2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-Class key

117 Telephone*
SMS (Mail)
The SMS inbox shows the list of received
messages. The list is sorted chronological-
ly, the last message received is displayed
at the top of the list.
The corresponding date and time appears
in the status bar when the selected mes-
sage has been received.
Use or  to select another mes-
sage.The SMS inbox offers the following op-
tions:

Switching between subject and sender.

Reading a message (
page 118).

Deleting a message (
page 118).
Switching between subject and sender
The incoming SMS can be displayed by the
sender or the subject. In the SMS inbox
(
page 116) you can either see the
Subject
soft key or the
Sender
soft key.

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The first characters of the message
text(s) appears;
or

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The name(s) or phone number(s) of the
message sender(s) appear(s).
iThe symbol at the beginning of a list
entry indicates that the message has
not been read.
iThe sender’s number only appears if it
has been transmitted.
The sender’s name only appears if the
number and the name are stored in the
phone book (
page 112).

118 Telephone*SMS (Mail)
In the SMS inbox (
page 116),
use or  to select a message.

Press.
The message text appears.

To scroll through the message text,
press or  as required.Switching between subject and sender
You can either see the
Sender
soft key or
the
Subject
soft key.

Press the
Sender
soft key.
The sender’s name appears if it is
saved in the phone book. If not, only
the phone number appears;
or

Press the
Subject
soft key.
The message text appears.

To return to the SMS inbox, press the
back soft key.

In the SMS inbox (
page 116),
use or to select the message
to be deleted.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete prompt is displayed.

Use to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press.
The message is now deleted.

Press the
Back
soft key or.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.
Reading a message
Deleting a message Exiting from the SMS menu

124 Navigation*Important notesSome menus provide lists from which you
can select an item.
Example: Menu to select a streetYou can select a list item using or .
If, as shown in the example, you can see
the
Page
soft keys, then you can use the
soft keys to scroll up or down the list, page
by page.
As soon as you reach the beginning or end
of a list, the appropriate soft key is deacti-
vated.
Selection lists

125 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Navigation main menu

Press .
The Navigation main menu appears if
no route guidance is active.
aa

Use or  to select a menu item
and press ;
or

Press one of the soft keys.
The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items

Continue route guidance
:
Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory
:
Destinations can be selected from the
Destination memory
(page 174),

Destination entry
:
Provides access to the Destination en-
try menu (
page 129),
Calling up the Navigation main menu
iIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid-
ance is to be cancelled (
page 155).
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted (
page 155), and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or

if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in-
terruption (
page 123).


126 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Last destinations
:
You can select from the list of last des-
tinations (
page 172), or of such that
have been saved as current locations
(
page 148).

POIs
:
(Points o
f Interest)
Provides access to POIs input
(
page 177). POIs include gas sta-
tions, airports, rest areas, hospitals,
etc. Selectable soft keys

Home
soft key
Provides access to the input of a home
address (
page 131),

Mode
soft key
Provides access to the route mode set-
ting for certain road types to be avoid-
ed (page 126),

Setting
soft key
Provides access to adjusting the
acoustics of navigation announce-
ments (treble, bass, volume and bal-
ance) (page 127).Certain road types to be avoided can be
defined for the system’s route calculation.

Press the
Mode
soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (
page 125).
The Setting Mode menu for road types
to be avoided appears.
iDestination memory
(page 174) and
Last destinations
(page 172) can be
selected only if destinations are al-
ready stored in the system.
Avoiding certain road types

127 Navigation*
Navigation main menu

Use or  to select an option.

Press .
This will switch the option ON or OFF.

Upon completion, press the
Back
soft
key.
The following acoustics criteria for naviga-
tion announcements can be adjusted:

Bass/Treble/Balance

Volume (
page 128)

Press the
Setting
soft key in the Naviga-
tion main menu (page 125).
The Setting Mode menu appears.Setting bass, treble or balance

In the Setting Mode mode menu press
the
Bass
, Treble
or
Bal
ance soft key.

Press or .
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust-
ing bass, treble, or the balance accord-
ingly.

Press or the
Back
soft key, or wait for
the screen to change.
The new setting is stored and activat-
ed.
iEmpty square = option OFF
Solid square = option ON
Several options can be activated.Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements

128 Navigation*Navigation main menuAdjusting the volume
Automatically generated navigation an-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.
In the Setting menu (
page 127),
press the
Nav.Vol
. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ-
ence.

Press the or  key to select the
desired setting.

Press.
The new setting is stored.
iThe solid circle shows the current
setting.

129 Navigation*
Destination entry

Destination entry
Entering characters
For character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.Entering a character via keypad menu

Use, , , ,+ or ( to
select a character.

Press .
The character is entered.Entering a character via 12 button key-
pad

Use the 3 - " keys to enter a char-
acter.
A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession:
After pressing the first time, the char-
acter display 1 appears.
Entering dataiFor more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec-
tions and the data stored on the navi-
gation DVD.
The character selected appears magni-
fied or black.
The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.
iSymbol “ ” represents a space.
iUse" to enter a space.