2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class display

189 Voice Control
Navigation
“Find address”
You can use the “Find address” command
to select a previously saved address and
start route guidance.
Example of dialog:
sFind address
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
uThe system shows a numbered list
of saved addresses in the display
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
tStarting route guidance
“Start route guidance”
You can use the “Start route guidance”
command to start route guidance once a
valid destination has been entered.
sStart route guidance
tStarting route guidance
“Route information”
You can use the “Route information” com-
mand to have the following information on
your currently planned route read out:

Distance to destination

Remaining driving time

Expected arrival time
“Guidance instructions on”
When you use the “Guidance instructions
on” command, voice control repeats the
last driving tip. If the driving tip output has
been switched off up to this point, it is now
switched on again.
“Guidance instruction off ”
You can use this command to switch off
the route guidance voice output.
“Cancel route guidance”
You can use this command to stop route
guidance.
Example of dialog:
sCancel route guidance
tAre you sure you want to cancel
route guidance?
sYes
tCancelling route guidance
Voice control cancels route guidance.
or
sNo
tContinuing route guidance.
The dialog with voice control is terminated.
Route guidance remains activated.
“Zoom in/out"
You can use these commands to zoom the
map display one step in or out.
“Zoom in/out completely”
You can use these commands to set the
map display directly to the smallest or larg-
est scale.

193 Voice Control
Address book
sWork
tSmith work. Dialing number.
“Find name”
Use the “Find name” command to search
for a name in the address book. Voice con-
trol then asks what action you want it to
perform: for example call the selected
number, start route guidance to the saved
address or open the entry.
“Find address”
(
page 189)
“Delete name ”
Use the “Delete name” command to delete
a voice tag from your address book.
Example of dialog:
sDelete name
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
tDo you want to delete Smith?
sYes
tThe voice tag has been deleted
“List address book”
You can use the “List address book” com-
mand to listen to all names and voice tags
in the address book. You can select an en-
try during this.
If no name is entered in the name field of
the address book, the phone number or
the address is read out. A name can be en-
tered later in the name field.
Example of dialog:
sList address book
The system reads out all address book en-
tries. If there is a large number of entries,
the system asks from which entry it should
start the reading.
i If you do not say a name, voice control reads
out all address book entries.
To select an address book entry:
press the ! button at the selected
entry.
The entry is selected and shown on the
display. Voice control asks whether the
selected entry should be called, navi-
gated to or opened.
To cancel the dialog: press the L
button.You have cancelled the dialog. The sys-
tem confirms by responding “Cancel”.
“List phone book” and dialing a phone
number
(
page 182)
“Delete address book”
You can use the “Delete address book”
command to delete individual voice tags or
all the voice tags in the address book. The
address data is not deleted.

194
“Find entry”
You can use the “Find entry” command to
open any address book entry.
Example of dialog:
sFind entry
tPlease say the name.
sSmith
uThe system shows a numbered list
in the display.
tPlease select a line number.
sLine number 1 ...
tLine number 1 accepted.
The system opens the first entry on
the list.
If the selected entry contains at
least one phone number or an ad-
dress, voice control asks whether
you want to dial the number or nav-
igate to the stored address.“Spell entry”
You can use the “Spell entry” command to
open any address book entry by spelling
the name.
Say the letters in the form of a continuous
string of letters (five to seven letters).
A list of possible entries will appear in the
display and you can choose the one you re-
quire.
Example of dialog:
sSpell entry
tPlease spell the name.
sS-M-I-T-H
uThe system shows a numbered list
in the display.
tPlease select a line number.
sNumber four
tNumber four accepted
The system opens the fourth entry
on the list.
If the selected entry contains at
least one phone number or an ad-
dress, voice control asks whether
you want to dial the number or
navigate to the stored address.i You can use the “Next page” or “Previous
page” commands to scroll through the list. You
can use the “Correction” command to spell the
name again.

195 Voice Control
Radio and Satellite Radio*
You can use voice control to:

select the waveband

find a station

select a frequency (FM, AM)

select a category (Satellite radio)

listen to the station list

save a voice tag for a station

delete a station list (voice tags only)

delete a station (voice tag only)

select a channel number (Satellite ra-
dio)The names of all received and stored sta-
tions are available for voice recognition. To
improve voice recognition, you can store a
voice tag for a specific speaker.
To select the radio or satellite radio
application: press the ! button on
the multi-function steering wheel.
Say the command “Radio” or “Satellite
Radio”.
Press the ! button.
Say one of the radio or satellite radio
commands explained below.
You can always give the commands for the
radio when you are listening to the radio,
even if a different application is shown on
the display.
“Help Radio”
Using the “Help Radio” command, you can
have all the commands for the radio read
out.
“Help Satellite Radio”
Using the “Help Satellite Radio” command,
you can have all the commands for the sat-
ellite radio read out.
Selecting a waveband
You can set the waveband with the follow-
ing commands:

“FM”

“AM”
“Next station”/“Previous station”
You can start manual tuning and set the
next station using the following com-
mands:

“Next station”

“Previous station”
“Next category”/“Previous category”
You can use the following commands to
change the category on satellite radio:

