2007 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class navigation

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . 12
Single CD operating elements . . . . . . . 14
MP3 operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 16
CD changer* operating elements. . . . . 18
Telephone* operating elements . . . . . 20
Navigation* operating elements . . . . . 22
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the multifunction display 25
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . 26
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Quick reference COMAND . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Balance and fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Bass and treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Opening the Audio main menu . . . . 36
Selectable soft keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching to radio mode . . . . . . . . . 37
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 37
Tuning to a FM/AM station . . . . . . 38
Tuning to a station on
Weather Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Storing FM/AM stations . . . . . . . . . 43
Single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 45
Switching to Single CD mode . . . . . 45
Loading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ejecting a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Single CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . 49
Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tips on data storage media . . . . . . 51
Tips on caring for your MP3 CDs . . 52
Tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . 52
Tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . 53
Tips on copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Switching to MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ejecting a MP3 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
MP3 main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selecting folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
CD changer* operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Tips on caring for your CDs . . . . . . 61
Switching to CD changer mode . . . 61
MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Accessing the CD changer . . . . . . . 62
Retracting the CD changer . . . . . . 63
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Contents
CD changer main menu . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Selecting a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audio AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Satellite radio*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Introduction to Satellite radio . . . . . 74
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching to Satellite radio mode . . 75
SAT main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Obtaining additional text
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Calling the Sirius Service Center . . 80
Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tips on telephone operation . . . . . 83Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Switching the phone ON/OFF . . . . 85
911 emergency calls. . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Entering the PIN (only GSM) . . . . . 87
Entering the unlock code . . . . . . . . 88
Switching to telephone mode . . . . 88
Telephone main menu. . . . . . . . . . . 89
Answering an incoming call . . . . . . 90
Placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . . 91
Accepted and missed calls . . . . . . . 92
Dialed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Opening the phone book. . . . . . . . . 97
Selecting a phone book entry and
establishing a connection . . . . . . . 98
Adding spoken names to a
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Deleting a phone book entry . . . . . 99
SMS (Mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SMS inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Reading a message . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Deleting a message . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Exiting from the SMS menu . . . . . 102
Navigation*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Loading/ejecting the DVD . . . . . . 105
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Route guidance with GPS . . . . . . . 106
Route guidance after
vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Trip interruption during
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selection lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Calling up the
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . 108
Avoiding certain road types . . . . . 109
Adjusting the acoustics for
navigation announcements . . . . . . 109
Destination entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Entering data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Destination entry menu. . . . . . . . . 114
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . 115
Selecting the region . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Contents
Entering a city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting city . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Entering a city center . . . . . . . . . . 118
Entering a street in the
destination city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Narrowing of the destination
after selecting street . . . . . . . . . . 120
Entering an intersection . . . . . . . . 121
Entering a house number . . . . . . . 122
Entering a destination using the
map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Entering a destination via geo
coordinates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Storing map location . . . . . . . . . . 126
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Start route guidance menu . . . . . . 128
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Route re-calculation . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Navigation announcements . . . . . 129
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Destination reached . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 132
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . 132
Off-road and off-map . . . . . . . . . . 134During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Showing soft key displays . . . . . . 136
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Displaying the route on the map . 137
Displaying the route list . . . . . . . . 138
Detour function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Stop-over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Defining route guidance displays . 143
Setting symbols displays . . . . . . . 143
Setting map orientation . . . . . . . . 144
Map display menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . 146
Scales for full-screen and
split-screen map display . . . . . . . . 146
Last destinations and
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Last destinations memory . . . . . . 148
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 149
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Selecting POI in the local area of
the current position . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Selecting POI for a selected city. . 154
Selecting POI for a long-distance
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Selecting a POI using the map . . . 156
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Emergency call system . . . . . . . . . 160
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Calling up the System menu . . . . . 164
Setting the date/time . . . . . . . . . . 164
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF . . . . . . . 167
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Voice control settings* . . . . . . . . . 168
Reset function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

7
Where to find it
Introduction

Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support for you, the COMAND opera-
tor. Each chapter has its own guide color to
provide fast access to information.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of all
COMAND control elements and system
components. If you are operating
COMAND for the first time, or if you have
rented or borrowed the vehicle, this is the
chapter you should read first.
Audio
Here you will find all the information on
how to use the audio system and its radio
and CD components.
Satellite radio*
This chapter contains all information relat-
ed to the satellite radio system.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone, SMS,
how to initiate an emergency call and use
service numbers.
Navigation*
This chapter provides detailed information
covering the following topics:
Destination entry
Route selection and calculation
Route guidance
Destination memory
Service
This chapter contains information con-
cerning Tele Aid*.
System
This chapter provides information on how
to adjust COMAND system settings.
Directories
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index directory
will help you quickly locate the information
you need.

9 Introduction
Operating safety

Operating safety
WarningG
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents and the software can cause malfunc-
tions.
The radio, amplifier, satellite radio*,
CD changer*, navigation module*, tele-
phone* and voice control system* are inter-
connected. Therefore, when one of the
components is not operational or has not
been removed/ replaced properly, the func-
tion of other components may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
WarningG
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings with the vehicle at a stand-
still and operate the system only when road,
weather and traffic conditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read nav-
igational maps, instructions, or downloaded
information.
WarningG
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain
focused on safe driving behavior, including
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system's audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. This al-
ways remains your personal responsibility
when you drive. DVD maps do not cover all
areas nor all routes within an area.

11 At a glance
Radio operating elements
Single CD operating elements
MP3 operating elements
CD changer* operating elements
Telephone* operating elements
Navigation* operating elements
Multifunction steering wheel
Menu system
Quick reference COMAND

22 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements

23 At a glance
Navigation* operating elements
FunctionPage
1 5
Navigation main menu
Cancelling route
guidance
108
132
2 6
Switching map display
131
3 Soft keys
(multifunction buttons)
4 #, $, %, &,07,0
8
Selecting options
Selecting characters for
text entry
Scrolling map
FunctionPage
5 '
Confirmation
6Navigation computer105
7Navigation DVD slot105
8 (
Switching navigation an-
nouncements OFF
129
9 9
Current navigation an-
nouncement
Switching navigation an-
nouncements ON
129
129
FunctionPage
a :0
Ejecting navigation DVDs
105
b )
Switching ON/OFF
29
c *
Volume adjustment
29