2008 MERCEDES-BENZ G-Class stop start

Contents
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changing the program category . . . 79
Selecting a station . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Memory functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Displaying information . . . . . . . . . . 82
Displaying service information . . . . 82
Station list updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Telephone*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Switching telephone operation on . 88
Switching telephone operation off . 88
Emergency call “911” . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Entering codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Switching to telephone operation . 92
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Outgoing calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Phone book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Navigation DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Route guidance after the vehicle
has been transported . . . . . . . . . . 106
Trip interruption during route
guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Navigation main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Activating the Navigation main
menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Setting the routing mode . . . . . . . 110
Saving current location . . . . . . . . . 111
Destination input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Activating the Enter street menu . 112
Selecting the state/province . . . . 113
Entering destination address . . . . 114
Selecting home address . . . . . . . . 125
Displaying the compass screen . . 126
Route guidance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Starting route guidance . . . . . . . . 129
Route calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Recalculating an existing route . . . 129
Voice instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Navigation displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Partially digitized areas/unverified
roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Arriving at destination. . . . . . . . . . 139
Cancelling route guidance . . . . . . 139 During route guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Displaying the soft keys . . . . . . . . 140
Info menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Selecting a detour . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Stopover function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Saving the current location . . . . . . 147
Defining route guidance displays . 147
Last destinations and destination
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Last destinations memory. . . . . . . 153
Destination memory . . . . . . . . . . . 154
POIs (Points of Interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Entering POIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Selecting a POI on the map. . . . . . 160
Entering a POI by phone number . 161
Today’s plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Adding a destination to today’s
plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Activating the System menu . . . . 170
Setting the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Selecting the language . . . . . . . . . 171

32 At a glance
Menu system
The main area 2 shows messages and
settings.
You can change the settings by operating
the system.
The status bar 3 is divided into three
areas.
Left side:
The current operating mode is indicated. In
this example: Radio
Center:
The status of the current operating mode
or other selectable functions are indicated.
In this example:
FM = current waveband
1 = memory location of station,
e.g. “1”
Right side:
9:33 = actual time (page 33)
 = reception strength of the
mobile phone*
n = text message in the inbox
(
page 215)
G = phone call active
Menu functions and submenus
Using the soft keys, functions can be
switched ON or OFF, or submenus can be
called up.
E.g. the radio menu:
The FM/AM soft key switches between
FM and AM band.
The Scan soft key starts/stops the
channel scan.
In some situations, soft keys may not have
any function and are not operational. A soft key without function appears
shaded out.
E.g.: Soft keys on the left and right side
Exiting from submenus
Use the
Back soft key 1 to exit a
submenu. The display switches to the next
higher menu level.
The system does not accept setting
modifications which have not been stored.
There are exceptions where pressing the
Back soft key will also store new settings.
These exceptions, whenever applicable,
are referenced on the following pages.

34 At a glance
Quick reference COMAND

Quick reference COMAND
Switching on
Turn the key in the starter switch to
position 1 or 2 if the COMAND was
switched off by turning the key in the
starter switch to position 0 and
removing it.
or
Press e.
In both cases, the system will activate
the operating mode which was active
when the system was switched off.Switching off
Turn the key in the starter switch to
position 0 and pull the key out.
or
Press e.
When the audio is playing, the volume
knob will adjust the audio volume, and also
the volume for telephone and navigation.
During a telephone call (talking or ringing),
the volume knob will adjust the telephone
voice and ringer volume.
The volume for the navigation announce-
ments can only be changed while an
announcement is being made.
When you adjust the volume, the system
will automatically store the setting for the
current operating mode.
i
You have the following options to
control the system:
at the COMAND
at the multifunction steering wheel
(refer to vehicle Operator’s Manual)
This Operator’s Manual describes the
control at the COMAND.
Unless otherwise indicated, the
descriptions and illustrations refer to
the COMAND.
Switching the COMAND control unit
on and off
i
For an explanation of starter switch
positions, refer to vehicle Operator’s
Manual.
i
If the key is not in the starter switch in
position 1 or 2, the system will automa-
tically stop after around 30 minutes.
Volume