“Next category”

“Previous category”
Radio and Satellite Radio*
G Warning
Please devote your attention first and fore-
most to the traffic situation you are in.
Before your journey, please familiarize your-
self with the radio functions.
Only use the Voice Control System when
road and traffic conditions permit you to do
so. Otherwise you could be involved in an
accident in which you or others could be in-
jured.
OperationCommands

211 Voice Control
Troubleshooting
Voice control has a comprehensive help
function to assist the user.
The voice control help function provides:

general information about how best to
operate voice control

a list of the possible commands
“Help voice control”
You can use the “Help voice control” com-
mand to obtain information about how
best to operate voice control.
“Help”
If you press the ! button and say the
command “Help”, you will receive help for
the application currently selected.
If you select the “Help” command during a
voice dialog, for example after the “Dial
number” command, you will receive help
explaining how the dialog continues.
You can also request the help function for
a specific system, for example with the
“Help phone” command.
If you have activated the help window, you
will see a selection of the possible com-
mands on the display (
page 167).
Help function

213 Technical terminology
AAC
(A
dvanced Audio Coding)
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses. Based on
the MPEG2 standard.
Bit
(Bi
nary digit)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans-
mitted per unit time.
Bluetooth
®
Wireless personal area networks that
provide a way to connect and exchange
information between devices such as
mobile phones, laptops, PCs, etc. over
a short-range radio frequency.
CD
(C
ompact Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format.
CD-R
(CD
Recordable)
Writeable ->CD-ROM.
CD-RW
(CD
Rewriteable)
CD which can be read, written and de-
leted.CD text
CD text is an extension of an audio CD,
which contains text information such
as title, artist and name of the individu-
al pieces of music.
->COMAND displays
this information on the corresponding
screens if the selected audio CD con-
tains this information.
COMAND control system
(Co
ckpit Management and Data
System)
Central information and operating unit
for various vehicle functions, such as
radio, DVD changer and other equip-
ment, such as telephone, navigation
system.
Dolby Digital
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.
DTMF
(D
ual Tone Multi-Frequency)
DTMF tones control answering machi-
nes or other devices, e. g. for remote
queries.
DTS
(D
igital Theater Sound)
Optional format for audio data on an
DVD audio or DVD video.DVD
(D
igital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc format
for storing large data volumes, e.g.
films.
DVD+R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD+RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
DVD-R
(DVD
Recordable)
->DVD which can be read and written
but not deleted.
DVD-RW
(DVD
Rewriteable)
->DVD which can be read, written and
deleted.
Geo-coordinates
Indicate the geographical position of a
location on the earth's surface.

214 Technical terminology
GPS
(G
lobal Positioning System)
System for geographic position finding.
Satellite signals can be compared by
the receiver in the vehicle with a digital
map (e. g. on CD-ROM) and then used
for position finding and navigation.
Gracenote Media Database
Media database that is stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive.
Gracenote
® music recognition techno-
logy
Music recognition software that is
stored on
->COMAND’s hard drive. If
the selected audio CD does not contain
any
->CD text, ->COMAND can
recognise unknown audio tracks in CD
audio mode with the aid of this
software and depict this in corres-
ponding displays.
GSM
(G
lobal System for Mobile
Communications)
International transmission standard for
mobile phones. This permits you to
make phone calls with your mobile
phone even when abroad. The trans-
mission method is digital.ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. track, artist,
album).
ISO9660
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs.
Kilobyte
Designation for an amount of informati-
on in digital technology.
LOGIC7
®
Multi-channel surround technology
from the professional audio industry,
which plays back 5.1 and stereo recor-
dings in surround quality. LOGIC7
® cre-
ates natural 360° sound characteris-
tics for all seats.
MLP
(M
eridian Lossless Packing)
Optional format for audio data on a
DVD-audio.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing audio data
which is subject to losses.
Multisession
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Data is written to the CD in a num-
ber of sessions.
Music Register
Memory for the audio main function to
which you can copy music files in MP3
format.
Notebook
Portable personal computer (PC).
NTSC
(N
ational Television Systems Commit-
tee)
TV standard, widespread mainly in the
US.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organised into directories for impro-
ved clarity. Can be likened to a filing ca-
binet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu-
ments.

217 Index
A
AAC
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Address book
Changing entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Creating an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Details for an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Initiating phone call . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Searching for entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . . 109
Voice tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
DVD mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Authorizing
Bluetooth
® device . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Aux
Audio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
B
Back button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Bit
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Bit rate
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Block Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bluetooth®
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bluetooth® interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Business cards
Receiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
C
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 213
Ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ejecting from the DVD changer . . . . 57
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Loading the DVD changer . . . . . . . . . 55
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 70
Selecting medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
CD-RW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213Character entry
Accepting first list entry . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cancelling an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deleting an entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Entering characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
COMAND
Basic functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Character entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Opening menu for a main function . . 31
Operating example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Selecting menu item . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
COMAND controller
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D
De-authorizing
Bluetooth
® device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Mobile phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Declaration of conformity regarding
the distribution of telecommunica-
tions equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Delete button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Destination input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Index