84 Telephone*Important notesNotes about COMAND telephone fea
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tures using a Bluetooth® connectionMany of the Mercedes-Benz approved mo
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bile phones, cradles and adaptors avail
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able for use in your vehicle utilize
Bluetooth® technology to communicate
with each other and the vehicle. Depend
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ing on your phone brand and model, the
number of in-vehicle or on-display CO
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MAND telephone features supported via
Bluetooth® communication, and thus
available for your use, may vary.The descriptions and illustrations in this
section are based on the use of fully com
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patible Mercedes-Benz approved mobile
phones and cradles that do not utilize Blue
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tooth® technology to communicate with
each other. If your vehicle is equipped with
integrated Bluetooth® functionality, a
Bluetooth® capable mobile phone, head
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set, Laptop, PDA, etc. is required to utilize
those features.
For additional information about Mer
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cedes-Benz approved Bluetooth® mobile
phones and related accessories please
contact the Mercedes-Benz Customer As
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sistance Center at 1-800-FOR-MERCedes
or your nearest authorized Mercedes-Benz
Center.
130 Navigation*Route guidanceThe circle
shows the current vehicle lo
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cation. The arrow in the circle designates
the current driving direction.
The remaining route is highlighted in color.
Display example 2On the right-hand side of the display the
symbol for the next driving maneuver is in
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dicated (here left turn).
On the very right is a distance bar. The
dark blue part of the bar and the informa
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tion 700ft, in this example, indicate the
distance to the next driving maneuver.If available, the street following the driving
maneuver with its name is shown in the top
status bar (here
CHESTNUT
RIDGE
RD).
The destination is marked with a flag
on
the map, any stop-over destination is
marked with a flag
.
Changing map scaleThe currently selected map scale is shown
in the left-hand corner of the bottom status
bar
.
iWhen the display unit is set to miles,
the COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km, the
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo
-
meters (km) and meters (m). iThe colored highlight only appears
when the system has completed the
route calculation.
s
iThe display unit can be changed to km
or miles using the control system (see
your vehicle Operator's Manual).
When the display unit is set to miles,
COMAND will indicate distances in
miles (mi) or feet (ft).
When the display unit is set to km,
COMAND will indicate distances in kilo
-
meters (km) and meters (m).
133 Navigation*
Route guidance
Before the vehicle reaches a partially digi
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tized area, COMAND notifies you of this
with the following announcements:
“Be prepared to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid
-
ed.”
“In 700
feet you will enter an area
where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.”
“You are about to enter an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provid
-
ed.”
Route guidance within a partially digi
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tized areaIf you start route guidance in this type of
area, you will hear the following announce
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ment: “You are currently in an area where
turn by turn guidance cannot be provided.”Route guidance is provided by means of a
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination. COMAND will
not generate automatic navigation an
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nouncements.
If you try to call up or repeat an announce
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ment manually,
( page
129)
you will hear
the announcement “You are currently in an
area where turn by turn guidance cannot be
provided.“.During route guidance, the display is divid
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ed. On the right-hand side you will see the
direction arrow showing the compass
heading to the destination.On the left-hand side of the display you will
see the map with the suggested route. The
suggested route is highlighted blue. How
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ever, it may not be possible to follow the
suggested route because, for example, the
road is closed or not open for car traffic.If, during route guidance, COMAND leads
you back into a fully digitized area, route
guidance will simply continue in the usual
manner.
iThe indicated distance can be seen
here by way of example. In reality, it
may be different.
iWhen you call up the info menu to this
type of destination,
( page
136)
the
following data shown there may differ
from the actual situation:
Estimated time of arrival
Remaining driving time to the desti
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nation
Remaining distance to the destina
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tion
134 Navigation*Route guidanceRoute guidance to an off-road destina
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tion
COMAND can guide you to destinations
within the area covered by the digital map,
even if a destination is not located at a
road known to the system.These destinations are shown as off-road
destinations, which you can enter using
the map, for example.In these cases, COMAND guides you for as
long as possible with navigation announce
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ments and displays on roads known to the
system.Shortly before you reach the last known
point in the digitized road network, you will
hear the announcement “The destination is
nearby. Follow the arrow on the display”.You will then see an arrow that indicates
the direction to the off-road destination.
When the off-road destination is close to
the road,
Area of dest. reached
appears
in addition below the arrow.
When you leave the last known point in the
digitized road network, direction arrows
showing the compass heading to the desti
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nation guide you. You will also see the
Di-
rection to destination
display.
