2005 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class key

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening the Audio main menu . . . . 36
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 38
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 42
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 44
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 45
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 49
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 50
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 50
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 51
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 52
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 53
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 60
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 61
Accessing the CD changer . . . . . . . 61
Retracting the CD changer . . . . . . 61
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 66

Contents
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting city . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 120
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting street . . . . . . . . . . 122
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 123
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 124
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Entering a destination via
geo coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Storing map location . . . . . . . . . . 128
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Start route guidance menu . . . . . . 130
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Navigation announcements . . . . . 131
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 134
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 135
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Displaying the route on the map . 136
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 137
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Defining route guidance displays . 142
Setting symbols displays . . . . . . . 142
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 143
Switching GPS position display
ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 145
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 145
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 147
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 148
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 153
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 155
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 158
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 162
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 162
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON/OFF. . . . 165
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 166
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

13 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Function
Page
1
Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3

- 
Entering frequency man-
ually
Storing stations
Requesting station pre-
sets
41
42
39
Function
Page
4
, , , 
Tuning stations FM / AM
Station memory,
selecting presets
38
42
5

Confirmation
6

Mute function
36
Function
Page
7

Switching ON/OFF
30
8


Volume adjustment
30
9
 and 
Station search
Manual tuning
38
40

15 At a glance
Single CD operating elements
Function
Page
1

Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
CD slot
46
4
 and

- 
Entering track numbers
48
Function
Page
5
 and 
Selecting tracks
48
6

Confirmation
7

CD ejection
46
Function
Page
8

Mute function
36
9

Switching ON/OFF
30
a


Volume adjustment
30
b
and 
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
47
49

17 At a glance
MP3 operating elements
Function
Page
1

Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
MP3 CD slot
53
4

and

- 
Entering track numbers
57
Function
Page
5
 and 
Selecting tracks
 and 
Selecting folders
55
54
6

Confirmation
7

MP3 CD ejection
53
Function
Page
8

Mute function
36
9

Switching ON/OFF
30
a


Volume adjustment
30
b
and 
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
56
58

19 At a glance
CD changer* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Audio main menu
36
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
3
 and

- 
Entering track numbers

- 
Selecting CDs
69
68
Function
Page
4
 and 
Selecting CDs
 and 
Selecting tracks
67
69
5

Confirmation
6

Mute function
36
Function
Page
7

Switching ON/OFF
30
8


Volume adjustment
30
9
and 
Track skip forward/
reverse
Forward/reverse
68
70

21 At a glance
Telephone* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Telephone main menu
Switching the telephone
ON
Switching the telephone
OFF
89
85
85
2
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
Function
Page
3

- 
Entering PIN
Entering unlock code
Entering phone number
Speed dial
87
88
92
95
4
, , , 
Selection buttons
5

Confirmation
Function
Page
6

Answering calls
Redialing
91
92
7

Ending or refusing a call
91
8

Switching ON/OFF
30
9


Volume adjustment
30

23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
Function
Page
1

Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
110
134
2

Switching map display
134
3
Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4
, , , ,,

Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
Function
Page
5

Confirmation
6
Navigation computer
107
7
Navigation DVD slot
107
8

Cancelling navigation an-
nouncements
Switching navigation an-
nouncements OFF
131
131
Function
Page
9

Current navigation an-
nouncement
Switching navigation an-
nouncements ON
131
131
a

Ejecting navigation DVDs
107
b

Switching ON/OFF
30
c


Volume adjustment
30