2005 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class audio

103 Navigation*
Destination input
Changing over to another system, e.g.
radio
Press to switch to radio opera-
tion.
The navigation system continues to run
in the background.
If you switch off the MCS, the naviga-
tion and audio system also switch off.You can search for a destination by:

Address (
page 104)

Intersection (
page 108)

Point of interest (
page 112)

Phone number (
page 116)

Recalling stored destinations from your
address book (
page 118)

Selecting previous destinations
(page 119)

Selecting the destination directly from
the map (
page 120)

Today’s plan (
page 137)
!Potential fault messages during naviga-
tion start up:
MUSIC CD INSERTED PLEASE
REPLACE WITH A NAVIGA-
TION DISC.
Eject the inserted CD and insert a
navigation DVD.

Please insert DVD-ROM.
Insert a navigation DVD.

Error reading DVD-ROM.
Please check the disk.
Check the DVD for damages like
scratches. Replace DVD.
If the error has been eliminated, you will
see the navigation start up screen.
Entering destination address

124 Navigation*Route guidanceRoute guidance
After you select the destination and the
route is calculated, the navigation system
uses both pictorial displays and voice
prompts to guide you to the destination.
When the route is calculated, the display
switches to the map mode or to the ma-
neuver screen.The system announces “Proceed to the
highlighted Route” and the display shows
“Please Proceed”. The route is now in
progress.
While the system is guiding you on your
route, you can manually change the display
between modes. The Guidance Display
mode shows an arrow indicating the next
maneuver.
Press the joystick to the right to preview
the next maneuver. Press the joystick to
the left to return to the current maneuver.
iAfter entering the destination, you can
change to an audio source. If you have
selected the Hybrid or Arrow mode
(page 143), the Guidance Display
comes up when a maneuver is started.
The voice instructions are announced
simultaneously.

142 Navigation*SettingsThe MCS allows you to change the fre-
quency of voice prompts used to guide you
to your destination.
Press .

Use the joystick to select SYSTEM
SETUP and press .
The Setup Select menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Guidance
Setup and press .
The Guidance Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select Voice
prompt and press .
The Voice Prompt menu appears.
Voice prompt frequency







iThe volume of the navigation voice prompt
can only be adjusted during active route
guidance. Turn the rotary push
button during an announcement, or press
Navi Voice to repeat the current/last
voice instruction and turn the rotary push
button during the announcement to adjust
the volume.
During a navigation announcement, the
volume of the audio source is lowered au-
tomatically.


144 Navigation*Settings
Use the joystick to select Guidance
Setup and press .
The Guidance Setup menu appears.

Use the joystick to select
Guidance and press .
The Guidance menu appears.

Use the joystick to select one of the fol-
lowing guidance modes and press .
Hybrid: The basic guidance
screen is displayed during a maneu-
ver. Once the maneuver is com-
plete, the MCS returns to the
detailed map display or the respec-
tive audio display.

Arrow: The Basic Guidance
screen is displayed at all times.

Map: The Detailed Map screen is
displayed at all times.

Use the joystick to save the settings,
select Return and press .






150 System settingsSystem settingsWhen the parking lights are turned on, the
display switches to the dark mode and au-
tomatically dims the display.
Audio mode
Press the softkey ADJ in any au-
dio menu.
The main audio adjust menu appears
and the current settings are displayed.

If you want to switch to the light mode,
press the softkey LGHT.
or

If you want to switch to the dark mode,
press the softkey DARK.
Navigation mode

Press any softkey in the naviga-
tion mode.
The softkeys are activated.

If you want to switch to the light mode,
press the softkey LGHT.
or

If you want to switch to the dark mode,
press the softkey DARK.Adjusting the brightness
in the dark mode
You can adjust the display brightness of
your MCS in conjunction with your vehicles
instrument clusters illumination.
Please refer to your Operator’s Manual for
additional instructions.
Switching between the light and the
dark mode

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.

159 Index
A
Address book
editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
saving a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting
clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
integrated clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-theft system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audio mode
switching between the light/
dark mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Audio sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 157B
Blank skip
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
C
Cassette
listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
CD
tips on caring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
selcting a CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
elasped time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
inserting/ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . 51
loading CDs in the changer . . . . . . . . 52
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
music search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
player locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
selecting a CD
MCS with CD changer . . . . . . . . . . 58
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 59
using the joystick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
using the number keypad . . . . . . . 59
CD track
random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Changing
radio band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 31
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Conduct a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
D
Dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . 150
Delete
destinations from the
previous list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Destination
adding to Today’s Plan . . . . . . . . . . 137
cancelling the current . . . . . . . . . . . 127
confirming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . 140

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