2008 MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class audio

94 Telephone*
Telephone operation
The system detects an incoming call, the
phone rings.
Incoming calls are indicated in a window in
any system (e.g. radio).
The window shows:
the caller’s number if it is transmitted
or
the caller’s name if her or his name and
number are saved in the phone book or
Unknown.Accepting a call
Press k on the COMAND.
or
Presss on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel.
or
Press E to confirm accept.
The display will change to the
call menu (
page 99). In the status
bar, the off-hook symbol will appear.
An active audio source will be muted.
You talk over the hands-free set.
Rejecting a call
Press K on the COMAND.
or
Presst on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel.
or
Push the joystick to H to highlight re-
ject
and than press E.Setting the volume for hands-free ope-
ration
Raising the volume
Turn the rotary control on the e but-
ton to the right.
Lowering the volume
Turn the rotary control on the e but-
ton to the left.
Ending a call
Press K on the COMAND.
or
Presst on the multifunction steer-
ing wheel.
or
Press the End soft key.
Incoming calli
The window will appear over the Rear
view camera display. After accepting or
rejecting a call, the Rear view camera is
fully visible until deactivated (
page 39).

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.

182 Glossary
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.
GSM
(Global System for Mobile Communica-
tion)
A standard network protocol used
throughout the world for digital cellular
communication.
Heading Up
Dynamic map alignment, map is dis-
played facing driving direction pointing
up.
ID3 tag
Additional information which may be
included in MP3 files (e.g. title, artist,
album).
ISO9660
A standard file system for recording
data on CDs.
Joliet
Standard for recording data on CDs; an
extension of ISO 9660.
LOGIC7 Surround
Playback method resulting in an impro-
ved spatial listening experience com-
pared to conventional stereo playback.
MP3
The term used in everyday speech for
->MPEG1 Audio Layer 3.
MPEG1 Audio Layer 3
A means of compressing digital audio
data.
Multi session
A method for recording data, e.g. for
CDs. Mixed data types are written to
the CD in a number of sessions.
Navigation DVD
Contains all available destination
addresses (town, road, intersection,
house number, special destinations)
and the digital map material for a coun-
try or a region for destination entry,
route calculation and destination
guidance at time of DVD production.
DVD maps do not cover all areas nor all
routes within an area.
North Up
The map is displayed facing north du-
ring route guidance.
POI (Point of Interest)
Points of Interest include service stati-
ons, rest areas, parking lots, hospitals,
sight-seeing points, etc.
Provider
is the network operator who makes
available (provides) telephone services
PUK (Personal Unblocking Key)
must be entered if the wrong PIN was
entered three consecutive times.

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