Route guidance from an off-road loca
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tion to a destinationIf there is no road available on map at cur
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rent position of the car, vehicle is off road.COMAND is also able to guide you to a des
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tination from such a location.At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the
Off Road
message and a direction
arrow. The direction arrow shows the com
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pass heading to the actual destination.The route is highlighted blue from the near
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est road known to the system. As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con
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tinues in the usual way.
Off-road and off-mapWarning
G
The COMAND navigation system may direct
you to off-road routes that your vehicle may
not be capable of traversing through without
damaging your tires, wheels or vehicle. It is
the driver’s sole responsibility to determine
the suitability of the route. Off-road routes
may be of varying conditions and their ap
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propriateness for use may be affected by
various factors such as time of day, time of
year and immediate weather conditions that
cannot be judged or taken into consider
-
ation by the COMAND system.
135 Navigation*
Route guidance
Route guidance from an off-map loca
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tion to a destinationIf the vehicle position is outside the area
covered by the digital map, then the vehi
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cle is in an off-map location.COMAND is also able to guide you to a des
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tination from such a location.At the start of the route guidance, you will
see the
Off Map
message and a direction
arrow. The direction arrow shows the com
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pass heading to the actual destination.The route is highlighted blue from the near
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est road known to the system. As soon as the vehicle is back on a road
known to the system, route guidance con
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tinues in the usual way.
Off-road during route guidanceThe road layout may differ from the data on
the digital map, due to road construction
measures, for example.In such cases, the system cannot allocate
the vehicle’s position to the digital map
and the vehicle is therefore in an off-road
position.The
Off Road
message and an arrow show
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ing the compass heading to the destina
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tion appear on the display.As soon as the system can allocate the ve
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hicle position’s to the map again, route
guidance continues in the usual way.
137 Navigation*
During route guidance
1Estimated time of arrival2Remaining driving time in hours and
minutes3Remaining journey (distance)
Points 1, 2 and 3 refer to the stop
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over destination. You'll only see the de
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tails for the final destination when you
arrive at your stopover and the system
has calculated the route to the main
destination.
Selectable soft keys:
Route
soft key
Provides access to the display of the
route on the map
( page
137)
.
Mode
soft key
Provides access to the route mode set
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ting for certain road types to be avoid
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ed
( page
109)
.
In the Info menu
( page
136)
, press
the
Route
soft key.
The map appears. The route remaining
is highlighted in blue color. The destination is marked with a flag , any stop-over destination is marked with a flag
. The current vehicle posi
-
tion is identified with the
symbol.
Depending on the distance to the des
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tination, it may take some time before
the route display appears.
iThe estimated time of arrival does not
refer to the time zone of destination,
but always refers to the time zone of
the vehicle's current location. For a
correct calculation, make sure that the
system clock is set correctly ( page
164)
.
Displaying the route on the map
s
173 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep
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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
(Binary digi
t)
The smallest unit of digital information.
Bit rate
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of ->bits trans
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mitted per time unit.
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
(Compact
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
Man
agement and
Data Sys
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tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys
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tems, including the radio and CD play
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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
(Digital
Versatile
Disc)
Digital storage medium in disc form for
storing large volumes of data.
Fader
(Fader control)Volume control between front and rear
speakers.
Folder
Alternative designation for directories.
Data saved on a storage medium can
be organized into directories for im
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proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu
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ments.
Greenwich meridian
A specific north-south line running
through Greenwich, England.
GPS
(Global
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.
Glossary
177 Index
AAccepted calls (telephone). . . . . . . . 93Accessing CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 62Adding spoken names to a phone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Answering call (telephone). . . . . . . . 90Audio AUX mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Automatic volume control . . . . . . . . 30Autostore (in Radio mode) . 40,
43,
173
BBalance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,
173
for navigation announcements . . . . 110Bass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31for navigation announcements . . . . 110Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Bit rate (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
Bluetooth®notes about. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
CCall (Telephone)answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90ending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,
95
outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94placing an outgoing call . . . . . . . . . . 91refusing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91CALL NOT POSSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83Calling up Destination memory . . . 149Cancellingroute guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
52,
61
Category list (satellite radio) . . . . . . 77CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173see also MP3 CDcopy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
63
ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,
65
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45,
63
random CD (CD changer mode) . . . . 71repeat (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . 71selecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67CD changeraccessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62retracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CD changer mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18permissible file system (MP3) . . . . . . 61permissible MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 61permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 61Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61CD slotCD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,
64,
65
MP3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17single CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15CD-R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
173
CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
173
Changingdetour (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139map scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130stop-over destination . . . . . . . . . . . 142CHANNEL UNAVAILABLE. . . . . . . . . . 77COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
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