2008 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class Voice

Content
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switching to Audio Aux . . . . . . . . . . 71
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
DVD video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Automatic picture switch-off. . . . . . 74
Notes on storage media . . . . . . . . . 74
Notes on the care of discs . . . . . . . 74
DVD playback conditions . . . . . . . . 75
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 75
Loading DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ejecting DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Switching to DVD video . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying/hiding control menu . . . 77
Displaying/hiding menu system . . . 77
Fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selecting DVD media . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Stop function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Pause function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Selecting a scene/chapter . . . . . . 79
Selecting a film/track. . . . . . . . . . . 79
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
DVD menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Subtitles and camera angle . . . . . . 82
Interactive content . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Making calls via Bluetooth®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Interruptions to the connection while
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operating options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Functional restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 85
Activating the mobile phone . . . . . . . . . 86
Mobile phone with Bluetooth
®
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Setting transmit and receive
volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
“911” emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Submenu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Phone main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
COMAND phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Opening COMAND phone book . . . 93
Selecting an entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Initiating call to an entry . . . . . . . . . 94
Creating a new entry. . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Adding phone number to a phone
book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Call lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Initiating an outgoing call . . . . . . . 101
Functions during a single call . . . . 102
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Opening the address book . . . . . . 104
Submenu overview for
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Selecting entry in the
address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Creating a new address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Searching for an address book
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Displaying details for an
address book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Changing entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Initiating a phone call to an entry . 109
Starting navigation to an entry . . . 109
Voice tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Content
Importing vCards from a
PCMCIA card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Updating the map software . . . . . 112
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Input restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Switching to navigation mode . . . 118
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Introduction to destination input . 126
Entering a destination via the address
126
Entering a destination from the desti-
nation memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Entering destination from the last des-
tinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering destination via the map . 137
Entering stopover destination. . . . 138
POI input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a POI in local area of
destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a POI in the vicinity of the
location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141Entering a POI in the vicinity of a
specific location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Entering a POI via a name search . 141
Entering a POI via a phone number
search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Choosing a POI category . . . . . . . 142
Entering a POI via the map . . . . . . 147
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Driving maneuver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Example display without driving
maneuver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traffic lane recommendations . . . 150
Destination or destination region
reached. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Off-road and off-map . . . . . . . . . . 152
Navigation announcements . . . . . 153
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 154
Resuming route guidance after
cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Detour function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Alternative route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Route browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Displaying destination information . . .
155
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Saving a destination in the
destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Deleting destination or home
address from the destination
memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Saving a destination permanently
in the destination memory . . . . . . 162
Saving vehicle location in the last
destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Saving crosshairs position in the
last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Deleting one of the last
destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
System settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Opening System menu . . . . . . . . . 164
Menu overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Read-out settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Voice control settings . . . . . . . . . . 167
Bluetooth® settings . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Reset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Setting the system language . . . . 171
Tele Aid*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Content
Emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Information calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Voice Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Operating Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Symbols only used in this chapter 176
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Phone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Address book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Radio and Satellite Radio* . . . . . . . . . 195
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
DVD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
External equipment (AUX) . . . . . . . . . 199 Audio aux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Command list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
General commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Phone commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Navigation commands . . . . . . . . . 202
Address book commands . . . . . . . 203
Audio and video commands . . . . . 204
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Satellite Radio* (SIRIUS). . . . . . . . 205
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
DVD audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
AUX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Help function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Technical terminology. . . . . . . . . . . 213
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

7
Where to find it
Introduction
This operating guide has been designed to
help you use your COMAND control unit in
all situations. Each chapter has its own col-
or code in order to make it easier to find in-
formation.
At a glance
Here you will find an overview of the com-
ponents of COMAND. Then you will find ex-
amples illustrating how to operate
COMAND and information on the basic
functions. If you are operating a COMAND
for the first time or have rented the vehicle,
you should first read this chapter.
Audio
Here you will find all information regarding
the audio function and its radio, SatRadio*,
CD-audio/DVD audio/MP3, music register
and audio aux modes.
Video
Here you will find all information regarding
the video system.
Telephone
The telephone functions are described
here. You will also find information on the
address book.
Navigation
Here you will find detailed information re-
garding the following topics:

Setting options for the map display and
the route calculation

Destination input

POI input

Route guidance

Destination memory
System settings
Here you will find all the important infor-
mation regarding the system settings of
the COMAND.
Furthermore, you will find here basic infor-
mation about TeleAid* (SOS, Roadside as-
sistance and Information calls).
Voice Control
Here you will find information about oper-
ating several COMAND functions via Voice
Control.
Indexes
The technical terminology glossary ex-
plains the most important technical terms.
Content and keyword indexes are intended
to help you find information quickly.
Where to find it

