2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class sat nav

77 Satellite radio*
Satellite radio operation
Tuning via station presets Ten Satellite radio station presets are
available.

You can access the presets via number
keys or via the Presets menu.Accessing via number keys 
Press one of the number keys

3
- "
.
The system will tune to the station
stored under this number.
Accessing via Presets menu. 
Press the
Presets
soft key.
The Presets list appears.

Use

or

to choose a preset and
press

,
or
Press one of the number keys

3
- "
.
The system tunes to the station stored
under this number.
Tuning via manual channel inputExample: Tuning in channel 12
Press
2
.

Press
3
and

.
The system tunes to channel 12.
Tuning via the program category list The category list contains all currently re
-
ceivable categories of programs. It is sort
-
ed alphabetically.Only one entry is visible at a time. The en
-
try appears at the top of the main screen.Selecting a category Example 1: category
ALL

The station list of category
ALL
contains all
receivable channels (channel mode).

Use

or

to select the category
All
from the list.
iThe Presets memory is empty at first-
time activation of the system.
iIf an entry is made and such a channel
is not available, the message
Channel

unavailable
appears. The channel se
-
lected last continues playing.


145 Navigation*
During route guidance
You can set the following to be displayed in
the status bar:
Time of arrival/Dist. to Dest.

If the full-screen map display is activat
-
ed
( page
131)
, the estimated time of
arrival and the remaining distance to
the destination will be displayed. If you
have entered a stopover destination ( page
140)
, the corresponding data
will be displayed.

Current-Location display

If the full-screen map display is activat
-
ed
( page
131)
, the following data will
be displayed:
The current position as coordi
-
nates.

The number of satellites that can
currently be received.

The current elevation (ALT = alti
-
tude) above sea level.

No display

The name of the current road is dis
-
played.

In the Display menu
( page
143)
,
press the
Map
soft key.
The possible options appear.

Use

or

to select the desired
option.

Press

.
The map display is switched.

Finally, press the
Back
soft key or wait
for the screen to change.
iDuring route guidance, a symbol will
appear on the left-hand side of the bot
-
tom status bar if map display is
switched ON.
North symbol
:
Fixed map orientation, north is al
-
ways pointing up,

Compass symbol
:
Dynamic map orientation, driving
direction is always pointing up.
Map display menu
iThe COMAND uses GPS to calculate
the elevation above sea level. For rea
-
sons of tolerance, this value may devi
-
ate from the actual value.
iThe solid circle
shows the current
setting.

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.


173 Glossary
Autostore
Enters the stations with the best recep
-
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
-
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
-
tem)

Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communication sys
-
tems, including the radio and CD play
-
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
-
proved clarity. Can be likened to a filing
cabinet containing a number of folders,
each of which holds a number of docu
-
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
Index

179 Index
Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173random (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59repeat (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59selecting (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Forwardin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Frequency input (in Radio mode). . . 41 GGlobal Positioning Systemsee GPSGPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,
173
Greenwich meridian . . . . . . . . . . . . 173GSM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85,
87,
174
HHands-free microphoneswitching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96Home addressentering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 IID3 tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
174
ISO9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
174
JJoliet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
174
LLanguage setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166Last destinations memory . . . . . . . 148selecting destination. . . . . . . . . . . . 148starting route guidance to Last

destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Latitude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,
174
List (Satellite radio mode)program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77List (Telephone mode)accepted calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93missed calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94Loading CDin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Loading navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . 105LOGIC7®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,
174
Longitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,
174
MManual tuning (in Radio mode). . . . . 41Memorydestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Last destinations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,
43
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Mercedes-Benz Information . . . . . . 161Missed calls (telephone). . . . . . . 92,
93
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3 . . . . 53,
61,
174
MPEG2 Audio Layer 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . 62MPEG2.5 Audio Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . 62MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174tips on creating MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . 52tips on creating MP3 tracks . . . . . . . 53tips on data storage media . . . . . . . . 51MP3 CDejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55file structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54MP3 formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
61

180 IndexMP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16multi session CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible file systems . . . . . . . . . . 52permissible MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . 53safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51switching to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Multi session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174CDs (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Multifunction steering wheelcontrols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Mute function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 NNavigation announcementssee also current navigation announce
-
mentafter vehicle transport. . . . . . . . . . . 106switching ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Navigation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Navigation soft key displaysshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136NO HOME ADDRESS STORED . . . . . 113NO SERV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83,
89
OOutgoing calls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 PPermissiblebit rates (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
file system (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61file systems (MP3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52MP3 CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,
61
MP3 formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
61
Personal Identification Numbersee PINPersonal Unblocking Keysee PUKPhone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97adding spoken names . . . . . . . . . . . . 99deleting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99selecting entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98switching display between number and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98PHONE NOT INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . 85
PIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87PLEASE INSERT PHONE. . . . . . . . 83,
85
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD. . . . . . . . . 85POI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152,
174
Points of interestsee POIPresets (Satellite radio mode) . . . . . 77Program categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Program category list . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Program type listsee program category listProvider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,
174
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,
174
RRadio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12switching to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37RandomCD (CD changer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71folder (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 71in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

181 Index
Reading SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101READY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Refusing call (telephone) . . . . . . . . . 91RepeatCD (CD changer mode) . . . . . . . . . . . 71folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 70in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reset function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171Retracting CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . 63Reversein CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70in MP3 mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Roadside Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . 160ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Root directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Route display (Navigation mode). . 137
Route guidanceafter vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . 106cancelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136interrupting journey . . . . . . . . . . . . 106starting to a destinationof Destination memory . . . . . . . . 150of Last Destinations. . . . . . . . . . . 148with GPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106Route guidance info menu . . . . . . . 136Route mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 SSafety Instructionsfor CD changer operation . . . . . . . . . 61for MP3 operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51for navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104for radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37for single CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . 45for telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . 82Satellite radio operation. . . . . . . . . . 75Scan rate (MP3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175permissible rates . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,
62
Scan search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175in CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58in Radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40in Satellite radio mode . . . . . . . . . . . 79in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Search radio station . . . . . . . . . . 38,
42
SelectingCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67destinationof destination memory. . . . . . . . . 149of Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . 148folder (MP3 mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56POIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 76telephone book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 98trackin CD changer mode . . . . . . . . . . . 69in MP3 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57in Single CD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47