2005 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class key

129 Navigation*
Route guidance
Viewing the maneuver list during guid-
ance
You can display the Maneuver List during
route guidance to preview upcoming turns
and street names.
Use the joystick to select ROUTE
FUNCTIONS and press .

To activate the softkeys, press any
softkey.

Press the softkey LIST.
The Maneuver List menu appears.

To preview a specific maneuver, use
the joystick to select a street name/
maneuver and press .
The maneuver screen for the selected
maneuver appears on the display.

To return to the Guidance mode, press
the softkey MAP.
or

Wait 10 seconds and the system will
automatically return to the Guidance
mode.Avoiding a road

Press .

Use the joystick to select ROUTE
FUNCTIONS and press .
The Route Select menu appears.








131 Navigation*
Route guidance
Detour function
If you need the navigation system to de-
tour an obstacle during route guidance,
you can automatically request a new route.
To activate the softkeys, press any
softkey.

Press the softkey DETR.
A window appears confirming the stop
request.

If you wish to detour, use the joystick
to select YES and press .
The MCS recalculates the route taking
the detour into consideration.
or

If you wish to cancel the detour:
Use the joystick to select NO using
the joystick and press .

Press .

Wait 10 seconds
The detour request is cancelled.
iWhen you are traveling on an express-
way or a freeway, the system calculates
a new route avoiding the current road
for a distance of five miles. On county or
local roads, the system calculates a new
route avoiding the current road for a dis-
tance of one mile.

133 Navigation*
Destination memory

Use the joystick to select the first char-
acter of the name and press .
The character appears in the text win-
dow. Use the joystick to spell out the
name as you would like to see it in the
address book.

To enter additional characters, repeat
above step.

To correct the last character, use the
joystick to select Delete and press
.

If you don’t wish to save the address,
press .
or

When the new name is completely
spelled out, use the joystick to select
Done and press .
The Input Phone Number menu ap-
pears.

You can enter the phone number of the
destination. Use the joystick to elect
the first number of the desired phone
number and press .
or

Use the number keypad to enter the
number.
The number appears in the number
window.

To enter additional numbers, repeat
the above step.

To correct the last character, use the
joystick to select Delete and press
.

After you have entered the phone num-
ber, use the joystick to select Save
and press .

If you don’t want to enter a phone num-
ber, press .
The name and address are now stored
in the Address Book.
iThe Point of Interest name automatical-
ly appears in the Input Name display.
Use the joystick to select Delete if
you want to completely erase and re-
place the name.

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

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

163 Index
manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
saving manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
direct frequency entry . . . . . . . . . . 34
from the preset menu . . . . . . . . . . 37
from the WB preset . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
number keypad (presets). . . . . . . . 34
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Refusing a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Reset audio adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
adding a stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
avoiding a road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
changing the calculation
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
viewing the maneuver list . . . . . . . . 129
S
Satellite radio
additional text information . . . . . . . . 75
calling up SIRIUS information
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
general information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
manual channel input . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
opening main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
scan search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
selecting a station. . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 72
soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
station presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
storing of station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio operation
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Saving
a destination in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
current vehicle position . . . . . . . . . 140
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Scan search
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scanning tracks
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Searching
destination
by address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
by intersection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
by phone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
by Point of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 112
from Previous Destination . . . . . . 119
in the address book . . . . . . . . . . . 118

164 IndexSelecting
a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
a CD from CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 18
a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
destination
via the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
estimated time display . . . . . . . . . . 145
guidance display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 32
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . 19, 72
unit of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Service numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Service source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Setting
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Settings
map and screen orientation . . . . . . 147
navigation systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Points of Interest icon options . . . . 146
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
SIRIUS information menu
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Soft key functions
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sound
optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Speed-dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Station see radio station/
satellite radio
Storing
station (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching off
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
COMAND control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Switching on
another system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 30
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 56
MCS operating Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
navigation system . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 102
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 30
satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 84System information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
display dimming characteristics . . . 151
integrated clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
switching between the light/
dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
time display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
T
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . . 47
error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
fast forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
inserting/ejecting a tape . . . . . . . . . 40
listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 45
pause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
scan function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17