2005 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class service

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Satellite radio* operating elements . . . 16
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . . 18
Navigation operating elements . . . . . . 20
Service operating elements . . . . . . . . . 22
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching the COMAND
control unit on and off . . . . . . . . . . 27
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Balance and fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening the Audio menu . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting an audio source . . . . . . . 34
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching the radio operation on . . 35
Changing the Radio band . . . . . . . . 36
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General Information
on CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . 46
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting a CD
(CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53MP3-CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tips on caring for your MP3-CDs . . 56
Switching to MP3-CD operation . . . 56
MP3-CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
General information
on DVD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
DVD playback requirements . . . . . . 64
Switching to DVD operation . . . . . . 64
Loading a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ejecting a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Soft key display and status bar. . . . 67
Soft key functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting brightness, contrast
and color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . . 75
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 75

ContentsSatellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Subscribing to satellite radio . . . . . 79
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the program category . . . 81
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 84
Displaying service information . . . . 85
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching telephone operation on . 92
Switching telephone operation off . 92
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Switching to telephone operation . 96Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Saving phone numbers . . . . . . . . . 109
Navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Activating the Navigation
main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting the route mode . . . . . . . . . 120
Audio settings for the navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Saving current position . . . . . . . . . 122Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Activating the Destination Entry
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 138
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 139
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Recalculating an existing route . . . 139
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Arriving at destination . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 143
During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 144
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Via function (soft key via) . . . . . . . 146
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Saving the current location . . . . . . 151
Defining route guidance displays . 151

Contents
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 155
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 156
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a POI around
your current location . . . . . . . . . . 161
Selecting a POI around another
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Selecting a POI around a global
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Selecting a POI on the map . . . . . 164
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Service main menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Activating the Service main menu 168
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
SMS Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reading SMS message received. . 171
Saving a sender phone number . . 172
Deleting a SMS message* . . . . . . 175Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Activating the Address book
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Entries in the address book . . . . . 176
Selecting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Details on an address book entry . 178
Details on a mobile phone internal
memory entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
New address book entry . . . . . . . . 185
Deleting an address book entry . . 186
Using an address book entry
in other system modes . . . . . . . . . 187
Tele Aid* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . 190
Information call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Remote Door Unlock and
Stolen Vehicle Recovery . . . . . . . . 192
Entering data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Input via selection menu. . . . . . . . 193
Input via 12-button keypad. . . . . . 195
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . 198
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off . . . . . 201
Making display settings . . . . . . . . 201
Voice control system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Voice control system* functions . 203
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

7
Where to find itIntroduction

Where to find itThis Operator’s Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the
COMAND operator. Each chapter has its
own guide color to provide fast access to
information.At a glance
Here you will find an overview of
all COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the radio, CD player, CD chan-
ger* and DVD drive.
Satellite radio*
This chapter provides information on how
to select a station and a program category.Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, how to
initiate an emergency call and use the pho-
ne book.Navigation
This chapter provides detailed information
on the following topics:
Destination input

Route guidance including detour

Last destinations and destination
memory

POIs
Service
Here you will find all the information about:
SMS

Address book

Tele Aid*
System settings
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
Warning
G
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, CD changer*, satellite
radio*, telephone*, navigation module and
voice control system* are interconnected.
When one of the components is not operati-
onal or has not been removed/replaced pro-
perly, the function of other components may
be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
only by qualified personnel.
Warning
G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road
and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
is covering a distance of 44 feet (approxima-
tely 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encoura-
ge the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read na-
vigational maps, instructions, or downloa-
ded information.
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
CD operating elements
Satellite radio* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation system operating elements
Service operating elements
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

22 At a glanceService operating elements

Service operating elements

23 At a glance
Service operating elements
Function
Page
1
Soft keys
(multifunction keys)
2
Color screen with Service
main menu
3
1 - 0
Input functions
4
H,h,g,G
F,f
Function selection
5
E Confirm
6
e Switching on and off
27
7
C
Service main menu
168