2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class key

156 Navigation*POIs (Points of Interest)
The details disappear after approx.

3 seconds, or when pressing the
De-
tails
soft key again.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

Press
%
or
In the Destination entry menu ( page
115)
, press the
Map
soft key.
The full-screen map appears. Symbols
indicate the POIs.

If required, use

, 
, 
, 
, +
,
or
(
to move the map.

If the soft key displays are hidden,
press any soft key.The soft key displays appear.
.
Press the
Symbol
soft key.
A POI is selected and highlighted in col
-
or. Its name appears in the status bar.
Selecting a POI using the mapiThe POI symbols to be displayed can be
selected
( page
143)
.
Symbols are indicated only if the map
scale is set to 0.05 mi (50 m), 0.1 mi
(100 m), 0.2 mi (200 m), or 0.5 mi

(500 m).To change the map scale (
 page
130).

157 Navigation*
POIs (Points of Interest)

Press the
Prev.
or
Next
soft key to se
-
lect the desired POI.

Press the
Details
soft key if you want
to see details of a selected POI.
The details disappear again after

approx. 3 seconds, or when pressing
the
Details
soft key again.

Press

.
You are prompted to confirm the se
-
lected POI as the destination.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The Start Route Guidance menu ap
-
pears.

Press

to start route guidance.

164 SystemSystem 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
166)
.

Tones
soft key

For switching confirmation beeps

and acoustic signals ON and OFF ( page
167)
.

Display
soft key

For changing the display settings ( page
167)
.

VC tips
soft key

To call up the Voice control settings* ( page
168)
.

Reset
soft key

For reversing COMAND to the factory
settings
( page
171)
.

In the System menu, press the
Time

soft key.
The Date/Time settings menu appears.
The following options are now available:
Setting the time

Setting the date

Setting the date/time format
Calling up the System menu
Setting the date/time

165 System
System settings
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.

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

or

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.
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.
The new setting is stored.
Setting the date/Time format 
Press the
Format
soft key.
You will see the date and time following
the currently selected format, as well
as a list of possible formats.
iThere 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.
iThe date can be set only if GPS recep
-
tion is available.


166 SystemSystem 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
164)
,
press the
Lang.
soft key.
The language list is displayed.
The following options are available:
Instr. cluster settings
:
The system switches to the lan
-
guage already set in the vehicle in
-
strument cluster (
 Vehicle
Operator’s manual).

All other options:

The system switches to the re
-
quested language.
iList entry 1-3: Date formatsList 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

167 System
System settings

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.

In the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
Tones
soft key.
The list of available sounds is dis
-
played.

Use

or

to select an entry.

Press

.
The requested sounds are switched ON
or OFF.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The System menu appears. The new
setting is stored.

In the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
Display
soft key.
The Display Settings menu appears.
The following soft key and option are avail
-
able:
Bright.
soft key

Provides access to adjusting the dis
-
play brightness
( page
168)
.

Switching the display dimming charac
-
teristics
( page
168)
.
Switching confirmation beeps and
acoustic signals ON/OFF
iThe square next to a list entry shows
the status.Empty square
= sound OFF

Solid square
= sound ON
Display settings

168 SystemSystem settingsSwitching 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

.
Adjusting display brightness 
Press the
Bright.
soft key.
The Brightness display appears.

Press

or

.
The brightness changes accordingly.

Press the
Back
soft key or wait for
screen to change.
The new setting is stored.
Use this function to:
Start or delete voice control individual
-
ization
( page
169)

Activate/deactivate the voice control
help window
Activate/deactivate the help window
Open the System menu
( page
164)
.

Press the
VC tips
soft key.
The Voice control menu appears. Voice control settings*

169 System
System settings

Press the

key to select the
Help
Window
menu item.
The status bar shows you whether the
help window is activated or deactivat
-
ed.

Press

.
The menu to activate or deactivate the
help window appears. The solid circle shows whether the help window is activated or deactivated.In the following display example, the
help window is activated.

Press

or

to select the menu
item with the empty circle
.

Press

.
This will activate or deactivate the help
window.
Voice control individualizationThe individualization function is used to
adapt the voice control to your own voice
and to therefore improve speech recogni
-
tion. This does not affect speech recogni
-
tion of other users.Individualization consists of two stages.
The first stage involves training digits,
whilst the second stage trains specific
commands.
From the System menu
( page
164)
,
press the
VC tips
soft key.
The Voice control menu appears.

Press

to select menu item
Individualization
.

Press

.
The Individualization menu appears.