2008 MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class radio

181 Glossary
Audio source
This includes the systems radio and CD
(CD drive in the control unit, CD chan-
ger).
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
Defines sound-center left/right.
Bit rate (MP3)
Measurement of transmission speed.
Indicates the number of bits transmit-
ted 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 written to once,
read many times but not deleted.
CD-RW
(CD Rewritable)
->CD which can be read, written and
deleted.
COMAND
(Cockpit Management and Data Sys-
tem)
Information and operating center for
vehicle sound and communications
systems, including the radio and
CD player, as well as for other optional
equipment (CD changer etc.).
Coordinates
Indicate the geographical position on
the earth’s surface.
DVD
(Digital Versatile Disc)
Digital storage medium for storing lar-
ge amounts of data.
Emergency call
This function places a call to a local
911 provider. It does not initiate a
->Tele Aid call. Please note that the
911 emergency call system is a public
service. Using it without due cause is a
criminal offense.
Fader
Defines sound-center front/back.
Folder
Alternative designation for songs/
tracks. Data saved on a storage medi-
um can be grouped into folders for
improved organization. Can be likened
to a filing cabinet containing a number
of folders, each of which holds a num-
ber of documents.

186 Index
E
Ejecting
CD
at the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
At the COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MP3 CD
at the CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
navigation DVD
At the COMAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Emergency call "911". . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Emergency call system. . . . . . . . . . 179
Ending
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 96
ENTER UNLOCK CODE. . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Entering
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Destination address . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
House number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
PIN-code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PUK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Telephone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
F
Frequency range
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
G
GPS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
H
Hands-free microphone
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
I
Important notes
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Incoming call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
L
Last destinations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Loading
CD
Into the CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MP3 CD
at the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
into the CD changer. . . . . . . . . . . . 55
navigation DVD
Into the COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
LOGIC7 Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
M
Making
Conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Map orientation
Heading Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
North Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Memory
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Last destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Memory functions
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Menu
Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Main area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Soft keys area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

187 Index
Index
MP3 CD
fast forward/reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
MP3 track scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Repeat folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Repeat track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
selecting a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
switching to MP3 CD mode . . . . . . . 68
track select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Muting
Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
N
Navigation
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Navigation displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Navigation DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Loading/ejecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
NAVIGATION IS INITIALIZING. PLEASE
WAIT.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
NO SERV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
O
OFF MAP
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OFF ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Opening
Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Operating elements
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 14
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
MP3 CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
P
Partially digitized areas
. . . . . . . . . . 134
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
PHONE NOT INSERTED . . . . . . . . . . . 86
PHONE OFF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
PIN BLOCKED. PLEASE ENTER PUK ON
CELL PHONE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
PIN-code
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
PIN-CODE INCORRECT. . . . . . . . . . . . 92
PLEASE INSERT SIM CARD (EMERGEN-
CY CALL 911 ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
PHONE)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 92
Points of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Program category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
PUK
Entering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Q
Quick-dialing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
R
Radio operation
Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Radio station
Saving station manually . . . . . . . . . . 48
Reading
SMS message received . . . . . . . . . . 178
Recalculating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Redial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rejecting
Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Resetting
all settings to the factory settings 173,
176
Roadside Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
ROAMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Route calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
OFF MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OFF ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Unverified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Verified roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

188 Index
S
Satellite radio
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Satellite radio operation
Automatic tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Saving
Current location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting
Audio source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD (CD changer only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cross street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
folder (MP3-CD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Map orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Satellite radio station . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
time zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Setting
display dimming characteristics . . . 172
Map view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
POI Icons displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Routing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
SIM-CARD BLOCKED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SMS* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sound functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Speed-dialling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Starting
individualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Station
Satellite radio station
Station selection via direct channel
entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Subscribing
To satellite radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Subsequent dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching
to CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
to MP3 CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
to telephone* operation . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching off
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hands-free microphone. . . . . . . . . . 100
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switching on
CD operation
CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CD drive in the COMAND . . . . . . . . 58
COMAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Hands-free microphone . . . . . . . . . . 100
Satellite radio operation . . . . . . . . . . 78
Telephone operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
T
Tele Aid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
TELEPHONE BEING ACTIVATED, PLEASE
WAIT.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
TELEPHONE BEING DEACTIVATED,
PLEASE WAIT
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Three-way calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Time of Arrival/Dist. to Dest. . . . . . 150
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Traffic routes
Minimizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Trail settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Treble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
U
Unlock code
Entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Unverified roads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134