2007 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Comand Manual

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).

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

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

194 Index
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

195 Index
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MP3 CD
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 69
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . 28
Muting
audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 99
O
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
OFF ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Opening
the Audio menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 14
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 140
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
PHONE NOT AVAILABLE . . . . . . . 93, 99
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . 93, 99
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER
PUK ON CELL PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PIN-code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
PIN-CODE INCORRECT. . . . . . . . . . . . 98
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD
(EMERGENCY CALL 911 ONLY
POSSIBLE WITH PHONE). . . . 93, 94, 98
Points of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
PUK
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
R
Radio operation
muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio station
saving station manually. . . . . . . . . . . 47

196 Index
Reading
SMS message received . . . . . . . . . . 178
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Rejecting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Resetting
all settings to the factory settings . 186
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
S
Satellite radio*
important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Saving
current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Selecting
an audio source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 58
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
cross street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
folder (MP3-CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
map orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . . 83
street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Setting
display dimming characteristics . . . 185
map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
POI Icons displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
SIM-CARD BLOCKED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct
channel entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Subscribing
to satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Switching
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
to MP3 CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . 98
Switching off
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 106
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CD drive in the COMAND . . . . . . . . 57
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

197 Index
hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 106
satellite radio* operation . . . . . . . . . 82
telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
T
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
The unlock code
entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Time of Arrival/Dist. to Dest.. . . . . 156
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Traffic routes
minimizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Trail settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
U
Unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
V
Verified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136Volume
adjusting
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
automatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 35
W
Weather Band WB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43