2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Ron 91

165 System settings
System settings
Setting the display design

Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Display”.

Select “Day Mode” or “Night Mode” or
“Automatic”.
The dotRin front of the list entry indi-
cates the current selection.
i In the “Automatic” setting, COMAND evalu-
ates the automatic vehicle light sensor and auto-
matically switches over the display design.
Setting the time
i The correct time is essential for the follow-
ing system functions to operate correctly:
Route guidance on routes with time-depen-
dent traffic routing
Calculation of estimated time of arrival
Time stamps for calls received and calls di-
aled

Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Time” K “Set Time”.1Sets the time
2Current date

To set value: Rotate ymz or slide
qmr.

To save setting: Press n.
i The increment for setting the minutes de-
pends on the situation. It is 30 minutes if the ve-
hicle is equipped with a navigation system and if
GPS signals are being received. It is one minute
if GPS reception is not available.
i If you change the time in 30 minute steps,
previously selected settings for time zone and
switching between summer time and standard
time are lost (
page 166).
Setting time/date format

Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Time” K “Format”.
The format list appears. The dotsRin
front of the list entries indicate the cur-
rent setting.
i The abbreviations mean:
Date format: DD - Day, MM - Month,
YY/YYYY - Year
Time format: HH - Hour, MM - Minute for
24-hour and AM/PM format

To change format setting: Rotate
ymz or slide qmr.

To confirm selection: Press n.

To save setting and quit menu:
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Time settings

166 System settings
System settings
Setting time zone and switching be-
tween daylight saving time and stan-
dard time
i The correct time zone and daylight saving/
standard time settings are essential for the fol-
lowing system functions to operate correctly:
Route guidance on routes with time-depen-
dent traffic routing
Calculation of estimated time of arrival
Time stamps for calls received and calls di-
aled

To set time zone: Select “System” K
“System Settings”
K “Time” K “Time
Zone”.
A time zone list appears.

Rotate ymz or slide qmr to select the
appropriate time zone.

To switch between Daylight Saving
and standard time: Select “Daylight
Saving Time” (Summer) or “Standard Ti-
me” (Winter).
The dotRin front of a list entry indi-
cates the current setting.

To save setting and exit menu:
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Setting reading speed
You can use this feature to adjust the read-
out speed of the address book via voice
control.

Select “System” K “System Settings”
K “Text Reader Speed”.
The list of possible speeds appears.
The dotRin front of the list entry indi-
cates the current setting.

Select the desired speed.
The new setting is stored.
Read-out settings

179 Voice Control
Phone operation
You can use voice control to:

place a call by using your voice to input
a phone number

store names and numbers in the ad-
dress book

dial a number from the address book

listen to the phone book

retrieve and manage your voice mail
and recorded announcement services

redial
Voice control recognizes whether:

your phone is switched on

your phone is connected via Bluetooth

the car phone is registered with the rel-
evant mobile phone network

it is possible to dial

the PIN has been entered
If it is not possible to dial, voice control is-
sues a message to this effect.
i You can still operate your phone using the
keypad.
Phone operation
G Warning
Some jurisdictions prohibit the driver from
using a cellular telephone while driving.
Whether or not prohibited by law, for safety
reasons, the driver should not use the cellu-
lar telephone while the vehicle is in motion.
Stop the vehicle in a safe location before
placing or answering a call.
If you nonetheless choose to use the mobile
phone while driving, please use the hands-
free feature and be sure to pay attention to
the traffic situation at all times. Use the mo-
bile phone only when road, weather and traf-
fic conditions permit. Otherwise, you may
not be able to observe traffic conditions and
could endanger yourself and others.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet (approximate-
ly 14 m) every second.
G Warning
Never operate radio transmitters equipped
with a built-in or attached antenna (i.e. with-
out being connected to an external antenna)
from inside the vehicle while the engine is
running. Doing so could lead to a malfunc-
tion of the vehicle’s electronic system, pos-
sibly resulting in an accident and/or
personal injury.
Operation

180 Voice Control
Phone operation
“Phone”
Use the “Phone” command to select the
phone application. Use this command if
you wish the digits entered to be shown on
the display.
“Help Phone”
Voice control has an extensive help func-
tion. Using the “Help Phone” command,
you can have all the essential commands
for the phone read out (
page 201).
“Enter PIN”
Use the “Enter PIN” command to input the
PIN code (Personal Identification Number)
for your phone. To do this, the phone must
be connected via Bluetooth. When you
have given the command, voice control
prompts you to enter the PIN code.
Say the PIN code in the form of a continu-
ous string of digits or as blocks of digits,
e.g. three to five digits.
Digits 0 to 9 are permitted. Voice control
repeats the digits it recognizes after each
block of digits (with a pause of approxi-mately half a second between each block
of digits) and waits for you to continue
speaking.
Example of dialog:
sEnter PIN
tPlease say the PIN code
sZero one three three
tZero one three three
sOkay
! The card is blocked if you enter the wrong
code three times in a row. Use the PUK (personal
unblocking key) to unblock the card.
You can only enter the unblocking code via
the phone keypad – see the phone operat-
ing instructions.
“Dial number”
You can use the “Dial number” command
to dial a phone number.
The digits 0 - 9 and the word “Plus” are per-
mitted.
“Plus” replaces the international dialing
code, e.g. “00”.
Say the phone number in the form of a con-
tinuous string of digits or as blocks of dig-
its, e.g. three to five digits.Voice control repeats the digits it recogniz-
es after each block of digits (with a pause
of about half a second between each block
of digits) and waits for you to continue
speaking.
Example of dialog:
sDial number
tPlease say the number
sZero one three zero
tZero one three three
sFive zero zero five
tFive zero zero five
sOkay
tDialing number.
i You can also dial the specified number if you
press the s button on the multi-function
steering wheel instead of the concluding com-
mand “Okay”.
Commands

