2006 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class Comand Manual

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System settings
Press.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys
Time soft key
For setting the date and time.
Lang. soft key
For setting the language (
page 164).
Tones soft key
For switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON and OFF
(
page 165).
Display soft key
For changing the display settings
(
page 165).
VC tips soft key
To call up the Voice control settings*
(
page 166).
Reset soft key
For reversing COMAND to the factory
settings (
page 169).
In the System menu, press the Time soft
key.
The Date/Time settings menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time
Setting the date
Setting the date/time format
Calling up the System menuSetting the date/time

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Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and
correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.
Use or  to select the hours or
the minutes.
Press or .
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press  or  changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press  or , the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.
Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.Setting the date
Use or  to select the day, the
month or the year.
Press or .
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.
Press the Back soft key.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date/Time format
Press the Format soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
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There is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
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The date can be set only if GPS recep-
tion is available.


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Setting the format:
Use or  to select a format.
Press.
The appropriate format is selected.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (page 162),
press the
Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the lan-
guage already set in the vehicle in-
strument cluster (
Vehicle
Operator’s manual).
All other options:
The system switches to the re-
quested language.
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List entry 1-3: Date formats
List entry 4 and 5: Time formats
(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex-
ample below.)
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set
Setting the language

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Use or  to select an entry.
Press.
Press the Back soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
In the System menu (page 162),
press the
Tones soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
Use or  to select an entry.
Press.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.
Press the Back soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The System menu appears. The new
setting is stored.
In the System menu (page 162),
press the
Display soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following soft key and option are avail-
able:
Bright. soft key
Provides access to adjusting the dis-
play brightness (
page 166).
Switching the display dimming charac-
teristics (
page 166).
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
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The square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound OFF
Solid square = sound ON
Display settings

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Switching the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day mode
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.
Night mode
The display is constantly set to night-
time design.
Automatic
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus-
ter.
Use or  to select an entry.
Press.Adjusting display brightness
Press the Bright. soft key.
The Brightness display appears.
Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.
Press the Back soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Use this function to:
Start or delete voice control individual-
ization (
page 167)
Activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window
Open the System menu (page 162).
Press the VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.
Voice control settings*

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Press the  key to select the Help
Window
menu item.
The status bar shows you whether the
help window is activated or deactivat-
ed.
Press.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help window appears. The solid circle
shows whether the help window is
activated or deactivated.
In the following display example, the
help window is activated.
Press  or  to select the menu
item with the empty circle .
Press.
This will activate or deactivate the help
window.
Voice control individualization
The individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech recogni-
tion. This does not affect speech recogni-
tion of other users.
Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
whilst the second stage trains specific
commands.
From the System menu (page 162),
press the
VC tips soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.
Press to select menu item
Individualization.
Press.
The Individualization menu appears.