the Info menu
(
page 135).

Detour
soft key
Provides access to the Detour function
(
page 137).

St-over
soft-key
Provides access to the stop-over func-
tion (page 139).

Symbol
soft key
Provides access to setting the symbols
display (
page 142)

Memory
soft key
The map position is stored
(
page 128).

Display
soft key
Provides access to the Display menu
(
page 142).

soft key
The map scale will change to display a
more detailed map.

soft key
The map scale will change to display a
map that shows a wider area.

If the soft key displays are shown
(page 135), press the
Info
soft key.
The Info menu appears. This shows you
the main destination and a stopover
destination that may have been en-
tered.
Showing soft key displays
Info menu
s


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

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*

169 System
System settings
Canceling individualization
You can cancel individualization at any
time during either the first or second
stage. All existing data remains un-
changed.
During any individualization stage,
press the
Cancel
soft key.
Individualization is cancelled.
Deleting individualization

From the Individualization menu,
press to select menu item
Delete
individualization
.

Press.
A prompt appears, which asks if you re-
ally want to delete the data.

Press to select
Yes
.

Press.
The individualization is deleted.Actuating the Reset function resets
COMAND to the factory settings.
In addition, it deletes:

SMS: All SMS messages.

Navigation*: All entries in the Destina-
tion memory and in the Last destina-
tion memory.
Reset activation

Call up the System menu (
page 162).

Press the
Reset
soft key.
iThis function is not available if no indi-
vidualization data has been saved.
Reset function


171 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.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit
)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.
CD
(C
ompact D
isc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.CD-RW
(CD
Rew
riteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
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*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.
DVD
(D
igital V
ersatile D
isc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.Fader
(Fader control)
Volume control between front and rear
speakers.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
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.
Glossary

180 IndexSelecting
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
destination
of destination memory. . . . . . . . . 148
of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 147
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
POIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
telephone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 112
bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
for navigation announcements . . 112
date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 112
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
for navigation announcements . . 112
volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 112
Showing soft key displays (Navigation
mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 88, 173
SIM CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 44
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sirius Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sirius Service Center
calling the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Soft key displays
showing in Navigation mode . . . . . . 135
Soft keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 173
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Speed dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Spoken names to a phone book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting route guidance. . . . . . . . . . 130
Station (radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 42
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 41
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Station (satellite radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79