148 Navigation*
During route guidance
One of the following orientations can be
selected:
2D North up
Fixed map orientation, north is always
pointing up;
2D Heading up
Dynamic map orientation, driving direc-
tion is always pointing up.
In the Display menu (page 146),
press the
View soft key.
Both options appear.Changing map orientation
Use % or &7to select the desired
option.
Press'.
The orientation changes.
Finally, press the Back soft key or wait
for the screen to change.You can set the following to be displayed in
the status bar:
Time of arrival/Dist. to Dest.
If the full-screen map display is activat-
ed (
page 134), the estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance to
the destination will be displayed. If you
have entered a stopover destination
(
page 143), the corresponding data
will be displayed.
Current-Location display
If the full-screen map display is activat-
ed (
p a g e 1 3 4 ) , t h e f o l l o w i n g d a t a w i l l
be displayed:
The current position as coordi-
nates.
The number of satellites that can
currently be received.
The current elevation (ALT = alti-
tude) above sea level.
Setting map orientation i
Empty circle = deactivated
Solid circle = activated
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During route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol :
Fixed map orientation, north is al-
ways pointing up;
Compass symbol :
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Map display menu
166 System
System settings
Press<.
The System menu appears.
Selectable soft keys
Time soft key
For setting the date and time
Lang. soft key
For setting the language (
page 168)
Tones soft key
For switching confirmation beeps
and acoustic signals ON and OFF
(
page 168)
Display soft key
For changing the display settings
(
page 169)
Reset soft key
For resetting COMAND to the factory
settings (
page 170)
Press the Time soft key.
The Date/Time setting menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time
Setting the date
Setting the date/time format
Setting the time
The UTC time transmitted by the GPS sat-
ellites has to be set to the local time zone.
This enhances:
correct navigation for routes with time-
dependent traffic guidance, and
correct calculation of the estimated
time of arrival.
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time
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There is no automatic change from day-
light saving time to standard time.
This has to be changed manually.
When you change the time zone, the
clock time also changes automatically.
If you enter an incorrect time, the time
difference remains unchanged when
you change time zone.
167 System
System settings
Use# or $ to select the hours or
the minutes.
Press% or &.
Depending on the selection, hours or
minutes are set.
Setting the minutes:
With GPS reception, each time you
press % o r & changes the time in in-
crements of 30 minutes. Without GPS
reception, the time is changed in 1
minute increments.
Setting the hours:
Each time you press % or &, the
hours change in increments of 1 hour.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.Setting the date
Use# or $ to select the day, the
month or the year.
Press% or &.
Depending on the selection, the day,
the month, or the year is set.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the Date/Time format
Press the Format soft key.
Y o u w i l l s e e t h e d a t e a n d t i m e f o l l o w i n g
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
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The date can be set only if GPS recep-
tion is available.
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List entry 1-3: Date formats
List entry 4 and 5: Time formats
(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex-
ample below.)
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set
168 System
System settings
Setting the format
Use% or & to select a format.
Press'.
The appropriate format is selected.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
The language setting changes the display
language as well as the language used for
voice instructions in navigation announce-
ments.
In the System menu (page 166),
press the
Lang. soft key.
The language list is displayed.
The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings:
The system switches to the language
already set in the vehicle instrument
cluster (
Vehicle Operator’s manual);
All other options:
The system switches to the requested
language.
Use% or & to select an entry.
Press'.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
In the System menu, press the
(
page 166) Tones soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis-
played.
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List entry 1-3: Date formats
List entry 4 and 5: Time formats
(Entry 5 is not visible on the display ex-
ample below.)
Solid circle : format set
Empty circle : format not set
Setting the language
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
169 System
System settings
Use% or & to select an entry.
Press'.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.
Press the Back soft key or wait for the
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Open the System menu (page 166).
Press the Display soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.The following option and soft key are avail-
able:
Switching the display dimming charac-
teristic
Bright. soft key
Provides access to adjusting the dis-
play brightness (
page 170)Setting the display dimming
characteristics
You can select from 3 display dimming
modes:
Day mode:
The display is constantly set to daytime
design.
Night mode:
The display is constantly set to night-
time design.
Automatic:
The display will change depending on
the illumination of the instrument clus-
ter.
Use% or & to select an entry.
Press'.
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The square next to a list entry shows
the status.
Empty square = sound OFF
Solid square = sound ON
Display settings
173 Glossary
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
Volume adjustment between left and
right speakers.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per time unit.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form.CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
->CD which can be read and written but
not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Co
ckpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys-
tems, including the radio and CD play-
er, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer*, telephone*,
satellite radio*, navigation*).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth's surface.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.
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.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
Glossary
181 Index
Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . 162
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Root directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 175
Route display (Navigation mode). . 140
Route guidance
after vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 110
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
starting to destination
of Destination memory . . . . . . . . 152
of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 151
with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
S
Safety instructions
for CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 64
for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 48
for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 86
Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 65
Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 83
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Searching station (Radio mode). . . . 41
Selecting
CD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 70
destination
of Last destination memory . . . . . 151
folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
home address using map
(navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 157
station in Satellite radio mode . . . . . 80
track
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 72
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Setting
balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
for navigation announcements . . 114
bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
for navigation announcements . . 114
date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
date format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
display brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 45
route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
system language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
time format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
for navigation announcements . . 114
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 114
Showing soft key displays in
Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 175
SIM CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
183 Index
Tips
on caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 64
on caring for MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . 55
on copyright (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 65
on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
on creating MP3 tracks. . . . . . . . . . . 56
on data storage media (MP3 mode) . 54
on telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . 86
on the navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . 109
Track
forward
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
random
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 75
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
repeat
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53reverse
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 74
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
selecting
in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 72
in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transmitting
number sequences (telephone) . . . 100
Travelling abroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Trip interruption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
U
Universal Time Coordinated
siehe UTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
UTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 175
V
Vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
VOICE ANNOUNCEMENTS MUTED. 132
Volume
automatic volume control . . . . . . . . . 32
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
for navigation announcements . . 114
W
Warning. . . . . . . . 40, 48, 49, 54, 57, 64
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 86, 92, 108, 137
WB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 175
Weather Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
WRONG PIN NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . 91