195 System
System settings
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 192),
press the
Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
Vehicle Operator’s manual);
All other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.
Use or to select an entry.
Press.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
In the System menu, press the
(
page 192) Tones soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
Setting the languageSwitching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
196 System
System settings
Use or to select an entry.
Press.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Open the System menu (page 192).
Press the Display soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following option and soft key are avail-
able:Switching the display dimming charac-
teristic
Bright. soft key
Provides access to adjusting the dis-
play brightness
(page 197)
Setting the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day mode:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.
i
The square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound OFF
Solid square = sound ON
Display settings
197 System
System settings
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
In the Display Settings menu, press the
Bright. soft key.
The Brightness display appears.
Press or .
The brightness changes accordingly.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Actuating the Reset function resets
COMAND to the factory settings.
In addition, it deletes:
Telephone*: All phone book entries
SMS: All SMS messages.
Navigation*: All entries in the Destina-
tion memory and in the
Last destina-
tions
memory.
Reset activation
Call up the System menu (page 192).
Press the Reset soft key.
Reset function
204 Index
D
Deleting
destination
from Destination memory . . . . . . 176
from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 175
detour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Destination
deleting
from Destination memory . . . . . . 176
from Last destinations . . . . . . . . . 175
Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
storing in destination memory . . . . 177
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
calling up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
starting route guidance . . . . . . . . . . 176
storing destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Detour (navigation)
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Dialed calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110Display
adjusting brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
switching design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Displaying route (navigation) . . . . . 159
DVD (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . 123, 199
E
Ejecting CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
in Single CD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ejecting navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 123
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ending call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 113
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Entering
frequency (in Radio mode) . . . . . . . . 47
home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
unlock code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
F
File structure (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Folder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Frequency input (Radio mode) . . . . . 47
G
Global Positioning System
see GPS
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
GPS position display
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Greenwich meridian. . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
GSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 114, 200
H
Hands-free microphone
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Home address
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
205 Index
I
ID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 200
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 200
J
Joliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 200
L
Language setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 174
selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 174
starting route guidance to
Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 200
List (Satellite radio mode)
program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
List (Telephone mode)
accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Loading CD
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 123
Location determination. . . . . . . . . . 124
Logic7® Surround . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 200
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148, 200
M
Manual tuning (in Radio mode) . . . . 46
Memory
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 48, 49
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 189
Missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Mix, see random
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 59
tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 61
tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 58
MP3 CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 59
permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 61
safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Multi session (MP3 CDs). . . . . . 59, 200
Multifunction steering wheel
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
N
Navigation announcements
see also current
navigation announcement
after vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 124
switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
206 Index
Navigation soft key displays
showing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 133
NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 105
Normal sequence
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
O
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
P
Permissible
bit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
file systems (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Personal Identification Number
see PIN
Personal Unblocking Key
see PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
switching display between
number and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 99
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 98, 99
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD . . . . . . . . 99
POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Points of interest
see POI
Presets
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Program categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Program type list
see program category list
Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 200
R
Radio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Random
CD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
track (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
track (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
track (single CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reading SMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
READY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Refusing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Repeat
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 81
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reset function (system) . . . . . . . . . 197
Reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
ROAMING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
207 Index
Root directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 201
Route display
(Navigation mode). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Route guidance
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 124
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
starting to destination
of Destination memory . . . . . . . . 176
of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 175
with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
S
Safety instructions
for CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 70
for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 51
for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 96
Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 92
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Searching station
(Radio mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting
CD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 76
destination
of Last destination memory . . . . . 174
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
home address using map
(navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 182
station in Satellite radio mode . . . . . 89
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 78
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
for navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
for navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 48
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
system language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
for navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
for navigation
announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
208 Index
Showing soft key displays
in Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99, 201
SIM CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Sirius Satellite Radio. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sirius Service Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
calling the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Soft key displays
showing in Navigation mode . . . . . . 158
Soft keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 201
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Speed dial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Starting
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Station (radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 48, 49
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 48
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 48
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Station (satellite radio)
presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 163
changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
deleting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Storing
current location as
home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
current location as
home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
destination in
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
station (Radio mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
station (Satellite radio mode) . . . . . . 93Subscriber Identity Module
see SIM card
Switching
display design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Multifunction display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
phone book display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
to Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
to CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
to Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
to Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
to Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
to Telephone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
waveband (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Switching ON/OFF
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
GPS position display . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 113
mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
navigation announcements . . . . . . . 154
telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99