2007 MERCEDES-BENZ ML-Class HW settings

224 System settings
System settings
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.Use this function to:
Activate/deactivate the voice control
help screen
Start or delete voice control
individualization
Activating/deactivating the help
screen
Open the System settings menu
(
page 220).
Press the VC Tips soft key.
The Voice control menu will appear.
Push the joystick to g to select the
Help Screen menu item.
The status bar shows you whether
the help screen is activated or
deactivated.
Press E.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help screen will appear.
In this display example, the help screen
is activated.
Selecting Voice control* settings


225 System settings
System settings
Push the joystick to G or g to
select an entry.
Press E.
This will activate or deactivate the help
screen.
The help screen (VC Tips) will now be
displayed if you:
Press button ! to activate the
Voice Control System.
Press button 0.
Call up various dialogs.
Voice control individualization
The individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech
recognition. This does not affect speech
recognition of other users.
Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
while the second stage trains specific
commands.
Open the System settings menu
(
page 220).
Press the VC Tips soft key.
The Voice control menu will appear.
Push the joystick to G to select the
Individualization menu item.
Press E.
The Individualization menu will appear.Starting individualization
Push the joystick to g to select menu
item
Start new
individualization
.
Press E.
The individualization process starts.
The system now guides you through
the individualization process using a
dialog, all operations are voice inputs.
i
You can only activate the individualiza-
tion function when the car is station-
ary. If the car is moving, the following
message will appear:
Individualization only
possible when car is
stationary
.

226 System settings
System settings
After completion of the first stage, the
system prompts you to save the data of the
first stage.
If you do not save the first stage:
Individualization is cancelled,
Data from an existing first stage
remains unchanged.
If you save the first stage:
Data from an existing first stage is
over-written but is not saved until the
second stage is started.If you do not start the second stage:
Data from the first stage remains
unchanged,
The individualization process is
finished.
After completion of the second stage, the
system prompts you to save the data of the
second stage.If you do not save the second stage:
Individualization is cancelled,
Data from an existing second stage
remains unchanged.
If you save the second stage:
Data from an existing second stage is
deleted and all new data is saved,
Individualization is finished.
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If you later decide to start the second
stage, you must restart the
individualization process from the
beginning of the first stage.

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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
i
All your personal data, e.g. Last desti-
nation entries or Radio main menu pre-
set entries, will be deleted.

228 System settings
System settings
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.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.
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The factory settings are:
Time - Central Time
Language - Instrument cluster
Verification tone - On
Notification tone - On
Display setting - Automatic

235 Index
A
Accepting
call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Activating
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Enter street menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . 152
Service main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Setting menu (DVD mode) . . . . . . . 104
System settings menu . . . . . . . . . . 220
the help screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Active call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Actvating
sound functions* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding
destination to today’s plan . . . . . . . 207
Adjust
balance/fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Adjusting
brightness, contrast and color . . . . 107
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
display brightness (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 110
headset volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
headset volume (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
tone (DVD mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Altering
map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
AM Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Arriving
at destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Audio search function. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Automatic map toggling . . . . . . . . . 195
AUX operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82B
Balance control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Begin dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
C
CALC RTE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
CALL CONNECTED . . . . . . . . . . 217, 218
CALL FAILED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 138
Calling up
main menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cancelling
route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
CD
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
general information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
loading
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
playback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
playback mode (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

237 Index
Entering
city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
house number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
telephone number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
unlock code
GSM mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . 133
TDMA or CDMA mobile phone. . . 133
F
Frequency range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G
GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
H
Hands-free microphone
switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Headsets
adjusting volume (rear audio
operation*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
connecting (rear audio operation*) . 84
connecting (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
I
Important notes
telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
L
Loading
CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 56
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
into the RSE CD/DVD player . . . . . 93
MP3 CD
into the CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . 56
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
navigation DVD
into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
M
Making
a conference call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Memory
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Memory functions
radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Menu
functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Monitor off /on (rear seat
entertainment*). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
MP3 CD
CD mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
fast forward/reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
loading (see CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
selecting a folder (rear seat
entertainment*) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

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