2005 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class display

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
MCS control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Display screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Quick reference MCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switching the MCS operating
unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CD operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . 18
Telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Navigation system*, entering a
destination and calculating
a route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching radio operation on . . . . . 30
Switching another system on . . . . . 30
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tape operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Inserting or ejecting a tape. . . . . . . 40
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Listening to a cassette . . . . . . . . . . 44
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fast forward and rewind . . . . . . . . . 45
Music search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tape scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Blank skip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dolby B (noise reduction) . . . . . . . . 47
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
General information on
CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Inserting or ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . 51
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching CD operation on
and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a CD
MCS with CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Music seek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CD track repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
CD track random play . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Elapsed time display . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Audio Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

ContentsSatellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Introduction to satellite radio . . . . . 70
Satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Calling up the SAT main menu . . . . 71
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Calling up the SIRIUS information
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Telephone* operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Switching telephone
operation on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Switching telephone
operation off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Inserting or ejecting the
navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switching the navigation
system on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Entering destination address . . . . 103
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Route guidance principles. . . . . . . 122
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Saving the current
vehicle position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Editing the Previous
Destination list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Voice prompt frequency . . . . . . . . 142
Selecting the guidance display . . . 143
Selecting the estimated time
displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Selecting which Point of Interest
(POI) icons are displayed . . . . . . . 146
Setting map and screen
orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching between the light
and the dark mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Setting the display dimming
characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Selecting the language and unit
of measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Integrated clock adjustment . . . . . 153
System information . . . . . . . . . . . . 155Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

6 IntroductionSymbolsYou will find the following symbols in these
operating instructions:
* An asterisk identifies optional
equipment. Since the MCS will vary
according to the items ordered with
it, certain descriptions and illustra-
tions may be different.

This symbol points to instructions for
you to follow.

A number of these symbols appearing
in succession indicates a multiple-step
procedure.
(
page 7) This symbol tells you where
to look for additional infor-
mation on a subject.
The continuation symbol
marks an interrupted proce-
dure which will be continued
on the next page.
Display
Words appearing in the
MCS display are printed in
the type shown here.
Warning
G
Warning notices draw your attention to
hazards that may endanger your health or
life, or the health or life of others.!Highlights hazards that may result in
damage to your MCSiHelpful hints or additional information
you may find useful.


11 At a glance
MCS control unit
Function
Page
1
Switches the radio oper-
ation on
26
2
Color display
3
Delete the last input, re-
turn to previous screen
4
Press to:
Open and close the con-
trol panel
Cassette compartment
and CD/DVD slot are lo-
cated behind control
panel
40,
51
5
Press to:
Switch the MCS on and
off
Turn to:
Adjust the volume of an
audio source, or naviga-
tion voice prompt during
active route guidance
announcement.
14
16
Function
Page
6
Radio operation:
Selecting a station
Saving stations manually
CD operation:
Selecting a track or CDs
Telephone:
Entering the unlock code
Entering the telephone
number
34
36
59, 58
84
86
7
Joystick:
Activates equipment
functions and submenus
via menu fields
Pressing :
Confirms a selection
8
Switches the navigation*
system on
Activates the navigation
menu
102
Function
Page
9
Repeats current (last)
voice instruction
a
Softkeys
b
Ending a call
87
c
Accepting an incoming
call
Sending a call
85
d
Switches telephone* op-
eration on
84
e
Switches satellite radio*
operation on
71
f
Switches CD operation
on (single CD player*,
CD changer*)
56
g
Switches tape operation
on
44

12 At a glanceMCS control unitMain menu structureMain radio display
1Active system/function display field
2Inserted cassette icon
3Inserted navigation DVD or audio CD
icon
4Inserted CD changer icon
5Telephone roaming indicator
6Telephone signal strength meter
7Selected station preset / CD
8Softkey menu Active system / function display field
Display screen
System
Display
FM
AM, WB
CD
CHANGER
SAT
PHONE
TAPE
Roaming
indicator
S
R
R (highlight-
ed)
Meaning
FM radio band selected
AM radio band or Weather
Band WB selected
Single CD player* select-
ed
CD changer* selected
Satellite radio* selected
Telephone* selected
Tape selected
Signal in home network
Roaming
Roaming on non-home
type system

13 At a glance
MCS control unit
Warning messages
Display is too hot
If the display is too hot, the message DIS-
PLAY IS TOO HOT... will briefly ap-
pear.
To protect the display from damage, the
light shuts off. As soon as the display
reaches normal operating temperatures, it
turns on automatically.Anti-theft system
If the power supply to the MCS has been
interrupted, the message PLEASE EN-
TER SECURITY CODE will be displayed
the next time the MCS unit is switched on.
Use the number keypad to enter your five
digit security code and press the softkey
OK to confirm. The MCS unlocks and nor-
mal operation is enabled.



14 At a glanceQuick reference MCSThis section only provides a brief overview
of the MCS. Please read all instructions
carefully before operating the unit to en-
sure your complete understanding and to
obtain the best possible performance from
the system.
For detailed information, please refer to
the pages indicated and the respective
system chapters.Switching on

Press the rotary/push-button 1.
or

Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 1 or 2 if the MCS has been
switched off by turning the key in the
steering lock to position 0 or removed.The MCS will switch on the last active
source and display the corresponding
menu.
Switching off

Press the rotary/push-button 1.
or

Turn the key in the steering lock to po-
sition 0.
or

Remove the key.
The MCS switches off.
Switching the MCS operating unit on
and off

15 At a glance
Quick reference MCS
The navigation system* was the last sys-
tem used
The menu displayed will vary according to
the last navigation function used.
If route guidance was active, you will see:
the basic guidance display or

the mapIf destination input was active, the main
destination input menu appears.Switching another system on

Press a system key, e.g. .
The main radio menu will appear.
iIf the MCS is switched off for more than
30 minutes during active route guid-
ance, all manually entered traffic jams
and detours are deleted. Selecting a de-
tour (
page 131).