9 Introduction
Operating safety
This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful in-
terference, and
(2) This device must accept any interfer-
ence received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
Operating safety
G Warning
Any alterations of electronic components or
software can cause malfunctions.
Radio, satellite radio, amplifier, DVD chang-
er, navigation module, telephone and Voice
Control systems are interconnected. There-
fore, if one of the components is not opera-
tional, or has not been removed/ replaced
properly, the function of other components
could be impaired.
Such conditions might seriously impair the
operating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend to have any service work on
electronic components carried out by an au-
thorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
G Warning
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, the driver should enter
system settings while the vehicle is at a
standstill, and operate the system only
when permitted by road, weather and traffic
conditions.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just
30 mp/h (approximately 50 km/h), your car
covers a distance of 44 feet (approximately
14 m) every second.
COMAND supplies you with information to
help you select your route more easily and
guide you conveniently and safely to your
destination. For safety reasons, we encour-
age the driver to stop the vehicle in a safe
place before answering or placing a call, or
consulting the COMAND screen to read nav-
igational maps, instructions, or downloaded
information.
G Warning
While the navigation system provides direc-
tional assistance, the driver must remain fo-
cused on safe driving behavior, especially
attention to traffic and street signs, and
should utilize the system’s audio cues while
driving.
The navigation system does not supply any
information on stop signs, yield signs, traffic
regulations or traffic safety rules. Their ob-
servance always remains in the driver’s per-
sonal responsibility. DVD maps do not cover
all areas nor all routes within an area.

23 At a glance
Multifunction steering wheel
Use the buttons on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel to operate the multifunction dis-
play.
Luxury steering wheel illustrated
Multifunction steering wheelFunctionPage
1Multifunction display
2æ volume up
ç volume down
F Mute
t End and reject calls
s Accept and iniate
calls35
35
103
101
3! Activate
Voice Control
177
4L Cancel
Voice Control
Navigate one level
up in the menu
structure of the mul-
tifunction display
177
24
FunctionPage
5Select submenu or scroll
through lists
$ Upwards
% Downwards
Selecting a menu
& Right
( Left
# Confirm selection

85 Telephone
General information
The telephone function via the Bluetooth®
interface is available in conjunction with a
Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone.
With a suitable mobile phone, you can use
COMAND’s hands-free feature and receive
electronic business cards (vCards) via the
Bluetooth
® interface.
Further information on suitable mobile
phones and connecting Bluetooth-enabled
mobile phones to COMAND is available via
the Internet at www.mbusa.com.Interruptions to the connection may occur
if

there is inadequate GSM network cov-
erage in certain regions

you are switching from one GSM trans-
mitting/receiving station (GSM cell) to
another and there is no voice channel
available in this cell

you are using a SIM card that is not
compatible with the available network.

when using a mobile phone with “Twin-
card”, the mobile phone is simulta-
neously logged into the network with
the second SIM card.
If the mobile phone is connected with
COMAND via the Bluetooth
® interface, you
can operate the phone using the following
devices:

COMAND controller and keypad on the
COMAND control unit

Multifunction steering wheel

Voice ControlThe explanations in this section assume
that the mobile phone is connected to CO-
MAND via the Bluetooth
® interface. Excep-
tions are explicitly described.
Under the following circumstances, the
phone may not yet be useable:

If it is not yet logged into a network.
The phone will try independently to log
into a network. If no network is
available, you will not be able to make
“911” emergency calls.
If you try to make an outgoing call, the
message “No Service” appears briefly.
General information
Making calls via Bluetooth®
interface
Interruptions to the connection
while driving
Operating options
Functional restrictions

93 Telephone
COMAND phone book
The COMAND phone book is an extract of
entries from the COMAND address book.
All the COMAND address book entries hav-
ing at least one phone number can be
found in the COMAND phone book.
i For many operating functions you can also
use the buttons on the multifunction steering
wheel, e.g. the (, &, $, %,
#,
s
or t buttons, for selecting a track or a
menu, scrolling through lists or initiating or end-
ing a call (
page 23).
Open the phone main menu
(
page 92).
Select “Name”.
The COMAND phone book is displayed.
COMAND phone book with search speller
1Address book entry
2Calls up options
3Search speller
4Closes phone book
5m symbol for voice tag
Address book entries may have the symbol
5. An additional voice tag is saved with
these entries.
If an address book entry has the symbol
+ then this has more than one phone
number. You can select these subentries
(
page 93).
To close phone book: In the search
speller select the symbol “Back”.
or
Press í.
Selecting via list
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired entry is highlighted.
Selecting subentries
Select an address book entry with the
symbol + from the list and press n.
The symbol + changes into / and
the subentries appear.
1Expanded phone book entry
2Phone book entry with subentries
Rotate ymz or slide qmr until the de-
sired subentry is highlighted.
COMAND phone book
Opening COMAND phone book
Selecting an entry