191 Voice Control
Address book
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The address book gives you the option of
storing information about people in the
form of entries.
Using voice control, you can dial a phone
number stored in the address book or start
route guidance for a stored address.
Apart from the speaker-dependent voice
tags stored in the address book, voice con-
trol can recognize all the entries in the
name fields of the address book. Recogni-
tion of the entries in the address book de-pends on the text that was entered. To
make a call you must say the text of the en-
try.
Check the address book entries for the fol-
lowing:

The name entries, e.g. last name and
first name, are in the right fields.

Do not use abbreviations or acronyms.

Avoid unnecessary spaces in names.

Do not use special characters.
You can improve voice recognition by sav-
ing a speaker-dependent voice tag for ad-
dress book entries.
Use a speaker-dependent voice tag:

for names which are difficult to pro-
nounce

to distinguish names which sound sim-
ilar

for names which are not pronounced as
they are written
Voice control can store up to 50 of these
address book entries by means of a speak-
er-dependent voice tag.You can use voice control at any time to:

save a name

select a name

delete a name

list the address book

delete the address book

open the address book

open an entry from the address book

list the phone book

list the destination memory
To open the address book: press the
! button on the multi-function
steering wheel.
Give the “Address book” command.
Press the ! button.
Give one of the address book com-
mands explained below.
Address book
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 address book 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.
Overview
Operation

196 Voice Control
Radio and Satellite Radio*
Selecting the frequency (FM range)
You can select frequencies within the FM
range (87.5 to 108.0 MHz) directly. Voice
control also recognizes the words
“frequency”, “point” and “megahertz”.
Example of dialog:
sEighty seven point five megahertz
uVoice control sets the frequency.
Selecting the frequency (AM range)
You can select frequencies within the AM
range (530 to 1710 kHz) directly. Voice
control also recognizes the words
“frequency” and “kilohertz”.
Example of dialog:
sFive hundred and ten kilohertz
uVoice control sets the frequency.
“Save station”
Using the “Save station” command you can
give a voice tag to the station currently se-
lected. You can also use this command to
improve voice recognition for difficult
names or if you want to use a name of your
own. You could, for example, save a station
with the name “Favorite station”.When you have given the command, voice
control prompts up to three times to say
the station name. When repeating the sta-
tion name, make sure that you pronounce
it in exactly the same way as you did the
first time. Otherwise, the name cannot be
saved and voice control aborts the saving
procedure.
Example of dialog:
sSave station
tPlease say the station name
sFavorite station
tPlease repeat the station name.
sFavorite station
tThe station has been saved.
“Select station”
Using the “Select station” command, you
can select a saved station.
Example of dialog:
sSelect station
tPlease say the station name
sFavorite station
uVoice control sets the station
“Station Favorite station”
Using this command, you can select a
saved station.
Example of dialog:
sFavorite station
uVoice control sets the station
“Select category” (Satellite radio)
Using the “Select category” command, you
can select an available category.
Example of dialog:
sSelect category
tPlease say the category name
sNews
uVoice control sets the category
“Category News” (Satellite radio)
Use this command to select a satellite ra-
dio category.
Example of dialog:
sCategory news
uVoice control sets the category

200 Voice Control
Command list
In the Command list section, you will find
all the main commands for operating voice
control. The commands available to you
depend on the vehicle’s equipment.
i Some functions have several voice com-
mands to facilitate operation. These are grouped
together between the separator lines in the list
and can be used interchangeably.
Command list
General commands

Yes

Correct

Okay

Cancel

No

Pause

Address book

MP3

CD changer

CD

Navigation

Route guidance

Nav

DVD video

DVD audio

Radio

Satellite radio / Sirius*

Phone

Messages

Video

Correction

Wrong

Incorrect

Help

Help functions

Help devices

Help voice control [system]

Help voice control/voice control help

General help

0 - 9

Letters of the alphabet

Continue

Go forward

Next page

Previous page

Go back

Back

Help radio

Help phone/help telephone

Help address book

Help CD changer

Help DVD

Help DVD changer

Help DVD audio

Help DVD audio changer

Help MP3

Help MP3 changer

Help navigation

Help route guidance

Help nav

201 Voice Control
Command list
Phone commands

Phone

Telephone on/phone on

Save

Save PIN/PIN code

Save name

Save number

Save phone number

Dial PIN

Dial PIN code

Dial PIN number

Dial number

Dial phone number

Confirm

Confirm PIN

Confirm PIN code

Confirm PIN number

Confirm number

Confirm phone number

Enter PIN

Enter PIN code

Enter PIN number

List phone book

Read out phone book

Redial

Redial last number

Redial last phone number

Correction

Incorrect

Wrong PIN

Wrong PIN code

Wrong PIN number

Wrong number

Wrong phone number

Delete

Delete PIN

Delete PIN code

Delete PIN number

Delete name

Delete phone number