2007 MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class navigation

173 Navigation*
Software Updates
1Ejecting DVD
2Opening/closing the display unit
3Warning message
Press EJECT to
close
You can update the system with a new
navigation DVD. The new DVD may include
new map/road information.Starting an update
DVDs are loaded and ejected at the
navigation module.
Switch the COMAND on (page 32).Ejecting
Press l.
The display unit moves forward and
then tilts down. The DVD NAVIGATION
slot is visible.
Press the l button left of the
DVD NAVIGATION slot.
The navigation module ejects the DVD.
The message
No DVD in drive.
Please insert Navigation DVD.

will appear.
Remove the DVD from the slot.
WarningG
The display unit can cause injury if
contacted when open. Please close after
inserting a navigation DVD.
!
Do not place anything on the lowered
display panel (i.e. do not use as a shelf).
Placing objects on the lowered display
panel may result in damage to the
display or COMAND
unit which is not covered by the
Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
i
Updating may take several minutes.
During updating, the operation of
COMAND is restricted. You cannot
switch off the system.
i
The navigation module is located
behind the display unit of the COMAND
(
page 172).
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There are two l buttons. One is on
the display unit 2. The other is located
left of the DVD NAVIGATION slot 1
behind the display.

174 Navigation*
Software Updates
Loading
Insert the new navigation DVD into the
DVD slot with the label side up.
The message
Navigation is
initializing. Please wait.
will
appear.
Press l on the display unit to return
the display unit to its closed position.
The display unit tilts up and then moves
to the rear.After that, the COMAND loads the
software on the DVD.
Shortly after that, the progress bar
appears. After some time, the progress
bar reaches 100%.
The update is completed. You can now
operate the navigation system again.
i
Inserting a second DVD with another
DVD still loaded will cause damage to
the DVD drive which is not covered by
the Mercedes-Benz Limited Warranty.
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The message Press EJECT to close will
appear. If l on the display unit is
not pressed within 20 seconds, eight
successive series of two beep tones
will sound to remind you to return the
display to its closed position by
pressing l on the display unit. After
the beep tones COMAND returns the
display unit to its closed position.

180 Service
Tele Aid*
If the connection is made, the message
Call Connected appears on the status bar.
During activation of a Roadside Assistance
call
it is possible to switch to navigation
you can initiate an Emergency call.
Terminating the connection
Press K.
COMAND reverts to the system last
active before Tele Aid was activated.A call to the Response Center will be
initiated by pressing the corresponding
button. Information regarding the opera-
tion of your vehicle, the nearest authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center or Mercedes-Benz
USA products and services is available to
you. Refer to your vehicle Operator’s Man-
ual for additional information.
When an information call is initiated,
Connecting call and theß symbol will
appear on the status bar. All active
connections are terminated except
Emergency call and Roadside Assistance
call.When the connection is made, the
message Call Connected appears on the
status bar.
During activation of an Information call
it is possible to switch to navigation
you can initiate an Emergency call or
Roadside Assistance call.
Terminating the connection
Press K.
COMAND reverts to the system last
active before Tele Aid was activated.
Information

192 Glossary
Fader
Defines sound-center front/back.
Folder
Alternative designation for songs/
tracks. Data saved on a storage medi-
um can be grouped into folders for
improved organization. Can be likened
to a filing cabinet containing a number
of folders, each of which holds a num-
ber of documents.
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
Satellite-based system for relaying
geographic location information to and
from vehicles equipped with special re-
ceivers. Employs DVD digital maps for
navigation.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile Communica-
tion)
A standard network protocol used
throughout the world for digital cellular
communication.Heading Up
Dynamic map alignment, map is dis-
played facing driving direction pointing
up.
ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).
ISO9660
A standard file system for recording
data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs; an
extension of ISO 9660.LOGIC7 Surround
Playback method resulting in an impro-
ved spatial listening experience com-
pared to conventional stereo playback.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing digital audio
data.
Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Mixed data types are written to
the CD in a number of sessions.

193 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 system navigation
(voice output during destination guid-
ance).
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).
Soft keys
Keys that activate different functions.
Function of key depends on the selec-
ted operating mode.

195 Index
Index
A
Accepting
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Activating
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 114
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 182
Help screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Actvating
Sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding
Destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 169
Adjust
Balance/fader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Adjusting
Display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Altering
Map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Arriving
At destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 157
B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 100
Calling up
Main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Cancelling
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
CD
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Loading
Into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Switching to CD operation . . . . . . . . 56
Track mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59CD changer*
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Repeat CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Changing
Map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
COMAND
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Compass function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
CONNECTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
CONTINUE ROUTE GUIDANCE. . . . . 114
Current vehicle location . . . . . . . . . 137
D
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dialing
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Displaying
Compass screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
During route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . 146
Index

196 Index
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . . 179
Ending
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 100
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Entering
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
House number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
PIN-code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
F
Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
H
Hands-free microphone
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
I
Important notes
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
M
Making
Conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Memory
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Memory functions
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Menu
Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

197 Index
Index
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
Muting
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
O
OFF MAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
OFF ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Opening
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 12
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
MP3 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Navigation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Satellite radio* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
P
Partially digitized areas. . . . . . . . . . 140
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER
PUK ON CELL PHONE . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PIN-code
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
PIN-CODE INCORRECT. . . . . . . . . . . . 96
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD
(EMERGENCY CALL 911 ONLY
POSSIBLE WITH PHONE). . . . 91, 92, 96
Points of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81PUK
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Q
Quick-dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
R
Radio operation
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Radio station
Saving station manually . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reading
SMS message received . . . . . . . . . . 178
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Rejecting
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Resetting
All settings to the factory settings . 189
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140