2008 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class display

102 Telephone*SMS (Mail)
Press the
Contents
soft key
.
The message text appears;

To return to the SMS inbox press the Back
soft key.

In the SMS inbox
( page
100)
,
use

or

to select the message
to be deleted.

Press the
Delete
soft key.
A delete prompt is displayed.

Use

to select the menu item
Yes
.

Press

.
The message is now deleted.

Press the
Back
soft key.
This returns you to the Telephone main
menu.
Deleting a message
Exiting from the SMS menu

104 Navigation*Important notesSafety InstructionsWarning
G
For safety reasons, you should only enter a
destination when the vehicle is stationary.
When the vehicle is in motion, a passenger
should enter the destination. Study manual
and select route before driving.Do not watch display screen or operate but
-
tons while the vehicle is in motion - let navi
-
gation announcements guide you. Stop at a
safe location before using buttons or mak
-
ing corrections.Traffic regulations always have priority over
any route recommendations given. 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.
The route calculated by COMAND is a rec
-
ommendation on how to best reach your se
-
lected destination.During route guidance, you will not receive
any information on
Traffic lights

Stop and yield signs

Parking or stopping zones

One-way streets

Narrow bridges

Similar traffic regulation data
You should therefore always strictly observe
traffic regulations while driving. Drive care
-
fully and always obey traffic laws and road
signs even if they contradict COMAND in
-
structions.
Warning
G
The Navigation DVD module contains a

Class 1 laser product. There is a danger of
invisible laser radiation if the cover is
opened or damaged.Do not remove the cover. The Navigation
DVD module does not contain any parts
which can be serviced by the user. For safe
-
ty reasons, have any service work which
may be necessary performed only by quali
-
fied personnel.

106 Navigation*Important notesTIf your vehicle has been transported by a
car, train or ferry, COMAND may require
some time to find its exact position.
COMAND may issue navigation announce
-
ments not suited to your actual position. Moving the vehicle a few yards is typically
enough to remedy the situation.While determining the exact position ,
route guidance is subject to the following
restrictions: 
COMAND does not output navigation
announcements.

The display
OFF
ROAD
and an arrow indi
-
cating the direction of the destination
appear instead of the detailed naviga
-
tion displays.
Once the system is correctly repositioned,
route guidance continues with navigation
announcements and detailed navigation
displays.
The following instructions have to be fol
-
lowed when interrupting a trip during route
guidance, and later continuation:
Continuation of the trip within 2
hours
after interruption:
The system automatically resumes
route guidance.

Continuation of the trip between
2 and
12 hours after interruption:

Continue route guidance manually
in the Navigation main menu ( page
108)
.
Route guidance with GPSiGPS (
Global
Positioning
System) sig
-
nals received make it possible to deter
-
mine the current vehicle position.iDeviations from the actual position
may occur 
if the reception of GPS signals is
disturbed e. g. in parking garages
and tunnels

if road conditions are bad

depending on the vehicle’s condi
-
tion
Route guidance after vehicle trans
-
port
iThe navigation DVD must be loaded in
the navigation computer
( page
105)
.
Trip interruption during route guid
-
ance iTrip interruption means parking the ve
-
hicle and switching COMAND OFF.Trip continuation means trip continua
-
tion with COMAND switched ON.

108 Navigation*Navigation main menu
Press

.
The Navigation main menu appears, if
no route guidance is active.

Use

or

to select a menu item
and press

;
or

Press one of the soft keys.The selected menu or the selected soft
key function appears.
Selectable menu items
Continue route guidance

Continues a cancelled route guidance,

Destination memory

Destinations can be selected from the Destination memory
( page
149)
,

Destination entry

Provides access to the Destination en
-
try menu
( page
114)
,

Last destinations

You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
148)
,

POIs

(Points
of Interest)

Provides access to POIs input ( page
152)
. POIs include stops at
gas stations, airports, rest areas, hospi
-
tals, etc.
Calling up the Navigation main menuiIf route guidance is active, a prompt is
displayed instead, asking if route guid
-
ance is to be cancelled
( page
132)
.
iThis menu item only appears:
if the route guidance had previously
been interrupted
( page
132)
, and
less than 30 minutes have expired
since the interruption,
or
if the trip was interrupted and is to
be continued 2 - 12 hours after in
-
terruption
( page
106)
.
iDestination memory
and
Last
destinations
can only selected only if
destinations are already stored in the
system.

