2007 MERCEDES-BENZ ML-Class change time

176 Navigation*
Route guidance
Display example 2:
1Current vehicle location and direction
of travel y, remaining route section
2Name of the road you are to turn onto
3Symbol for the next driving maneuver,
distance bar and distance to the next
driving maneuver
4The road you are currently driving on
In the right half of the display, the symbol
for the next driving maneuver is indicated
(here: right turn).On the very right side of the display next to
the turn symbol is the distance bar. It
indicates the distance to the next driving
maneuver (here: 800 ft).
The status bar shows the name of the
street after the driving maneuver, if
available, here:
MAIN ST
The destination is marked with a flag $ on
the map, an intermediate destination is
marked with a flag showing the letter
S.
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If full view of map is displayed:
Status bar 4 indicates one of the
following depending on which option is
selected in the Display in Map screen
(
page 194)
the estimated time of arrival and
the distance to destination
GPS coordinates of the current
position or
the road you are currently driving
on
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Using the control system, the display
unit can be changed between km or
miles (see your vehicle’s Operator’s
Manual).
When the instrument cluster
multifunction display is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate
distances in miles (mi) or feet (ft)
When the instrument cluster
multifunction display is set to
kilometers, the COMAND will
indicate distances in kilometers
(km) or meters (m)

177 Navigation*
Route guidance
Press any soft key.
The soft key displays appear.
Altering the map scale
The current map scale is indicated on the
left side of the status bar.
Press the + or ) soft key.
The map section is zoomed in or
zoomed out. A bar indicating the map
scale appears on the status bar.Selecting map orientation
A symbol is shown on the bottom left side
of the status bar.
Heading Up <:
Dynamic map alignment, map is
displayed facing driving direction
pointing up
or
North Up Y:
Map is displayed facing north
You can select the map orientation
(
page 193).
Changing the map display
While route guidance is active, you can
switch between split view and full view.
Split view:
The map is shown on the left side and
information on the next maneuver on
the right.
or
Full view:
Full view of the map.
Press c.
The display changes with every push of
the button.i
If no other action is taken within
approx. 8 seconds, the soft key
displays will disappear again.
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Depending on which option is selected
in the Display in Map screen
(
page 194), the status bar indicates
the estimated time of arrival and
the distance to destination
GPS coordinates of the current
position or
the road you are currently driving
on

199 Navigation*
Last destinations and destination memory
Create a new name
Push the joystick to h, H, g or
G to select the characters. After each
selection, press E.
Push the joystick to F or f to
select characters diagonally.
Press E to confirm the entry.
The message
The address has
been saved as
will appear.
After that, the Start route guidance
menu, the
Last destinations
memory or the Today’s plan memory
reappear.Activating the destination memory
Activate the Navigation main menu
(
page 152).
Push the joystick to g or G to
select menu item
Destination
memory
.
Press E.
The destination memory will appear.
The destination memory is sorted in
alphabetical order.Selecting a destination from the
destination memory
Activating the listing for the desired letter
Activate the destination memory.
Push the joystick to H or h until the
listing for the desired letter appears.
With every push of the joystick the
display changes to the next possible
letter.
or
Press 2 to 9 of the 12-button
keypad. Press a key once or several
times in quick succession until the
listing for the desired letter appears.
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E.g.: Key 5
Press 1 x = access to listing for letter J
Press 2 x = access to listing for letter K
Press 3 x = access to listing for letter L

221 System settings
System settings
Push the joystick to g or G to
select the desired entry.
Daylight Savings Time:
Changes from summer to winter time.
Standard Time:
Changes from winter to summer time.
Press E.
The System settings menu will appear.
The setting is saved.The language affects the menu text
displays and the voice output during route
guidance.
In the System settings menu
(
page 220), press the Lang. soft
key.
The languages list will appear.
OptionSymbol
Time change selected_
Time change not
selected-
Selecting the language

223 System settings
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-

227 System settings
System settings
Canceling individualization
You can cancel individualization at any
time during either the first or second
stage. All existing data remains
unchanged.
During any individualization stage,
press the
Cancel soft key.
Individualization is cancelled.
Deleting individualization
In the Individualization menu, push the
joystick to G to select menu item
Delete individualization.
Press E.
A prompt appears, which asks if you
really want to delete the data.
Press E to confirm Yes.
The individualization is deleted.
In the System settings menu, press the
Reset soft key.
The Reset inquiry menu will appear.
No
is highlighted.
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This function is not available if no
individualization data has been saved.
Resetting all settings to the factory
settings
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All your personal data, e.g. Last desti-
nation entries or Radio main menu pre-
set entries, will be deleted.

229 Glossary
Aspect ratio
Width and height proportions of a video
screen or signal - usually either 4:3
(NTSC) or 16:9 for widescreen DVDs.
Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger*).
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep-
tion (signal strength) into the autostore
memory in order of their reception
quality (from strong to weak).
Balance
Defines sound-center left/right.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.CD
(Compact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.
CDDA
(C
ompact Disc Digital Audio)
File type for a convential audio ->CD-
ROM.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-ROM
(CD
Read Only Memory)
->CD which can only be read.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.CD text
Additional information which may be
included on ->CD (e.g. track name, CD
title).
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
etc.).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.

239 Index
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)
operation* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Rejecting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Remote control (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing
batteries (remote control). . . . . . . . 113
Resetting
all settings to the factory settings . 227
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . 217
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
RSE CD/DVD player (rear seat enter-
tainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90S
Satellite radio*
important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Satellite radio* operation
automatic tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Saving
current location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting
an audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD (CD changer* only) . . . . . . . . . . . 63
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
cross street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
folder (MP3 CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
folder (rear seat entertainment*) . . . 99
frequency (audio search function) . . 30
map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
memory (audio search function) . . . . 30
multifunction display. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
satellite radio* station . . . . . . . . . . 119source of the speakers . . . . . . . . . . 111
street. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
the audio source (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
via folder list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Voice control* settings . . . . . . . . . . 224
Setting
bass and treble (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
display dimming characteristics . . . 223
map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
POI Icons displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
routing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Sound functions*. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39
Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Station
satellite radio* station
station selection via direct
channel entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120