61 Audio
CD operation
With the number keypad
Activate the CD main menu
(
page 58).
Press *.
An input line will appear in the CD main
menu.
1Number of tracks on CD corresponds
with the valid number range
2Input line
E.g.: Track 14.
Press 1 and 4 in short succession.
After entering the track number, wait
approximately 3 seconds.
The selected track is played. The CD
main menu is displayed.
CD track scan
The tracks on a CD can be scanned one
after the other for 8 seconds each. The
function will switch off automatically when
the starting track is reached. You can also
manually stop the scan function.Activating
Press the Scan soft key.
Scan will begin.
i
Entries higher than the number of
tracks available on the CD are not
possible.
During MP3 playback
CD drive:
You can select the tracks of the
current folder (
page 72).
CD changer:
You can select the first 99 tracks of
a MP3 CD.
i
When you start the scan function, the
playback mode
Normal sequence
(
page 63) is automatically activated.

72 Audio
MP3 CD operation
Backward
Press d.
If the track has been playing for more
than approx. 10 seconds, the track is
replayed from the start. If the playing
time is shorter, the previous track is
played.
With the number keypad
The tracks of the current folder can be
selected with this function.
Activate the MP3 main menu
(
page 68).
In short succession, press button *
and the number key of the desired
track, e.g. 8.1Number of tracks in the current folder
(10 tracks)
After your entry the selected track is
played and visible.Using MP3 track scan
The tracks of the current folder can be
scanned one after the other for 8 seconds
each. Subfolders are not considered.
The function will switch off automatically
when the beginning track is reached.
You can also manually stop the scan
search.
Starting the scan search
Activate the MP3 main menu
(
page 68).
Press the Scan soft key.
i
If the current folder contains less than
10 tracks, the system will only recogni-
ze the first digit entered and play the
appropriate track.
i
When you start the scan search, the
playback mode
Normal sequence
(page 74) is automatically activated.

135 Navigation
Route guidance
Route guidance in these areas
When you are
entering a partially digitized area
or
starting route guidance within such an
area,
the navigation system will inform you that
turn by turn guidance cannot be provided
with corresponding navigation displays
and voice announcements.
Map display
Within these areas the display shows a
split screen with the map on the left-hand
side and a direction arrow on the right side
pointing to the destination instead of the
symbol for the next driving maneuver
(
page 136).
Route presentation
Usually the map highlights the active route
on verified roads with a blue line.
After route calculation, the route may
contain unverified road sections. Here, the
exact route guidance is suppressed and
these route sections will appear as blue
dotted lines. This type of line e.g. connects
two verified road sections, which are
displayed as blue lines or connects the end
of a verified road with a stopover or
destination located on an unverified road.
i
Displayed or audible distance to the
beginning of such an area is an
estimation. The actual distance may
differ.
WarningG
If the origin and destination are located very
close to each other, the system may not pro-
vide the shortest path to the destination
when you are travelling in an unverified area.
In most cases you will be directed to a veri-
fied road closest to the destination. This
may appear to be a long and unconvenient
route but it is safer. At your own risk, you
may choose to drive on the unverified roads
to the destination.

145 Navigation
During route guidance
More soft key:
If you press this soft key, the
Navigation main menu (
page 108)
will appear.
Enter stopover will
appear on the status bar.
You can now enter an stopover
destination by
selecting one from the destination
memory (
page 154)
typing one in the Enter street menu
(
page 112)
selecting one in the Last
destinations
memory
(
page 153)
selecting a Point of interest
(
page 157)
entering a POI by phone number
(
page 161)
selecting one in the Today’s
plan
memory (page 163)
Press a soft key, e.g. .
One of the following displays will
appear
a list with restaurants (see below)
the map with one restaurant
spotlighted if the POI is close by.
Select a POI on the map
(
page 160).
The arrows indicate the direction of the
destination. The distances indicated are
straight line distances to the destination.Selecting a POI in a list
Push the joystick to G or g to
select an entry.
Use the Page soft keys to scroll page-
wise through the list (if available).
Press the Details soft key if required.
Details on the destination are shown.
After you have selected a destination,
press
E.
The Start route guidance menu will
appear (
page 129).
Press E.
The system calculates the route to the
selected stopover destination. After
that, the route to the main destination
is also calculated from the stopover
destination.