110 Navigation*Navigation main menuSetting bass/treble 
Press the
Bass
or
Treble
soft key in the
Setting menu.

Press

or

.
The cursor moves horizontally, adjust
-
ing bass or treble accordingly.

Press

or the
Back
soft key,
or
Wait until the display changes.The new setting is stored and activat
-
ed.
Setting balance and fader 
Press the
Bal/Fad
soft key in the Set
-
ting menu.A cross-hair cursor appears. The verti
-
cal line represents the balance setting.
The horizontal line represents the fader
setting.

Press

or

.
The vertical line moves, adjusting the
balance accordingly,
or
Press

or

.
The horizontal line moves, adjusting
the fader accordingly.

Press

or the
Back
soft key,
or
Wait until the display changes.The new setting is stored and activat
-
ed.
Adjusting the volume Automatically generated navigation an
-
nouncements are superimposed over any
other active audio source. The volume dif
-
ference is adjustable. This setting serves
to lower the volume of the currently active
audio source while the announcement is
being made.
In the Setting menu
( page
109)
,
press the
Nav.Vol
. soft key.
Use this menu to set the volume differ
-
ence.
iThe lines can be moved simultaneously
using
+
and
(
.

112 Navigation*Destination entryEntering charactersFor character entry, the 12 button keypad
or the keypad menu can be used.
Entering a character via keypad menu
Use

, 
, , , (
or
+
to
select a character

Press

.
The character is entered.
Entering a character via 12 button key
-
pad
Use the
3
- "
keys to enter a char
-
acter.A key must be pressed once or several
times in quick succession.
After pressing the first time, the char
-
acter display 1 appears.
1Character display
You can see which characters can be
entered when using the keys.

Each additional depression moves you
to the next available character. The
character selected appears black.

Wait until the character display disap
-
pears, or press

.
The character is entered.
Entering dataiFor more convenient entry, COMAND
offers only available characters from
the character set based on your selec
-
tions and the data stored on the navi
-
gation DVD.

The character selected appears magni
-
fied or black.

The system will complete the entry if
the input matches data stored on the
navigation DVD.

114 Navigation*Destination entrySelectable menu items
Destination memory

You can select destinations from the Destination memory
( page
149)
only
if destinations have alreday been
stored.

Destination entry

You can enter a destination manually
via the Destination entry menu ( page
114)
.

Last destinations

You can select from the list of last des
-
tinations
( page
148)
only if the sys
-
tem has already stored destinations.

POIs

You can input POIs (points of interest),
for example gas stations, airports or
hospitals.

Current
location

Provides access to store the current lo
-
cation as home address
( page
114)

or select a home address using the
map
( page
114)
.
Storing current location as home

address 
Use

or

to select the
Current
location
menu item and
press

.

To store the displayed address as
home address, press

.
Select a home address using the map
Use

or

to select the
Current
location
menu item and
press

.

Press the
Map
soft key.

Proceed as described under “
Moving
the map and selecting a destination
”
( page
124)
.

Or, to store the selected destination as
home adress, press

.

Call up the Navigation main menu ( page
108)
.

Use

or

to select the
Destination
entry
menu item and
press

.
The Destination entry menu appears.Destination entry menu

115 Navigation*
Destination entry
The destination displayed last can now
be adopted
( page
116)
, or another
location can be entered
( page
116)
.

Call up the Destination entry menu. The
Destination entry menu represents the
starting point.
Besides entering the name of a city ( page
116)
, the following soft keys are
available for selecting a destination:
Map
soft key

Provides access to destination input di
-
rectly via road map
( page
123)
.

Region
soft key

Provides access to the region input ( page
115)
.

Street
soft key

Provides access to input of the destina
-
tion street
( page
119)
.

CityCtr
soft key

Provides access to the input of a city
section (center)
( page
118)
.

POIs
soft key

Provides access to the input of a POI
(Point of interest)
( page
152)
.

List
soft key

Allows selecting a destination city from
a city list
( page
117)
.
In the Destination entry menu ( page
114)
the region currently selected
is indicated by the characters in parenthe
-
sis in the status bar.
To change the region press the
Region

soft key.
The region list appears.
Entering a destination
iThe
Street
, CityCtr
, and
POIs
soft key
functions refer to the city on display.
If you wish to choose global POIs not
referring to a city
( page
152)
.
Selecting the region