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System settings
Select Instr. cluster setting.
COMAND will use the same language
as is set in instrument cluster.
or
Push the joystick to g or G to
select the desired language.
Press E.
The System settings menu will appear
with the display text in the language
selected.
In the System settings menu, press the
Tones soft key.
The Tones menu will appear.
Push the joystick to g or G to
select an entry.
Press E.
The respective tones are activated or
deactivated. You hear the tone when
you activate it.
Press the Back soft key.
The System settings menu will appear.
The setting is saved.
Switching verification and
notification tones on and off
OptionSymbol
Tone activatedQ
Tone deactivatedq
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System settings
In the System settings menu, press the
Display soft key.You can use the following functions:
set the display dimming characteristics
adjust the display brightness
Setting the display dimming
characteristics
Push the joystick to G or g to
select an entry.
Day mode
The display is continuously set to
daylight design.
Night mode
The display is continuously set to night-
time design.
Automatic
The display changes depending on the
ambient light sensor in the vehicle.
Press E.
The setting is applied. The System
settings menu will appear.
Adjusting the display brightness
Press the Bright. soft key.
Push the joystick to H or h
direction to adjust the brightness.
Selecting display settings
OptionSymbol
Display mode selected_
Display mode not
selected-
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or
Press the Bright. soft key longer than
2 seconds.
The display brightness changes
gradually. When the slider reaches the
end of the left or right border, it starts
moving into the opposite direction.
Release the Bright. soft key when
the desired brightness is reached.
Confirming the setting
Press the Back soft key.
or
Press E.
The brightness setting is applied.
In the System settings menu, press the
Reset soft key.
The Reset inquiry menu will appear.
No
is highlighted.If you do not wish to reset to the factory
settings
Press the Back soft key or press E.
The System settings menu will appear.
Resetting all settings to the factory
settings
i
All your personal data, e.g. Last desti-
nation entries or Radio main menu pre-
set entries, will be deleted.
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System settings
Accepting the factory settings
Push the joystick to H or h
direction to select
Yes.
Press E.
The inquiry
Do you really want to
reset?
will appear.
Select Yes.
The message
All data has been
reset.
COMAND will now
restart.
will appear.
i
The factory settings are:
Time - Central Time
Language - Instrument cluster
Verification tone - On
Notification tone - On
Display setting - Automatic
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191 Glossary
Navigation DVD
Contains all available destination
addresses (town, road, intersection,
house number, special destinations)
and the digital map material for a coun-
try or a region for destination entry,
route calculation and destination
guidance at time of DVD production.
DVD maps do not cover all areas nor all
routes within an area.
North Up
The map is displayed facing north du-
ring route guidance.
POI (Point of Interest)
Points of Interest include service stati-
ons, rest areas, parking lots, hospitals,
sight-seeing points, etc.Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)
must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.
Roaming
For this function, the telephone uses
the telephone network of a contract
partner. The ROAMING indicator in the
COMAND display indicates that a call is
being made using a contract partner.
Root directory
The uppermost directory on a storage
medium.
Scan rate (MP3)
Indicates the frequency at which volt-
age samples are taken during the con-
version of an analog signal into a digital
signal. The analog-to-digital converter
converts the samples into digital sig-
nals.Service source
This includes the systems telephone*
and navigation (voice output during
destination guidance).
SIM
(Subscriber Identity Module)
Card provided by the GSM telephone
service provider. Necessary for acces-
sing a mobile communication network.
SMS
(S
hort Message Service)
With this function you can receive and
read short text messages (if SMS ser-
vice is provided by your provider).
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192 Glossary
Soft keys
Keys that activate different functions.
Function of key depends on the selec-
ted operating mode.
Tele Aid*
(Tele
matic Alarm Identification on De-
mand)
The Tele Aid system consists of three
types of response: automatic and ma-
nual emergency, roadside assistance,
and information. Tele Aid is initially
activated by completing a subscriber
agreement and placing an acquain-
tance call. Refer also to the vehicle
operating instructions.
The Tele Aid system is operational pro-
vided that the vehicle’s battery is char-
ged, properly connected, not damaged,
and cellular and GPS coverage is avai-
lable.Unlock code
Your unlock code prevents unauthori-
zed persons from using your telephone.
The unlock code is a number string
you must enter when switching
on the telephone if you have locked
the phone before turning it off or if the
phone is set to lock automatically.
Voice output
During a trip, apart from visual informa-
tions (symbol or map displays),
COMAND also provides all of the
necessary spoken route information
via voice output.
WB
Weather Band
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193 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 116
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 182
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 169
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adjusting
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 157
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 102
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145CD
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 56
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD changer*
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing
map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
COMAND
switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 116
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 137
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D
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dialing
subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Displaying
phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
During route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . 146
E
Ejecting
CD
at the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
MP3 CD
at the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
navigation DVD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . . 179
Ending
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 102
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 92Entering
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
destination address. . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
PIN-code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
the unlock code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97F
Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
I
Important notes
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
L
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Loading
CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . 54
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
MP3 CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . 54
navigation DVD
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
M
Making
a conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46